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COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 22, 1996 He said that guns will kill people only if people pull the trigger. Cars will also kill people only if people neglect the safety of the cars. Mr. Christenson said lets use the street for what is was intended, the automobile. He said every morning he goes to Burger King. He is confronted with joggers and people with dogs half way out in the street. Mr. Christenson said that if he walks in the middle of the street, no matter what the speed limit is, he is going to get killed. He said use common sense and if you do not want to get killed on the street, don't walk in the middle of the road. Mr. Christenson said that he is 70 years old and has only a ninth grade education, however, common sense says if I do not want to get run over by a car, don't get in front of the cars. Gregg Jenks, 327 Elm Street - Mr. Jenks asked if he could discuss the buffer behind his house or is this hearing about Elm Street only. Mr. Ahrens said that he should be talking to the architects for the middle school. Mr. Jenks said that he will have a baby at his house in about two (2) months. He said he is concerned about his safety backing out of his driveway with the increased traffic. Mr. Jenks said that he will not "get over this" as the gal told his neighborhood to do. This affects him and his family and yes he wants the school children to be safe but he wants to be safe too. That is the issue and Mr. Jenks said that he wanted a final decision that everyone could agree on. He said that there are some big issues to deal with. Mr. Jenks said that as soon as there is a solution that works for the neighborhood and everybody else, the neighborhood will be glad to back it up. He said that he does not feel good about the added traffic by his house. He has to back out with a baby in the car. These problems will not go away until a solution is going to work for everybody. There is two sides to this issue and there has to be a compromise. Now it does not look good for the Elm Street neighborhood. He asked people to come and look at his situation and then maybe they will understand his concern. Mona Slaten, 6283 Red Maple Lane - Ms. Slaten said that she will have a student going to the middle school. She said she has looked at all of the plans and studied all of the options. She and her husband both like option F for all of the reasons that have been previously stated. Ms. Slaten said that she has a concern regarding meeting the timeline for completion of the building itself. She said that she works at the Rice Lake Elementary and understands that if the middle school does not meet the stated timeline, there will be a very deep trouble with the student population at the Rice Lake Elementary School as well as the other elementary schools within the district. She would like the City Council to keep in mind the timelines that have been established and do everything possible to keep the entire project on time. Bob Young, 7026 Second Avenue - Mr. Young said that if he could select an option it would be D. He said that some of the people in immediate area would prefer A and B. However, Mr. Young said that he would not prefer either of those options because it will be additional traffic down his street. Mr. Young said that he favors Option D followed by Option F. Everyone favors Option F except the residents of Wenzel Farms. He said that he is not "cold" enough to say to them "to bad, I don't care". Mr. Young said the nice PAGE 23