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March 24. 2009 Financial Impact: . The adoption of this resolution has no direct or indirect financial impact to the City. Although there is an associated cost to the future construction to the facility, no financial support is requested or needed from the City to support the facility. Its intangible value is immeasurable as it will serve to address the medical needs of the citizens Staff Recommends: . Adoption of a resolution. Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community; Bold New Directions. Next Steps Following Council Action: . Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center will make application to receive approval of a Certificate of Public Need from the State Commissioner of Health. Motion by Ms. Psi mas, and seconded by Mr. Heretick, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, IN SUPPORT OF THE ADDITION OF 21 PSYCHIATRIC BEDS IN A NEW DEDICATED 75-BED PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT TOWER AT BON SECOURS MARYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. WHEREAS, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center ("Maryview") has filed a Certificate of Public Need (COPN) application - COPN Request No. VA-7649 - for the addition of psychiatric beds at Maryview, located in Portsmouth, Virginia; and, WHEREAS, the proposed project will involve the addition of 21 psychiatric beds to better serve the needs of area residents at Maryview; and, WHEREAS, Bon Secours and Maryview have been extremely supportive corporate citizens of Portsmouth for nearly 65 years, providing jobs, payroll, indigent care, and other important services to the City and its residents WHEREAS, acute psychiatric services have been available continuously at Maryview for more than 40 years, since 1968; and, WHEREAS, Maryview has brought many other "firsts" to the western Hampton Roads area, including the first hospital-based psychiatric/behavioral medicine program, the first cobalt treatment for cancer, the first cardiac catheterization laboratory, the first magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI), the first linear accelerator for radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer, the first open heart program in partnership with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, the first daVinci surgical robotic system, the first Center of Excellence for bariatric surgery, to name a few; and, WHEREAS, Maryview has committed itself to high-quality, efficient, patient centered care, and has received numerous awards recently attesting to this commitment, and the increase in behavioral medicine beds would help Maryview continue in this important tradition of quality care; and, WHEREAS, behavioral medicine disorders continue to be a prevalent condition in the Hampton Roads region, and while other psychiatric facilities in Hampton Roads have ceased acute care services, Maryview has continued to care for all, regardless of ability to pay; and, WHEREAS, behavioral medicine services on the Maryview campus currently include acute inpatient adult and adolescent services for psychiatric and chemical dependency, as well as outpatient services, including participation in selected clinical trials; and,