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<br /> 5 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 15, 1954 - RE: ApPLI- I
<br /> CATION FOR PB PACKAGE LICENSE; PETITION FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION; I NSTALLATI ON OF
<br /> INTE~SECTIO~ SIGNALS; TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; REQUESTS FOR LIMITED,PARKING; AND REQUEST
<br /> OF MANERUD-HlJNTI NGTON FUEL -COMPANY WAS SUBMI'TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: --
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<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, SIEGENTHALER AND SHEARER; CITY
<br /> MANAGtRj CITY ATTORNEY) TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. MR. NORMA~'SCHNEltiER WAS
<br /> ALSO PRESENT. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET ON THE ABOVE DATE TO GIVE~CONSroERATION
<br /> TO SEVERAL MATTERS, SOME OF WHICH WERE REfERRED TO BY THE COUNCIL.
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<br /> I . ApPLrCATlON',-fOR 'Pia, PACKAGE-LI CENSE, - SAFEWAY ~STORES, INC.', 1320 WILLAMETTE STREET -
<br /> IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT TH~S:WAS ANEW LICENSE APPLICATION FOR THE .
<br /> SAFEWAY STORE AT 13TH AND WILLAMETTE AND THAT THEY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY HAD A LICENSE
<br /> FO~THE:REASON THAT THEY WtRt $ITOATtD ~rTHIN A BLOCK FROM THE OLD LOCATfON,OFTHE
<br /> FRANCIS:WILLARD SCHOOL~ ,AFTER-SOME blSCUSSI6N IT WASRECO~MENDED THAT-THE COUNCIL
<br /> GIVt ~PPROVAL TO T~IS 'APPLICATlo~ IN THAT THt STORE IS NO LONGER LOCATED, IN A RESTRICTED
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<br /> 2.' A PETITION FOR A'TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION AT 18TH AND HILYARD 'STREET - THE"
<br /> COMMITTEE GAVE CONSIDERATION TO A PETITION SIGNED BY,59 RESIDENTS IN THE VICfNITY OF,
<br /> 18TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET REQUESTING THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THAT
<br /> I NTERSECTI ON. MR. NORMAN SCHNEIDER OF 710~EAST fBTH AVENUE PRESENTED'THE-SITUATION TO
<br /> THE COMMITTEE FOR-THE RtsiDENTS bf:THt AREA.
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<br /> THE REPORT OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RELATIVE TO THE PETITION INDICATES THAT A
<br /> TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS'NOT WARRANTED AT~THE INTERSECTION OF"IBTH AND HrLYARD 'AT THIS TIME.
<br /> THE PLAN IS THAT WHEN 18TH AVENUE IS PAVED'AND:IMPROVED TMROUGH.TO UNIVERSITY~STREET
<br /> THAT IT IS THE PlAN THEN'TO INSTACL A SIGNAL AT THIS' INTERSECTION. THE REPORT FURTHER
<br /> fNDICATES'THAT SINCE THE:OPENING OF 18TH-AvENUE AS:AN ARTERIAL THERE.HAS BEEN ONLY ONE
<br /> , ' THIS -ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 7TH DAY OF DECEM-
<br /> REPORTED ACCIDENT AT THIS INTERSECTI"ON.
<br /> BER AT I :00 P.M. IT WAS REPORTED TO BE~CAUSED BY THE EXERCISE Of POOR JUDGMENT ON,THE
<br /> PART OF ONE DRIVER, WHICH COULD OCCUR AT ANY INTERSECTION IN THE CITY.
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<br /> AFTER SOME~FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE_SUBJECT' IT IS THE OPINION:AND THE,RECOMMENDA-
<br /> TION Of THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE:THAT:NO CHANGE BE MADE, AT THE INTERSECTION AT
<br /> I PRESENT BUT-THAT IT BE KEPT-UNDER STUDY TO NOTE THE CHANGES IN THE TRAFFIC DENSITY._ =---
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<br /> '-3. " I'NSTALLATI ON, OF INTERSECTION SI"GNALS - IT ~AS7REPORTED BY THE-CITY MANAGER:AND
<br /> 'TRAFFIC7ENGINEER THAT, ON THE BASIS OF THE CURRENT STUDY O~ STREET INTERSECTIONS THAT
<br /> TRAfF I C CONTROL LIGHTS SHOULO-'BE INSTALLED AT THREE I NTERSECTI ONS. -,-THESE' ARE 11TH
<br /> AND LINCOLN STREETS, 18TH AND JEFFERSON STREETS AND 11TH AND CHAMBERS STREET. I TIS
<br /> I PROPOSED THAT THE FAR SIDE:SPAN WIRE TYPE INSTALLATION BE MADE AT THE-FIRST TWO INTER-
<br /> SECTlbNS BUT tHAT:THE CtNTER SUSPENSION TYPE~SIGNAL BE I NSTALLED AT' II TH AND CHAMBERS.
<br /> THIS LAtTtR ls AN OUTE~ RESIDENTIAL INTERSECTION AND EXISTING EQUIPMENT CAN BE USED,TO I
<br /> MAKE THIS INSTALLATION. - - -- ,
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<br /> -Ii IS THE ~EtOMMt~DATION 0' tHE:P~BLlc SAFETy:CDMMITTEE THAT THE COONCIL-APPROVE
<br /> THE INSTALLATION OF SIG~ALS:AS INDiCATED AT THESE THREE INTERSECTIONS~ I
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<br /> SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN BY THE COMMITTEE TO THE SIGNALS FOR CONTROLLING TRAFfiC AT
<br /> BROADWAY AND WILLAMETTE STREET. IT WAS THE OPINION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE SIGNAL
<br /> DE~ICESF~R CONTROLLING T~E AUTO~OBILt tRAFFIC AT TH1S-INTERSECTION APPEARS TOBE .
<br /> READILY UNDERSTOOD BUT THAT-'SOME-CONFUSION ExISTS WITH'PEDESTRIANS AS TO WHEN TO-'CROSS
<br /> AND AS TO-HOW MijCH7TI~E IS ~VAILABLt FOR'TME CROSS~NG. IT'WAS~THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS
<br /> SOME )MPROVEMtNT COOLD BE'MADt IN THE SIGNALS FOR PEOESTRIANS.' , . e
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<br /> IT WAS PROPOSED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT THE COMMITTEE CONslDER A MORE PROMI-
<br /> NENT"WALK-WAI T" SiGNAL': fOR- PEDESTR I ANS AND: SHOWED A 01 AGRAMOF THE TYPE Of SIGNAL THAT
<br /> WAS PROPOSED'; HE INDICATEb~FURTHER THAT HE' BELIEVED THAT THIS CHANGECOULD~BE7MADE WITH
<br /> A RATHER ~INOR ~DJUSTMENrTO THE EQUIPMENT NOW IN PLACE. --I TIS - THE RECOMMENDATI 0111 OF
<br /> THt PUBL~C SAfETY' COMMI TTEE THAT THE--C I TV MANAGER'S OFFI CE-' I NVESTI GATE THE DETAI LS OF
<br /> I MA~lNG THIS CHANGE ~N~'THAT~ I F- IT is FEASI BLE THAT THE EQUI PMENT BE ORDERED TO MAKE
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<br /> THIS CONVERSION ON THE: "WALK-WAIT" SIGNAL AT:THIS'INTERSECTION.
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<br /> 5. REQUESTS FOR LIMITED PARKING, ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY, 1151 SECOND AVENUE WEST -
<br /> -THE CITY MANAGER EXPL~INED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVE~-FROM THE ASSOCIATED OIL
<br /> COMPANY FOR SOME LIMITED PARKING IN, FRONT- OR: ADJACENT TO THEIR OfFlCE'-ON WEST,SECO.ND.
<br /> THE COMPLAINT WAS,THAT LONG'TIME AND-SOMETIMES'ALL DAY,PARKERS FILLED U~ THE PARKING
<br /> 'SPACES 'NEAR THEIR OFFICE AND-'AS A RESULT THEY HAD NO SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR
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<br /> IT~'IS THE RECOMMENDATIO'N OF-'THE COMMITTEE THAT'A:ONE HOUR PARKJNG'ZONE BE ESTAB-
<br /> L I SHED-- ON -THE NORTH S IDE OF WE'ST SECOND AVENUE FROM A POI NT 155 FEET WEST OF ITS
<br /> INTERSECTioN WITH THE WEST LINE OF VAN-BUREN STREET TO A POINT 50 FEET WEST.
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