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3( TUES DAY MAY 9, 196.! By petition, owners of property located on Parkview Avenue between Mulberry Road ani Spruce Street requested the Council to authorize the plant-mix resurfacing of that portion of Parkview Avenue and include said authorization with similar work to be completed during the forthcoming summer. Upon being advised that this work is scheduled for the smnmer of 1962 and that the present surface condition of this street does not warrant any rescheduling, Council directed that the improvements be made in accordance with the general street maintenance program. Council ackniJW1edged the presence of Walter Smarr, who retired April 30, 1961, as City Hall custodian-janitor after twenty-five years I employment with the City and, fur'ther, acknowledged with appreciation his many years of faithful and effic ient service as a City employee. Council received with concurrence City Manager Hirst's proposed plans designed to alleviate certain traffic hazards in the areas of the Parkview Avenue-Spruce street intersection and the section of Spruce Street extending from Hundley Street to Brookdale Street. /,- Council acknowledged receipt of a complaint registered by several citizens residirg in the Virginia Street-Princeton Street area, citing certain alleged unsightly conditions on the property of Mr. John Jacob Astor Saunders, at 803 Princeton Street. Mr. Saunders, who was present, contended that his plan of improving the property is underway and when completed, probably at the end of this summer, would satisfy any objections. - Mr. T. J. Childress, Jr., as agent for theC. Y. Thomas Estate, presented a petition-- which Council referred to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recorrnnendation-requesting the rezoning from "residential" to "B-2 Business" certain