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r180 e -, ~- _._-----_._---~- -- -------_._--~-~---. ------ -- ---.---- ., - ----- - ----- - ---- -- - - - - - - - - T _ M_ ~ ~- '- - ~ . . --. ---. ~'---~ - ------+r- 0-- _ _ _ _ ~ _ __ _ _H__._ 7., REQUEST F"OR' CURB CUT:S AT FRANKL-I N BOULEVARD AND ORCHARD :STREET ;..: THE COMM.ITTEE I ALSO INSPECTED THE INTERSECTION OF" FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND ORCHARDST~E~i I~ BEH~L~'.6F"A I REQUEST F"OR A CURB CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF" THE RADIUS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF" FRANKLIN I I BOULEVARD AND ORCHARD STREET. THIS- CURB CUT IS fOR A PROPOSED: SERVICE STATION AT THIS ': CORNER. . THE: COMMI~iEE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT IN INSPECTING THIS INTERS~CTION THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE VOLUME Of TRAfr.IC LEA~1NG THE TlrfANy-DAVIS SHOPPING CENTER ~ND ~AAi THERE :1 IS A CONSIDERABLE VOLUME O~ PEDESTRIAN TRAffiC ALS6 INVOLVED AT THIS , THE I NTERSECTI ON. Ii COMMITTEE F"EELS THAT TO ALLOW A CURB CUT IN THE MIDDLE or THE RADIUS OF" THIS CORNER ;i WOULD NOT BE' IN TtfE I~TERESTS or PUBLIC SArETY, AND THEREfORE, RECOMMENDS THAT THE II .. ' :1 REQUEST AS PROPOSED BE DENIED.' THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTS, HOWEVER, THAT THERE MAY BE Ii SOME OTHER SOLUTION TO'THE PROBLEM. II I' II I, 8. REQUEST iOR ~ARKING' RESTRICTION - li'WAS'~XPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE II TRAffiC ENGINEER THAT THE CITY'S RECENT PARKING RESTRICTION ON FOURTH AVENUE CAUSED ,I Ii SOME Of THE ALL-DAY PARKERS TO SHifT TO WASHINGTON STREET, AND THAT AS A RESULT, LAfF"ERTY'S WHOLESALE GROCERY , . " e IS REQUESTING SOME.RESTRICTION'Of PARKING I~ rRONT Of' il THE I R .orn CE. I! IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE CITY ESTABLISH A 24 MINUTE I' LOADING ZONE ON THE WEST SIDE Of WASHINGTON STREET~ A POINT 175 fEET NORTH or ITS II I NTERS'r'CTI ON: WI TH THE .NORTH. LI NE OF" FOURTH AVENUE TO A POI NT 45' fE'ET NORTH, TO PROVIDE I' \ - 0' I TIS 'THE RECOMMENDATI ON Of THE COMMI TTEE ,I fOR A TURNOVER or PARKING AT THIS LOCATION. I! THAT THE PROPOSAL or THE CITY MANAGER'S OfnCE BE ADOPTED. :, I " II 9. REQUEST Of THE U. S.- NATI ON'AL BANK fOR RESTRI CTED PARKI NG - THE COMMI TTEE WAS' II 'I II NOTlrlED THATTHEUNI~ED STATES NATIONAL BANK HAD MADE A REQUEST THAT THE riVE 24-MINUTE " 'I METERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE-of 8TH AVENUE ADJACENT TO THE: BANK 'BE CHANGED, WITH A LIMITATION II TO 12 MINUTE PARKING. IN AbDITION, rnHE BANK WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEVEN 2-HOUR METERS ON II I' ,I THE WEST SiDE OF" PARK STREEt ADJACENT TO THE BANK CHANGED TO 12-MINUTE METERS. :, il " THE REQUEST WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS NOTED THAT WHEREAS THE RESTRIC- II " TION Of PAkKING TO 12 MINUTES IN THIS AR'rA MIGHT SERVE TO THE ADVANTA~E Of ONE BUS1NESS, I: THAT IT'COULD VERy.wtLL SERVE TO THE DISADVANTAGE or OTHER BUSINESSES ADJACENT TO THIS STREET. . THE COMMITTEE TOOK NOTE ALSO Of THE fACT THAT THE BANKING HOURS ARE rROM 10:00 A.~. IN THE MORNING TO 3:00 P.M~ I N THE AfTERNOON, WHEREAS OTHER'ST'ORES AND BUSI NESSES . ARE OPEN EARLIER AND USUALLY UNTIL 5:00 OR 5:30 P.M. Ii I TIS THE R'ECO'MMENDATION Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT NO CHANGE BE MADE Ii IN THE METERS AS NOW.INSTALLED." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN THAT THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC SAF"ETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARin ED. . " ,I " 7 A REPORT or THE PU~LIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 9, 1954 WAS SUBMITTED AND II ~ ! READ AS fOLLOWS:' - " " \: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSONj COUNCILMEN CRtiMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALERj :' I CITY MANAGERj CI~Y'ATTOR~E~j CITY ENGINEE.j TRAffiC ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 9TH ArTER INSPECTING THE EPISCOPAL'CHURCH PROPERTY AT 13TH AND PEARL, AND THE PROPERTY AT 15TH AND TYLER, OCCUPIED BY THE BENNETT LUMBER COMPANY. THE COMMITTEE MET AT NOON TO DISC'USS VARIOUS PUBLIC WORKS MATTERS AND TO I fORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. . THE MAT~ERS CONSIDERED WERE AS fOLLO~S: , I . ApPLICATION fbRCUR~ CUTS ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD - TH~ PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CON- SIDERED THE CURRENT APPLICATIONS fOR CURB CUTS fOR'PROPOSED SERVICE STATIONS AT FRANKLIN e BOULEVARD AND VIL'L'ARD 'STREE'T, AND FRANKLI N BOULEllARD AND ORCHARD STREET. AFTER A DIS- I CUSSI ON:ANDAREVI EW 'OF" .THE ':'i NFORM'ATI ON SECURED ON THE RECENT F"I ELD TRI P, IT IS THE i RECOMMENDATION Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE CURB CUTS AS REQUESTED IN'THESE , I TWO INSTANCES BE DENIED rOR THE RE~SON THAT rHEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXISTING TRAffiC : HAZARDS AT T'HESE CORNERS~' IT IS ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION'Of THE COMMITTEE THAT' CONSIDER- ATION BE GI VEN TO AN AL TERN'ATE PLAN fOR ENTRANCE TO TH I S PROPERTY WHI CH WOULD NOT CREATE DANGEROUS t~AfflC SITUATION~~ i 2. REQUEST rOR LIMITED'PARKING - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY I TRAFfiC ENGINEER THAT A REQUEST HaD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FINNEGAN MACHINE SHOP AT I I 701 HIGH STREET fOR A 30-MINUTE PARKING ZONE ON THESSOUTH SIDE Of 7TH AVENUE ~o EXT~ND fROM ITS INTER~ECTION WITH THE EAST LINE Of HIGH STRtET TO A POI~T 60 rEET EAST. IT WAS EXPLAI NED THAT I TIS THE O,NLY AREA THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE TO PARK IN SINCE THE OTHER , CURB AREAS ARE RESTRICTED rOR TURN LANE AND CORNER CLEARANCES. . " I IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC SArETY COMMITTEE I THAT THIS REQUEST BE GRANTED." . I I I I I e \ I ~ 'I