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. Responding to a question from Councilor Wooten, Mr. Hanks said that 14 parking e stalls had been lost due to remodeling of the transfer site at 10th and Olive. He estimated that from 100 to 200 free parking stalls remained in the area. Ms. Wooten asked if stopover sites such as that proposed generally cause loitering problems. Ms. Bevington said that this was not the case and used the analogy of an existing stopover site in front of the Sears garden shop on 10th Avenue, where there is no loitering problem. She said that the proposed stopover was not a place where people would wait to get on the bus. Several councilors expressed concern with accommodating the delivery trucks mentioned by Plasma Corporation representatives. Mayor Keller noted that there was currently an area of approximately 38 feet south of the present parking spaces and asked if this area could be used to accommodate the needs of the buses. Mr. Hanks and Ms. Bevington responded that the area closest to the corner cannot be used and must be reserved as a sight clearance area. They also said that the turning radius and pull-in requirements of the buses would not allow them to pull in close to the corner. Responding to a question from Councilor Ball, Ms. Bevington said that destination signs on almost all LTD buses must be changed manually. She said that automated sign change equipment for the LTD fleet would cost approximately $250,000 and that the LTD board had rejected this expenditure after a public hearing on its budget. Ms. Bevington wondered whether the parking spaces in question were presently regularly available for delivery trucks, since they were standard two-hour parking spaces and were not limited to use by delivery vehicles. She felt that LTD and the plasma center could work out a compromise solution for use e of the spaces to accommodate deliveries to the center. Councilor Wooten left the meeting. Responding to a question from Councilor Schue, Ms. Bevington said that sign change points such as this were needed so that buses could enter the mall with the correct signage. Councilors agreed that City staff should work with business and LTD represen- tatives to seek a compromise to meet the needs of business deliveries and of LTD. Councilor Miller asked that the Downtown Commission pay close attention to this issue, since the surface lots in the downtown area will eventually be turned to uses other than storage of vehicles and since it was clear that businesses in the area had strong feelings about those lots. She felt that the City policy that City streets were there primarily to meet transportation and not automobile storage needs was a sound one and should be maintained. Councilor Ball said he would like more information on automating sign changes for buses. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to hold item III-A over for one week to the November 24, 1982, council meeting. Ro 11 ca 11 vote; motion carried unanimously. Councilors asked staff to schedule site tours to allow councilors to view the area of the request. Assistant City Manager David Whitlow said that staff would notify councilors of tour times and dates. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 17, 1982 Page 6