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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1989 'WHEREAS, at a duly advertised public hearing held February 28, 1989, the Council of the City of Martinsville authorized the filing for an application for Community Development Grant funds for the said Project under the Virginia Community Development Block Grant Program, for the purpose of constructing street, water line, and lighting improvements as discussed in the application and presented at the public hearing; and WHEREAS, an estimated total of public and private funds in the amount of $13,000,000 will be expended on this project, it is projected that 510 persons will benefit from the implementation of the project's first phase, of which 413 will be low-to-moderate-income persons; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, in regular sessions assembled on February 14 and 28, 1989, conducted duly advertised public hearings on said grant application; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled February 28, 1989, that said Council authorized the filing of an application to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for a block grant in the amount of $223,679 for use in providing an Industrial Access Road, street lights, and water line to serve an intermediate nursing care facility; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that George W. Brown, City Manager, is hereby authorized to sign and submit the appropriate documents for submittal of this Virginia Community Development Block Grant application. In connection with a proposed ordinance recommended by City Manager Brown for adoption by Council, which ordinance, if adopted, would delete subsections (3) and (4) from Section 23-44 of Article II of the Martinsville City Code, and as rejected by Council (by a vote of three-to-two) at its meeting held December 13, 1988, and as subsequently recommended by Mr. Brown, on January 24, 1989, for referral to-,and review by--the Planning Commission (see minutes of both meetings, held December 13, 1988 and January 24, 1989), at which latter meeting the City Manager indicated that he would soon present a map showing all outside areas receiving (or eligible to receive) City water and/or sewer services, in response to questions raised by Councilman Cole at the January 24th meeting, Mr. Brown again asked that Council again consider said proposed ordinance and