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WHEREAS, the Partnership in close cooperation with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission will take responsibility for submitting the Hampton Roads Region's application for incentive funding under the RCP and for seeing that the Plan's joint activities are enacted;and WHEREAS, in recognition of the Partnership's role in implementing the Plan's joint activities, the Partnership's executive committee formally requested that the Hampton Roads Mayors and Chairs caucus support distributing all 1997 RCP funds received by the region directly to the Partnership (distribution methodology), and the Mayors and Chairs caucus approved the request; and WHEREAS, prior to completing the application process, the RCP guidelines require that each municipality designate by resolution approval of the region's RCP incentive funds distribution methodology; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, has reviewed the RCP and supports the Partnership's efforts to carry out the provisions of the RCP and apply for monetary incentives on its behalf. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that: 1. The Council recognizes the Hampton Roads Region as a region contemplated by the Act and hereby declares itself to be a member of and a participant in the Hampton Roads Region. 2. The Council supports the Partnership's efforts to carry out the provisions of the RCP and apply for monetary incentives on its behalf. 3. The Council approves the RCP fund distribution methodology and authorizes the Partnership to receive on its behalf all 1997 incentive funding. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on May 27, 1997. Teste: City Clerk