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lC TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1996 A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor George B. Adams, Jr. presiding, was held Tuesday, November 12, 1996 in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Council were present: GeorgeB. Adams, Jr., Mayor; Mark A. Crabtree, Vice-Mayor; Bruce H. T. Dallas; Elizabeth H. Haskell; and M. Gene Teague. After the invocation, followed by Mayor Adams' cordial welcome to visitors present, Council approved the minutes of its October 31, 1996 meeting as circulated. Under Business From the Floor, the following persons spoke: (1) Creed Taylor, representing the Yellow Cab Company, asked for an increase in taxi cab fares, stating that taxi cab fares have not increased for five years and citing various increases in costs incurred by the Company; Council referred this matter to City Manager Earl B. Reynolds, Jr. for study and recommendation; (2) in response to a question from Gloria Hylton, 402 Second Street, City Attorney David B. Worthy stated that any entity purchasing the old R. P. Thomas Trucking property on Fayette Streetat the public auction scheduled for November 21, 1996 would have the right to continue to use the facility as a trucking terminal as a grandfathered use; and (3) Rev. Wayne Prunty, Rivermont Apartments, cited the lack of competition in public transportation as a factor in considering any increase in taxi cab fares. Council conducted a public hearing and considered approval, on first reading, of Ordinance No. 96-11 amending the City Code by adding the Enterprise Zone. Assistant to the City Manager for Development, Thomas Harned, noted the Enterprise Zone program had become effective January