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R-24-13 A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE THE HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL. WHEREAS, the HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY ("Authority") was established on December 14, 1993, pursuant to Section 53.1-95.2 et seq., VA Code Ann., (1950), as amended; and WHEREAS, the Authority is comprised of five municipal entities including, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, the City of Norfolk, Virginia, the City of Hampton, Virginia, the City of Newport News, Virginia, and the City of Chesapeake, Virginia (individually, the "member city") or collectively as the "member cities"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement for Creation of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, all decisions concerning membership, withdrawal of members, and the continued operation of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail ("Jail") by the Authority must be unanimous, with resolutions adopted by each member city; and WHEREAS, the member cities agree unanimously that they want to close the Jail (for the purpose of housing inmates) as of April 1, 2024, sell the facility and its contents to the City of Portsmouth, and wind down and dissolve the Authority as soon as possible thereafter; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Portsmouth has concluded that closing the Jail as of April 1, 2024, selling the facility and its contents to the City of Portsmouth, and winding down and dissolving the Authority as soon as possible thereafter is in the best interest of the Authority and its member cities; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the desire of the member cities to close the Jail, the Authority has advised that all outstanding debt under the Authority's Master Indenture of Trust has been defeased and deemed paid as of March 28, 2024; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: Section 1: The City Council of Portsmouth is supportive of the Authority's Board's decision to close the Jail (for the purpose of housing inmates) as of April 1, 2024. Section 2: The City Council of Portsmouth approves the sale of the Jail facility and its contents to the City of Portsmouth as outlined in the proposed Purchase Agreement between the Authority and the City of Portsmouth (attached hereto as an Exhibit) which will be executed as soon as all member jurisdictions have authorized the sale. Section 3: The City Council of Portsmouth authorizes the Authority to act and take all actions necessary, consistent with its current Fiscal Year 2024 operating and capital budgets, and future Fiscal Year budgets, as the Authority may amend and approve, including two years after