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COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 22, 1996 state aid. He asked what is more important to the School District and the Superintendent now. Because the stop light will go in on Lake Drive, MnDOT said that there will be no state aid. That is why they came up with the second Option F. Council Member Neal said that he and Mr. Weigold talked to over 109 people this weekend. Mr. Weigold said that was great however, some of the phone calls were due to the politicking of the Superintendent. He said that no meeting has had this large of a crowd since the middle school question was first discussed. He also said that when the middle school proposal went before the Planning and Zoning Board, Option 4 was proposed. Mr. Weigold said that Option 4 is not under consideration any more. Mayor Landers asked Mr. Weigold asked to speed up his presentation. Mr. Weigold asked Mr. Mitchell how he knows that Option D is an undesirable traffic flow from the Elm Street neighborhood? He asked Mr. Mitchell how he came up with 25 kids for the future townhomes on the east side of Lake Drive? You did not show any numbers for the kids coming up Second Avenue to Elm Street. The business lot in the new comer created by shifting Elm Street north to Lake Drive shows a four (4) way stop sign. He asked how does creating this new four (4) way intersection make the area safer for the children? Mr. Weigold said that part of the misinformation is that estimates of cars on Elm Street has gone from 400 cars to 800 cars and to a road design that will increase traffic from 1200 to 2000 cars per day on Elm Street. Mr. Weigold asked Mr. Mitchell to explain how that is safer for all the kids in Wenzel Farms, on Second Avenue and all the kids over by Sunset Road that will be walking or riding their bikes to school? Mr. Weigold said that Mr. Ahrens had said, "we are no longer under the gun for the Elm Street improvement". He said that apparently because of the frenzy whipped up by the Superintendent, he has a lot of the citizens believing there will be schools shut down if this middle school is not completed as scheduled. Mr. Weigold said that he needs to explain some of his comments especially about the bond issue and his coming before the City Council to get additional money for road construction. He said the other issue is that Options 3 and 4 included more roadway, however, the Superintendent was not asking for money then. It looks that Option F is proposing only a third of the roadway proposed by Options 3 and 4 and according to the Quad Press there will be a request for additional money to complete that road. Mr. Weigold said that the Superintendent needs to explain this. Mr. Weigold asked Mr. McClellan if the Rehbein that sits on the school board is related to Glenn Rehbein who will profit from the assessment plan? He presented the survey that the City Council asked him to complete. This survey was requested because the City Council was looking for citizens input. Mr. Weigold said again that he felt that the City Council was expecting the Superintendent to go out and "whip up a frenzy" and having meetings where he was telling people that he would have to close a school or that they will be coming asking for money. He asked the City Council to take a look at the ethics behind the Superintendent. PAGE 30