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CITY COUMCIL MINUTES - April 16, 1975 <br />City Manager Robert Crowe explained that the Variance Request for the Lands of <br />Smith for an existing tennis court was not on the Agenda, but that Staff was in <br />the process of scheduling a meeting concerning this request and would appear on <br />the next Agenda. <br />Mr. Crowe also noted that the City Attorney had not had a chance to prepare the <br />appropriate Resolutions concerning the Traffic Survey Report, and this item would <br />also appear on the next Council Agenda on Play 7, 1975. <br />C. SPECIAL REPORTS: <br />1. Presentations from the Floor: <br />a) Bullis-Purissima Parent Advisory Board - Report on Transportation <br />Problems: <br />Mr. Michael Sibitz, Principal of Bullis School, informed Council that <br />because of financial problems facing the School District, Bullis School. <br />was faced with a severe problem in that a recommendation had been made <br />to delete the transportation budget for the next school year. Because <br />a great number of children in the Town depended on buses for transportation <br />to schools because of the distance from home, an Ad Hoc Committee had <br />been formed to study the problem by the Parent Advisory Board. <br />Mrs. S. Hall and Mrs. M. Balkenhol presented their findings to date on <br />alternative solutions to the problem which had been approached, including <br />private bus leasing, contacting the County regarding Dial -a -Bus, and <br />other bus services. She presented the costs estimated by the various <br />companies, noting that the ',ar-nt Board was not certain how many parents <br />would be amenable to chartering a private bus service. <br />After the presentation, Mayor Grabowski commented that he felt Council <br />would do all it could to assist the parents with the problem, and suggested <br />a Committee be formed of members of the City Council and the Parent <br />Advisory Board to study the problem more deeply and to return to Council <br />with a palatable plan relating to costs of bus service. <br />Discussion ensued regarding how a private service would be audited, the <br />charges made and their collection and enforcement procedures. Councilman <br />Helgesson referred to the study completed by the Bechtel Corp. regarding <br />the Dial -A -Bus service, and reported on discussions to date. He noted that <br />he would stay on top of this situation and would keep the Board advised in <br />this regard. <br />Councilwoman Miller felt the District should be asked to review their <br />priorities, and asked the City Attorney if the District could not be asked <br />to participate in the costs of a private bussing service. Mr. Gillio <br />responded that the District could be asked, but that since the problem was <br />L a question of budgeting and funding, that the District could not be forced <br />`r to participate in such a program. <br />Mayor Grabowski appointed Councilman Helgesson to Chair the Committee <br />to study the transportation problem, and Councilwoman Miller to the <br />Committee. He also requested that Mrs. Hall, Firs. Balkenhol, and Mr. <br />B. Pfefer to represent the Parents Advisory Board on the Committee, and <br />-9- <br />