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I I Spea~ing in favor: . Abdulila Tarzaban, 2087 Todd Street, stated that the question is not whether to open Todd Street. It has always been open and is a dedicated street. Breeden Bros.', have paved one-half of the street from Ellen to Todd, so obviously it was meant that the street would ge open. Now the time has come to pave Todd and the other streets near it. Some residents who want to drive their children to schoo~ or go on the Brittany side have to go to 18th and deal with that traffic. This tan be very dangerous. There is not a safe method of going from Todd Stree~ to Brittany. There is no open avenue from Todd to Brittany Subdivision except for Ellen Street. Ellen is a dedicated street and for the council to close: it, there would need to be substantial reason. t Robert Dawe, 2005 Todd Street, stated that he has lived at the southeast corner of T09d and Ellen for 31 years. They have had serious problems in recent years because of dust from the unpaved portion of the street beside their house. Children pass through there on their way to school, and because the street is graveled, it results in rocks being thrown and that is dangerous. The house on the s$uthwest corner has had at least two windows broken. Access from Todd onto 18th ~uring rush hour is difficult. 18th has heavy traffic in both directions and access is difficult. Ellen has been a dedicated street since 1948-49, when it was platted. It is now time to open it. Those on Coventry and Brittany do not want it open because they do not want the traffic. All of them drive on all the streets of Eugene but do not want others driving past their homes. They seem to feel there will be hundreds of automobiles driving past their homes everyiday. However, they live on paved streets without gravel and have easy . accesS onto 18th with a traffic light. These are the same things that those who live qn Todd Street would like to have. John Hudson, 1933 Todd Street, states that he lives on Todd and sees the issue as beiing rather 11m1 ted--whether Ell en Street shoul d be opened. There is a school on the west side of Brittany and there is no access to the west side of Todd ~or the Westwood Subdivision and the easterly area except through Ellen. There ,is only one light at 18th in that area and that is at Brittany. Access with ~ light would be important as traffic increases. He is concerned that traffit may increase, but he feels it will be beneficial to the people on the whole :to have it paved. I Paul B',irch, 2090 Todd Street, stated that he and his wife are two of the four origin~l residents of Todd Street. Public Works has provided documentation for opening Ellen Street. He agrees with Mr. Tarzaban and Mr. Oawe. There is one issue to be considered: Are public streets for private concerns of some, or for the convenience of the general public. I Speaking against: Brad Krueger, 2015 Coventry Way, stated that he is opposed to paving Ellen Street~ but is in favor of the bicycle, pedestrian, and emergency access. There is not! a petition for Ellen. There was one, but it was withd~awn at the May 6, 1981, staff hearing. Fifty percent of the residents on Ellen are in favor. Opening Ellen will improve traffic safety. Improved access encourages traffic which is against the T-2000 Plan. He does not see the left-turn situation onto . 18th a~ different from many others on 18th. The question is whether the overall MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 27, 1981 Page 13