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tOg TUESDAY JUNE 14, 1977 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that Paragraph 2 of Section B, Article VI, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended to include the following: In the C-l district, free-standing canopies over service station pump islands, a minimum of fifteen (15) feet above the street curb with the supports being in the pump island, may extend over the required setback area to a line not closer to the front line than twelve and one-half (12~) feet. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, with Vice Mayor Cole abstaining, Council approved the recommended budget of Piedmont Seniors of Virginia, Inc., in the total amount of $l8,300.00 for the year beginning October 1, 1977. City Manager Noland apprised Council of the indication, with official notice momentarily expected, that the City is being allocated $600,000.00 by the Federal Government's Economic Development Administration, which allocation the City Manager suggested might be used (l) to widen and improve the present two-lane section of Commonwealth Boulevard westward to the City's west corporate limits, (2) to extend Mulberry Road from Cleveland Avenue to Brown Street, and (3) to construct an office building for the City's Social Services Department, noting that a study is now being made of the feasibility of jointly operating this department with Henry County's counterpart. City Manager Noland also apprised Council of the necessity of Council being called for a special meeting, probably within the forthcoming week, to consider formally applying for the EDA funds and establishing priorities for projects to be funded thereby, with Council--in response to inquiry--indicating no objections to the proceeding with an investigative study on the Mulberry Road extension project and the obtaining of necessary purchase options.