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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988 <br /> <br />t.rash from its nearby freight terminalwill not blow onto area residential <br />properties. City Manager Brown reported that he is aware of this problem and, <br />in fact, has already intervened on behalf of the area residents, the result of <br />which some progress has been made. Mr. Brown indicated, too, that he will <br />pursue this matter further and inform Council thereon. <br /> <br />Council unanimously adopted the following resolution recognizing and commending <br />the Board of Directors (some of whom were present, along with Mr. BillR. <br /> <br />Manning, Chairman) of the Piedmont Youth Soccer League, aswell as other <br /> <br />interested citizens, for the outstanding youth soccer program this group has <br /> <br />developed and is operating for the youth of Martinsville and Henry County: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as a result of efforts initiated in 1981 by a small group <br />of area citizens, there is now in our midst a very active non-profit <br />and independent organization known as the Piedmont Youth Soccer <br />League, which is directed and operated by a volunteer Board of <br />Directors for the purpose of developing and promoting a youth soccer <br />.program for the Martinsville-Henry County community, a program now <br />consisting of thirty-two teams and involving some four hundred <br />youngsters, ages under-8 to under-16; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, through said Board of Directors, plus twenty-four sponsors <br />from local business/industries, and the many coaches, interested <br />parents and grandparents, and citizens in general, this soccer <br />program is (1) providing an opportunity for local youth to <br />participate in the fastest-growing sport in the United States, (2) <br />providing a "feeder" source for current and future soccer players in <br />our area schools, (3) bringing people from surrounding localities <br />into the Martinsville-Henry County area, and (4) supplementing <br />meaningfully the community's governmental-sponsored and <br />governmental-financed recreation programs; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, <br />in regular meeting assembled this eighth day of November, 1988, that <br />it does hereby publicly and proudly recognize and commend all those <br />citizens who have developed and/or are currently guiding this most <br />worthwhile program for our community. <br /> <br />In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's favorable recommendation <br />on the following petition, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing <br /> <br /> <br />