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ROSS STREET A~!.~GNMENT , ~ ~ t{e.aring was opened on establishment of <br />S. P. S.A. ~35 - PUBLIC- HEARING spedffic street alignment for Ross Street <br /> .:.: between First and Sixth Streets, S.P.S.A. <br />#35. There being n° ~esponse.t0 the c~!~ fo~' testimony, the hearing ~vas closed. <br /> <br />On m, qtion of Councilm~an Herring, seconded~by Councilman Carlson and carried, <br />Council approved the recoramen~dation of the Planning Commission and instructed <br />the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance adding Section 9271.62 to the Municipal <br />Code, designating alignment of ~Ross Street between First and Sixth Streets as <br /> <br />shown in S. P. S.A. #35. <br /> <br />BROADWAY EXTE NSIO~ <br />PUBLIC HEARING <br /> <br />He~ri~g was opened on the proposed <br />amendment to the Arterial Streets and <br />Highways element of the General Plan, <br /> <br />involving the interchange complex in the vicinity of Main Street and the Santa <br />Aha Freeway, and inc. l~ding altprnate proposals f0r.the extension of Broadway <br />over the Santa An~ Freeway, ~f~,er review and explanation by the Public Works <br />Dire,ctor.. ~ <br /> <br />Opponents: Delbert Conner, 1440 E. 17th Street; Arthur Bradley; <br /> Virginia Morri~onl 232'0 N. B~oadway; and Carl Cowles, <br /> attorney, 2435 Bonnie Brae. <br /> <br />Opponents stated that the proposed extension led no where; that no decision had <br />been reached on the Memory Lane~ extension; that it would cost less to build a <br />bridge ;on the Main Street area; that there are more .than t~'o alternatives; that the <br />proposal requi~res much. more study; that the plan calls for cul de sacing <br />North Park Bou,levard which would create an intolerable traffic problem on <br />the 35-foot streets that~lead to Santa Clara Avenue; that cul de sacing North <br />Park Boulevard sh0uld be considered separately by the Council to allow for <br />a full review of the pros and cons. <br /> <br />Proponents: Richard Hanes, 2301 North Park Boulevard, who stated that <br /> he strongly supported the recommended "West Alternate" plan. <br /> <br />The public Works Director explained that if North Park Boulevard were a cul <br />de sac, it would restr~ict traffic on all the streets in the subdivision, that the <br />traffic going north ,on. Broadway would bypass it, and that it would eliminate <br />many dangerous turning movements in the intersection itself. He pointed out <br />that the cul de sacing could be considered separately. <br /> <br />After discus.sior~ by Council, it was moved by Councilman:Brooks, seconded <br />by Councilman Herrin, t° postpone, the matters of Broadway and North 'Park <br />Boulevard,for three months, and to temporarily close Park:Boulevard <br />experimentally during this time to study the results. <br /> <br />After fur%her disc~ission, it Was moved by Councilman Griset, seconded by <br />Councilman Carlson, to amend Councilman Brooks' motion by delaying for <br />three months only the decision on the Broadway North Park Boulevard <br />cul de sac, but to proceed with the Council's determination of the selection <br /> <br />(continued) <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />157 <br /> <br />,March 17, 1969 <br /> <br /> <br />