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lequest loseph G. Tirico and ~aurice N. Rice ~bmndon alley btn ~ain and Bush Request Allan D. ltansen ~aiver of License fee for peddling l~equest .~rs. C. D. Mitchell, al, Traffic Signal Edifier Ave. and Green- ~ille St. Report i Manager Relocation of Vehicle Parking 'District properties street running west fro~ Newhope Street approximately 825 feet, have been checked II and it was found that 68.199% have signed (on a frontage basis), 63.66~ (on an are~! basis)~ and 62.50~ (on number of parcels). On motion of Councilman Hubbard, secon~- ed by Brewer and carried, the petition was received and filed, the report of the Director of Public Works accepted, and the Department of Public Works instructed to prepare plans and specifications to provide for the improvements in accordance with! the petition. Communication was presented from Joseph G. Tirico and M~urice M. Rice requesting the abandonment of an alley, approximately 1~2.5 feet in length by 14.75 feet wide, running east and west from the easterly side of North Main Street to an intersec- tion with a north-south alley and Bush Street, as the alley has not been used as such for several years. On motion of Councilman Hubbard, seconded by Schlueter and carried, the matter was referred to the M~nager for investigatio~ and recommmendatio~. C~=-,.mication was presented from Allan D. Hansen, Pastor~ St. 01af Lutheran Church~ Garden Grove, on behalf of Paul Belrose, a cerebral palsy victim~ who desires to peddle in the City during the balance of May and the month of June, requesting con? sideration concerning the $5.00 per day license fee as it decreases his earnings considerably. On motion of Council-~u Hubbard, seconded by Brewer and carried, the request forwmiYe~.of license fee was denied. Comm~nications were presented from Mrs. C. D. Mitchell, 2517 West Pomona Street, Mrs. Allen W. Garrett~ 2222 West Borchard Avenue, and Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, First Grade Teacher, Diamond School, 2305 West Edinger Avenue, requesting the installa~' tion of a traffic signal at the intersection of Edinger Avenue and Greenville Street. On motion of Councilman Hubbard, seconded by Brewer and carried, the com-~ munlcations were received and filed. ~The N~nager orally reported on October 16, 1961, the City Council received a re- quest from the Off-Street Parking Co~.~-~ssion that the City undertake a study of the feasibility and economics of a potential relocation of the parking area operat ed and controlled by the C.~--.tssion, said present area to be sold to the Telephonei! Company and to be replaced by the purchase of property on the south side of Fifth ii Street between Bush and Spurgeon Streets. The Council then requested my office undertake a survey of the matter and:to make a report. We found at the very be- ginning of the study that merely making estimates of costs and investigations of procedure would not be adequate, in that the complexities of multiple property ownership and existing leases, on the relocation properties were such that it was necessary to enter into direct negotiations with property owners and to take actions in regard to the encumbering leases. During this period of study and negotiation ~, the Council has authorized the filing of condemnation actions which, if prosecuted? to completion, would accomplish the purchase of the relocation properties. I n°w wish to report as follows: --] (A). The property held in trust by the First Western Bank may be purchased on an agreed upon satisfactory price but will require the filing of a condemnation~ action in order to assure that all parties concerned are adequately protected against any possible conflicts of interest; (B). The properties owned by a variety of ~wners.having undivided partial interests, but primarily under a trusteeship located in San Fran~ cisco, can be pmrchas~lupon a fair and agreed upon price with but one complicatioa,