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Prescott City Council Joint Special Meeting/ <br />Study Session — October 21, 2008 Page 6 <br />of the right-of-way in the Butte Creek floodplain, making it inaccessible to <br />vehicular traffic. He said that there are no plans to improve this segment <br />of Garden Street due to the limited benefit it would provide and the <br />significant cost of bridging Butte Creek. Existing utilities located in Garden <br />Street will require a public utilities easements be retained. <br />Mr. Nietupski said that the alley is improved, although in poor condition, <br />and contains all available public utilities requiring a public utilities <br />easement be retained for further operations and maintenance. He said <br />that the College's abandonment request is to improve pedestrian safety. <br />Mr. Nietupski said that the City has received a Letter of Understanding <br />from the College that should any improvements to the alley be approved <br />for pedestrian use, any maintenance/repairs would not cause any cost to <br />the City. He added that there have been concerns by the neighbors to the <br />request as sometimes they use the alley for a cut -through, although that <br />is not the typical intended use. <br />After a request by Councilman Lamerson, Mr. Nietupski clarified that the <br />request includes two separate areas —one being the roadway and the <br />other the alley. He said that the street was previously closed by the City, <br />based on a prior request of the neighbors; the alley itself is a new <br />request. <br />Councilwoman Suttles asked how many homes back up to the alley. <br />Mr. Nietupski said that the area of requested abandonment, on both <br />sides, is owned by the college; there are no private residences. <br />Teresa Reeser, 636 Western, said that Garden Street was previously <br />closed because the City no longer wanted to maintain the floodway; the <br />residents in the area had requested that it be kept open. She said, as far <br />as the alley goes, they have a hard time getting out of their neighborhood <br />because of Grove Avenue. She said that the intersection at Willow and <br />Sheldon is not even a full roadway, and they cannot make a complete <br />turn. She said that she talked with someone in the City's Engineering <br />Department when she was told that would be their way out, and he did <br />call and say it is a very dangerous intersection and he would see what <br />they could do. She said that the College has three parking lots. She said <br />that her neighborhood is full of elderly people who are scared to cross <br />Grove and they use the alley to get out. <br />Mr. Nietupski showed the location of the street and alley and said he had <br />driven both directions and have navigated fine. Mayor Wilson asked why <br />the alley would be safer than a road. Ms. Reeser replied that they cannot <br />turn on the road. She said that people take Sheldon as a shortcut to miss <br />all of the lights on Grove and they have counted at least 150 cars using <br />