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. ~rcl8n :rills COline:': , , rp~i ~ '2; , 0(\.... College has its OWL shuttle se~vice ~hich serves its students, but t~at Northwestern College has indicated a large need for transit serVlce. Malo~e supported Option 2. Councilmember Mahowald agreed that Optian 2 appears to serve more of the comr;mLi t;i and asked '",hether there would be designated bus stops. Rosvold stated that users will "flag" the bus at major intersections. and ideally; the ro~te would eve~tually be ap~ropriately signed. Rosvold added that Ro~te 102 will also provide additi~nal service to some of Arden Hills, ~hat can~ect~Gns between Route 10: and 1.02 are planned at the Target Greatland lccaticG anC Rose~ale mall. Rosvcld said the ~TB is also working on adding park and ride lets and U of ~ routes. . councilmernber Hicks asked how freguen~ly Route 1,01 would be serviced and what factors might cause the route to bE changed. Rosvold said that it is expected that Route 101 would be se~viced once pe~ ~our on weekdays and Saturdays, that 75~'125 riders per da}' is a minimum ridership level, and current policy is to allow any new route an 18-month trial before considering route changes. l.''''''',mTr,'1: . .l.'~.~ ... .:.. ',,- ~\ . Malo~e moved, seconded by Mahowald, to support the R~3IS Route Transit Service i~cDrporating Option 2 for Rcute 101. Mctio~ car~ied unanimously (4-0). Residents from two homes l~cated alo~g County ~oad ~ expressed cppositi0~ to routi~g the tLa~sit service along Co~nty Road E, concerned that there j.s already a very ~eavy ~8vel of traffic on County Road E, a~d buses would CLeat~ Do~e ~ojse. 3ir pollution and safety hazards. They '~Cimrr.ented. that they are comm: tt.ed t-:) improvin-g their homes but additio2 af the ~us route would lower the quality f life fo~ residents along Cou~ty Road E. They also commented that service to Arden Plaza is not necessary since the shopping center is dying new due to the loss of the g~ocery store at the Plaza. Councilrnember Malone reminded that the buses are 30' long as opposed to the size of large city buses and theoretically t~e buses should decrease the 3UtO traffic en the street. . C:J-~l::.::ilmerr,bel~ Mahowald alsG advised that the RTB has tt~c: po~er tc proceed w~thout the City's support, but the C~u2cil has t~ied to provide reasonable input to maximize the benefit t.c- trF; '~ommunity as a whole. He CGI7llTU?11t'3d :J-lat l'':;. i~ like~y that bus routes along major thoroughfares maxiITize r-:..dersh:..p _