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Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Stauffer offered the following amendment to the May 27 motion: • Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to plan for the con= struction of 29th Avenue in 1976 with the following conditions added to the May 27, 1975 motion: 1. In designing the street the Engineer explore methods of indicating there are only two traffic lanes. 2. Consideration be given to the possibilities of installing an island between the lanes at the Highway 8 entrance to 29th Avenue. 3. In designing the street to install stop signs along 29th where crossing is a problem. 4. Consider occasional parking bays, such as have been used on the Stinson Blvd Parkway. Before voting on the amendment Councilman Sundland expressed his opposition to the cul-de-sac and suggested another condition to be added to Councilman Stauffer's amendment whereby a steering committee including 29th Ave. residents, would be formed to work with the Engineer on the plans for the rebuilding of the street and to find ways in which the traffic vould be limited on the road. Mayor Miedtke said he was unable to accept this addition preferring rather that a long range study be set up to plan for transpor*ation facilities for the entire • community with a "transportation advisory committee" comprieed of representatives of other segments of the community as well as representatives of 29th Ave. establishe He said he believed the impact of cutting off the flow of traffic on 29th Ave. would have a detrimental effect on the amount of traffic on other streets in the City and could result in a rash of requests for cul-de-sacs from the residents of affected streets. He also said 29th could only be abandoned through the joint action of the State and the municipality. Mx. Comstock's letter of June 10 to the Council resulted in a discussion of what sort of a timetable could be expected if the process of clearing the project for MSA funding went to the maximum of six weeks. The Engineer also said he knew of no "firm ruling" in the conditions regulating MSA funding against the restriction of truck travel and the City Attorney suggested asking for a ruling from the Highway Commissioner to clear up any misunderstanding on the matter. Mr. Dulgar quoted traffic figures which indicated thb traffic flow at the intersectio. of 29th Avenue and Highway 8 had gone down by 3,6+7 cars between 1975 and last year when Highway 8 had been closed for construction. Mr. Shaffer #anted the 1973 figures for comparison and stated that "trucks were not the problem now, but rather the daily commercial traffic". Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to amend Councilman Stauffer's amendment to the May 27 motion by adding a provision whereby the repre- sentatives of TAP could be involved in the planning of the reconstruction of 29th Avenue and setting the first meeting of the council in September, 1975 for a con- sideration of the proposal. Motion on the amendment to the amendment carried unanimously. t 1:_