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~ OCrrOBER. 23, 1956 TUESDAY /~ The regular semi-moY1thly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, vrith Hayor F. V. Yioodson pres iding, yms held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuosday, October 23, 1956, at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor and Councilman ? V. 'iV-oodson; Vice-Mayor z.nd Councilman John W. Shultz; and Councilmen B. H. Hill, E. I~. Stone, and J. R. Walker. .,- After tre invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its regu1202^ rreeting held October 9, 1956. In reveiving the follorrinrr Planning Commission report (dated October 23, 1956), cover:i ng over-all and long-:'ange planning for ~\1artimville and the results of the Citv's efforts to finance such planning through the urban renewal program of the Federal Government, Council voted to consider this report at its forthcoming November 13th meeting at vIhich time members of the Planning COr.1nission are irrvi ted to attend and discuss the report with the CounCil: The Martinsville Planning Commission has, far sore months, considered the possibility of improving the dO'\'m-twon area of Martim;ville through an urbCL.'1. renewal program. Urban renewal is a program sponsored by t he Federal Government 1L.'1.der the supervision am control of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. It is a program designed to provide for he21thy future use of the city's natural resources, to rid a city of undesirable housin(' and commercial buildings and to ward off the devaluation of property through neglect and economic decay and to prevent stagnation because of traffic con- gestion. In order to qualify and become eligible for the benefits of such a program, a city mus t be able to show the relationship between the planning for the urban renewal area and. an overall planning program for tb.e city. To facilitate the formation of an overall plan ;:>..Del program for a c:::..ty, the Federal Govermnent makes available to the cities certain matching funds a a planniYlG grant toward the ult:Lllate formulation of this general plan. These moneys are JKo.de avai1able through the H H F A under Section 701 of the Federal Housing Code. The conditions are as follows: 1. That the state in vvhich the city is located has in operation a planning agency.