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streets. He said he appreciated that the record for the public hearing was being left open for additional testimony. Roni Simone, 1457 5th Avenue, said that she was concerned that traffic issues would not be solved because of her experience with the length of time it took to get a traffic diverter installed at 5th Avenue and Almaden Street. She said she appreciated the clean-up work done by A & K Development, but was concerned about trucks in her neighborhood because of their danger to children and the potential damage which could be done to the streets by the trucks. She stated that notification of the vacation requests was not done adequately enough to notify residents of the potential impacts. J.D. Brown, Post Office Box 2570, stated that he appreciated that the record of the public hearing would be left open for additional submissions. He said he understood that the vacation applications were separate from neighborhood concerns about truck traffic, but he suggested that resolution of the two issues should be tied together. He asked if it would be possible to consider having truck traffic exit and enter onto Chambers Street from West 3rd Avenue instead of using West 3rd Avenue and Taylor Street route to get to Chambers Street. Margaret Backenheimer, Post Office Box 2570, stated that she was a 14-year resident of the affected neighborhood. She referred to her letter to Mr. Meisner dated September 21, 1998, distributed with the agenda of the meeting. She expressed her concern that the proposed traffic plan for the development would not stop truck traffic from entering the neighborhood and said that the council should not facilitate the vacation requests. She made three specific recommendations: 1) that traffic ingress and egress be permitted only on Chambers Street and rd Filmore Street and that the West 3 Place should be an exit only and not allow for two-way traffic; 2) that truck traffic be permitted only during the day; and 3) that two traffic calming th improvements be made, a traffic diverter at West 4 Avenue and Amaden Street and a round- about be built at West 4th Avenue and Taylor Street. She said that the owner of A & K Development had expressed a willingness to help pay for such alterations. Ronald Wold, 1409 West 5th Avenue, said that the vacation requests should be linked to resolution of traffic issues raised by area residents. He said he had no objection to the vacations, but was concerned about the impact of truck traffic to and from the Almaden Street entrance and exit to the A & K property. He said he appreciated the willingness of the owner to resolve the problems. He said that although the traffic flow plan looked good, there were many factors beyond the owner's control. He said the truck drivers involved would not be Mr. Anderson's employees, and that a solution needs to be reached which ensured that a future change in ownership could not bring negative results. He expressed concern that a fire "crash ,, th gate proposed for the intersection of 4 Avenue and Almaden would not be permanent. He asked if it would be possible to require that it never be used as a regular access point for any business located on the A & K property. He supported the idea of a traffic diverter at 4th Avenue and Almaden Street and a round-about at 4th Avenue and Taylor Street. Brandi Kominck, 1440 West 4th Avenue, stated that she was concerned about the notification process for the vacation applications. She said that the posted notices had been difficult to understand and had the wrong streets identified. She described her negative experience in seeking information about the applications by calling the City and being transferred many times without reaching the appropriate staff person. She said she did not believe signs would deter truck traffic from using residential streets and pointed out that existing businesses near 3rd Avenue and Taylor Street already created street congestion that would encourage truck traffic to MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 12, 1998 Page 6 7:30 p.m.