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<br />'0 <br />~~ <br /> <br />THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1986 <br /> <br />land) not less than $95,909.00 not more than $143,863.50, being on the basis of <br /> <br />$5,000.00 and $7,500.00 per acre, respectively. Interest on unpaid principal <br /> <br />is to begin September 26, 1988, at the rate of 5% per annum. <br /> <br />Upon being informed that, as a result of or in connection with a joint legis- <br /> <br />lative study authorized by the 1986 Session of the Virginia General Assembly, <br /> <br />may mandate the use by local governments of private firms for site plans and <br /> <br />legislation may be introduced in--and enacted by--the General Assembly which <br /> <br />subdivision reviews as well as building inspections, Council unanimously <br /> <br />adopted the following resolution, as amended by Councilman McClain, with <br /> <br />Council's concurrence, in which resolution the Council ......strongly opposes <br /> <br />any legislative attempt to mandate use of private engineers and surveyors at <br /> <br />the developer's option in the City of Martinsville to perform subdivision <br /> <br />inspections and to mandate such use by local government of such private <br /> <br />professionals for inspections relative to residential development.......: <br /> <br />RES 0 L UTI 0 N <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANY LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPT TO ALLOW <br />DEVELOPERS TO CHOOSE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO REVIEW PLANS, <br />INSPECT CONSTRUCTION, AND CERTIFY COMPLETION OF PROJECTS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the 1986 General Assembly passed Senate Joint Resolution <br />(SJR) 47 to provide for a joint legislative study of the possibility <br />of using private engineering firms in the inspection of residential <br />subdivision facilities and the advisability of expanding the use by <br />localities of private sector inspections for residential develop- <br />ment; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, under State law, localities, at their option, may use <br />private professional engineers or land surveyors for subdivision <br />inspections; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, City Council is interested in this study, in order to <br />assure the safest, most efficient and economical construction and <br />development standards are carried out for the citizens and <br />developers of Martinsville; now, therefore, <br />