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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1989 fuel distribution system with an above-ground system, with the local funds (being 20% of the project cost) to be provided by the City of Martinsville and the County of Henry. On this application, Council asked for more time to consider, pending Council's review and study of the City Manager's proposed 1989-90 City Budget. Council acknowledged receipt of a "Traffic Accident Data" report prepared by Public Works Director Leon E. Towarnicki in which numbers and analyses of motor vehicle accidents were set forth for the City's twenty-one major street intersections for each of the calendar years 1986, 1987, and 1988. For the calendar year 1986, there were a total of 100 property damage accidents and 31 personal injuries; for 1987, 110 property damage accidents and 44 personal injuries; and for 1988, 95 property damage accidents and 44 personal injuries. Also provided was a "ranking" of each intersection, based on the average number of accidents at each intersection over the three-year period. Council was pleased, as was City Manager Brown, to learn that an appeal of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling (that the City's Smith River Dam is a navigable stream and, therefore, must be licensed by this Commission and would involve the expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars by the City to comply with licensing procedures) has been successful, in that on February 24, 1989, the Commission ruled that this dam will not be required to obtain a federal license inasmuch as the Commission's Director failed to submit enough evidence to support his claim of FERC jurisdiction. The City's counsel in this case also reported that, although the Director may refile his claim if he can submit better evidence of the navigability of Smith River, chances are that the Director will not make such an effort.