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CITY COUNCIL MEETING, JA'NUARY 18, 1983 am 7. DE)MONTREVILLE ACCESS - CONTINUED: --Greg Fouks - fair point - realistically could not close the access this winter - saying,prepare for the spring, should make sure everything is ready and done when necessary. --Whittaker - cannot say how long construction -will take. Intend to coordinate the road and access construction so that it is done under one contract or done at the same time. Would not have to necessarily close the present access to work on the new one. Ice houses have to be off by February 28, under State Statute --Beryl Garloff - If decide to keep the access open, would like the enforcement issue addressed. --Eder - serious question - many factors,one of which is dollars. --Roger McQuade - owner of Lot 8. Would not favor the right-of- way acquisition from his property. As he missed earlier discussion, Whittaker suggested Mr. McQuade come in or call him to explain the proposal. --Daniel Endreis - suggested placing rock at the base of the access to make getting up the access easier - also sanding rVwoQld help as far as making the exit up the ramp safer. --Michael Bonn - believes this is as safe as it could be for the location - favors limiting the number of vehicles and enforcing parking violations. Mayor Eder closed the hearing at 7:40 p.m. Council Discussion: --Fraser -- find the movement on the part of the DNR encouraging. Think the pitoposed plan is the way to go. Seems further ahead than it was. Need to do whatever is possible to minimize the current safety problems and need to inform the deputies of the concerns about patrolling and ticketing. Would rather defer closing the access when it looks like the reasonable solution is coming. Also feel that:fEn,spite of the safety problems that have been cited, should the access be closed, believe would have safety problems over a much wider area and uncontrolled - would become worse. --Eder - suggested putting up a sign informing the public of the problems the access is creating and asking their cooperation to minimize these. Could put this in abeyance and hopefully move this along - want to get everyone in the immediate area behind the City Council to get this through the county Board - ask the residents to support the Council via letters to the County Board urging them to act on this proposal as quickly as possible so that this problem can be resolved tP is year. City will lay out some program to make sure there is a systematic approach to reducing the present problems at the access eg. sanding, notifying the County to keep the road as wide as possible, warning sign of cooperation, etc. --Morgan - have not changed position. Believe the access should be closed . In consideration of the ice houses, closing could be delay until March 1. Cannot see where a closed access will attract more people than an open access. Problem isn't going'to be any worse than it has been. As far as having the legal right to control the traffic - if there is a hazard there, whether or not there is an access, has nothing to do with the City's responsibility for trying to keep traffic safe in that area. Personally believe we should close it and pass on some of this responsibility to the County and the State. Particularly the County has been ducking responsibility. DNR still not acting quickly enough.