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15: TUESDAY JUNE 11. 1963 ... Representatives of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce and other interested citizens appeared before Council and requested that--because of increased cost estimates--the City agree to assume approximately $5,600.00, in addition to that already promised, of the cost of a new health center for the area. Inasmuch as the Hen~r County Board of Supervisors has not officially acted upon a similar (increased) request, Council deferred action thereon pending official action by "'- the Supervisors. After considering a proposed amendment to the City's Zoning Code, which was presented to Council on May 28, 1963 with the recommendation of the Planning Commission that same be adopted, and which would provide new regulations for the location and erection of lIadvertisingll signs, Council called for a public hearing to be conducted by Council in its Council Chamber, June 25, 1963. Council continued for further study a proposed amendment to the City's License Tax Code, pertaining to retail sales from mobile units. Upon recommendation of City Manager Hirst, Council adopted the following resolution ,.,,- whereby the City requests the Virginia Department of Highways to construct a sidewalk on the south side of Route 58 East, from Salmons Street to Cabell Street, and to re-design a portion of said Route 58 East to acco~modate industrial traffic at its intersection with Cabell Street, all to be done in conjunction with the current Route 58 reconstruction and for which the City will pay its twenty-five per cent share: -- ~EREAS, the City of Martinsville, The Department of Highw~s of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States Bureau of Public Roads presently are participating jointly in the widening and improving of U. S. Route 58 (East) within the corporate limits of the City of Martinsville, which project is now under construction and if identified as State No. 58-120-101, C-501; and )