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~30 11 t ;" REPORTS OF OFFICERS . 7 A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: CONSTRUCTION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BOX f'OR CANOE UNDER- i: . . I .t, -~ PASS ON EAST FRANKL'''' BOULEVARD WAS S U BM I T TED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: :", ; -:~;- '-.0. " "ON SEPTEMBER 1948, . DEL R. BEEBE CONSTfWCT ION COMPANY ,~ I , THIS OFFICE WAS ADVISED BY THE .'" ADDIT.lONAL 72-INCH . EAST "',- THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN PIPE TO COMPLETE THE CANOE UNDERPASS ON " ...."'011 ,...-.. FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, RE CENTL Y AUT HOR I ZED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL. To SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PIPE, -- CONSTRUCTION X 6'6" THE COMPANY PROPOS ED THE PLACEMENT OF A 4' REINf'ORCED CONCRETE BOX AS PER STANDARD STATE HIGHWAY PLANS. THIS ALTERNATE WAS DISCUSSED WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HIS APPROVAL. . AND MET WITH AT THE TIME THAT T HIS PROPOSAL WAS S U BM I T TED IN VlRITING, QUOT I NG A PRICE FOR THE REIN- I FORCED CONCRETE BOX OF S33.41 PER LINEAL FOOT INSTALLED AND INCLUDING 164 LINEAL FEET OF HALf'- INCH ELECTRICAL RIGID CONDUIT AND THE PLACING OF JUNCTION BOXES ON 20 ' CENTERS FOR LIGHTING . COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TUNNEL, THIS OFFICE CONTACTED S I X 0 F THE EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE BY TELEPI;fONE IN ORDER THAT AN ANSWER COULD BE GIVEN TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE CONTRACTOR WITH- . OUT UNDUE DE LAY. IT IS REQUESTED AT T HIS TIME THAT OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION BE GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL FO,R THE PLACING OF AN ORDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REINFORCED CONCRETE. " IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HANNS T HA T A REINFORCED CONCRETE BOX CULVERT BE ORDERED AS A SUBSTITUTION FOR THE STEEL PIPE CUL VE RT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION . . CARRIED. 8 A. REPORT FROM THE CHIEf' OF POLICE - RE: TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 19TH AND WILLAMETTE STREET WAS SUBM I TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ." IN COMMON COUNCIL / AUGUST ACCORDANCE WITH ACTION TAKE N BY THE AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON 23, 1948, THIS DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AND CONT ROL AT THE INTER- SECTION OF 19TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE. SAID SURVE Y CONDUCTED ON Au GU S T 27 FOR A 12 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT, AND ON SEPTEMBER I FOR AN 8 HOUR PERIOD FROM 4:00 O'CLOCK P.M. TO 12:00 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT. THE SURVEY INDICATED A 41.6% INCREASE OVER MA Y, 1947 FOR A .TO.T AL, Of' 880 VEHI CU:S AN HOUR OVE R A 12 HOUR PERIOD, WITH A HI STOR Y OF' 12 ACCIDENTS FOR 1947. THIS VOLUME INDICATES T HA T NOTHING LESS THAN TRAF'FIC LIGHT-MOTOR BE USED FOR CONTROL. OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT PEARL STREET BE OPENED TO 19TH FROM THE NORTH, I WHICH WOULD MOVE CONSIDERABLE TRAFFIC FROM THIS INTERSECTioN. AN YOTHER f YPE OF' CONTROL THAN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT-MOTOR AT THE INTERSECTION WOULD BE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY. OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR ANYTHING THAT W OU L D NOT INCUR ExPENSE WOULD BE TO PLACE A STOP SIGN ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of' 19TH ON WILLAMETTE TO STOP THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC FLOY/, ALLOVlING RIGHT HAND TURNS AT ALL TIMES WITHOUT STOPPING. ALSO TO ALLOW THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON 19TH TURNING NORTH ON WILLAMETTE, TO - MOVE WITHOUT STOPPING. ALSO TO LINE THE INTERSECTION SO THAT SOUTHBOUND TRAF'FIC, TURNING EAST ON 19TH, WILL BE CONTROLLED. ALSO TO CUT BACK THE CURB LI NE ON THE SOU T HE AS T CORNER Of' THE INTERSECTION SO THAT THE NORT HBOUND TRAFF I C, TURNING EAST ON 19TH, WILL NOT HAVE TO TURN AT AN ACUTE ANGLE. THIS TYPE OF ACTION WILL LEAVE THE MAJOR CONFLICT OF SOUTHBOUND TRAFF'IC ON WILLAMETTE TURN I NG EAST ON 19TH AND THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON WILLAMETTE. BOTH VOLUMES APPROxiMATELY EQUAL: . IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE SHE L L STATION ON THE NORT HE AS T CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION IS TO BE RENOVATED AND TO BECOME A SUPER SERVICE STATION, STARTING WITHIN 30 DAYS. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CURB LINES BE CUT TO CONF'ORM WITH F'UTURE ZONING DURING THE tt .. TIME OF RENOVATION. IT WAS MOVED BY HANNS, SECONDED BY DAVis T HA T A STOP SiGN BE PLACED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 19TH ON WILLAMETTE TO STOP THE NORTHBOUND TRAFF'IC F'LOW BUT ALLOW RIGHT HAND TURN S AT ALL TIMES WITHOUT . w STOPPING; TO PLACE A SIGN ALLOWING WEST BO UNO TRAF'FIC ON 19TH, TURNING NORT H ON WILLAMETTE, TO MOVE WIT HOuT STOPPING; TO LINE THE INTERSECTION SO T HA T WILLAMETTE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC, TURNING EAST ON 19TH wiLL BE CONTROLLED; TO CUT BACK THE CURB LINE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTER- SECTION SO THAT THE NORTH-BOUND TRAFFIC, TURNING EAST ON 19T H, WILL NOT HAVE TO TURN AT AN ACUTE . OF WILLAMETTE APPROXiMATELY 50 . ANGLE, AND TO PROHIBIT PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE FEET NORTH AND I SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 19TH ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE EAST ON WILLAMETTE. THE EXACT DISTANCE AND LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED AS A RESULT OF FURTHER STUDY BY THE POLICE . . ..,. DEPARTMENT. REPORTS OF COMM I TTEES 9 THE COMMITTEE ON P U BL I C FINANCE SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT: "AT A JOINT POLICE AND PUBLIC FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 8, 1948, IT WAS I' PENNINGTON, , DECIDED TO ASK THE C I T Y ATTORNEY, JOHN TO DRAW A MODEL ORDINANCE, AND TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PUNCHBOARD WH I C H, ACCORDING TO THE C I T Y ATTORNEY HAS BEEN DECLARED LEGAL BY VERDICT OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT. _-4 A ON THE MATTER OF' MAINTAINING CERTAIN HOURS FOR THE SERVING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, IT WAS DECIDED BY MOST OF THE COMM I TTEE MEMBERS TO LEAVE THE SITUATION AS IT IS, AND MAKE RECOMMDIDAT ION F'OR THE CANCELLATION OF' THE LICENSE OF ANYONE VIOLATING THE LICENSE P R I V'I LEG E S . " . IT BY DAVIS, CRUMBAKER THAT REPORT FINANCE COMMITTEE . WAS MOVED SECONDED BY THE OF THE BE RECEIVED AND PLA CE 0 ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. . . . ~