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Mayor McCarty stated that he knew from the testing that had been done that there was up to 40' of peat in the area and questioned if a structure could be built on that type of ground. Mr. Kramer replied that Twin City Testing had recommended that the lots be piled with timbers, which would increase the cost of each lot by at least $5,000. February 12, 1979 Page 5 Councilmember Rowley pointed out that the issue before the Council was approval or denial of the preliminary plat. Official Rose added that approval of the preliminary plat would not indicate approval of the water and sewer plan. Attorney Meyers added, however, that if the preliminary plat was approved, building permits would have to be issued upon request, and the developer has shown he can provide his own services. Mayor McCarty asked Mrs. Kramer to submit a petition of 35% of the property owners, asking the City Council to commence with a public improvement project. Mrs. Kramer replied that she could not get the 35% unless Dailey Knolls would agree to sign. MSP Ziebarth- Hodges) to continue the public hearing until March 12, 1979 at 8:20 PM. 5 ayes Mayor McCarty closed the public hearing and reopened the regular meeting. MTC BUS ROUTES Acting Administrator Anderson reported that an informational meeting had been held on February 5, at which they discussed a number of alternatives to routes 25B and 35F, and at which time the Council directed Staff to contact the MTC on three major points, those being the frequency of the buses, splitting the routes, and passenger counts. acting Administrator Anderson reported that MTC had responded that the ridership had been increasing greatly on those routes and they could not cut any runs out, and that they would be willing to work out putting the buses on slightly different routes, and that they did have ridership counts but they covered a whole route, and were not broken down to a particular area. Councilmember Hodges stated that he felt everyone would be in agreement if the routes were split to other streets to lighten the load. Councilmember Rowley stated that she agreed but pointed out that they had not heard from many residents of Groveland and Sherwood at the February 5 meeting. Councilmember Ziebarth stated that splitting the routes would help the Ardan Avenue situation but that he felt they would soon be getting calls from the Groveland and Sherwood residents, once the buses started travel- ing their streets. Councilmember Forslund stated she agreed with Council member Ziebarth and that the issue should be settled now. Mayor McCarty stated he had spoken to many of the people on Sherwood and tney seemed to be willing to have the routes split. MSP (McCarty- Hodges) to direct the acting Clerk- Administrator to contact the MTC and ask them to make the route changes as proposed this evening, with Sherwood /Gro el nd being outbound and Ardan /Red Oak being inbound, 5 ayes