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~ -<J C'l. -~.., 1\ .-;~ IT .1. d 1. ' e - \: -~- - T 'I '1 I I, Ii 2. REQUEST Of ELLIOTT'S GROCERY, 1298 PATTERSON AND TONE REAL ESTATE COMPANY, 1260 Ii 1 HILYARD fOR LIMITED PARKING - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN CONSIDERED THE REQUESTS fOR LIM~TED 1 Ii I Ii PARKING AT THESE LOCATI ONS AND IT IS THE OPINION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT RESTRICTIONS I i' ON PARKING CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED IN BEHALf Of INDIVIDUAL fIRMS :AND fOR THEIR PARTICULAR I II BENEfIT. l; . I :i \ Ii IT IS THEREfORE THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE THAT NO ACTION BE I II ! Ii TAKEN TO CHANGE THE PARKING AT EITHER Of THESE LOCATIONS. I 3. REVISION Of CURB CONSTRUCTION AT 18TH AND WILLAMETTE STREETS - THE COMMITTEE WAS I N- fORMED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY TRAffiC ENGINEER THAT A REVISION SHOULD BE MADE IN THE CURB CONSTRUCTION AT THE N0RTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS Of THE-INTERSECTION AT 18TH AND WILLAMETTE STREETS PRIOR TO THE OPENING Of 18TH AS A CROSS-TOWN STREET. THE IRREGULARITY, IT WAS POINTED OUT, IS A PROJECTION Of THE SIDEWALK AND CURB AT THESE TWO CORNERS OUT INTO 18TH AVENUE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE fACT THAT 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK IS A WIDER STREET THAN 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE. e IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE, SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEfiNITE HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAfETY, THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE REVISION Of THIS CURB CONSTRUCTION TO REMOVE THE HAZARD. I 4. ALLEY ENTRANCE TO FERRY STREET BRIDGE APPROACH - THE COMMITTEE WAS INfORMED BY THE I I' CITY MANAGER AND THE TRAffiC ENGINEER THAT THERE IS A'BREAK IN THE WEST CURB ON THE I SOUTH APPROACH TO THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE EUGENE TRANSfER AND STORAGE COMPANY, AND THAT THE MEDIAN STRIP ON FERRY STREET IS CUT BACK TO ALLOW NORTH II BOUND VEHICLES TO'TURN WEST INTO THIS AREA. THE STREET IN fRONT Of THE WAREHOUSE IS ABOUT TWO fEET BELOW THE LEVEL Of FERRY STREET. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT VEHICLES ENTERING THIS OPENING WHO STOP BACK Of THE CURB LINE CANNOT POSSIBLY SEE VEHICLES II SOUTH-BOUND OVER THE BRIDGE. IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE TRAffiC ENGINEER THAT MOTORISTS DESIRING TO GO NORTH ACROSS THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE OfTEN TAKE THIS ROUTE IN PREfERENCE TO THE 4TH AVENUE APPROACH. IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THESE DRIVERS COME THROUGH SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK; TURN EAST ON 2ND AVENUE; JOG SOUTH AND THEN EAST INTO AN ALLEY WHICH BRINGS THEM OUT AT THE TRANSfER COMPANY. . IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE CITY MANAGER, AND CONfiRMED BY THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMI TTEE, THAT A NO LEFT TURN SIGN BE INSTALLED ON THE POST IN THE MEDIAN WITH SUCH SIGN TO BE fACING ~EST TO PREVENt THE HAZARDOUS ENTRANCE AT_~HIS POINT. 5. REQUEST fOR STOP SIGN AT 25TH AND HARRIS - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY TRAffiC ENGINEER THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED fOR INSTALLATION Of A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION Of 25TH AVENUE AND HARRIS STREET. IT WAS EXPLAINED fURTHER THAT A DETAILED CHECK Of THE ACCIDENT RECORD AT THIS INTERSECTION WAS MADE AND THAT THE fOLLOWING fACTS WERE ESTABLISHED: A. No EXCESSIVE RESTRICTION Of VISION ON ANY OF THE fOUR CORNERS. I B. VEHICULAR APPROACH SPEEDS RANGED fROM 20 TO 25 (ONLY TWO VEHICLES OUT Of 52 EXCEEDED 25 MPH.) C. ONLY ONE ACCIDENT I'N THE PAST fiVE YEARS (MAY 1953) D. VOLUME WOULD AVERAGE APPROXIMATELY ONE A MINUTE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. /, E. 25TH AVENUE HAS A ROUGH PAVED SURfACE - GRAVEL SHOULDERS. f. MORNING AND EVENING PEAK MOVEMENT - fROM EAST ON 25TH, TO HARRIS, TO 24TH Ii (WEST) AND REVERSE. II II I IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE CITY MANAGER, CONFIRMED BY THE PUBLIC SAfETY e COMMITTEE, THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN AT THE PRESENT TIME fOR INSTALLATION Of A STOP SIGN AT THIS INTERSECTION." IT WAS MOVED BY,SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED By'GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLI C SAfETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 6 A REPORT Of THE HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JUNE 2/ , 1954 - RE: LANE COUNTY REQUEST fOR SANITARY fiLL AND LEASE Of RECREATION BUILDING AT SKINNER'S BUTTE HOUSING WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, OWEN, GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER; DIRECTOR Of PARKS AND RECREATION; CITY RECORDER AND MR. TOM JAQUES Of THE EUGiNE REGISTER GUARD. A MEETING Of THE HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON JUNE 21, 1954 MAINLY fOR THE PURPOSE Of DISCUSSING TWO SUBJECTS HAVING TO DO WITH REAL PROPERTIES IN USE BY THE DEPARTMENT Of PARKS AND RECREATION. THE ACTION Of THE COMMITTEE WAS AS fOLLOWS: I I: LANE COUNTY REQUEST fOR A SANITARY fiLL ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY - THE CITY MANAGER AND I: I . I THE DIRECTOR Of PARKS AND RECREATION EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY MR. I' 11 WHITELY, WHO IS CONNECTED WITH THE LANE COUNTY GARBAGE DUMP PROGRAM, TO fiLL IN THE LOW SPOTS ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE RIVER fROM JUDKINS POINT. THE PLAN I' WOULD BE TO PICK OUT SOME Of THE LOW SPOTS AND fiRST fiLL IN WITH OLD CAR BODIES, THEN Ii WITH A SANITARY fiLL, fOLLOWED BY A fiNAL fiLL Of DIRT ON TOP. ACCORDING TO MR. MATSLER, MR. WH I TE L Y INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK OUT ANY ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE 'I CITY THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO MAKE THESE LOW SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FILL. II e il I; I' rr I! ~