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336 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1977 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Tuesday, February 8, 1977, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., William D. Hobson, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., v.i.ce Mayor; Barry A. Greene; L. D. Oakes; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held January 25, 1977 and of its special meeting held February 1, 1977. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on Mr. Victor A. Lester's Application for a Special-Use Permit, as filed with Council on October 26, 1976, seeking permission to be allowed to construct a forty-unit apartment complex on Smith Lake Road, off Forest Street. In beginning this public hearing, Council reviewed the Planning Commission's report on said application, as presented to Council at its meeting held January 11, 1977, in which report the Commission recommended that the application not be approved, for the reasons set forth in said report and as incorporated in the minutes of Council's said January 11th meeting. In response, Mr. Lester asserted that the proposed apartment complex would be consistent with govern- mental goals of planned growth and progress. Mr. Lester further indicated, in connection with the Planning Commission's report that ".....app1icant has given no assurance that he would construct the proposed apartment complex in accordance with stated plans," and in response to direct questioning on this point, that it is his intention to construct and operate the complex although, if he should receive a "good-enough offer", he would sell the property or complex. Some thirty residents of the Forest Street area were present at this meeting in