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(' " "J--J- TUESDAY MAY 17, 1966 A special and duly-called meeting (see Council Minutes of April 26, 1966, and of May 10, 1966) of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held Tuesday, May 17, 1966, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., for the purposes of (1) conducting a duly-advertised public hearing on a petition filed April 26, 1966, by Virginia Landmark Corporation for a special-use permit (for apartment complex) and (2) to appoint a Steering Committee in connection with a local proposal to participate in the Anti-Poverty Program. All members of Council were present, viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Dr. Fred T. Renick, Vice-Mayor; Thomas J. Burch; Harry L. Boaz; and E. E. Stone. After the invocation and the stating of the purposes of this special meeting, Council proceeded with its scheduled public hearing on the special-use permit application filed by Virginia Landmark Corporation, represented by Mr. Stafford G. Whittle, III. Such a permit would enable petitioner to construct an apartment complex on Spruce Street on a tract of land fronting the north side of Spruce Street for a distance of approximately 1,000 feet, beginning at the intersection of Brookdale Road and Spruce Street and extending eastward, which tract of land is approximately 500 feet in depth. The record noted that no opposition to this proposal has been registered; accordingly, Council approved said petition, subject to Council1s action on the Planning Commission's recommendation thereon yet to be submitted. In connection with the request by a group of interested citizens, who appeared before Council at its May 10th meeting in the interest of establishing a local Anti-Poverty Program under the Federal Government's Office of Economic Opportunity, Council appointed the following citizens as a Steering Committee