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RESOLUTION
Date August 24, 1981 Resolution No. 81-54
Motion by Nelson Seconded by Sindt
RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE'S SUPPORT
FOR. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL AT
'THE RIDGES COMPLEx IN BURNSVILLE
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville has approximately 15,000
.citizens living within a thirty-eight mile area south of the Minnesota
River and the City. of Burnsville;, and
WHEREAS, citizens of Lakeville presently must travel several
miles to access an acute care hospital facility; and
WHEREAS, the conjested traffic conditions prevent timely
and critical access-to acute care hospital facilities located north of
the Minnesota River; and
WHEREAS the ..City has the desire to support the establishment
of an acute care hospital near Lakeville;. and
WHEREAS, it is extremely Jiff-cult to attract physicians to
.practice in a community that is distant from major hospital facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Lakeville:
1. Supports the establishment of an acute care hospital at
the Ridges Complex in Burnsville, ..near Lakeville.
2. Requests that the Metropolitan Health Board approve the
necessary permit for the Fairview Ridges facility. as an
important -and vital addition to the health care system
for the citizens of Lakeville.
APPROVED AND. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Lakeville,
Minnesota, this 24th da_y of August, 1981.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
G rdon Lekson, ayor
ATTEST:
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Patrick E. McGarvey, City. Clerk''