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Mounds View City Council August 22, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 5 since COVID and noted there were no sidewalks. He feared how buses would be able to fit along this roadway given the number of cars parked along the street and pedestrians using it. He anticipated that all of the extra bus traffic would further deteriorate the roadway and would be a safety hazard. Tom Pick, 2725 Sherwood Road, reviewed the fall 2022 Mounds View Matters article that has everyone concerned stating it reads: at the request of the City Council MTC is considering rerouting 25 to serve eastern portions of the City where there are more apartments and manufactured homes. He commented he was not anti-transit or anti-bus. He stated when he was younger he lived in an apartment and rode the bus. He reported it made sense to run buses by apartments but noted there were no apartments along Red Oak Drive. He explained Red Oak Drive was a narrow residential road. He believed it did not make sense to run a City bus down Red Oak Drive for ridership purposes, or for safety purposes. He encouraged the Council to do what they could to speak with the MTC to reconsider the rerouting of bus route 25. City Administrator Zikmund reported the MTC would listen to this meeting and would make adjustments. Barb Peterson, 8125 Red Oak Drive, stated she found it difficult that the City Council had not seen article that was printed in the Mound View Matters. She reported she received her copy of the City’s newsletter last week. She then reviewed a copy of the MTC bus schedule and noted she would now have 31 bus trips going down her very narrow street. She explained Red Oak Drive was not built for buses and has no sidewalks. She discussed how the cut outs along Red Oak Drive were put in place for traffic calming and stated parking was allowed on only one side of the street. She recommended the bus route be moved back to its original route for the safety of her neighborhood. Catherine Harrington, 2735 Sherwood Road, explained she loved Mounds View and she loves meeting her neighbors. She commented on how many of her neighbors she has met being outside with neighbors walking by. She anticipated she would not be meeting with her neighbors if the bus routes continued because pedestrian safety would be impacted. She discussed the number of children walking in her neighborhood to get to the park. She encouraged the Council to consider the sense of community that would be lost if the bus routes continue through her neighborhood. Robert Eickstadt, 8136 Red Oak Drive, stated he believed the buses on Red Oak Drive was primarily as safety concern. He explained when he was walking along Red Oak Drive, the MTC buses were passing within 12 inches of him. He reported there was not a green buffer and a sidewalk on his roadway, but rather pedestrians were walking on the street. He indicated the residents in his neighborhood would like to see the traffic levels reduced and not increased. He requested the “Local Traffic Only” sign be posted in the neighborhood again. He discussed the high level of truck traffic that used Red Oak Drive and noted how much of this traffic was passing through the neighborhood from US 10 to County Road 10. He believed this problem had to be addressed by the City. He ended his comments by stating the rerouting of bus 25 was a safety concern and should be reconsidered by the MTC.