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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 3989 indicated that he will soon present a map showing all outside areas receiving City water and/or sewer services. Councilman McClain suggested that, at the meeting this presentation is to be made, the Planning Commission be invited to attend. Upon Councilman McClain's motion, duly seconded by Vice-Mayor Williams, Council unanimously established a policy that, for those properties in the City's Spruce Street service area, pre-existing and prior non-conforming uses are exempt from the established R-9 designation but all future developments in the area shall conform with R-9 requirements. Mr. Curtis Nolan, Administrator of the local ANCHOR Group Home System, appeared before Council and presented a summary of conclusions resulting from that agency's recent study as to ways and means of better meeting the needs of persons served by the agency as well as selecting the most cost-effective method therefor. As a result of the study, the agency proposed a restructuring of the ANCHOR Group Home System, approval of which is being sought from Martinsville City Council, the Henry County Board of Supervisors, and the Patrick County Board of Supervisors as well as for a restructuring of the use of local funds contributed by these jurisdictions to the agency, along with approval by the State'Board of Corrections of other facets involved in the restructuring (such as expanding the ANCHOR Outreach Detention Program; establishing a Family Preservation Program; closing the present ANCHOR I and ANCHOR II group home facilities; establishing a twelve-bed coed facility; reducing the ANCHOR Family Group Home Program from twelve beds to four beds; and restructuring use of current Block Grant allocations). Total current Block Grant allocations were listed as $457,068.00 for the current year and $459,768.00 (projected) for 1989-90, whereas the restructured program is