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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1987 . -- Council unanimously accepted from the Commonwealth of Virginia, by deed dated July 17, 1987, that certain property known as the "Berlin" property and situated on the north side of Market Street, as acquired by the Commonwealth as right-of-way in con- nection with the recently-completed construction of said Market Street. This conveyance to the City, City Manager Brown reported, will enable the City to remove the structure heretofore on the property as well as improve the sight distance at the Market-Moss Streets intersection, along with the expansion of the City's .~ Municipal Building parking lot. .l .;- Council acknowledged receipt of the following Staff Reports: A. On the operations of the City's Personnel Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1987, as prepared by J. Michael Grubbs, who resigned recently from the City's employment as Assistant to the City Manager; B. On the joint City-County Rental Assistance Program for the year ended June 30, 1987, as prepared by Mrs. Rebecca C. Miller, Housing Services Supervisor; C. On the condition of fund balances, as of June 30, 1987, as prepared by Mr. Richard D. Fitts, Director of Finance, with corrections of one or more discrepancies to be reflected in a supplementary report to be mailed to members of Council. D. On the City's revenues and expenditures for the quarter and year ended June 30, 1987; and E. On the status of the downtown "Hotel Project" proposed by Elledge & Associates, partial funding of which (in the amount of $3,000,000) has been applied for through an Urban Development Action Grant ("UDAG"), with application therefor having been recently not approved. /,- Upon recommendation of Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, Council unanimously accepted the recently-submitted bid by Prillaman & Pace, Inc., Martinsville, Virginia, in the amount of $52,283.00 (being the lowest of three bids submitted), for the construction and/or replacement of a failed draft tube at the City's hydroelectric plant on Smith River. To finance the cost of this project, Council unanimously appropriated the sum of $68,500.00 from Electric Fund surplus, with $11,000.00 thereof being for engineering design and administrative costs, and with $5,217.00 remaining being for contingency allowance.