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e striped for bicycles and stop signs installed. Other people opposed to the 18th Avenue bike/traffic plan cited the need for parking in front of their homes, the difficulty of getting out of their driveways, and the shortage of parking in the Wi11amette/18th Avenue area. Mr. Andreason said that his funeral home must have parking in order to stay in business. A short recess was taken. Public hearing was closed, there being no further testimony presented. e Jim Hanks answered Mr. Andreason, saying that the bike/traffic plan had no parking removal between Pearl and High. The suggestion of parking removal between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. was explored by the Bicycle Committee. They found that (1) bicyclists use the street at all times during the day, (2) that it is extremely difficult to enforce parking removals, and (3) that it is difficult to tow cars away in enough time to be of any use to lane users. Mr. Hanks con- tinued, the 19th Avenue route suggestion is a discontinuance route. The Amazon Channel route at Bailey Hill is closer to 11th Avenue than 18th Avenue. It will not feed Churchill Hill School. The Amazon Channel lighting contract has not been let, but has been budgeted. He answered the question about overflow parking, saying it will cause parking on side streets and in driveways. It could cause people to do with fewer cars. Answering the question about the City compensating people for the loss of parking, Mr. Hanks said, it has not been the City's practice in the past. There is no evidence that parking removal reduces property value. In answer to a complaint that bicycles are not licensed, Mr. Hanks said the City does not have an ongoing bicycle licensing program at this time. Mr. Obie cited the petition that had signatures of 1,350 concerned people. He read a letter from Mrs. A. L. Barton, 2010 West 18th Avenue, that told of a survey that resulted in noting an average of 66 bicyclists per day on 18th Avenue between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mr. Obie said people on West 18th felt that they had cause to consider a class action suit. They had paid for street widening in the 60ls and now were wondering where the mid-block residents and their visitors would park. Ms. Smith asked how much consideration had been given to allow parking on one side of 18th Avenue, as they had done on Agate Street. Mr. Hanks said between Sunrise and City View on 18th Avenue there was parking on one side of the street. There was parking on both sides of 18th Avenue between Polk and Friendly. Between Brittany and Bailey Hill, there could be one side parking. This was not included in the plan because of the serpentine traffic flow. Ms. Smith asked if it could be done on other parts of 18th Avenue. Mr. Hanks replied that it could not because the street is only 42 feet wide east of City View. e 3/12/79--7 I Lf I