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Councilman Murray asked about proposed retirement of 11 "old look" buses in the 1976 program as indicated in the report. Also, what response the LTD staff had to park-and-ride facilities in transfer problem areas. Mr. Dyer explained that some of the buses proposed for reti.rement would be used to respond to "demand" use, some of - the older ones would be kept for historical purposes. He said installation of park-and-ride facilities was not considered the best use of fund.ing in this community. Surveys had indicated autoists had a tendency to pass them by, he said, and inad- vertently they were a source of more congest.ion and a.ir pollution. Park-and-ride facilities were more suitable to larger, more concentrated population areas where commuters traveled farther to get to urban centers. Councilman Murray then asked if the mode transfer facilities would be installed where bus shelters were. Also, if the 19 listed future transit system nodes were Comm the limit for the 1975-80 development plan period. Mr. Dyer said transfer facili- 7/23/75 t.ies were considered major transfer points, changing the mode of transportatiq~, File rather than just shelters. And the future nodes were predicated on demand- if a major regional shopping center was allowed through zoning or other regulations, that would be the 20th node. Councilman Murray hoped some provision would be made for shelters near senior citizen facilities where the need per person was significantly greater. Mr. Dyer said that there would be at least ten installed this year at major activity points, 26 are planned over the five-year period unless availability of money will accelerate. He said they had high priority but it was a matter of money/time - the more money there was available, the faster the installations could be made. Mayor Anderson expressed appreciation for presentation of the LTD report and suggested Mr. Dyer and Mr. Rynerson return if the Council had further questions after reviewing the full development plan. HH. LCOG Report on Committees - Copies of memo from LCOG were furnished to Council members with the agenda concerning a Task Force report on LCOG committees. Manager e noted concerns previously raised about the LCOG committee structure leading to creation of a special task force. The task force report was adopted by the LCOG Board and was being discussed with the Council, Manager said, to keep it aware of the Board's effort to keep its committees appropriately co~ordinated under elected officia{.s. Copies of the report were distributed with explanation by Assistant Manager that the LCOG Board was making a concerted effort toward more supervision of committees' aci tivi ties. Where it was found some were not function<<.-:- ing or where there were no funds available, dismissal was being considered. Ronel Paddock, chairman of the LCOG Board, noted recommendations contained in the report as the result of committee review by the Board to determine what was being accomplished, as well as what was not being accomplished. He thought implementation of those recommendations. would make ~he committees more effective in their work. Doug Halley, LCOG director, said the very strong and deep commitment of people serv- Corom ing on the LCOG Board should be kept in mind, that this review was an attempt to 7/23/75 maximize citizen effort so that it was not wasted or misdirected and serviced certain File community goals. Mayor Anderson commented that any report advocating abolition of committees had suit- able merit. Mrs. Bea1 thought it doubly important when at the same time it recog- nized the importance of citizen involvement. Mr. Halley answered that it couldn't be considered just "abolition." It was a case of putting available resources to those committees with the most clearly defined charge and which were the most ef- . fective, more of a priority decision. He said the Board at its meeting July 24 would review recommendations to suspend the activities of two committees until there was a certain amount of support to continue programs with which they were involved. . Councilwoman Beal noted the Affirmative Action Committee appeared to have taken care of minorities' problems but that there was a majority - women - who did not appear to be very well represented. She hoped that .would be brought to the attention of the Affirmative Action Committee. 7/28/75 - 16 43+."