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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MA~NAGER TO FILE AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSION OF OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUNDS FOR THE REDEVELOP~IENT OF CITY PARK. ~EREAS~ the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation provides funds to assist political subdivisions of the Common- wealth of Virginia in acquiring and developing open space and park lands; and ~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth is eligible to submit a grant application to the Commission of Outdoor Recreation for land and water conservation funds for the redevelopment of City Park; and W~EREAS, there are urgent needs within the City to develop park land, and City Park is deemed of high development priority by the City Council; and WI~Ei{EAS, in orderto attain funding assistance from the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation, it is necessary that tSe Cfty CounciI guarantee a proportionate share of the cost thereof, and that the project is to be funded fifty percent (50%) by the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation and fifty percent (50%) by the City of Portsmouth. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth that the Council does hereby endorse %he appli- cation to be submitted to the Commission of Outdoor Recreation for Land and Water Conservation Funds for the redevelopment of City Park and gives its assurances that the funds needed as the proportionate share of the cost of the approved project will be provided up to Two Hundred Twenty Five Thousand ($225,000) Dollars, and that the general provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Virginia Outdoors Fund Fiscal Procedures as well as all other applicable state and federal regulations governing such expenditures of funds will be complied with in the administration of this project. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to file said application for the grant certifying compliance by the City of Portsmouth with the appro- priate regulations governing the administration and use of funds. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the National Park Service, the United States Department of Interior, and the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation is respectfully requested to assist in the prompt approval and funding of this project in order to enhance the standard of recreational enjoyment of all our citizenry.