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) Mr. Gleason introduced City Traffic Engineer Jim Hanks. Mr. Hanks said that the . council was being asked to hear an appeal of an administrative decision to remove three automobile and one motorcycle parking spaces on the east side of Olive Street, north of 11th Avenue. He said that the parking removal had been requested by Lane Transit District (LTD) and noted that a memorandum on the matter from Ellen Bevington, Planning Administrator for LTD, had previously been distributed to the council. Mr. Hanks said that if the council took no action on the matter, the staff decision would be upheld but that a council motion would be needed to uphold the appeal. Public hearing was opened. John Hammer, 369 Sunset Drive, said that he and Don Furtick were owners of the buildlng at the northeast corner of Olive Street and West 11th Avenue. He noted that the building had in the past few years attracted six new businesses to Eugene. He said that he and his partner had more than $500,000 invested in the building and that they feared removal of the subject parking spaces would cause tenants in the building not to renew their leases. He said that buses stopping in front of the businesses would detract from the visibility and identity of the businesses in the building. Edmund Gibson, 2606 Windsor Circle West, represented himself and his wife, owners of Gibson's Hair Design, located in the Hammer/Furtick Building at 11th and 01 i ve . He referred to the memo from Ms. Bevington cited above by Mr. Hanks and said that the 14 parking spaces that had already been lost due to remodeling of the bus transfer area were already a great detriment to area businesses. He e said his business was totally dependent on automobile traffic and parking. Charles D. Hawk, 3069 Kentwood Drive, said that the parking spaces recommended for removal were directly in front of his business and that buses stopping there would block the visibility of the business, thus detracting from the walk-in trade on which the business relied. He said that the bus stops would also cause traffic and pedestrian congestion in the area. Glen Bluestone, 2980 Madison Street, said that his business needed exposure to the public to survive. He felt that the buses would detract from this exposure. He was concerned that the noise of idling motors of the buses would interfere with business activities. Gre~ Marsh, 1860 West 14th Avenue, said he hoped that LTD would re-examine the optlons for this area, since he felt having the buses stop in front of his busin'ess would have an adverse impact on the business. Kim Bedell, 1071 Olive, said she was the manager of the Eugene Plasma Corporation, located in the Hammer/Furtick Building. She said that twice a month large semi-trucks park in the area under discussion for parking removal to pick up plasma from the business. She said the trucks were too large to use the alley and therefore needed the on-street parking spaces. She said that the business also received deliveries of supplies three times per week and that these trucks also needed places to park. Ms. Bidell said that the business discouraged loitering in front of the building, and she was afraid that having the bus stop there would create a loitering problem. She said that donors at the center use e the parking spaces in question. She opposed removal of parking in this area. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 17, 1982 Page 4