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RESOLUTION NO. 95 -12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD
COUNTY, FLORIDA; ENDORSING THE LOCATION OF A VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, studies conducted in the early 1980's and validated in 1992 showed that
approximately 1,000 additional hospital beds will be needed in the State of Florida by 2005 to
meet the veteran demand; and
WHEREAS, the Central Florida area, including Brevard County, has been identified
for more than ten years as a critically underserved area with a rapidly growing population of
veterans; and
WHEREAS, the studies also showed that a new medical center in Brevard County
would serve a significant number of Central Florida veterans who currently have no reasonable
access to veterans' health services; and
WHEREAS, the VA medical center in Brevard County will be the newest and one of
the largest VA hospitals in the state of Florida that will offer state -of -the -art medical care to the
veterans of Fast Central Florida; and
WHEREAS, a Department of Defense study of military retirees receiving retired pay
found the Eleventh District of Florida ranks fourth among all 435 congressional districts in the
number of such retirees; and
WHEREAS, a 77 -acre parcel has been deeded to the VA and the project is moving
rapidly through the design process; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Administration estimates the facility will create 1,329 new
jobs with a total impact of $262 million per year.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows:
,SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral does hereby
acknowledge the crucial need for the passage of the VA Hospital funding within the 1995
congressional budget to assure development of the regional hospital in Brevard County, Florida.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, this 4th
day of April , 1995.
Susan Stills, TAVtii beputy . City Clerk
Approved to dporm
Kohn Bennett, ATTORNEY
ohn K. Porter, MAYOR