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<br />t ~ ; ~ <br />)-.il.d <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />OCTOBER 8. 1968 <br /> <br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br /> <br />Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, <br /> <br />October 8, 1968, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., <br /> <br />all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Vice-Mayor <br /> <br />Francis T. West; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and Wm. D. Hobson. <br /> <br />After the invocation, COllncil approved as recorded the minutes of its regular <br /> <br />meeting held September 26, 1968. <br /> <br />Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing <br /> <br />on the proposed rezoning of property owned by Custer & Custer Sporting Goods, <br /> <br />located on the west side of Liberty Street near and adjoining the City's <br /> <br />north corporate limits, as requested by the owner(s) and as approved by the <br /> <br />Planning Commission. There being no objections registered by anyone to this <br /> <br />proposed rezoning, Council adopted the following ordinance effecting said <br /> <br />rezoning and amending the City's Zoning Code and Zoning Map: <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, <br />in regular meeting assembled this eighth day of October, 1968, that <br />the City'z Zoning Code and Zoning Map be, and are hereby, amended <br />to reclassify--for z.oning purposes--to "C-1 Commercial" that property <br />owned by Custer & Custer Sporting Goods, situated on the west side of <br />Liberty Street within and at the north corporate limits of the City. <br /> <br />Continuing its discussion from its September 26th meeting of the State's <br /> <br />proposed issuance of $81,000,000.00 bonds for mental and educational <br /> <br />facilities, subject to election to be held November 5, 1968, Council cited <br /> <br />the benefits to be derived from the bond program, if approved, both <br /> <br />state-wide and locally; however, because of the question of the propriety <br /> <br />of the Council's placing an official "stamp of approval" and its implication, <br /> <br />Council refrained from officially endorsing the program but, instead, commended <br /> <br />it to the local voters by adopting the following resolution: <br />