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City And School Officials Reach Accord On Buses

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12
Month
February
Year
1969
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General agreement between representatives of the City Council and the Ann Arbor Board of Education that the Transportation Authority is the ultímate agency to solve the area's bus problems was reached this morning. Three school board members attending the special session also agreed to do all that is possible to aid in financing a system this September. School Board President Joseph R. Julin will present to the total board next Wednesday a resolution stating the board's position of willingness to cooperate in the long-range solution of transportation problems and to pro vide "all financial resources available" for this purposes. Although this resolution does not commit any school board funds to the solution of t h e busing prblems, Mayor Wendell E. Hulcher said this morning it may be enough to get the required eight votes on the City Council to support the Transportation Authority's plan for providing bus service here. That plan carries a $120,000 price tag. Julin said he would have five members of the Board of Education sponsor the proposed resolution, thus insuring its success at Wednesday's meeting. The City Council meets Tuesday night and will be faced with the Trnsportation Authority's proposal. The authority will hold an allday work session Saturday to work out the details of its plan for presentation to council Tuesday. School board members indicated this morning that its backing of the authority for total transportation implies that the board will eventually get out of the transportation business, although this is probably not a possibility for this fall. 1 If the board did stop busing students, it could contribute upwards of $150,000 to the Transportation Authority for provisión of service. If the council approves the $120,000 package, the authority would service in-city school children this September whüe the school board continued to transport out-of-city children. Plans would then be worked out to have the authority assume the entire responsibility.