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<br />~ <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />OCTOBER 23, 1956 <br /> <br />.,,-. <br /> <br />and others. <br />and age ncies <br />of what lies <br />develo1Jment. <br /> <br />Such a plan would serve as a guide for all city departrrents <br />in planning for our future grovrth by giving us all a c;liwpse <br />ahe2_cl for MartinsviUc in the vray of grovrth and scheduled <br /> <br />In studying means of formul1tion of these plans the C ommis sion has <br />learned the. t aid from the state Division of Planning and Economic De- <br />velopment is still available in the form of services. <br /> <br />Taking all the above facts into considera.tion the Planning COl11.'TIission <br />e"'dorses the development of these general plans vd thout the assis tance <br />of the Federal Goverment. <br /> <br />,.- <br /> <br />The program, as presently invisioned by the COmmission, is in three phases <br />a:3 f OUOl'lS : <br /> <br />1. Establish, as a gereral policy guide , a program for the preparation <br />of general development plans for the City of Martinsville, particular <br />portions of which are to include: <br /> <br />~i.S" <br />)~~ <br />yO <br />I( <br /> <br />(a) Complete aerml photography <br />(b) Base map w'i th complete topographic and planimetric data <br />(c) Map of existing land uses <br />(d) Population projections <br />(e) General land use plan <br />(f) Plan of major thoroughfares <br />(g) Central area study <br />(h) Zoning ordimnces and. map revisions <br /> <br />2. Finance and schedule the program on the following basis: <br /> <br />Item 1 (a) and 1 (b) have already been completed as a part of <br />utilities studies. Arrangements have been made wj th the State <br />Division of Planning and Economic Development to begin work on <br />Item 1 (c) above. An attempt is being made to obtain the services <br />of the State Highway Department in making G, traffic survey in con- <br />nection yrah the thoroughfare plan. <br /> <br />The cost of the remaining items is esti:mted to be $10,000 as <br />compared ';rith the figure of $8,000 in cash am. services which would <br />have been requL"ed of the City had it been able to avail itself of <br />Federal cooperation. The Commission had thought in terms of a <br />program of development coverini: a period of five years at an average <br />annual cost of ~~2,000; however, the urgency of existing ~)rO'blems has <br />mcissitE.ted a revision of this thinking and consequently, your <br />Com.EIlssion is nON hODing to' be able to have these plans 1lvithin two <br />to three years. . <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />3. Adapt tho ;;iil,5'JO appropriation in the planning budget for this fiscal <br />year to the first year 's oper~;tion under theorogram ol;tlines above. <br />Toward thi,:i end, Plannirt~ Consultants Jo:::.r,1es E. Webb and. Associates <br />