HomeMy WebLinkAboutR10-032 Eagle Health Care Center Real Property Tax ExemptionCommissioner ~'~~'~ o ~- moved adoption
of the following Resolution:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION N0.2010 - U~ v
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OF THE
REAL PROPERTY OWNED AND OPERATED BY
EAGLE HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC.
WITHIN EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO
WHEREAS, Eagle Health Care Center, Inc. (hereinafter "EHCC") is a nonprofit
corporation that is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in
Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3), and is considered a hospital and is treated as a public
charity under Internal Revenue Code § § 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(iii).
WHEREAS, the members of EHCC are Vail Clinic, Inc., d/b/a Vail Valley
Medical Center ("VVMC"), and Valley View Hospital ("VVH"), each of which is a
Colorado nonprofit corporation that is considered a hospital and is treated as a public
charity under Internal Revenue Code § § 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(iii); and
WHEREAS, EHCC owns and operates a facility located at 377 Sylvan Lake
Road, Eagle, Colorado (hereinafter the "Center"), at which VVMC and VVH provide
community health care services through their respective employees; and
WHEREAS, VVMC and VVH also sublease space in the Center to certain
affiliated medical practices, each of which meets the requirements set forth in CRS § 39-
3-111.5 and provides medical care to patients at EHCC without regard to their ability to
pay; and
WHEREAS, together, the Center, VVMC's general acute care hospital located in
Vail, Colorado, VVMC's regional cancer center located in Edwards, Colorado, and
VVMC's community clinic located in Beaver Creek, Colorado, comprise the sole sources
of institutional health care in Eagle County; and
WHEREAS, as the sole sources of institutional healthcare in Eagle County, the
Center and VVMC's facilities listed above (the "VVMC Facilities") comprise the health
care safety-net for Eagle County, where residents in need may go for care without regard
for their ability to pay; and
WHEREAS, as the sole sources of institutional healthcare in Eagle County, the
Center and the VVMC Facilities provide community benefits to the residents of Eagle
County through programs and/or activities that offer treatment and/or promote health and
healing as a response to identified community needs, including:
- responding to the needs of special populations, such as minorities, older
persons and other disenfranchised persons who are living in poverty, persons
with chronic mental illness, persons who are medically underinsured or
uninsured, and other disenfranchised persons; and
- providing services or programs that would likely be discontinued - or would
need to be provided by the County - if the decision were to be made on a
purely financial basis; and
- responding to public health needs; and
WHEREAS, EHCC has filed an Application For Exemption of Property Owned
and Used For Strictly Charitable or School Purposes, with the Colorado Division of
Property Taxation (Application No. 08-579) (the "Application"); and
WHEREAS, in support of EHCC's Application, the Colorado Division of
Property Taxation has requested that EHCC provide it with a Resolution of the Board of
County Commissioners of Eagle County, certifying that a need exists for the community
health care services provided at EHCC's Center; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County has, as a
matter of right, the power to oppose or support EHCC's Application; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County believes that
the Center is a unique community resource, vital to the health and welfare of the residents
of Eagle County; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County believes that
the Center provides a substantial community benefit and thus relieves the County of an
economic burden it would otherwise be forced to perform or fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEll BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
THAT the Board of County Commissioners for Eagle County support the
Application of EHCC, and the exemption of the Center from property tax to the fullest
extent allowed by Colorado law, as such exemptions further the interests of the residents
of Eagle County.
THAT the Commissioners hereby certify that the need exists for the provision of
all of the services offered by licensed physicians and other health care providers at the
Center, that such services are necessary to the health and welfare of the residents of Eagle
County in general, and are specifically necessary within the meaning of CRS §39-3-
111.5(1)(d).
MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Eagle, State of Colorado at its regular meeting held the 23°d day of March,
2010.
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO, By and Through its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By:
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Sara J. Fisher, Chairman
Jon Stavney, Commissioner
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Peter F. Runyon, Commissi ner
Commissioner ~SI+"~.x~ seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution.
The roll having been called, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Fisher
Commissioner Stavney
Commissioner Runyon
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This Resolution passed by ~ vote of the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.
Clerk to the Board of ~~
County Commissioners