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OCT 1®1979 BooK 41 NH 646 SURVEY OF THIS AREA BOTH WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT FOR THE SUMMER AND WHEN IT WAS IN SESSION, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE SPEED LIMIT BE REDUCED TO 35 MPH BETWEEN 27TH AVENUE AND 20TH AVENUE, BUT REMAIN THE SAME BETWEEN 43RD AVENUE AND 27TH AVENUE. THIS IS THE RECOMMEN- DATION OF THE ADMINISTRATORS STAFF ALSO. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE SPEED SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 35 MPH FROM 27TH AVENUE EAST ALL THE WAY TO U.S.I., IF IT IS NOT 35 AT THE PRESENT TIME BETWEEN 20TH AVENUE AND U.S.I. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY "COM- MISSIONER LOY, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ASSISTANT ADMINIS- TRATOR AS ABOVE, AND IF THE SPEED FROM 27TH AVENUE TO U.S.I. IS NOT PRESENTLY 35 MPH, TO INCLUDE THAT AREA ALSO. DR. BANNER POINTED OUT THAT HIS REQUEST WAS TO REDUCE THE SPEED ALL THE WAY FROM 43RD AVENUE EAST, AND THIS IS NOT BEING AD- DRESSED. HE STATED THAT OTHER STREETS IN THIS AREA DO HAVE THIS SPEED LIMIT, AND THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. HE NOTED THAT 12TH STREET HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS A MAJOR ARTERY, BUT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE. DR. BANNER CONTINUED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FATAL ACCIDENTS EVEN AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND HE DID NOT SEE ANY REASON TO MAINTAIN A 45 MPH SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN 43RD AND 27TH AVENUES, WHICH IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE SPEED LIMIT ON 4TH ST. (CITRUS), WHICH THEY FELT WAS 45 MPH AFTER THE SCHOOL'ZONE. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT THE SHERIFF FELT WE SHOULD NOT RESTRICT TRAFFIC ON 12TH STREET. HE NOTED THAT THE ROAD HAS A WIDE SHOULDER, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAS TO GO BY THE REPORT SUBMITTED FROM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, AND HE COULD NOT SUPPORT REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ANY FURTHER AT THIS TIME. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IV IT WAS VOTED ON _I