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00 TUESDA Y OCTOBER 12 J 1954 Dr. James Martin of the University of Kentucky; Dr. Arch Dotson of Cornell University; orD:-. Joseph Lucas, Assistant Dean of the University of Chicago Law School. Co~il, thereupon, requested City Manager Mathewson to secure tile research service of the State Department of Taxation and to recommend one of the three authorities mentioned hereinabove. Pursuant to a recent request from :rester Lumber Company, Inc. and to the :City planning Commission's recommendations of October 11, 1954, as follows, Council authorized the closing of Rock street and, also, authorized ~or Hodnett to execute an agreement between the City of Martinsville and Lester Lumber Company, Inc. relating to the closing of said Rock Street: Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Martinsville, Virginia Gentlemen: The Planning Commission of the City of Martinsville, at a special meeting on October 11, 1954, considered a request referred to them by City Council from the :rester Lumber Company, inVolving the closing and abandonment of an unopened street known as Rock street. After due comideration of this request, the Commission voted u:na.nimously to make the following recoIlIlOOndation to the City Council: That the request as presented by the :rester Lumber Company be granted. In considering this request, the Planning Commission noted the following facts: 1. That the only property owner involved in the closing of Rock Street is the :rester Lumber Company. 2. That the street, having never been opened, does not serve and has not served as a means of ingress and egress to a.rry property. 3. Rock Street does not fit in with any future planning of the Planning Commission as foreseen at the present time. The Planning Commission respectfully submits the above recommendation for Council's further cons idera tion. Yours very truly, Irving R. McGhee, Secretary Martinsvil1e Plan..'1ing Commission