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i70 November . '!The~Dep~rtment'of Parks. and~Recreation requests??:~ i appropfiatiQh~ofJ'f~nding from the~Grants_Contingency Fund for the Youth Against Drugs Program. A donation~of $50~000 has been received by the City of Portsmouth from the Beazley Foundation to provide~istructu~e~ecreation~ipregramming~~ with;drug.~abuse education ~nd pQsiti~ §etf~esteem~reinfor~ement~ to~:y~uth~±~ within the City of Portsmouth. Among those programs being offered are a Preteen Recreation Enrichment Program, Adventure I, therefore, recommend your approval of a metion;to;{;:~;;; transfer $50,000 from the Grants Contingency Fund." ~Mot. ion of M~'. Hawks and secot~ded-by~Mr'iYKi~g t~ con~ur with the C&t!/~Manage~'~i recommendat&on to:~ransfer $50¢000~from~ the Grants'Contingency' Fund for the YoUth-Against DrugsiProgram~ and was~'adolJted ~bn: fi~sk and fina'~l ~reading~,; and by .the fol~owin~ · Ayes.- '; ~CtemOnE,~Corprew,'EppersOn~ K~ng, Hawks; Lucas 9~-~07 ;;Lette~;'from the CityJMana~er- recommending adoption of a motion to transfe~ $48,585 from~the' ~rants Contingengy . ~ Account, for~landsca~inq.:and tree, plantings at the entrance to the River Pointe complex and along Cedar Lane at the-Western Freeway. ~,,0n_gut~f~3;~199t-; you adopted--a-resolution endorsing the application to the Small Business Administration throng the State. Forestry_.SE~vice for a grant to fund tree plantings and~ landscaping at the entrance to River Pointe Parkway and along Cedar',Lane, at the Western Freeway. I am plea~ed to inform you that the S%ateuhas. a~proved our:~rant app~icat.ion. ~The ~otat.~an~is for $48,585, With'~he State.~providin~.~-,. $23,700. It is, therefore, requested that a motion to transfe~ $48,585 from the Grants Contingency Fund be approved to proceed with thig grant; The Director of Public Works recommends this project. I, therefore, concur and ~ecommend your approval of the m~tion to transfer $48,585 from;.the Grants Cohtingency Accounti" Motion of Mrs. Lucas and seconded by Mr. King to concur with the City-Manager"s recommendation was wikhdrawn by Mrs. Lucas. ~.Motion~of Mr.:C~emons and seconded by Mr. Epperson to defer this item to the meeting of December 10t 199~ to allow~khe City Manager to research the exact location of the trees to be placed~at. River-POin~e Parkway, and ~was'approved by unanimous vote. ' '~ .... - NEW BUSINESS '~ 91-408 Mr. Epperson offered the following nominations appointment to the following Boards/Commissions: for ,T~ansportation Safety Commisgion Hannah Flora to be appointed-for, a three year~ ~e~m, Cnd'in9 November 1, 1994, replacing Joyce J. Lash. James Herbert Simpson to be appointed for a three year term, ending November 1, 1994, replacing Joan H. Whitted.