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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />JANUARY 12. 1960
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<br />Council enthusiastically acknowledged an indication of the support of the program
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<br />by the Board of Directors of the Martinsville ~ea Chamber of Commerce.
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<br />Under date of January 12, 1960, the Planning Commission recommended that the
<br />area annexed to the City as of January 1, 1960 "be zoned A-1 Residential inasmuch
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<br />as it is continguous to this zoning classification". Council, thereupon, called
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<br />for a duly-advertised public hearing on said proposed zoning--the area not being
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<br />zoned in any manner while a part of Henry County--to be conducted at Council's
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<br />meeting to be held February 9, 1960. Meanwhile, Council received copies of the
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<br />materials, as recently prepared b,y City Manager Hirst, and as forwarded on January
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<br />6, 1960 to the citizens Ii ving wi thin the area annexed on January 1 st.
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<br />In connection with the proposed reconstruction of portions of Routes 57 & 58
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<br />within the City's corporate limits, and being advised that because of a missing
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<br />heir one p<'lrcel of land needed for right-of-way can be acquired only through
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<br />condemnation proceedings, Council adopted the following resolution authorizing
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<br />the instigation of condemnation proceedings and appointing City Attorney Claude E.
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<br />Taylor, Jr., to represent the City in this matter:
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<br />WHE:REAS, Marvin L. Hill, duly appointed agent for the City of Martinsville,
<br />Commonwealth of Virginia, in the matter of purchasing properties required
<br />for proposed Route 58 expansion, has reported that he has exhausted all
<br />means within the limitations of his authority and ability, without success,
<br />toward acquiring that fractional interest of lot D, Sally Earley, "~p of
<br />Property of Sally E. Earley Property, East of Martinsville, Virginia," owned
<br />~ James Staley, an heir of Sally Earley, who was last heard from in
<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1885, the said James Staley having been absent
<br />from the City of Martinsville since 1885, and now presumed to be dead;
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<br />NC1,.l THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City 6} Martinsville,
<br />in regular meeting assembled this 12th day of January, 1960'/l-doth hereby appoint
<br />Claudl:~ E. Taylor, Jr., as its attorney in this matter and doth authorize the
<br />said Glaude E. Taylor, Jr., to conduct and bring condemnation proceedings to
<br />acquire of and on behalf of the City of Martinsville, said certain property
<br />interE~sts from the said James Staley, his heirs, or unknown heirs-at-law,
<br />for the purpose hereinbefore stated.
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