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') f ..-.J .lL TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1967 ,- Subject to stipulations verbally set forth before Council, Council authorized the sale of seven acres of land (along the west boundary) within the City1s Industrial Park to the The First National Bank of Martinsville & Henry County, U/A Trustee for the Frith Family Trust, for the sum of $2,000.00 per acre. Related thereto, through the Trust Department of the First National Bank, ,- request was filed for water service to provide fire protection and negligible domestic consumption for the "du Pont'! warehouse being constructed by the Fri th Family Trust on property outside the Ci tyl S Industrial Par~c but adj acent to the seven-acre tract described hereinabove and being acquired by the Frith Family Trust. Petitioner indicated that the Frith Family Trust would construct a 250,000-gallon water storage tank on the seven-acre tract to provide additional storage capacity for fire protection. Council, however, deferred action on this request pending findings of a water system service study now in process, expected to be completed within the next two or three weeks. Council authorized the exchange of a small tract of land owned by the City to the rear of the new City Hall (now under construction) for an adjoining small tract owned by the S. Kolodny Estate, to better align the properties of both parties in this area and to make for better usage of the joint alley involved. Council acknowledged receipt of an expression of appreciation from Mr. R. E. (Mike) Seidle, Jr., of the assistance rendered him by various City personnel to enable him to obtain title to, and missing parts for, the 1924 American-LaFrance Fire Engine sold by the City to Mr. Seidle on February 14, 1967. City Manager Noland relayed to Council an invitation from the Virginia Department of HighwaYEl to attend a function at the Fieldale-Collinsville High School on the