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<br />R-IO-29 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A <br />MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT AND FUTURE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE <br />CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND THE U.S. COAST GUARD. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Virginia law authorizes local governments to enter into mutual aid <br />agreements and to provide police cooperation and assistance; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, federal law authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard to enter into mutual aid <br />agreements for providing cooperation and assistance, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the U.S. Coast Guard and the City of Portsmouth propose to enter <br />into a mutual aid agreement for law enforcement response purposes within the U.S. Coast <br />Guard Base Support Unit Portsmouth and the City of Portsmouth; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a Mutual Aid <br />Agreement, in a form substantially similar to Exhibit 1 attached hereto, with the U.S. <br />Coast Guard for inter-jurisdictional assistance, cooperation and enforcement action. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is further authorized to <br />enter into similar agreements with the U.S. Coast Guard in the future without the <br />necessity of further City Council approval if he deems said agreements to be in the best <br />interest of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on September 14,2010. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />