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Februar~ 26, 2002 02 - 59 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to participate in the combined regional Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA) plan prepared by the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission. Recommendation: · Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to participate in the combined regional Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA) plan prepared by the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission. Purpose and Need: · The VJCCCA was enacted by the General Assembly to establish balanced, community-based programs and services for juvenile offenders. · Required changes to the Department of Juvenile Justice reporting formats will make it more efficient for the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission to file a combined biennial plan on behalf of the City of Portsmouth and other participating localities in the region. Under the current system, TRGHC develops and files individual service plans for each of the eight participating localities served by the commission. · The City has received this funding for four years to provide community based services to serious violent juvenile offenders aged 10-14. Services include intensive supervision, electronic monitoring and other services as necessary. Financial Impact: There is no financial impact for this item. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMBINED REGIONAL VIRGINIA JUVENILE COMMUNITY CRIME CONTROL ACT PLAN. WHEREAS, the General Assembly enacted the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA) to establish balanced, community-based programs and services for juvenile offenders; and WHEREAS, the VJCCCA replaced the block grant system in Portsmouth and other localities that had previously established such community-based programs, and redirected the funds from the programs to the individual localities; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is a founding member of the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission, a regional entity created by Chesapeake, Franklin, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Isle of Wight and Southampton, and established for the purpose of establishing and operating such services on the behalf of its member localities; and WHEREAS, the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission has been designated by its member jurisdictions to develop the necessary plans, to act as the fiscal agent, and to administer the programs funded under the VJCCCA; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth desires that this system of services continue to operate uninterrupted by participating in the VJCCCA planning process and directing that its portion of the VJCCCA funding be used to fund its portion of the plan. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Manager is authorized to participate in the combined regional VJCCCA plan prepared by the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission on behalf of Chesapeake, Franklin, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Isle of Wight and Southampton.