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PUBLIC HEARING WEED ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT (continued) On motion of Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Villa, Council upheld the 1969 Weed Abatement Assessments as levied on Parcels AP 09-176-02 and AP 09-176-03, on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Herrin, Evans, Markel, Patterson, Villa, Yamamoto, Griset None None PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to Section 122.22 of the Streets SANTA ANA FREEWAY and Highways Code, the public hearing AGREEMENT AMENDMENT to consider the Amendment to the Freeway Agreement dated February 15, 1954, regarding ramp modifications to be constructed by the City on the Santa Ana Freeway at Grand and Washington between Fruit Street and Lincoln Avenue, was opened by the Mayor. The Public Works Director displayed an aerial photograph showing the Santa Ana Boulevard project and the proposed modifications, explaining that the plan shown on Exhibit D is the recommended plan which has the approval of the State Division of Highways and is being recommended for construction by the City staff. He stated that the recommended plan would cul-de-sac Washington Avenue at the offramp; alternate access routes to the cul-de-sac portion of Washinglon Avenue (Fuller Street to offrarnp) will be via the Santiago Street connection with Santa Ana Boulevard and Washington Avenue and/or the Fuller Street connection. The following spoke in opposition to the proposed modifications: C. B. Knickerbocker, President of the Board of Directors of the Santa Aha Community Hospital, located at 1600 East Washington Avenue; Ken Brimlow, owner of property at 1107 East Washington; John Stegmaier, of Owl Rock Products Company; Kenneth Case, owner of a small electronics manufacturing company at 1018 Norlh Lincoln Avenue; Oakes Newcom, owner of Big N Too! Grinding, 1008 North Lincoln Avenue; Stanley Dicken, with Lord-Babcock, Inc., 1146 East Washington. These persons were concerned with ingress and egress to their business properties, inconvenience to their employees, possible loss of customers, and in the case of Community Hospital additional time to get to the hospital from the Freeway. The hearing was closed. After discussion by Council, it was moved by Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Villa, to authorize execution of the proposed modification of the Freeway Agreement which provides for the redesigning of Freeway offrarnp of the Santa Ana Freeway to Santa Aha Boulevard and that the Agreement Amend- ment 07-Ora-5 31.5/~2.1 between Fruit Street and Lincoln Avenue be approved as submitted by the State Division of Highways. The motion was adopted on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Herrin, Patterson, Villa, Yamamoto, Griset Evans, Markel None CITY COUNCIL -23 - January 19, 1970