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1~ TUESDAY MAY 14, 1963. /- ~. City Manager Hirst presented a proposal for the development of the Clearview School playground area, at an estimated cost of $22,897.00 (including lighting), and recommended that this program be approved and that it be financed from the balance of the proceeds remaining from the sale of the North Martinsville Playground; whereupon motion, Council authorized the development of the Clearview playground in accordance with City Manager Hirst's proposal--except for the lighting phases-- and appropriated from the North Me.rtinsville Playground surplus its balance of $15,000.00 towards this project, cost of said project to be limited to this appropria ti on. City Manager Hirst informed Council that the bids recently received for the construction of the proposed sewage treatment plant have been reviewed by the City's consulting engineers and are now in process of being reviewed by the appropriate Federal agency. Pending final approval of the bids, and upon recommendation of City Manager Hirst, Council awarded the sewage treatment construction contract to English Construction Company, of Altavista, Virginia, accepting the firm's alternate and low bid of $759,400.00, which excluded sludg,s-drying equipment and also reflected certain changes in choice of other equipment. By Council's unanimous action, Messrs. Henry C. Reed and Thornton G. Wampler were reappointed to membership on the City School Board for three-year terms beginning July 1, 1963. Subsequent to this action, Council received a letter from the Albert Harris Parent-Teacher Association recommending the appointment of Mr. LeRoy Perkins to membership on the School Board. Council acknowledged receipt of a report from the City Planning Commission recommending the rezoning to "B-1 Business" all that property--not already so zoned--