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TUESDAY, APRIl, 13, 1999 Under items not on the Agenda, the Mayor noted his receipt of a letter from the National League of Cities, which encouraged local support of the League' s National Agenda. Mayor Crabtree asked that · this be put on the next Council agenda for consideration. Council Member Roop stated that he had received a letter from a resident of Morningside Lane concerning a complaint about a storage shed. Mr. Wayne Knox, Planning, Housing and Zoning Manager, stated that there was a hearing scheduled before the Zoning Appeals Board on the matter on Thursday, April 15, at I0:00 a.m. Council Member Dallas expressed concern over a drainage problem at the lower end of Beaver Street, at the property of Ms. Lillian Hairston, and Mr. Reynolds promised to look into the matter. Mayor Crabtree then passed around a copy of a book he had which highlighted the cities in the Piedmont Triad area, stating his view that the City of Martinsville ought to be included in such publications. Mr. Reynolds then announced that the City had just received a rate reimbursement check from American Electric Power relative to a rate case which had been pending since 1992. He stated that the check, a partial payment, was in the amount of $1,23 1,288, and was the first of two that would be received, and that the second payment, expected in 60 to 90 days, would be in the amount of $408,820, for a total payment of $1,640, 108. Mr. Reynolds then recognized Mr. Duane Dalhquist, General Manager, Blue Ridge Power Agency, who then asked former Martinsville City Manager Tom Noland to speak. Mr. Noland then related the history of the case that had resulted in the recent payment, and stated that Martinsville had been instrumental in shaping the regional approach to electric power purchase and negotiation of agreements for this, saying that Blue Ridge Power Agency had been an offshoot of the former Municipal Power Association. Mr. Reynolds then suggested a plan to Council for the use of the funds received. He first suggested that funds in the amount of $644,000 and $420,000 be used to pay off the deficits in the Prison Fund and Street Maintenance Fund accounts, respectively, noting that these two deficit items had been critiqued recently by firms which examined the City's finances and awarded bond ratings. Mr. Reynolds then provided a brief history on each of these funds. He then recommended a