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Council Members <br />M. Gene Teague, Mayor <br />Terry L. Roop, Vice-Mayor <br />Bruce H. T Dallas <br /> J. Ronald Ferrill <br /> Joseph R. Cobbe <br /> <br />Martinsville <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br /> City Manager <br />Earl B. Reynolds. Jr. <br />City Attorney <br />David B. Worthy <br />Clerk of Council <br />Johnathan B. Phillips <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Regional Competitiveness Act, Section 15.1-1227.1 through <br />Section 15.1-1227.5 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, permits counties, cities, <br />and towns within a planning district to establish a regional partnership for the <br />purpose of encouraging local governments to exercise the options provided by <br />law to work together for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the <br />Commonwealth; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the West Piedmont Planning District, at the request of the Planning <br />District's Regional Manager's Group, amended its bylaws to create a committee <br />of the Commission thereby creating an organization known as the West Piedmont <br />Regional Alliance and which may also be identified as the Regional Alliance; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the West Piedmont Regional Alliance became a qualified Regional <br />Competitiveness Program partnership for a five-year period beginning in 1997; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Region now desires to requalify for continued participation in <br />the Regional Competitiveness Program; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the West Piedmont Planning District Commission has extended an <br />invitation for the City of Martinsville to continue to be a fully participating <br />member in the Regional Alliance; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the CitY of Martinsvilie <br />agreed at its meeting on May 13, 2003 to: <br /> <br />A. Continue support to the West Piedmont Regional Alliance under the <br /> provisions of the 1996 Regional Cooperation Act in conjunction with the <br /> other participating member local governments of Planning District 12 and <br /> the West Piedmont Planning District Commission; <br />B. Be included as a participating member of the West Piedmont Regional <br /> Alliance, organized within the West Piedmont Planning District and as set <br /> forth in the West Piedmont Planning District Commission Bylaws; <br />C. Authorize the West Piedmont Regional Alliance, as a partnership <br /> organization in accordance with the 1996 Regional Competitiveness Act, <br /> to carry out the Regional Competitiveness Program process and provisions <br /> on its behalf; and <br /> <br />55 West Church Street EO. Box 1112 Martinsville, VA 24114-1112 276-656-5180 Fax: 276-656-5280 <br /> www.ci.martinsville.va.us <br /> <br /> <br />