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1~ TUESDAY MARCH 23, 1971 -- of Lester Street to the Route 57 project is not included in said project and, furthermore, that there is increasingly pressing need to extend Mulberry Extension into Ellsworth Street (at Brown Street) and to widen and improve Ellsworth Street from that point on into Lester Street. City Manager Noland did point out, however, that another pressing project, viz., Brookdale Road, has been approved by the Department of Highways. .....-. Subsequently, in reviewing the detailed cost estimates of the Route 57 Project, Council was informed that an estimated $132,000.00 for overhead signs, of which the City's l5%-share would be $19,800.00, is not included in the Route 57 project, the installation of which has been recommended by the City administration. Members of Council questioned the seemingly high cost of constructing and installing these signs (of which there will be five primary installations) as well as the need therefor, to which City Manager Noland and Traffic & Planning Engineer Irving R. McGhee responded by their explanation thereof. Meanwhile, upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council adopted the following resolution accepting the terms of the proposed agreement (applicable to the Route 57 Project) and authorizing City Manager Noland to execute said agreement on behalf of the City, which agreement also follows: WHEREAS, the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Virginia has informed the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that said Department of Highways will soon proceed with the construction of captioned project, consisting of 1.708 miles of Route 57 within the City of Martinsville, from an intersection at a point on West Church Street to an intersection at a point on Route 57 (East), subject to concurrence by the City of Martinsville with the Highway Department's requirements and regulations set forth in an agreement entitled, "Agreement (by City of Martinsville) To Maintain Highways Improved Under The CODE OF VIRGINIA And The Policied Of The Highway Commission", which agreement enumerates in eight numbered sections said requirements and regulations; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-third day of March, 1971, that it does hereby subscribe to and accept the terms and conditions of said agreement and, furthermore, it does hereby authorize Thomas B. Noland, its City Manager, to execute said agreement on behalf of the City of Martinsville.