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'~ e ~-C~ ~cc~--_~ '."C-~- ~-_-~___-- ---_~~--~-----~~~-3-u9----- - --.. ~ - ---+. - - . - .~- --------~-- ._~--~-----~._- --- 1 5. REGULATION OF TRAFFIC ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES-THROUGH THE CITY - THE SUBJECT OF ~EGULATI'ON 'OF PARKING ANb:MO~EME~T OF TRAFFIC ON 6TH AND'7THAvENUES W~S BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY MANAGER AND TRAFFIC ENG~NEER. T~E TRAFFIC EN~INEER' STATED TH~T THEC~PACITi OF THESE STREETS is URGENTLY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN PEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM WORK. . HE STATED~FURTHER THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY 'DEPARTMENT HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED REMOVAL OF 'PARKING ON BOTH STREETS ALL THE WAY ALONG THROUGH THE CITY, ,~UT THAT NO SPECIFIC ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN.' TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE DESIRE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO MOVE TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS, AND THE NEEDS OF THE PROPER1Y OWNERS ALONG THESE STREETS, IT IS THE {i~' - SUGGE~TION OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT TWO PROPOSALS BE CONSIDERED. THESE ARE As FOLLOWS: ,I.. REMOVE, THE PARKING FROM BOTH SIDES OF'6TH AND 7TH AVENUES FROM:BLAIR BOULEVARD TO HIGH STREET BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M.~,~AND SMOOTH OUT THE INTERSECTIONS AND-STRIPE THE STREET FOR FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. e 2. REMOVE THE PARKING f"ROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF 7TH AVENUE FROM THE NORTH SIDE- oF' 6TH AVENUE FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M. AND SMOOTH OUT THE INTERSECTIONS AND STRIPE THE STREETS FOR THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC. 1 IN MAKING HIS-REPORT, THE TRAf"FIC ENGINEER INDICATED THAT HE f"AVORED-PROPOSAL No'. 2 FOR THE ,REASON THAT IT DOES NOT REMOVE PARKING FROM THESE STREETS ALTOGETHER DURING ANY HOURS, BUT JUST REMOVES PARKING FROM ONE SIDE FOR LIMITED HOURS, YET PROVIDES rOR GREATER USE Of" THESE STREETS DURING THE PEAK HOURS. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS STUDY AND REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER BE RETAINED IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY. 6'. , ApPL I CATION F,OR PACKAGE STORE, CLASS "s" LI tENSE, WELCOME MARKET, 2885 HILYARD STREET THIS APPLICATION~AS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND IT ~AS NOTED THAT THIS'APPLICATION IS f"ORA CHANGE OF OWNERSHI P f"ROM FRED R. AND MYR'TLE V. K MBALL TO J. RAY'MOND ZIMMERMAN, AND ALSO A CHANGE OF TYPE OF LICENSE FROM PA TO PB. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBliC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT A LICENSE BE ENDORSED AS APPROVED. .' 7.: ApPLI'C'ATlON "FOR PACKAGE STORE; CLASS _"A" LICE'NSE, CREST MARKET, 3225 DONALD STREET _ IT WAS EXPLA1NED T~AT THIS APPLICATION WAS MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF A CHANGE OF OWNER- SHIP. THE PREMISES WERE PREVIOUSLY LICENS-ED TO MARY M. AND,M~'RVIN L. Dow. THE APPL'ICA- TlON BEf"ORE THE COMMITTEE -IS AN APPLICATION IN 'THE NAME OF FLOYD' DEE AND MARY:STAPP, JR. FOR THE SAME TYPE OF LJCENSE UNDER WHICH THE CREST MARKET FORMERLY OPERATED. IT-IS THE REC'OMMENDATlON OF THE, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT THIS APPLICATION ALSO BE APPROVED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 6 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 4, 1955 - RE: ALLEY BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH FROMWI~LAMETT~ TO OLIVE; REQUEST~FROM-AMERICAN RED C~OSS; REZONING EAST SIDE OF GARFI ELD; LI NCOLN STREET SI DEWALK; 24TH AVENUE SIDEWALK; AND SIDEWALK ON POTTER'STREE'T BETW:E'EN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: 1 "PRES:ENT: COUNCI LMEN KOPPE AND SOOTH; CI TY'.-MANAGER; ,CI T'Y ENG' NEER; AND THE C'-TY RECORDER. MR. JAQUES OF THE EUGENE REGI STtR-GUARD WAS ALSO PRESENT'. THE' FOLL~OWI ,i(G SUBJECTS WERE CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AFTER AN INSPECTION TRIP WHICH TOOK THE COMMITTEE TO THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS. e 1-.' THE EAst-WEST ALLEY BE:TWEEN 7TH 'AND 8TH AVENUES 'FROM' WI LlAMETTE TO OLI VE STREET'S _ THE COMMITTEE INSPECTED THIS ,ALLEY AND ~OUND THA~ THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE ALLEY WAS BADLY. BROKEN UP AND IN NEED OF REPAIR. THE CITY ENGINEER POINTED OUT THAT THE ALLEY WAS I MPROVED I N ~1909 AND THAT 'I T HAD BEEN REPAI~RED ON NUMEROUS OCC'ASIONS BUT THAT I TWAS BASICALLY BEYOND REPAIR f"OR THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT THE ALLEY IS REQUIRED TO GIVE. I TIS ,THE RECOMMENDATI ON OF THE PUBLI'C WORKS COMMI TTEE THAT THE COUNCI LAPPROVE THE RECONSTRUCTION Of"' THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THIS ALLEY USING THE PRESENT STANDARDS OF ALLEY CONSTRUCTION AND TH'AT "THE COST BE' ASSESSED AGAI NST THE ABUTTI NG PROPERTY. ' ,,' I 2. REQUEST FROM THE AMERIC~N RED CROSS FOR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A CAUSEWAY ACROSS THE ALLEY (NORTH-SOUTH) BE'TWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES AND WI LLAMETTE AND OLl VE STREETS _ A REQUEST OF THE LANE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS :ASKED r6R PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A RAMP ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THEIR BUILDING AT 47 WEST 8TH AVENUE TO THE BUILD- "ING DIRECTLY ACROSS :THE ALLEY TO THE WEST. - THIS RAMP WOULD BE 18 FEET ABOVE niE LEVEL OF, THE- ALLEY ON T:HE BOTTOM AND 8 FEET ABOVE . I T' WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY TWO 8 X 12.' ",I" BEAMS WITH WOOD' OR METAL DECKS. THE RED CROSS PLANS TO SELL THEIR BUILDING AND HAS INDICAT-EDTHAT THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, MR. MAURICE-JACOBS, HAS MADE THE CONSTRUCTI'ON OF THIS RAMP A CONDITION ON THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING. e ~