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<br />~ (" (t <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JULY 27, 1971 <br /> <br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br /> <br />Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, <br /> <br />July 27, 1971, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., <br /> <br />all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Francis T. West, <br /> <br />Vice Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. <br /> <br />After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its <br /> <br />regular meeting held July 13, 1971. <br /> <br />With reference to Council's meeting of June 22, 1971, during which Council <br /> <br />was apprised of the fact that mental and health agencies of the Commonwealth <br /> <br />of Virginia propose to construct and operate a mental hospital within a <br /> <br />defined area of the West Piedmont Planning District, Council acknowledged <br /> <br />receipt of the following letter (dated July 2l, 1971) from Mr. Nathan Bushnell, <br /> <br />III, Executive Director of the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry <br /> <br />County, in which letter the Board of Trustees of said hospital reaffirmed its <br /> <br />prior action (of February, 1970) in offering to make land available for the <br /> <br />construction of the proposed regional mental hospital: <br /> <br />In 1969 the Commission on Mental Indigent and Geriatric Patients <br />presented a comprehensive report of its findings to the Governor <br />and the General Assembly. One of its recommendations was the <br />construction of five regional acute mental hospitals throughout <br />the state, one of which was to be located within 25 miles of <br />Danville. In February 1970 the Board of Trustees took cognizance <br />of this development and in an exchange of correspondence with <br />Dr. Hiram Davis, the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals, <br />offered to make land available for the construction of such a facility. <br /> <br />On July 20, 1971 the Board reaffirmed this action and has instructed <br />me to advise you and other appropriate officials. <br /> <br />You are already aware that the concept of locating this new facility <br />in Martinsville has been unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed <br />by our Medical Staff. <br />