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APR 9 ig$o - - - -"BOOK 43 PAGE169 ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON ADVISED THEY HAVE ALREADY SET IN MOTION THE PLANS TO TAKE THE LIdHT DOWN AT N0. GIFFORD RD. & U.S. I AND THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO PUT ONE UP AT KINGS HIGHWAY & STATE -ROAD 60 BUT THE MONEY IS NOW THE PROBLEM; THEREFORE, THIS HAS BEEN PUT ON A PRIORITY BASIS. COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION IS THAT THE LIGHT UNDER DISCUSSION HAS CAUSED MORE CONFUSION AND ACCIDENTS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INTERJECTED THAT THE LIGHT IS JUST A SCHOOL CROSSING LIGHT AND IS NOT LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION. MR. LUNDY BROUGHT UP ITEM 4 IN HIS LETTER REGARDING SPEED LIMITS ALONG NORTH GIFFORD ROAD AND SUGGESTED THAT THE SPEED LIMIT BE REDUCED AND ENFORCED, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SUGGESTED THEY WRITE A LETTER TO THE SHERIFF CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT OF THE SPEED LIMIT. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON NOTED THEY HAVE REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT THERE FROM 45 TO 35 MPH AND PUT IN A SCHOOL CROSSING. THE LAST ITEM IN MR. LUNDY'S LETTER REGARDING RUMBLE STRIPS FOR 43RD AVENUE AND SOUTH GIFFORD ROAD WAS DISCUSSED, AND MR. LUNDY REPORTED THAT THREE DEATHS AND MANY NARROW ESCAPES HAVE OCCURRED AT THAT INTERSECTION. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION. THE BOARD"THEN RETURNED TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT GIFFORD PARK AND ASKED COMMUNITY -DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN FOR HIS COMMENTS. COMMUNITY( DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN OUT TO THE PARK RECENTLY AND THERE IS A FENCE THERE, BUT NOT ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE TENNIS COURT - THIS IS AN INVITATION FOR SOMEONE TO DRIVE THEIR CAR OR TRUCK OVER THE COURT. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE FENCE WAS NEEDED FOR SECURITY AS MR. LUNDY REPORTED SOMEONE WAS FOUND ON THE TENNIS COURT WITH THEIR CAR DOING SOME REPAIR WORK. 26