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~ 423 5 A REPORT OF' THE JOINT SPECIAL TRAF'F'IC COMMITTEE AND THE CHAMBER OF' COMMERCE COMMITTEE - RE: ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OllOWS: I It I. THAT THE PRESENT ONE-WAY GRID PATTERN BE MADE PERMANENT, SUBSTANTIAllY AS PRESENTLY OUTLINED, F'OR THE REASON OF' APPARENT MAJORITY PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF' THE PL AN, AS INDICATED BY A DRIVER'S POLL TAKEN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AS WELL AS BY EVIDENCE OF' GREATER EF'F'ICIENCY IN ~ MOVEMENT OF' VEHICULAR TRAF'F'IC IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF' EUGENE. IT IS F'U RTHE R RECOMMENDED ('0 THAT CONCLUSIONS OF' THIS REPORT BE CONTAINED I,N A CITY ORDINANCE EMPOWERING THE COMMON COUNCIL .~ TO AMEND THE ONE-WAY GRID PLAN BY RESOLUTION AS SEEMS INDICATED BY F'UTURE OPERATION o F' T HE , . . PLAN, BASED UPON ENGINEERING STUDIES, PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE, ETC. I 2. THAT HIGH STREET BE DESIGNATED AS A TWO-WAY TRAVEL STREET IT'S ENTIRE DISTANCE, WHEN U. S. 99 HIGHWAY TRAVEL IS DIVERTED TO ITS NEW ROUTE T HROU GH THE C IT Y; YOUR COMMITTEE BELIEVES TWO-WAY TRAF'F'IC ON HIGH STREET WILL OF'F'ER GREATER CONVENIENCE AND F'LEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY TO TRAF'f'IC APPROACHING EUGENE F'ROY THE SOUTH AND THE EAST VI~ rRANKllN BOULEVARD AND EAST BROADWA Y; YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT CONSiDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE WIDENING OF' HIGH STREET, ESPECIALLY FROM EAST BROADWAY, SOUTH TO EAST 19TH STREET, WHEN F'INANCING f'OR SUCH WIDENII\IG IS AVAILABLE. 3. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ONE-WAY TRAf'f'IC ON WILLAMETTE STREET BE EXTENDED TO EAST 14TH STREET, ONE BL 0 C K BEYOND PRESENT TERMINUS Of' ONE-WAY TRAf'f'IC ON WILLAMETTE STREET AT EAST 13TH STREET; IT IS BELIEVED THAT SUCH EXTENSION Of' THE ONE-WAY f'LOW ON THIS STREET WILL DO MUCH TO ALLEVIATE THE PRESENT CONf'LICT NOTED AT THE INTERSECTION Of' EAST 13TH AND WILLAMETTE STREETS. IT IS f'URTHER RECOMMENDED THAT PROMINENT DIVERSiON SIGNS BE PLACED AT EAST 14TH AND WllLAMETTE, INDICATING RIGHT-HAND TURN TO OAK STREET. 4. THAT MORE ADEQUATE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS BE PLACED ALONG PRINCIPLE TRAf'f'IC ARTERIALS, ESPECIALLY 6TH AND 7TH STREETS, AND OTHER POINTS ON U. S. 99, INDICATING TURN-O~f' OPPORTU- NITIES TO DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SECTION, UNIVERSITY OF ORE GON, SACRED HEART HOSPITAL, ETC. THEREBV ADVISING STRANGERS Of' MOST Ef'f'ICIENT ROUTES TO THESE POINTS; 5. THAT MORE EDUCATIONAL SIGNS, ADVISING MOTORISTS TO SELECT PROPER TRAf'f'IC l AN E S ON ONE-WAY STREETS f'OR RIGHT AND LEf'T HAND TURNS, BE PLACED, ALSO SIGNS INDICATING CITY'S SPEED LIMITS AND WARNING Of' PEDESTRIAN HAZARD POINTS ALONG ROUTE; 6. A COROLLARY PROPOSAL - NOT DIRECTlV ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONE-WAY GR 10 PATTERN - I WAS MADE, NAMELY THAT PEARL STREET AND OAK S T RE E T BE EXTENDED f'ROM THEIR PRESENT "DEAD-END" TERMINI AT ABOUT 16TH STREET TO EAST 19TH STREET; THIS CALLS f'OR BRIDGING Of' THE AMAZON CREEK. YOUR COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT EXTENSION OF THESE TWO STREETS, PARALLELING WILLAMETTE STREET, WILL DO MUCH TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAF'~IC PRESSURES NOW BEING EXPERIENCED ON WILLAMETTE STREET AND OTHER STREETS WI THIN THE ONE-WAY GRID PATTERN, ESPECIALLY AT 13TH AN D Vi I LLAMETTE STREETS. " IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT Of' THE JOINT COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 6 A REPORT OF' THE BOARD Of' ApPEALS - RE: VARIANCE TO ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOlllS: "A MEETING Of' THE BOARD Of' ApPEAlS WAS HELD JUNE 24, 1949 TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST Of' MR. A. G. TYLE Of' 1799 lAWRENCE STREET. MR. TYLE OWNS A CORNER LOT 50'x150' - 7500 SQUARE f'EET IN AREA UPON WHICH EXiSTS A HOME AND GARAGE. HE WISHED TO CONS T RU C T ANOTHER DWELLING ON THE EAST 60 f'EET Of' HIS LOT WHICH WOULD F'ACE 18TH AVENUE. THIS PARCEL Of' GROUND WOULD BE 3000 SQUARE fEET IN AREA AND DOES NOT MEET THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS f'OR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE BOARD DENIED THE REQUESi." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT Of' THE BOARD Of' ApPEALS BE I ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. PETITIONS AND COMMUN I CA T IONS 7 THE F'OLLOWING APPLICATION FOR A BEER LICENSE, PACKAGE STORE CLASS A, APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS SUBMITTED. Ro Y B. WILCOX, 2900 WILLAMETTE STREET. I IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECON DED BY HAWN THAT THE APPLICATION AS APPROVED B V THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BE ENDORSED. MOTION CARRIED. 8 THE F'OLLOWING PETITIONS TO REZONE WERE SUBMITTED AND READ. A. C. CRAMER - REZONE WEST SIDE Of' OAK STREET f'ROM 28TH SOUTH TO 100 f'EET NORTH LINE Of 29TH AVENUE EAST f'ROM R-A TO C-3. ;iOiiI ~~."."~ "'^..-c~.:<-'''''''"'''-'"'''--:'''~''',~