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SCHEDULED ITEM NO. 2: L ACTION ON PENDING LEGISLATIVE MATTERS - Councilman Grabowski. � I Councilman Grabowski requested this item be continued to a future meeting. Council concurred. UNSCHEDULED ITEM NO. 1. REPORT ON BICYCLE PATH PLANS - Mrs. Millie Saviano. Pathway Committee Chairman Saviano reported on the work being done by the Committee to establish a Master Plan for Bicycle Routes in the Town and priorities were outlined to facilitate its accomplishment. Council concurrence was requested to the Committee's concept of com- bining paths and roads to attain a complete, effectual, safe, adequate- ly posted Bike Route system supplemented by 831 x 11 hand maps that would define the designated routes. Following discussion, the majority of the Council concurred that prior to their adoption of this proposal as the Master Bike plan for the Town, the Bike Route plan should be referred to the Planning Commission for its review and comments, as it relates to the overall Town Master Plan. An earlier motion by Councilman Grabowski to accept the report in tote as the Town's Master Bike plan was therefore withdrawn. MOTION, SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Grabowski moved, seconded by Helgesson and carried unanimously that the Pathway Committee's Report on Bicycle Path Plans, dated September 20, 1971 is acceptable ( to the Council, but review by the Planning Commission is desired, provided their comments are submitted back to the Council in time for discussion and action at the next Council meeting on October 4, 1971. UNSCHEDULED ITEM NO. 2: REQUEST FOR AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS FROM USING FREMONT ROAD AT THE "LITTLE TWISTER". Staff noted that this matter discussed several weeks ago had been re- ferred to the Pathway Committee for a recommendation. A letter from Mr. G. Bullis, 14085 Manuella Road was read urging adoption of an ordinance that would prohibit bicyclists and pedestrians from using Fremont Road at the "Twister". A letter from M. Willits, 26444 Ascension Drive noted bicyclists traveling on the right, heading down the Twister would encounter danger if required to utilize the path, since they would be forced to cross over Fremont Road to reach the Path. He therefore proposed that cyclists going downhill be allowed to use the road since they could travel at the same speed as an automobile anyway. ,,.eaking for the Pathway Committee, Chairman Saviano expressed re- servations as to the feasibility of prohibiting bikes from Fremont Road at the Twister. Council discussion concurred with the reserva- tions expressed by the Pathway Committee and Mr. Willits. Staff was requested to send letters to the schools urging use of the path by uphill traffic; that larger bike signs be posted at each end of the Twister Path; and that the lower access to the path be improved. d.L!