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1 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 8716 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />A PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF THE <br />NORTH SUBURBAN HOSPITAL DISTRICT <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is part of the North Suburban Hospital District <br />(hereinafter referred to as the Hospital District); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Hospital District is comprised of the cities of Blaine, Fridley, Hilltop, <br />Mounds View and Spring Lake Park; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Hospital District has been in existence for over 50 years with a focus on <br />initially building and then providing funding for the physical improvements of Unity Hospital; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Allina Health has indicated that it is moving forward with operating the <br />Unity campus under the Mercy Hospital license while not renewing the Unity Hospital license, <br />and intends to provide service under a “One Hospital, Two Campuses” approach; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as a result of the Allina Health decision to consolidate services from Unity <br />Hospital to Mercy Hospital, it will result in a less than a comprehensive stand alone community <br />hospital at the newly reorganized “Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus”; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the currently planned service offering at “Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus” <br />will no longer meet or fulfill the North Suburban Hospital district’s public purpose to provide a <br />wide range of hospital related medical services at Unity Hospital focused on citizens of the five <br />cities comprising the Hospital District, including the residents of the City of Mounds View; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on September 14, 2016, the Hospital District’s Board unanimously <br />approved a resolution stating its intention to seek dissolution the District; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the resolution of intention to seek dissolution made the finding that that the <br />conditions for the creation and continued operation of the North Suburban Hospital District no <br />longer exist; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, North Suburban Hospital District has stated it will not be able to provide tax <br />based funding for necessary improvements to Allina Health under the combined health services <br />approach noted as “Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus”; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as the North Suburban Hospital District determined it can no longer provide <br />funding for “Mercy Hospital - Unity Campus”, it is the determination of the City of Mounds <br />View to petition for dissolution of the Hospital District under Minn. Stat. § 447.38.