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60 February 22, 2000 subdivision of affordable single-family homes on the R.P. Thomas parcel; and · $3,295 for prototype affordable housing designs that can be constructed and marketed in this area; and WHEREAS, the preparation of said engineering reports, plans, and designs are CDBG-eligible planning activities; and WHEREAS, the City will commit $3,500 in additional local funds toward the planning study for a total planning project of $69,695; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Martinsville City Council on the 22nd day of February, 2000, that: 1. The City Manager, as the Chief Administrative Official 'of the City of Martinsville, is hereby authorized to undertake the preparation of a Competitive Planning Grant application for filing with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development on or before the March 8, 2000 deadline. 2. The City Council of Martinsville, Virginia hereby requests the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to consider said application, the program described therein being in accord with the regulations, use and expenditures of Planning Grant funds. 3. The City Manager, as the Chief Administrative Official of the City of Martinsville, is hereby authorized to execute a Planning Grant Agreement between the City and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, should this project receive funding. Council recessed at 9:27 P. M., and convened as the Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The Authority considered the need to meet in Closed Session. In accordance with Section 2.1-344 (A) of the Code of Virginia (1950, and as amended) and upon motion by Authority Member Dallas, duly seconded, and by unanimous recorded vote, the Authority convened in Closed Session, for the purpose of discussing the following matters: A. Possible disposition of publicly-held real property, as authorized in Subsection 3.