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~ 4911 55 --- ,- -- -. .-- .-.-- -..........-.. .._,_._ __~._.. .,. '0 __'_'MU"_ .-... .----- - ...-- ._- .,- -- , .>.. --_.~ --.'.-------. -.. . ~_._.__.__. -.--- r - "- '- ,,-- CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPING THE OPINION OF THE RETAIL TRADE BUREAU SO THAT THE RESULTS OF THE PARKING STUDY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THIS GROUP IN THE FUTURE II PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING OF PARKING FACILITIES. THE TIMING IN OBTAINING THE FIELD DATA I SHOULD BE CORRELATED WITH A NORMAL PERIOD OF RETAIL TRADE IN THE EUGENE CENTRAL BUSINESS , II , DISTRICT. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IF THIS SURVEY IS APPROVED THAT THE FIELD WORK WOULD BE \ DONE DURING THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WHICH WOULD BE AFTER THE OPENING OF THE I II FERRY STREET BRIDGE AND ALSO AFTER THE OPENING OF THE FALL TERM OF THE UNIVERSITY. IT I WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT IN THESE SURVEYS, THE PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONED AS TO ( I ) WH ERE DID I I THE TRIP START (2) WHERE ARE YOU GOING (FIRST DESTINATION) AFTER PARKING, AND ( 3 ) THE I I I PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS TRIP IS BEING MADE; AND THAT AS HIGH AS 85% OF THE PEOPLE MOVING i II , I, IN ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION MAY BE CONTACTED IN THESE SURVEYS WITHOUT MATERIALLY AFFECTING f ,I THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC. II IMPORTANT ITEMS WHICH WOULD BE BROUGHT OUT IN THE SURVEY WOULD BE THE PRESENT PARKING I' FACILITIES INCLUDING OFF STREET PARKING, VARIOUS TYPES OF METER PARKING, AND PEDESTRIAN , I MOVEMENTS. IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THA T THE PORTLAND SURVEY SHOWED THAT 50% OF THE , I PEOPLE WALK NO MORE THAN TWO BLOCKS TO FIND A PARKING SPACE NEAR WHERE THEY DESIRE TO GO. Ii II IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE ULTIMATE RESULTS WOULD ASSIST IN FUTURE PLANNING OF STATE, I COUNTY AND CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE EUGENE, SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA ,I AND THAT IT WOULD MATERIALLY ASSIST THE CITY OF EUGENE IN FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE SYSTEM II OF PRIORITIES IN THE CROSS-TOWN STREET PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY SET UP. IT WOULD ALSO BE A I ,I GUIDE AND ASSIST THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING AND WOULD ASSIST THE PLANNING Ii COMMISSION IN ZONING PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT II WOULD ASSIST IN THE FUTURE INSTALLATION OF PARKING'METERS RELATIVE TO THEIR LOCATION AND II I LENGTH OF PARKI NG TI ME. II IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT ALL THREE OF THE ABOVE SURVEYS SHOULD BE DONE CONCURRENTLY Ii TO OBTAIN THE PROPER RESULTS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN AREA I AND TO ANALYZE FUTURE PARKING METHODS. IF, IN THE EVENT THAT A MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN IS DESIRED, I T WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER THE RE-ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THAT PORTION II OF THE PROGRAM WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED FOR COMPLETION. THE ORIGINATION AND DESTINATION STUDY RELATIVE TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW FROM OUTLYING SPARSELY SETTLED AREAS WILL SERVE AS A II YARDSTICK FOR DETERMINING EVENTUAL ARTERIAL NEEDS TO SERVE THOSE AREAS WHEN FULL DEVELOP- II II MENT OCCURS. THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2: 15 P.M. WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMITTEES BE i II CALLED TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE FUTURE TO FURTHER CONSIDER THE CITY'S EXPENDITURE , 'I NEAR IN ! Ii THIS CONNECTION. " I II , , IT WAS MOVED BY SMITH, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE REPORT OF THESE COMMTTtES BE REFERRED I I BACK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE AND STREET PLANNING COMMITTEES FOR FURTHER STUDY. MOTION II CARRIED. 7 II A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEES - RE: RIGHT AND LEFT HAND LANES OFF WILLAMETTE STREETj PURCHASE OF WINTER PROPERTY BY GATEWAY ASSOCIATIONj USE OF OPEN TYPE I N- I CINERATORS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEES WAS HELD JUNE 15, 1951 WITH I I THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMAN SMITH, CHAIRMAN; COUNCILMEN SIEGENTHALER II AND WATSON; CITY MANAGER; POLICE CHIEF; AND MR. VINCE FARINA AND MR. HARRY RITCHEY WERE PRESENT II FROM THE MERCHANTS DIVISION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. II THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LANES RIGHT AND LEFT TURNS OFF OF WILLAMETTE STREET ON TO 6TH, " I. FOR I 7TH, 8TH, BROADWAY, 10TH AND 11TH AVENUES WAS STUDIED BY THE COMMITTEE, ALSO IT IS NOT I DESIRED TO ELIMINATE ANY PARKING SPACES ON WILLAMETTE STREET. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT I THE ADVANTAGE OF THESE LANES IN THE INCREASED MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC MIGHT FAR EXCEED THE II ELIMINATION OF THE PARKING SPACES INVOLVED. TRAFFIC COUNTS WERE ANALYZED AT EACH INTER- SECTION SHOWING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF OF THE TRAFFIC GOING WEST ON 8TH AVENUE WAS A " RIGHT-HAND MOVEMENT FROM WILLAMETTE STREE T; THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE TRAFFIC II GOING EAST ON BROADWAY WAS A LEFT-HAND MOVEMENT OFF OF WILLAMETTE STREET AND APPROXIMATELY Ii ONE-HALF OF THE TRAFFIC GOING WEST ON 10TH AVENUE WAS A RIGHT-HAND MOVEMENT OFF OF WILLA- II METTE STREET; AND THE I I TH AVENUE RIGHT-HAND MOVEMENT OFF OF WI LLAMETTE CONSTITUTED ONE- FOURTH OF THE WEST BOUND TRAFFIC AND APPROXIMATELY ONE-FIFTH OF THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC. I II IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THESE LANES BE ESTABLISHED FROM 8TH AVENUE SOUTH ! II TO 13TH AVENUE FOR A TRIAL PERIOD OF 30 TO 60 DAYS; THAT THE LANES BE PROPERLY MARKED AND THE METERS BE COVERED WITH HOODS DURING THIS TEMPORARY TRIAL PERIOD AND THAT THE II TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON WILLAMETTE STREET BE CAREFULLY OBSERVED DURING THIS TIME. IT WAS Ii THIS uP WITH THE !I AGREED BY THE MERCHANTS ATTENDING THIS MEETING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE h MERCHANTS AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 20, 1951 AND GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE il I COUNCIL CONCERNING THESE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND MOVEMENT LANES. II Ii I II Ii ! !I i II I I: , 1 .-.>>'L_...... /.~ ~.._'i,_",:.&...:,~..:,,:;r~ ;.;~~,"...:>,...,-:;.:""..::.."",,"',"':_:.,_._U:"'-",'...,-, "'-,;;. y....