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192 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1986 Council unanimously authorized City Manager Brown to execute--on behalf of the City of Martinsville--an agreement between the City, The Lester Group, Inc., and Captain D's of Martinsville, Inc., by which--as requested by Multi-Foods Management, Inc.-- the City will make available City water and sewer service to property owned by The Lester Group, Inc., identified as Lot No.4 at the southeast corner of the inter- section of U. S. Route 220 and Commonwealth Boulevard (outside the City's corporate limits), to serve a proposed Captain D's Restaurant, with such authorization condi- tioned upon the attaching of restrictive covenants (as recommended by the Planning Commission) requiring development and usage of the property to conform to or with the City's C-3 Commercial Zoning requirements. Council unanimously placed on first reading, for further consideration and/or final action at Council's forthcoming January 28th meeting, a proposed ordinance (identi- fied as Ordinance 86-1) which, if adopted, will amend Section 21-4 of the City Code to provide that the handling and recording of delinquent real estate taxes will be- come the responsibility of the City Treasurer (instead of, as now, that of the Clerk of the City's Circuit Court). Council acknowledged receipt of a report prepared by Mr. J. Ronnie Minter, City Commissioner of the Revenue, in which Council was apprised of recent amendments by the Virginia General Assembly to State Code Section 58.1-3503, which now requires (for purposes of local tangible personal property taxation) that automobiles and trucks of less than two tons in weight be valued by means of a recognized pricing guide, which will apply to such vehicles irrespective of age. The cost of using an independent pricing guide was estimated by Mr. Minter between $800.00 and $1,500.00 per year. Mr. Minter further noted that a computer program is now being developed