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R-01-35 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH TO EXECUTE THE FOURTH AMENDED CHARTER <br />AGREEMENT OF THE SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA JOB TRAINING <br />ADMINISTRATION. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, by Charter Agreement dated July 1, 1974, ("Charter Agreement"), <br />the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. <br />and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southhampron joined together to create the <br />Southeastern Tidewater Area Manpower Authority, for the purpose of administering the <br />Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, ("CETA"); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Charter Agreement was amended, effective October 1, 1983, to <br />reflect, among other things, that programs previously administered under CETA had been <br />undertaken by the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, the successor legislation to <br />CETA; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Charter Agreement was amended a second time, effective <br />January 1, 1985, to change the name of the joint venture from Southeastern Tidewater <br />Area Manpower Authority to the Southeastern Virginia Job Training Administration <br />("SVJTA'); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in 1998, Congress adopted the Workforce Investment Act ("Act") to <br />replace the Job Training Partnership Act; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Charter Agreement was amended a third time, effective January <br />1, 2000, to make it consistent with applicable provisions of the Act; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Charter Agreement must be amended a fourth time, effective <br />July 1, 2001, in order to bring it into conformance with recent changes to the Act; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, a copy of the proposed "Fourth Amended Charter Agreement" has <br />been furnished to the City Council and its provistons are acceptable to the Council. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, that: <br /> <br /> 1. The Mayor of the City of Portsmouth is hereby authorized to execute, on <br />behalf of the City of Portsmouth, the "Fourth Amended Charter Agreement of the <br />Southeastern Virginia Job Training Administration," which is incorporated by reference <br />as if fully set out herein. <br /> <br /> <br />