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J04 TUES DA Y MAY 9, 1961 proposal effected, we will be forced to reconsider the effect that comtruction of the proposed sewer lire will have upon our improvemmts if and when the City of Martinsville is prepared to proceed with the comtruction of this proposed sewer line project. When Forest Park Country Club, Incorporated was first contacted over a year ago about this proposed project we i nforIOOd the City of Martinsville that we were in the process of expending a large sum of money on the construction of rew facilities in this area and would be anxious to have this sewer construction projec t completed as soon as possible in order that the City of Martinsville might save as much as possible by not having to destroy the capital improvements that we proposed to make to our property. We regret that the City of Martinsvil1e has continued its delay of this sewer lire project, arrl that we have to proceed with our capital improvement program, thereby making it necessary for us again to re-eval uate the damage which will occur if and when the C i tor of M3.rtinsvil1e shall undertake their proposed sewer line construction. Yours very sincerely, sf W. T. Tur reI', Pres ident Dr. C. D. Myers, Chairman of the Martinsville Library Board of Trustees, appeared before Council and presented the Trustees' outline for the improvement and deve1op- ment of the local public library as an educational service to the cOIIDIlunity, the presentation emphasizing two phases of development, viz., (1) present objectives and (2) long-range objectives. In further comidering the petition submitted April 25, 1961, by Mr. Janes B. Jores, Jr., in which was requested the vacation of a small triangular tract of City-owned land located near Cheshire street and Memorial Boulevard, as well as the abandoning of a portion of Cheshire Street, Council determined that the City will not vacate the property in question but, in holding title to the property and considering this property as highway ri~t-of-way, might give right of i~ress and egress, contingent upon Council's action relative to the requested abandoning of the portion of Cheshire Street. Council then agreed to consider too requested abandoning of the portion of Cheshire Street through the appointment of a Board of Viewers (composed of Mr. R. A. Henderson, Sr., Chairman; Mr. A. W. Smith; and Mr. Aubrey H. Patterson) to perform the duties as prescribed in Section 15-766 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, and as amended.