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R-02-10 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTICIPATE <br />IN THE COMBINED REGIONAL VIRGINIA JUVENILE COMMUNITY CRIME <br />CONTROL ACT PLAN. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the General Assembly enacted the Virginia Juvenile Community <br />Crime Control Act (VJCCCA) to establish balanced, community-based programs and <br />services for juvenile offenders; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the VJCCCA replaced the block grant system in Portsmouth and <br />other localities that had previously established such community-based programs, and <br />redirected the funds from the programs to the individual localities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is a founding member of the Tidewater <br />Regional Group Home Commission, a regional entity created by Chesapeake, Franklin, <br />Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Isle of Wight and Southampton, and established for <br />the purpose of establishing and operating such services on the behalf of its member <br />localities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission has been <br />designated by its member jurisdictions to develop the necessary plans, to act as the fiscal <br />agent, and to administer the programs funded under the VJCCCA; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth desires that this system of <br />services continue to operate uninterrupted by participating in the VJCCCA planning <br />process and directing that its portion of the VJCCCA funding be used to fund its portion <br />of the plan. <br /> <br /> THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia. that the City Manager is authorized to participate in the combined regional <br />VJCCCA plan prepared by the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission on behalf <br />of Chesapeake, Franklin, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Isle of Wight and <br />Southampton. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Tidewater Regional Group Home <br />Commission continue to operate as the fiscal agent for these programs and that all funds <br />awarded to the City of Portsmouth under the Act continue to be used to fund the <br />programs included in the plans. <br /> <br /> ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held <br />on February 26, 2002. <br /> Teste: <br /> <br /> City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />