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4; TUESDAY APRIL 26. 1966 ,- The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held Tuesday, April 26, 1966, beginning at 7:45 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, all members being pre~3ent, viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Dr. Fred T. Renick, Vice-Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. Stone. ,~ After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held April 12 , 1966. As indicated in said April 12th minutes, Council continued to subject meeting the request that horsepower limitation on outboard gasoline motors permitted at the City's water impounding reservoir be increased to 3.9 h.p.; however, no proponents for this request appeared before Council and, accordingly, Council voted to take no action on said request and, thus, to make no changes in said regulations. Mr. Stafford G. Whittle, III, appeared before Council on behalf of the developers of Kenmar Farms Subdivision (Whittle Family Irrevocable Trust), which subdivision lies on the south side of Mulberry Road and adjoins Forest Park Country Club, requesting a reimbursement of costs incurred by the developers in installing sewer lines along Meadowview Lane from Mulberry Road to Kenmar Drive. It was pointed out that this subdivision was a part of the territory annexed to the City of Martinsville as of Janu~ry 1, 1965, and that Meadowview Lane is yet to be improved and developed under the terms of the City's Subdivision Ordinance whereas Kenmar Drive was improved and developed while a part of Henry County under regulations governing the extending of utilities outside the corporate limits. After comparing unit costs involved in this project with present-day unit costs and after concluding that