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.... ~."" ~, ..;' OCTOBER 14, 1980 TUESDAY Chatham Road during the reconstruction phase, some responsibility for which the City assumed when it accepted from the State highway agency the reconstructed project. In so accepting the City Attorney's recommendations, Council authorized the expending of (up to ) $15,000.00 for the purposes set forth hereinabove; furthermore, Council directed City Manager Edmonds to compile a study of similar drainage and erosion problems within the City and report thereon to Council in order that Council may establish a firm policy and position for the handling of such problems in the future. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council authorized City Manager Edmonds to execute, on behalf of the City, a contract with the City of Roanoke for the temporary housing in the Roanoke City Jail of City of Martinsville jail inmates, as necessary. Upon motion, duly seconded and by a recorded unanimous vote, and pursuant to Section 2.1-344(2) and Section 2.1-344(6) of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and as amended), Council convened into an Executive Session for the following purposes: (1) to consider the status of negotiations in progress for the purchase by the City of a site for a new 1,000,000-gallon water storage tank; (2) to consider the appointing of an ad hoc citizens' committee to study and make recommendations concerning rules and regulations governing the public use of the City's Beaver Creek Water Impounding facility; (3) to consider the appointing of a replacement on the Planning Commission for Mr. T. J. Childress, Jr., resigned (as of October 15, 1980); and (4) to consider the appointing of a representative from the City to the Housing & Economic Development Committee of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission. Upon reconvening into regular session, Council unanimously took the following actions on these matters: