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5 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF THE CO~%~ONWEALTH OF <br />VIRGINIA TO DESIGNATE THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AS A SERVICE <br />DELIVERY AREA UNDER THE JOB T~AINING PARTNERSHIP ACT OF <br />1982. <br /> <br /> WHERE,_S, since October !, 1980, the City of Portsmouth <br />has a~inistered Federally funded employment and training <br />programs for disadvantaged residents of the community as a <br />Prime Sponsor under the Comprehensive ~ployment and Training <br />Act of !973~ and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS~ the Job Trainmng Partnership-Act of 1982 requmres <br />local goverma~en~s to have populations of over 200,000 to continue <br />as a ~ ime Sponsor? and <br /> <br /> W~EREJ%S~ the Governor of the Commonwealth may designate <br />units of local goverP~ent ~ith a population of less than 2OO,0OO <br />as a 3ervice Delivery Area, and localities wishing to operate <br />local training programs may request such designation from the <br />Goverz~o£~ and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS~ Portsmouth Manpower Co~lmission, in its advisory <br />capacity to the City Council on employment and training issues, <br />adopted a reso!~[z!©n at its meeting of Dece~foer 16, 1982 in support <br />of the sontinuat~on of the City as a prime sponsor, and recor~ended <br />that the City ConDoi! request the Governor to designate the City <br />as a Service Delivery Area; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS~ the Portsmouth Chan~er of Con~erce and the Portsmouth <br />School Board have also considered this issue, and have joined the <br />Manpower Co~ission in this recommendation; and <br /> <br /> WHER~S~ the Council of the City of Portsmouth is of the <br />opinion that this administrative arrangement has orovided the <br />City with a flexib!e, cost effective program, which has brought <br />over $4~0OO,O00 in employment a~d training funds ~o this City; <br />and <br /> <br /> ~?HEREAS, it is the opinion of this Council that only <br />through local ad~inistrat£on can the employment and training <br />programs of this City continue to be responsive to the <br />local needs and assure coordination of services in the community. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, hereby endorses the continuation of <br />the City as a. Prime Sponsor and directs the submission of an <br />application to ~he Governor of the Co~onweal%h of Virginia <br />to designate this City as a Service Delivery Area. <br /> <br /> <br />