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Special Session 936, Minutes June 30, 1969 Page 8 Bills for Second Readin~ continued: BILL NO. 6624-~24ENDING C}~PTER 2 ~3NICIPAL CODE RELATIL'G TO ADI{INISTRATION: Bill No. 6624 was given its second reading. Bill No. 6624 was given its third reading. Councilman Werner moved that Bill No. 6624 be adopted as an ordinance. Motion seconded by Councilman Lieberman. Upon roll call~ the following vote was recorded: AYES: Councilmen Lieberman, Grimm, Werner, Epstein, Glickert and Mayor l(aufman. NAYS: None. ABS~T: Councilman Woods. The motion therefore carried and Bill No. 6624 was adopted as Ordinance No. 4518. BILL NO. 6625 m~E~DING CHAPTER 21 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES A~) TRAFFIC (SECTION 2!_=174): Bill No. 6625 was given its second reading. City Manager Henry said he was unable to attend the Traffic Commission meeting when this was discussed~ the bill proposes half iarricades at both ends of Stanford, at the Gay Avenue end and the Swarthmore end, and this is much more stringent an arrangement than has been done on any street in the City. In his opinion, if the barricade were placed at Swarthmora only, it would alleviate some of the problem. He said he is somewhat con- cerned that there might be considerable reaction to the proposal as set forth in Bill No. 6625. Councilman Grimm said he thinks the Council ought to act promptly, but he doesn't object to further consideration. He said the original petition called for closing at either Swarthmore or Gay, but it was the Traffic Commission's idea to close at both places, and he doesn't think the resi- dents would object if it were modified to designate one rather than both. He said he would like to have a suggestion from the City forces and would like to take it up with the residents. City Manager Henry said he recommends eliminating the half barricade at Gay and leaving in the half barricade at Swarthmore. Discussion follow,ed. Councilman Lieberman requested that when the City .Manager prepares his memo he should include a very rough sketch of what he means by half barri- cade and where. Further action on Bill No. 6625 was deferred. PROPOSED REZONING OF WESTOVER-RITTERTrRACT: Mayor Kaufman said a bill appears on the City Clerk's Docket tonight for introduction, proposing rezoning of the Uestover property, and there may be some people here tonight who wish to speak to this issue, l~r. Morris Pokres, Macey's Drugs, 8219 Delmar, upon being recognized, spoke in opposition to the proposal° He said if a Target Store is permitted, the amount of taxes which they will be required to pay will not overshadow the loss from independent merchants who will be forced out of business, and the type of construction would lower real estate values in the vicinity~ also, the City would have to provide additional services.