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VIRGINIA BEACH — City Council will vote Tuesday on a fundraising agreement with a local nonprofit to help pay for the construction of Rudee Park.

The Virginia Gentlemen Foundation wants to led the fundraising effort and donate to the cause, according to the city.

The council agreed in August to move forward with plans for a public park on land in the resort area’s southernmost point overlooking Rudee Inlet. The park will feature a walking path on top of the 1st Street jetty, a water plaza and splash pad, a fishing ledge, elevated walkways with an ocean overlook and a grassy sunset lawn cascading toward Rudee Inlet.

The council already has set aside $50 million from a tourism tax fund to build the park. But council members hope to offset th

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