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358 TUESDAY JANUARY 28, 1975 WHEREAS, by petition dated November 7, 1974 and filed with Martinsville City Council on November 12, 1974, Tully Corporation of Virginia (Sale Knitting Division) requested the closing of Fontaine Street, situated east of Franklin Street and lying within the property boundary lines of petitioner; and WHEREAS, by report dated December 31, 1974 the Martinsville Planning Commission recommended that petitioner's request be granted and, also, that a fifteen-foot drainage easement, crossing said Fontaine Street to Commonwealth Boulevard, near Franklin Street, be abandoned; and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting held January 28, 1975, pursuant to Section 3 of Chapter 8 of the Charter of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, the Council of the City of Martinsville conducted a duly-advertised public hearing on said petitioner's request, as approved and amended (as to drainage easement) by the Martinsville Planning Commission; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled January 28, 1975, that it doth hereby accept the report and recommendation of the Martinsville Planning Commission, hereinbefore cited, and does hereby declare and order the abandonment, closing and vacating of that street heretofore identified as Fontaine Street, which lies within and is surrounded by property owned by Tully Corporation of Virginia (Sale Knitting Division), situated north of Commonwealth Boulevard and east of Franklin Street, and does also hereby abandon a fifteen-foot drainage easement crossing Fontaine Street to Commonwealth Boulevard, near Franklin Street, all of which is shown on a map entitled, "Map of Properties for the Tully Corporation of Virginia, Sale Knitting Division", as prepared by J. A. Gustin & Associates under date of October 15, 1974, and revised December 17, 1974 to add location of permanent easements; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that a copy of this ordinance be filed forthwith with the Clerk of Martinsville Circuit Court, as directive and authorization to mark his records accordingly. Irr a prepared statement, Councilman Barry A. Greene analyzed various financial problems currently facing the City, including the anticipated inability of the 1974-75 Boards of Assessors and Equalization to complete their required processes in time to enable the City to prepare the forthcoming Spring billing of real estate taxes predicated upon appraisals and/or assessments as of January 1, 1975. Accordingly, with the verbal assurance from Virginia's Attorney General's office that the City may use assessed valuations as of July 1, 1974 as the basis for said 1975 Spring