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95 L Fourth Street and should be four lanes instead of one-way. Property o~ners on First Street are willing to donate their property for the widening, as was done on North Main Street~ and urged that First Street be made four lanes. On motion of Councilman Gould, seconded by Hubbard and carried, the petitions were received and filed. A.C.Munselle, 1004 East First Street, stated he has been in business on East First Street since 192~, o~ns property on Walnut Street and is opposed to First Street being one-way. Frank Gelinas, Secretary, Santa Ana Chsmber of Commerce, said the widening of First Street from Main Street to Harbor Boulevard should be given first consideration and the dedication of rights of way by property owners should be considered. Also, by widening First Street, the values of the properties will be increased and the people should go along with the dedication of the properties. He suggested that the $304,000.00 balance in the parking meter fund be used for traffic purposes. Mr. L. L. Barnett, aaid he has been in business at the corner of East First Street and Maple Ayenue since 19~4 and is willing to donate from 5 feet to 8 feet of frontage free if the City would widen First Street. Ray Churchill, owner of a cleaning establishment on First Street, J.E.Preston, 1~29 Bush Street, owner of property at the corner of First and Orange, and A.H.D~y, automobile dealer~ 524 East First Street, were opposed to one-way traffic on First Street~ as it will cause loss of revenue and devaluation of their properties. Arthur A. May, 7~0 South Birch Street, said that Loan Companies would not care to loan money on property on First Street if it is a one-way street and suggested widening First Street from Main to Artesia, and felt that First Street is not too heavily traveled except around the hour of 4:00 P.M. Ray McCoy, automobile dealer, 1605 West First Street, i Mr. Cozad, owner of property at Sycamore and First Streets, and James Kelly, owner of property on First Street, were willing to donate ~property for the widening of the street. Mar~in Maness, service station operator, First and Broadway, ~equested information as to the cost of traffic signals at Bristol, Flower, Main and Broadway and the Manager informed him that it wo~ld be included in a cost figure of $50,000.00 which represents cost of all improvements on Walnut Street. Nathan Rubaloff said the lots on First Street are shallow, that four-lanes wo~ld not be sufficient to handle the traffic, necessitating six lanes in four or five years. He expressed the opinion that the City Administration, having studied the problem, is better able to Judge what would facilitate the traffic problem. Mr. Gurnee, requested information as to the cost of widening; if parking meter funds could be used for that purpose, and suggested that Walnut Street could be made one-way more economically than First Street. Mr. Rubaloff referred to the petitions signed by 256 persons on Walnut Street~ previously submitted to the Council, and requested the comments be read. The Mayor complied by reading some of the comments. The Manager said that Santa ~ua is both a residential and commercial City, that 50~ of the sales tax revenue is collected within the core of the City; First Street and Seventeenth Street are the real entries to the City, approximately 12,000 cars a day on First Street and 18, OO0 on 17th Street. Also, a four-lane widening would not be adequate for more than a few years. It would cost approximately $50,000.00 to make First Street and Walnut Street one way to provide for 20,000 cars per day. It would cost $800,000.00 to widen First Street to four lanes to provide for the s~mc 20,000 cars per day. Th~ Mayor declared the hearing closed. Councilman Hall commented that there must be some other solution than a one-way l~rogrsm. Councilman Markel commented that with the willingness of the people to give the City sufficient property to widen First Street, to allow it to be widened to a four-lane highway, he would be 100~ for