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_L '; TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1981 - Council was informed that the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission has issued a pre- liminary permit to the City of Covington for the Gathright Waterpower Project and, therefore, has rejected the City of Martinsville~s application for such a permit on belatedly-discovered evidence that Covington's application filing preceded Martinsville's by several days. By letter dated October 9, 1981, R. W. Beck & Associates, consulting engineers to the City's Electric Department, recommended that, "Since the permit period for the Gathright Project is 24 months and (is) subject to several terms and conditions to be met by the City of Covington, upon which failure to do so may cancel the permit, the City of Martinsville should monitor the progress of the City of Covington in their pursuit of the development of the Project. Also, to help the City keep abreast of any actions by FERC on the Project.....", the engineers recommended that the City file an ".....Intervention, Out of Time, which-- if accepted by FERC--would put Martinsville on the mailing list for the Project." The engineers also reported that the Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia (MEPAV) has received a preliminary permit for the U. S. Corps of Engineers' Cave Run Lake, located in Bath County, Kentucky, and has good chances of receiving permits for three other Corps of Engineers-controlled impoundments, and that there is a potential for the City of Martinsville, being a member of MEPAV, to derive benefits from these resources, if developed. Council requested that it be provided with on-going up-dates on these MEPAV projects. - By report dated September 25, 1981, the Department of Planning & Budget of the Commonwealth of Virginia informed various local governments that, as a result of the United States Congress' enactment of the Reconciliation Act of 1981, some seventy Federal categorical programs (in the areas of housing, health, social services, and education) have been consolidated into--or replaced by--nine block grants, effective October 1, 1981; that these nine block grants fall within the administrative jurisdiction (for the Commonwealth of Virginia) of three State departments and/or agencies; and that The Honorable John N. Dalton, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, already has taken certain actions necessary for the planning and implementation of the block grant initiative in Virginia. Council acknowledged receipt of a report on the activities of the Martinsville- Henry County Housing Services Program for the quarter ended September 30, 1981.