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<br /> <br />R-07-56 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE PORTSMOUTH CITY JAIL AND POSSIBLE <br />EXPANSION OF THE HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL. <br /> <br />WHEREAS the local jails of several Hampton Roads localities, including Portsmouth, are <br />aging and will require substantial additional capital maintenance in the near future, and whereas <br />there is a need for additional local jail beds in several Hampton Roads localities, including <br />Portsmouth; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the Hampton Roads Regional Jail is capable of being expanded so as to meet <br />said needs of Portsmouth and other member localities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS expanding the Hampton Roads Regional Jail for this purpose could be <br />advantageous in many ways, including more efficient administration, reduced maintenance costs, <br />and better health care for inmates: <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, as follows: <br /> <br />I. The City of Portsmouth requests studies concerning possible expansion of the <br />Hampton Roads Regional Jail so that it will be able to meet future incarceration needs of <br />Portsmouth and possibly its other member localities. <br /> <br />2. The City expresses its willingness to participate financially and administratively in <br />said studies. <br /> <br />3. The Board of Directors of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority is respectfully <br />requested to seek from the 2008 Session of the General Assembly an exemption from the current <br />moratorium on new jail construction to permit study and planning; and thereafter to proceed with <br />completing a Community Based Corrections Plan and a Planning Study concerning said possible <br />expansion; to be followed by design and construction if justified by said studies. <br /> <br />4. The members of the Portsmouth delegation to the General Assembly are respectfully <br />requested to support any such requests from the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority. <br /> <br />5. The City Manager and the City Attorney are hereby directed to take all such other and <br />further steps as may be reasonably necessary to implement the intent of this resolution. <br /> <br />Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on <br />November 27, 2007. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />