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ri90. e THE CI TY MANAGER BROUGHT 'U~. THE CONGESTED PEDESTRI AN A.ND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS I - . AT FRANCIS WILLARD SCHOOL~ STATING' THAT' HE AND CHIEF BROWN WERE TO' HAVE AN EA~LY CONFERENtE WI TH MR. HINES, SCHOO~ SUPERINTENDENT . I N AN ENDEAVOR TO ALLEVIATE THE"SE CONDITIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ,\ '11 'A BRIEF REVIEW~WAS'MADE RELATIVE TO POSSIBLE FUTURE ANNEXATIONS ADVISING~ THAT THE CI TY !I MANA.GER, CITY RECORDER A.ND PLANNING CONS~LT~NT WOUL~ MEET WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE SUNNY II HOLLOW AREA ON SEPTEMBER 15TH PRIOR TO THEIR ANNEXATION ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 18TH A.ND THAT II THEY WOULD MEET WITH THE RIVERVIEW PEOPLE ON SEPTEMBER gTH I N AN ENDEAVOR TO CLARIFY SOME I: II OF THE QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO ANNEXATION. 'I II THE CITY MANAGER PARK SUPERINTENDENT AND II RECOMMENDED THAT AUTHORITY BE GRANTED THE I RECREATION DIRECTOR TH~ 34TH NATIONAL RECREATION CONGRESS IN SEATTL:E, E!EPTEMBER ,I TO ATTEND II 29TH, 30TH A NO Oc TOBE.R 3RD. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE NATIONAL I: RECREA.TI O.N 'CONGRE~SS ~H.AD EVER MET ON THE WEST COAST ~ND T.HE AGENDA. PROMI;SES A VERY CONSTRUCT)~E iI II ! I: MEETING. II . - ;J , I I.T W.AS' ,MO;VED. BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE CI TY B.E AUTH,OR I ZED TO PARTICIPATE e I N A MOSQ U I.TO A NO F-LY CONTROL PROGRAM. ' MOTION _CARR I ED. : i' - I " IT WAS .MOVED~Y BOOTH, BiY CRUMBAKER PARK SUPERINTENDENT AND RECREAT~~N :, SECONDED THAT THE " D I R E.C TOR BE AU~HORIZED TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL RECREATION CONGRES~ IN SEATTLE. MOTION CARRIE,D. if IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH CITY II THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT .OF THE " ~ ! MANAGER BE ADOP TE 0._ Mo T 110 N . CAR R lED. I . ,- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I ! . . I : I 4 iA REPORT OF THE PUB.L'I C SA'FET-Y ANQ' FI NA.NCECOMMI TTEES .- RE: ALLEN EkTON REQUEST; CITY ,I I: TRANSI TlI NES FRANCHISE. WAS SUBMITTED AND ~EAD AS FOLLOWS: ; I II II c - " I: . . . "if;. MEETI NG OF THE. PUBL I C SAFETY AND FINANCE COMMI TTEES WAS HELD ,ON AUGUST 27, I . . !I , 1952 WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: SMITH, BOOTH, SIEGENTHALER; CI TY .MANAGER; ,: I' CITY ATTORNEY; C I T-Y R E:C 0 ROE R ; AND CARL WENDT ANO FRANK FOSTE~ OF THE CI TY TRANS IT LINES,. I, Ii I' . I il I . THE REQUEST OF MR. ALLEN EATON FOR SOME SORT OF AN ADJUSTM.ENT OR COMPENSATION ;1 " R E LA T I, V.E TO T.HE FORECLOSURE OF HIS PROPERTY 'IN 1937 ON FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD WAS ftEVIEWED. 'I il LE.TTE~S.WRITTEN BY THE CITY TREASURER IN 1936 .AS WE LL AS THE CI TY ATTORNEY UNDER DA TE 'I OF NOVEMBER 24, 1939, SEEMED TO BE ~SELF-EXPLANATORY IN THAT THE FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE !i .. II WAS C OMPLE TE-D IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF EVENTS AND THA.T. MR. EATON HAD BEEN PA.ID $20.00 ;! TrjE COMMI TTEE iI FOR SIGNING THE DEED TO QUtET TITLE TO THE PROPER.TY. COULD F I.ND .NO i: REASON OR P.ARTI CULAR JUSTIFICATI~N FOR ANY FURTHER CONSIDERATION ORADJUSTM~NT~. J II . 2. MR. CARL MENDT .AND FRANK FOSTER OF THE CITY TRANSIT LINES o I S C U SSE 0 W I~ T H MEMBERS II o F. THE COMMI.TTEE .VARI OUS PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED I N THE NEW FRANCHISE TO BECOME I Ii , EFFEC.T:I V.E SEPTEMBER 14, 19:52. THESE PROVISIONS INCLUDED RATES_OF FARE, LENGTH OF ~ I 'I Ii FRANCHISE AND .GENERAL OPE-RA.TI:ONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF TH.E CIT~ TRANSIT LINES I :1 AT THIS TIME. THE CITY MANAGER AND CIT~ ATTORNEY. BROUGHT OUT T;HE POSSIBILITY OF THE i[ FEES BEING BASED UPON A PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS REVENUES RATHER THAN AN AMOUNT PER I, Ii I BUS 'A S STIPULATED UNDER THE PRESENT FRANCHISE. it !, . ! I ~ No CONCLUSIONS OR RECOMMENDAT.IONS WERE ~lADE AT THIS MEETING, WITH THE UNDERSTANDIN !I THA.T ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. " THE MA T TE R OF ALLEN EATON WAS REFERRED BY MAYOR JOHNSON BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THE BALANCE OF THE RERORT OF THE COMMITT8E ~WAS RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. I I e 5 .'A RIE POR T OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY. COMMITTEE - RE: TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON WILLAMETTE STREET BETWE'EN' '13TH AND 14TH :AVENUE; 1952 BUILDING CODE WAS SUBMITTED AND RE~D AS FOLLOWS: I . 1 "'A MEETI NG OF THE PUBL r:C SA~ETY COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1952 WITH THE FOLLOWI NG PRESENT: . COUNCI LMEN SMI TH; SIEGENTHALER, CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE AND KOPPE; CI TY MANAGER; CI TY RECORDER; CITY ENGINEER -AND SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR. I I . THE PETI TION SIGNED BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS MANAGERS ON MILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUE REQUESTING THAT TWO-WAY TRAFFIC BE RESTORED TO THIS BLOCK WAS REVIEWED. IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION THAT THE ONE WAY TRAFFIC ESTABLI SHED BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUE IN 1949 HAS EFFECTED ~ MA8KED IMPROVEMENT IN THE MOVEMENT 'OF TRAFFIC ON BOTH WIILLAMETTE STRE:ET AND 13TH~AvENUE. TRAFFIC COUt-jTS TAKEN IN JULY OF 1949 SHOWED A TOTAL OF 2,550 VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS AT 13TH AND WILLAMETTE BETWEEN .7:30 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M. I TWAS RECOMMENDED THA.T TRAFFIC COUNTS Of\! 13TH, 14TH, AND 15TH INTERSECTIONS BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE TO SUPPLEMENT PRESENT TRAFFIC STUDIES UNDERWAY BY THE STATE HIGHWAy'DEPARTMENT I'N CONNECTION WITH THEIR ORIGIN-DESTINATION AND .ROUTE I ANALYSIS SURVEY.BEFORE ANY CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE. . . , . Ii e ~