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<br />"ENCLOSED YOU WiLL FIND A SURVEY ON ELEVENTH AND POLK DONE BY THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
<br />FOR 1948.
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<br />ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, 16 ACCIDENTS, TWO OF THEM BEING INJURY ACCIDENTS, OCCURRED AT
<br />THIS INTERSECTION. THE STATE DOES NOT RECOMMEND THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS BECAUSE
<br />OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND PEDESTRIAN WARRANTs BEING LOW. DUE TO 54 PER CENT OF THE ACCIDENTS
<br />OCCURRING'BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. AND 6:00 A.M., DURING WHICH TIME ONLY 25 PER CENT OF THE 24-HOUR
<br />TRAFFIC VOLUME ENTERED THE INTERSECTION, INDICATING THAT VISIBILITY MAY, IN PART AT LEAST, BE
<br />A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, AS A"RESULT THE STATE RECOMMENDED THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL STREET
<br />LIGHTS AT THIS INTERSECTION, POSSIBLY OF THE MERCURY VAPOR TYPE.
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<br />THE EXPERIENCE OF THIS OFFICE INDICATES THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT ELEVENTH AND MONROE IS VERY
<br />COMPARABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ELEVENTH AND MONROE 15 A SCHOOL CROSSING, SERVICING BOTH
<br />LINCOLN AND WOODROW WILSON SCHOOLS. ELEVENTH AND MONROE SUFFERED 16 ACCIDENTS WITH ONE INJURY
<br />FOR 1948, FIVE ACCIDENTS WITH ONE INJURY TO DATE, 1949.
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<br />ALSO~ ELEVENTH AND CHAMBERS SUFFERED 16 ACCIDENTS WITH TWO INJURIES IN 1948, FIVE ACCIDENTS
<br />AND NO INJURIES IN 1949. ELEVENTH AND LINCOLN SUFFERED 12 ACCIDENTS IN 1948 AND FOUR ACCIDENTS
<br />TO DATE IN 1949. ALSO AS ELEVENTH AND CHAMBERS PASSE~ THROUGH TOWN, CHARNELTON HAS 17 ACCIDENTS,
<br />OLIVE 24 ACCIDENTS WITH ONE INJURY, WILLAMETTE 59 ACCIDENTS WITH TWO INJURIES, OAK 19 ACCIDENTS
<br />WITH ONE INJURY, PEARL 22 ACCIDENTS WITH TWO INJURIES, HIGH 30 ACCIDENTS WITH TwO INJURIES,
<br />HILYARD 18 ACCIDENTS WITH ONE INJURY, AND ALDER 15 ACCIDENTS WITH ONE INJURY, ALL OCCURRING
<br />DURING 1948. IT WOULD APPEAR TO THIS OFFICE THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD JUDGMENT TO LIGHT THE WHOLE
<br />OF ELEVENTH STREET WITH MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTS AS AN ACCIDENT PREVENTATIVE.
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<br />THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN STUDIED BY BOTH liEUTENANT CASH AND MYSELF. IN CONSULTATION WITH
<br />TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, WE FEEL IT REASONABLE TO SAY THAT POOR LIGHTING IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR MANY OF
<br />OUR ACCIDENTS IN THE EUGENE AREA.
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<br />ENCLOSED ARE COMPLAINTS ON ELEVENTH AND CHAMBERS AND ELEVENTH AND MONROE.-
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT THE REPORT BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
<br />COMMITTEE FOR REPORT. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />8 A REPORT FROM THE FINANCE OFFICER - RE: TRUNK SEWER CONSTRUCTION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
<br />FOLLOWS:
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<br />"My OFFICE RECEIVED A LETTER A FEW DAYS AGO FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
<br />OREGON IN ANSWER TO A REQUEST MADE OF HIM FOR INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
<br />OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS. THE LETTER WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS
<br />COMMUNICATION SUMMARIZES THE PLAN IN SOME DETAIL AND POINTS OUT THAT THERE WILL BE A CON-
<br />SIDERABLE DORMITORY POPULATION IN THE AREA OF 13TH AND 14TH BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONYX IN THE
<br />NEAR FUTURE AND THAT WITHIN FIVE TO TEN YEARS THE DORMITORY POPULATION MAY REACH 2000 IN THIS
<br />AREA. THE COMPLETION OF THE ~IRST UNIT Or THE WOMEN'S DORMITORY AT 13TH AND EMERALD IS
<br />SCHEDULED FOR LATE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR AND OCCUPANCY BY SEPTEMBER, 1949. THE UNIT WILL HOUSE
<br />APPROXIMATELY 333 GIRLS.
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<br />IN VIEW OF THE PLANS FOR SUCH EXPANSiON AND IN VIEW OF THE ALREADY OVER-LOADED SANITARY
<br />SEWER SYSTEM EAST AND NORTH OF THIS AREA IT IS SUGGESTED THAT EARLY CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO
<br />THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERCEPTOR SEWER TO RUN rROM FAIRMOUNT W. ON 17TH TO AGATE AND NORTH
<br />ON AGATE TO CONNECT TO THE FRANkLIN INTERCEPTOR.
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<br />IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL ALSO CONSIDER THE EXTENSION OF A TRUNK SEWER
<br />SOUTH ON WILLAMETTE ,TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY (JUST BEYOND 26TH AVENUE) O~ THE AREA ANNEXED ~O
<br />THE CITY IN MAY, 1948. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SEWER SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN
<br />THIS SUMMER. IT WOULD ALSO SERVE THE COLLEGE HILL AREA ANNEXED AT THE MAY, 1948 ELECTION.
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<br />ANOTHER POINT OF CONCERN IS THE MATTER OF FINANCING O~ TRUNK SEWER PROJECTS FOR 1949
<br />AND THEREA~TER. THE AUTHORIZATION (APPROVEd BY THE VOTERS IN MAY, 1944) rOR A 5 MILL LEVY
<br />FOR riVE YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS TO THE CITY'S SEWAGE
<br />AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM EXPIRED WITH THE TAX YEAR 1948-49. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL
<br />CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF SUBMITTING A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO THE PEOPLE AT A SPECIAL
<br />ELECTION IN TIUE FOR INCLUSION OF A SPECIAL LEVY IN THE 1949-50 BUDGET."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPO~T BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS
<br />COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: PETITIONS FOR VACATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC.
<br />WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"YOUR' COMMI TTEE ON PUBL I C 'WORKS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED PET I T IONS rOR VACAT IONS, I MPROVE-
<br />MENTS, ETC. BEGS TO REPORT AS FOLLOWS: THAT THE PETITIONS TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE ALLEY
<br />RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN AGATE AND COLUMBIA STREETS AND TO VACATE COLLIER STREiT IN 2ND
<br />ADDITION TO CITY OuTLOOK WERE STUDIED AND INVESTIGATED AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
<br />PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THESE PETITIONS BE TABLED BY COUNCIL ACTION SINCE IT IS FELT
<br />THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THESE STREETS REMAIN OPEN.
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