A. Bonds means any bonds, notes, certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by the city pursuant to this chapter.

B. City means the city of Bakersfield.

C. Cost means the total of all costs incurred by or on behalf of a participating health institution necessary or incident to the acquisition of a membership in a nonprofit corporation which owns or operates a health facility directly from that nonprofit corporation, or the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation or improvement of a health facility or the refunding or refinancing of obligations incurred to finance such acquisition of a membership or such acquisition, construction, rehabilitation or improvement of a health facility. Cost shall include such costs which under generally accepted principles are properly chargeable to a capital account (whether or not actually so charged), structures, real or personal property, franchises, rights and interests acquired or used in connection with a health facility, the cost of demolishing or removing any structures (including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such structures may be moved), the cost of engineering, architectural, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates, administration expenses or other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility of or to acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating, improving or financing a health facility, including all costs of issuance of bonds for such purposes, reserves for debt service and for repairs, replacements, additions and improvements, and capitalized bond interest for such period as the city may determine.

D. Council means the city council of the city of Bakersfield.

E. Health facility means any facility, place or building which is maintained and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence, rehabilitation and care during and after pregnancy, or for any one or more of these services, and which provides and will continue providing to residents of the city essential health care services designated as such in an agreement between the city and the participating health institution providing or operating such facility, place or building.

Health facility includes a portion of one of the above types of facilities and includes the following facilities if operated in conjunction with one of the above types of facilities: a laboratory, a laundry, a nurses’ or interns’ residence, a housing facility for patients, staff or employees and the families of any of them, an administration building, a research, maintenance, storage, utility or parking facility and all real and personal property, land, buildings, structures, facilities, equipment, fixtures and furnishings (including, without limitation, medical office buildings, skilled nursing facilities, adult day care centers and bloodbanks) related to any of the foregoing or required or useful for the operation of a health facility.

Health facility shall not include any facility, place or building used or to be used primarily for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for devotional activities or religious worship.

F. Participating health institution means a private corporation or association authorized by the laws of the state:

G. Revenues means amounts received by the city as repayment of principal, interest, and all other charges with respect to a loan, lease, sublease or sale agreement under this chapter, any proceeds received by the city from mortgage, hazard or other insurance on or with respect to rents, charges, fees, income and receipts derived by the city from the financing of a health facility under this chapter, any amounts received by the city as investment earnings on moneys deposited in any fund or account securing bonds, and such other moneys as the council may, in its discretion, lawfully designate as revenues. (Ord. 3152 §§ 1, 2, 1988; Ord. 2871 § 1(103), 1983)