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~~ council he had tried to find out about development coming down to County Line Road but couldn't confirm the rumors. Councilmen Shields, Bryant, and Dolen said they did not want to vote against this, but we cannot go across county lines. A motion was made by Councilman Bryant with a second by Councilman Dolen to deny the request to hook on to the sewer. Motion carried 4-0. The council discussed a truck route ordinance for the streets. They had a sample from Martinsville. President Warthen said Joe Beikman had put together a plan for alleviation to Truck routes. Three State Highways go right thru our Town. President Warthen liked the signage on the back copy of Martinsville's ordinance. Councilman Bryant said they had addressed this last year but had never pinned down a route or signage. Here in Mooresville you would stay on 42, 267, or 67 unless you were making a delivery. He would not want to open up other streets to allow trucks to travel on like North or South Indiana or East Main. This would also apply to IMI trucks. The Revitalization Committee invited 1NDOT to a meeting and Jerry Mayfield provided a video of traffic at the intersection of Main and Indiana, and when the guys were done watching the video they said the majority of the trucks that appeared on this video have been on your streets, not ours. They came from East Main Street and North Indiana Street that are not state roads and if you enforce this you would be helping yourself alleviate some of the traffic flow problems. Tim Currens said any ordinance like this as to damage to streets has to be related to some study of damages, but I think this can be done pretty easily. President Warthen said the trucks would be making more turns in Town, especially Nice-Pak, and the public safety exposure bothers him more than the damage to the streets. Councilman Bryant said what about a tri-axle gravel truck from a gravel pit somewhere outside of the county passing thru here and follows aNice-Pak truck down East Main Street and gets pulled over. He is going to say the truck in front of me was going the same way. Councilman Warthen said he was contemplating making Main and Old 67 a truck route. That is just a thought and making Monroe Street between Main a 42 a truck route. Councilman Bryant said he did not think that was necessary. That turn from 42 to Monroe is no different than the turn at 42 and 267,IIigh Street, or the turn they're going to make back on West Main Street. It's the same type of turn. Councilman Shields said he was pretty satisfied with the contents of the sample but he felt if exceptions were made this could be an endless process. Councilman Shields said if turns are added, that just makes the driver drive more responsibly. Cauncilman Bryant said the 1NDOT recommendation was to keep the trucks on state roads. Joe Beikman said he did not want the trucks to back up traffic. Councilman Bryant said if the trucks have designated raads then people would go a different way to get away from congestion. President Warthen said the parking ordinance was written with ability to review in six months to see if it was working, we could do this. Councilman Bryant asked Tim Currens if he could dig out what he had last year. Tim Currens commented our Town was distinct in that we have more state highways going thru our Town. He went on to say we needed to have a study first to back up the ordinance and then could proceed rather quickly. Generally what we do is have Tim Viles and Joe Beikman do the study to verify the need for the ordinance, looking at weight and damage and how it impacts our streets and see what would work best for us because we do have a right to govern health and safety. In other business Cauncilman Shields made a motion to transfer court pre-trial ticket and misdemeanor money back to the General Fund, Resolution #12, 2004. This is the money reimbursed to us by the Caunty. Councilman Dolen seconded the motion. Mation carved 4-0. A oration was made by Councilman Dolen with a second by Councilman Shields to approve Ordinance #1 S, 2004 rezoning Grace Missionary Church from Agriculture to B- 3. Motion carried 4-0. Councilman Dolen made a motion with a second by Councilman Shields to approve Ordinance #19, 2004 rezoning Sugar wood-Yeager LLC from Agriculture to B-1. Motion carried 4-0. A motion was made by Councilman Shields with a second by Councilman Dolen to approve Resolution #13, 2004 to set up anon-reverting fund in the General Bank for Storm water/sail erosion fees. Mation carried 4-0.