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TUESDAY, January 9, 2001 2 follow-up contacts can be made with each firm receiving a copy. Council Members commended Ms. Ramsey, the Patrick Hertry Development Council, and its staff for recent economic development efforts. Council considered a Public Heating and adoption of an Ordinance on a request by the City of Martinsville. Mr. Wayne D.P. Knox, the City's Planning, Zoning, and Housing Manager, summarized that the request is necessary to abandon a 20-foot roadway off the eastside of Brookdale Street near the intersection of Sprucedale Street. Mr. Knox stated that on November 30, 2000 the City Planning Commission held a Public Hearing to discuss cleansing the title, but no one asked any questions or made any objections on the issue. The Public Hearing was opened and then was closed. No one spoke during the hearing. Council moved upon motion duly seconded, with all members voting: Vote 5-0; Yeas (5)- Crabtree, Teague, Dallas, Fen'ill, and Roop; Nays (0)- None, to adopt the Ordinance as follows: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled, that in order to assure compliance with Virginia Code Section 15.2-2200, it is intended that the public purpose for which this Ordinance is initiated is to encourage localities to improve the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of its citizens and to plan for the future development of communities - that a portion of the street, as described below, be-- and is hereby -- declared - vacated and abandoned in favor of the City of Martinsville, subject to the filing of an appropriate map with--and the approval by-- the City's Planning, Zoning and Housing Manager, showing the areas hereby declared vacated and abandoned, which map, when and as approved, shall be duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Martinsville City Circuit Court: A 20-foot wide and approximately 173.31-feet long roadway lying on the east side of Brookdale Street near the intersection with Sprucedale Street, as shown on the City Tax Map 46. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that, an emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force immediately upon adoption. Council considered adoption, on second reading, of Ordinance Number 2001-1. Ms. Pat Conrad, City Treasurer stated that the alteration is requested to amend Chapter 12 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article III - Vehicle License, Sections 12-51, 12-53, and 12-55 of the Martinsville Code regarding local license decals. The Ordinance will establish a new rate for automobile decals, $10.00 instead of the current $20.00, for vehicles purchased after October 1 of the year or when the registered owner does not become a City resident until on or after October 1 of the year in question. Council moved upon motion duly seconded, with all