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<br />October 28,2008
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<br />The regular meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held
<br />on October 28, 2008, in Council Chambers, Municipal Building, at 7:30 PM, with
<br />Mayor Kathy Lawson presiding. Council Members present included: Mayor Kathy
<br />Lawson, Vice Mayor Kimble Reynolds, Mark Stroud, Sr., and Danny Turner. Council
<br />Member Gene Teague was absent. Staff present included: Clarence Monday, City
<br />Manager, Leon Towarnicki, Brenda Prillaman, Eric Monday, Linda Conover, Wayne
<br />Knox, Robert Ramsey, Susan McCulloch, and Chris Morris.
<br />Following the invocation by Mayor Kathy Lawson and Pledge to the American
<br />Flag, Mayor Lawson welcomed everyone to the meeting.
<br />On a motion by Kimble Reynolds, seconded by Danny Turner, Council approved
<br />with a 4-0 vote, the minutes of meetings October 9, 2008 and October 14, 2008.
<br />After comments from Wayne Knox, Mayor Lawson opened the public hearing to
<br />abandon a strip of land retained by the City in front of 800 N. Memorial Boulevard,
<br />805 N. Memorial Boulevard, and 810 N. Memorial Boulevard, as shown on Tax Map
<br />30. This excess right of way was acquired when Memorial Boulevard was constructed
<br />and is no longer needed by the City. In the process of combining several small parcels
<br />to clear up building encroachments across lot lines, the owners wish to also purchase
<br />this right of way between their properties and the street, to be included with the
<br />appropriate lots on a new survey. There being no comments from the public, Mayor
<br />Lawson closed the public hearing. On a motion by Kimble Reynolds, seconded by
<br />Mark Stroud, Council approved the ordinance, on the first reading, with the following
<br />4-0 recorded vote: Mrs. Lawson, aye; Mr. Reynolds, aye; Mr. Stroud, aye; and Mr.
<br />Turner, aye, to abandon the strip of land as described above.
<br />Council considered endorsing the Martinsville Uptown Revitalization
<br />Association's Retail Market Plan which was previously explained to Council at their
<br />September 23, 2008 meeting. John Scott introduced the new Executive Director of
<br />MURA, Leigh Probst and gave a brief overview of the plan. After lengthy discussion
<br />and on a motion by Mark Stroud, seconded by Danny Turner, Council agreed with a 4-
<br />o vote to adopt the concept of the MURA plan. Points made during the discussion
<br />included: MURA's plan is right in step with Council's goals and objectives for Uptown
<br />development; several communities were suggested for staff to visit for Uptown
<br />development ideas including: Culpeper, Chase City, and South Boston; Susan
<br />indicated staff is already planning to visit the Waynesboro, Staunton, Harrisonburg
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