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TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989 Manager recommended that Council adopt the proposed policy, to be in force on a trial basis for a period of one year, at the end of which period of time Council may wish to continue or modify the policy, After raising some questions pertaining to the maximum length such lines will be extended as well as funding such projects, and after commending the City Manager for developing the proposed policy, Councilman McClain offered the motion that CoUncil adopt the policy for a one-year trial period, subject to receipt of answers to Mr. McClain's foregoing questions, and subject--as recommended by Vice-Mayor Williams--to the policy being "spelled out" and to its being put into writing for confirmation by Council. Commending Council for its action on this matter was Mr. Allen Adams, of HABCO Properties, present at this meeting. Council referred to City Manager Brown a petition filed by a number of citizens with the Virginia Department of Transportation, seeking additional ingress/ egress between a section of replaced Spruce Street and the recently-relocated/ reconstructed Spruce Street, with the request that Mr. Brown examine the situation and report his findings thereon to Council at its next regular meeting. Citing a communication received from Mr. Erwin Katz, of 1038 Oak Street, who was recently involved in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Market and Bridge Streets, which is one of several intersections along Market Street for which no traffic signals were provided by the State Department of Transportation when constructing Market Street (formerly known as Mulberry Road Extension), Councilman Cole posed the question, "Has the State taken the position that the State does not have money for traffic signals?", whereas Mayor Oakes expressed.disappointment and concern that traffic signals were not provided for the project, whose allocation--City Manager Brown pointed out--has