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June 24.2008 WHEREAS, Bon Secours and Maryview consistently have been outstanding corporate citizens of Portsmouth, supporting the Portsmouth Partnership, the Virginia Children's Museum, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and many other activities; and WHEREAS, the Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System has proposed an acute care hospital to be developed adjacent to its current outpatient campus in Northern Suffolk; and WHEREAS, the City of Suffolk population grew by 27.5% between April 2000 - July 2007, the second fastest growth rate of all cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and more than 2.5 times the rate of growth of the entire seven-city Hampton Roads region, and is projected to continue growing at a similar pace over the next two decades; and WHEREAS, much of that growth will be concentrated in the Northern Suffolk corridor; and WHEREAS, it is inevitable that a hospital will be constructed in Northern Suffolk now or in the future; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of Portsmouth that Bon Secours construct that hospital; and WHEREAS, Maryview will remain the hub and the flagship hospital of the Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System; and WHEREAS, the Bon Secours proposal will ensure that residents of Portsmouth and Western Hampton Roads -now and in the future- will have access to quality inpatient and outpatient care in Portsmouth and Suffolk; and WHEREAS, the Bon Secours acute care hospital will also ensure healthy competition, by providing a choice of inpatient health care providers in Suffolk; and WHEREAS, this project and its strengthening of Maryview will be of great benefit to our community; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Portsmouth City Council, that the City Council, on behalf of the residents of Portsmouth, lends its full support to the acute care hospital project proposed by Bon Secours for the Harbour View community, and strongly urges the State Health Commissioner's office to grant the Certificate of Public Need requested by Bon Secours." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, D. Smith, R. Smith, Randall Nays: None 08 - 292 - Adoption of a resolution of the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia approving the proposed location of the Route 58-Martin Luther King (MLK) Freeway Extension Project 0058-965-107, P101 (UPC 77245) in the City of Portsmouth. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhood and a Sense of Community. Background . Preliminary design of the proposed extension of the Martin Luther King Freeway has been sufficiently completed by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to establish a location of the required elements of the project.