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...There were two parties that were public about their opposition to this bike lane, and both of them were, none of them are represented at this table. Because had you raised this issue publicly, it would have been clear what you were bringing on to the city.

And there are so many people, it's been such a victory to have this bike lane. With a few minor concerns, it can still be resolved. Now here's what I'd like to do.

I'd like to move a motion to, because the previous board at least had the courage to hear from the public on this issue. I'd like to move a motion. If I could put it up there, thank you, clerk, that staff be directed to report back to the board with a planning, whoops, that's not my motion, a motion to refer the motion to the board committee for public hearing at the next available public park board meeting.

And here's what really bugs me about this motion, is that we have no money in the budget to take the bike lane out in time for this holiday rush, which I haven't seen lately, and we certainly have no money to put the bike lane in next summer. So every engineer knows the cheapest way to solve this problem is to convert the current lane to a more permanent one over time, and I'd like to move a strike and replace motion. If I could ask the clerk to put that up, because this is what I think...

Yes, thank you Anthony a very interesting presentation, and I also read the letter that HUB Cycling sent to the Park Board earlier today. Thank you for all of that.
Now there was an assumption you made at the start that City Council has approved the two-way traffic on Beach Ave, but actually that was, as was pointed out, hopefully, is subject to Park Board approval, from the get-go. And that's what City Council said. So I'm just wondering, maybe whether your ambitions on your response are maybe a bit tame, because if Park Board did not want to support two lane traffic, two-way traffic on Beach Ave. Do you think HUB would would maybe go for that, or would accept that, if that was on the table that this board could potentially just reject the concept altogether?