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~15 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1977 .- The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Wednesday, September 14, 1977, in the Circuit Courtroom, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., William D. Hobson, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice 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 August 23, 1977. Before beginning its regular order of business, Council acknowledged receipt of notices recently received from the Federal Government's Economic Development Administration, indicating approval by that agency of the City's applications for EDA funding and/or assistance for the Mulberry Road extension project and for the Social Service building project, for which--along with the Commonwealth Boulevard project already approved-- applications were authorized by Council on June 21, 1977; and, through Mayor Hobson, Council commended the Public Works Department for its considerable preparatory work necessary to the filing of said applications. .- Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a petition filed under date of May 10, 1977, by Lanier Farm, Inc., seeking the rezoning to "C-l Commercial" of Lanier Farm's property--not already so zoned--situated at the southeast corner of Spruce Street and Parkview Avenue, being a tract of vacant land fronting the south side of Spruce Street for a distance of some 110 feet, with a depth of some 250 feet. In connection therewith, Council re-read the Planning Commission's report and recommendations thereon, dated August 22, 1977 and as incorporated in the