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March 14, 1989 <br /> <br /> Last year, we received a CBYCC grant to restore the <br />shorelines of Sleepy Hole Park-and City Rark.. This year, Dr. <br />L. Pettis Patton, Director of the Department of Parks and <br />Recreation, is submitting an application to fund a similar <br />educational and work experience program for 15 young people. <br />The 'PORTS project-(~Portsmouth'sOpportunitytoRe~O~e ~T~res <br />from the Shoreline~is designed to produce an .assessment~ of the <br />shoreline, clean'-~p~%~he debt-iS £n tidal~est~aries and recycle <br />abando~6d .tires~in~o~ arti:fical reefs for a ~research pro~ect <br /> Ins~t~t~ of <br />conducted by~ the ~g~i~ia~ ....... <br /> <br /> Last Year's program was highly successful and~re~ived <br />favorable recognition from the Virginia Department of <br />Conservatio~.and Historic .Resources. I recomme,nd ~our support <br />of the appli.cation ~a~d request ~your endorsement of the attached <br />resolution authori~ihg th~s~subm~ssi~n~' <br /> <br /> On motion of Mrs. Lucas and seconded by Mr'.Hawks, the <br />following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: <br /> <br /> "A RESOEUTION ~UTHORIMING THE CITY MANAGER TO-SUBMIT AN <br /> APPLICATION FOR A CHESAPEAKE BAY YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS <br /> GRANTiTO~COND~UT SHORELINE CLEAN~UP. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the ~Department Of Conservat%~n al~d Histor~ic <br /> Resources Of the. C6mmonweaI~h of Vfrginia has, established the <br /> Chesapeake Bay. Youth Censervation Corps to reverse the <br /> advancin9 deC, in,;in.the health of'the Chesape'ake Bay~ and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the~Cihy of Portsmouth, Virginia~-is-eligible to <br /> submit a grant application for State funds to conduct <br /> restoration efforts along its shoreline~ and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the c'lean-up of these tidal estuaries and the <br />public education of citizens will improve the environmental <br />quality and appearance of the shoreline and contribute to the <br />preservation of the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth'that~the Council does hereby endorse the <br />application to be submitted for a Chesapeake Bay Youth <br />Conservation Corps grant of Thirty-Seven Thousand Eighty-Eight <br />Dollars ($37,088) Ro fund an educational/work experience <br />program involving fifteen (15) youth participants and two (2) <br />program leaders to*assess and clean shoreline estuaries ~and to <br />create artificial reefs out of used hires for ghe offshore <br />research project being conducted by ghe Virginia Institute of <br />Marine Sciences. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager be, and he <br />hereby is, authorized to submit said application for the grant, <br />certifying compliance by the City of Portsmouth with the <br />appropriate regulations governing the administration and use of <br />these funds." <br /> <br />Ayes: Barnes, Corprew, Hawks, Lucas, Simpson, Webb <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> <br />