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1 1" . ~ TUESDAY JUNE 12, 1973 meeting, to give advance study to these matters. Council referred to the Planning Commission--for its consideration and recommendation--a petition (dated May 25, 1973) filed by Mr. O. W. Poindexter, on behalf of Logan Gray, Inc., requesting the rezoning to "P-2 Professional" of property located at 100 Starling Avenue. ,"-;'- Upon inquiry by Vice-Mayor Boaz, Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown presented a status report of the several recreational projects now in process, in which report was indicated a beginning of construction and development soon after the forthcoming July 1st of both the Chatham Heights and West End projects; the amounts of Federal grants applicable thereto--including the Southside project--for acquisition of lands; and the necessity, at some future date, of constructing curb-and-gutter for a distance of 150 feet along a street involved in the Chatham Heights project, in conjunction with the widening of said street. Council unanimously accepted and concurred in said report and, furthermore, by motion (which was duly seconded and unanimously carried) authorized the following land purchases, pursuant to approved appraisals thereof: (1) from the Martinsville Community Recreation Association, Southside Park property for the sum of $33,170.00; (2) from the Chatham Heights Baptist Church, land for the Chatham Heights project for the sum of $22,384.00; and (3) from the DillavdHeirs, land for the Chatham Heights project for the sum of $2,400.00. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council authorized the sale of 3.498 acres of land within the City's Industrial Park to Glazed Products, Inc., at a price of $5,000.00 per acre, with the purchaser indicating that it may wish at some future date to discontinue the Norfolk & Western Railway siding or