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08 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1974 noted, carries the approval of the Planning Commission, subject to inclusion with any granted permit certain conditions and stipulations made a part of the Planning Commission's report and recommendation. It was noted, too, that applicant will donate such right-of-way off the frontage of applicant's property as may be required for the widening of Pine Hall Road. In response to inquiries concerning improvements to Pine Hall Road, applicant expressed the opinion that this street should be widened and improved, whether or not the apartment complex is built and, furthermore, this street should be widened and improved before construction begins on the apartment complex. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council deferred action on said application, pending an estimate to be prepared by the City's Engineering Division of the cost of widening and improving this street. Mr. D. B. Hanel, Commissioner of Revenue, appeared before Council with a proposal whereby, as agents for the City and for the Commissioner, an independent appraisal firm be employed to reappraise local tangible personal property and, also, machinery and tools to update current market values thereof for more equitable assessment thereof for tax purposes. The cost of such a reappraisal, as submitted by Wingate Appraisal Service, Roanoke, Virginia (the low bidder), would be $21,000.00, with said reappraisal to be completed by spring or summer of 1975 on properties as of January 1, 1975. Mr. Harold C. Wingate, of Wingate Appraisal Service, was also present and outlined procedures and methods by which the reappraisal would be conducted. Council deferred action on this proposal, pending a study and opinion by City Attorney Worthy on any legal problems involved therewith. Council referred to the Planning Commission, for its consideration and recommendation, a request filed by Lester Properties (a division of The Lester Group, Inc.) seeking a rezoning of all its properties located on the south side of Commonwealth Boulevard and to the east side of the Martinsville-Henry County Health Center, extending to the existing M-l zoned area, from present "R-6" zoning to a "C-3" zoning.