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26 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN <br />APPLICATION FOR A CHESAPEAKE BAY YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS <br />GRANT TO CONDUCT SHORELINE CLEAN-UP. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Department of Conservation and Historic <br />Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia has established the <br />Chesapeake Bay Youth Conservation Corps to reverse the <br />advancing decline in the health of the Chesapeake Bay; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia is eligible <br />submit a grant application for State funds to conduct <br />restoration efforts along its shoreline; and <br /> <br />to <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the clean-up of these tidal estuaries and the <br />public education of citizens will improve the environmental <br />quality and appearance of the shoreline and contribute to the <br />preservation of the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth that the Council does hereby endorse the <br />application to be submitted for a Chesapeake Bay Youth <br />Conservation Corps grant of Thirty-Seven Thousand Eighty-Eight <br />Dollars ($37,088) to fund an educational/work experience <br />program involving fifteen (15) youth participants and two (2) <br />program leaders to assess and clean shoreline estuaries and to <br />create artificial reefs out of used tires for the offshore <br />research project being conducted by the Virginia Institute of <br />Marine Sciences. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager be, and he <br />hereby is, authorized to submit said application for the <br />grant, certifying compliance by the City of Portsmouth with <br />the appropriate regulations governing the administration and <br />use of these funds. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting <br />held March 14, 1989. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />