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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF <br />A COMMUNITY DIVERSION PROGRAM. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of <br />Community Diversion Incentive Act <br />Virginia, 1950, as amended; and <br /> <br />Virginia has enacted the <br />as set forth in the Code of <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of said Act is to enable localities, <br />qualified private, non-profit agencies or the Commonwealth to <br />develop, establish and maintain Community Diversion Programs <br />to provide the judicial system with sentencing alternatives <br />for certain non-violent offenders who may require less than <br />institutional custody; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />has determined that it would be in the best interest of the <br />health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of <br />Portsmouth to establish such a program. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Vir'ginia, that the Council does hereby <br />establish a Community Diversion Program. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth authorizes the City Manager to develop a Community <br />Diversion Program in accordance with Article II, Chapter 5, <br />Title 53.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be, and he <br />hereby is, instructed to forward a copy of this resolution to <br />the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections for the <br />establishment of a Community Dive~sion Program for the City of <br />Portsmouth. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held January 8, 1991. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />