The Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda does hereby find and declare as follows:

    A.    The Alameda County Medical Center presently consists of Highland General Hospital, Fairmont Hospital, the John George Psychiatric Pavilion, the Alameda Health Center, the Central Health Center, the Eastern Health Center, the Hayward Health Center and the Newark Health Center.

    B.    The Alameda County Medical Center provides medical and health services both autonomously and in conjunction with other components of the health care network in Alameda County including, but not limited to, the criminal justice system and the county public health, mental health and substance abuse programs.

    C.    The county operates a mental health outpatient clinic.

    D.    The county contracts with several community-based organizations which provide primary care services for the indigent and special needs populations in Alameda County at privately owned clinic facilities.

    E.    The survival of this network of health care is contingent upon its ability to operate efficiently as a coordinated system in a rapidly changing health care marketplace.

    F.    The present health care environment in Alameda County necessitates a change in the organization of the Medical Center into a medical system with a governance structure that utilizes a governing board to assist the current board of trustees.

    G.    The board of supervisors has the authority pursuant to Section 12 of the Charter of the County of Alameda to provide, by ordinance, for the creation of commissions or boards, to appoint persons to fill such bodies and to prescribe the powers and duties associated therewith.

    H.    That the Alameda County Medical Center shall be governed by a transitional governing board which shall be known as the “Alameda County Medical Center transitional board” until such time as the board of supervisors terminates the transitional board in favor of a hospital authority.

    I.    The Alameda County Medical Center transitional board shall operate within the parameters established by the board of supervisors by way of this chapter, amendments thereto, if any, and bylaws to be adopted by the board of supervisors.

    J.    The Alameda County Medical Center transitional board shall be comprised of persons qualified as set forth below. (Ord. 97-29 § 1 (part))