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<br />WHEREAS, the City of Suffolk population grew by 27.5% between April 2000 _ <br />July 2007, the second fastest growth rate of all cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, <br />and more than 2.5 times the rate of growth of the entire seven-city Hampton Roads <br />region, and is projected to continue growing at a similar pace over the next two decades; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, much of that growth will be concentrated in the Northern Suffolk <br />corridor; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is inevitable that a hospital will be constructed in Northern <br />Suffolk now or in the future; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of Portsmouth that Bon Secours <br />construct that hospital; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Maryview will remain the hub and the flagship hospital of the Bon <br />Secours Hampton Roads Health System; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Bon Secours proposal will ensure that residents of Portsmouth <br />and Western Hampton Roads -now and in the future- will have access to quality inpatient <br />and outpatient care in Portsmouth and Suffolk; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Bon Secours acute care hospital will also ensure healthy <br />competition, by providing a choice of inpatient health care providers in Suffolk; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this project and its strengthening of Maryview will be of great <br />benefit to our community; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Portsmouth City Council, <br />that the City Council, on behalf of the residents of Portsmouth, lends its full support to <br />the acute care hospital project proposed by Bon Secours for the Harbour View <br />community, and strongly urges the State Health Commissioner's office to grant the <br />Certificate of Public Need requested by Bon Secours. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on June 24, 2008. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />