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TUESDAY JUNE 13, 1978 --- extension (or new construction) to be done by the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation and being identified by the City of Martinsvil1e as "Mulberry Road Extension", as shown on map to be filed with said Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsvi1le does hereby request that this project be assigned a "Number One" priority following the completion of the Spruce Street Extension Reconstruction Project; and, WHEREAS, it is proposed that the cost of this project be financed with urban funds pursuant to the shared-cost formula hereinafter set forth; now therefore, - BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 13th day of June, 1978, that: 1. The Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation be, and is hereby, requested to establish a project within the corporate limits of the City of Martinsvi11e to construct and/or reconstruct Brown Street and Brown Street Extension from Ellsworth Street to West Church Street, at West Church Street's intersection with Market Street (this construction and/or reconstruction to be along Brown Street, from Ellsworth Street to or near College Street, and thence along a new alignment near Gravely and Barton Streets to West Church Street), including the reconstruction of Bridge Street between Southerlin Street and Chestnut Street and the widening of Ellsworth Street for a distance of approximately 450 feet north of the Brown Street intersection, as shown on Plates 57, 58, and 59 of the 1969 Thoroughfare Plan prepared by the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation; 2. The City of Martinsvi11e hereby agrees to pay its share of the cost of said project, including the cost of preliminary engineering, right-of-way, construction, and reconstruction, under the cost formula of 90% by the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation and 10% by the City of Martinsville; and 3. The City of Martinsvi1le agrees, if the said project is established, as herein requested, and thereafter the City of Martinsville decides not to proceed further with said project, to reimburse the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation for 100% of the cost incurred for said project to the time the City decides not to proceed further. At the suggestion of Councilman Oakes (and upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried), Council directed that--with the forthcoming utility billing on June 16th, and