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TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1999 <br />WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council, in regular session assembled January 23, 1996, <br />requested the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish a project for the planning and <br />acquisition of the existing Danville and Western railway corridor for an interpretlye pedestrian <br />trail and visitor's center, that being Phase I of this project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council, in regular session assembled January 27, 1998, <br />requested the Commonwealth Transportation Board to assist funding the construction of the <br />interpretive trail and visitor's center, that being Phase II of this project; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session <br />assembled January 26, 1999, that it does hereby request the Commonwealth Transportation <br />Board to assist with additional fuming of a project for the construction of the existing Danville <br />and Western railway corridor for an interpretive pedestrian trail and visitor's center, this being <br />Phase III of this project; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said City Council hereby agrees to pay twenty percent of <br />the total cost for planning and design, right-of-way, and construction of this project, and that if <br />the City of Martinsville subsequently elects to cancel this project, the City of Martinsville hereby <br />agrees to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the total amount of the costs <br />expended by the Department through the date the Department is notified of such cancellation. <br /> <br /> Council next considered adoption of a Resolution authorizing the filing of an <br />application with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation for Technical <br />Assistance Funds to conduct a Martinsville-Henry County Transit Study. Mr. Whitlow began <br />discussion on this resolution by reviewing the work of the Martinsville Area Disability <br />Employment Network (MADEN). Mr. Whitlow stated that the analysis done by MADEN <br />showed that it would be premature to start a bus service in the City before studying ridership <br />potential and public transit needs. In addition, MADEN found that there were technical funds <br />available from the State to study these and other related issues. Mr. Robert Dowd, Executive <br />Director of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, then spoke, stating that his <br />organization proposed to apply for a Transit Study gram, to obtain technical assistance funds <br />from the State. Elements of the work in the proposed Transit Study included a study of <br /> <br /> <br />