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2~ TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21. 1961 --""---..0, ",,,--"':-'_ A special and duly-called meeting, as directed by City COl:mil during its regular meeting of February 16, 1961, was he Id in the Council ChaJTlber, City Hall, Tuesday, Febn,ary 21, 1961, at 1:00 P.M., for the purpose of discussing .with members of the Board of Directors of the Forest Park Country Club matters involving the obtaining by the Cit.y of an easement to construct a sewer line (Mulberry Creek Interceptor) across portions of the Forest Park Country Club property. All members of Council - were present, viz., Mayor und Councilman J. Frank Wilson, presiding; Vice-Mayor and C01illc:.lman Fred T. Renick; and Councilmen Thomas J. Burch, E. E. Stone, and Harry L. Boaz. Rppre,'entatives of the Forest Park C01mtry Club present vrare: Messrs. Vi. T. Turner, President; Horace G. IY.fer; Jack F. Hankins; Charles E. Hundley; George L. Nease; George E. Morris, Sr.; and O. F. Thomasson. These representatives presented the follO\ving written proposal on behalf of their Board of Directors, and during the disclillsion follovdng its presentation insisted that the method or procedure outlined therein be accented by the Council: ,.....-, The Board of Directors of the Forest Park Country Club has had numerous meetings and discussions concerning the request by the City of Martinsville that we grant an easement across our property for the right-of-way of the proposed Mulberry Creek sewer line. As of tnis date we have had no official offering from the City of liIartins vi lIe concernin[; damages, nor have we been given an opportunity to make suggestions concerning the conditions as con- tained in the easement. We feel that the contents of the easement and ch~1ges therein must be ascertained prior to the fir~l determination of dama~:es resultinr: trzere L'ro::n. ~r{e are a\'fare of the fact that the Council of the City of Martinsville is dealing with public funds and as such does not feel thst it is their duty to offer a proposal far damages. We would like to point out, hooever, that the Board of Directors of the Forest Parle: Gountry Club is a body electE~d by the membership to serve gratis, and one of our many duties is to protect and preserve the assets of the club. As such, we do not feel that we have the right to do anything to dissipate the assets of the Forost Park C oun try Club. We wish to point out at this timo t.lJ.at it is the unanimous opinion of the Board of Directors of the Forest Park Counir.f Club that to properJy fulfill our dutie.s in the preservation of the assets of the club, we should