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<br />~20 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 11, 1977 <br /> <br />Acceding to applicant's reported request and upon advice of City Attorney <br /> <br />Worthy, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be <br /> <br />conducted by Council on said application at Council's forthcoming <br /> <br />February 8th meeting, meanwhile holding in abeyance action on the <br /> <br />Planning Commission's recommendation thereon. <br /> <br />Miss Gloria McIver, Director of the City's Rental Assistance Program, <br /> <br />presented a verbal report on the activities of her office and this <br /> <br />program since its inception as of October 1, 1976, as well as of the <br /> <br />purpose of the program, indicating that the local office has been allocated <br /> <br />a total of 138 units for assistance, against which there have been 46 <br /> <br />awards, with thirteen families now receiving rental assistance, i.e., <br /> <br />through payments to landlords. At Council's request, Miss McIver agreed <br /> <br />to forward to each member of Council a written report encompassing not only <br /> <br />the foregoing information but also other pertinent data. <br /> <br />City Manager Noland brought to Council's attention certain proposed <br /> <br />legislation, identified as H. B. 855, to be introduced before the 1977 <br /> <br />Virginia General Assembly, pertaining to city-county-town relations in <br /> <br />Virginia and, more specifically, to town-to-city transition, urban <br /> <br />county immunity from annexation, and annexation in general. After some <br /> <br />discussion of the disadvantages and probable advantages of this proposed <br /> <br />legislation, as it might effect Martinsville and other Virginia cities, <br /> <br />Council went on record as supporting the Virginia Municipal League's <br />