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18 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE POSITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, WITH RESPECT TO MARYVIEW <br />HOSPITAL'S CERTIFICATE OF pUBLIC NEED APPLICATION FOR THE <br />CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN SUFFOLK. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Maryview Hospital has submitted a Certificate of <br />Public Need Application to the State HeaIth Commissioner for <br />approval to build a new eighty (80) bed hospital in northern <br />Suffolk at the corner of College Drive and Towne Point Road; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the members of the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth have reviewed information pertaining to this <br />proposal as well as Maryview Hospital's proposal to expand the <br />Hospital facility located in central Portsmouth and the impact <br />each of these actions will have on the City; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Maryview Hospital has provided exemplary health <br />care to the citizens of this City and is a vital community <br />asset which must be protected; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council is cognizant of the need for <br />Maryview Hospital to establish a satellite facility in <br />our western suburbs to allow the Hospital to better serve its <br />historical service area population which includes residents of <br />Northern Suffolk, the Western Branch area of Chesapeake and <br />Isle of Wight County as well as the citizens of Portsmouth but <br />is concerned that the Certificate of Need Application <br />currently pending proposes the relocation of eighty (80) of <br />its hospital beds from its main campus in the center of <br />Portsmouth to a proposed satellite facility in that portion of <br />our western suburbs located in Northern Suffolk. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council ok the <br />City of Portsmouth endorses the expansion of Maryview Hospital <br />by the establishment of a satellite facility in the growth <br />area of the western suburbs within the boundaries of the City; <br />but the Council expresses its opposition to the relocation of <br />any hospital beds from the Maryview Hospital facility located <br />in Central Portsmouth to a location outside the boundaries of <br />the City. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this Council <br />pledge their time and efforts to assist the Maryvlew Hospital <br />in evaluating the alternatives available which will assure the <br />continual provision of exemplar~ health ca~e for the citizens <br />of this City and the surrounding areas. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she <br />hereby is, directed to forward copies of this Resolution to <br />all appropriate persons. <br /> <br /> <br />