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. " ;) ,{)( TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13. 1968 Council was informed that City Manager Noland (who was absent from this meeting because of illness) has received preliminary application forms from the Virginia Commission on Outdoor Recreation to be filed in the near future with the hope that the City will then be authorized to make a detailed application to obtain matching funds for the purchase of property for local recreational development and usage. One tract in which the City is interested for this purpose is property owned by Mrs. Phillip E. Sprinkle and her family who, to this point, have suggested leasing to the City for development; however, Recreation Director Herbert O. Hughes and Public Works Director George W. Brown expressed the conviction that the City should own any property it develops. It was indicated that one of Mrs. Sprinkle's sons, Dr. Phillip Sprinkle, would be in ~rtinsville on or about March 1st at which time discussions might be entered into with the Sprinkle family toward the possibility of the City acquiring their property, located south of Ranson Road and southeast of Memorial Boulevard South, for recreational development. Mr. T. J. Childress, Jr., Vice-Chairman of the Planning Commission, reported the Commission's feeling that the recently-prepared study report on local recreational needs and development will be of interest to the Commission, particularly in the interest of coordinating the Commission's role in the planning and zoning of the City. Mr. Robert N. Crockett, of Mountain Road, appeared before Council and expressed the opinion that the City should not have to obtain outside or professional consultants to determine the recreational needs of the City; instead, the citizens of Martinsville are competent and capable of determining such needs. Public Works Director George W. Brown presented the State Highway Department's plans for the construction of the proposed Route 57 By-Pass Project,