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3 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants program administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior will soon celebrate twenty-five years of outstanding national service, having been signed into law by former President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964; and WHEREAS, the Land and Water Conservation Fund program has provided over $3.2 billion in federal matching assistance to states and their local communities for acquiring land and developing quality public outdoor recreation facilities for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans; and WHEREAS, the results of the program are evident in nearly every community in the nation through over 35,000 project grants on more than 20,000 sites, ranging from inner city playgrounds, to suburban baseball fields, to state natural areas; and WHEREAS, the annual funding for the state grants portion of the program has shrunk from a high of $369.7 million in 1979, to $16.7 million in 1989, despite the continuing unmet state and ,local need for federal assistance, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that President George Bush and the Congress of the United States be urged to recognize the outstanding legacy of t~enty-five years of Land and Water Conservation Fund achievements and the continuing unmet need for quality public outdoor ~ecreation facilities by appropriating a minimum of $100 million annually for the state and local grants portion of the program, beginning in 1990. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held January 9, 1990. Teste: City Clerk