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1( MONDAY NOVEMBER 30-, 1959 to provide that that parcel of land owned by the c. Y. Thomas Estate and situated on the west side of Brookda1e Street between properties owned by the Sallie Early Estate and Mr. V. E. Wray and, also, the adjacent V. E. Wray lot be and are hereby rezoned from "A-l Residential" to "B_1 Business"; ani BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that there is hereby established a building setback of forty (40) feet for said rezoned properties, measured from the centerlim of Brookda1e Street. ,- By report dated November 12, 1959, a Board of Viewers (composed of :Messrs. Irvi~ M. Groves, J. Reid Troxler, and J. Robert Walker) informed Council as follows: Your undersigned three viewers, appointed by the Coumil to consider the c losing of a portion of an alleyway runnill?; from Thomas Heights to a point on Jefferson Street, do report that they have been to the scene and viewed the alley in question. It is the opinion of this committee that the public generally would not be affected by either the closing or the opening of this alley; however, the alley could serve a useful purpose to the property abutting it. Your viewers in reaching a decision took cognizance of the objections of several of these property owmrs and of the fact that the closing of either end of the alley would create a dead end situation which would not be in the best interest of these owners. Therefore, it is the opinion of your viewers that this alley should not be closed as has been petitioned. ,"-'" Attorney Robert H. May, representing the petitioners (see Cour:cil minutes of April 14, 1959; May 12, 1959; and May 21, 1959 re: Matson-Dent petition), stated that in his opinion the Board of Viewers had not complied with Section 15-766 of the Code of V:1rginia and, furthermore, requested that the report be disregarded and that a new board be appointed to perform the duties outlined in said Section 15-766. Coumil voted to take the report and petition under advisement, pending a joint confereree with the Board of Viewers and the property OW'ners involved. Council briefly discussed its appearance on November 24th before the State Water Control Board at which meeting Coureil reviewed with the Board the City's Sewerage System Improvements Program.