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a61 TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1986 A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor L. D. Oakes presiding was held Tuesday, August 26, 1986, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., L. D. Oakes, Mayor; Clyde L. Williams, Vice-Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr.; Alfred T. Groden; and Allan McClain. After the invocation and Mayor Oakes' cordial welcome extended to visitors present, Council unanimously approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held August 12, 1986. Pursuant to duly-published notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a petition (filed by Mr. Curtis M. Hiatt as agent for Mrs. Daisy H. Hylton and Mr. William R. Thomason) seeking the closing and vacating of an unimproved section of Branch Street situated between Lot No. 3 fronting on Chalmers Street and Lot No. 11 fronting on Forest Street. There being no objections registered by any citizen to this petition, Mayor Oakes declared this public hearing closed; whereupon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation that said street portion be closed and abandoned, subject to the voluntary dedication by adjacent property owners of sufficient right-of-way for a turn-around (to be constructed by the City) at the end of Branch Street. Council concurred with Councilman Cole's request that (subject to the dedication of said right-of-way) the turn-around, estimated to cost between $500.00 and $800.00, using City forces, be con- structed in the very near future, certainly before the forthcoming winter season. An ordinance, duly adopted and effecting the closing and abandonment of said street section, follows: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the C1ty of Martlnsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that the unimproved portion of Branch Street, being between Lot No. 3 fronting on Chalmers Street and Lot