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April 24, 1978 Page 12 <br />MSP (Rowley - Baumgartner) to adopt the amendment to Exhibit 2A, referring to <br />Ordinance #276. 4 ayes <br />Councilmember Ziebarth questioned if the water level would present any problems. <br />He also recommended that the developers be made aware of the policy change. Engineer <br />Hubbard replied that they would be made aware when they apply for a building permit <br />and that it would be discussed with them at that time. <br />MSP (Pickar - Ziebarth) to order the feasibility study for the extension of Edge - <br />wood Drive between County Road I and Hillview Road. 4 ayes <br />MTC ROUTES ON ARDAN -RED OAK- SPRING LAKE ROAD <br />Administrator Achen stated that the City has received a letter from Mr. Grove offering <br />five or six options to the bus problem on Ardan Avenue. He stated that from Staff's <br />position he did not feel confident recommending any of the alternatives since the <br />City is not sure what the useage is and recommended that the Council order a survey <br />of the area, including all the intersecting streets between Spring Lake Road and <br />Red Oak, and maybe even going one block past Red Oak and one block south of Ardan. <br />He added that Councilmember Hodges had volunteered the Boy Scouts help in taking the <br />survey door to door. He also stated that several calls have been received at City <br />Hall regarding the buses. <br />Mayor Pickar stated that he had also received several calls on the buses and that <br />he believed a survey would be in order. <br />MSP (Pickar - Rowley) to direct the City Administrator to work out a survey sheet and <br />implement the use of the Boy Scouts in carrying the survey to the required areas. 4 ayes <br />Councilmember Ziebarth stated that he would like to see the survey done as quickly <br />as possible. He stated that he also had received calls. <br />Mr. Wambach stated that he would like a statement included in the survey about the <br />park being there and stated that a petition had been presented to the Council some <br />time ago asking for a stop sign, which was turned down, and they now had the buses. <br />Administrator Achen replied that the survey would ask the people to explain whatever <br />problems they had with the buses. <br />David Notaro, 2749 Ardan Avenue stated that he had gone door to door in the neighborhood <br />and spoke to the residents about the bus and that only one woman had been in favor of <br />it, since she road it to work. He stated that he had come up with 40 some signatures <br />of people against the bus. <br />Mayor Pickar stated that the end result of the survey might prove that more input <br />is needed from the residents and recommended a place be included for comments. He <br />also stated that the Police Department had done a survey of the traffic on Ardan <br />Avenue and found one bus to be 5 mph over the speed linit, one bus 1 mph over the <br />limit and the remainder at the limit or under. <br />Mr. Notaro recommended that the buses be required to travel slower than the rest of <br />the traffic. He added that hip three year old daughter had been playing in the middle <br />of the street and a bus had to swerve to avoid her. He stated that he had spoken to <br />Gary Van Riswick at the MTC who had said he would have signs posted regarding the <br />children playing, but that no signs had yet been posted. <br />