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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> I 6 A REPORT OF' A JOINT COMM I TTEE OFT HE CITY COUNCIL, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PLANNING COMMISSION -
<br /> RE: ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ,;;;;;.
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<br /> itA JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PLANNING COMMISSION ::'l;,?
<br /> RELATIVE TO THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM WAS HELD AUGUST 4, 1949 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL
<br /> CHAMBERS. PRESENT WERE: OR. CRUMBAKER, C HA I RM AN , MA YO R JOHNSON, CITY MANAGER KING, MESSRS.
<br /> BRENNE, MCGINTY, BARN E S , McLEAN, G ILL I LAN, CROSS, lINDSTROM, UREY, SURFUS, BUF'ORD, AND CITY
<br /> RECORDER BEISTEL.
<br /> I THE CITY MANAGER READ THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 3, 1949 CONTAINING
<br /> RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING TRAFFI~ STUDY AND THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS WERE SUGGESTED.
<br /> QUESTIONS BE ADDED TO FIND OUT WHAT OUTSIDERS THINK OF THE GRID SYSTEM.
<br /> DOES THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC MATERIALLY AF'FECT CHANGES IN VALUES AND PATTERNS OF BUSINESS?
<br /> WOULD YOU BUY 0 R. BU I L D OR INVEST IN A BU SIN E S S WITHIN THE GRID SYSTEM?
<br /> WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS? (FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTI F'Y1NG THE EFFECT OF THE
<br /> ONE-WAY GRID UPON PARTICULAR BUSINESSES).
<br /> DOES THE GRID SYSTEM TEND TO SPREAD OUT VALUES IN THE SAME MAN NE R IN WHICH THE MOVEMENT
<br /> . OF TRAFFIC IS DISBURSED?
<br /> THIS QVESTIONNAIRE SHOULD BE S EN T TO BOTH BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN. IT WAS ALSO
<br /> SUGGESTED THAT ALL QUESTIONNAIRES BE SIGNED TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING THE EFFECT UPON
<br /> PART I CULA R BUSINESSES.
<br /> IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A COpy OF THE PETITION BE I NG CIRCULATED TO REPLACE THE TWO-WA Y
<br /> TRAFF'IC ON BROADWAY, WILLAMETTE AND HIGH STREETS BE OBTAINED AND THAT QUESTIONS BE f'ORMULATED
<br /> FROM THIS PE TIT I ON IN AN ENDEAVOR TO UTILIZE THE RESULTS OF THE PETITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
<br /> IT WAS PROPOSED THAT A TRAFF'IC STUDY BE MADE RELATIVE TO THROUGH STREETS.
<br /> IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE MIMEOGRAPHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROPOSED QUESTIONNAIRE
<br /> SHOULD NOT RUN OVER $150.00 AND THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DO THE WORK IN MAILING OUT THE
<br /> QUESTIONNAIRES To ITS MEMBERS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFERED TO ASSIST IN THIS WORK AND
<br /> ALSO IN ANY OTHER WAY POSSIBLE IN THE STUDY OF THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM. MR. McLEAN MENTIONED
<br /> I THAT SEVERAL BUSINESSMEN HAD OFFERED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS STUDY FINANCIALLY.
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<br /> A RESUME OF A COMPARABLE STUDY BEING UNDERTAKEN IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO BY THE
<br /> NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE FOUNDATION AT A COST OF $60,000.00 WAS READ BY MR. GILLILAN AND ALSO
<br /> TELEGRAMS FROM D. GRANT MICKEL, ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THE SURVEY AND THE CITY MANAGER Of'
<br /> ALBUQUERQUE DESCRIBING THE TYPE OF SURVEY AND RESULTS EXPECTED. IT WAS BROU GHT OUT THAT
<br /> THE ABOVE $60,000.00 WAS PRO-RATED BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE AND CITY OF
<br /> ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO--THE CITY's SHARE BE~NG $8,000.00.
<br /> IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS WAS OF SUCH A NATURE THAT A LONG TIME STUDY SHOULD BE
<br /> MADE TO THOROUGHLY ANALYZE THE EFFECT FROM SUCH A GRID SYSTEM BOTH FROM THE MOVEMENT Of'
<br /> TRAf'F'IC AND FROM A BUSINESS AND ECONOMICAL STANO-POINT.
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<br /> IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY MR. MCLEAN THAT MODIf'ICATION Of' THE GRID SYSTEM WAS THE KE Y TO
<br /> PERMIT BETTER ACCESS INTO THE BUSINESS SECTION RATHER THAN THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF THE
<br /> GRI 0 SYSTEM~ HE STATED THAT ON THE PETITION TO ELIMINATE THE ONE-WAY GRID ON BROADWAY, ALL
<br /> BUT ONE OF THE TWENTY MERCHANTS CONTACTED SIGNED THE PETITION F'AVORABLV INDICATING THAT THEY
<br /> WERE DESIRO'{S OF RE-OPENING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON BROADWAY.
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<br /> THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:30."
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THA T THE REPO RT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 7 A JOINT MEETING OF THE PUBL I C WORKS COMMITTEE AND THE MILLRACE ASSOCIATION - RE: RESTORATION
<br /> I OF WATER TO THE MILLRACE WAS SUBMITTED AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> "A COMBINED MEETING Of' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AN D THE MILLRACE ASSOCIATION REPRESEN-
<br /> TATIVES WAS HELD WEDNESDAY NOON, JULY 26TH AT THE USBURN HOTEL. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JOHNSON,
<br /> COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKE R, WELLS AND GODLOVE, CITY MANAGER KING, PARK SUPERINTENDENT MATSLER,
<br /> ATTORNEY PENNINGTON, MR. TUGMAN, MR. ROBERTS, ATTORNEY, MR. SHERMAN, JUVENILE OFFICE AND MR.
<br /> BAILEY, ATTORNEY.
<br /> A REPO~T WAS MADE BY THE C,TY MANAGER OF' PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE CLEANING OUT OF' THE
<br /> I MILLRACE AND OPENING Of' BIDS f'OR THE INLET CONVERSION DAM AND THE OUTLET CONT ROL GATE. IT
<br /> WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITH MR. BALZHISER BEf'ORE ANY WORK
<br /> COULD BE DONE IN HIS PROPERTY IN THE MILLRACE, THAT THE E I G HT OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DID
<br /> NOT SIGN THE, EASEMENTS 010 NOT APPARENTLY OPPOSE THE RESTORATION Of' WATER IN THE MILLRACE
<br /> AND THAT PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE IN CLEANING THE MILLRACE OUT TO THEIR PRO~ERTIES, BUT MR.
<br /> BALZHISER HAS NOT GIVEN ANY APPROVAL TO THE RESTORATION OF' WATER OR CLEANING THE MILLRACE,
<br /> NOR WOULD HE SIGN THE EASEMENT. HIS REQUEST WAS T HA T A CONCRETE IlIAl L BE BUilT ON ONE S I DE
<br /> OF THE MILLRACE THROUGHOUT HIS PROPERTY To IDENTIFY WHERE THE BOUNDARY Of' THE MILLRACE WAS
<br /> AND THAT A STEEL BRIDGE WHICH HE ClA I US HE OWNS BE PUT UP ON THE BOUNDARY LINE OF HIS
<br /> PROPERTY AND THE MARTIN TRACT TO AF'F"ORD ACCESS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE MILLRACE.
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