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. o~z TUESDAY MAY 10, 1983 (but not to the proposed sidewalk construction) between Mulberry Road and Parkview Avenue, as scheduled during 1983-84, pending approval of the 1983-84 City Budget. Mrs. Becker viewed the proposed widening project as having no merit or benefit and, there- fore, would represent a waste of money and, in addition, would cTeatehazards to safety through an anticipated increase in traffic volume. Council accepted with appreciation--and concurred in the proposals of--a report to City Manager Edmonds from Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown pertaining to the need to reverse the deterioration in the roadway surface of Spruce Street, from Prospect Hill Drive to the City's east corporate limits, by resur- facing and stabilizing those portions of the street which lie within the City in the manner the State Highway Department is scheduling for those portions which lie within Henry County, inasmuch as the requested reconstruction-relocation of this street probably will not be undertaken by the State before the late 1980's. Council unanimously approved City Manager Edmonds' proposal, in view of the interest expressed by volunteer fire departments within Henry County to purchase from the City a 1957-year fire truck soon to be declared as surplus, to depart from the City's established policy of disposing of surplus items through public auctions and in this instance to take bids from these volunteer fire departments, with a minimum bid of $2,000.00, for this fire truck. Council concurred in the concerns recently expressed by the City Administration to the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation regarding the use, now permitted under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, of certain primary routes within the City by 48-foot long semi-trailiers, by twin-trailer truck combinations, and/or by