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~582 e IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECOND'ED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY AND PRINT- ING COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIE6. 6 A REPORT or THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES - RE: REQUEST 6F SCHOOL DIST~ R1CTTNo. 4; REQUEST OF L. C. REINERTSON; REQUEST OF CLAUDE P. WILLIAMS; COUNCIL BILL 1669; SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CROSSING AT 5TH AND HIGH - SPUR TRACK; REQUEST OF RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION; AND REQUEST OF BROADWAY AND CHARNELTON, INC. WAS_SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER AND ,CIH: RECORDER. THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES MET ON DECEMBER 31, 1953 TO VISIT SITES OF VARIOUS PROJECTS AND PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL AND TO MAKE RECOM- MENDATIONS. THE ITEMS CONSIDERED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE WERE AS FOLLOWS: I. REQUEST OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 FOR VACATION OF CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS ON THE EAST SIDE OF PATTERSON STREET BETWEEN 20TH AND 23RD AVENUE - THIS REQUEST OF SCHOOL DISTRICT No.4 WAS CONSIDERED AFTER A VISIT TO THE SITE OF TH~SE PROPOSED VACATIONS. THE VACATIONS WERE REQUESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ,PREPARING THE SITE FOR THE ERECTION AND DEVEL- OPMENT Of THE YMCA AND YWCA BUILDINGS. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUE~T FOR THE VACATION OF 21ST AVENUE FROM PATTERSON STREET EAST TO THE NORTH~SOUTH ALLEY BE DENIED FOR THE REASON THAT 21 ST AVENUE ,THROUGH TO HI LYARD STREEl IS CONSIDERED AN I MP.ORTANT STREET IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD BE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC PLANS FOR THE LAND USE OF THAT AREA SHOWING THE PROPOSED LOCATION ON BUILDINGS, ETC., PRIOR TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST FOR THE VAC,ATION OF THE EAST-WEST ALLEYS IN BLOCKS 19,22 AND 29 OF DRI,VERTON ADDITION. 2. REQUEST OF MR. L. C. REI.NERTSON, 2357-1/2 ONYX STREET FOR A BUILDING PERMIT - THE REQUEST OF MR. REINERTSON WAS REVIEWED, AND THE PROPERTY AT 2357-1/2 ONYX STREET WAS INSPECTED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS NOTED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE HOUSE IN THE REAR OF THE LOT WAS A SMALL, WELL-BUILT HOUSE AND LOCATED WELL TO THE BACK OF THE LOT. IT IS THE RECOMMEND)TION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST OF MR. REI,NERTSO~ FOR A PERMI T TO CONST,RUCT A DWELLI NG ON THE FRONT OF HI S LOT BE APPROVED PROVIDING THE DWELLING CONFORMS WITH THE SET-BACK REQUIREMENTS. 3. REQUEST OF MR. CLAUDE P. WILLIAMS, 2641 ONYX STREET, FOR PERMISSION FOR COMMERCIAL FOOD PROCESSING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA - THIS REQUEST WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE AND I T IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST BE REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. 4. COUNCIL BILL 1669 - ASSESSING PROPERTIES ABUTTING ONYX STREET FROM 26TH TO 28TH . ' AVENUE FOR THE PAVING OF ONYX STREET - THIS COMPLETED PROJECT, PAVING OF ONYX STREET FROM 26TH TO 28TH AVENUE, WAS INSPECTE~ BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AND THE VARIOUS COMP~AINTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE DECEMBER 28TH COUNCIL MEETING W[Rf. DISCUSSED ON THE SITE. THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT THE PAVING PROJECT WAS ~ELL DESIGNED AND WELL CONSTRUCTED, AND IT IS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL BI LL 1669 BE GIVEN FINAL READING AND PASSED. 5. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD (ROSSING AT 5TH AND HIGH STREETS AS RELATED TO REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE fOR RAILROAD SPUR - AT THE REQUEST OF THE JUDICIARY AND PRINTING COMMITTEE, THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE INSPECTED THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS AT 5TH AND HIGH STREETS. IT WAS NOTED THAT SOME MAINTENANCE WORK WAS NEEDED IN THE STREET PAVING BETWEEN THE RAILS AND ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE RAILS. THIS WORK OF MAINTENA.NCE UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR ,PRESENT FRANCHISE IS TO BE PERFORMED BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE FRANCHISE FOR THE , , CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SPUR ACROSS HIGH STREET TO SERVE SWIFT AND COMPANY CONTAIN A PROVISION THAT IN THE EVENT THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. COMPANY DOES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE SURFACE AT THESE CROSSINGS, THAT THE CITY MAY PROCEED WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND ASSESS THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY FOR THE FULL COST THEREOF. IT IS ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT PRoviSION BE MADE IN THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT WILL PROHIBIT THE STANDING OF RA,ILROAD CA~S IN, ON, OR ACROSS HIGH STREET. 6. REQUEST OF THE RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION FOR A CHANGE IN THE SIGN VARIANCE GRANTED FOR A SERVICE STATION ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 19TH AND JEFFERSON STREETS - THIS REQUEST AND THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS WERE STUDIED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS CORNER IS ZONED AS C-I LIMITED COMMERCIAL, BUT IT IS ALSO RECOGNI ZED THAT THIS LOT IS LOCATED WITHIN A WELL BUILT-UP RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES THAT I . ' THIS REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE BE ,DENIED, THE BASIS OF THE DENIAL BEING THAT THE STATION IS LOCATED IN A WELL-DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AREA. ~ ~ II 'I I Ii I 1\ II II !I II !I I e I ,. ~ I - II I: :1 ii 'I I, 'I Ii il I i ,I 'I II I: Ii -