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Motion carried unanimously. '1'hea meeting was recessed from 8:23 to 8:32 P.M. and resumed for the discussion of • the rebuilding of 29th Ave. Mme. Thomas Shaffer, 2513 29th Ave. N.E. and Mr. Omar Shabaz, 3013 29th Ave. NE, were present and identified as the spokesman for approximately 70 other residents of 29th Ave. who were also present and had formed the association of residents known as TAP. Mr. Barry W. McKee, 614-Grand Ave., St. Paul, was introduced by Mr. Shaffer as the attorney who would represent the association. Other members of the steering committee for the association are 1.1r. David Freund, 3009 29th Ave., and Mr. Ervin Peterson, 3212 29th Ave. Mr. Shaffer then related the reasons why the association opposed the rebuilding 29th Ave to a 9-ton 40 ft. design which included the fear that the residential character of the street would be threatened with the increase of "commercial traffic" which would "be invited" by the widening of the street, the use of Silver Point Park would diminish and the lifestyles of the residents would be altered. He said TAP was advocating the reconstruction of the street to only a 5 ton-39 ft roadway with the street designed to form a cul-de-sac near its intersection with Highway 8 and said he felt that traffic flow from 29th could be handled elsewhere in the City, citing Lowry Avenue and the soon to ane:upg3'ad4�d ,,57th- venua as.00�oz3:ble alternate routes which drivers could use to reach Highway 8 and County Road C. He said the "year's time necessary to construct the new roadway" would force drivers A to find alternatives to using 29th as a through street and felt a precedent for the cul-de-sac and been established by that which was built at the end of Rankin Road. The ZkP representative said his group felt it was in the power of the Council • to install the Cul-de-sac for the welfare of the community. Mr. Shaffer then read the petition which he said 87% of the residents along 29th Avenue had signed which was addressed to the Council of the City of St. Anthony and petitioned them to: "1. Reject the present MSA - 9 ton, 40 foot proposal to rebuild 29th Avenue. 2. That 29th Avenue be repaved as subsequently negotiated between the City Council s.nd the- representatives of T.A.P. 29 at the expense of the benefitted property owners-(estimated $2,408.00'average per residential unit with curb credit) and that no access be allowed from Highway 8 or County Road C onto the residential street of 29th Avenue in the City of St. Anthony." Mr. Gearhardt Bentler, 2835 Roosevelt, said he was opposed to the proposal from TUP and felt the 9 ton proposal was a better "buy". Mr. Leonard Toth, 2900 Roosevelt, said that, though he had signed the petition, many of its provisions troubled him. He said he was not in favor of a cul-de-sac and really didn't want to pay the extra charge for a lesser road. He later said he was opposed to a "Stinson-type" road and wondered if the City would be willing to pay part of the cost. Councilman Sundland questioned whether the reconstruction could be Completed in • 1975. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to remove from the table the motion regarding the construction of 29th Avenue as made by Mayor Miedtke and Councilman Stauffer May 27.