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MAY <br />2 31989 <br />BOOK <br />76 <br />PAGE 904 <br />20th Avenue SW. <br />She understood that the possibility of <br />the <br />extension of 20th Avenue into the Highlands might come up today, <br />and she would like to bring up the problems they are already <br />having in their subdivision with traffic control. <br />Chairman Wheeler advised that the extension of 20th Avenue <br />is scheduled to come up at another meeting in several weeks, and <br />the Administrator explained that he received a letter from Mr. <br />Gist requesting that the matter of 20th Avenue be on this agenda, <br />but it was not received in time to be included. <br />Commissioner Scurlock commented that the question he has is <br />in the event we should decide to extend 20th Avenue SW, would we <br />also go on with the 17th St. SW project. He noted that the <br />Commission became aware of the need for additional access to the <br />Highlands several years ago, and at that time proposed the <br />extension of 20th Avenue into the Highlands. However, a number <br />of residents along 20th Avenue came in and objected, and the <br />Board in an attempt to reach a happy medium of trying to provide <br />additional access to the Highlands but not impact the residents <br />of Oslo Park, began exploring the access that would connect to <br />27th Avenue. Commissioner Scurlock stressed that while we may <br />not want to talk about all this today, he, for one, did not want <br />to vote to do a project that we may not be doing if we make a <br />decision a week from today that we approve the 20th Avenue <br />extension. <br />Commissioner Eggert stated that her feelings were that <br />depending on what came out here today, we would still need some <br />staffing on the 20th Avenue situation. Probably she would prefer <br />tabling the final decision on 17th until we brought 20th forward. <br />Director Davis informed the Board that it has been staff's <br />position that both connections are desirable. The goal is to <br />disperse the traffic so that traffic with a westerly destination <br />could go out 17th St. SW and the traffic with a northern destina- <br />tion would use 20th Avenue. Director Davis advised that we have <br />done recent improvements at 20th Avenue and Oslo Road to make <br />22 <br />