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'I20 e , 3 ~ I. REQUEST BY THE GONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE EUGENE fRUIT GROWER'S ASSOCIATION REGARDING CURB CUTS ON EAST 8TH AVENUE BETWEEN AN EXTENSION OF PATTERSON STREET~ND HILYARD STREET - A LETTER FROM MARQUESS AND MARQUESS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE EUGENE fRUIT GROWER'S ASSOCIATION, REQUESTING TWO CURB CUTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST 8TH AVENUE BETWEEN AN EXTENSION OF PATTERSON STREET AND HILYARD STREET WAS PRESENTED. THE CURB CUTS REQUESTED WERE AS FOLLOWS: A 112-FOOT CURB'CUT AT THE EAST END OF THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE EUGENE fRUI T GROWER'S ASSOCI ~TI ON AND A :28 FOOT CURB CUT TO BE LOCATED 12 FEET WES'T OF: THE 112 FOOT CURB CUT. ' THE REQUEST ALSO I NDr CATED THAT A 27 FOOT EXI STI NG CURB CUT WOULD BE VACATED. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE CURB CUT BE GRANTED PROVIDING THAT WHE~ MORE THAN ONE DOOR OF THE WAREHOUSE TO BE SERVIC~D BY THE 112 FOOT CURB CUT IS IN USE THAT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE EUGENE fRUlT GROWER'S ASSOCIATION SHALL BE ON HAND TO DIRECT TRUCK ~RAFFIC. 2. REQUEST' FOR LOADI NG ZONE' BY MRS.' THELMA PASlEY, JOLLY TI ME NURSERY, 242 EAST 6TH AVENUE -MRS. PASLEY, OF THE JOLLY TI ME NURSE'RY LOCATED AT 242. EAST 6TH AVENUE 'REQUESTED'A LOADING ZONE FOR roHREE CARS TO LOAD AND UNLOAD NURSERY SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE TRAFFIC' SIGN~L TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT A TRAFFIC COUNT IN THIS AREA REVEALED 6TH AVENUE WAS HANDLING 13,750 CARS PER 24 HOUR PERIOD AND AT P~AK PE~IODS 2,400 CARS PER HbuR. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ALLEY IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE NURSERY IS PAVtD AND IS 16 FEET WIDE AND THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH SAFER TO LOAD AND UNLOAD SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM THE ALLEY THAN IT WOULD BE FROM EAST 6TH AVENUE. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDA~ION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS REQUEST FOR A LOADING ZONE FOR THE JOLLY TIME NURSERY 8E DENIED. 3.. ELIMINATION OF LOADING ZONE AT 451 WEST 11TH AVENUE - THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN REPORTED THAT A THIRTY MINUTE LOADING Z~NE HAD BEEN E~TA~LISHE~ FOR A DAY NUR~ERY FORMERLY LOCATED AT 451 WEST .IITH AVENUE. THE NURStRY HAS SINCE MOVED TO 745 W~~T ~6tH AVEN~E, AND I T WAS SUGGESTED TH'A,T THE LOADI NG ZONE AT 451 WEST II TH AVENUE BE RETURNED TO ALL DAY PARKING. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS LOADING ZONE BE ELIMINATED AND THE AREA RETURNED TO ALL DAY PARKING. 4. INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON EMERALD STREET AT 14TH AND 15TH AVENUES - THE TRAFFIC SI~NAL TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT ACCIDENT ~ATES.T i4TH' AND 15TH AVENUES AT EMERALD ST~EET WERE EXCESSIVE DUE BASICALLY TO POOR SIGHT DISTANCE AT THE INTERSECTIONS. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT EMERALD STREET FROM 13TH TO 15TH AVENUES HAD BEEN VACATED AS A PUBLIC STREET AND WAS NOW BEING USED ONLY AS A PRIVATE STREET TO ELIMINATE THE CONFUSION AT THESE INTERSECTIONS AND REDUCE THE ACCIDENT RATE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT STOP SIGNS BE INSTALLED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF 14TH AVENUE STOPPING EMERALD STREET AND AT THE NORTH SIDE OF 15TH AVENUE STOPPING EMERALD STREET TRAFFIC. THI S RECOMMENDATION WAS CONCURRED I N BY THE COMMI TTEE. '1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE PUBLI C, WORKS' COMMI TTEE MEETI'NG' HELD MARCH 21, 1956 - RE: REDECKI NG OF BRIDGE ACROSS THE AMAZON; MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS;'REQUEST BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOR CITY PARTICIPATION IN RELOCATING A SANITARY SEWER LINE; AND DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED STREET WIDTH FOR PAVING GARFIELD STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI LMEN KOPPE, AND GODLOVE;' CI TY MANAGER; CI1'f ENGI NEER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. REDECKING OF BRIDGE ACROSS THE AMAZON ON DILLARD~RoAD BETWEEN fox HOLLOW ROAD AND WEST AMAZON DRIVE - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THIS BRIDGE AND NOTED THAT THE PLANKING WHICH SERVES AS A ROADWAY ACROSS THE BRIDGE IS BADLY WORN. THE CITY ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT WITH NEW PLANKING THE BRIDGE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY LAST FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME SINCE THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE IS IN A SOUND CONDITION. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THECOMMITTEE THAT THE PLANKING ON THE BRIDGE BE REPLACED WITH NEW PLANKING AND, I'F THE ADDITIONAL COST WERE NOT TOO GREAT, THAT TREATED TIMBERS BE USED. 2.. STORM SEWER, PAVING, AND SANITARY:SEWER fMPROVEMENTS ON MILL STREET BETWEEN 39TH AND 40TH AVENUES - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED PAVING OF MILL STREET rROM 39TH 10 40TH AVENUES, THE INSTALLATION or A STORM SEWER; AND INSTALLATION OF A SANITARY SEWER. /' I e I (I 11 I I' II I I' i: I: 1, 11 I. i' Ii I, I' I: I I - 11 \, II I, ! I e