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TUESDAY. MAY 13. 1997 A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor George B. Adams, Jr. presiding, was held Tuesday, May 13, 1997 in the Circuit Courtroom, City Hall, beginning at 7:00 P.M. All members of Council were present: George B. 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 meetings of April 15, 17, 21, 22, 24 and May 5, 1997 as amended. Unde~ Business from the Floor, Harry Byrd, Director of the S.P.C.A., asked for funding for the S.P.C.A. in the amount of $2,412 for FY 97- 98. Mr. Byrd detailed the services provided by the S.P.C.A. to the City, stating that those services were valued at $4,380 annually. Council conducted a public hearing on an Ordinance amending the Zoning Map on a request from CMB Corporation to rezone property located at 319 Starling Avenue (Tax Map 43, Block C, Lot 23A) from R-6 Residential to P-2 Professional. Christine Bennett, petitioner, stated she was in the process of cleaning up the property. James Crigger, 1122 S. Askin Street, spoke in favor of the rezoning. There being no other public comment, Mayor Adams declared the public hearing closed. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, the following Ordinance was adopted: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled, that in order to assure compliance with Virginia Code Section 15.1-491 (g), it is stated that the public purpose for which this Ordinance is initiated is to fulfill the requirements of public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice, that the Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended to