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3: TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 1964 ~,---~ Through the Governor rnarrison and the Highway Safety Commission, the American Automobile Association presented to the City a special citation for Pedestrian Program Activities for the calendar year 1963. Council commended local officials-- and especially the Police Department--for their work in this field and for their achievement in earning this special citation. .- Upon inquiry, Council learned that the requirements of the State Highway Departmenv--as to location of signs and as to vehicular parking--are not being met by the City at some of its mid-block pedestrian crosswalks, on which more information will be presented to Council in the near future. Subject to the approval of the Planning Commission and the City Attorney, Council approved a proposed--and tentative--contract with Lanier Farm for the development, under the City's Subdivision Ordinance, of Lanier Farm's Arrowhead Trail, located off Cherokee Trail. ,,- Council acknowledged receipt of a "Notice Of Motion For Judgment", filed with the Circuit Court of the County of Henry on September 28, 1964, by Attorney Frank I. Richardson, Jr., on behalf of fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified voters and part of the freeholders of territory adjacent to the City of Martinsville, more specifically the area of Knollwood Place and Lanier Road, instituting legal proceeding:3 to have this area annexed to the City of Martinsville, noting a pre-trial conference scheduled for November 2, 1964, on this petition. Upon motion, Council directed City Attorney Cubine to file the City's answer to the notice in the manner and language filed by the City in the recent annexation proceedingEl (Lanier Farm, Inc., and Whittle Trust) culminated by decision recorded in Council's minutes of October 1, 1964.