Laserfiche WebLink
R -19 -35 <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A REGIONAL <br />AUTHORITY UNDER THE WIRELESS SERVICE AUTHORITIES ACT. <br />WHEREAS, the Cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and <br />Virginia Beach (the "Cities ") have determined that it is in the best interests of the citizens <br />of the Cities to form an authority under the Wireless Service Authorities Act to be known <br />as the Southside Network Authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Wireless <br />Service Authorities Act, Chapter 54.1 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as <br />amended, and <br />WHEREAS, the Cities each find, jointly and severally, that creation of the <br />Authority will serve an essential public purpose by increasing the speed and availability <br />of broadband Internet and information services, enable private investment in the <br />marketplace to be better targeted to serving the public, as well as creating jobs and <br />increasing the tax base of the Cities and the region as a whole. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED by the City Council of <br />the City of Virginia Beach, the City Council of the City of Suffolk, the City Council of <br />the City of Portsmouth, the City Council of the City of Norfolk, and the City Council of <br />the City of Chesapeake, to create an authority under the Wireless Service Authorities Act <br />with Articles of Incorporation as follows: <br />ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION <br />OF THE <br />SOUTHSIDE NETWORK AUTHORITY <br />The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, the City of Norfolk, Virginia, the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, the City of Suffolk, Virginia, and the City of Virginia <br />Beach, Virginia, each a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of <br />Virginia, have by concurrent resolutions adopted these Articles of <br />Incorporation pursuant to the Wireless Service Authorities Act (the - Act "), <br />Chapter 54.1 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, <br />following advertisement and public hearing as required by law. <br />ARTICLE I <br />NAME AND ADDRESS <br />The name of the authority is the "Southside Network Authority" <br />( "Authority "). The address of the principal office of the Authority shall be <br />at 723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. <br />ARTICLE II <br />TERM OF THE AUTHORITY <br />