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152 February 23, 1965 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that: 1. The proponents of the repeal of said ordinance shall present to the City Clerk on or before March 26, 1965, 20,000 copies of their printed argument in favor of such repeal, such argument to be printed on yellow colored paper and foldad so as not to exceed 8 1/2 inches by 5 3/4 inches. before March 26, 1965, 20,000 to be printed on blue colored The opponents of the repeal of said ordinance shall present to the City Clerk on or copies of their printed argument against the repeal of said ordinance, such argument paper and folded so as net to exceed 8 1/2 inches by 3 3/4 inches. submitting the same. 3. Such printed matter shall be identified with the names of the persons or groups 4. 0nly one printed argument in the prescribed quantity will be accepted from each side. S. Neither of such arguments shall exceed 2,000 words." 65-47 - "Attached hereto is a letter from the United Community Services, the City of Portsmouth's representative for the anti-poverty program. The United Community Services' representatives have met with the Health, Welfare, and Recreation Planning Cotmcil in Norfolk; and it is agreed that the anti-poverty program should be approached on an area-wide basis. This letter is submitted for your information and necessary action as outlined in paragraph 3 of Reverend Vasche's letter. I concur in the recommendations in this letter and recommend that the Community Services Council be authorized to proceed with this project as outlined." Attached - "Thank you very much for your letter of February 10, 1965 notifying me that the City Council had designated the United Community Services, through its Community Services Council, to represent the City'of Portsmouth in planning Portsmouth's participation in the anti-poverty program administered by the 0ffiq~. of Economic Opportunity. Our staff has. been working on this intensively and now has an outline of the basic structure and operation for an anti-poverty plan. In line with our Council's long standing willingness to join with Norfolk on the development of a mutually satisfactory metro program and the City Council's permission to explore a joint effort, we have developed.together with the Norfolk planning council l~mt appears to be a very fair and sound area-wide anti-poverty plan. This plan calls for the creation of an area community action organization having two parts: 1. An area committee-composed of representatives from each participating local community and 2. An area staff. During the first year there are to be two distinct parts: A basic study and planning phase immediately followed by a development coordination and supervision phase for local community action projects. This area committee with the assistance of its staff is to work with and through city community action committees having broad local representation. The area committee would be responsible for snch activities as the gathering facts about poverty, evaluating the data collected, working for the development of appropriate action programs, aiding in the preparation of grant applications, supervising and coordinating the local action programs to assure a maximum quality of program and administration as well as full involvement~f and utilization of the poor. Further, it would be providing fiscal controls, keeping records and providing technical staff assistance to local communities in organizing themselves to fully utilize the provisions of the act and the community resonrces to best deal with the local aspects of poverty. Attached as Enclosure 1 is an outline of the ayea organization's structure. Notlshown is the Health, Welfares. and Recreation Planning Council in Norfolk which due to technical requirements will be the initial corporate entity applying for and receiving the grant funds. The Planning Council has agreed to delegate to the area committee all authority for the direction and administration of the anti-poverty programs including the employment of staff and the management of poverty funds and finances. Enclosure 2 shows the compo~ition proposed for the Area Community Action Committee. The initial membership sho~m will constitute a core group or steering committee which may be expanded. The plan as outlined was endorsed by our Community Services Council at its meeting on February 16, 1965. Our 'Council recommends to the Portsmouth City Council that it 1. Endorse the area plan and the participation of the city in it; 2. Appoint one of its members (or a representative) to serve on the area committee~ and 3. Appropriate the sum of $5,529 to cover Portsmouth's share of the necessary I0% local portion of the projected cost of the first years operation of the area organization. It would appear that the above amount would adequaiely cover Portsmouth's per capita share although some details of the plan still are being worked out at this time. This local share is based on the latest gross cost estimate and on a percentage of area population as shown in Enclosure 3. The City Council is requested to give consideration to this matter at its February 2$rd meeting as it would not meet again until after the projected date for the submission of the grant request which is the week of March 1st. We are happy to have been designated for this role by the City and hope the City Council finds the plan developed satisfactorily. P.lease be assured that your Community Services Council will have a continuing interest in the anti-poverty program and looks forward to cooperating with and supporting a~l levels of activities connected with it. If I can be of any assistance to you in presenting this please feel free to contact me. (Signed: C. Charles Vasche, Chairman - Community Services Council)" Motion of Mr. Leafy to concur in the Manager's recommendation was adopted, without dissenting vote. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 65-29 - The following ordinance, approved on first reading at last meeting, was taken up and read: "ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z 65-2- On motion of Mr. Dillon, the ordinance was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Smith, Barnes, Dillon, Eastes, Johnson, Knight, Leafy. Nays: None 6S-29 - The following ordinance, approved on First reading at last meeting, was taken up and read: "ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z 65-4"