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AMBULANCE SERVICE (continued) (3) the fact that'Southland Ambulance Service did not have a local (City) business address; (4) the fact that the City was presently served by Schaefer Ambulance (2 ambulances); Morgan Ambulance (4 ~mbulances) and Wind Ambulance (4 ambulances); and (5) his opinion that certificates should have been withheld until the ordinance had been reviewed and amended to conform to current standards. Councilman Patterson stated that the Council's decision was based on the existing ordinance. Councilman Brooks stated that in his opimon a legal hearing had been hetd and pointed out that representatives for Morgan Ambulance had spoken in favor of granting the additional permits to Schaefer's Ambulance during the public hearing on September 2. Mayor Griset stated that prdper notice of the hearings had been given. On motion of Councilman Brooks, seconded by Councilman Herrin and unanimously carried, Mr. Gould's request for rehearings for Schaefe~'s Ambulance Service and Southland Ambulance Service was denied. PUBLIC HEAHING OERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY - CAKE CONVALESCENT AMBULANCE SERVICE The hearing was opened on the application filed by Care Convaiescent Ambulance Service, Stanton, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate one ambulance in the City~. continued from the September 2 Council meeting. Attprney Jerome G. Colton, 11051 Bixler Circle, Garden Grove, representing the applicant, described the type of service Care Ambulance perforated as exclusively "convalescent"; i. e., transporting someone who was ill or infirm from his residence to his doctor, hospital or convaiescent hospital and vice versa. He stated that the ambulance was not equipped with red light or siren; that the business had been in operation approximately five months and during that time there had been an increase in coils from 67 during the first month to 105 durhug the month of August, which might indicate that the service was not.only needed and necessary but that it had been performed in an aoceptable manner. In support of the quality of service, Mr. Colton filed declarations from various doctors and nurses. He also displayed pictures of the eqmpment used. He further stated that the firm had been issued a license by Orange County for the proposed service; that the owners and operators of the company were well qualified and experienced; and that the company only wished to be in a position to render service to requests originating in Santa Ana; that under prevailing conditions it may transport an individual from another city into a Santa Ana facility but was prevented by the Municipal Code from returning the individual to his original point of departure. CITY COUNCIL ~333 - September 15, 1969