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,1.18 TUESDAY. MARCH 26, 1996 Haskell, 920 Mulberry Road, urged support for City funding of the Virginia Museum of Natural History in the upcoming budget; (7) Frank Beale, of Manry-Rawls Corporation, expressed concern regarding Council's action of March 12, 1996 whereby Council authorized the City Manager to send a letter to the St. Paul Insurance Company designating Burch, Hodges & Stone Insurance Agency as the agent of record for the St. Paul Insurance Company for the upcoming insurance coverage request for proposals process, citin9 a letter he had written to Council on that subject; (8) Lafayette Jones, 501 2nd Street, stated he was concerned with industry downsizing in the area and said a need existed for non hi~h-tech vocational training; (9) Donna Pinnox, 227 1/2 Moss Street, asked to comment on the proposed Moss Street CDB Grant; she was advised that the public hearing on that matter would immediately follow the Town Meeting; (10) Gus Blankenship, 330 Union Street, cited problems with speeding and violation of no-parking signs in his neighborhood and also said 4 or 5 old vehicles with no stickers were parked in front of 312 Union Street; (11) J. B. Travis, 401 Fifth Street, said abandoned cars and trashy lots exist all over the City; (12) Howard Edwards expressed support for City Farm inmates being used to clean up the City; City Manager Earl B. Reynolds, Jr. stated that inmates were being used for this purpose; (13) Thelma Pinkard requested that the S150,000 which was budgeted for the Roy Street Industrial Access Road in a prior year (but which was not expended) be used to fund Southside capital improvements; Mr. Reynolds noted these funds had been returned to the capital reserve fund, which has no ongoing source of revenue; (14) in response to an inquiry from Councilman Teague, Assistant to the City Manager for Development Tom Harned provided an update on the efforts to implement the property maintenance ordinances which were adopted by the Council effective January 1, 1996; and (15)