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I m THE FIRST PRIORITY AND THE GIFFORD ONE WAS SECOND. SHE FELT THERE HAD BEEN THREE SITES SUGGESTED THAT WERE BEING CHECKED OUT AS A SITE FOR THE COLLECTION STATION. MR. LUNDY STATED THAT THEY HAD RECOMMENDED THE OLD DUMP SITE BE USED MANY MONTHS AGO. THE CHAIRMAN READ A NOTE WRITTEN BY THE ADMINISTRATOR WHICH STATED THAT WHEN THEY CHECKED VARIOUS SITES, THE RESIDENTS OBJECTED. HE NOTED THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INFORMATION BACK FROM ANY ORGANIZATION ABOUT WHERE TO BUILD THE COLLECTOR STATION. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT IF MOST EVERYONE IS AGREEABLE TO THE SITE SUGGESTED BY MR. LUNDY, WE CAN PROCEED. MR. LUNDY STATED THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER RECOMMENDING THE OLD DUMP SITE SOME TIME AGO. IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED UP ON. MR. LUNDY SUGGESTED THAT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE GIFFORD PARK SHOULD BE CLOSED AT A CERTAIN HOUR AT NIGHT IN ORDER TO AVOID A LOT OF THE ABUSES, VANDALISM AND DUMPING, WHICH MOSTLY OCCURS LATE IN THE EVENING. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF HE WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO CLOSING THE PARK AT SUNDOWN, AND MR. LUNDY FELT IT SHOULD .BE HALF AN HOUR AFTER SUNDOWN. THE BOARD AGREED THAT THIS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. MR. LUNDY NEXT BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ON U. S. I NEAR NORTH GIFFORD ROAD. HE STATED THAT THE CIVIC LEAGUE RE- QUESTED THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ASK THE DOT TO MOVE THE LIGHT TO ITS PROPER LOCATION. HE STATED THAT THIS LIGHT IS NOT SERVING ANY PURPOSE AT ALL. IT IS MISLEADING TO MOTORIST$ WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, AND HE FELT IT IS A WASTE OF THE TAXPAYER S MONEY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED THAT IT IS NOT ONLY A WASTE, BUT HAZARDOUS AS WELL. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT ORIGINALLY THIS WAS DONE AT THE REQUEST OF THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE. SHE EXPLAINED THAT WE COULD NOT MAKE THAT INTERSECTION MEET ANY STATE CRITERIA TO GET A APR 4 1979 25 Bom 39 PAGE M