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April 14 1964 At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on April 14 1964, there were present: R. Irvine Smith, C. S. Atki~son, Jack P.- Barnes, L. L. Knight, W. T. Leery, A. P. Johnson, Jr., City Manager, .and M~, A. Kerb, Jr., City Attorney~ The meeting was opened wi.t~ prayer by Mr. Barnes. 64-64 - The following hearing on zoning petitions was held. Petition Z~64-8 - Baldwin Myers. No one spoke in regard to the application. Motion of Mr. Barnes to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission To disapprove the petition was adopted, without dissenting vote. Petition Z-64-9 - Penobscot Building. Louis Brenner, attorney,, spoke for the application. Motion of Mr. Atkinson to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission to approve and to plac~ the following ordinance on first reading was adopted, without dissenting vote: "ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z 64-9"' Petition Z-64-il - Edgar B. and Fannie M. Rodman. J. ~. Livesay, attorney, spoke for the application. Motion of Mr. Barnes to concur i~'the recommendation of the Planning Commission to place the following ordinance on first reading was adopted, without dissenting vote: "ZONING AMENDMENT OI~INANCE Z 64-11" Motion of Mr. Barnes that Item #1 under Unfinished Business be considered at this time and that hearing be held on same was adopted, without dissenting vote. Petition Z-64-1 - Mary D. Lee. Donald Kilgore. attorney, spoke. Motion of Mr. Knight to refer the matter back to the Planning Commission with the request that the additional information given St this meeting be presented to the Commission was adopted, without dissenting vote. 64-65 - Motion of Mr. Barnes to suspend the rules ~e hear Mr. John Landers presen~ ~ report relative to Youth Corps program for 1964. The following recommendation was read: "As you no doubt will recall, during the summer of 1963 the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce supported in a financial, technical and advisory way a Portsmouth Youth Corp. I believe the success of this program is well known to you gentlemen and to the citizens of this community. Because of this success, it i~ recommended tha~ you elected'represer~tmtives of our city again offer your assistance by appropriating the funds necessary for the followir~g t9~ y6nth Corp Program to start June 22 and terminate on August 14. 1. Establish a Youth Conservation Corp consisting of 85 male workers. Of this number, BO boys between the ages of 16 and 21 b~ employed for the purpose of cutting grass on public proper~y, clearing public property of underbrush, weeds, trash and other debris and ~o perform other u~skilled work that would improve the attractiveness and safety of public preper~ty withi~ the city. Al~o included in this. program would be t~e clearing of such private property that may be directed hy the Department of Health and Sanitation or Director of Public Works. The rate of pay for these workers would be established at 75~ per hour with a 25¢ per hour bonus for outstanding w~rk performance during any weekly period. The regular hourly ra~e would be pa.id in the form of a salary on a weekly basis and the weekly bonus w~nld be accumulative and paid at the end of the eight week contract period. It is recommended that four additional youths be employed as supervisors'for this work force at the rate of $1.25 per hour. These young men would be responsible for deter- mining work requirements, measuring work performances ~nd abilities, general directions, and supervision of those employed for this Youth Corp. Overall supervision for the Portsmouth Youth Corp'would be the responsibility of a Director. It has been developed that Mr'. Frank Madigan, our Director from last year, would be available again for this job. The rate of' pay for the Youth Corp Director would be $2.00 per hour. His responsibility would include overa~ supervision for planning and directing a Youth Corp that would no~ only he an asset ~o the City and accomplish work-'which would otherwise be-impossible but also to develop leadership, interest,' initiative, and civic pride on the par5 of the youths' employed-in this program. There would be:a need for additional equipment such as swing blades, bush axes, hoes, rakes and miscellaneous hand tools over and above those which are on ha~d from last year's program, Those employed would no~ be permifted to use power tools.