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35 Neighborhood Association as reimbursement for park renovations; and WHEREAS, $8,001.00 was transferred to the Belmont Park revenue account from CDBG funds as reimbursement for the construction of handicapped ramps at Belmont Park; and WHEREAS, $15,000 was awarded to the City of Charlottesville, through the Belmont Neighborhood Association, from the Perry Foundation with the intention of providing funds for additional lighting fixtures and play equipment of Belmont Park; BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that $26,062.68 is hereby appropriated to account code 26-181-073110-50111 inthe Capital Fund for renovations at Belmont Park. d. APPROPRIATION: $218,000 - Greyhound Bus Station Renovation (carried over) e. RESOLUTION: Amending Commission on Children and Families Agreement re: Membership BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that approval is hereby granted to amend the Joint Agreement on the Commission on Children and Families, dated October 21, 1997, amended October 4, 1999. "1) With respect to the STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION, the City and the County agree that: The Commission shall consist ofsevemee~ nineteen voting members. A majority o£the board shall be citizens who are not employed by government or service agencies and who are not elected government officials. NLue Eleven of the voting members shall be citizen representatives (''Citizen Members"): fo, ur five appointed by the County, fc,-'~r five appointed by the City and one jointly appointed private service provider. Of the .... eleven citizen members, at least one appointee from each jurisdiction must be a parent, and at least one appointee from each jurisdiction must be a youth under the age of eighteen years at the time his or her appointment takes effect .... " AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an updated Joint Agreement which has been amended as set forth herein. f. RESOLUTION: Supporting State Transportation Funding for Localities WHEREAS, the transportation systems in Virginia are critical to the continuing economic vitality and livability of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions; WHEREAS, the Code of Virginia, along with the State Appropriation Act, set forth the revenues dedicated to transportation and how they are allocated across the State and its polkical subdivisions. WHEREAS, the recent economic downturn and an unsound Six-Year Transportation Capital Improvement Plan has created a crisis for transportation finance in the Commonwealth; WHEREAS, to avert the financial crisis the Governor has directed the Secretary of Transportation and the Interim Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to develop a realistic, achievable and fiscally responsible plan for transportation spending in the Commonwealth. WHEREAS, VDOT's proposed plan includes potential reductions of up to 47% in state aid to urban transportation construction programs, which will severely impact localities;