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I .. TUESDA: !1AI 22. 1 962 ,-' WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville is desirous of participating with the State Department of Highways and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads in a project mown as 0058-120-101 ,C-501 designed to widen Route 58 from its intersection with Bob Gregory 'street east to the East corporate limits of the City of Martinsville; and WlEREAS, it will be the responsibility of the City to employ legal counsel for title search and deed preparation necessary to acquisition of rights-of-wy for this project; and WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville does not maintain an organization adequate for title search and acquiring right-of-way as a part of its normal operating staff; now, therefore, .......-..... BE rr RESODlED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-second day of May, 1%2 that Mr. Frank I. Richardson, Jr., Martinsville, Virginia, qualified attorney-at-law practicing in the City of Martinsville, is hereby appointed to perform the legal duties necessary for title seach and deed preparation for the aforementioned project. On behalf of George L. Nease, Helen W. Nease, Harold P. tilliams, and Dorothy S. Williams, petitioners, lAttorney Frank I. Richardlon, Jr., requested Council to order vacated and abandoned that portion of an 1.mopened street known as Sunset Drive lying within the corporate limits and extending to the south corporate limits west of Route 220 South or Memorial Boulevard South; whereupon, Council referred this matter to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendation and, also, agreed to appoint a Board of Viewers, consisting ,- of three qualified citizens, to proceed in accordance with Section 15-766 of the CODE <F VmGINIA, 1950, and as amended. COWlcil acknowledged receipt of a letter from Mr. Daniel Greene, President of the Martinsville Retail Merchants A3sociation, in which letter Mr. Greene cited - the need for repairing certain sidewalks in the downtown business area, the need for improving the appearance of properties along West Church Street from Moss Street to Fayette Street, and the desire that directional signs be strategically placed to direct persons to the downtown business district.