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... TUESDAY APRIL 14, 1981 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that the Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended to reclassify, for zoning purposes, from "C-3 Commercial" to "R-9 Residential" those certain lots identified as Lots Nos. 30, 31, 32, and 33 situated on the northwest side of Boden Street, between Cherry Street and Jordan Street. At the invitation of City Manager Edmonds, Mr. Robert S. Drew, President of Southern Data Systems, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, appeared before Council and elaborated upon his letter dated April 3, 1981, which explained the necessity for providing additional disk storage capacity for the City's electronic data processing system, as well as the terms of a proposed contract for the purchase by the City of such disk capacity and for the maintenance cost thereof. After some discussion, and as recommended by City Manager Edmonds, Council unanimously approved the execution of said contract, subject to the approval of City Attorney Worthy. After reviewing a number of proposals submitted to provide security (burglar alarms) and fire-monitoring units to be located in the City's Police Headquarters, Council unanimously accepted the proposal of Security Services, Inc., Rocky Mount, Virginia, which acceptance constituted a five-year renewal with this firm of a contract or agreement previously or now in force. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council adopted the following resolution primarily reorganizing the Central Business District Commission: WHEREAS, the Central Business District (CBD) Commission was created in 1972 to advise the City Council as to reversing the trends of decline and deter- ioration in the City's central business district; and WHEREAS, studies have been completed, physical improvements have been accomplished and remarkable progress has been made in revitalizing the downtown area; and WHEREAS, implementation of current plans and maintenance of the ongoing health and viability of the central business district will be served by the indefinite continuation of the work of the CBD Commission;