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0 objected to a bike path because it only goes to the City limits and felt it would still be dangerous. He also questioned the estimated cost of $300,000 in the engineering report, and urged that this be further analyzed. Commissioner Scurlock suggested that the Commission seriously consider establishing the MSTU today and then conducting a straw ballot where the millage could be addressed. Mr. Collins stated that he could not speak for the committee, but he had no objection to it being put on the ballot at the next election; that all he was saying now is to get the clock ticking so that there is a MSTU in existence by the January 1st deadline. Ms. Darlene Morris expressed concern as to the danger of riding a bike or jogging on AI -A, noting that she herself has been knocked off a bicycle. She felt that a bike path should be built along that stretch because many children in the area ride their bikes between the subdivisions, as well as to other areas on South Beach. Ms. Morris pointed out that a lot of the people who signed the petition own several pieces of property and probably should have been counted more than once. She felt that just a small amount of people were opposed and that a referendum would pass in favor of the bike path. Mr. Robert Reider of the Moorings questioned what would happen to the bike path if at some future time AIA is widened. Chairman Bird explained that the plan shows the bike path quite a distance off AIA and Mr. Collins _ interjected that Jim Davis had designed the path to be located on the west extreme of the right-of-way, envisioning the future expansion of the road. Mr. Reider stated he was not aware of the proposed bike path until he received this agenda for this meeting. He heard that the person who circulated the petition in his 62 � �.3 JUN 15 1983 d� �A�7�i