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IB MONDAY JANUARY 30, 1967 c_ Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, and upon being informed that the Federal Department of Housing & Urban Development has approved the City's application for Federal funds toward the purchase of seven busses, under the Mass Transportation Act of 1964, Council adopted the following resolution authorizing City Manager Noland to execute a contract with the United States of America, through said Department of Housing & Urban Development, which contract is identified as relating to Project No. VA-UTG-1, setting forth the terms and conditions under which said grant is to be awarded: WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted June 28, 1966, the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, authorized Mr. Thomas B. NOland, City Manager of said City of Martinsville, to execute and file an application-- on behalf of the City of Martinsville--with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, of the United States Government, for a capital grant under the Mass Transportation Act of 1964, and as amended; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such authority and to the requirements of said Department, the said Thomas B. Noland did file such an application and has executed and filed other required documents and assurances relating thereto; and WHEREAS, a grant of an amount not to exceed $74,056.00 has been assured the City of Martinsville by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in approval of said application; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in meeting assembled this thirtieth day of January, 1967, that the said Thomas B. Noland, City Manager of said City of Martinsville, be and is hereby authorized to execute a grant contract with the United States of America, through its Department of Housing and Urban Development (Urban Transportation Administration), which contract consists of five counterparts and is further identified as relating to Project No. VA-UTG-1, setting forth the terms and conditions under which said grant is to be awarded. Council referred to the Planning Commission, for its consideration and recommendations, a petition submitted by Graves Supply Company requesting the rezoning to "M-1 Industrial" of a 200-foot tract adjacent to petitioner's present place of business at 905 North Memorial Boulevard.