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r--350 -0 ____ _ _ __ ... I; , COUNCILMEN FREEHOLDER TERM EXPIRES II ii HAWN OR. JOHN P. MACKINNON JUNE 30, 1952 I, I DAVIS J. E. TURNBULL JUNE 30, 1950 . C ijUMBAKER DR. w. E. Buc HANAN JUNE 30, 1950 AI.LEN MR. ALBERT DENN I aToN JUNE 30, 1951 .,,' ~..," WELLS MR. HUGH F. PROUDF'IT JUNE 30. 1951 C"" BOOTH, MR. MERVIN VATER JUNE 30, 1952 CJl ..':-..., .GODLOVE DR. CHARLES E. WILLIAMSON JUNE 30, 1952 '--' SMITH MR. CL I Ff"OR D STAL SBER G JUNE 30, 1951 THE ABOVE APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBMITTED f"OR CONF'IRMATION BY YOUR BODY." I It WAS MOVED BY HAWN. SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED. 'MOTION CARRIED. 5 A .REPORT FROM THE fiNANCE Of"F'ICER - RE: WIDENING Of" WILLAMETTE STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOf/S: . ~SINCE IT IS T~~ COUNCIL'S ANNOU~CEo. INTENTION TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO AN IMPROVEMENT' O~DIN~NCE TO INITIAT~ THE WIDENING Of" WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 11TH TO 19TH AVENUES; AND SINCE T~ERE IS ON FILE A P~TITION SIGNED BY PROPERTY OWNERS URGING IMMEDIATE ACTION iON SUCH WIDENING OF-: WILLAMETTE IF' NOT .TO 19TH THEN TO 16TH OR EVEN 13TH ANDLIKE\YISE A PETITION OPPOSING WIDENING' ESPECIALLY F'ROM 16TH TO 19TH AND SINCE IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER Of" PHYSICAL OBSTACLES T~ THE WIDENING SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION AT 16TH AVENUE WHICH MAY NOT BE OVERCOME IN THE IMMEDIATE f"UTURE--IT IS HEREBY SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER OF'f"ICIAL ACTION ANNOUNCING THE INTENTION TO WIDEN 'ILLAMETTE STREET FROM 11TH TO 19TH AVENUES AND THEN PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WI,TH' THE NECESSARY ST.EPS TO START THE ,WORK Of" WIDENING f"ROM 11TH TO 16TH AVENUE AS DESCRIBED BE,LOW: WIOEN WILLAMETT~ STREET FROM 11TH AVENUE TO 16TH A~ENUE FROM ITS PRESENT WIDTH OF 34~TO ' 54' INCLUDING CURBS AND INSTALL 12' OR 13. SIDEWALKS ALL AT THE COST Of" THE OWNERS OF' ABUTTING P~OPERTY. FROM SKETCHES FURNISHED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IT APPEARS THAT IF SUCH A PROJECT WERE UNDERTAKEN IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLI~H THE FOLLOWING FRIOR TO \, WIDENING: I.. R~~OVE OR MOVE B~CK THE BUILDINGS HOUSING THE OREGON EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, liGHTNINGS, THE ,WI.LLAMETTE GROCERY, A,ND THE GROCERY STORE ON 14TH AND WILLAMETTE TO A DEPTH OF 7 F'EET f"ROM THE PR.OPE,RTY LINE. 2., SECURE EASEMENTS ON 7 FEET INSIDE PROPERTY LINE F'ROM PROPERTY OWNERS F'OR SIDEWALK USE, I AN,o IT MIGHT BE D,ESIRABLE, ALTHOUGH NO,T ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PLAN f"OR ADJUSTMENT 'OF THE STEPS IN FRONT Of" 'HE EUGENE HOSPITAL AND THE FLORENCE APARTMENTS SINCE THEY WOULD PROTRUDE ABOUT SiX F'EET INTO THE 12 FOOT SIDEWALK. , ASIPE F'ROM THE ABOVE OBSTACLES THE ONLY OTHER PROTRUSIONS THAT WOULD BE IR~EGULARITIES ARE THE OuTER LIBRARY STEPS AND THE CITY HALL STEPS THAT WOULD CUT INTO THE 12 F'OOT WALK BY 5 F'EET AN~ IPF'OOT RESPECTIVELY. IF' THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PORTION OF THE COMPLETE PROJECT COULD BE INITIATED WiTHOUT DELAY IT IS LIKELY THAT WIDENING f"ROM 11TH TO 16TH COULC BE ACCOMPLISHED THIS SUMMER. THIS WOULD DEPEND SOMEWHAT UPON HOW SOON INTERESTED PARTIES COULD SECURE NECESSARY EASEMENTS." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS FURTHER MOVED BY HAWN. SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE WIDENING Of" WILLAMETTE BE A f"ULL 56' INSTEAD OF 53' AND; THAT THE ORDINANCE AS DRAWN, WiTH THIS EXCEPTION, BE APPROVED. MOTION .CARRIED. 6 THE fiNANCE OFF'ICER READ THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE. CHIEf" OF POLICE. - RE: STOP SIGNS AT 22ND AND ALDER STREETS, AND RECOMMENDED ITS ADOPTION. "PLEASE FIND ATTACHED f"IVE. LETTERS CONTAINING RECOMMENDAT.IONS IN REQUEST FOR SOME SORT Of" CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTION Of" 22ND AND ALDER STREETS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REQUESTS PRIOR TO THIS, BUT DUE TO THE LIGHT f"LOW OF TRAFf"IC AND MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS AT THIS INTER- SECTION IT WAS NOT f"ELT ADVISABLE TO PLACE STOP SIGNS PRIOR TO THIS TIME, BUT DUE TO THE IN- CREASED TRAFFIC AND THE INCREASED SPEED OF' TRAf"f"IC ON ALDER STREET, ALSO THE SEVERITY Of" THE ACCIDENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION, IT IS NOW f"ELT BY THIS DEPARTMENT THAT PERHAPS STOP SIGNS ARE ADVISABLE. DUE TO THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES NORTH AND SOUTH ON ALDERSTREET. AND THE f"ACT' THAT ALDER IS A VERY NARROW STREET, BEING ONLY 24 FEET WIDE, IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THIS DEPARTMENT THAT STOP SIGNS BE PLACED AT 22ND STREET. WHICH WOULD TEND TO SLOW DOWN TRAFf"IC ON ALDER STREET. I I DURING 1948 THERE WERE SEVEN ACCIDENTS AND ONE INJURY AT THIS INTERSECTION. To DATE IN 1949 THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ACCIDENTS AND TWO INJURIES. ALSO TO FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT Of" TRAf"FIC IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THE CITY WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT HILYARD STREET BE MADE A THROUGH STREET FROM 19TH AVENUE TO THE SOUTH CITY liMITS." IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARR~Eb. 7 THE FINANCE Of"f"ICER READ THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF' THE CHIEf" OF POLICE - RE: PETITIONS PRE- V.OUS~l RECEIVED FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL LIGHTS AT 11TH AND CHAMBERS AND 11TH AND MONROE, AND RECOMMENDED' THAT IT BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR REPORT. ~