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(Lathrop) up on the mesa. The winds up on the mesa are absolutely nothing to the winds that assault this property here. For example, we had a glass patio table at our old house for five or six years. Within one week of putting it out on the deck of the house on South Lark, it was shattered. We had a gazebo with an aluminum frame, which we had at the old property for three or four years and within a week of having it on South Lark it was blown over by the wind. The point I'm making is that the wind in this area is severe. If there is construction going on here, I would like to see some precautions taken in terms of wetting the soil to keep the down, because the wind blows there constantly. Wood stated that it's a nuisance issue. He felt that some clarification as a part of the PUD comment or at least something that can be transferred through the building permit process, which would be an agreement to shut down upon the time of some determination established by the weather service. He stated that he would be willing to work with any type of additional restriction that shuts them down on days that are gusting. Sisk wondered why there couldn't be, as part of the agreement, that when the winds are blowing "X" miles per hour, work stops. Wood: I would fully agree with that. Nichols: We agree to that. Hedding felt that there should be a light at Century and McCaslin. Blankenship: I think in everybody's mind in long term that there is a light that's going to be installed at that location. Purely from a traffic engineering perspective, a traffic control devise is installed for a very specific reason. I would strongly recommend that a traffic signal not be installed until the proven warrants have been met. We will continue to monitor it closely. 26