2021 Capital Pool (language only)

Item C-68.50 #1c

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Page 638, after line 46, insert:

"D. The authorization provided under Chapter 759 / 769, 2016 Acts of Assembly for bond funding from the Virginia College Building Authority for Virginia Commonwealth University Center capital project 18205, Construct Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS), is rescinded.

E. In addition to the appropriation and bond authorization authorized by this item, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall transfer unutilized Virginia College Building Authority (VCBA) bond authorization and appropriation from the projects listed below, in the amounts shown, to this project for funding the projects listed in paragraph F:

F. 1. Upon certification from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership that an agreement has been reached with the Economic Development Authority and Rolls-Royce Crosspointe LL, the Department of General Services is hereby authorized $12,120,000 the first year from bond proceeds of the Virginia Public Building Authority to provide funds for the acquisition of  the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM).

2. Virginia Commonwealth University is hereby authorized $6,880,000 the first year from bond proceeds of the Virginia College Building Authority to provide funds for the support acquisition and installation of High-Performance Computing tools for the development of the Commonwealth Center for Cloud Computing (C4).

G. The conditions required in order to receive the allocation from paragraph F. 2. of this item are:

1. Virginia Commonwealth University shall convene a workgroup comprised of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University, Virginia State University, Longwood University, and representatives from the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) and the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics for the expressed purpose of developing a plan for the Commonwealth Center for Cloud Computing (C4).

2. The plan shall identify areas of research relevant to the C4, guiding principles to ensure continued collaboration between and among the partnering entities, opportunities for potential expansion of other institutions and entities, linkages with the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, the Cyber Range and the Greater Washington Partnership, operational cost estimates and cost sharing strategies between and among the partnering institutions and entities to include potential for leveraging private sector partnerships.

3. The workgroup shall submit the report by December 1, 2021 to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees and the Governor.

4. After adoption of the report by the General Assembly, the funding provided in paragraph F.2. shall be released to Virginia Commonwealth University to support the creation of the operations of the  Commonwealth Center for Cloud Computing (C4)."