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r376 e IT IS' THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THLS REQUEST BE D~FERRED UNTIL THE 'WIDENING OF-WILLAMETTE STREET BETWtEN 17TH AND 19TH AVENUES'IS ACCOM- PLIAHSED. I 6. EXTENSION OF STREET LIGHTING ON HIGHWAY 99 NORTH TO ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. 'A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE EXTENSION OF ARTERIAL LIGHTING ON HIGHWAY 99 NORTH WAS MADE BY THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE PLAN SHOWS'THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS NEEDED ~OR AN EXTENSION rROM THE OLD CITY LIMITS WHfCH WAS JtiST'Bt~bND GtiNDtRSON BROTHERS TO THE NEW CITY LIMITS WHICH IS SOUTH OF ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF THE OVERHEAD. THE STUDY SHOWS THE ,NUMBER OF LIGHTS NEEDED TO EXTEND THE SYSTEM ON TO'THE NEW CITY LIMITS WOULO'BEA TOTAL OF 43. THE COST TO THE CITY WOULD BE $4.80 PER LIGHT PER'MONTH OR A TOTAL OF $206.40 PER MONTH, WHICH WOULD COVER THE COST OF ENERGY PLUS AMORTIZATION OF THE LIGHTING SYSTEM. THE EXTENSION ON TO ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD WOULD REQUiRE AN, ADDITIONAL SIX LIGHTS AT THE SAME' UNIT, COST FOR A tOTAt or $28.80 PER MONTH. ~ . ~ '=. ~ IT'iS'THE' FEELING OF THE-COMMITTEi tHAT THIS E~TENSioN SHOULD BE MADi AS~AR'AS R~o~i- VELT BOULEVARD, But-THE COMMfTTtE ALSO REALIZES THAT'THE LIMITAT{ON~'or THE CUR~ENT ~UDGET WILL NOT ~ERMI't ANY EiPENbliuRES IN BEHALF OF THIS ~RO~ECT DU~ING THE'FISCAL YEAR ~955. "IT IS THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT THIS ~ATTER BE REFERRED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AT ITS FIRST SESSION SO THAT THE PROJECT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR IN- CL~srbN IN THE BODGET. e 7. EXTENSION OF ARTERIAL LIGHTING - BLAIR STREET AND RAILROAD BOULEVARD TO THE CITY LIMITS ATRlvtR ROAD. A PRELI'MINA~Y'STUD~ WAS ALSO MADE BY THt,WATER'AND ELECTRIC BOARD ON HIGHWAY LIGHTING OF BLAIR 'STREET AND RAILROAD BOULEVARD TO THE CITY LIMITS'AT'RIVER ROAD. THIS (iGHTING ~OULDBtGIN O~ BLAIR STREET F~OM'WtST 7tH ON NORTH AND~CONNECT U~ WITH THE ~IVER ROAD LIGHTING WHICH BEGINS AT THE NORTH CITY ~IMITS~ THE TOT~~'N0M~ER of LIGHTS REQui~ED FOR THIS EXTENSION WOULD BE 44 AT $4.80 PER MONTH FOR EACH LIGHT FOR A TOTAL OF $21 I .20 PER MONTH. I THE COMMITTEf ALSO ~i90.S'THIS 'iXTENSION OF THE ARTERIAL LIGHTING SYSTEM, BUT FEELS THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE DtFERRE6 UNTIL'FI~AL PLANSHA~EBEEN MADE FOR THE OVERHEAD CROSSING TO SERVE THE :RIVER ROAD A~EA. IT IS THE RECOM~ENDATION OF THi COMMI- TTEE THAT THIS MATTER ALSO BE REFERRED TO THE BUDGET COMMI'TTE'E FOR CONSI DERATION iN THE PREPARATION or THE 1955-56 BUDGET. 8. PROPOSED ORDINANCE ,REGUlATI NG CONVALES'CENT AND'OLD AGE HOMES. 'A REVI Sr'D DRAFT or AN ORDINANCE DESIGNED TO SET UP CERTAIN STANDARDS TO REGULATE NURSING, CONVALESCENT, AND OLD AGE HOMES-IN THE~lty WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE ME~BERS OF THE COMMITTEE WfRE FURNISHED-WITwcoprES OF THE PROPOSED ORDI'NANCE rOR STUDY. .. IT LS-THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROPos€6 ORDI~A~CE BE RETAINED IN THE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY. 9. PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON CURS CUTS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED A REVISED DRArT OF THE ORDI NANCE TO REGU(.iATE AND CONTROL CURB "C'UTS F6R DRI VEWAYS AND fOR Blisl NESS USES.. THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS ~~D ON EACH OCCASIO~ FURTHER INrO~MATION'WAS NEEDED AND r~RTHER CHECKING PRIOR TO A FORM~~ATION OF AN 6RDINANCE THAT COULD SE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE. I ITI S THE, RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMI TTEE THAT THI S"MATTER ALSO BE RETAI NED I N THE COMMI TTEE FOR' FURT'HER STU'DY ,TO BE SURE THAT THE PR'OV I S IONS OF TH IS ORD I NANCE COVER ADEQUATELY AND FAIRLY THE su'sJ,['c.,. OF REGULATING 'CUR'S CUTS." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMI TTEE BE ADOPTED. ; MOT I ON CARR I ED. 8 A REPORT or THE Bus COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 9, 1955 - RE: PROPOSED BUS ROUTE CHANGES WAS SUBMITTED ANti ~EAD A~ FOLLOWS: e "PRESENT: MESSRS. C. L. KELLY,' CHAI RMAN, WI'LLI'AM',Rus~ELL, HAROLD L. :MI LLER', WARREN KORSTAD, A., C; 'MCCHESNEY; C'-TV MANAGER; 'TRAF'FI'C ENGINEER; AND THE CI TV RECO'RDER. MR. FRANK FOSTER OF THE CITY TRANSIT LINES WAS ALSO PRESENT. THE Bus COMMITTEE MET ON.THE ABOVE DATE'TO DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDAT~ONS o~ THE PROPOSED BUS ROUTE CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE CITYr 'THE PROPOSED CHANGES WERE REVIEWED AND TRACED OUT ON A MAP SHOWING ROUTE CHANGES AND A PROPOSAL FOR A BUS INTER- CHANGE IN THE VICINITY OF BROADWAY AND OLIVE WAS .ALSO DISCUSSED. IT IS THE _ECOMMENDATION OF THE Bus COMMITTEE ,THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE j~E PRb~oSED 'CHANGES AND THAT THE COUN~IL TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO INITIATE THIS CHANGE. AFTER 'SOME' FURTHER DI'SCUSSION OF THE BUS SERVI CE, ESPECI ALLY' WI TH RESPECT TO NEWLY DEVELOP.ED AREAS, I T, WAS DECIDED BY TBE COMMI TTEE 'TO ALSO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCI L THAT THE CITY TRANSIT LINES BE ASKED TO MAKE A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING ~ TWO-WAY BUS SERVICE AVAILABLE TO THE HARLOW ROAD AREA ACROSS THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE~" I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE REPORT or THE Bus COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. e ~