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rt4~ L "THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE FERRY STREET UVERPASS PLANS WERE INCLUDED IN THE STATE HIGHWAY BID CALLS FOR APRIL 24TH AND 25TH. THAT THE REPAIR AND PATCHING OF CITY STREETS"HAS BEEN PUT IN CHARGE OF MR. SOB WILLS FOREM~Ni1NrCHARG~. :STREET SUPERINTENDENT MULLINS HAS HAD CONFERENCES WITH PAVING MEN INCLUDING GLENN BURNS AND CASEY, BOTH-WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ASPHALTIC PAVING; IN AN ENDEAVOR TO START OUR REPAI R PROGRAM OF C'TY STREETS OUT ON A MORE PERMANENT NATURE THIS SPR I.NG. THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON EAST BROADWAY HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPART- MENT AND THEIR LETTER OF APRIL 7, 1950 ADVISES THAT THE TIMING PROGRAM FOR THESE SIGNALS IS SET ~P ON A 70 SECOND CYCLE WHICH ALLOWS A FAIR PROGRESSIVE SPEED OF 37 MILES PER HOUR. PROGRES~IO~ IS NOT ptRF&CT IN THAT ONLY 2& S~CONDS OF THE 36 SECOND HIGHWAY GREEN PERIOD 1 SIN THE T H R 0 UGH BAN 0 . U N DE R THE E X 1ST I N G CON 0 I T ION 0 FUN E V EoN B L 0 C'K LEN G 11 H SIT I S NOT POSSI BLE TO OBTAIN PERFECT PROGRESSION ON THIS SYSTEM. IT IS BELIEVED THAT OUR LO~AL TRAFFIC WILL SOON BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THESE SIGNALS AND THAT THE DRIVERS WILL PLACE THEMSELVES PROPERLY IN THE ~HROUGH BANO." IT WAS, MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I 4 A REPORT OF THE P:UBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950 AT 3:30 P.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT. DR. CRUMBAKER, CHAIRMAN; COUNCILMAN GODLOVE; CITY MANAGER AND MR. VIRGIL CAMERON FROM THE FjRST NATIONAL BANK AND MR. HAROLD ~.HOUSER FROM ~HE u. S. ~ATIONAL BANK. THE COMMITTEE WITH THESE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BANKS REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPRd~AL BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ~ND PROPER ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN PREPARED. I. PAVING SOUTH WILLAMETTE FROM 24TH- TO 29TH AVENUE. THE" TWO PETITIONS PERT'AINING . TO THIS S-TREET WERE FURTHER REVIEWED AND UPON ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATIONS IT WAS ~ELT TH~T IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS W~LL ~S TO THE TRAFFIC INVOLVED AND DRAINAGE THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO PROCEED WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF 42 (OOT PAVING COMPLETE WITH CONCRETE CURB AND DRAINAGE. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. PAVING SOUTH WILLAMETTE FROM 29TH TO 32ND (34' WIDTH). PAVING 22ND FROM ALDER TO HARRIS. PAVING 31ST FROM WILLAMETTE TO HILYARD. INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER ON POTTER STREET FROM 28TH-29TH CONCRETE SIDEWALK ON WEST SIDE OF HILYARD FROM 21ST TO 22ND. 59.27% 76.20% 58.47% 77.61% 66.47% IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CENTER PARKINGS ON AG~TE STREET FROM FRANKLIN TO 18TH AVENUE BE PAVED. THE SUB-GRADE IS SUFFICIENT AND IT IS PLANNED TO UTILIZE 3-1/2"OF ASPHALT CEMENT TO PREPARE THESE PARKINGS. MOST OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY IS OWNED BY EITHER THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON OR SCHOOL DISTRICT #4.. I IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FOLLOWING STREET NAMES CHANGE AS REQUESTED BY RESiDENTS OF THE AREAS, THE POST OFFICE AND AS SURVEYED BY THE CITY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY PLANNING CONSULTANT, BE AuTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE. OLD NAME NEW NAME I. ATHERTON AVENUE 2. SEATTLE AVENUE 3. TACOMA AVENUE 4. SALEM STREET 5. SPRINGFIELD STREET 6. OREGON CITY STREET 7. JUNCTION STREET 8. CORVALLIS STREET 9. WATTERS STREET 10. DOUGLAS AVENUE I I. VlOOD AVENU'E 12. BRACKET AVENUE 13. ROSE AVENUE 14. SEATTLE STREET 15. UNNAMED STREET AS PLATTED ALONG WEST EDGE OF AMENDED PLAT OF ROSE DALE 16. DOROTHY STREET I 7 .C L IFF 0 R D. S T R E E T , a. S PEN C E R Bu T T E R 0 A D 19. PORTION OF GLEN nAK DRIVE AND ROAD ALONG NORTH BOUNDARY OF PLAT CHARNELTON STREET OLIVE STREET McMILLAN STREET OAK STREET HIGH STREET MILL STREE'r FERRY STREET PATTERSON STREET 26TH AVENUE 27TH AVENUE 29TH AVENUE 29TH PLACE 31ST AVENUE OLIVE STREET LINCOLN STREET HIGH STREET FERRY STREET WILLAMETT8 STREET I 35TH AVENUE ~