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23 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF <br />THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO FULLY FUND THE COMMUNITY <br />SERVICES PROGRAMS. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Thirteen Million ($13,000,000.) Dollars <br />in State Funds was deleted from the Community Services item <br />of the Governor's Budget; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has received more <br />than Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand ($316,000.) Dollars of <br />the State Funds in the last fiscal year for the operation of <br />Community Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Drug Abuse <br />Programs; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, said State Funds are considered essential <br />to the continued operation of these programs. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of <br />the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Governor and the <br />General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia are hereby <br />urged to fully fund the Community Services Programs' budget <br />for the total amount of Twenty Six Million ($26,000,000.) <br />Dollars. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and <br />he hereby is, instructed to forward a copy of this resolution <br />to the Honorable Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Governor of the Common- <br />wealth of Virginia, and to each member of the Portsmouth <br />Delegation to the General Assembly. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held March 9, 1976. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />