New "Secret" Ad Hoc Hospital Committee Opposed

The City of Escondido formed a "Hospital Ad Hoc Committee" to work with the Palomar Pomerado Hospital District regarding the ERTC and downtown development agreements and the MOU. I believe the Ad Hoc Committee meetings should be open because PPH is a necessary party to the meetings, and because the ad hoc committee will be a standing committee having continuing subject matter jurisdiction. Under CA Govt Code 54952, the ad hoc hospital committee would be a "legislative body" subject to the open meeting requirements of the Brown Act.

First page of handout given to the City Council.
http://civics.robroy.cc/Handout020608adhoc1.pdf

The MOU does not require PPH to build anything downtown. Instead, it merely requires PPH to move its administrative headquarters to the downtown campus two years after the new hospital opens.
http://civics.robroy.cc/MOU-AdHoc.pdf

The final MOU is available at this link:
http://civics.robroy.cc/final-mou.pdf