Minutes-10/11/1988

Mary Potter: It seems that if the council mandates people to spend in excess of $600, it could go for something more worthwhile. People won't use sidewalks. Rick Janssen: A lot of kids don't use the sidewalks. Mayor Potter: The people on the north side of the highway didn't want their kids crossing the highway so the bus stopped over there and picked them up. Maybe we could get a bus stop in town. Betty Madden: Why? Mayor Potter: For the children's safety. Rick Janssen: The problem is not with the lack of sidewalks, it's a problem with crazy drivers. They don't obey the stop signs, especially after school. There's a problem with enforcement. Leland Campbell: Close the street and make a street into the school from the south end of the property. They wouldn't have to go through town at all. Mike Hart: Could they gate the road? Carrie Stratton: Is it legal to close a street? Greenleaf: I think so. Sandra Morgan: What about a fire? Hart: The fireman could have a gate key. Rick Janssen: There wouldn't be any problem with a fire truck. We could use a key or wire cutters. Sandra Morgan: When would it be locked? Linda Herring: There's a gate there now which is supposed to be locked by the last person through it at night, by the coach or whoever. Most of the time it's not locked. It's the same with both gates, but we lock the north gate before we leave at night. Dick Gent: There would be too much traffic to route past the Lark. You can't see out onto the highway at the Lark corner. Larry Stratton: They could take the road on the other side. Dick Gent: You don't realize the number of cars coming out of that lot. Linda Herring: If you made it one way, at least there wouldn't be two cars on the road at once. When there's two cars, there's not room for the kids to walk.