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R-98-28 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE <br />VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION UNDER <br />THE VIRGINIA RECREATIONAL TRAILS FUND PROGRAM FOR FUNDING <br />ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROPOSED "PATH OF GLORY." <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth's Vision 2005 plan for development <br />includes the enhancement of a diversified trail known as the "Path of Glory" between the <br />Norfolk Naval Shipyard and U.S. Naval Medical Center; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City and the United States Navy have signed an agreement <br />which would lead to the loan of Navy artifacts to the City for the purpose of recounting <br />the story of their common history; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the artifacts require the design and construction of interpretive <br />materials in order to explain their significance; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City seeks to obtain partial funding for this project through a <br />grant of $50,000 from the Virginia Recreational Trails Fund Program of the Virginia <br />Department of Conservation and Recreation; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City intends to match the grant, if awarded, through $50;000 of <br />in-kind services by City staff. <br /> <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, that it supports the application for funding through a grant from the <br />Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, <br />authorized to execute such documents and take such additional steps as are necessary to <br />complete the application process for the subject grant. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on <br />June 23, 1998. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />