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recurrence of those losses and a reassurance by Mr. Dulgar that the City will not drop its endeavor to make good the losses, the following motion was made: Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to authorize writing off all the checks on the 1975 Non -Collectible Checks listing. Motion carried unanimously. The budget for the Community Services Advisory Committee was the subject of discussion between Councilman Sauer and the Manager during the con- sideration of the July Financial Report with the Councilman reporting that his committee will be giving their Capital Improvement Findings be- fore December 1st. Mr. Jim Erickson, a resident of the Fosston Townhouses requested an op- portunity to resume the discussion of widening County Road D to a four lane roadway which he and other members of the townhouse association oppose. He and another townhouse resident, Margaret Michaels, reiterated the opposition they had voiced at the last Council meeting. Both in- sisted that none of the residents of the townhouses had received the notices which the staff's records indicate were sent for the Council Meet- ing where the preliminary approval was given to Ramsey County's grade and alignment plans for the roadway. They did however acknowledge being informed of the informational meeting November 19, 1976 where Ramsey County presented the plans to the residents and Wilshire Park School officials and members of the PTSA. The Manager pointed out that neither meeting was an official public hear- ing and said the Council has yet to give final approval to the plans when Ramsey County presents them which could be a year hence since the project if not budgeted for until two years from now. Mayor Miedtke suggested the residents should formally request they be notified when the final plans are presented. He and Councilman Stauffer took exception to the inferences made by the two townhouse spokesmen that action on the up- grading of the road was done hastily without due consideration of the residents interests, saying the City has acknowledged that the road had to be rebuilt for the last ten years because of its inability to handle the increase in traffic and had been discussing the project in open Council Meetings for over a year. Councilman Stauffer said it was unfor- tunate that the townhouse residents had been unable to attend the infor- mational meeting in November because it was then that the suggestions from the residents and school representatives were taken and later in- corporated into the County's plans. Ms. Michaels said she felt there should have been a series of such meetings held. However, she conceded that she had seen the effectiveness of suggestions made by residents at Council Meetings when she noticed the new public address system which had been installed in the Council Chambers since the last meeting when she had complained of not being able to hear the proceedings and she also felt what she considered an increase in police vigilance of drivers on the road had resulted from discussions held that same night.