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1VIARMJEFFO WN HOSPITAL Car, F._/tad,t7,ion May 23, 1991 Mayor Alvin Edwards City of Charlottesville P. 0. Box 911 Charlottesville. VA 22902 Dear Mayor Edwards: At the regular meeting of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Board of Trustees on May 22, 1991, the Board voted to accept the conditions of the May 6, 1991 Resolution by Council for the amended Special Use Permit of the • Hospital. We, therefore, will be able to proceed in a timely fashion. The Trustees did not arrive at the above decision without significant discussion. Broadening the Special Use Permit area to include the seven hospital owned parcels on Locust Avenue potentially denies the Board of any of its rights as the property owner for legitimate uses of that property as it is zoned. The City had previously imposed restrictions in 1988 that limited how and what could be built on these properties that effectively created the "buffer" that was being sought. We can only hope Condition #7, when applied, will represent a balancing of the needs of the Hospital, City and neighborhood groups relative to future planning in the immediate hospital area. Any future resolutions in this regard should include a more definitive determination as to what the neighbors' majority opinion is as contrasted with what has been represented by a vocal few. We do appreciate the approvals that the Hospital has received for construction and the revenue bonds. It is our hope that in the future we will do a better job of communicating to all concerned the importance of our plans to the City. We accept these conditions with the belief that our purpose for requesting this change and the eventual construction of 459 Locust Avenue • Charlottesville, VA 22901 • (804) 293-0111 FAX(804)293-6510 Member of lblunlwy Hospimis of America Ina