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Januaw 10,2002 <br /> <br />Enclosure <br /> <br /> A work session meeting of the Council of the 'City of Martinsville, Virginia, was <br />held on January 10, 2002, in the Administrative Conference Room of the Municipal <br />Building, beginning at 10:00 A. M., with Mayor Mark Crabtree presiding and all <br />members of City Council in attendance. City staff in attendance were Earl B. Reynolds, <br />Jr., City Manager; Wade Bartlett, Director of Finance and General Services; Wayne <br />Knox, Housing, Zoning, and Planning Manager, and George Hayfield, Associate <br />Planner. Guest presenters in attendance were Kathryn Hayfield, Assistant <br />Commissioner for Community Based Services, State Department of Rehabilitative <br />Services; Mark Hawkins, Disability Services Boards Program Manager; Charles <br />Bowman, Chairman, West Piedmont Disability Services Board and Sidney Ratliff, <br />Coordinator, West Piedmont Disability Services Board. The agenda for the meeting <br />consisted of two matters as follows: <br /> <br />1. Consideration of City Participation in the West Piedmont Disability Services <br /> Board: a detailed presentation of the statewide Disability Services Boards <br /> program was given by Ms. Hayfield followed by considerable discussion by the <br /> Council regarding local funding requirements and program benefits to Martinsville <br /> City residents. The matter was referred to Cbuncil's January 22nd agenda for <br /> official ~action. <br /> <br />2. Staff explanation of proposed amendment to the City's Zoning Ordinance: <br /> Wayne Knox and George Hayfield presented the recommendations that were <br /> coming from the City Planning Commission with regard to the creation of a R-5 <br /> floating zone to encourage the development of substandard lots within the City <br /> <br /> <br />