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r'2 6 2, e 4 " " II A REPORT OF' THE PUBLIc-WORKS COMMI HEE - RE: CI TY TRANSI T' LiNES 'RE':'ROUTING; AMAZON I CREEK WORK; REQUEST b~ C~ARLtS BONNETT; STREtT dPEN'I~~SNEA~ Ati~~s StREET sc~cicii;s~REET IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS; 'PAR~IN~ ~ETERS AT 13TH AND PATTERSON; EXISTENCE OF' WILLAMETTE STREET STABLES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: I "A MEETING OF' THE: PUBLlCWORKS COMMt'TTEE WAS HELD btfOECE:MBER"9;i952-wiTHTHE , F'OLLOWING PRESENT:" MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, 'KopeE AND SIEGENTHALER;'CITY I MANAGER 'AND CITY ENG I NEER; II I, i' , .". . _0, I , . THE COMMITTEE AGAIN REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL OF' THE'CITY TRANSIT LINES-FOR' RE:-ROUTING Ii OF' BUS LINES F'ROM WEST8TH'TO"WEST I IT~'A~ENtiE TO BE~~E:R'c6~t~ ~~€ C~A~~i~i~~6'WEst--' II " MR. CARL WElliDT HAS R'tpORTED' THAT "THE BUS " MORELAND AREAS WITH MORE" ADEQUATE BUS SERVICE. I: COMPANY WOULD RE-ROUTE THEIR BUS LINES F'ROMWEST 19TH TO SERVE 'THE EUGENE' HiGH'$CHOOL II Ii AND WOULD PLAN ON RUNNI NG' A LOOP ~ROUND' 19TH' AVENUE "To' SERVE" THE: NEW' HIGH SCHOOL WHEN " IT OPE~S UP'NEXT F'AfL. IT WAS F'ELTTHAT'THis COOPE~ATION wAs'l~s"'Go"6D-A SOLu'TIONTO THE I: :1 OVER-ALL BUS SERVICES AS COULD BE ARRIVED AT, AND IT WAS AGAIN RECOMMENDED THAT THE I; COUNCIL APPROVE THESE CHANGES. II '" ' " " ."..- '-.-' .. _ 2.' THE CITY MANA~ER PRES~NTED AN EsfIMATEOF'$85,dbb'F'OR 'CONTI NUE'O AMAZON C~iE:K'WORK II DURING THE COMING YEAR, INCLUDING F'IVE BRIDGES AT OLIVE STREET, CHARNE~ioN STREtT; , Ii LINCOLN STREET, WASHINGTON STREET AND JiF'fERSON STREET~~S WE~L Ai COSTS-~DR'R~'~H+ of WAY IN CONNECTION WITH AMAZON !MPROVEMENTS~ IT WAs RECOM~E:N6ED '~Y T~E:' C6~~(TTtE THAT :1 TH'r CO,tlNCIL APPROVE THE CALLING F'OR BIDS OF' $85,000 IN AMAzON CREEK 'IM'PRO~tMENtc80NDS 11 F'OR' THIS PURPOSE TO BE OPENED ON THE 26TH OF' JANUARY, 1953 AT 10:00 A.M. F'OR COUNCIL I' 11 ACTION AT THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THAT DATE. I I :1 THE REQUEST OF' MR. CHARLES A. BONNETT F'OR A WAIVER OF' SEVEN F'EET OF' SETBACK REQUIRE- I! 3. ;i ME~T ON LINCOLN STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES WAS REVIEWED.' THIS SEVEN F'OOT SETBACK :1 WAS ESTABLISHED ON LINCOLN STREET ON THE WEST A~D HIGH STREET ON THE EAST IN 1935 TO I, 01 I E~TABLISH PERI~ET~R ARTERIAL~ AROUND THE BUSINESS SECTION. 'S'INCE THAT'TIME, MORE RECENT :i CROSS-TOWN STREET PLANNING HAS ESTABLISHED JEF'F'ERSON STREET ON THE WEST AS A NOR~H/SOUTH II i I, ~RTERIAL. IN VIEW OF' THE F'ACT THAT LINCOLN STREET IS NOW 66 F'EET WIDE WHICH WOULD II I II I PROVIDE A 42-F'00T WIDTH STREET WITH 12-F'00T SIDEWALKS F'OR FUTURE BUSINESS , IMPROVEMENT, I I T WAS RECOMMENDED~ THAT THE PRESENT SEVEN FOOT SETBACK L1-NE ON LI NCOLN STREET BE WAI VED. - 4. THE STREET OPENINGS IN THE AREA AROUND ADAMS STREET SCHOOL ~i~E' AGAi~ ~EVIEWED. THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MR. BERNARD AND MRS. TJADER.- 'TWAS BROUGHT OUT THAT 22NO, 23RD' AN~ ~4TH AVENUES 'SHOULD BE OPEN~D-~kbM FRIENDLV TO T~LERSTREET AND.~H~T ADA~S '. STREiT AND V~N BU~EN STREET'~HOU(6'BE'O~ENED F'~bM tXiSTI~~TER~iNATIO~i55~EE+ ~riRt~ OF' 22ND AVENUE TO CONNECT WIT~ ~4TH AVENUE ON T~E-s6uTH ~N~'T~~+-J~tki~N-STRtti'SHO~LD BE OPENED F'ROM 23RD TO 24TH AVENUE. THE OPENING OF THESE STREETS WOULD DIRECTLY BENEF'IT " 'I THE ABUTTING PROPERTY AND WOULD BE THE 'ONLY MEANS OF' PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF' THIS AREA. I, II IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER ITS PRESENT POLICY, , " COULD TAKE NO PART I N THE PURCH~SE OR EXPENSE OF' OPENING ANY OF' THESE STREETS IN THAT :1 THEIR OPENING WOULD DIRECTLY INCREASE THE VALUE OF' THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. IT WAS 11 BROUGHT OUT THAT THE CHURCH OF' GOD HAD PURCHASED A PIECE OF' PROPERTY F'ROM MR. BERNARD II I, A T THE INTERSECTION OF' 23RD AND FRIENDLY STREET, BUT THAT MR. BERNARD HAD NOT GRANTED r! ANY STREET RIGHT OF' WAY FOR THE OPENING OF' 23RD AVENUE TO AF'F'ORD ACCESS TO THE CHURCH. I, I IT WAS F'ELT THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM F'OR THE CHURCH AND MR. BERNARD TO WORK OUT AS il AGA IN, THE OPENING OF 23RD AVENUE WOULD BENEF'IT THE ABUTTING PROPERTY. !I 5. THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS WERE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED F'OR ii APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL. :1 !i " PORTLAND F'ROM 23RD TO 24TH AVENUE - 53.59% REQUESTING IMPROVEMENT. II PAVING 19TH F'ROM VAN BUREN TO TYLER ~'75.52%. I. e :1 SEWER INSTALLATION IN THE ALLEY F'ROM 12TH TO 13TH BETWEEN MILL ANO FERRY AS II REQUESTED BY THE 'PETI tl ON OF' ABUTTI NG PROPERTY OWN'ERS WAS AGAI N R'EVI EWED. II . IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT UNDER THIS II IMPROVEMENT, THESE PROPERTIES HAD PRE- VIOUSLY ,P~ID ASSESSMENTS MANY YEARS AGO, " AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS !i , " SEWER BE 'I"NST'A'LLED WI TH COSTSPRO-~ATED ONt"-HAL"F' t6 THE' AD'JACENTOWNERS i l' - - ~~b'ONE~H~LF' TO THE'tIT~.' i' :1 I 6~ THE -PE'TI TI"ON' OF'SI X 'BUSI NES'SMEN I N THE AREA 'OF' I 3TH AND PATTERSON: STREET TO I " INSTALL PARKING METERS IN THAT AREA WAS STUDIED. THE SURVEY FROM THE TRAFF'IC I ,; DIVISION OF' THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT THEIR CONGESTED CONDITIONS OCCUR'Mo'ST t , BETWEEN THE HOURS OF' 3:30 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M. WHILE THE OTHER TIMES THERE IS SUF'F'ICIENT i PARKI~G SPACE AVAILABLk. 'IT WAS ~ECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT 30~MINUTE PARKiNG I NSTALLED AND: ENF'ORCr"D F'ROM 3:00 TO 6:00 P.M. IN THE FOLLOWING AREA: , SIGNS BE I ON THE WEST SIDE OF' PATTERSON ONE QUARTER BLOCK NORTH OF' 13TH AVENUE AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF' PATTERSON ONE-HALF' BLOCK SOUTH OF' 13TH AVENUE AND ONE-HALF' I BLOCK ON BOTH SIDES OF' 13TH AVENUE WEST OF' PATTERSON. IT WASF'ELT THIS SOLUTION ~OULD WORK OUT BETTER TH'~ EN6E~VOR)NG TO ENF'ORCE PARKING METERS THEREON ALL DAY, WHERE THE NEEDS ONLY JUSTIFY CONTROLS F'ROM 3:00 UNTIL 6:00 P.M. e ~