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44 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING APPROVAL OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, has duly considered the advantages of a regional jail with the Cities of Chesapeake and Norfolk as provided in Section 53.1-105 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended; and WHEREAS, the Cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Norfolk intend to create a regional jail authority which will have its own powers and authority to construct and operate the Hampton Roads Regional Jail either within or outside of Portsmouth's corporate boundaries; and ~EREAS, the general purpose of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority shall be that of constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating a 1008 bed regional jail; enlarging, renovating, and improving such facilities; acquiring the necessary property therefore; and doing any and all things deemed by the authority necessary, convenient, and desirable for the efficient and proper development and operation of such types of undertakings; and WHEREAS. the preliminary estimate of the capital costs of constructing the Hampton Roads Regional Jail is Sixty-Five Million Two Hundred Two Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($65,202,000.00), not including costs of acquiring land. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Ci%y of Portsmouth hereby requests reimbursement from the Comr~onwealth of Virginia for the construction costs of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail pursuant to Section 53.1-81 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held August 27, 1991. Teste: City Clerk