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<br />-:A REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC SAF'ETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 9;,1956 .;. RE: TRAF'f.IC CONTROL
<br />AT 22ND AVENUE AND HARRIS STREET; PARKING RESTRICTION AT 4TH AVENUE AND BLAIR BOULEVAROj,AND
<br />QUOTATIONS ON ITEMS OF' IMPROVEMENT F'OR PARK BALLF'IELD AREAS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOW$:
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, AND OWEN; CITY MANAGER; PARK
<br />AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; .CHIEF' OF' POLICE; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; AND M~. DAN
<br />WYANT OF' THE'EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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<br />I. TRAF'F'IC CONTROL.~T THE INTERSECTION OF' 22NOAvENUE AND HARRIS STREET ~ A REPRES6NTA-
<br />TI VEOr THE AREA VI EWED THE I NTERSECT~.ON AND I T WAS NOTED THAT ,THE SI GHT 01 STANCE AT T.HREE
<br />OF' THE CORNERS WAS IMPAI RED DUE TO STREET GRA;DE AND REUI NI NG WALLS. THE POll CE DEPA'RT-
<br />MENT~,I~DICATES THAT ALTHOUGH NElmHER STREET )S HEAVILY USED THE ACCIDENT INCIDENTS ~RE
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<br />HIGH, THERE BEING SIX ACCIDENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION IN THE LAST YEAR PREDOM~NAT~LY ~AUSED
<br />BY F'AILURE TO YIELD RIGHT OF' WAY AS REQUIRED UNDER THE STA~E STATUTES AND CITY ORDINANCE.
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<br />lHERE WA'S A DISCUSSION OF' 'POSSIBLE TRAF'F'IC CON'tROL DEVICES THAT COULD BE PLACED. AT
<br />TH~S INTERSECTION,AND IT WAS ~ECOMMENDED THAT "YIELD RIGHT OF WAY" SIGNS BE INSTALLED ~N
<br />HARRIS STREET ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF 22ND AVENUE TO REMIND ~OTORI~TS TRAV~LL~NG
<br />HARRIS STREET IN A NORTHERLY OR SOUTHERLY DIRECTION THAT THEY SHOULD YFElD RIGHT OF~WAY TO
<br />TRAFFIC ON THEIR RIGHT.
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<br />2. PARKI NG RE,STRI eTl ON AT 4TH AVENUE' AND BLAI R BOULEVARD" A REPRESENTATI VE OF TH:E:'
<br />COMMITTEE VIEW~D THE INTERSECTION OF 4TH AVENUE AND BLAIR BOULEVARD WITH SPECIAL REF'ERENCE
<br />~O THE N~RTH SIDE or BLAIR Bo LEVARD BETWEEN WEST 4TH AVENU~ AND VAN BUREN S~RE~T AND ALSO
<br />WITH RErERENCE TO PARKING ON 4TH AVENUE BETWEEN BLAIR BOULEVARD AND JACKSON STREET. THE
<br />COMMI TTEE,IN DI.SCUSSI NG 'THIS MATTER, .CONTEMPLATED THE REMOVAL or PARKI NG ON THE SOUTH 51 DE
<br />OF 4TH AVENUE AND THE REINSTALLATION OF PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 4TH AVENUE BET~EEN
<br />BLAIR BOULEVARD AND JACKSON STREET. THERE WAS LIKE~ISE'DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT ~ARKIN~ iHOULD
<br />BE ALLOWED ON THE EAST SIDE OF' BLAIR BOULEVARD BETWEEN 4TH AVENUE AND VAN BUREN STREET.
<br />, AFTERCONSI DERABLE 0.1 SCUSSI ON ON THE VARIOUS POSSI BLE METHODSWH,I CM' MI GH,T BE USED, TO .
<br />CORRECT THE ~ROBLEM, iT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIRTY MINUTE PARKING BE .INSTITUTE~ ON BOTH
<br />SIDES OF 4TH AVENUE FROM BLAIR BOULEVARD EAST TO JACKSON 'STREET AND THAT NO TRUCK PARKING
<br />BE ALLOWED 'IN- THE FI~ST PARKING SPACE ON THE [AST SIDE' OF BLAIR BOULEVARD NORTH OF 4TH
<br />AVENUE, WHICH WOULD GIVE GREATER. SIGHTDI~TANCEFOR: TRArFIC W~STBOUND ON 4TW AVENUE, :
<br />CROSSI NG' BLA'I R BOULEVARD, OR MAKJ'NG'A LEFT TURN' OF.F OF" 4TH' 'AVENUE ONtO ,BLAIR ,BOULEVARD.
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<br />3.' QUOTATIONS ON ITEMS or IMPROVEMENT F'OR PARK BALLFIELD AREAS - THE PARK AND RECREATION
<br />SUPER I NTENDENT EXPLAI NED THAT HE HAD REQUESTED. QUOTATI ONS ON' VAR I OUS I T>EMS NECESSARY TO
<br />IMPROVE THE BALLrlELDS IN AMAZON PARK AND IN THE PARK TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE VICINITY OF
<br />15TH' AVENUE, CHAMBERS STREET,.,AND THE AMAZON CREEK. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ITEMS OF
<br />IMPROVEMENT WERE NOT .rORMALLY ADVERTISED aUT THAT EVERYONE WHO MIGHT POTENTlALL~ BE IN-A
<br />POSI710NTO DO SUCH'WORK-~AD BE~N CONTACTED BY' HIS-OFFICE AND 'HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
<br />QUOTE ON SUCH WORK.
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<br />HE EXPLAJ NED THAT THE BASEBALL PROGRAM FOR THE S_UMMER OF 1956 HAD GROWN - CO'NSTDtR'ABL Y
<br />OVER PREVIOUS YEARS AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO. ACTIVIATE THE BALLF'IELDS IN THE AMAZON AREA AS
<br />WELL AS IN THE AREA Of' 15TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS, STREET'TO:PROVIDE'ADDITIONALPLAYING FIELDS
<br />FOR THE, SUMMER PROGRAM.
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<br />THE ITEMS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE PAIKS ARE:
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<br />(I) - A, B~CK STOP FOR AMAZON PARK; LOCATED SOUTH or ROOSEVELT' JUNIOR HI GH SCHOOL AND WEST
<br />OF HI LYARD SYREET. TH,E COLORADO fUEL AND I RON CORPORATI:ON OF PORTLA'ND, OREGON SU,BMI TTED
<br />THE LOWEST QUOTATION OF $1,397.00.
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<br />(2") Two SMALLER BACK STGPS ,TO BE LOCATED, BE.TWEENI5TH' AVENUE AND THE' AMAZON CHANNEL:EAsr
<br />or CHAMBERS STREET. THE COLORADO fUEL AND IRON CORPORATION Of PORTLAND, 'OREGON
<br />SUBMITTED THE LOWEST QUOTATION OF $735.00.
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<br />(3) BASIC GRADING WORK IN THE BALLrlELD AREA BETWEEN 15TH AVENUE AND THE AMAZON CHANNEL
<br />EAST OF CHAMBERS STREET. STANTON W., PAYNE SUBMITTED THE LOWEST.QUOTATION,OF $2,1;82.00.
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<br />(4' INSTALLATION or A rENCE AT MONROE PARK, TO BE fOUR rEET HIGH AND TO BE A BUffER BETWEEN
<br />THE PARK AREA AND THE STREET TO PROHIBIT CHILDREN FROM RUNNING INTO THE STREET. THE
<br />'COLOR'ADO fUEL AND'I RON CORPORATI ON' OF, PORTLAND, OREGON SUBMI TTED THE LOWEST QUOTATION
<br />FOR THIS WORK IN THE AMOUNT or $690.00. " ,', ",
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<br />,AF'TER 'SOME.DISCUSSION ON THE.PR~PRIETIES OF' LETTING WORK~ITHOUT FORMAL QUOTATION,
<br />AND DURING WHICH DISCUSSION THE PARK AND RECREATION-SUPERINTENDENT WAS INSTRUCTED,'IN THE
<br />rUTURE, TO ISSUE .rORMAL BIDS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE LOW QUOTATIONS
<br />ON'THEWORKDESCRI8tDABOVC8EACCEPTED~It' " - I'
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<br />" I TWAS' MOVED BY: MR. GODLOVE, StCONDED 8y'iMR. HARTMAN,' THAi' THE REPORT OF THE PUBLI C SAFETY
<br />COMMITTEE BE 'ADOPTED~ ROLtCALL: ,VOTE. , ALL COUNcrLMEN PRtSEtfT VOTING7AvE. iMESSRS. 'BOOTH AND
<br />KOPPE ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED.
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