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lO ,TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1987 refunding bonds (Series 1987) of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in the amount of $1,160,264 and setting forth the form and details thereof, which bonds were authorized sold to Scott & Stringfellow by Council's action taken thereon during its regular meeting held March 10, 1987. Upon recommen~ation of the City's Electoral Board (represented at this meeting by former Mayor/Councilman William D. Hobson, a member of the Electoral Board) and for the reasons set forth in the Board's recommendation, Council unanimously adopted the following resolution authorizing and directing City Attorney Worthy to apply to the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice for approval to relocate Voting Precinct No.2 from the City School System's Brown Street Shop building to the Library of Martinsville Junior High School on Cleveland Avenue: WHEREAS, the Martinsville Electoral Board has requested the Martinsville City Council to move the location of Voting Precinct 1/2 from the School Shop Building on Brown Street to the Library at the Martinsville Junior High School on Cleveland Avenue; and WHEREAS, this relocation of the Precinct would allow for better lighting, better temperature control, better handicap access, provide a more spacious area, and is located around the corner from the existing Precinct; and WHEREAS, the Voting Rights Act requires approval by the U. S. Department of Justice of any changes in voting precincts; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled on March 24, 1987, that the City Attorney be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to apply to the Civil Rights Divi- sion, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., in accordance with the requirements of the Voting Rights Act, for approval of the relocation of Voting Precinct 1/2 from the School Shop Building on Brown Street to the Library at the Martinsville Junior High School on Cleveland Avenue in the City of Martinsville. Upon recommendation of City Manager Brown, Council unanimously adopted the following resolution which requests the Virginia Department of Transportation (formerly the Department of Highways & Transportation) to add 1.67 lane miles resulting from the construction of Market Street and to delete 0.25 lane miles from sections of Brown, Broad, and Bridge Streets (also as a result of the construction of Market Street) for maintenance payments by the State of Virginia (to the City of Martinsville)