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<br />3~ <br /> <br />~DAY <br /> <br />l!11L 25. 1 ;?6...1 <br /> <br />The regular semi-montbly meeting of the Cou.ncil of Lhe City of Ivfartinsville, <br /> <br />Virginie., wi.th Hayor J. Frank \oIUson presiding, ',ia:; held in the Council ChaJrlber, <br /> <br />City Hllll, Tuesday, July 25, 1961, at 7:15 P.E., and 1..rith thn fol1ouing members <br /> <br />being present (the only member absent beinr~ Councilman Thoma;") J. Burch): Jvhyor <br /> <br />and Councilman J. Frank Hilson; Vice-Hayor and Councilman Fred T. Renick; and <br /> <br />Coul1ciJJnen ::;:. E. Stone and Harry" L. :10o.z. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />After the irnroca tion, and in the absence of Council t s Cl erk (for uhom Nt'. Irving <br /> <br />R. McGhee, Traffic 8: Planning Engineer, served as Acting Clerk), Council deferred <br /> <br />the readin? of the minutes of its reRUlar meeting held July 11, 1961, until the <br /> <br />meeting scheduled for August 8, 1961. <br /> <br />Pursua:lt to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a pubLic hearing on <br /> <br />Dr. Pnte C. Toms t petition--previousl:r consid.ered by the Planning Cormnission which <br /> <br />recOlill:lended denial-requesting the rezoning from ".11.-1 ResidentialU to "P-1 Profcs::"ional If <br /> <br />of that traet of land lying on the east side of Starlinr ',venue and adjacent to the <br /> <br />north boundary of Hartinsville Gencrc,l Haspi tal property, bete-leen Starling Avenue and <br /> <br />Oakdale StrE~et. After receiving the follow1.ng '...Titten statements and pertinent <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />correspondence from proponents as well as opponc;lts, and uith Hayor Hilson <br /> <br />disqualifying himseJf; Council deferred action on tl:e rezoning petition until its <br /> <br />next. regular meeting: <br /> <br />Ju1:r 25, 1961 <br /> <br />Tl:e Honorable :'1ayor and !-lembers of City Council <br /> <br />Gentler.lon: <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Earlier this year I obtained froLl ;.Irs. nary Felil, of Durham, north Carolina, <br />an option to plU"'chase thr,t tract of land adjacent to the Martinsville <br />G(-3neraJ. l:lospH.n.l known a::: the old "Starling Thomas homestead. n In behalf <br />of a group of physicians, Dr. S. T,.J. Acie.T:1s, Ilr'. Fe.ul B. Toms, Dr. Eugene <br />EcDaniel, Jr. and myself, I petitLoned the City Council for a change of <br />zoning from A-1 residential to F-1 professionaJ classification, in order <br />