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(161 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1977 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Tuesday, September 27, 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., 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 September 14, 1977. Mayor Hobson commended the Police Department on its recent intensive surveillance of certain areas of the City and the success thereof in curtailing the upsurge of house break-ins and robberies in those areas. .--. Council acknowledged receipt of a report from the Planning Commission, in which report the Commission informed Council that it will conduct a public hearing on October 20, 1977, on the petition received by Council on September 14, 1977, submitted by Bennett & Wilson, Realtors, on behalf of Mrs. J. W. Booker, requesting the rezoning of the Booker property at 212 Starling Avenue (from "R-6" to lIP_2") and, further, that the Commission will make its recommendation thereon at Council's forthcoming October 25th meeting, thus enabling Council to advertise its public hearing thereon for the October 25th meeting, that the petition might be "processed" with expendiency, as requested by petitioner, which advertising Council duly authorized. Also, in connection with a report from the Planning Commission, Council called for a duly- advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council at its forthcoming October 25th meeting on the request filed with Council on September 14th by Wells & Donavant Construction Company,