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Council Meeting Minutes July 23, 1985 Page Eight I Schmidt stated he believes people should have the right to be involv- ed in the process and have input. Schmidt personally believes another survey could be taken but, based on the strong comments on the first survey, he didn't feel the situation should be delayed. He believes the process, in terms of contacting the people, in terms of time, and in terms of consideration, has in fact received a great deal of input and deliheration by the various local groups that the council estab- lished to study these problems. May asked why the survey results were not disseminated back to the people involved, feeling that perhaps all possible alternatives were not brought forward and discussed. Benke stated he himself did not know how many alternatives were consid- ered during the study and felt that something further could be done if council were to delay its decision another two weeks to alleviate the impact, but didn't know if any formal survey would get any different results. I -~' Janecek, council representative on the Citizen Study Committee, stated the Citi zen Study Committee di d take a very carefu 1 look at the situa- tion and was not itself convinced of the need for a change until the results of the survey were tallied. The major concern seemed to be mail delivery. Janecek stated further that originally the council re- quested a recommendation earlier but the Committee wanted more time to talk to the Post Office. The Post Office responded they couldn't guarantee that anything would get better if the City kept the "A" streets; had tried to address the problem by putting the same carrier on similar streets but the Post Office cound not guarantee it could continue to do that. Upon reviewing the results of the survey, the Committee was convinced that something needed to be done to eliminate the ::A" designation. Harcus noted the communication to the residents concerning the re- sults of the survey could have been better. Betty Helmbrecht, 2736 - l6A Street N.W., stated the consensus on her block was that something needed to be done but the residents did not feel this was the answer. They feel it is only a mail problem. Blomquist asked Helmbrecht if the residents on her block had any suggestions; Helmbrecht responded they had no specific suggestions. Schmidt stated that there were few people present to speak to the issue, which indicated not a great concern; May felt the letter was so final the residents did not feel there was anything further they could do. .......- Harcus suggested another letter be sent stating the council would hold a hearing on August 13, 1985. Schmidt expressed concern that the number attending a hearing may not be a true reading of the problem. Blomquist stated the second reading should be held this evening or, if it were to be delayed, send a second survey to all residents. I