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May 26. 2009 · Plan, assess, and implement PROMISE plans and programs for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially for at-risk youth in local comities; · Hire and train law enforcement officers as youth-oriented police to work with local PROMISE Coordinating Councils, other community based organizations, and high-risk youth in local communities; · Extend and increase funding for juvenile accountability block grants through Fiscal Year 2013; · Create and expand state, local, and tribal juvenile witness and victim protection programs; and WHEREAS, in 2007, the Average Daily Membership for students in the Portsmouth ,Virginia Public Schools was 14,819, with 50% of this student body deemed At-Risk; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, a city of only 29 square miles, has the highest real estate tax rate in the Hampton Roads, Virginia region as a result of the presence of tax-exempt federal and state facilities constituting more than 50% of the city's area; WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia is deemed the fourth (4th) most fiscally stressed locality in the Commonwealth of Virginia; and WHREAS, with the passage of these bills the City of Portsmouth may be eligible to receive additional resources to help the City's gang prevention and intervention efforts; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Portsmouth, Virginia hereby expresses its full support of H. R. 1064 and S. 435, the Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act (Youth PROMISE Act), which would provide funding for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street-gang activity and prevention and intervention to help build individual, family and community strength and youth resiliency to ensure that the City's young people might have the ability to lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free and law-abiding lives. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby DIRECTED to send a copy of the foregoing resolution to all members of the Congressional delegation from the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the sponsors of H.R. 1064 and S. 435." Ayes: Heretick, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 09 - 294 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a deed and other necessary instruments to convey to Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, a parcel of land located at 1715 Columbia Street and know as Tax Map and Parcel 0113-0560. Vision Principal: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Background . There is a parcel of property owned by the City of Portsmouth which is located at 1715 Columbia Street, designated as Map and Parcel 0113-0560. . The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has requested that this property be conveyed to them by the City. Discussion: . Financial Impact: The conveyance of this parcel will provide PRHA sufficient land to construct improvements on property.