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4 3~ TUESDAY OCTOBER 9, 1984 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, October 9, 1984, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, as fol- lows: William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; Eliza H. Severt, Vice-Mayor; Alfred T. Groden; L. D. Oakes; and Clyde L. Williams. After the invocation and Mayor Cole's cordial welcome to visitors present, Council approved--as recorded-- the minutes of its regular meeting held September 25, 1984. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a petition recently filed by Mr. Willie C. Johnson, Jr., and recommended for Council's approval by the Planning Commission (subject to certain conditions), seeking the closing and abandonment of that section of Lincoln Street which abuts Lot No. 29, owned by petitioner. There being no objections registered by any citizen to this proposed closing, Mayor Cole declared the public hearing closed; whereupon motion, duly seconded and unani- mously carried, Council accepted the Planning Commission's recommendations in this matter and, to effect same, adopted the following ordinance: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this ninth day of October, 1984, that the section of Lincoln Street which abuts Lot No. 29 thereon, owned by Mr. Willie C. Johnson, Jr., situated at Lincoln and Letcher Streets, be-- and is hereby--vacated and abandoned, contingent upon reservation of sufficient area to provide a turnaround as well as upon preparation of appropriate maps reflecting the combining of the street section hereby closed with the remainder of said Lot No. 29. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that, an emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force on and after October 10, 1984. In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's recommendations on the following street-alleyway closing petitions, Council called for duly-advertised public hearings thereon to be conducted at Council's forthcoming October 23rd regular meeting: