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<br />WHEREAS, while the resolution requested that the tolls be replaced by a more equitable <br />I <br />,means of funding by the Commonwealth, no such funding alternative was developed, adopted, <br />or implemented; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, because ofVDOT's ill-considered entry into a one-sided and virtually <br />secretive Agreement with ERCO, Hampton Roads citizens and businesses have been forced to <br />challenge the Agreement through the filing of a lawsuit (Meeks. et al. v. Virginia Department of <br />Transportation. et al.) in the Portsmouth Circuit Court. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that it hereby restates its opposition to the illegal and unconstitutional tolls that will be <br />imposed on its citizens, its visitors, and its neighbors. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council publicly declares its support for <br />the remedies sought in the above-referenced litigation and requests that the General Assembly <br />establish an equitable funding mechanism for the Facilities that addresses the financial <br />challenges already facing two communities, Portsmouth and Norfolk, who have no reasonable or <br />viable alternatives to the Facilities. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and is authorized and directed to <br />forward a copy of this Resolution to the Governor of the Commonwealth and to all the members <br />of the Virginia General Assembly. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on <br />March 12,2013. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />