City Council
Regular MeetingMartinsville, VA · February 10, 2014
Minutes
February 10, 2014
The City Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, assembled on
February 10, 2014 at 5:30 P.M. to tour the Northside area neighborhoods prior
to their quarterly Neighborhood Focus Meeting scheduled for February 10,
2013 at 7:30pm at Chatham Hts. Baptist Church, 1235 Chatham Road.
Council Members present for the tour included: Mayor Kim Adkins and
Mark Stroud. Vice Mayor Gene Teague, Sharon Brooks Hodge and Danny
Turner were absent. Others present included: Leon Towarnicki, Andy Powers,
Coretha Gravely and a Martinsville Bulletin reporter.
No other business was conducted during the tour and immediately after
the tour ended, Council members disbursed.
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Brenda Prillaman Kim Adkins
Clerk of Council Mayor
Agenda
Martinsville City Council--NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR
Northside area
Meet at rear entrance to Municipal Building
5:30 p.m., MONDAY, February 10, 2014
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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL
NORTHISDE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY MEETING
CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA
at
Chatham Hts. Baptist Church, 1235 Chatham Rd.
7:30 p.m., MONDAY, February 10, 2014
Welcome
1. Conduct the Neighborhood Meeting for the NORTHSIDE area. (30 mins.)
City Council
Agenda Summary
Meeting Date: February 10, 2014
Department: Inspections
Issue: Neighborhood Community Meeting-Northside/Chatham Heights
Summary:
Nuisance Ordinance/Property Maintenance
Our office has conducted 36 inspections resulting from violations from November
2013 to present.
Demolition
We are moving forward on 5 properties to complete our demo list for FY14. All
other properties have been demolished by the owner or, the owner has provided us
with an acceptable Plan of Action.
New Enforcement Process
Our office has designed the new placards that will be placed on properties in
violation as proper notice and created a training program for the new inspectors.
The data base for tracking the program is being finalized. We anticipate providing
the training and conducting dry runs by the end of February and start the
program on March 1, 2014.
Attachments: Graph showing concerns, new nuisance ordinance placard
Recommendations: None at this time.
Property Maintenance Concerns
February 10, 2014 Report
Exterior Structure
Grass
Trash
Inoperable Vehicles
Exterior Structure -6
Grass-4
Trash-20
Inoperable Vehicles-6
Nuisance Ordinance/Property Maintenance
36 Inspections have been conducted due to violations since the last Neighborhood Meeting.
Demolitions
We are currently awaiting asbestos inspections and abatement to be completed on the 5 properties that
are being demolished by the City. Once that is complete, we can proceed with demolition.
All other properties on the list for this FY14 have been demolished by the owner or provided an
acceptable plan of action for repair.
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