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the warrants in the manual for a four-way stop and some judges will throw any violations out because of that. County Attorney Vitunac did not believe there is a legal problem with putting the signs wherever we want to. Commissioner Eggert knew that the people in the area have a definite concern about traffic. She also was sure the Sheriff is patrolling the area the best he can, but he does have other priorities; so, if cars are forced to stop at a stop sign, whether it is good traffic planning or not, she felt it might serve to cut down the problem. Commissioner Bowman asked if the children have to walk down the side of the road from school buses, and Mr. Myers noted there is a school four blocks away and the children do walk on the side of the road and sometimes even down the middle of the road. Discussion continued at length as to where the best place would be to locate a four-way stop if one were to be put in this area. Director Davis continued to argue that if you are trying to slow traffic, enforcement is the best way to do it, but if the Board directs that a four-way stop be located in the area, he advised that 19th Ave. does connect to the north to a paved road that goes from 14th St. SW all the way through the Oslo Subdivi- sion past Thompson School to Oslo Road. It is probably used more than the other roads in the area and would be the most likely candidate for a four-way stop. He feared, however, that we then will have more requests for four-way stops and again emphasized that we have only received one complaint in this area. Commissioner Eggert believed there are more complaints out there, and Mr. Myers pointed out that he previously had presented the Board with a petition signed by many residents on 19th Ave. SW. and 15th St. SW. asking for stop signs because there are a lot of children in that area. &oar 66, F4.r® 19