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Facts

• Local residents and taxpayers of Valencia County challenged the Board of County Commissioners of Valencia County (the Board) and Valencia Health Commons (Health Commons) after the Board made a payment of $30,000 to Health Commons. This payment was intended to extend a contract for building a new hospital and emergency room in Valencia County, a project previously authorized by Valencia County voters.

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiffs-Appellants: Argued that they have standing as local residents and property taxpayers to challenge the Board's payment to Health Commons. They also contended that standing should be conferred upon them by the "Great Public Importance Doctrine."
• Defendants-Appellees (Board of County Commissioners of Valencia County and Valencia Health Commons): Argued for dismissal on more than one ground, but the order of dismissal was entered on the sole basis that Plaintiffs lack standing to bring this action.

Legal Issues

• Whether the Plaintiffs have standing as local residents and property taxpayers to challenge the Board’s payment to Health Commons.
• Whether standing should be conferred upon the Plaintiffs by the "Great Public Importance Doctrine."

Disposition

• The district court's order of dismissal was affirmed.

Reasons

• The Court, consisting of Judges Michael E. Vigil, Cynthia A. Fry, and Roderick T. Kennedy, affirmed the district court's order of dismissal based on the Plaintiffs' lack of standing. The decision was made without a response from the Plaintiffs to the Court's calendar notice proposing to affirm the dismissal, as the time for doing so had passed. The Court's reasoning aligned with the arguments set forth in the calendar notice, indicating that the Plaintiffs did not meet the necessary criteria for standing to challenge the Board's actions regarding the payment to Health Commons.