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352 TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 1975 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Harry L. Boaz presiding, was held Tuesday, January 14, 1975, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members, with the exception of Councilman Barry A. Greene (who was away from the City), being present, viz., Harry L. Boaz, Mayor; William D. Hobson, Vice Mayor; G. S. Fitz-Hugh, Jr.; and Morton W. Lester. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held December 31, 1974. Prior to considering its regular order of business, Mayor Boaz and Councilman Fitz-Hugh commented on procedures involved in connection with the current quadrennial reassessment of real estate as well as on the fact that, in response to numerous inquiries, the quadrennial reassessment process has not been completed to the extent that sufficient information is available to Council to enable the Council to establish a real estate tax rate for the next tax billing period. For the purpose of receiving input and/or suggestions from the general public as to pending and/or future needs for local community facilities and housing, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council in a special meeting to be held Tuesday, February 4, 1975, in the City's Circuit Courtroom, beginning at 7:30 P.M., as such needs relate and/or pertain to the Federal Housing Community Development Act of 1974. Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown, Chairman of the CBD Commission, presented a status report on current activities of the Commission, including a reference to certain property acquisitions and lease arrangements which