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,) ~ . '.,1 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1982 RE: PROJECT NO. 0650-120-101, PE-I0l, RW-201 WHEREAS, by resolution adopted January 28, 1982, the Martinsville Transportation Safety Commission urged Martinsville City Council and the Henry County Board of Supervisors to request the Virginia Highway Commission, as follows, to: 1. Proceed immediately and finalize the new road alignment of Spruce Street for the entire project from Prospect Hill Drive to the east corporate limit line; and 2. Construct at the earliest possible date a segment of the Spruce Street project beginning at Prospect Hill Drive and extending southeastward to Spruce Street at a point approximately 450 feet east of Corn Tassel Trail between Stations 184 + 25 and 143 + 00, as shown on plans fo said project; and WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council, having duly considered this resolution, unanimously accepted same and expressed concurrence therewith at its regular meeting held February 9, 1982; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 9th day of February, 1982, that it hereby urges the Virginia Highway Commission to proceed immediately and establish the new road alignment for the entire Spruce Street project length and, also, to construct at the earliest possible date that segment of the project hereinabove described; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Council that a copy of this resolution, along with a copy of the Martinsville Transportation Safety Commission's aforesaid resolution, be forwarded to the Virginia Highway Commission. In connection with the foregoing project and subject matter, questions were raised as to what disposition or usage will be made of the present Spruce Street, which lies in both the City and Henry County; and, as to the priority now established for this project (to be funded by Federal-State-Local monies) in contrast to that once established for the Mulberry Road Extension project (to be funded only by State and local monies), and the adverse effect thereon by the curtailment of Federal and State funds. In reporting on the status of plans to expand the City's Wastewater Treatment (Sewage Disposal) Plant, City Manager Edmonds informed Council that the Henry County Public Service Authority's response on January 25, 1982 to the City's expansion proposal (submitted to the PSA on September 8, 1981) indicates that the Authority