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]40 TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1994 A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor George B. Adams, Jr. presiding, was held Tuesday, September 27, 1994 at the Albert Harris Elementary School beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Council were present: George B. Adams, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Mark A. Crabtree; M. Gene Teague; and Clyde L. Willjams. After the invocation, followed by Mayor Adams' cordial welcome to visitors present, Council considered approval of the minutes of the September 9-10, 1994 and September 13, 1994 Council meetings. Council deferred approval of the minutes of September 9-10 pending receipt of information from David Blackman, facilitator, and approved the minutes of September 13 as circulated and amended. Council conducted a Neighborhood Town Meeting, with the following individuals making comments: (1) Gloria Hylton, 402 Second Street, questioned the City's policy regarding shared-cost curb and gutter projects, to which City Manager Earl B. Reynolds, Jr. responded that during the budget process he had been requested to develop a new program and that he would bring this issue to Council within the next 30 days; Ms. Hylton also inquired as to the status of the Second Street drainage project and Mr. Reynolds advised that work should begin on the project by mid-November; (2) J.B. Travis, 401 Fifth Street, asked that the streets be serviced by the street sweeper once per month; and (3) Linda Caviness, 909 Fayette Street, and Willie Mae Harris, 1010 "D" Street, expressed concern about large groups of young persons congregating in the 800-900 block of Fayette Street at night. Several members of Council discussed possible means of addressing the issue, such as imposition of a curfew, with Vice-Mayor Oakes requesting the