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October 12, 2004 · During the first year of the Weed and Seed initiative, the City offered a swimming program at the YMCA to offer lessons to 50 at-risk youth, kicked off the first "Clean Community Day" in Lincoln Park and Dale Homes, supported a basketball league at the VISION Center 1, assisted with a "Back-to-School Stay on Target Rally" at Brighton Rock A.M.E. Zion Church, and the Police Department executed three operations, one of which resulted in five arrests and 21 charges. · For the second year of the Weed and Seed initiative, the City plans to implement a special project entitled, "lntergenerational Mentoring," by partnering of the Friends of the Juvenile Court and Grandparents as Parents. Second year funds will also assist with such programs as "Yard of the Month," the Juvenile Receiving Center for use by curfew and truancy overtime patrols, and will continue the "Safe Havens" program that provides for tutoring to include the use of accelerated reading and math software. Financial Impact: · This is a reimbursable grant that requires no match. · Funding is for the second year of grant availability over five years. · The Weed and Seed Steering Committee leverages resources from a variety of partners to fully fund and sustain the initiative. Motion by Mr. Heretick, and seconded by Mr. Smith, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000 AND TO APPROPRIATE SAID SUM IN THE GRANTS FUND FOR THE WEED AND SEED INITIATIVE IN THE NEHEMIAH VISION NEIGHBORHOODS." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Smith Nays: None 04 - 397 - Adoption of an ordinance to accept a grant in the amount of $1,000 from the National 4-H Council and to appropriate the same amount in the Grants Fund for the Health Rocks! program. The purpose of this program is to help youth who are already forming their opinions about tobacco, alcohol and drug use to take control of these choices and not make them because of peer pressure, stress, or other emotional factors. Recommended Action: · Adoption of an ordinance to accept a grant from the National 4-H Council in the amount of $1,000 and to appropriate the same amount in Grants Fund to support the "Health Rocks!" program offered through the Portsmouth Department of Community Relations and Leisure Services. Summary: · The purpose of this National 4-H Program is to help youth who are already forming their opinions about tobacco, alcohol and drug use to take control of these choices and to minimize peer pressure, stress, or other emotional factors. Purpose and Need: · 4-H has worked for decades to help youth develop skills that serve them for life. Some of these skills, such as communicating with others, relating to change, and dealing with stress, help youth as they seek to develop the internal strength to resist risky behaviors.