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TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 198__/9 issuance of such a permit, Council unanimously authorized the issuance of a Special-Use Permit, subject to the including therein said Planning Commission conditions, ~~s follows: Construction shall begin no later than September 30, 1989, and shall be completed by June 30, 1992; o Off-street motor vehicle parking provisions shall meet the requirements for shopping centers consisting of less than 300,000 square feet of gross building area, viz., 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross building area; and o Development of the project at this time shall be limited to the construction depicted on a site plan presented to the Planning Commission. Mrs. Janice Mize, Acting Director of an organization identified as Stepping Stones, Inc., in writing and in person requested that Council contribute the sum of $20,000.00 (to match a like amount promised by the Henry County Board of Supervisors) toward the cost--estimated to be between $80,000 and $100,000--of purchasing the former Stanleytown Recreation Center to house a day-care center for mentally-retarded adults to meet a need not now being met by any other local agency. Mrs. Mize informed Council that on-going efforts are being made to obtain other financing towards the purchase cost but, in the event the center'becomes a reality, no requests/will be made of Council for operating funds. Appearing on behalf of this agency and its project was Richard C. Wagoner, Jr., Ph.D., Director of the Piedmont Regional Ment'al Retardation Services agency, who indicated that efforts are being made to obtain grant funds for the project which, he described, might be innovative and might become a model program. After some discussion by members of Council, all of whom commended Mrs. Mize and her associates for'attempting to meet the cited need, Council apprised Mrs. Mize and Dr. Wagoner of the very serious budgetary problem now facing Council for 1989-90 as well as concurred with Councilman