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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1987 - WHEREAS, Liberty Street (Route 108) is a vital transportation route between the Tultex Corporation situated in Martinsville and the proposed distribution center; and WHEREAS, the Liberty Street (Route 108) Underpass of the Southern Railroad has a low verticle clearance (12' 10") which is not sufficient to permit truck traffic that will provide service to Tultex Corporation to move through this underpass; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Virginia Department of Transportation construction allocation procedures, it is necessary that a request by Council resolution be made in order that the Department program an urban highway project in the City of Martinsville; now, therefore, - BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled, requests the Virginia Department of Transporta- tion to establish an urban system highway project designed to improve the vertical clearance of the Liberty Street Underpass of the Southern Railroad crossing Liberty Street 0.10 miles south of Clearview Drive. The project to consist of elevating the grade of the railroad structure and the approach track as necessary to provide adequate clearance for truck traffic using Liberty Street. This project being designated a Transportation System Management (T.S.M.) project as shown on the 1985 Martinsville Transportation Study. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that the City of Martinsvil1e agrees to pay its share of the total cost for preliminary engineering, right-of-way and construction of this project in accordance with Section 33.1-44 of the Code of Virginia, and that, if the City of Martinsville subsequently elects to cancel this project, the City of Martinsville hereby agrees to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the total amount of the costs expended by the Department through the date the Department is notified of such cancellation. Upon recommendation of City Manager Brown, Council unanimously approved of certain - proposed amendments to--and/or revisions of--the City's Employee Manual, which amendments and revisions were recently presented to Council for its consideration and action. (Note: A copy of the Employee Manual, reflecting the foregoing revisions, is on file in the City Manager's office.) Mr. J. Ronnie Minter, Commissioner of the Revenue, appeared before Council and (also in writing) apprised Council of the final results of the 1986 general reassessment of taxable real estate within the City, which reassessment (after such adjustments as were made by the City's Board of Equalization before June 30, 1987) places the total taxable value at $379,369,650.00, for an increase of approximately six per