08/15/77 Board of Public Works Minutes

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0 REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 15, 1977 b. Solicitations may be made at the exits of shopping centers on shopping center property. However, when this is anticipated, permission from the owners of the shopping centers must accompany the request to the Board of Public Works. C. Consideration may be given to the use of a separate lane in the parking area manned by personnel from the sponsoring organization. The motorist could, if he wished, enter the lane without obstructing traffic and re-enter the flow of traffic with relative safety and ease. The location of such lanes would be in areas where parking presently exists and only in areas approved by the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department Traffic Division. The Board requested that the guidelines be mailed to all groups. which have requested such fund solicitations at intersections in the past. PERMISSION DENIED TO SOLICIT FUNDS AT TWO IRELAND ROAD INTERSECTIONS The recommendation of the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting to deny the request of the Muscular Dystrophy Association to collect funds at the intersections of Ireland and U. S. 31 and Ireland and Miami was tabled, pending adoption of formal guidelines for such activities. Mr. McMahon made a motion that the Board accept the recommendation to deny permission to use the intersections at Ireland and U. S. 31 and Ireland and Miami for the Muscular Dystrophy Association fund drive. Mr. Brunner seconded the motion. The motion carried. Mr. McMahon noted that the Association has submitted a list of alternate intersections for consideration. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board approved the alternate list subject to concurrence by the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department Traffic Detail, with the stipulation that if no intersections on the alternate list are acceptable, the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department will work out acceptable sites with the representatives of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. There being no further business to come before the Board, upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the meeting adjourned at 10:05 a.m. f!