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e ------.---- - ._~-- - --~---~- ~ 123 3/24/58 ~ "....: ; I e. .1 II I I I ! I I 1 1 2 e I I ! I I ! I I I 'I e !, 11 I' r! FINANC1AL. STATEMENTS. WILL NOT.BE NECESSARY O~ AN ANNUAL BASIS) BUT:THAT IN . THE EVENT OF PROPOSALS FOR A RA.:rE CHANGE OR, CHANGE.S, THE COUNC IL' SHALL RE- SERVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY FOR WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME THEY DEEM NECESSARY. I I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR:. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 4 OF' THE COM-' M1TTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED. .MOTION CARRIED; PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE . . . I. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 35TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTEdAND DONALD STREETS - CLARENCE,:: HINES, SUPERINTEN- DENT-CLERK OF SCHOOL 01 STR ICr#4., APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND RE- , PORTED T.,AT THE: SCHOOL BOARD HAD CONSIDERED THE REQUEST. fOR SIDEWALKS RUN- NiNG ADjAcENT TO THEIR; PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE Of 35TH AVENUE BETWEEN . WI LLAMETTE:> AND DONALD STREETS~. MR. HiNES I NDI CATED .THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD . . . '. . HAD AGREED AND DIRECTED THAT THE PARKING AREA ADJACENT TO THE STREET BE GRADED AND GRAVELLED TO PROVIDE A WALKWAY FOR STUDENTS PROcEEDING to AND "FROM THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES .HELD .,N rHEBA~EMENTOF .THE CH,LDRENSHosp,- TAL AT DONALD AND PEARL STREETS. INQUIRY WAS LIKEWISE MADE AS TO WHETHER THE COUNCIL COULD REQUIRE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PAY FOR THE' PAVING OF SIDEWALKS OR.P:AY FOR OTHER LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS TO WHICH IT MIGHT BE IN OPPOSITION. IT,WAS AGREED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE. THIS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERAT10N. WITH REFERENCE TO THE SIDEWALK, IT WAS RECO~MENDED THAT THE PREVIOUS AP- PRO-VAL OF. THE PUBL i C . WORKS COMM I TTEE: FOR A CONCRETE SIDEWALK. BE. RESCI NDED SINCE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE NOW INDICATED T~EY.WILL I~STAI.L A GRAVEL WALKWAY' AS WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED BY RESIDENTS OF THE. AREA. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER' SECONDED. BY MR. EDMUNDS.THAT ITEM' IOF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2. CONSIDERATION OF SEWERS IN THE VIC~NITY OF fLORAL HILL DRIVE - IT WAS EX- PLAINED THAT A REQUEST FOR SEWERS ALONG fLORAL HILL DRIVE HAD'BEEN' RECEIVED INDICATING HEALTH HAZARDS AND OTHER HAZARDS BECAUSE THE AREA, IS. NOT PROPERLY SERVED WITH SEWERS. THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED- THAT FUNDS ARE IN THE CUR- RENT YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWER, AND THE COMMITTEE RE- COMMENDED THAT .THE .SEWER CONSrRUCTIO~pROCEEQ. j -! IT WAS MOVED. BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED. BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT, ITEM 2 OF,THE COM:" MHTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL -VOTE., ALL- COUNC.I LMEN PRESENT VOT I NGI AYE, MOT 1 ON CARR I ED. I PUBL-I C SAfETY COMMITTEE, I. DISCUSSION REGARDING' SAFETY HAZARDS AT THE INTER~ECTION OF 17TH AVtNUE AND' WASH I tGJ:O:N STREET - A PETITION SIGNED BY A NUMBER. OF RESIDENTS IN.THE V'ICINITY OF 17TH AVENUE AND WASHINGTON STREET EXPRESSING CONSIDERABLE CONCERN OVER THE NUMBER OF ACClaENTS A"t lHE .1.NrERSEcTIONAND..THE .DANGER.TO PEOPLE IN.TI-!E-AREA BECAUSE OF SUCH ACCIDENTS WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE TRAFF1C: ENGI- NEER REPORTED ON THE HI STOR.Y OF ACC I DENTS AT THE I NTERSECT ION' IN WH I CH. HE I N- DICATED THAT THE AVERAGE HAD BEEN 2;6 ACCIDENTS PER YEAR FOR :rHE. PAST SIX YEARS AND. TWO. Acel DENTS, PER. YEAR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS Wil TH- 98.5% OF. THESE OCCURRING DURING THE DA.YLIGHT'HOURS. IT WAS INDICATED THAT PRIOR TO JULY 1954 THE .INTERSECTION WAS PROTECTED BY STOP SIGNS STOPPING TRAFF.IC ON WASHINGTON STREET AND THAT THE .1 NC IDENCE OF ACC I DENTS WAS HIGHER WHEN PROTECTED BY STOP SIGN THAN NOW WITHOUT STOP SIGN. Two FATAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION SINCE JANUARY I, 1941 - ONE OCCURRING ON DECEMBER 20, 1945 AND THE SE;COND OCCURRI NGON . fE~RUARY. 13, .1958. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER REPORTED THAT THE INTERSECTION IS NO~ PARTICULARLY BLIND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE HEDGES, SHRUBS AND BUILT UP LAWNS. WHICH DETRACT FROM VISION. THE TRAFFIC VOLUME ON 117TH AVENUE. APPROXIMATES 500 VEHICLES DAILY AND ON,WASH- I NGTON STREET, 300 VEH I CLES DA I L Y, WH I CH IS PREDOM'I NANTL Y LOCAL TRAFF I C SERV- ING PEOPLE :,N THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED TO COR- RECT THE, S l.iuAT'1 ON BY STOPP I NG TRAFF I C ON 17TW AVENUE AT WASH I NGTON STREET, ON .LAWRENCE SifREET AT 17TH. AVENUE, ON 17:rH AVENUE AT LINCOLN' STREET, AND ON CHARNEL-TON STREET AT 17TH AVENUE. I THE USE OF~STOP SIGNS- IN THIS' MANNER WI-LL DISCOURAGE THE' USE OF 17TH AVENUE- AS AN ARTERIAL AND WILL TEND TO PROTECT THE SIDE STREETS ALONG 17TH AVENUE FROM JEFFERSON TO OLIVE STREET~ THE COMM'I TTE.E DISCUSSED THE RECOMMENDAT ION OF .THE TRAFFIC ENG I NE.ER AND RECOM- MENDED THAT. THE.. RECOMMENDATIONS: FOR T.HE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS AS IND.I- CAl'EDABOVE BE .APPROVED. . ,i I I. , i I I I ! ! " J i I il I I I I I I t I '1 ,t ~