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<br />(", c:- <br />r:... r,_' <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />SEPTEMBER 28, 1976 <br /> <br />families (in the City) expressing a preference for free busing of local public <br /> <br />school students so long as local property taxes would not be increased as a <br /> <br />result thereof. In accepting the City Manager's report that it is not <br /> <br />feasible to consider the matter of free busing during the current year, Council <br /> <br />assured the petitioners that this matter would be considered during its <br /> <br />deliberations upon the City's 1977-78 budget. <br /> <br />Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown~ Chairman of <br /> <br />the CBD Commission, described certain efforts and possibilities toward <br /> <br />providing additional off-street parking in the downtown area to help meet <br /> <br />the needs of Henry County Courthouse personnel as well as general parking <br /> <br />needs in the area, such as leasing from the Southern Railway System <br /> <br />(Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company) that railway company's property <br /> <br />located on the north side of Depot Street, and the proposition of purchasing <br /> <br />from the Pannil1 Estate the property along Depot Street now being leased from <br /> <br />this estate and used as an off-street parking lot, not only to accommodate <br /> <br />present needs but also to accommodate the anticipated need for armed forces <br /> <br />reserve units one weekend per month, who will be using a portion of the <br /> <br />downtown U. S. Postoffice. <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council appropriated the <br /> <br />sum of $12,025.00 for administrative expenses of the Piedmont Seniors of <br /> <br />Virginia~ off-set by grants-in-aid of like amount, with authority given <br /> <br />City Manager Noland to execute required documents and/or contracts in <br /> <br />connection therewith. <br /> <br />- <br />