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Enclosure # <br /> <br /> Council Members <br />M. Gene Teague, Mayor <br />Terry L. Roop. Vice-Mayor <br />Bruce H. T Dallas <br /> J. Ronald Ferrill <br /> Joseph R. Cobbe <br /> <br />Martinsville <br /> A CITY WITHOUT LIMITS <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br /> City Manager <br />Earl B. Reynolds, Jr. <br />City Attorney <br />David B. Worthy <br />Clerk of Council <br />Johnathan B. Phillips <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Henry County Industrial Development Authority, Henry County Board of <br />Supervisors, and Martinsville City Council desire to apply for funding from the U.S. Department <br />of Commeme, Economic Development Administration, for site development of the Patriot <br />Centre at Beaver Creek Industrial Park to provide a sound economic base for the citizens of <br />Martinsville and Henry County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Henry County Board of Supervisors and Martinsville City Council have elected <br />to be covered by the West Piedmont Planning District Commission's Comprehensive Economic <br />Development Strategy Program to assess the area's overall economic outlook and to establish <br />goals and objectives to achieve economic development; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Patriot Centre development project has been identified as a number one priority <br />project in the West Piedmont Economic Development District Comprehensive Economic <br />Adjustment Strategy as well as the EDA-funded Title IX Economic Adjustment Strategy <br />completed in June 2002; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there appears to be funding available from the Economic Development <br />Administration to undertake the proposed project; now, therefore <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Martinsville in regular session assembled on <br />November 12, 2002 approved the submission of the grant application to the Economic <br />Development Administration for the proposed project and further agreed to commit $232,166.67 <br />to match the federal monies for this project. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said Council does hereby authorize the City Manager to <br />execute the grant application and other documents related to the above-referenced Economic <br />Development grant application. <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br />Johnathan B. Phillips, Clerk of Council <br />Date Adopted <br /> <br />55 west Church Street P.O. Box 1112 Martinsville, VA 24114-1112 276-656-5 !80 Fax: 276-656-5280 <br /> www.ci.martinsville.va.us <br /> <br /> <br />