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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1993 Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council approved, on first reading, Ordinance No. 93-13 amending Chapter 13"Offenses'- Miscellaneous, Section 13-18--Sexual Solicitation or Harassment, and Section 13-24--Peeping Toms, of the City Code. Mr. Smith explained that adoption of the Ordinance would bring these sections of the City Code into full compliance with State statutes. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Resolution endorsing a request to the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the Virginia Museum of Natural History to establish a project for the Route 58 Highway Interpretive Program: WHEREAS, the Virginia Museum of Natural History and other State agencies, on behalf of the Secretary of Natural Resources, will be submitting to the Commonwealth Transportation Board a proposal requesting funding over a two-year period for the planning and development of a Traveler's Information System--a Talking Highway-- consisting of devices which transmit messages interpreting Virginia's natural and historic resources along the 508-mile length of Route 58 from the Cumberland Gap to Virginia Beach; and WHEREAS, such a project would enhance travel along the Route 58 corridor and the resulting increase in tourism revenues, appreciation of the natural and historical resources of the area, and economic growth potential for communities along Route 58; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Commonwealth Transportation Board construction allocation procedures, it is necessary that a request by resolution be received from the local government endorsing this project in order that the Virginia Department of Transportation program approve the Route 58 Highway Interpretive Program in the City of Martinsville; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled July 27, 1993, that it does hereby endorse this project and requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish a project for the Route 58 Highway Interpretive Program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Martinsville requests that the Virginia Museum of Natural History, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the Department of Historic Resources agree to pay twenty (20) percent of the total cost of planning and design, right-of- way, and construction of this project, and that, if the agencies participating in the project subsequently elect to cancel this project, the Council of the City of Martinsville requests said agencies agree to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the total