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r--518 e 5. THE MATTER OF IMPROVING THE PARKING SITUATION AROUND THE POSTOF'FICE FOR BETTER ~. 1 ACCESS TO THE POSTOFFICE WAS INTRODUCED AND DISCUSSED. A LETTER FROM THE POSTMASTER INOICATED THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE ADOITION OF ADDITIONAL "5 MINUTE-ONLY-ANY-TIME" SPACES WILL HELP CONSIDERABL~. I AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT TWO ADDITIONAL I 5 MINUTE LIMIT SPACES BE PROVIDED ON WILLAMETTE STREET IN FRONT OF THE POSTOfFICE FOR , A TOTAL Of FOUR ALTOGETHER~ THAT THESE SPACES BE THE fiRST FOUR SOUTH Of 5TH AVENUE I ON THE WEST SI DE OF WI LLAMETTE STREET AND THAT AN AUTO MAl LBOX BE I NSTALLED OR MOVED II' FROM ANOTHER LOCATION TO JUST OPPOSITE THE FIRST TWO SPACES FROM THE CORNER. IT IS RECOMMENDEO ALSO THAT THE ?OSTMASTER BE REQUESTED TO GI VE FREQUENT PI CK-UP SERVI CE TO II THIS BOX SO THAT MAIL SO DEPOSITEO WILL RECEIVE THE SAME ATTENTION AS LETTERS MAILED IN II THE LETTER DROPS I N THE BUI LDI NG. I, Ii 6. A REQUEST Of THE CITY MANAGER FOR PERMISSION TO REMOVE PARKING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE I OF 6TH AVENUE FROM OAK STREET TO WILLAMETTE STREET DURING THE HOURS OF 4:00 P.M~ WAS I CONSIDERED. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IN THE LATE AfTERNOON THAT WEST BOUND VEHICLES OfTEN I ARE BACKEO UP ON 6TH EXTENDING FROM WILLAMETTE STREET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF OAK ~ WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL CHANGE. REMOVAL OF PARKING WOULD PERMIT AN OPEN LANE FOR LEFT , ~ TURNS ONTO WILLAMETTE AND PERMIT CARS TO TURN LEFT FROM OAK DIRECTLY INTO THIS LANE. I I TIS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE REQUEST BE GI VEN APPROVAL. Ii II I , 7. A REQUEST WAS MADE TO THE CI TY MANAGER BY THE STUDENT SENATE Of" THE UNI VERSI TY OF il 'I OREGON fOR PERM' SS, ()N TO REBUI LD THE "0" ON SKI NNER 's BUTTE PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER 21 ST I:. 1 HOMECOMI NG AND THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE PUBLI C SAFETY COMMI TTEE I N THE LI GHT OF Ii THE PETI TI ONS THAT WERE RECE I VED AND PLACED ON I" I LE FOLLOWI NG THE BLASTI NG OF THE "a" !i BY PRANKSTERS SOME TIME AGO. Ii IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE STUOENTS BE PERMITTEO TO RESTORE II THE "0" OUT OF WOOD, OR A WOODEN FORM FILLED WITH GRAVEL "NO PAINTED OR SOME SIMILAR Ii M"TERI AL WHI CH' WOULD NOT CONSTI TUTE A HAZ"RD UNDER ANY C I RCUMST"NCE "NO THAT THE GROUP II PROVI DE fOR LI ABI LI TY INSURANCE WHI CH WI LL HOLD THE CI TY H"RMLESS FROM ANY fUTURE I' INCIDENT INVOLVING DISTRUCTION OR BL".STING OF THE "0". 'I I 8. CRE>T'ON or lErT TURN l>NE >T R>llRO>D BOUlEV>RD >NO V>N BUREN STREET >NO RENOV>l I Of PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE Of RAILRO"D BOULEVARD BETWEEN V"N BUREN AND POOK STREETS. ' THIS PROPOSAL W"S DISCUSSED BUT IT IS. THE OESIRE OF THE COMMITTEE TO VIEW THIS INTER- II';' SECTION PRIOR TO MAKI NG ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. " .a. . ~ Ii! 'W!"'- 9. CITY COMPLIANCE TO NEW STANDARD STOP SIGNS. THE NATIONAL COMMITTE~ ON UNIFORM :1' TRAFfiC CONTROL DEVICES LAST JUNE ADOPTEO A NEW STANDARD COLOR/FOR STOP SIGNS VIZ A I RED BACKGROUND WI TH WHI TE LETTERI NG USI NG THE SAME OCTAGONAL SH"PE AND SI ZE AS NOW IN i: USE. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH THE OREGON STATE HIGHW"Y COMMISSION OfFICI"LLY APPROVED THIS !i NEW ST"ND"RD. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE TH"T THE CITY OF EUGENE CONfORM il TO THE NEW STANDARD IN MAKING "LL NEW STOP SIGN INSTALLATIONS AND THAT WE CONFORM TO THIS I I' STANDARD IN OUR SIGN RENOVATION PROGRAM WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE. I' 10. THE SUBJECT OF EXTENDING LIMITED PARKING (ONE-HO~R OR TWO-HOUR) ON WILLAMETTE STREET !I 1- fROM 15TH TO 16TH AVENUES w"s PRESENTED. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT I' NO ACTION BE TAKEN ON THI S MAtTER AT PRESENT. I TIS THE THOUGHT OF THE COMMI TTEE THAT II THE NEED IS NOT URGENT AT PRESENT. I ,I II. REVISION Of fOUR-WAY STOP TO TWO-WAY STOP AT 17TH AND OLIVE STREET. IT W"S REPORTED 1:1 BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE TR"ffIC PATTERN AT THIS INTERSECTION HAS CHA.NGED DUE TO ,I RELOCATION OF THE HI G'H SCHOOL AND I TIS HI S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STOP SI GNS ON 17TH II . ,: AVENUE BE REMOVED LEAVING THOSE ON OLIVE STREET TO PROTECT THE 17TH AVENUE TRAffiC. I: /, - 'I .., THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENOS APPROVAL Of THIS REQUEST. ~ 12. ESTABLI SHI NG JEFFERSON STREET AS AN ARTERIAL BY I NSTALLI biG STOP SI GNS FROM 13TH TO II 24TH AVENUES, REMOVAL Of TRAFfiC SIGNAL "T 8TH AND JEffERSON AND INSTALLING AT 13TH AND il CHARNEL TON AND I NSTALL"T-I ON OF STOP SI GNS ON 8TH AND 12TH AT CHARNEL TON. THI S RECOMMENDA- Ii TION WAS MADE BY THE CI TY MANAGER AND 01 SCUSSED IN DETAI L BY THE COMMI TTEE. I TIS II RECOMMENDED THAT THI S ACTION BE APPROVED. 'I , 13. PAINTING LAYOUT FOR 13TH AND JEFFERSON TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF TRAFfiC BY PRO- I HI 81 TI NG PARKI NG AND DESI GNATI NG RI GHT AND LEfT TURN LANES. THI S WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE ,I CITY MANAGER AND HAS THE APPROVAL Of THE COMMITTEE. I , 14. THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS CALLED TO THE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS IN VARIOUS AREAS ESPECIALLY IN ANO AROUND SCHOOLS. THE SUBJECT WAS GIVEN SOME DISCUSSION BUT IT WAS CONSIDEREO TO BE A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. IT IS THEREfORE THE RECOMMENDAT10N OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS MATTER BE REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC 1 WORKS COMMITTEE FOR A STUDY. 15. A RECOMMENDATION WAS MAOE CONCERNING REMOVAL OF A STREET LIGHT POLE ON THE SOUTH- EAST CORNER Of 8TH AND OAK WHICH BLOCKS THE VIEW OF TRAfFIC SIGNALS WHICH HAVE BEEN I RECENTLY INSTALLED. THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THIS OVERHEAD LIGHT IS NOT NEEOED ALONG ill WITH THE ORNAMENTAL CLUSTERS AND THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THAT THE POLE BE REMOVED." ! I \,. "'AS MOVED BY SI EG. Ii e ENTHALER, SECONDED BY CONE THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAfETY , I COMMI TTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION,CARRIED. ~ ~ ' :/ ... I If