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November 12, 2019 Recommended Action:  Adoption of the Resolution. Next Steps Following Council Action:  The City Manager will take the necessary and desirable steps to cause formation of the Regional Broadband Authority. Motion by Mr. Clark, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: “RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A REGIONAL AUTHORITY UNDER THE WIRELESS SERVICE AUTHORITIES ACT. WHEREAS, the Cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach (the “Cities”) have determined that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the Cities to form an authority under the Wireless Service Authorities Act to be known as the Southside Network Authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Wireless Service Authorities Act, Chapter 54.1 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended; and WHEREAS, the Cities each find, jointly and severally, that creation of the Authority will serve an essential public purpose by increasing the speed and availability of broadband Internet and information services, enable private investment in the marketplace to be better targeted to serving the public, as well as creating jobs and increasing the tax base of the Cities and the region as a whole. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Virginia Beach, the City Council of the City of Suffolk, the City Council of the City of Portsmouth, the City Council of the City of Norfolk, and the City Council of the City of Chesapeake, to create an authority under the Wireless Service Authorities Act with Articles of Incorporation as follows: ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SOUTHSIDE NETWORK AUTHORITY The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, the City of Norfolk, Virginia, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, the City of Suffolk, Virginia, and the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, each a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have by concurrent resolutions adopted these Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the Wireless Service Authorities Act (the “Act”), Chapter 54.1 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, following advertisement and public hearing as required by law. ARTICLE I NAME AND ADDRESS The name of the authority is the “Southside Network Authority” (“Authority”). The address of the principal office of the Authority shall be at 723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. ARTICLE II TERM OF THE AUTHORITY The Authority shall exist for a term of 50 years as a political subdivision, and as thereafter extended in accordance with the Act, unless earlier dissolved in accordance with the Act.