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AuguSt 27, 1991 WHEREAS, the Cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Norfolk intend to create a regional jail authority which will have its own powers and authority to construct and operate the Hampton Roads Regional Jail either within or outside of Portsmouth's corporate ~Dundaries; and WHEREAS, the general purpose of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority shall be that of constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating a 1008 bed regional jail; enlarging, renovating, and improving such facilities; acquiring the necessary property therefore; and doing any and all things deemed by the ~uthority necessary,.convenient, and desirable for the efficient and proper development and operation of such types of iund~rtakings; and WHEREAS, the preliminary estimate of the capital costs of constructing the Hampton Roads Regional Jail is Sixty-Five Million Two Hundred Two Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($65,202,000.00), not including costs of acquiring land. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City of Portsmouth hereby requests reimbursement from the Commonwealth of Virginia for the construction costs of the Hampton Roads Regional Ja~l pursuan~ to Section 53.1-81 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. Ayes: Clemons, Corprew, Epperson, Hawks, Lucas, Webb Nays: King 91-300 - Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a resolution to temporarily change the voting place, for the September 11, 1991 Democratic Primary only, in Precinct 23 from the Westhaven Baptist Church to the Westhaven Elementary School. This is a temporary one-time change in the due to a scheduling conflict at Westhaven on the date of the Democratic Primary. voting place Baptist Church "A scheduling conflict at Westhaven Baptist Church has precluded the church from being available for use as the polling place for'Precinct 23 for the September llth Democratic Primary. Therefore, the Electoral Board has made arrangement with the school system for use of the Westhaven Elementary School at 3701 Clifford Street for that date only. The Board has indicated that the church will be available for voting at the general election. The City Attorney has prepared a resolution which provides for this change in location. I, therefore, recommend your approval of this resolution changing the voting place for Precinct 23 on September 11, 1991." Motion of Mr. Hawks, and seconded by Mr. King, the following resolution was adopted and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION TEMPORARILY CHANGING THE VOTING PLACE IN PRECINCT 23 FROM WESTHAVEN BAPTIST CHURCH TO WESTHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 3701 CLIFFORD STREET, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 1991. ~EREAS, the E~ectoral Board of the City of Portsmouth has been advised by the Westhaven Baptist Church that the church~is not available on September 11, 1991 for use by the Electoral Board as the voting place in Precinct 23 for the Democratic Primary; and