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February 8. 2011 - New Business - 11 - 72 - Boards and Commissions There were no appointments. 11 - 73 - Items Submitted by Council Members . Adoption of a resolution in support of creating a School of Retail at the Portsmouth Campus of Tidewater Community College. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Edmonds, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CREATING A SCHOOL OF RETAIL AT THE PORTSMOUTH CAMPUS OF TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE. WHEREAS, a School of Retail could serve as a focal point for retail education and training for the Hampton Roads region and beyond; and WHEREAS, a School of Retail could prepare individuals for careers and advancement in a variety of retail and retail-oriented enterprises through high-quality, state-of-the-art, credit and non-credit programming; and WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Campus of Tidewater Community College ("TCC"), the main campus of the TCC complex, is already setting new national standards of excellence for community colleges, and locating a School of Retail there would have even further statewide and national implications for developing career paths; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth was instrumental in advancing the concept of creating a School of Retail at a City Council work session on Economic Development on November 7, 2009, and the City has thereafter engaged in conceptual discussions with TCC and the partners developing Victory Village about creating said School; and WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Campus of TCC is easily accessible to potential students from the entire Hampton Roads region because of its proximity to an Interstate highway; and it is also central to retail opportunities and store locations throughout the region (including the Peninsula), making it an ideal regional location for a School of Retail; and WHEREAS, the mutually beneficial relationship between the City and TCC is a longstanding one, going back many decades to creation of the original Beazley Campus, and with the present Portsmouth Campus having been designed and constructed with substantial and continuing institutional and financial support from the City of Portsmouth, dating back to a resolution duly enacted by City Council on January 15,2002; and WHEREAS, the City remains committed to the success of the Portsmouth Campus, as evidenced in part by advancing this proposal for a School of Retail; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. The City of Portsmouth hereby supports creation of a School of Retail at the Portsmouth Campus of TCC, determines said development to be in the public interest, and respectfully urges TCC to proceed with its planning and development. 2. The City Manager is directed, personally and through his designees, to continue discussions with TCC so that the preliminary conceptual plan for a School of Retail shall be developed into an Action Plan for creating and opening said school. The City Attorney shall assist as needed with any legal aspects of the development.