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449 TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1987 In connection with the foregoing resolution and authorization, and to comply with established requirements, Council called for duly-advertised public hearings to be conducted by Council on the "UDAG" application at a special meeting of Council for this purpose on Tuesday, January 27, 1987, beginning at 2:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, and at Council's regularly-scheduled meeting to be held Tuesday, January 27, 1987, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall. By letter and in person, Dr. Noel T. Boaz, Director of the Virginia Museum of Natural History (in Martinsville), informed Council that this museum, as head- quarters of a statewide museum system, has the potential of developing into a major economic force in the Martinsville-Henry County area. In addition, Dr. Boaz noted that the 1987 Session of the Virginia General Assembly will establish a joint House-Senate subcommittee to assess and make recommendations for the future of the Virginia Museum of Natural History and, as a parallel, Dr. Boaz proposed that City Council and the Henry County Board of Supervisors establish a similar joint study commission .......to assess how the Museum can develop to aid in the economic development and betterment of Martinsville and Henry County." Council took no action on Dr. Boaz's proposal. Council acknowledged receipt of the following staff reports: A. The balance status of all of the City's budgetary funds, as of November 30, 1986; B. A proposed 1987-88 budget development schedule, with which Council concurred; C. A memorandum report from Clerk W. H. Yeaman informing Council that the microfilming of minutes of City Council meetings, a project authorized by Coun~il on March 27, 1984, has been completed, covering the period beginning July 4, 1885, and ending December 31, 1984, with a copy now being stored with the Division of Archives & Records of the Virginia State Library in Richmond, Virginia, and a "positive" copy to be placed on file at the headquarters of the Blue Ridge Regional Library for use by the public;