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1: TUESDAY JULY 14, 1953 Upon recomnBndation of City Attorney Stone, Council adopted the following resolution providing for the closinr, of an unopened alley on East Church Street Extension between the properties of A. J. Evans and W. E. Mitchell, thus complying with the June 9, 1953, request of the Ho~ Trinity Lutheran Church: - WHEREAS, under date of June 9, 1953 the Ho~ Trinity Lutheran Church of Martinsville, Virginia, presented to the Council of the City of NJaI'tinsville, Virginia a petition in which said Holy Trinity Lutheran Church requested the closing of an unopened alley between the A.. J. Evans and W. E. Mitchell pro- perties on the North side of East ChUrch Street Exter~ion; and WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council, having du~ referred said petition to the City's Planning COImnission, received under date of June 30, 1953 from said Planning Commission a recommendation that said request be granted; and WHEREAS, also under date of June 30, 19.53 in meeting assembled Martinsville City Council accepted the Planning Commission's above-referred-to recoI:ll1lendation and instructed its City Attorne~( to follow such legal procedure necessary to effect the requested closing; and ~~ ~'i ~~ i WHEREAS, the City Attorney for the City of Martinsville has followed such procedure and did so advise Martinsville CivJ Council in regular meeting assen~led July 14, 19.53; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assenbled this fourteenth day of July, 1953 that it doth herein order that said unopened alley be closed to a point extending 220.95 feet from the Narth side of East Church Street Extension in accordance with map here- inafter referred to; and BE IT FURTHEJ:1. RESOLVED by Martinsville City Council in meeting of July 14, 195'3 that it doth herein request and instruct the Clerk of Martinsville City Circuit Court to mark on his records as "vacated" said unopened alley far the distance hereinabove mentioned in accordance with a map herein furnished said Clerk, which map he shall record, as prepared by J. A. Trent, C.L.S., dated July 2, 1953, which map is a map of property belonging to A. J. Evans et als, legal reference for which is in Deed Book No.1, Page 369, of the Clerk's office of Martinsville City Circuit Court. No action was taken on a proposed right-of-way or easement contract with the ,..- Appalachian Electric Povrer Company, this matter being deferred until a later date. As requested by the Leacue of Virginia Municipalities, Council considered and indicated its approval and/or disapproval of certain proposed state leGislation as prepared by the legislative committee of the League.