2020-07-01 Tobacco Commission Endorsement PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2020-07-01
VIRGINIA TOBACCO INDEMNIFICATION AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
COMMISSION PROJECT ENDORSEMENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,at the Business Meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors(the"Board"),held
on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in the Gallery Room of the Chatham Community Center, the following Resolution
was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization
Commission ("Tobacco Commission") was created to help foster economic development and improved
infrastructure development in the tobacco dependent communities of Southwest and Southside Virginia; and
WHEREAS,the Board desires to submit a loan application for$5,000,000 to the Tobacco Commission
from the"Southside Economic Development Grant Fund"due by July 25, 2020.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby support a Loan
Application to the Tobacco Commission to provide to American Electric Power for the purpose of relocating a
69KV transmission line that transects the Southern Virginia Megasite, to develop the readiness of the site and
allow the site to be certified as a Quest Site Solutions' Megasite; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that the Board does hereby authorize the County Administrator, or his
designee, to execute the related application, and sign any and all necessary loan documents, reports, and the
contracts.
Given under my hand this 21'day of July,2020.
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Robert("Bob")W. Warren, Chairman
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
; AO./
D M. mrthe-an, Clerk
f �' Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors