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at. King Street,- ,filed by Paul Robles, 2518 West Stanford Street on October 10, 197Z. The matter had been referred to staff omOctober 16, 1972. The report stated that a very extensive study had been made to determine how many. vehicles were using the driveway in question; that it had been clearly shown that a:great percentage of the traffic on Stanford Street was going to and from the shopping center; that there was another driveway located 130 feet south on King Street leading into the shopping center and that closing one driveway without the other would not keep shopping traffic off Stanford Street; that the closing of the second driveway would be an inconvenience to delivery trucks for the shopping center and that the closing of both: driveways would greatly inconvenience persons living nearby wishing to shop by car at the shopping center; that the shopping center property owner had existing access rights; that the purchase or condemnation of those access rights could cost the City several thousands of dollars; and that three stores in the shopping center, including States Brothers 1V[arket were against the driveway closure and therefore no voluntary dedication of the rights could be anticipated. The report recommended that the petition'be denied. Mr. Robles spoke, stating that to close the one driveway without the other would defeat the purpose; that many tickets had been given to Speeding motorists but had solved nothing; that the closing of the more southerly driveway, in his opinion, would not cause great difficulty for the trucks; that the inconvenience to nearby residents insofar as shopping was nothing compared to the problems of those living on Stanford Street; and that the stop sign that had ~been installed had not helped in that many people ignored it. Mr. Frink, representing Starer Brothers Market, 5540 Inner Circle, Riverside; .stated that he had just received staff, s report that day; that there Was' little they: Could do once traffic left the shopping center; that they would like to cooperate as much as possible to impair some of the velocity of the traffic such'as putting up stop signs at bo th exits or installing bumps in the-driveways. The Director of Public Works stated that there was clearly a conflict of land uses involved; that putting up stop signs had proven futile and the putting in of hazards such as bumps would not solve the problem; that the absence of a dedication to the City of the access rights was the real problem; that without the cooperation of the shopping center owners, the acquisition of the access rights was not economically feasible; and that there was no solution other than strict enforcement of the speeding laws. Darlene Harretson, 2509 WemtStanford, spoke in support of the petition, stating that money was not more important than children's lives; that they had been putting up with autos going 50, 60, and 70 miles per hour down Stanford Street; that one solution would be to dead-end Stanford; that if something were not done, she would personally go see her Congress- man or whoever could get something done. Mr. Ken Hislop stated that he had lived for 32 years at Z435 West Stanford, and inquired as to how many automobiles were going to the shopping center out of the total automobiles counted. The Director of Public Works responded repeating what had been set forth in his report. , Councilman Evans asked Mr. Robles how he felt about closing off just the one driveway and not both. CITY-COUNCIL MINUTES 61 FEBRUARY 20, 1973