Supplementary material, Lawrence, page 1

Section A of Supplementary material--I of PWA Form No, WS-2<,
Page 2 of 3 pages

I, Description of services to be provided:
a. By whom administered;

The funds asked for by the city council of Lawrence,

Kansas, in the application to which this supplementary material is
attached are to be delegated to the use of the mayor's committee on
recreation. Said committee is composed of four members selected

from the city council and three non-council members; the mayor is

an ex-officio member of the recreation committee and votes on all
recommendations, The recreation committee is authorized to plan,
organize, and carry out a city-wide recreation program on a year~
round basis, utilizing therefor all available city facilities; parks,
Community building, etc.; said committee is directly responsible to
the city council and its funds-- exclusive of small gifts made for
specific festivities from time to time-- are disbursed by the city
clerk, The application herewith submitted is made by the city council,
and any funds granted as a result of said application will be allocated
solely to recreation byt will be administered by the city officials
through the regularly authorized channels provided by statute and by
city ordinance, 7

b, Emergency resulting from the liquidfgation of WPA:

The funds requested in this application would be used to ;
replace the services of WPA recreation personnel (ten leaders and ‘
a janitor, whose combined salary figures total $10,281.60 annually,
plus the services of a trained director); to provide urgently needed
leadership in parks and regional playgrounds in the city; and to
permit the use of Community building facilities and parks for longer
hours to meet the sharply increased demand for recreation brought
about by the Sunflower Ordnance Works construction and operation near
the city and by the establishment of a Civilian Pilot Training base
and a Naval Training School for machinists mates in the city. :

c. Extension of estisting services:

The contemplated program does not represent additions nor :
innovations; it provides only for an extension of the services now j
prevailing, ie. additional hours of operation for the Community
building and park facilities throughout the city to meet the greatly
increased need.

d. Computation of estimates;

The figures in said application have been estimated as
representing the minimum amounts which, supplemented by the maximum
volunteer leadership available, will approach an adequate recreation
organization for a city-wide program for Lawrence for the duration
of the war emergency.

Provision is made (itemized in body of application) for
the services of a full-time director to replace the one employed by
WPA now serving, and of an assistant director, The leadership hours
item is barely adequate to guarantee one paid employee in charge of
leadership and city property at any given hours it is hoped that
sufficient volunteer leadership can be secured to make possible a
reasonably adequate program, and that participants will assume some
responsibility for cooperative planning of activities. The services
of custodians and attendants in the parks is considered essential
to efficient administration of the recreation program and constitute
a legitimate claim upon its budget,

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