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~ e 47 5/25/59 I r- :! fl !, [ .f. I , 2 I 5. " q e , DISCUSSION REGARDING NECESSITY FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AROUND WASHINGTON PARK - THE NECESSITY FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AROUND VARIOUS CITY PROPERTIES ~PRINCIPALLY ARO~ND WASHINGTON PARK WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. AGAIN, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE LIMITED SIDEWALKS WERE INSTALLED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PARK, A LARGE NUMBER or CHILDREN AND OTHERS ARE rORCED TO WALK IN THE STREET. AFTER, SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE, INSTALLED ON THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST SIDES or WASHINGTON PARK. 1) Ii II :1 il 'I II II !! Ii Ii I ,I 'I II ii I' II Ii :1 :: il I, 11 II I, Ii Ii II il il I. 'I II Ii j: II II I, !I ii " II II .1 II Ii I' 1\ Ii I' Ii ;1 II I, \1 " 'I I, I' !i II '" " II Ii d Ii il ,[ II " " Ii Ii Ii Ii il I Ii Ii ,I Ii Ii \ I: 'I b il II 1\ )1 I :, 4. PETITION FOR SIDEWALK ON HILYARD STREET FROM 30TH TO 35TH AVENUE, AND RESTORA- TION OF THE TWO-LANE ROAD IN THE SAME SECTION - SOME DISCUSSION WAS ~AD ON A PETITION REQUESTING SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ON HILYARD STREET FROM 30TH AVENUE TO 35TH AVENUE AND THAT NEEDED WORK BE DONE ON HILYARD STREET ITSELr. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE SUBJECT AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW rORCED TO WALK IN THE STREET AND RECOMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE CONSTRUCTED ON BOTH SIDES OF HILYARD STREET rROM 29TH AVENUE TO 37TH AVENUE INCLUDING WOODEN FOOT BRIDGES ACROSS THE AMAZON. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. I I ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 5 BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT SPEClrlCATIONS FOR SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF WASHINGTON PARK, AND IN THE rUTURE ON THE NORTH SIDE or. WASHINGTON PARK, BE DRAWN FOR CURB SIDEWALKS. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON VOTING NAY. I , " A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5 AS AMENDED WAS TAKEN AND MOTION CARRIED. !t " , ., I, " 6. DISCUSSION ON REQUIREMENTS rOR SIDEWALKS IN SUBDIVISIONS - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HELD AS TO THE PROPRIETY OF REQUIRING SUBDIVIDERS TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS IN SUBDIVISIONS AT THE TIME THE SUBDIVISION IS BEING DEVELOPED AND HOUSES BEING BUILT. No rORMAL ACTION WAS TAKE~'ALTHOUGH IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 3c' , II :,\ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 6 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PAVING OF CHARNELTON STREET rROM 25TH AVENUE TO 27TH AVENUE - A MAP OF THIS PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENT SHOWING THE PROPOSED AREA OF THE IMPROVEMENT AND THE CONFINES or THE PROPERTY ABUTTING UPON THE STREET WAS SHOWN TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SERIES-OF PET1TIONS AND COUNTER-PETITIONS FOR THE PAVING, VACATING, AND AGAIN FOR THE PAVING or THE STREET, AND IT WAS ALSO rURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD TAKEN ACTION THAT SUCH STREET BE PAVED. FOLLOWING SOME DIS- CUSS I ON ON TH I S SUBJECT" I T WAS RECOMMENDED THAT CH'ARNEL TON STREET BE PAVED ' FROM 25TH AVENUE TO 27TH AVENUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE ALREADY PASSED. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARR1ED. i ,I 8. REQUEST FROM PEARL WALTON, WALTON'S CAFE, 634 EAST 8TH AVENUE, FOR 2-HOUR PARKING AT TWO PARKING SPACES IN FRONT Of THE CAfE~ AND REQUEST BY EUGENE TOOL MAINTENANCE, 666 BLAIR BOULEVARD, rOR 30-MINUTE PARKING ON BLAIR BOULE- VARD BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE ABOVE TWO RE- QUESTS HAD COME' IN BY LETTER AND THAT INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN MADE IN BOTH IN- STANCES, AND THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE WALTON'S CAFE IT APPEARS THAT THE MAJOR CUSTOMER CONSIDERATION IS FROM THE AREA or THE CANNERY AND THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE LIMITED TIME PARKING SINCE IT IS NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE AREA WHICH RECEIVES THE NORMAL LIMITED TIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME. WITH RESPECT TO THE EUGENE TOOL MAINTENANCE IT WAS INDICATED THIS IS A PROBLEM OF EMPLOYEE PARKING IN THE AREA AND THAT AGAIN ENrORCEMENT or LIMITED TIME PARK I NG- WOULD BE D I rF I CUL T SI NCE I TIS WELL OUT ,OF THE BOUNDS OF THE NORMAL ENFORCEMENT AREA. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH REQUESTS BE DENIED, BUT THAT THE CURB CUT IN FRONT OF WALTON'S CAFE BE PAINTED TO CLEARLY DErlNE IT AS A CURB CUT. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON VOTING NAY. 5 e ,'. "I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. I " A REPRESENTATIVE or WALTON'S CArE APPEARED BEFORE THE' COUNCIL AND INDICATED THAT ENfORCE- M~NT or PARKING RESTRICT10NS HAS BEEN POOR. t '! MR. SHEARER WITHDREW HIS MOTION AND MOVED, SECONDED' BY MR. WILSON, THAT THE ITEM BE RE- rERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE fOR DISCUSSION ON LEGAL ASPECTS or ENrORCEMENT IN AREAS OF~ PAINTED DRIVEWAYS. MOTION CARRIED. ') I! 'i e :1 , I' II \\ ......1