HomeMy WebLinkAboutC ST. ABANDONMENT 02-01-82EDGAR E. PANKEY
3zo West Main St~ee~
Tustin,
January 16, 1982
Tustin City Council
Tustin, CA 92680
Dear Members,
Since there is to be another hearing on the city's
abandonment of C Street between Main and Sixth, I would
like to repeat that fi cannot see an advantage to the
citizens of Tustin that C Street be given away.
During the first public hearing a couple of months ago,
and after an hour or more of debate over the multi-story
parking building, Mr. Saltarelli info£~tted those present
that it was beside the point to discuss the parking facility
furthur, because the Planning Commission had already made
the decision to accept it. (Or the City Council had made
that decision.)
An easement retained by the city will be ineffective as
far as vehicular use of the street is concerned, since the
~pokesman for Stevens Square said that evening that the
purpose of the plaza is to deter the flow of traffic along
C Street. I believe he was sincere in admitting that, and
the future use of C Street for the general public will
become non-existent except for those using the multi-story
parking facility.
Admittedly, the plaza would beautify the East entrance to
Stevens Plaza, but surely this should not be at the expense
of the citizens of Tustin who have accepted C Street for
over one hundred years as public property.
Believe me, more than fifty per cent of the people at that
hearing were not in favor of abandoning C Street. Had the
first hour been confined to the subject at hand, it would
have been an overwhelming show of hands against abandonment.
Yours very~ truly,
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Elizabeth S. Pankey