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<br />Mr. Henry said there was value in having sidewalks and asked the group to consider having a five.foot <br />curbside sidewalk on the north side of the road east of the Post Office. <br /> <br />Ms. Vaughn asked what value such a sidewalk would add. Mr. Henry replied that without sidewalks <br />there was no way to have wheelchair access to that side of the road and people would have to walk in <br />mud. <br /> <br />Mr. Hill allowed as how he would agree if the businesses that were there served anyone in wheelchairs. <br />He reiterated the property owners' preference for no sidewalk. <br /> <br />Mr. Howard suggested that painted pedestrian crossings could be added to the plan to calm traffic. Mr. <br />Henry did not think the traffic engineer would approve of this. <br /> <br />Ms. Vaughn asked if there was foot or bicycle traffic to the bakery. Mr. Hill responded that occasionally <br />a bicycle visited the bakery. <br /> <br />Mr. Samer pointed out that employees needed to be considered and that there were storage lockers there <br />also. He also noted a sign he had recently seen advertising a teen dance at one of the locations. He <br />asked if Ms. Vaughn wanted to revisit the vote on the sidewalk. <br /> <br />Ms. Vaughn said her preference would be for a sidewalk with setbacks. <br /> <br />Mr. Hill stated that his business was on the property line and there was no more available right of way. <br /> <br />Mr. Hoobyar observed that sidewalks were being considered again. <br /> <br />Mr. Howard felt that the property owners had reached agreement on the sidewalks and others had been <br />amenable to it. He wanted the sidewalk issue to be left as it was with the first vote. <br /> <br />Mr. Hill wanted the sidewalk issue out of the conversation. <br /> <br />Mr. Meeker and Mr. Spain were undecided. <br /> <br />Mr. Austin wanted more discussion on the sidewalk issue. Mr. Meeker decided that he also wanted <br />more discussion. <br /> <br />Mr. Handy said the RRCO had done its best to get its proposal to people ahead oftime, but the property <br />owners' proposal had only been presented for review at this meeting. He asked if there was a way to go <br />to email and reconstruct all of the concerns into a form that .'everyone could live with." He wished to <br />add three amendments: <br /> <br />MINUTES-River A venue Stakeholder Group - <br />Public Works Department <br /> <br />October 5, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 10 <br />