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") ~ ",,- .~._, ..,,_.,--,~._------~_."~,-~,,---"~."~- .. TUESDAY APHIL 10, 1956 The regular ser:d.-!Tlonthly meeting of the Council of the City of r:Iartinsville, -. Virginia, 'with Mayor R. S. Hodnett presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, April 10, 1956, at 7:30 P.M., all members beinc present, as follows: Uayor and Councilman R. S. Hodnett; Vice-I,layor and Councilman C. P. Craig; and Councilmen 3. H. Hill, W. T. Turner, and J. E. Walker. Aft8r the invocation by Hayor Hodnett, minutes of the :ceular Cmmcil meetings -- held r.1arch 20th arJd 2E,th and of the special Council meet:i.11[; held Itarch 2e, 1956 were aD1JrOved as read. In response to a petition presented Council on J<;;arch 28, 1~66 by property ovmers and residents of Knollwood Place--requestinr; the replacing of an inadequate 'water line sect:i.on '::Jy an adequate suc.'r1 line on that street--Souncil received the following memorandum report and recom.rnendation thrOUGh City L:anager Iiathevrson, in which report and recorrmenclation Council concurred: As per City Council's request I have made an investiGation of the possibility of the replacement of the 2-inc"1 .rater line alone; Eulberry Road beginning at the end of the 8-inch line and extendi11[; to Y.J101lvrood Place and the replacement of a segment of l-inch and 2-inch water line along Knoliwood Place from Uulberry to the 6-inch line. There is, at the present time, a 2-inch 'water line vihich begins at the end of the 8-inch water main adjacent to the residence of Mr. Vi. R. Broaddus and extends southvr8.rd along Mulberry Road a short distance beyond the City limits. This :2-inch line serves as a fecCier linG for the houses fronting on IJulberry Road, Corn Ta.ssel Trail, Whittle Road and Knollwood Place. T~18 residerces alo~r; i(nollwood P1DCO are being supplied with a 2-inch line y,l1.:Lch begins at the intersection of !.:ulberry Road and Knollwood Pl2.ce and extends along Knollwood Place to a point adjacent to the reisdence of Mr. John Yearr:2.n and at tha.t point roc;uces to a I-inch hne vrhich extends approxima.tely 175 additional feet to the 'oegirming of a 6-inch line wh:lch viaS installed recent1y by Hr. :3tafford Yrhi ttle. This 6-inch line extends for the reJIl.aining length of Knoll'.'{Ood place. There are no funds available in this fiscal ye2.r's 'iJ1.1dc;et for the replacement of the sections of vrater line as requested by the residents along Knollvrood Place.