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March 27, 1978 Page 5 <br />Councilmember Ziebarth stated that he agreed with Councilmember Rowley's comments <br />and that he also felt that before getting too far along on the resolution, they <br />would have to address the issue that was before them. He added that it would be <br />difficult for the Task Force to have input on the resolution until they understand <br />where the Council stands on the project. He added that it would have to be <br />treated with some degree of fairness and again stated that the Task Force should <br />understand what the Council is talking about. <br />Mayor Pickar replied that the intent is to take one step at a time and that they <br />would be taking further issue other than establishing a Task Force but that that <br />was the first thing to be done. <br />Councilmember Ziebarth stated that he was in favor of a citizens group to study <br />the problem and that he would like the members of the Task Force to realize that <br />it is not a small problem and that the long range goals will require a great deal <br />of time and effort to come up with a program to solve the problems. He added <br />that he was encouraged by the input received from the citizens so far and that he <br />believed they could come up with a solution. <br />Councilmember Hodges stated that he felt the study from Short, Elliott and Hendrickson <br />was very expensive but felt that much of the study could be utilized. He pointed <br />out that the study cost the City $37,000 so they should use whatever possible from it. <br />He added that the City needs a good Task Force to study and utilize the plan presented <br />by Short, Elliott and Hendrickson but stated that he would not vote for Project 1978 -1 <br />if the study was recommended. <br />Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he agreed with the concept of the citizens <br />Task Force if they investigated the areas of concern that had been voiced both <br />at the public hearing and Council meetings. He added that they should study the <br />areas of construction, assessments, senior citizens, the disabled, the phase and <br />number of years involved. Councilmember Baumgartner added that he would like to <br />see the recommendations of the Task Force before he would say if he was for or <br />against the project. He recommended that the Task Force tackle the problem in an <br />unbiased manner and weigh both sides of the problem. <br />Duane McCarthy, 8060 Long Lake Road read an open letter to the City Council from <br />the citizens steering committee, outlining seven points they felt should be covered. <br />Bill Werner asked that in respect to the Task Force, they do not set guidelines down <br />too hastily since he felt the agenda and guidelines had been too rigidly set already. <br />He added that the water problems have been around for several years so the Task <br />Force could not be expected to solve the problems in less than six months. He also <br />requested that the Task Force have a more open agenda to work on. <br />Mayor Pickar replied that the resolution was written quite general and that the <br />Council does not want to dictate but that the scheduled must be adhered to. He <br />added that there is a sufficient amount of information to work from from the study, <br />and that the people with water problems need an answer now, which could be implemented <br />into the 1979 budget. <br />Mayor Pickar stated that the recommendations from the Task Force would cover all <br />three phases of the problem and that even once the answers are established, it <br />would take a great deal of time to accomplish them. He added that if the Task <br />Force could come to the City Council in August with recommendations on the short <br />