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113 A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT POLICY BOARD FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ALCOHOL SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Virginia in the interest of highway safety has provided by law programs for probation, education and rehabilitation of persons charged with driving motor vehicles under the influence of alcohol beverages and other self-administered drugs, such programs being collectively known as Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program or VASAP; and WHEREAS, the Southeastern Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program was established on July 1, 1975 for the purpose of providing probation, education and rehabilitation of persons charged with or in violation of ~18.2-266 and/or local ordinances adopted in accordance therewith; and WHEREAS, the applicable provisions of the Code of Virginia requires the establishment of a VASAP Commission and that Commission establish procedures for the operation of local Alcohol Safety Action Programs; and WHEREAS, the VASAP Commission in its meeting on April 3, 1987, issued directives that all local VASAP Programs would immediately establish and implement an independent Policy Board Representative of all localities served by the Program to operate the Program; and WHEREAS, by resolution of the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, the City of Portsmouth became part of the Southeastern Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program pursuant to ~15.1-21 of the Code of Virginia. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, endorses the establishment of an Independent Policy Board for the Southeastern VASAP and that: 1. The Board shall consist of fifteen (15) members. One person appointed by the governing body of each participating jurisdiction for a term of at least two (2) years; 2. The balance of the Board shall be selected by majority vote of appointed members to serve terms of one (1) year each and shall include persons representing education, police, courts and citizens; 3. The Program shall be operated by the Policy Board in compliance with the Commission policies and procedures and local mandates;