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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1988 A motion was then introduced, and duly seconded, that Council reappoint Messrs. Edwards and Carter to membership on the School Board for new three-year terms beginning July 1, 1988. In an ensuing discussion of the motion, Vice-Mayor Williams explained that, having resolved some once-held reservations regarding one of the incumbents, he now fully supports the motion on the floor. The motion was unanimously carried. In the absence of information indicating that a satisfactory agreement has been reached between Mrs. Evelyn H. Stone and Messrs. Thomas U. and Richard O. Stockton to provide access to a portion of an alleyway extending eastward from Moss Street to the east side of Lots Nos. 38 and 74, between West Main Street and Fayette Street, which alleyway Mrs. Stone has requested be closed and abandoned (see Council minutes of its regular meeting held June 14, 1988, page 261) and the closing and abandonment thereof being subject to such an agreement, Council continued this matter to its next regular meeting. Pursuant to duly-published public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on Mr. & Mrs. Shelton E. Blackwell's petition seeking P-2 Professional zoning and a Special-Use Permit for their property at 601 East Church Street (corner of Pine and East Church Streets) to allow for the operation by the Patrick Henry Mental Health agency of a group home at that location for non-violent adult mental patients released or to be released from mental institutions as a transitional phase between institutional care and self-sufficiency. Explaining the need for a special-use permit for this type of usage, and noting that the P-2 zoning (requested) will be in conformance with the City's Land Use Plan, was Mr. Dennis Carney, City Planner. Mr. Carney also cited the conditions (see minutes of Council meeting held June 14, 1988, page 262) made a part of the