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<br />THE HIGHWAY CDMMISSIDN ALSO. APPRDVED AT ITS LAST MEETING $25,0.0.0. FDR THE WIDENING
<br />DF tHE EAST SIDE DF FRANKLIN BDULEVARD FRDM 24-FEET TO. 32-F~ET AND THLI~STALLA~ID~ OF
<br />CURBS AND GUTTERS AND PRDPER DRAINAGE. IN THIS PRDGRAM THE PRDPERTY CWNERS ARE EXPECTED
<br />TO. PAY FDR THE INSTALLATIDN DF A REGULAR CDNCRETE SIDEWALK DN THE NDRTH' SIDE DF FRANKLIN
<br />BCULEVARD FRaM WALNUT STREET TO. MILL STREET. IT IS REcaMMENDED THAT THIS BE REFERRED TO.
<br />THE PUBLIC WaRKS CaMMITTEE.
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<br />WE HAVE BEEN MAKING A CCNCERTED STUDY DF TRAFFIC DN WILLAMETTE STREET DURING THE
<br />PAST THIRTY DAYS WITH RELATIDN TO. ESTABLISHING LEFT AND RIGHT-HAND TRAFFIC LANES AT THE
<br />INTERSECTIDNS CF WILLAMETTE AND 6TH, 7TH, 8TH, BRaADWAY, lo.TH AND 11TH AVENUES. THIS
<br />WILL NECESSITATE THE ELIMINATICN CF APPRDXIMATELY 25 PARKING SPACES CN WILLAMETTE STREET,
<br />AND THE CHANGING DF SDME CF THE BUS STCPS. ~E FEEL THE' BENEFIT TO. BE DERIVED FRaM THE
<br />FREER MCVEMENT CF TRAFFIC WILL FAR EXCEED THE SMALL Lass CF PARKING PLACES AND WILL NaT
<br />INCDNVE~IE~CE THE CITY TRANSIT LINES TD'ANY GREAT EXTENT. IT IS RECDMMENDE~ THAT THIS
<br />SURVEY BE REFERREd To. THE PUBLIC SAFETY CDMMITTEE FDR FURTHER STUDY.
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<br />THE REiENTLY CD~PLETED SUMMARY CF TRAF~IC ACCIDENTS IN OREGCN DU~ING THE CALENDAR
<br />YEAR 1950. WAS SUMMARIZED AND BRCKEN DaWN INTO. THE TYPE aF ACCIDENT, LDCATICN AND TIME,
<br />DIRECTICNAL ANALYSIS INVDLVING PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS, CR TWO. CR MCRE VEHICLES, AGE AND
<br />SEX CF PEC~LE i'NVC(VED AND RDADWAY ELEMENTS. THIS SUMMARY WILL AsilST THE CITY IN
<br />ANALYZING ITS TRAFFIC PRCBLEMS IN THE FUTURE.
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<br />A BRLEF RE~CRi WAS MADE DF PRDGRESS DN STREET PRDJECTS UNDERWAY; THE SEWAGE CUTFALL
<br />LINE I NCLUD,I NG' ALL, EASErwiENTS BE,I NG PRCCURED, AND, ,THE AMAZDN. PRCJEC,T-., . SUR.VE.Y, PERM.I.TS. , . , .
<br />INVCLVING THAT PART DF THE AMAZDN FRCM THE DIVERSICN STRUCTURE TO. FERN RIDGE RESERVDIR
<br />HAVE BEEN PRCCURED AND THE ARMY ENGINEERS ARE TO. BEGIN THEIR FINAL caNSTRUCTIDN SURVEY
<br />WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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<br />THE SUMMER RECREATIDNALPRCGRAM WAS BRIEFLY ANALYZED. THIS PRDGRAM WILL DPEN
<br />JUNE 18TH WITH SUPERVISED RECREATIDN FRCM ,9:0.0. A.M. TO. 5:0.0 P.M. DN MDNDAY ~HRCUGH
<br />FRIDAY AT WASHINGTCN, UNIVERSITY, SLADDEN AND FAIRMCUNT PARKS, AND ALSO. CN WEDNESDAY
<br />NIGHTS ~ROM 6:30 P.M. TO. 9:00. P.M. THE MEMDRIAL SWIMMING PDCL WILL CPEN NEXT SUNDAY,
<br />JUNE 17TH AT I :00 P.M. ~ND WILL RUN CDNTINUDUSLY THRCUGH THE SUMMER UNTIL LABCR DAY,
<br />SEPTEMBER 3RD. HCURS WILL BE FRCM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 10.:00 P.M. DN WEEKDAYS AND FRCM
<br />1:00. UNTIL 10:00. P.M. DN SU~DAYS. THERE A~E APPRCXIMATELY '1700 REGISTERED FDR THE
<br />"LEARN TO. SWIM" CLASS FCR CHILDREN IN THE AGE GRCUP DF 8 THRCUGH JUNICR HIGH SCHCCL."
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<br />IT WAS .MaVED BY CRUMBAKER, SEcaNDED BY GaDLaVE THAT THE paRTICN aF THE CITY MANAGER'S
<br />REPCRT PERTAINING TO. TRAFFIC SIGNALS BE ADaPTED. RaLLCA~L vaTE. MaTlaN CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MCVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECCNDED BY GCDLCVETHAT THE PCRTICN CF THE REPaRT DEALING
<br />WITH THE PRCPCSED TRAFFic STUDY AND THE WIDENINGCF CNE SIDE CF FRANKLIN BCULEVARD BE ADCPTED
<br />AND REFERRED TO. THE PUBLIC WCRKS CCMMITTEE TO. MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES CF THE STATE HIGH-
<br />WAY CDMMISSlaN AT NDCN aN JUNE 18TH. MCTIDN CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MDVED BY CRUMBAKER" SECDNDED BY SMITH THAT THE PDRTlaN DF THE REPaRT RELATIVE TO.
<br />TRAFFIC CHANGES DN WILLAMETTE SJREET BE REFERRED TO. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MDTiDN
<br />CARRIED.
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<br />A REPCRT aF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CDMMITTEE - RE: BEER LICENSE:APPLICATlaNS DF SAFEWAY
<br />STCRES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FCLLo.WS:
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<br />"A MEETING CF THE PUBLIC SA'FETY Co.MMITTEE WAS HELD o.N JUNE 9, 1951 WITH THE
<br />FCLLCWIN~ PRESENT: CCUNCILMEN ALLEN AND SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER AND CITY ~EcaRDER.
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<br />l~E MATTE~' CF THE ISSUANCE CF ~ PA~~~GE STDRE, CLASS B LICENSi FCR THE,SAFEWAY
<br />CDMPANY FCR THEIR TWO. STCRES TO. BE Lo.CATED AT 849 WEST 6TH AVENUE AND ADA~S STREET AND
<br />1840.. S. E.. 13TH AVENUE .1 N THE CITY CF EUGENE, WAS 'RECCMMENDED Fo.R APPRo.VAL."
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<br />IT WA'S MDVED BY CRUMBAKi'R, SECCNDED BY Go.DLo.VE THAT THE REPo.RT CF THE, PUBLIC ,SAFETY
<br />CCMMITTEE BE ADo.PTED. MCTIPN CARRIED.
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<br />A REPo.Ri DF THE PUBLIC W6~Ki tCMMITTEE - RE: WIDENING WILLAMETTE FRDM ~ ITH Tti 13TH; 8TH
<br />AVENUE CCNNECTlo.N; o.PENING AND PAVING PIERCE FRDM ~T~ TO. 7TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
<br />AS FaLLaws:
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<br />"A MEETING CF THE PUBLIC, WORKS Co.MMITTEE WAS HELD aN FRIDAY, J'UNE 8, 1951 WITH THE
<br />FDLLOWING PRESENT:. CCUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GDDLDVE AND Ko.PPE AND SIEGENTHA(ER; CITY MANAGER
<br />AND CITY ENGINEER.
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<br />I. THE PETITICN SUBMITTED BY PRaPERTyo.WNERS CN WILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 11TH AND 13TH
<br />AVENUE REQUESTING THE CITY TO. PAY THE CCSTS OF WIDENING THIS STREET CVER THE WIDTH o.F 42-
<br />FEET WAS,REVIEWED. IT WAS FELT THAT THE CITY HAD' AGREED TO. ADCPT THE Po.LICY CF PAYING
<br />Fo.R ALL WIDTHS o.F PAVEMENT DVER 36-FEET IN, RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND CVER 42-FEtT IN BUSINESS
<br />SECTlaNS. IN AccaRDANCE WITH THIS Po.LICY, IT WAS RECo.MMENDED THAT THE CITY PAY THE
<br />ADDITlo.NAL 4-FEET aF PAVING IN THE ~IDENING DF WILLAMETTE S~REET TO. A WIDTH tiF 46-FEET
<br />FRDM I I TH TO. 13TH AVENUE. I T WAS ALSO. REcaMMENDED THAT THE BI D DF THE JaRGENSEN CDNCRETE
<br />CDMPANY IN THE AMo.UNT o.F $13,396.30 BE ACCEPTED FCR THIS WCRK, WITH PRCVISIDN THAT CCM-
<br />PLETlo.N DATE BE EXTENDED TO. SEPTEMBER 15,1951.
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