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J60 TUESDAY AUGUST 8, 1961 RESOLlJTION WHEREAS, it apnearing that in the subdivision of certain realty situated in the City of Martinsvil1e, Virginia, designated on Section h2, Plat lIpll of the City of Ma.rtimv Hle Tax ~.'!ap, ~ertain areas were designated for street or road purposes, among vrhicb is that portion of Chesh:il'e Street lying on the West side of Broad Street, between the East line of lot l16, 11.;.0.2 feet from the West line of Proad Street and the north line of li:emorial BOl\levard, said portion of Cheshire Street running in fr'jnt of lots 6, 7 and a portion of lot 8 of the J. W. Cheshire Subdivision, and beirlf:: as shown on Section u2, Plat lIpn of the City of :fartinsvil1e Tax iIIap: and, NHEHE.AS, it appearing that the City COllncLl has heretofore appointed viewers to see if the public WOllld suffer any inconvenience by the abandonment of said street; and, 'NlIEREF..5, the said viewers have reported in writir.g that they find that no inconvenience would be suffered by the public of the City if Martim'iiHe; and, WHE'~E!~3, it apooarirg to this Council that all of the necessary requirements prescribed by Sections 15-766 and 15-766.1 of the Code of 'lir ginia of 1950, as amended, for the abando:rl.'l1ent and discontinuance of the above-described Dortion of Cheshire Street have been duly complied with; NOW THSREFCRE, B'-: IT tU\SOLVED, by thp Council of the Citv of Mar ti rsville, Virfin:La, in re[':U lar meetirg assembled this 8thU day of AUf,:ust, 1961, t'L2.t it ooth hereby abandon and discontinue the above- described Dortion of Cheshire Street, and doth hereby direct t1.at the Clerk of the C :il'cuit Con't of t.l,e City of 1-1artinsville shEll mark the same so abandoned and discuntinued on the above-referred-to rTJa'J. After receiving a written repor t sugges tir.g certai.n proced~Jres in conjunction with the required and forthcoming 1962 reaopraisal of local taxable real estate, Council continued the matter for further study. Ci..ty Eanager Hic'st presented to Council a SUIllIl1ary of bids received--there being seven-the afternoon of August 8, 1961, for the construction of the third phase (Dr;1id Hills-Forest Park areas) of the current sewerage system.s improvement program, the lowest bid (under three proposals or alternates) being submitted by Aaron ,T. Conner. Cii:lf r!;an..'lger Hirst further informed Council t.1.at these bids would be relayed to the City's consulting enginpers for rmriew and :-el.lar't tack to C Ot:nci 1.