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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1998 Council next considered adoption of a Resolution agreeing to participate in and endorse a technical study of the Smith River, in partnership with the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, the Henry County Public Service Authority, the County of Henry, and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Mr. John Dyches, Director of Water Resources for the City, presented background information on the proposed /"'~.. joint study, stating that the City' s financial contribution to the effort would be 25% of the total cost, about $6,700. Vice-Mayor Crabtree noted that this was considerably less than the study that had been proposed the past year, and Mr. Dyches agreed, stating that the cost of the previously proposed study would have been about $14,000 to the City. Council Member Haskell asked whether any of the grant funds for the study proposed now would be Tayloe-Murphy Funds, to which he replied no, only funds from the DEQ. Mrs. ttaskell asked whether the results from the proposed study might make the permitting process for the City's wastewater plant any easier, to which Mr. Dyches stated no, but that the background information from the study would at least provide good data upon which all parties in a permit process could rely upon. Upon motion duly seconded, and by unanimous vote, Council approved the following Resolution: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality may make Section 604B water quality study funds available to the West Piedmont Planning District Commission for its use in procuring a firm to carry out technical studies of the Smith River; and WHEREAS, the technical studies of the Smith River should be of direct benefit to the City of MartinsviHe in addressing stream quality and discharge permit issues, including development of Total Maximum Daily Loads for the river; and WHEREAS, the West Piedmont Planning District Commission desires the participation of the City of Martinsville, Henry County Public Service Authority, and County of Henry in the planning and study effort; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled February 10, 1998, that the City wishes to participate in and endorses the joint effort with the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, Henry County Public Service Authority, and County of Henry, by supplying its matching share of cash and in-kind contributions, not to exceed $6,724, in a project that shall be expected to cost $80,685; with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality contributing $60,514; the Henry County Public Service Authority, $6,723, and the Hertry County Board of Supervisors, $6,724; and