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COMMISSIONER LYONS BELIEVED THAT FOR SMALL EXPENDITURES <br />A LOT OF AREA CAN BE OPENED UP AND NOTED THAT WE DO NOT NECESSARILY <br />NEED BIKE PATHS EVERYWHERE. <br />THE PRESIDENT OF TREASURE COAST KIWANIS, KENNETH DEMMER, <br />STATED THAT THEY HAVE MADE THIS PROJECT THEIR MAJOR PUSH FOR THIS <br />LYNN KIRBY, PRIVATE CITIZEN AND MEMBER OF A BICYCLE CLUB, <br />SPOKE OF THE DANGERS TO CHILDREN RIDING BICYCLES AND THE BENEFITS OF <br />BICYCLE PATHS. SHE NOTED THAT THOUGH THE BICYCLE PATHS ON 27TH <br />AVENUE ARE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, THEY ARE PUT TO MUCH USE, AND SHE BE- <br />LIEVED SUCH PATHS WOULD BE USED EVERYWHERE. MRS. KI•RBY FELT A <br />BICYCLE PATH ROUTE HAD BEEN WORKED OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY SOME YEARS <br />AGO. <br />MR. MARSHBANK AGREED THAT THE SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN ON <br />BICYCLES ARE THEIR MAIN CONCERN AND THAT SAFETY EDUCATION IS EX- <br />TREMELY IMPORTANT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION HAS RECOG- <br />NIZED THIS NEED AND WHERE WE HAVE PUT IN BIKE PATHS, OUR EMPHASIS <br />HAS BEEN ON THE SCHOOL AREAS. HE CONTINUED THAT WE ALSO HAVE RE- <br />CEIVED COOPERATION FROM THE SAFETY COUNCIL AND DID HAVE SEVERAL PRO- <br />GRAMS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT WE DID NOT SUPPORT THE <br />ORIGINAL PROPOSAL BECUASE OF THE COST INVOLVED, BUT IT SEEMS TIMES <br />HAVE CHANGED: THERE NOW MAY BE GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE: AND HE -WOULD <br />SUPPORT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO SEEK FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THIS PURPOSE. <br />HE CONGRATULATED THE KIWANIS CLUB FOR INITIATING THIS PROJECT. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO MOVE <br />FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND L-IKE_THE IDEA OF AN OVERALL SAFETY <br />CAMPAIGN FOR BIKE RIDERS AND DRIVERS AS WELL. SHE NOTED THAT WE <br />HAVE REQUESTED THE DOT TO CLEAN UP THE BIKE PATHS ON 27TH AVENUE AND <br />FELT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN IN SUPPORT OF <br />BICYCLE PATHS. <br />_ PLANNING & ZONING DIRECTOR DAVID REVER COMMENTED THAT <br />-THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS THIS PROPOSAL. HE REPORTED THAT <br />THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW STAFF MEMBER, ARTHUR CHALLACOMBE <br />FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII, WHO HAS FIVE YEARS- EXPERIENCE WITH STATE <br />AND RECREATION PLANNING AND WHO WILL BE WORKING ON THE.RECREATIONAL <br />ELEMENT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. <br />BOOK FAvr ju <br />OCT 2 41979 21 <br />