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RESOLUTION • APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER FOR THE CENTRAL SHENANDOAH CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY WHEREAS, the Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy ("Academy") was originally organized in 1973 on the campus of the Blue Ridge Community College, to provide basic and in-service training for law enforcement personnel; and WHEREAS, the Academy serves more than fifty (50) political subdivisions and localities, and numerous criminal justice agencies; and WHEREAS, the Academy has been established by a written charter ("Charter") approved by resolution of the participating localities and agencies, which Charter was last revised in October 1998; and WHEREAS, since 1998 the General Assembly has amended the Virginia Code and the Department of Criminal Justice Services has revised the procedures governing how the Academy must conduct its day-to-day business, and these changes necessitate amendments of the Charter and of the By -Laws of the Academy; and WHEREAS, in February and March of 2006 the governing board of the Academy voted to amend the Charter, effective March 9, 2006, as well as its By -Laws; and WHEREAS, the governing board of the Academy has transmitted the 2006 changes to the Charter for approval and endorsement of the City of Charlottesville, by its City Council, a • member locality, and WHEREAS, § 15.2-1747 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, provides that a locality's governing body may enter into an agreement for a regional criminal justice training academy, by resolution approving such agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the 2006 revisions to the Charter of the Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy, a revised copy of which is attached to this resolution and incorporated herein by reference, be and it is hereby APPROVED and ADOPTED, and this Council hereby re joins and continues its membership of the Academy, as authorized by § 15.2- 1747 of the Virginia Code. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION and the Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward an attested copy hereof to the Executive Director, Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy, 3045 Lee Highway, Weyers Cave, Virginia, 24486. Adopted: OLtLdIkSt 1 , 2006 Attest: J a e Cox, Clerk of Council 0