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8f'.' o TUESDAY. MARCH 13, 1973 Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council endorsed and approved a proposed amendment to Section 1 of Article III of the Charter of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, providing that 11 in the absence of action by a governing body to designate a replacement for a serving citizen member, he shall continue in office until such designation shall have been madell. At the request of the local Retail Merchants Association, Council authorized the City being the depository with regard to the financing of the cost of Christmas decorations for the forthcoming Christmas seasons of 1973, 1974, and 1975. Council referred to the Planning Commission, for its consideration and recornmenda- tion, a petition filed by Mr. Benjamin R. Gardner, Attorney at Law, on behalf of his client, the A, E & A Corporation, requesting the rezoning (to IIP_211) of said corporation's property at 409 East Church Street. Mayor West informed Council of the signal honor recently given City Manager Noland through his having been invited and requested to serve on a special committee, consisting of twenty city managers selected from allover the United States, in an environmental workshop program sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the International City Managers Association, with special emphasis on refuse collection and disposal. Council ackno'Jledged receipt of a request submitted by the Henry County Public Service Authority, asking that the agreement executed April 27, 1971 between the City of Martinsville and said Authority be extended and enlarged to include a portion of the Beaver Creek watershed area, the original agreement pertaining to the transportation of wastewater from the Villa Heights-Gaynor Heights area (in Henry County) for treatment by the City at its water pollution control plant. -.......-"..".. .,._,.,"'_.".."-,.<.,'--,-~.~'"-~-----