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Elsa Struble, 2730 Alder, represented the Amazon Neighbors opposing the project. As an individual, she said this project would do nothing . for neighborhood beautification. The Public Works Department was responsible for the road system in the area, yet the City Council had a wider commitment to the future, noting the gas shortage, and empha- sizing her desire for more use of mass transit. Betty Mathis, 365 East 31st, said that she favored a plan of two lanes going northbound in the morning, and two lanes going south- bound in the evening, and noted her agreement with the testimony on safety hazards and difficulty in reaching shopping centers. Howie Bonnett, 1835 East 28th, cited the previous Council decision to postpone this project. He said he had difficulty in looking at the proposal and did not know how it fit in with the E-SATS update. People in the area who would be affected by the project wanted to be involved in the planning process and asked for postpone- ment of the project until the E-SATS update was completed and neighborhood hood groups could formulate alternatives. Others who wished to speak against the proposed project but were not able to because of the time element were as follows: Mike Elder, 510 East 32nd Avenue; Sidney Herbert, 2750 Onyx Street; Hilary Frazier, 398 East 32nd Avenue; Steve Rosenfield, 3475 Pearl; Jake Weiner, 209 East 30th Avenue; David Piper, 2815 Hilyard; Dennis Phillips, 175 East 31st Avenue; Pinky Koshner, 2633 Harris; and Peter H. Wells, 155 East 37th Avenue. Public hearing was closed with no further testimony being presented. Mr. Haws asked the questions: what would happen if the project were postponed until the E-SATS update was completed, and what would happen if the money were not spent on this particular project? Mr. Allen replied if the funds were not spent, they would not come back to the Public Works Department for another project. This project had gone through a selection process in the community and the money would go back to the state as a last resort. There was a tight time frame involved for using these funds in the community, and this project had been in process~r six years. As far as the E-SATS, he noted it had not been finalized, but would probably be done by mid-summer; then it would have to be adopted. June 1978 was the deadline for use of the funds for this particular project. He said there was a very tight schedule for completing the project unless the state would extend the June 1978 deadline. Mr. Bradley noted that in previous Council action regarding long- range goals for major diversion of auto trips to other modes, that the congestion level had been rated from A to F and asked at the peak rush hour, what traffic level would be reached at this inter- section. Mr. Reinhard indicated that the March 1977 counts would make the intersection fall into the B category, but that during the peak rush hours the traffic level reaches a D level, and it is projected to be a E level in the year 2000, based on projected growth of that area. ~\O March l4,1977--page 14 e -