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July 8, 2008 The regular meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held on July 8, 2008, in Council Chambers, Municipal Building, at 7:30 PM, with Mayor Kathy Lawson presiding. Council Members present included: Mayor Kathy Lawson, Vice Mayor Kimble Reynolds, Jr., Gene Teague, Mark Stroud, Sr., and Danny Turner. Staff present included: Clarence Monday, City Manager, Leon Towarnicki, Brenda Prillaman, Eric Monday, Linda Conover, Mike Rogers, Wayne Knox, John Dyches, Dennis Bowles, Chris Morris, and Sheriff Steve Draper. Following the invocation by Council member Gene Teague and Pledge to the American Flag, Mayor Lawson welcomed everyone to the meeting. On a motion by Gene Teague, seconded by Kimble Reynolds, Council approved with a 3-0 vote with Mark Stroud and Danny Turner abstaining, the minutes of June 24 and July 1, 2008 meetings. Jeannie Frisco of Activate Martinsville Henry County gave an update to Council on programs and activities of the organization as well as explaining the Safe Routes to School program and 1000/0 grant funding possibilities. She explained there are two distinct types of funding opportunities: infrastructure projects (engineering improvements) and non-infrastructure related activities (such as education, enforcement and encouragement programs). She pointed out that a decision will need to be made as to whether to submit the grant for all three city schools or submit a separate application for each school which cannot be done during same period as we would be competing against ourselves. She stated FY09 grant guidelines will be released in August and may increase the maximum amount of funding available for non-infrastructure requests and she will continue to update Council. Once the guidelines for funding opportunities are released, she will bring information back to Council. She pointed out that Council Member Teague serves on the Advisory Team and any questions or concerns from Council may be relayed through him. Mark Heath of the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation gave his monthly update reviewing the EDC Annual Report noting accomplishments. Mr. Heath pointed out he will be going over information in greater detail at Council's July 31 worksession regarding EDC issues as well as shell building information. Comments from Council included: RTI performance contract viewing availability; EDC involvement in 1-73 options to which Mr. Heath said that would be a