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<br /> "A ME~TING OF THE. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HE L DON JUNE 3, 1949 AT THE OSaURN HOTEL II
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<br /> WITH COUNCILMEN CRU~BAKER, WELLS, AND GODLOVE; CITY MANAGER, CITY ENGINEER AND THE CITY RECORDERI
<br /> PRESENT~ I:
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<br />.,,~'" THE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT IT HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST F"ROM INTERESTED PARTIES THAT THE
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<br />..:7) COUNC I L CONSIDER AGAIN THE PROPOSAL TO WIDEN WILLAMETTE STREET. ACTING ON THIS REQUEST THIS
<br />, '1::.3-. COMMITTEE HAS SET THE TIME TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1949 AT 3:30 P.M. AT THE CITY HALL FOR A MEETING "
<br /> OF" PERSONS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE PROPOSAL. ,
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<br /> THE 'PROPOSED PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE STREETS SOUTH OF 18TH AND WEST OF CHAMBERS BY GRADING,
<br /> GRAVELING AND OILING AS THE FI RS T STAGE OF" CONSTRUCTION FOR PERMANENT STREET IMPROVEMENTS. WAS
<br /> DISCUSSED. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMM I TTEE THAT THE PROJECT PROCEED UNDER SUCH I
<br /> Sf;lECIF"lCATIONS' ~ITH THE COST TO BE BORNE BY ABUTTING PROPERTY,AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
<br /> SUCH STRE~TS SO IMPROVED WILL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH COUNCIL POLICY ESTABLISHED REGARDING MA~NTE-
<br /> NANCE OF NON-PAVED SURF"ACES. .
<br /> IT IS THE ~ECOMMENDATION OF" THE COMM I TTEE THAT THE FOLLOWING SPECiF"ICATIONS ON ASPHAL TIC
<br /> CONCRET~ BE ADOPTED I F" THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ENGINEER SO RECOMMEND. . "
<br /> 3-1/2" ASPHA':-TIC CONCRETE TO~
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<br /> 5," (OR MORE) CRUSHED ROCK BASE ,
<br /> THIS IS TO BE IN LIEU OF THE 1_1/2" ASPHALTIC TOP AND 4_1/2" ASPHA:T BA,SE ON I" (I" MINUS)
<br /> CRUSHED ROCK.
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<br /> DISCUSSION \VAS GIVEN TO WIDENING HILYARD, PATTERSON AND ALDER STREETS BETWEEN BROADWAY
<br /> RECOMMENDATION ,OF" THE "
<br /> AND I I TH AVENUE. NO DEFINITE (lOMMITTEE IS GIVEN E~CEPT THAT, THE MATTER
<br /> BE REF"ERRED TO THE COUNCIL F"OR CONSIDERATION. .
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<br /> A LETTER F"ROM THE UNIVERSITY OF" QREGON ADDRESSED TO THE C I T Y MAN A GE R CONCERN I NG THE
<br /> PAVING OF" ,EMERALD, ON YX , AND BEECH STREETS ,WAS CONSIDERED AND IT IS RECOMMEN OED THAT THE WORK
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<br /> ON THESE STREETS BE UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE REGULAR PROCEDURE WHEN PETITIONS HAVE BEEN PROP.ERL Y
<br /> F"ILED AND APPROVED. " :
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<br /> "A MEET~NG OF" THE MAYOR AND PUBLIC; WORKS COMMITTEE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS O~ WILLAMETTE
<br /> STREET BETWEEN 11TH AVEII!UE AND 13TH AVENUE WAS HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON JUNE 7, 1949
<br /> WITH QO~NCILME~ CRUMBAKER, SM I,TH AND GODLOVE PRESENT. I.
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<br /> THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR JOHNSON.
<br /> T~E CI~V ~ANAGER BROUGHT ON F"OR CONSIDERATION THE MATTER OF" WIDENING WILLAMETTE STREET
<br /> BETWEEN I I THAN 0 13TH AVENUES AND READ ,TWO PETITIONS ON THE MATTER ADDRESSED ~O THE ,COUNC I L
<br /> WITH NAMES OF" PROPERTY OWNERS WHO SIGNED THE PETITIONQ rOR AND AGAINST ;WIDENING.
<br /> THE \IIIDTH OF" THE STREET WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT BY WIDENING THE STREET
<br /> TO 52 FEE T I,T WOULD L.EAVE A ~ERY NARROW SIDEWALK. THE ORIGINAL ,ORDINANCE SETTING UP A 7-
<br /> F"OOT SET-BACK WAS DISCUSSED AND EXPLAINED BY COUNCtL~AN CRUMBA'KE'R.
<br /> MR. ANDE RSON AS KE 0 IF" THE C I T Y HA S ANY OTHER PLANS THAN TO WIDEN THE STREET TO .56 F"EET. "
<br /> HE STATED THAT AT THE TIME THE HOSPITAL WAS REMODELED, THEY ASKED THE ENGI~EERING DEPARTMENT
<br /> AND WERE TOLD THAT THE STREET WOULD BE REMqVED ,TO A 49 F"OOT STREETa HE ASKED THAT THE
<br /> COUNCI~ REqONSIDER THE GR~D S~StEM AND ,THA~ T~E WHOLE OF" WILLAMETTE STREET BE MADE A TWO-WAY
<br /> STREET. THE CLINIC IS WI L L IN G TO HAVE THE ,STREET WIDENED TO 49 F"EET ONLY. , .
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<br /> MR'. STEVENSEN PROTESTED A 7-F"00T 6IDE~ALK ,AND REF"USED TO DONATE THE SIDEWALK TO THE ,C I TY.
<br /> HE STATED THAT PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE -':0 MOVE THEIR BUILDINGS BACK AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.
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<br /> M~s.. HASSELROOTHREAD A LETTER WHICH HAS ~EEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, EXPLAINING HOW
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<br /> THE WIDENING OF" WILLAMETTE STREET WOULD AF"F"ECT HER PROPERTY, THE WILLAMETTE STREET MARKET.
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<br /> MRS. RUSSELL, CO-OWNER OF" THE ,FLORENCE APARTMEN,TS ;STATEDTHAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO
<br /> CUT OF"F" THEIR BUILDING THE ONE F"OOT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO WIDEN WILLAMETTE STREET AND i I
<br /> THAT THEY WERE NOT GO I N G TO DONATE ANY PROPERTY TO THE C I T Y. SHE ASKED I F" AN YONE HAD MADE
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<br /> AN ESTIMATE OF" HOlV MUCH IT WOULD COST TO CUT 0F"f" ONE F"OOT WHICH WOULD TAKE AWAY PART OF" THEIR
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<br /> THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED TO THE PETITIONERS THAT F"OUR LANES ARE DESIRED ON A HI GHWAY.
<br /> HE STATED THAT THE DESIRED RESULT IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT IS EASE Or TRAFFIC IN GIVING PEOPLE
<br /> A CHANCE TO PARK AND THAT PERHAPS THEY COULD COMPROM I SE ON ,A STREET NOT QU I T,E S,O WI DE.
<br /> IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY COUNCILMAN CRUMBAKER THAT ON A TWO-LANE OR EVEN THREE LANE STREET, I
<br /> THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM WOULD BE IN EFF"ECT, AND THAT UNLESS A STREET IS WIDENED TO 56-F"EET, A
<br /> T-WO-WA VS TRE_E T II,OULD NOT BE C,ONS I DERED.
<br /> MR. EDMONDS STATED HIS VIEWS IN F"AVOR OF" WIDENING THE STREET TO 52 OR EVEN .56 F"EET TO
<br /> THE ADVANTAGE OF" THE CITY AND MERCHANTS, AND LOOKING TO THE F"UTURE.
<br /> COUNCILMAN GODLOVE DISCUSSED THE WIDENING AND STATED THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE CITY
<br /> CAN AF"rORD TO CUT OFF THE BU ILDI NGS AND MAKE THE FRONTAGE UNIFORM, THE MATTER SHOULD NOT BE
<br /> TAKEN UP.
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