City Council

Name: City Council — Martinsville, VA
Start: 2012-02-13
End: 2012-02-13
Location: Martinsville, VA

Regular Meeting

Martinsville, VA · February 13, 2012

Minutes

February 13, 2012 Martinsville City Council Neighborhood Meeting for the Northside area was held on February 13, 2012, at Clearview Wesleyan Church, 925 Barrows Mill Road, Martinsville, VA at 7:30 PM, with Mayor Kim Adkins presiding and Council members present including: Kimble Reynolds, Gene Teague, Mark Stroud, Sr., and Danny Turner. Staff present: Leon Towarnicki, Brenda Prillaman, Eric Monday, Coretha Gravely, Linda Conover, Mike Rogers, Kenneth Draper, Wayne Knox and Andy Powers. Mayor Adkins called the meeting to order and asked Andy Powers to present his property maintenance report, and then opened the floor for public comment. Citizen comments: Woody McCain-Augusta St.-inquired about criteria for demolition candidate properties; Danny Turner-inquired about homeless living in houses to be demolished on Liberty St.; Jeff Lehrer-617 Watt St.-concerns with speeding vehicles; David Gilbert-Chatham Rd.-concerns with tractor trailer traffic running too fast-Transportation Safety Commission will be asked to review this speed limit on Chatham Road and speed limits set on other residential streets; Sonny Farmer-Pace St.-concerns about school bus speeding; Howard Hairston-Askin St.- concerns about trash, rental properties with drugs and school buses and other traffic speeding on Asking St.; Frances Fleming-111 Northwood Ct.-concerns about speeding, illegal parking, bulk trash piled up by landlords, water running out at Laundromat, trees in right of way on Oneida St. vandals taking down Neighborhood Watch signs; illegal deer shooting on Oneida St.; Police Chief Mike Rogers thanked the Neighborhood Watch volunteers for their valuable partnership with the police department; Lester Horton-questioned legality of citizen shooting back if someone breaking in; Angela Hower-Quincy St.-concerns with deer carcass and trash in street on Commerce Ct. and seeing suspicious activities between vehicles on Quincy and Perdue St.; Officer Coretha Gravely thanked all the Neighborhood Watch volunteers and cautioned citizens not to take the law into their own hands; Janet Mullins-Owens Rd.-concerns with renters living here and still driving with North Carolina tags. There being no further business, Mayor Adkins adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm. _______________________________ __________________________ Brenda Prillaman Kim E. Adkins Clerk of Council Mayor

Agenda

Martinsville City Council--NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR Northside/Chatham Hts. areas Meet at rear entrance to Municipal Building 5:30 p.m., Monday, February 13, 2012 ---------------------------------------------- AGENDA CITY COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY MEETING CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA at Clearview Wesleyan Church, 925 Barrows Mill Road 7:30 p.m., MONDAY, February 13, 2011 Welcome 1. Conduct the Community Meeting for the Northside/Chatham Hts. areas. (30 minutes) City Council Agenda Summary Meeting Date: February 13, 2012 Department: Inspections Issue: Property Maintenance report-Northside/Chatham Hts. Summary: Property Maintenance---A total of 66 inspections have been conducted during the previous 3 months resulting from violations. Demolitions---Asbestos inspections and abatement have been completed on the 5 properties that are being demolished by contractors for the City. They have been released by the Inspections Office to proceed. During the last 12 months, 23 demolition permits were issued due to Property Maintenance action. The City is responsible for demolishing 8 properties with the owners being invoiced for the costs. Five are still pending owner action. Ten have been demolished. The Property Maintenance/Fire Inspections offices works diligently to address all citizen concerns in a timely manner unless there are occurrences where the Property Maintenance/Fire Inspector has to address fire and arson issues which then take priority. The office may be reached at 403-5205 and is located in Room 217 on the second floor of the Municipal Building. Attachments: Graph of concerns since last Neighborhood Tour. Recommendations: None at this time. Exterior Structure ‐2 General Requirements‐1 Grass‐20 Trash‐18 Inoperable Vehicles‐3 Other‐22 Property Maintenance Action has been taken against 66 violations since the last Neighborhood Meeting. Demolitions Asbestos inspections and abatement have been completed on the 5 properties that are being demolished by contractors for the City. They have been released by the Inspections Office to proceed. During the last year, 23 demolition permits were issued due to Property Maintenance action. The City is responsible for 8, and 5 are still pending owner action. 10 have been demolished by the property owner. We attribute the increase of owner action to the increase of enforcement follow‐through by the City.

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