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Councilwoman Cisneros stated she has also received many letters and phone calls from citizens that are very concerned about the costs for this proposed Medical Facility. Mrs. Cisneros said there are many misconceptions about this issue. Mrs. Cisneros said if the City would have said Yes to the County on this Medical Facility, we would not have had the chance to mitigate our concerns. Mrs. Cisneros stated our Council has never received reports from our City departments on this matter. Mrs. Cisneros advised this hospital would be tax exempt, it is in an RDA Project area and the City would loose this property tax money. Mrs. Cisneros said she has facts and figures and 20o set-aside monies stay in Colton and are for our people. Mrs. Cisneros concluded it is not easy to make this decision, however, the City is not in a position to pay for everything that will be needed for this facility. Luli Aguilera, 190 Fulmar Court, Colton, stated she felt she was free to express her own opinions, it does not have anything to do with her husband, however, she was approached in the parking lot by a spouse of one of the Councilmembers and was told she should have remained neutral and should not be here. Mrs. Aguilera said she feared there might be retaliation against her husband. Councilman Roman stated he feels every employee and resident of the City of Colton has the right to stand up and give their opinion on any issue. Mr. Roman said he feels this medical facility is a "once in a life time" opportunity to get this hospital in Colton. Mr. Roman stated as far as the City's deficit is concerned, this was created over a period of time and hopefully the Council can take care of this without loosing any personnel. Mr. Roman advised that the Senior Citizen Complex will be very expensive to run once it is operational. Mr. Roman concluded he supports this Medical Facility and feels that many of these issues can be worked out with the County. Mayor Gonzales concluded because Councilman Rehrer is absent this even- ing and he feels a full Council should be present to make this decision, he would probably call for a Special Meeting at a later date. Farmers Market Councilman Roman said he had requested that the Farmers Market Program be placed on the Agenda, as he would like to suggest some modifications to this Program. Mr. Roman continued because so many residents are working during the day and cannot attend the Market, he would like to suggest the Farmers Market be held in the evening, possibly the same evening the concerts are held in Fleming Park. Mr. Roman said possibly others could be encouraged to join in on this, and it might be more profitable to have this in the evening instead of the daytime. Mr. Roman requested that Staff check into this matter. On Council consensus, Staff was directed to check into this matter as requested by Councilman Roman. League of California Cities Voting Delegate & Alternate 4 AUG 6 1,991