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:50 TUESDAY AUGUST 23, 1977 Council referred to the Planning Commission, for its consideration and recommendation, a petition submitted by Lester Properties (a division of the Lester Group, Inc., Mr. George W. Lester, II, Chairman of the Board) requesting the rezoning of petitioner's property adjacent to Northside Drive and Dudley Street from "R-9 Residential to "P-2 Professional". Council acknowledged receipt of official notice by the Central Telephone Company of Virginia of its recent filing with the State Corporation Commission an application for tariff and/or telephone rate increases. Council was apprised of the recent approval by the appropriate Federal agency of one of three projects for which applications were recently filed for and on behalf of the City, seeking Economic Development Administration funds to finance said projects, the approved project being the widening and improving of a section of Commonwealth Boulevard at an estimated cost of $250,000.00, with construction thereof required (as one of many EDA funding conditions) to begin within ninety (90) days from date of notice of approval. Council was informed by Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown that the City will be able to comply with this requirement. Council was apprised, also, of the conditional approval recently given the Victor A. Lester subdivision on or near Smith Lake Road by the Planning Commission, this being the same site and property for which Mr. Lester has previously sought a Special-Use Permit to construct an apartment complex. Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown, pointing out that the City would have certain obligations in connection therewith under either of two procedures, viz., the City's