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