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00 TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 1974 Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council appointed Mrs. Virgia B. Hobson, Mrs. Betty M. Ragsdale, and Mr. Richard P. Gravely, Jr., as member-representatives from the City of Martinsville on (and to) the Henry County-Martinsville Bicentennial Commission, meanwhile concurring in Mayor West's suggestion that the Commission (consisting of six appointees from Henry County and the City's three appointees), along with the Mayor and Mr. Melvin W. Brown, Chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors, convene in the Council Chamber immediately prior to Council's next regular meeting (August 27, 1974) for the purpose of organizing itself. Public Works Director-Assistant City Manager George W. Brown, Chairman of the CBD Study Commission, informed Council that options and/or option agreements have been obtained for the purchase by the Martinsville Redevelopment & Housing Authority, which the Council constitutes, from the owners of fifteen parcels (of a total of nineteen parcels) of property within the first-phase segment of the downtown renewal program and, in conjunction with a Parking Study and Traffic Study (copies of which were presented to Council), urged proceeding with the acquisition of said property. Council continued this matter for study in Executive Session, meanwhile commending Mr. Brown and the Commission (Councilman W. Donald Hartford, William D. Hobson, and Morton W. Lester) for its outstanding efforts and progress in this project. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council appointed Mrs. James W. (Betsy M.) Haskins to the Anchor Commission for the unexpired term of Dr. N. Grant Tubbs, resigned. City Manager Noland presented a "Report of Actual Use" pertaining to Federal Revenue-Sharing funds received and expended as of June 30, 1974, which report must be published and filed with the Federal Government by September 1, 1974.