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<br />A REPORT; Or.- THEPUBL I C SAfETY COMMI TTEE MEETI NGHELD APRIL 18,11.956 - RE: REQUEST FOR
<br />I NCREASE IN JTAXI FARE RATES; PROPOSED ORDI NANCE FOR THE I,SSUANCE,OF PARKI NG METER HO'ODS; j.
<br />REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL 'A~ ,19TH AVENUE AND FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD; R~QU~ST FOR LIMITED I:
<br />PARKING METERS AT 10TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET; REMOVAL OF LOADING ZONE AT 444 LINCOLN
<br />STREET; REQUEST FOR RELOCATLON OF AUTO DRIVE~UP MAIL BOX ON 6~H AVENUE ~ETW~EN WILL~METT~"
<br />ANDOLIVE:'ST,REETS; AND COMMUNI:CATI()N FROM D.O. HEMPY REGARDING'THE MUNICIPAL COUR.T W<AS '~l
<br />SUBMI TTED' AND READ AS FOLUOWS:' ';
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<br />j"PR.ESENT:, COUNC I LMEN GODLOVE., WATSON, AND HARTMAN; C rTY MANAGER; CI TV ATTORNEY';:
<br />"CH I EF. oF' POll C'E;' CITY RECORDER; CAPTAI N' SK I PWORTH; HARLAN BAXTER, TRAH I C SI GNAL' ,
<br />;TECHNI 01 AN; JOHN BARBER, JR." MUNI C'I PAL COURT JUDGE.; MR. DONALD F. BACH; MR. R. F.,LoWE;
<br />'MR. D. D~ HEMPY;MR. DON TAYLOR; AND MR. FORTENBERRY.
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<br />I. COMMUNICATION REGARDING AN INCREASE IN TAXI CAB FARE RATES - THE COMMITTEE- REViEWED
<br />A 'REQUEST MAD~ B.Y-' MR. DONALD F. BACH" REPR~SENTI NG TERMI'NAG TAXI SER-VI CE, I NCORPOR-Al'ED~
<br />FOR AN INCREASE IN TAXI RATES IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. . IT WAS EXPLAINED'-THAT THE 'RATES:~ NOW
<br />IN EFFECT WERE SET AT 35 CENTS FOR THE fiRST ONE-HALf MILES, PLUS TEN CENTS fOR EACH ADDI-
<br />TIOt'-4AL. QUARTER: MILE. THE, WAITING TIME RATE BEING TEN CENTS fOR EACH TWO MINUTES, ,OR
<br />$3.00 PER HOUR.
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<br />MR. BACH INDICATED THE fiRM HE RE,PRESENTED WAS REQUES,T1NG A RATE Of 45 CENTS FOR" THE
<br />FIRST ONE-HALF MILE WITH TEN CENTS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE-QUARTER MILE AND A WAITING,
<br />TIME RATE OF 25 CENTS FOR EACH THREE MINUTES OF $5.00 PER HOUR.
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<br />AFTER DISCUSSION OF THE REQUEST,' THE COMMIT~EE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQU~ST FOR, AN
<br />INCREASE IN RATES FOR THE FIRST ONE-HALF MILE, AND FOR WAITING TIME BE APPROVED AND tHAT
<br />SUCH RATES BE ESTABLISHED AT 45 CENTS FOR THE FIRST ONE-HALF MILE TRAVELLED, PLUS TEN
<br />CENTS FOR EACH ADDED ONE-QUARTER MI LE, AND THAT WAI TI NG TI ME BE SET AT 25 CENTS FOR EACH
<br />THRE~MINU~ESWHICH PRODUCES $5.00 PER HOUR.
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<br />2. PROPOSED ORDI NANCE FOR THE I SSUANCE OF PARKI NG METER HOODS - A PROPOSED, ORDI NANC~
<br />FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PARKING METER HOODS WAS PRESENTED TO THE
<br />COMMITTEE. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION, THE ORDINANCE WAS A~tNDED TO
<br />PROVIDE FOR A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT AND, SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENT, THE PROPOSED ORDINANC:~ WAS
<br />RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE.
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<br />~. R~QUEST.BY MR. FRANK G.' BLACK'FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 19TH AVENUE AND FAIRMOUNT. ,
<br />BOULEVARD -'THE COMMITTEE, HAD A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE PROPER, TRAFFIC'CONTROL DEV'ICES
<br />WHICH SHOULD BE USED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 19TH AVENUE AND FAIRMOUNT BOULEVA~D. .THE~
<br />TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT "YIELD RIGHT OF WAY" SIGNS BE, INSTALLED AT
<br />19TH AVENUE ~ND FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD CONTROLLING NORTH'AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC AND THAT
<br />PARKING BE REMOVED FOR A DISTANCE OF rlFTEEN FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF 19TH
<br />AVENUE ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD. ALSO, THAT REFLECTORS BE INSTALLED IN
<br />THE "NO'PARKI NG" AREA AND THAT' A "SLOW" SI GN BE. I NS1'ALLED THI RTY FEET EAST' OF 'THE I NJER-
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<br />SECTIONI OF ,19TH AVENUE AND ORCHARD STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE or 19TH AVENUE.
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<br />,"THE'COMMITTEE GAVE MORE DISCUSSION TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL: ~.
<br />TECHNICIAN AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRAFFIC 'CONTROL MEASURES AS OUTLINED ABOVE BE
<br />INSTALLED. ' !.
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<br />4. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARKING METERS TO BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
<br />OF 10TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET - A REQUEST FOR TWO TWELVE MINUTE PARKING METERSr
<br />AND TWO TWENTY-~OUR MINUTE PARKING METERS TO BE LOCATED ON 10TH AVENUE AT THE SOUTHEAST
<br />CORNER OF 10TH'AvENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET WAS PRESENTED TO THE.COMMITTEE. THIS LIMITED
<br />PARKING WAS REQUESTED BY PACIFIC FIRST FEDERAL. IT,WAS'EXPLAINED THAT THERE CURRENTLY
<br />WERE TWO TWENTY-FOUR MI NUTE PARK I NG METERS IN TH I S AREA. " "
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<br />'AFTER DISCUSSION, THECOMMITT.EE RECOMMENDED THAT 'THIS REQUEST BE DENIED INASMUCM\AS
<br />THtYDID .NOT BELrEVE THE ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARKING IN THIS AREA WOULD BE JUSTIFIED~
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<br />5.REMOVAt OF ,TWENTY-FOUR MINUTE LOADING ZONE AT 444 LINCOLN STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED
<br />THAT 'W TWENTY-FOUR MI NUTE LOADI NG ZONE HAD BEEN I NSTALLED AT 444 LI NCOLN STREET'WHEN THE
<br />BUILQI~G.LOCATED AT THAT ADDRESS WAS ~ING USED AS AN AUTO PARTS HOUSE. THE BUILDING ,IS
<br />NOT ~OW:BEINGUSED AS AN AUTO PARTS HOUSE, BUT IS BEING USED AS A MEDICAL SUPPlY'WARE-
<br />HOUSE WHICH HAS AMPLE lOADING AND UNLOADING AREA ON THE 'ALLEY ADJACENT'TO THE BUILDING.
<br />IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE PRESENT TENANTS DO NOT OBJECT TO THE REMOVAL OF THE,
<br />LOADING ZONE, THAT THE LOADING ZONE IS SELDOM USED BY TRUCKS AND THERErORE SHOULD BE
<br />RETURNED TO PARKING~COMPATIBLE WITH THE 'REST OF THE AREA.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOADING ZONE BE REMOVED AND THAT THE AREA REVERT
<br />TO N~ 'LIMrTED PARKING WHICH IS THE STANDARD-FOR THE 'AREA.
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<br />6~,REQUEST FOR RELOtATION OF AUTO DRIVE-UP MAIL BOX LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE 'O-r::." 6T'''~
<br />AVENUE BETWEEN WllhAMETTE AND OLtVE STREETS ~ IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT,THE AUTQ~DRIYE-U~ I
<br />MAl LBOX'ON 6T,H AVENUE BETWEENWI'LLAMETTE AND OLIVE S'I"REETS WAS SOMEWHAT 01 HI CULT T9,GET
<br />TO ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TRAFFIC PERIODS. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN INDICATED HE
<br />HAD SURVEYED THE LOCATIOM AND BELIEVED THE BEST SOLUTION WOU~D ,BE TO REMOVE PARKING FROM
<br />METER SPACE 907 LOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF THE MAIL BOX.
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