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, , 5�5 r��`3`�'•�;tCommun`ication �from�the Supervising Civil'En'gineer-to the t`�� ', "�'IDirecto'r o �Public Works of August 6, 1976 entitled "Hilton Street Abandonment (Senior Citizen Housing) P W Ftles 1002 l i°� i y. i,��dllC�72'16��:� 1°�a J3'�i J` ' .�I 'i��'� .. r't 'i� ..� �.. CS f�_f � r'��•C e� �� , �'��in �'� ,i��l� _f� ��i�}'��11 x,.� ��1�� , � �'4``'� Director: "�' 'of Public Works`�of August 6, 1976 entitled Survey '.�'� � Housing located between Hil�ton;=Walnut "',°{" "•'+ and=MaplejStreets, P.� W� �Fi'les' 1'002��and 2160" "� �-" � ��' �f-+" �� '"` `_ .`.y dut "l:�l' i s�� -, , i�� .�6. :( C' �'rr ^'ai � �� A`ssistant=Ci`ty Smith referred to a�s•li'de depict�ing the �area'• prop`o`sed�to be� abandoned 'and `the ad�acent neighborhood� � • � ' "'� �n°� k „� _+. � 1'it� �t� _ � .., �[�. " ` . ' � , a; �7 � _, � ". In^respon'sefto'question,�,Director'of�Public Works-Pusich•advised that wh'ile` the'ret�i's norspeci'fi`c"•number of�wehicle"sf per day'which must be met`in'order to"abandon a'street,�normal use of a�`residential street is'�between 500'and'700''vehicles�per day,�wfth�'a'through street a"ver- aging'between� veh�icl�es-'pewda'y ��Mr��Pusich-refe'rred to the survey''ind�cating on9y�"some 445�vehicles per"day use Hilton '� Street�,' whil'e on=Walnut'�Street 979 vehic4'es�per "day travel_the road- way over 4,172 were recorded Mr � Pusich"�'referred �t'o°'the�'sl ide depi`cting� the area �and descr`Ybed'� the' forkl'Tft' unloading� parallel" parking��used b'q'truckr at�-4the � back entrance of �tlie"�Canned Foods- sto"re' � °��ti �°� i �' �� ' ' " ��" ! • � � :�� ' J� ��i[• l. ' .1 L� � I'lG v� i _ � n� � 1. Councilman Norris requested that the Minutes reflect that investi- gation �by' staff�'has revealed that' accordi'ng �to the°'Manager of� the �� Canned"Foods s'tores, of trucks at the back door of the � store is done by forklift with the truck parked parallel to the cu'rb,�'which is enti'rely-contradictory�to�the�testimony of Mr I�rving�� Sico£te', 'the`property owner, who stated that trucks are unloaded directly into the back door of the store while the trucks parked perpendicular `to'the' curb th'ereby requiring'the full width of the present street for the operation •. ��_ ; , 9� < <i. ... . , . ^ i ' , � �r ' ¢ ' - _ ' Discussion_followed and Mr Pusich commented and replied to ques- tions concermng�th'e�fact�that staff has� not�had•-an opportunity to d�scuss'alternatives with'Mr' �S�icotte','whether`'or'not-'an un�des'i�rable alley�would be created by the abandonment of a portion of the street, the fact that it is anticipated that the remaining 20-foot roadway would with' no'parkin9,, the landscaping�buffer which will b`e provided by�the'�develope'r of�tFie citrzen's�=pro�ect, the desirabi'lity,of�abandoning�=the'entire'street�,'�arid'the fact�that ' the 20-foot roadway' wYll`'accommodate two lane's''for veFiicles�; t'ruck's ' being about��'8 feet wide A slide was �sliown of'the�p'roposed semor citizen pro,7ect Irving Sicotte; repres'enting'prop'erty'owners of the Canned�Food `F� store and the �owner of �the parking lot; stated� he is� opposed� to � th'e'abandonmen't' of any`'por`tiori of Hilton Street, stating he wants the same access to the back of his store which he has now and that , he` does�not want his s"ide of the street aba�ndoned_and returned to him, in the event a portion of the street is to be abaridoned In response to questions, Mr Pusich advised that if the use of the property now used for a puhlic street were returned to the - 2- Reg Mtg 8/9/76