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109 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, Section 15.1-835 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, provides for the amendment of the City Charter upon the holding of a Public Hearing and the request of the City Council to the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that certain amendments to the Charter of the City of Portsmouth is necessary and desirable at this time and has held such Public Hearing required by law on December 8, 1992, to consider such amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that amendment of the City Charter is desired and deemed to be in the best interest of the City and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and transmit to the General Assembly, together with certified copies of this resolution, a draft of a bill amending the Charter of the City of Portsmouth, 1970, as follows: 1. By amending Section 2.10 pertaining to the City's waterworks and water supply to read as follows: Section 2.10. Waterworks. The said city shall also have the power to contract with any other political subdivision in this state for the use of its own water supply, or the water supply of such other political subdivision, in whole or in part, upon any terms, as may be agreed upon; and may contract for the sale of water, either within or without the city limits, and collect such rates or charges for the use thereof as it may deem proper, or as may be agreed upon with any other political subdivision under the provisions hereof or any other law of this state. The city may establish or enlarge its waterworks, within or without the limits of the city, contract and agree with the owners, whether the same be individuals, private corporations, or public service corporations, of any land, water, water rights or easements, for the use or purchase thereof, or may have the same condemned for the location, extension and enlargement of the said works, the pipes connected therewith, or any fixtures or appurtenances thereof. The city shall have the power to make reasonable rules and regulations and to enact ordinances with adequate penalties for promoting the purity of its water supply, for protecting the same from pollution and for protecting from injury its waterworks, pipes, fixtures, lakes and land or anything connected therewith, and for these purposes to exercise full police powers and sanitary patrol over all lands comprised within the watershed tributary wherever such lands may be located in the