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~ 62 e - --:;:". ;::.~.--:. -..~ ,.-:::.,:-- - 3. REQUESTB,Y WILLIAM A. KERNUTT, FOODLAND MARKET, 661 EAST 19TH AVENUE', FOR A THIRTY MINUTE PARKING ZONE- THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED THE CHiEF' OF' POLICE HAD A REQUEST F'ROM MR. KERNUTT F'OR A THIRTY MINUTE PARKING RESTRICTION ADJACENT TO HIS STORE AT 6'1 EAST 19TH AVENUE. 'IN' HIS REQUEST, MR. KERNU~T INDICATED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO H1S STORE. 'THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE, AND IN THE EVENT THE PARKING LOT A-DJACENT TO HIS STORE SHOULD BE LOST TO HIM THAT THE 'COMMiTTEE WOULD CONSIDER THE MATTER AT THAT TIME. 4. REMOVAL OF' PARKING METERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF' 6TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS JUST WEST or THE ALLEY AND' ON THE EAST SIDE or' OLIVE STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE (METER NUMBER 66) - TH~ COMMITTEE REVIEWED A RECOMMENDATION MADE ay THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RE~OVE THE PARKING METER LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE or 6TH AVENUE BETWEEN WI LLAMETTEAND OAK STREETS JUST WEST OF' THE ALLEY, SO THAT THIS AREA- COULD BE USED AS ADDI TI ONAL SPACEF'OR A' "LEF'T TURN LANE" 'OF'F' OF' 6TH AVENUE ONTO WI LLAMETT.t STREET, BEING THE ONLY METER LOCATED WEST OF' THE ALLEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF' THE STREET. THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED THE REMOVAL OF' METER NUMBER 66 ON THE EAST SIDE OF' OLIVE STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUe: WHICH IS THE ONLY ,TRAF''''C METER LEF'T BETWEEN OLIVE STREET AND BROADWAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF',THE'STREET'AND WHICH HAS BEEN F'OUND TO BE A DETRIMENT TO THE MOVEMENT OF' TRAF'F'IC IN THIS AREA." IN BOTH CASES, THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF' THE POLICE DEPART- M~NT AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ABOVE SIGHTED METERS BE REMOVED. 5. COMMUNICATION F'ROM WILLIAM AND DOROTHY EVENDEN, RE: TRAF'F'IC AT EAST 17TH AVENUE AND ORCHARD STREET - THE COMMITTEE HEARD A LETTER'F'ROM WilLIAM AND DOROTHY:EvENDEN ~N ~HICH THEY REQUESTED THAT SOMETHING BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAF'F'ic PROBLEM AND THE HiGH'NUMBER OF' ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. THE CiTY MANAGER INDICATED THE CHIEF' OF POLI€E HAD-,RECOMMENDED THAT STOP SIGNS BE PLACED ON 17TH AVENUE TO: STOP TRAFF'IC ENTERING ORCHARD STREET. THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED '~N THIS RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT STOP SIGNS'BE PLACED ON 17TH AVENUE' AT ORCHARD STREET. ' 6. TRAFF'IC CONTROL, ON ALLEY BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES F'ROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREETS (ADJACENT TO THt WEST SIDE BRANCH OF' THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF' PORTLANO):- THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED HE ~AD A 'NUMBER OF' COMPLAINTS F'ROMPROPE~T~ HOLDER.LIVVNG ADJACENT TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES'F'R6M PO~KTO'TAYLO~ StRE~T~ ABOUT T~AF'F'I'~' USING THIS ALLEY AND THAT HE HAD ASKED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE POSS[BILITY OF' MAKING THE ALLEY "o~~ WAY". THE CMIEF' OF', POLICE-RECOMMENDED THAT'THE ALLEY BE MADE "ONE WAy"WEST BOUND F'OR ONE-HALF' THE DISTANCE BE~WEEN POLK AND TAYLOR STREETS AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE ENTIRE DISTANCE ONE WAY IF' TRAFFIC ON THE WEST HALF' O~ rHE ALLEY WOULD NOT BE INCONVENIENCED 'TO ANY EXTEND SINCE THE BANK PARKING LOT IS IMMED[ATELY ADjACENT TO THIS PO~TI'ON OF' THE ALLEY. THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE MADE "ONE WAy~WEST BOUND'F'OR'ONE HALF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN POLK AND TAYLOR STREETS. '7. REMOVAL OF' PARKING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 18TH AVENUE AND OLIVE STREET ON 18TH AVENUE - THE CI TY MANAGER EXPLAI N,ED ffE HAD A COMPLAI NT ABOUT LI MI TED VI SI BI LI TY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF' l8TH-AvENUE AND OLIVE STREET. ~THIS VISIBILITY IS I~PAIRED BECAUSE OF' THE HILLSIDE ,CONDITION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN INVESTIGATING THIS AREA, RE- COMMENDED THAT PARKING BERE~OVED ON THE NORTH SIDE-~F' 18TH AVENUE F'OR F'IF'TY FEEt:T6 THE WEST F'ROM'ITS~INTERSECTION WITH OLIVE STREET. ' THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT PARKING BE REMOVED'ON THE NORtHWEST'C~RNER 0~;18TA AVENUE AND OLI~E ST~EET'ON ~8TH:AvENUE F'OR A DISTANCE OF' F'IF'TY F'EET." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODlOVE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE REPORT OF tHE'PUBLIC SAF'ETY COMMITTEE BE'ADOpiED.MoTION CARRIED. 4 A REPORT OF' tHE COMMITTEE OF' THE WHOLE 'AND THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECtRIC BOARD MEETING HELD ~ANUARY IS, 1956 - RE: DISCUSSION OF"THE EUGENE WATER ~ND ELECTRIC:Bo~RD'S EIGHT AND ONE-HALF' MILLION DOLLAR BONO ISSUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN KOPPEt: WATSON AND SHEARER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY;'CITYRECORDER;MR~ EARL McNUTT, MEMBER OF'THE EUGENE WATER'AND ELECTRIC BOARD; MR. R. B. BOALS, MR. BYRON TAYLOR, MR. ,HENRY F. BEISTEL,MR. HAROLD KING, OF' THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE STAF'F', AND MR. PETERMAN EROM fORD, BACON ~ND DAVIS, ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS-FOR THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC B6ARD; AND MR~ DAN WYANT OF' THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. .... Ii I e I I -= - I e