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<br />- co <br />~ ~_j 0 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />MARCH 25, 1980 <br /> <br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, <br /> <br />with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Tuesday, March 25, 1980, in the <br /> <br />Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., <br /> <br />William D. Hobson, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice-Mayor; Barry A. Greene; L. D. Oakes; <br /> <br />and Francis T. West. <br /> <br />After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting <br /> <br />held March 11, 1980 and of its special meeting held March 10, 1980. <br /> <br />Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the <br /> <br />City's application for a Special-Use Permit, as recommended for approval by the Planning <br /> <br />Commission, which permit--if issued--would allow the City to construct a ground-level <br /> <br />water storage reservoir (tank) along the southwest side of Morgan Street at an elevation <br /> <br />of an optimum 1100 feet to parallel and augment the City's present like facilities in the <br /> <br />Bethel Lane-Morgan Street area and to meet expanding demands of local industries as well <br /> <br />as the general public, as cited by Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. <br /> <br />Brown. In so doing, both by letter to the Planning Commission and in verbal comments to <br /> <br />Council, Mr. Brown noted that--subsequent to the Planning Commission's duly-advertised <br /> <br />public hearing on this matter and its action thereon--a number of citizens residing in <br /> <br />the Bethel Lane-Morgan Street area have registered their opposition to the proposed <br /> <br />project, contending that the water tank, if constructed, would (I) have an adverse <br /> <br />effect upon area property values, (2) constitute an eyesore and detract from the present <br /> <br />general appearance or character of the neighborhood, and (3) constitute a hazard because <br /> <br />of the possibility of a failure of the tank under certain circumstances. These objections <br /> <br />extended, also, to three alternative sites suggested by Mr. Brown, viz., two being east <br /> <br />of Fairy Street and north of Commonwealth Boulevard and the third being within the City's <br /> <br />present water storage compound in the Bethel Lane-Morgan Street area. Appearing before <br />