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,'" ,.,. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1980 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, September 23, 1980, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Barry A. Greene, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held --. September 9, 1980. Council unanimously referred to the Planning Commission, for its consideration and recommendation, a petition submitted by the Trustees of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church seeking the rezoning (from "R-6" to "P-2") of petitioner's property, formerly serving as a parsonage, adjacent to the church building itself and being on the northside of Starling Avenue. Dr. Ernest Jenelle (of the firm of Dewberry, Nealon & Davis, Consulting Engineers) reported on the effects of measures recently instituted at the City's Sewage Treatment (Water Pollution Control) Plant to abate offensive odors which were once emanating from the plant, noting that the plant operation has stablized to the point that the causes of these odors have been virtually eliminated and, with adequate monitoring of flows into the plant and with the implementation of certain other suggested procedures, the plant should operate odor-free. As to the presence of offensive odors in the Forest Park area reported on occasions during the past few weeks, which may have come from several sources, Dr. Jenelle recommended that comprehensive "logging" procedures--some of which, as City Manager Edmonds reported, have been initiated--be put into effect to determine accurately their sources. Meanwhile, Mr. Frank T. Gravely, Vice-Chairman of a concerned citizens group, in informing Council that the offensive odors in the area recently have been less severe