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<br /> COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
<br /> EUGENE, OREGON.
<br /> OCTOBER 22, 1951.
<br /> THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON OCTOBER 8, 1951
<br /> AND ADJOURNED TO OCTOBER 22, 1951 WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON WITH
<br /> THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOVE, SMITH, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER AND
<br /> WATSON. COUNCILMAN ALLEN WAS ABSENT.
<br /> THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 8, 1951 AND ADJOURNED TO OCTOBER
<br /> 22, 1951' WERE READ AND APPROVED. I
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<br /> REPORTS OF OFFICERS I
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<br /> I A REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER - RE: PROGRESS ON ORIGINATION-DESTINATION SURVEY; GENERAL
<br /> DRAINAGE CONDITION FOR WINTER RAINS; DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 6TH AND HIGH WAS SUBMITTED
<br /> AS FOLLOWS: I
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<br /> "PROGRESS OF THE GROUND PARKING STUDY, ,
<br /> ORIGINATION AND DESTINATION COUNTS AND ,
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<br /> EXTERNAL SURVEY BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DE~ARTMENT WAS OUTLINED. THIS REPORT SHOWED 29 I
<br /> PERSONS WORKING ON THE ORIGIN AND DESTINATION SURVEY WITH A TOTAL LABOR COST OF !
<br /> I $2,444.51 uP TO OCTOBER 19, 1951, CONSTITUTING 58% OF THE FIELD WORK. PERSONS INTER- I
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<br /> VIEWED NUMBERED 29,532 AT A COST PER INTERVIEW OF 8t/. UNDER THE EUGENE PARKING STUDY I
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<br /> 31 PERSONS WERE EMPLOYED AT A TOTAL LABOR COST THROUGH OCTOBER 19TH OF $2,204.54, I
<br /> COMPRISING 42-1/2% OF THE FIELD WORK COMPLETED. NUMBER OF PERSONS INTERVIEWED WAS
<br /> 10,356 AT A COST PER INTERVIEW OF 21t/.
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<br /> PROGRESS ON ADDI~IONAL SIGNALIZING AT 6TH AND HIGH STREET WAS ANALYZED BY THE CITY I
<br /> MANAGER. UPON PREVIOUS REQUEST THE CITY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS i
<br /> BY COUNCIL, INSTALLED i
<br /> I DIRECTIONAL GREEN ARROWS FOR WEST BOUND TRAFFIC OFF OF THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS AND i
<br /> HIGHWAY 99 AND NORTH BOUND TRAFFIC ON HIGH STREET; ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN IS I
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<br /> ANOTHER DIRECTIONAL ARROW AFFORDING LEFT HAND MOVEMENT ON HIGH STREET FROM THE LEFT I
<br /> HAND LANE OF PACIFIC HIGHWAY. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ENGINEERS I
<br /> WERE HESITANT IN INSTALLING A TH.I RD CYCLE UNTIL THEY HAD TRIED THE PRESENT PLAN AS I
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<br /> ! THE TOTAL SIGNAL OF THIS INTERSECTION IS SET AT 55 SECONDS, INCLUDING 22 SECONDS FOR I
<br /> RED, FIVE SECONDS FOR AMBER AND 28 SECONDS FOR THE GREEN ARROW. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT j
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<br /> THAT THIS 55 SECOND SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZED THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH ALL OF THE OTHER SIGNALS I
<br /> ON HIGHWAY 99 THROUGH THE CITY AND THAT IF A THIRD CYCLE WAS INSTALLED FOR LEFT AND
<br /> RIGHT HAND MOVEMENTS, IT WOULD DRAW THIS INTERSECTION OUT OF SYNCHRONIZATION AND IN i
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<br /> THEIR OPINION, WOULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. i
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<br /> THE GENERAL DRAINAGE CONDITIONS OF THE CITY WERE BRIEFLY ANALYZED. THE CITY i
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<br /> MANAGER OUTLINED 15 STORM SEWERS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE PAST YEAR IN CRITICAL AREAS I
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<br /> TO AFFORD MUCH NEEDED SURFACE DRAINAGE. " i
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
<br /> RECEIVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
<br /> 2 A REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - RE: REGULATION OF SOLICITORS IN THE CITY OF
<br /> EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> "A MEETING OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 1951 WITH THE
<br /> FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER AND BOOTH; CITY MANAGER.
<br /> THE APPLICATION OF MR. TOM GRAHAM OF THE CROWELL-COLLIER PUBLISHING COMPANY WAS
<br /> REVIEWED. MR. GRAHAM'S REQUEST AS PRESENTED BY ATTORNEY RALPH COBB WAS THAT ORDINANCES
<br /> #9058 AND 9061 PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF SOLICITORS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE BE
<br /> AMENDED SO THAT STUDENTS OF THE EUGENE SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD SELL MAGAZINES THROUGHOUT
<br /> THE CITY WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH THE PRESENT SOLICITORS LICENSE.
<br /> THE REQUEST STATED THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD DERIVE PROFITS AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY
<br /> 40 TO 50% FROM THE SALE OF MAGAZINES CONSISTING OF THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE, WOMEN'S HOME
<br /> COMPANION, COLLIERS AND OTHER MAGAZINES.
<br /> IT WAS FELT BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PRESENT SOLICITORS ORDINANCE COULD NOT BE
<br /> REVISED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ANY ONE PERSON OR CORPORATION OF PERSONS.
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<br /> I IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST OF MR. GRAHAM BE DENIED. "
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
<br /> BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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