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The decision of the Zoning Administrator to deny the appli- cation was overruled, and the City Attorney was instructed to prepare a Resolution granting Minor Exception No. 75-5, for adoption by the Council at its next meeting, April 21, on motion of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Ortiz and carried on the following roll call vote: AYES: Bricken, Ortiz, Garthe, Ward NOES: Brandt, Evans, Yamamoto ABSENT: None CA 13.5 RECESS at 8:35 P.M., with all Council members Mayor Garthe declared a recess at 8:30 P.M.; Council reconvened present. 17TH STREET MEDIAN A petition with 285 signatures, requesting recon- sideration of the recent Council action approving the construction of a raised center divider on Seventeenth Street between Main and Ross Streets, was read aloud by the Clerk of the Council. It was filed with the Clerk by Mr. Wade Herrin on behalf of the property owners on and near Seventeenth Street. The City Attorney, responding to Mayor Garthe's request for a legal ruling on the reconsideration request stated that the request was related to another item on the Agenda, Project 1345 bid award; that the Project for the widening of Seventeenth Street, between Ross and Main, had been bid with the. median and without the median; that Council could award to the low bidder in either case; and there- fore the question of legality of the reconsideration is moot. Mr. Wade Herrin, 1505 North Baker, representing the peti- tioners, stated that all of the property owners and mer- chants in the area were opposed to the median; that to his knowledge, no previous Council had ever seen fit to override a 100 per cent protest; that the Fire Chief and Police Chief should provide input regarding the effect a median would have on service of emergency vehicles. Fire Chief Judd stated that he was not opposed to the con- struction of this particular median; however, that medians do hinder access to fire apparatus and sometimes result in the loss of precious minutes in arriving at the scene of a fire. Police Chief Davis stated that he had no major objections to medians if they are properly designed and traffic flows have been evaluated. Mr. Herrin suggested that adoption of a traffic control pat- tern similar to that on East 17th Street on the east side of Grand Avenue should be given consideration. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 144 APRIL 14, 1975