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~- ,- 5'~~ _.,...~ - ~)!l e r '. I II " PR ESE NT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN SIEGENTHALER AND CONE; CITY MANAGER AND TRAFFIC I 'I ENGINEER. THE COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER I I , 1953. THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONSIDERED AND THE I " ~ I I I RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ARE AS FOLLOWS: :1 'I I . ApPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO AID I N THE F'I NANC,I NG OF A POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL - RE- l:o QUIREMENTS SET UP BY THE 1953 LEGISLATURE AND THE- DE PAR TME NT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HAS PRECLUDED THE CONTINUANCE Of A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OF POLICE TRAINING WHICH HAS Uj BEEN CARRIED ON THROUGHOUT THE STATE SINCE 1947. - THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE 00 ~ OF THE.SE TRAINING PROGRAMS AS MANY OF OUR PRESENT OFFICERS HOLD CERTI~ICATES OF COMPLE- p....f TION. A COMMI THE FROM THE OREGON ASSOCIATION OF CI.TY POll CE OFFICERS MET WI TH THE <4 EXECUTIVE COMMI THE OF THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES AT WHICH IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE LEAGUE WOULD ATTEMPT TO WORK OUT A .ME THOD OF F I NA NC I NG. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE LEAGUE THAT EUGENE'S SHARE WOULD AMOUNT TO $250.00. I NA SMUC H. AS THIS ITEM WAS NOT I N- CLUDED I N THE 1953-54 BUDGET, IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT EUGENE HELP TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND THE CI TY '.S SHARE BE CHARGED TO THE CI~IC EMERGENCY FUND. e 2. RE-DESIGN OF STREET SI GN,S - THE DESIGN OF THE PRESENT STREtT SIGN WAS BROUGHT UP AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMM I TTE E THAT THE CITY MANAGER MAKE A STUDY CON- CERNED WITH STREET SIGNS AS TO THEIR COSTS, THE ADVISABILITY OFA CHANGE FROM THE PRESENT VERTICALLY READ SIGN TO ONE THAT IS DIRECT READING THA~ IS HORIZONTAL. 3. REAR ENTRANCE COCKTAIL LOUNGES AND TAVERNS - THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AND A LETTER : 'I FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS READ WHICH STATED THAT REAR DOORS TO SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS 1 STATE NO OBJECIIONS TO SUCH I I WERE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES HAD ENTRANCES. THE COMM I TTEE TOOK NO ACTION BUT ADVISED THE CI TY MA.NAGER TO SEND A COpy OF THE t>BOVE MENTIONED LETTER TO THE COMPLAINANT. 4. . STA TE HIGHWAY REQUEST FOR FRANKLIN BOULEVARD LIGHTS - THE MATTER OF I NSTALLI NG I FOUR, 2000 LUMEN MERCURY VAPOR UNITS FROM THE END OF THE PRESENT LIGHTING TO .THE EAST I CITY LIMITS ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AS REQUESTED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY QEPARTMEMT WAS BROUGHT UP AND INASMUCH AS THIS WAS A. PORTION OF A PROJECT INWHICH THE CITY OF SPRING- FIELD WILL INSTALL LIGHTS TO THEIR WEST CITY LIMITS AND THE STATE HI GHWA'y WI LL INSTALL SIMILAR UNITS ALONG THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, THE COMMI:rTEE RECOMMENDS. THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. . 5. RESIDENTIAL STREET LIGHTS - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE PRESENT DAY STANDARD FOR .A CORNER S TR E E T LIGHT IS A 6000 LUMEN INCANDESCENT LIGHT AT AN AVERAGE COST OF ;er $150.00 AND IS USED AND RECOMMENDED BECAUSE OF ITS AIBILITY TO SPREAD THE LIGHT ALONG THE STREET IN PREFERENCE TO THE MERCURY VAPOR UNIT AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $275.00 PER UNIT WHICH GIVES A STRONG INTENSITY DIRECTLY UNDER THE LI GHT. THE COMMI TTEE DISCUSSED il THE MATTER THOROUGHLY AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL , 'I TWENTY-ONE, 6000 INCANDESCENT LIGHTS AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHICH ARE PRESENTLY WITHOUT LIGHTS AND MAKE CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS OF LIGHTS ON ARTHUR AND CLEVE- LAND STREETS SOUTH OF 18TH AVENUE. I .6. REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLI SHMENT OF 30-M I NUTE PARKING ZONES - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT REQUESTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 30-MINUTE PARKING ZONES I N FRONT I OF THE BUSINESS,PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 643 TO 651 EAST 13TH AVENUE. (SAUNDERS CLEANERS " AND MARLATT HEATING COMPANY) AND 495 WEST 8TH AVENUE (KEN'S MARKET). THE REQUEST IS II MADE BECAUSE OF TROUBLE WITH ALL DAY PARKERS. THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDS THESE REQUESTS BE GRANTED. I 7. CHAMBERS STREET ARTERIAL - 'T WAS PROPOSED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT CHAMBERS STREET BE ESTABLISHED AS A CROSS-TOWN ARTERIAL FROM 11TH TO 18TH AVENUE BY INSTALLING STOP SIGNS ON THE CROSS STREET. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE APPROVED. e 8. TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT - 13TH AVENUE AT OLl VE AND I I TH AVENUE AT POLK - THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED THAT THE CENTRAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 13TH AVENUE AND OLIVE STREET BE REPLACED WITH FOUR CORNER CONTROLLED INSTALLATIONS AND SYNCHRONIZED WI TH OTHER INSTALLATIONS ON OLIVE STREET. THAT THE CENTRAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT THUS REMOVED BE INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF I I TH' AVENUE AND Po L K S T R E. E T . IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMI THE THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE APPROVED. 9. RESTRICT PARKING WEST SIDE OF FILMORE STREET - BECAUSE FILMORE S~REET BETWEEN WEST I I TH AVENUE AND THE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST BROADWAY IS ONLY TWENTY FEET IN WIDTH IT WAS PROPOSED THAT PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF FILMORE WITHIN THIS SECTION BE PROHIBITED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE APPROVED. 10. REQUESTED STOP SIGNS AT 23RD AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET - A REQUEST FOR STOP SIGNS AT THE, I NTERSEC T ION OF. 23RD AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET WAS INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED. tI I IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE REFERENCE IN [TEM No. I 01" THE REPORT TO THE "EMERGENCY FUND" BE CHANGED TO READ "CIVIC EMERGENCY FUND". MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER~ SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE REPORT AS AMENDED BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. I I e I ~