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J TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1972 ,-' WHEREAS,' under date of October of 1967, there was prepared for the City of Martinsville, Virginia, by the National Recreation & Park Association, a report and plan entitled "A Study of Parks and Recreation in Martinsville, Virginia", which report and plan (when prepared) not only evaluated the City's recreational programs and facilities at that time but also comprehensively set forth recommendations designed to meet the then-existing needs as well as anticipated needs projected to the year 1985; and WHEREAS, some of the recommendations set forth in said report having been effected during the interim since 1967, this plan has been amended and up-dated and, parallel thereto and coincident therewith, a five-year capital improvements program has been developed designed to effect said amended and up-dated plan; and - WHEREAS, it is the desire and intent of the City of Martinsville to carry out the recommendations of said amended and up-dated plan and, pursuant thereto, with Federal aid for which applications ,have been duly authorized and filed or for which applications may yet be authorized and filed, to appropriate such funds as may be necessary to this end and within the authority and ability of Martinsville City Council so to do; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-sixth day of September, 1972, that it does hereby adopt (1) said report entitled "A Study of Parks and Recreation in Martinsville, Virginia", as amended, and (2) said five-year capital improvements program for recreational facilities for the City of Martinsville, Virginia. Mr. Ray Loman, operator of City Transit, Inc., informed Council that--in addition to two new busses just received and put into operation as of date of this meeting--his firm is in urgent need of a "standby" bus and recommended that Council authorize the purchase of a used 1962 International bus from the C&C ,,- Used Bus Company for the sum of $2,100.00; whereupon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council authorized the purchasing of said bus for said amount. During the discussion thereon, two citizens present suggested that Council give consideration to providing "freell bus service to school students, that steps be taken to eliminate current ovePerowding of school busses, and that consideration be given to installing seat-belts in school busses. Pursuant to an ordinance adopted by Council on April 11, 1972, whereby was created and established the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Martinsville,