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~a~ 23, 1989 471 Executive Director of PRHA, Mr. Danny E. Cruce has requested a portion of these funds be utilized to purchase the Holland property located in the 1500 block of High and King Street. Attached is a proposal from Mr. Cruce regarding the Holland property. that I therefore, recommend that ~lty Council approprIate $63,00£ in the Community Development fund and that permission be granted to authorize PRHA to proceed with the purchase of the Holland property." On motion of Mrs. Lucas and seconded by Mr. Hawks, the following ordinance was approved on first reading, ~and by unanimous vote: "A-N ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $63,000.-FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE 1989 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,~ROGRAM." 89-217 Le~te~-from the City Manager recommending adoption o~ an ordinance to appropriate $127,853 from the. Gr.ants Fund for the operation of the Summer Lunch Program by the Parks and Recreation Department from June 26,. 1989 through August 4~ 1989. "The Dep~rtment of Parks & Recreation is applying for funds from the United States Department of Agriculture to provide for lunches during the summer to Portsmouth youths who live in low income areas of the City. An application for '$127,853 in federal funds w~}l permit us to serve 2,390 meals per day for six weeks at twelve different sites, all of which are located in areas where more than fifty percent of the regular public school population was eligible for free or red~ced price lunches. No lo~al cash match is required by th~ grant. ~ The annual Summer Lunch Program helps to meet the nutritional needs of children during the su~rmmer and promotes a constructive group activity for the youngsters. The project period is June 26, 1989 thru August 4, 1989, for a total of twenty-nine days. The U. S. Department of Agriculture is expected to award the grant by mid~une. ~ : .... .~ I recommend your approval of this project and an appropria- tion from the grant fund i.n the amount of $127,853 to fund this projec~ ~f~er it has bee~ awarded. If the .grant. is not awarded, no expenditures will occur." On motion :of Mr. Gray and'se~onded~by~Mr~Barnes, the following ordinance was approved on first reading, and by unanimous vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $127,853.00. FROM THE GRANTS FUND FOR OPERATION OF THE SUMMER LUNCH PROGR~{ BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FROM JUNE 26, 1989 THROUGH AUGUST 4, 1989." 89-218 Letter from the City Manager an ordinance to appropriate S108,000 from Fund for development and construction of a the Naval Shipyard Museum. recommending adoption the Capital Improvement new exhibit design for "As you recall,S260,000 was appropriated for 're'location of the naval museum based upon securing the Monitor artifacts. As you also recall, we were unsuccessful in this endeavor. Meanwhile, Dr. Nancy Jo Melton, Director of Mus,eums, an'd the Museum and Fine Arts Commission have expressed concern regarding