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- . Roz Clark, 2683 Alder, represented the Amazon Neighborhood Association. The group felt there needed to be some alternatives to the plan tha~ would contribute to various types of transportation in the area. S{!e noted many alternatives: to remove the islands for buses, to hire ~ traffic cop during the rush hours, to have no turns off of 30th during the peak rush hours, to have traffic diverters on neighborhoai streets, to change Hilyard and Amazon to one-way streets, to stagger work hours, to educate people to carpool and use mass transit, to makE~ Hilyard a toll road, to limit the growth in the south hills area, to let the neighborhood groups design mass transit, to set up a task force to study alternatives, or to use the money for mass transit instead of for road improvements. She said any of these suggestions would be alternatives desired by the group in preference to wideninq 30th Avenue. Doug Clark, 2683 Alder, was concerned how the proposed project fit in with the comprehensive prospective development for the south Eugene area, noting a special concern over a piece-meal approach to traffic problems in the area. He said if there is a larger proposed arterial development, that he would want to see what it is and for Council to allow public input on that proposal. He noted the concern of the various neighborhood groups in the area and suggested that perhaps a committee could be set up with the Council working with the Public Works Department and the neighborhood groups to develop some alternatives to the problem. - Clark Winston Cox, Jr., lOB5 Patterson Street, felt there was a problem at the intersection and that some of the components in the proposed plan were good. He objected to adding extra lanes for cars and trucks, which he felt would attract more traffic, thus adding to the congestion. He favored a mass transit alternative. John Decherd, 2661 Elinor, questioned if this project were not approved, whether the money would be available for other uses. He asked why the Public Works Department had not tested a wide range of alternatives during the last couple of years. Tonner Hays, 2990 High Street, said he was in agreement with the testimonies presented thus far opposing the project. He noted neighborhood groups should be allowed to get together to discuss the projects and have input on projects which would affect their areas. e Ann Morsello, 2643 Kincaid, agreed with testimony against the project. She noted the safety factor for children in the area who attended schools closeby, using bike paths or walking across Hilyard to the stores in the shopping centers. She questioned whether there was a major arterial proposal in the background and this was just one step toward that, whether a recent Register-Guard report of making a freeway was part of this arterial program. She felt the pUblic and the groups involved should have input on such a major design. ~~ March 14,1977--page 13