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179~ e - --~ - - --~--- -- ~_.- IT - , - - -------------- ---~------ -- ----- -" r~ I, d I! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN THAT ITEM No. 3 REGARDING TtiE I i! !i APPROVAL FOR SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENT BE SEGREGATED FROM THE REPORT. MOTl ON CARR I ED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN J'HAT THE APPLI CATI ON BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTlpN CARR I ED. 6 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 6, 1954 - RE: ApPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES; SIGN VARIANCE FOR UNIVERSITY ARMS; CONTRACT WITH STATE ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VARIOUS TRAfFIC REGUL,ATIONS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: . .. "PRESENT:, MAYOR JOHNSQN; COUNC I LMEN SI EGENTHALER, GODLOVE AND CONE; CI TY MANAGER; CI TY ATTORNEr; TRAFF'I,C ENGI NEER AND THE CI TV RECORDER.. . . THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 6, 1954 TO GIVE CONSIDERATION AND FORMU- LATE RECOMMENDATIONS ON VARIOUS MATTERS REFERRED TO IT. THE PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS STUDIED WERE AS FOLLOWS: e I . ApPLICATION FOR A PACKAGE STORE, CLASS A. LICENSE, EAST BROADWAY MARKET, 125 EAST BROADWAY - THE COMMITTEE WAS INFORMED THAT THIS APPLICATION FOR A PACKA9E STORE, CLASS i I A LICENSE WAS MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. THE NAME OF THE APPLI- , CANT IS JOHN SAMELUK, DBA EAST BROADWAY MARKET, 125 EAST BROADWAY, FORMERLY DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME OF MCKAY'S MARKET. THE COMMI TTEE WAS I NfORMED THAT THE LI CENSE REQUESTED IS THE SAME TYPE OF LICENSE THAT WAS FORMERLY ISSUED TO MCKAY'S MARKET. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE APPROVAL I TO THIS LICENSE APPLICATIO~. ,2. ApPLICATION fOR A CLASS B DISPENSER'S LICENSE FOR FOO'$, 764 WILLAMETTE STREEJ _ i! THE COMMITTEE.rURTHER INVESTIGATED THIS LfcENSE A~PLICATION AND WAS INFO~MED BY THE :, CITY MANAGER THAT.rHE APPLICANTS DESIRE THIS GREATER PRIVILEGE LICENSE TO PERMIT THE I Ii USE OF AN ORGAN OR,PIANO TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT FOR ITS PATROt'S. AFTER SOME FURTHER " :, DISCUS~ION, THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE APPROVED AND ~HERt~ORE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE APPROVAL TO THE ENDORSEMENT OF THIS APPLICATION. 3. REQUEST OF ,UNIVERSITY ARMS APARTMENTS FOR ,A SIGN VARIANCE - THE COMMITTE.E fURTHER ,CONSIDERED THISRE9UEST.FOR A SIGN INSTALLATION IN THE LOT ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AND FERRY STREETS, AND WAS INfORMED BY THE. CITY MANAGER THAT THE SIGN IS. TO BE . SUPPORTED BY A 5-INCH STEEL POLE RATHER. THAN BY A SO~lp BASE AS SHOWN IN THE ORI91~AL SKETCH. . IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE THAT PERMISSION BE GIVEN TO INSTALL THIS SIGN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ,PROVIDING THAT THE SIGN DO~S NOT PROJECT OUT fURTHER THAN THE NORTH EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK. " " . . . I " 4. CONTRACT WITH THE STATE ON INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNA~S ON OAK STREET AT SIXTH AND SEVENTH AVENUES - THE COMMITTEE WAS INFORMED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE QUALIFI- ii CATION INCLUDED IN, THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED JULY 26, 1954 LIMITING THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION :1 I' TO $3,000.00 WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN THAT I~ DID NOT CON- ;1 FORM TO THE EXISTING POLICY OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION I I OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO THE RESOLUTION AS ORIGINALLY DRAWN IN WH~CH THE CITY WOULD BEAR ONE-HALF OF THE COST OF THE INSTALLATION ESTIMATED TO BE $3,000.00. IT IS A~SO A ~ECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT IN THE FUTURE IN THESE JOINTLY .PONSORED PROJECTS, THAT IT BE STIPULATED THAT THE JOB BE AWARDED SUBJECT T~ THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY or EUGENE, AND THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY DE~ARTMENT BE " NOTIFIED OF THE REQUEST fOR SUCH A PROVISIO~ IN FUTURE CONTRACTS. " 5. REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF THE CENTER STRIP FROM VILLARD STREET BETWEEN FAIRMOUNT. I BOULEVARD AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD - AT'A PREVIOUS MEETING, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC e SAFETY COMMIJTEE DISCUSSED THIS REQUEST AND INSPECTED THE CENTER STRIP ON VILLARD STREET. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT ACTION ON THIS PROPOSED PROJECT BE DELAYED. 6. REQUEST rOR AcCURB CUT AT 13TH, FRANKLIN, AND VILLARD - IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR A SERVICE ST~TION TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTHWEST,CORNER or FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND VILLARD STREET. IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT THIS CURB CUT AND THE NORTH ENTRA~CE TO THIS PROPOSED STATION WOULD BE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE WHERE 13TH AVENUE MERGES WITH FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, AND THAT POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS TRAVELING EAST ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD WOULD HAVE TO TURN DIRECT~Y IN FRONT OF VEHICLES COMING OUT Of 13TH AVENUE)N ORDER TO GET INTO THIS STATION. .. THE COMMI TTEE INSPECTED THIS INTERSECTION AND THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND, AfTER DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER, IT WAS FELT THAT A CURB CUT AT THIS POINT. SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. IT IS. THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION or THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST FOR A CURB CUT AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION BE DENIED ON THE BASIS THAT THE I GRANTING OF IT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TOWARD A TRAffiC HAZARD WHICH IS ALREADY SERIOUS AT THIS INTERSECTION. . \ e ~