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86 Public Hearing re: Reopening streets downtown which cross the Mall Appointment re: Informat ion a~d Referral Board Staff Report re: Bus Service to Pen Park Appropriation re: $3,000 - Second Street Gallery - DEFEATED a decision be made on the~use of~'these'~funds by April 12, 1976. A public hearing was also held on this date on a proposal to close Third, Fourth and Fifth Streets to through traffic across The Mall. Letters were presented from a large majority of the businesses along Main Street requesting that these streets be closed to through traffic. A number of people representing both businesses downtown and shoppers addressed the Council in opposition to allowing traffi~ across the Mall. Representatives of some of the businesses at Fourth and Main street addressed the Council in opposition to closing Fourth Street. They 'sited problems with deliveries and also trash collection. The City Manager stated that most of the service and delivery problems can be solved, but some of them can not be solved. He also stated that the trash collection problem could be solved. A motion by Mrs. Rinehart, seconded by Mr. Fife that action on this matter be deferred until April 12, 1976 and the City Manager be requested to present some solutions to some of the problems, was adopted by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Fife and Mrs. Rinehart. Noes: Mr. Gilliam and Mr. Van Yahres. ~on motion b~ Mrs. Rinehart, Mrs. Nora Beavers was appointed to the Information and Referral Board, by unanimous vote. A staff report was presented showing the possibility of running a bus line to Pen Park in the summer of 1976. The report stated that to operate a bus line on Saturdays only during June and everyday but Sunday during July and August would cost approximately $3,076, but did not recommend that the route be implemented this summer. After a lengthy discussion, a motion by Mr. Gilliam, sec. onded by Mrs. Rinehart that the bus route be operated to Pen Park on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during June and July on a trial basis, was unanimously adopted. On motion by Mr. Gilliam, seconded by Mr. Fife the City Manager was requested to made a recommendation on the time for the bus line to operate to Pen Park. The resolution appropriating $3,000 for the Second Street Gallery, which was offered at the meeting of the Council on February 18, 1976, was defeated by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Gilliam and Mr. Van Yahres. Noes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Fife and Mrs. Rinehart.