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312 PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT Council directed Staff to LOAN PROGRAM take all necessary steps ESTABLISHED for the establishment of a HUD Section "312" Loan Program and to notify the Los Angeles Area Office of HUD (Housing and.Urban Development) of the City's request for funding and assistance in staff training, on the unanimously approved 7:0 motion of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman BrandS. Prior to the motion, Alice McCullough, Coordinator for the Community Development Office, quoting excerpts from her report dated August 18, stated that the City has the opportunity to apply for some additional Federal funds for low-interest improve- ment loans for residential and commercial properties; and that immediate action is recommended because new money for this Program becomes available in October. The following persons spoke in support of the Program: Ruby Epps, 626 Jackson, representing the SANO Housing Committee Rosie Montoya, 2039 Hickory Street CA 140.20 SANTIAGO STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES - STATUS REPORT STAFF INSTRUCTED Street Traffic Management Plan: Council instructed the Staff to consider the the f611owing modifica- tions in the Santiago 1. Additional stop signs on Santiago Street; 2. Redesign of entire intersection at Memory Lane and. Santiago Street to encourage disincentives for use; 3. Removal of existing traffic control devices; 4. Examination of cost of extension of Lincoln; Development of a projection based upon the build-out of areas in Santa Ana and Orange and what it means to future traffic movement; Examination of whether or not a one-way street on Santiago is feasible in terms of exiting but preventing re-entry; 7. Allowance for the future role of Valencia in the Traffic Management Program. The motion of instruction was made by Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Brandt and carried 7:0 unanimously. Prior to the motion, Council considered the report dated August 14, 1978 prepared by Thomas Brohard and listened to a summary of the traffic control measures taken in an attempt to reduce speeding and traffic volume on Santiago Street during the preceding months and the public reaction to them. The following persons spoke on the subject: Claudia Farley, 120 Bachman Drive William May, 2401 North Santiago Margaret Wattles, 406 Virginia Carol Casperson, 926 E. Park Lane Clyde Gilbert, 2405 Valencia Street Isabel Reed, 2418 Larchmont Bob Carp, 2610 N. Santiago CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 358 AUGUST 21, 1978