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r62 e 2. THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ESTABLISHED SCHOOL DISTRICT POLIC~ OF DI~APPROVING T~E lSSUANC~ OF A LIQUOR LICENSE TO ESTABLIS~MENTS AT NEW LOCATIONS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET OF SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE NO ACTION WHICH WOULD DEfEAT THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS POLICY HAS BEEN FORMULATED AND ESTABLISHED. I THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ABOVE WERE DRAFTED WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE REPRES- ENTATI VES O'F THE UNI VERSI TYOf OREGON AND SCHOOL DI S'TRl CT WHO WERE PRESENT A'T THE MEETI NG. " IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED ~Y GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE,BE ADOPT~D. RbL(CALL VOTE. KOPPE AND WATSO~VOTED "N6". CRUMBAKER ABSTAI NED. MOTl O'N CARRIED. 14 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING'HELD ON APRIL 15TH _: RE: DISPENSER LICENSE FOR CLUB CIGAR STORE; PARKING AND'TRAFflC PROBLEMS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, SIEGENTHALER, AND CONE; CITY MANAGER; TRAfFIC ENGINEER AND CiTY RECORDER. THE PUBLic SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL MET ON THURS- DAY, APRIL 15TH TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCUSS A NUMBER OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE-MEETING WAS CONFIN~D LARGELY TO DISCUSSION OF A' CURRENT APPLICATION FOR A CLASS "A" LIQUOR DISPENSER'S LICENSE, VARIOUa TRAFFIC ~ND PARKING PR?BLEMS. THE ITEMS DI~CUSSED AND THE RtcdMMENDATIONS'OF THE COMMITTEE ARE AS FO'LLOWS: e I. CLASS "A" DISPENSER'S LICENSE - CLUB CIGAR STORE - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY ~HE CITY MANAGER THAT THE APPLICATION HAD BEEN REVISED AND R~-SUBM1TTED'FOR CONSIDERATI6N. THE REVISION INVOLVED A PROPO'SED CHANGE IN THE PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENT Of THE ESTABLISHMENT. THIS RE-ARRANGEMENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF CANDY AND TOBACCO AT THE EXTREME -FRONT COUNTER FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH Cb~NTER AND FOOD SERVING AREA, AND THEN BY THE BAR. THE AREA WHERE FO'OD IS PREPARED AND SERVED WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE BAR BY A PARTITION. THE PLANS ALSO INCLUDE SOME ~EVISION'TO THE fRONT Of THE STORE SO THAT THE FRONT WILL BECOME A PERMANENT INSTALLATION. I THE REVISED PLAN WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND" IT WAS AGREED THAT THE REVISIO'N WOULD COMPLY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED BY THE CO'MMITTEE. IT IS THERE- FORE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REVISED APPLICATION BE ENDORSED BY THE COUNCIL. . IT IS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION Of THE :COMMITTEE THAT A LETTER BE WRITTEN TO THE OREGON LIQUO'R CO'NTRO'L COMMISSIO'N INDICATING THAT IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE CO'UNCIL THAT IF ANY LICENSES ARE GRANTED THAT NOT MORE THAN THREE BE GRANTED DUTOF THE FIVE APPLI- CATIONS THAT ARE BEING CURRENTLy CON~IDEREb. IT IS THE EXPRESSED INTENT'OF THE COM- MITTEE IN MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT NO INDICATION BE GIVEN AS TO THE PRIORITY DESIRED FOR THESE APPLICATIONS. ON THIS LATTER RECOMMENDATION, COUNCILMAN CONE INDICATED THAT HE PREFERRED THE ISSUANCE'OF TWO LICENSES RATHER THAN THREE. 2. PARKING AND TRAFfiC PROBLEMS - A. 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN tERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER-AND THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER THAT'THERE ARE NUMEROUS PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON EAST 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN tERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS. ON THE NORTH SIDE O'F 13TH THE fiRST HALF BLOCK EAST OF tERRY STREET IS DESIGNATED TWO-HOUR PARKING, THE LAST HALF IS GIVEN OVER TO A TRUCK LOADING ZONE AND 30-MINUTE PARKING FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M. THE SOUTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE EAST Of tERRY IS ONE~HOUR PARKING FOR THE fiRST HALF BLOCK, AND THE REMAINDER IS 30-MINUTE PARKING FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M. THIS SAME 30-MINUTE PARKING RESTRICTION EXTENDS 100 fEET NORTH ON THE WEST-SIDE Of PATTERSON STREET. I IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THESE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE VERY DiffiCULT fROM THE STANDPOINT Of ENfORCEMENT AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ONE-HOUR SECTION BE CHANGED TO TWO-HOUR, AND THE THIRTY-MINUTE ZONE BE CHANGED TO THE MORE UNifORM HOURS OF 9:00 A.M. TO 6:00P.M. IT WAS INDICATED THAT IF THIS RE~OMMENDAJION WAS APP~OVED THAT THE CHANGE COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REVISED TRAFFIC ORDINANCE UNDER DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO-HOUR ZONES AND 3D-MINUTE ZONES. tit IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO THE CHANGES AS OUTLINED ABOVE. B. PARKING RESTRICTION ON ALMADEN STREET - THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS CALLED TO THE RESTRICTION OF TRkFF-~DU'E'TO -C~RS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF ALMADEN STREET BETWEEN 9TH AND 11TH AVENUES. THIS SECTIO~-~F ALMADEN STREET BETWEEN THESE TWO STREETS IS 24 FEET WIDE. IF AN ~LLOWANCE OF SIX fEET IS ~ADE FOR PARKING ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET, ITS USABLE WIDTH IS REDUCED TO 12 FEET, O'R ONE TRAFFIC LANE. iT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER THAT PARKING BE RESTRICTED ON THE EAST SIDE Of ALMADEN STREET FROM 8TH TO PITH AVENUE AT ALL TIMES. By so RESTRICTING THE PARKING, WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW WHICH REQUIRES THAT 16 FEET OF UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH BE LEFT FOR FREE PASSAGE Of MOVING VEHICLES. I e ~-