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<br />AfTER SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAt THE CHIEf OF POLICE BE AUTHORIZED TO
<br />ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE fOR TRAFFIC SAfETY TO BE HELD IN SAN
<br />FRANCISCO -MAY 31 AND' JUNE ., 1956'.
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<br />2. COMMUNICATION FROM THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE
<br />USE Of STREET SP~CE FORAN. EXKIBIT - ~HE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM BUT DID'NOT fEEL
<br />THAT THI S WAS A MATTER fOR CO,UNCIL ACTI ON 'AND RECOMMENDED THAT ,THE REQUEST BE LEfT TO THE
<br />DISCRETION Of THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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<br />3. REQUEST' FOR. .APPROVAL' Of PACKAGE STORE LI CENSE, CLASS "B", LAND L MARKET, 159.1 WI LL-
<br />AMETTE STREET - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS APPLICA'TION'WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED ,AND
<br />REfERReD TO THEt COMMI TTEE., THEY CONCURRED I N THE RECOMMENDAT,ION Of THE'. POLl CE DE,PARTMENT
<br />THAT THE APPLI~ATION'BE APPROVED.
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<br />4. ELIMINATION Of LOADING ZONE IN fRONT Of THE I.O.O.F. BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE Of
<br />BROADWAY', WEST OF OAK STREE,T -' I TWAS RECOMME-NDED BY THE, POLl CE DEPARTMENT THAT THE
<br />LOADING ZONE LOCATEDINF'RONT Of THE I.O.O.F. BUILDING BE REPLACED WITH A ONE HOUR
<br />PARKI NG METER.. THE OL"OADI NGZONE WAS INSTALLED AT".THE TI ME THE: I.O.O.F'. BUI LDI NG WAS BEl NG
<br />HEATED BY SAWDUST, AND THE ZONE WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO HAVE SPACE fOR SAWDUST DEL1VERIES
<br />AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE BUILDING IS NOW HEATED BY OIL AND THE DELIVERY
<br />Of SUCHPOIL IS'MADE-:ON A LONGER PERI-ODBASIS,THAN WAS TRUE WHEIil THE, BUrLDING WAS BEING
<br />HEATED BY SAWDUST. FOR THIS REASON, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO RETA'IN THE LOAOING ZONE~
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<br />IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE LOADING ZONE BE REMOVED AND THAT
<br />A ONE HOUR PARKING METER BE INSTALLED TO SERVE THE AREA.
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<br />5. DISCUSS'ION Of TURNING MOVEMENTS' AT THE INTERSECTION Of 13TH A-VENUEAND OLIVE STREET -
<br />IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL, AT THEIR MEET1N~OF MARCH 12~ 1956~ GAVE APP~OVAL TO A
<br />RESOLUTION WHICH ELIMINATED THE LEFT TURN LANE FOR TRAFfIC WEST BOUND ON 13TH AVENUE
<br />TURNING SOUTH ON OLIVE STREETAND'THAT SOME QUESTION,HAD COME UP REGARDING THE ELIMINATION
<br />OF THIS TURNING MOVEMENT. .THE TRAFfiC SIGNAL TECHNrC1AN EXPLAINED THAT EAST BOUND TRAfFIC
<br />AT THIS INTERSECTION IS DIVIDEO INTO TWO LANES, A CENTER LANE WHICH ALLOWS TRAffIC TO TURN
<br />OFF Of 13TH AVENUE AND PROCEED BY A LEFT TURN IN A'NORTHERLY DIRECTION ON OLIVE STREET
<br />AND THAT THE RIGHT HAND LANE, OF TRAfFIC WAS ALLOWED TO PROCEED EASTWARD ON 13TH AVENUE:.
<br />THIS THROUGH LANE COULD POTE~TIA&LY CONfLICT WITH TRAFFIC MAKING A LEFT TURN OFF OF 13TH
<br />AVENUE ONTO,OLIVE STREET.'
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<br />AfTER SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THENO LEFT
<br />TURN FOR WEST BOUND TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF 13TH AVENUE AND OLIVE STREET BE MAIN-
<br />TAINED AS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION, OF THE COUNCIL PASSED MARCH 12, 1956.
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<br />6. DISCUSSION Of ' PARKING RESTRICTION AT 4TH AVENUE AND BLAIR BOULEVARD - THE COMMON'
<br />COUNCIL, BY RESOLUTION, REMOVED.'PARKING fROM THE NORTH SIDE Of 4TH AVENUE:BETWEEN CHARNEL-
<br />TON STREET AND BLAIR BOULEVARD. SINCE THAT TIME, REPRESENTATIVES OF BECRAfT AND NASON,
<br />WHO OWN A GROCERY STORE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER Of 4TH AVENUE AND BLAIR BOULEVARD, HAVE
<br />REQUESTED THAT,PARKING~BE ALLOWED ON 4TH AVENUE1N THE VICINITY OF BLAIR BOULEVARD. .A
<br />REPRESENTATIVE ~F THE C1TY MADE;AN INVESTIGATI~N OF THIS ~ARTICULAR LOCATION AND RECOMMENDED
<br />THAT A LOAtiING'ZONE BE "NSTALLED ON 4TH AVENUE JUST EAST-OF BLAIR BOULE'ARD, OR ON BLAIR
<br />BOULEVARD JUST NORTH ,OF 4TH AVENUE.- THE 'COMMITTEE, IN DISCUSSING-THIS, INDICATED THEY
<br />THOUGHT IT WOULD BE~QUITE'A DANGEROUS LOCATION TO HAVE:A SINGLE SPACE AT THE AREA OF THE
<br />CORNER OF,4TH AVENUE AND BLAIR BOULEVARD IN WHI,CH PARKING WAS ALLOWED. THEY DID BELIEVE,
<br />HOWEVER, TH~. SOME RELIEF SHOULD BE GIVEN TO BECRAFT AND NASON SO THAT DELIVERY VEHICLES
<br />WOULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE STOREi BUT THAT THE,AREA:SHOULD NOT BE STRICTLY CONFINED TO
<br />DELIVERY VEHICLES.
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<br />IT WAS THERE~ORE -RECOMMENDED THAT A LIMITE~'PARKING ZONE (TWELVE MI'NUTES) BE INSTALLED
<br />FOR A DISTANCE ,Of TWENTY FEET 'BEGINNING'TWENTY-EIGHT~FEET NORTH-OF-THE- INTERSECTIO~ of 4tH
<br />AVENUE ON THE EAST SIDE Of BLAIR BOULEVARD.
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<br />7. PETrTioN~REGARDING TRAffIC CONTROL AT '19TH AVENUE ANOFAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD- A PETITION
<br />WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL BY FRANK G; BEACKW~TH RESptCT TO:THE CO~TROL O~ TRAFrlCAT
<br />THE INTERSECTION,OF EAST.19TH-AvENUE'AND FAIRMOUNT~BoULEVARD.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE GAVE SOME DISCUSSION TO THIS MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE
<br />HELD IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY.
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<br />e. REQUEST BY DONALD F. BACH, ATTORNEY, REPRESENTI NG TERMI NAL TAXI SERVI CE, INCORPORATED,
<br />FOR INCREASE IN TAXI FARE RATES - THE COMMITTEE GAVE SOME DISCUSSION TO THIS MATTER AND
<br />RECOMMENDED 'THAT THIS BE HELD'IN COMMITTEE fOR FURTHER STUDY."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT ITEM NO.5 REGARDING THE TURNING
<br />MOVEMENT AT 13TH AVENUE AND.OLIVE STREET BE HELD OVER fOR FURTHER 'STUDY. MOTION CARRIED..
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY 'MR. GODLOVEi SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT 'ITEM NO.6 REGARDING A-PARKf.IilG
<br />RESTRI CTI ON AT. 4TH ,AVENUE A'ND BLAI'R B<fULEVARD BE RETAI NED IN COMMI TTEE FOR fURTHER STUDV.
<br />MOTl ON CARRI ED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE BALANCE Of THE REPORT OF THE
<br />PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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