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<br />A Special Meeting was held on the call of the Mayor, at 4:30 P.M.,
<br />November 12, 1957, after service of written notice thereof was
<br />delivered personally to Royal Eo Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould Jr.,
<br />A.A. Hall and J. Ogden Markel, and to the Tustin News, a newspaper,
<br />by United States mail posted November 8, 1957, who had demanded notice
<br />of Special Meetings.
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<br />Meeting called to order by the M~yor.
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<br />Present:
<br />Absent~
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<br />Councilmen Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould, Jr.,
<br /> A.A. Hall, J. Ogden Markel, Dale H. Heinly
<br />Councilmen None
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<br />No Parking or Stopping
<br />North Main Street, First
<br />to Ninth Streets
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<br />Council Chamber
<br />Santa Ana City Hall
<br />November 12, 1957.
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<br />4:30 P.M.
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<br /> The Mayor announced the purpose of the meeting was to consider the continuation,
<br /> recision, change or modification of a prohibition of parking, stopping, or standing
<br /> on North Main Street from First to Ninth Streets.
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<br /> Communication~romAmalia A. Eastman, Arden Farms Co., S. Thompson McNeal and one
<br /> ano~,mous, were presented and on motion of Councilman Gould, seconded by Markel and
<br /> carried, the communications were received and filed.
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<br /> Mr. Thornton, City Manager, presented data accumulated f~ the past two or three
<br /> years. The latest traffic count on Main Street at Fourth showed that approximately
<br /> 850 cars per hour travel the street and if parking were removed between First and
<br /> Ninth Street it would increase the flow of traffic. He said the peak traffic on wee
<br /> days increases from about 10 A.M. until 6 P.M. and on Fridays and Saturdays about
<br /> 900 cars per hour travel the street from 8:30 A.M. to 8 P.M. He stated that it is
<br /> physically and economically prohibitive to widen the street in the area. He would
<br /> consider having the present Resolution modified b~ allowing commercial vehicles to
<br /> load or unload on the street before 10 A.M.
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<br /> On motion of Councilman Hall, seconded by Gould and carried, the communication of
<br /> James M. Anderson, objecting to parking being prohibited in front of Walston & Co.,
<br /> 713 N. Main Street, was received and filed.
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<br />Mr. Blackburn, Manager of Montgomery Ward Co., acted as spokesman for the comittee,
<br />objected to no parkLug and no stopping on Main Street from First to Ninth Streets,
<br />f~r the following reasons: It would mean the removal of meters, customers would be
<br />unable to park, customer's freight would he difficult to handle, unloading of freight
<br />almost an impossibility, Doctor's patients unable to walk any distance would suffer
<br />greatly, parents of children attending the theatre would be unable to stop, persons
<br />staying at the hotel would have to stop on the side street to unload their luggage,
<br />stores and tenants in the buildings would all suffer hardships. He suggested that
<br />parking be prohibited during the peak hours or as an alternate establish ons-way
<br />streets; that proper signs be installed at the entrances of the City designating the
<br />downtown and beach areas; designate truck routes; synchronize traffic signals and
<br />enforce double parking regulations to alleviate traffic.
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<br />James M. Anderson could see no reason to ban traffic between the hours of 7 A.M. and
<br />9 A.M. from Seventh to Ninth Streets and hoped Main Street would be widened from
<br />Sixth Street on.
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<br />Chas. D. Swarmer, representing the uwners of the Santiago Building, felt the tenants
<br />of the building would suffer from the parking ban and merchants could not subsist if
<br />the plan is adopted. He suggested trying out restricted parking.
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<br />Mr. Brucker, 409 N. Main Street, stated that the parking meter money should be used
<br />by the City to provide parking lots. Also, pointed to the fact that downtown mer-
<br />chants in Los Angeles had moved to other locations because of restricted parking.
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<br />Mr. Walter Ridgway inquired about commercial vehicles making deliveries on the street
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