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<br />AGENDA <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA <br /> <br />Council Chambers - Municipal Building <br />7:30 p.m. - Tuesday, October 14, 2008 <br /> <br />Invocation - Council Member Danny Turner <br /> <br />Pledge to the American flag <br /> <br />1. Consider approval of the minutes of City Council's meetings of September 23 <br />and September 25, 2008. (2 minutes) <br /> <br />2. Recognition of city staff for receiving the Certificate of Achievement for <br />Excellence in Financial Reporting for the City of Martinsville by the Government <br />Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its <br />FY07 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. (5 minutes) <br /> <br />3. Hear an update from Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development <br />Corporation. (15 minutes) <br /> <br />4. Hear a report from Community Development Department regarding Uptown <br />growth and development plans. (10 minutes) <br /> <br />5. Hear an update regarding Academy Place tree planting from Community <br />Development. (5 minutes) <br /> <br />6. Consider review of outside agency quarterly reports. (5 minutes) <br /> <br />7. Consider setting a public hearing on a recommendation from the Planning <br />Commission to abandon a strip of land retained by the City in front of 800, 806 <br />and 810 N. Memorial Boulevard, as shown on Tax Map 30. (5 minutes) <br /> <br />8. Consider approval, on second reading to amend Section VII. General Sign <br />Regulations Paragraph K. Temporary Display, of the Zoning Ordinance, to allow <br />a temporary sign to be displayed for sixty continuous days. (5 minutes) <br /> <br />9. Consider approval, on second reading, adoption of Resolution authorizing the <br />execution of an agreement providing for the obligations of the City, to consider <br />certain appropriations to the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Henry <br />County and Henry County, for financing of a shell building. (5 minutes) <br /> <br />10. Consider approval of consent agenda. (5 minutes) <br />A. Accept & appropriate funds in the General Fund FY09-reappropriations. <br />B. Accept & appropriate funds in the General Fund FY09. <br />