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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1995 reflect a change in construction needs; and WHEREAS, at the 1995 Spring Preallocation Hearing for the Virginia Department of Transportation's Salem District held on March 22, 1995, in Salem, Virginia, the City of Martinsville requested that the Commonwealth Transportation Board add two new urban pro3ects and re- prioritize the City's list of planned road construction projects contained in the Six-Year Improvement Program; and WHEREAS, the Six-Year Improvement Program document, Fiscal Year 1995-96 indicated that the road construction priorities for the City of Martinsville have been changed as requested at the 1995 Spring Preallocation Hearing; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled November 28, 1995, that said Council requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to move the extension of Commonwealth Boulevard to third on the City's priority list of urban construction projects and to establish in the following priority two (2) new urban system highway projects, as follows: (1) To improve the intersection of Liberty Street (Route 174) and Clearview Drive, to improve the section of Liberty Street from the intersection north to the corporate limits, and to improve the section of Clearview Drive from the intersection east to a point opposite Royal Drive and the proposed entrance into the Clearview Business Park, and (2) To widen and realign the section of Fayette Street (Route 57) from Pine Hall Road west to the corporate limits including curb, gutter and sidewalk, and to replace an N & W Railroad underpasswith severely restricted clearances; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that the City of Martinsville agrees to pay its share of the total cost for preliminary engineering, right-of-way, and construction of these projects in accordance with Section 33.1-44 of the Code of Virginia, and that, if the City of Martinsville subsequently elects to cancel these projects, the City of Martinsville hereby agrees to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the total amount of the costs expended by the Department through the date the Department is notified of such cancellation. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council approved a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $5,000, to be taken from the General Fund unexpended fund balance, to fund the Urban Partnership in their continuing efforts to promote economic development in Virginia. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council accepted