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C. Removal of parking from 6th and 7th Avenues between Blair Boulevard and Garfield Street - Parking Removal, 6th and 7th Avenues [rom Blair to Garfield - Copies of find- ings prepared by the traffic engineering division together with recommenda- tion for removal of park i/lg .from 6th and 7th Avenues from Blair Boulevard to Garfield Street were previously distributed to Council members. Some Council members had viewed the si te on tour. Staff recommended public hearing in view of high public interest. A tim€' limit on testimony was also recommended. Mr. Keller moved seconded by Mr. Williams to schedule 'public hearing on the issue at the April 14 Council meeting, the Chair to set time l,imi t on testimony to be presented. Motion carried unanimously. Comm 4/2/75 Pub Hrng Recommended by staff by memo of March 14, 1975, copies previously distributed to Council members (see minutes above). e Councilman Murray reported a phone call and written request from Richard Freeman, a principal opponent to the parking removal, for two-week postponement of the hear- ing because he was not able to be present at this time. Assistant Manager said that Mr. Freeman had also asked staff for postponement and was told of the problems involved - all of the property owners involved had already been notified of hearing at this meeting. Also, the hearing had been advertised for this date. He added that there were a number of major public hearings already scheduled for the April 28 meeting. Mr. Murray said that he was not advocating one way or the other on the issue but noted that in the past when anyone requested a delay they had been ac- commodated when there was no urgent need for immediate action. Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Keller to delay the public hearing until the April 28 Council meeting. There was no response to Mayor Anderson's request for a show of hands of those people attending for this particular meeting. Al Williams, traffic engineer, noted some of the people had indicated they would not he able to attend until about 8:30 so might not be at the meeting yet. Vote was taken on the motion to postpone. Motion carried, all Council members present voting aye, except Council members Beal and Hamel vot- ing no. [). ..:!.!..ITrovcIncnt of Agate Strc~t fro~~O_th i\venu~_~thc south 2000 feet Planning Commission in consider;ttion of 10th Addition to 0:oh Hi lls subdivision recom- mended improvement of Agate Street. Remonstrance was filed by so~e of the owners of properties involveu. Staff in trying to find an alternative initially recommendeu im- proving the easterly portion of Agate Street from Cameo to the south with sidewalks and curbs. However, since that recommendation was made, some physical problems became evident which would have an effect on the cost of the full project as opposed to some modifications in the project. e Don Allen, public works director, noted the initial recommendation was to construct a 32-foot street on the north section, a 24-foot width on the south section. Survey of the street preliminary to start of construction revealed the existing pavement in some sections is entirely in the east 30 feet of the 60-foot right-of-way. Nr.Allen called attention to the topography of the area and said the embankment on the \vest side of the proposed street would prevent using either of the cross-sections originally proposed unless a very large amount of fill was placed to allow construction to follow 1~-:7 4/14/75 - 5