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<br />I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE"SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT I,TEM NUMBER fiVE BE EXCLUDED'FROM
<br />THE REPORT OF THE PuBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE INASMUCH AS THE MATTER WAS PREVIOUSLY ACTED ON. MOTION
<br />CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BALANCE or THE REPORT OF THE
<br />PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ,-'
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<br />6 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JUNE 21, 1956 - RE: MISCELLANEOUS
<br />PARKING AND TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, SHEARER, AND SHI'SLER; CITY
<br />MANAGER; 'CHIEF OF POLICE; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; AND THE CITY RECORDER. --~r
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<br />A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE
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<br />WHICH WERE ,CONSIDERED 'AND DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALLY, AS FOLLOWS: .'i,
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<br />a I. IT WAS EXPLAI NED ,THAT THE TRAFFI C [NGI NEER HAD CONTACTED THE MANAGER OF THE CI TY: 'I,'
<br />_ TRANSIT LINES REGARDING THE LENGTH OF BUS ZONES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE DOWNliOWN AREA.
<br />THESE RECOMMENDATI.NS ARE ' ~
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<br />('A) THE,B"'S ZONE AT BROADWAY AND WILLAMETTE STREET, CURRENTLY 95 FEET I'N LENGTH, BE
<br />REDUCED TO A 75 FOOT ZONE WITH ONE PARKI NG METER TO BE I NSTALLED AT THE NORTH END, 'OF THE
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<br />I (B) THE BUS ZONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE
<br />STREETS, CURRENTLY 71 FEET'. I N LENGTH, BE REDUCED TO 51 HET AND A METER TO BE I NST:ALL'ED~
<br />AT THE EAST END OF THE EXrSTING ZONE.
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<br />(C) THE BUS ZONE ON OLIVE STREET AT BROADWAY, NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSEC'T'IO'N,
<br />AS, IT NOW EXISTS IS 71 FEE-T IN LENGTH BUT DUE TO THE NUMBER or BUSSES USING THE~ZONE 'THERE
<br />ARE rREQUENTLY TWO BUSSES'WHICH MAKES THE ZONE INSUfFICIENT IN LENGTH ANID CONSTITUTES A,
<br />HAZARD BECAUSE ~fTHE PROX1MITY or ONE BUS TO THE CROSSWALK. Ir WAS THERErORE RECO~MENDED
<br />THAT ONE METER BE REMOY,ED IMMEDIATELY, NORTH Of THE EXISTING BUS ZONE WHI,CH WOULD ALLOW AN
<br />ADDITIONAL METER SPACE fOR BUS ZONE USAGE.
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<br />(D) THE REMOVAL ~f THE COBURG BUS ZONE FROM THE NORTH SIDE or 8TH AVENUE' I~MEDIATELY
<br />EAST Of ~ILLAMETTE STREET wAS RECOMMENDED. THIS ZONE WbULD BE SHifTED TO SOME OTHER BUS
<br />ZONE, WITH TWO PARKING METERS TO Bt INSTALLED-AT THE NOW EXISTING ,ZONE.'
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<br />2. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT TWO HOUR PARKING LIMITS BE INSTALtED ON
<br />I CHARNELTON STREET BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH AVENUES AND ON 12TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND
<br />: LI NcaLN STREETS AND ;THAT ONE HOUR PARKI NG BE, I NSTALLEDON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN OLI VE AND
<br />CHARNEL TON STREETS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD EXTEND THE LI NI TED PARKING AREA IN nit:
<br />VICINITY OF THE BUSINESS AREA Of THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
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<br />3. THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER INDICATED THAT METER #84-A, LOCATED AT THE SOU~HWEST CORNER or
<br />I BROADWAY AND OLIVE STREET WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED TO SERYE A BUILDING THAT HAS.SINCE BEEN
<br />I RAZED. SINCE THIS METER IS NO LONGER REQUIRED AS'~ TWELVE MINUTE METER IT WAS RECOMMENDED
<br />I THAT A SIXTY MINUTE METER, PENNY-NICKLE, BE INSTALLED AT THIS LOCATION.
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<br />:1 4. THE TRAfF'l C ENGI HEER _I NDVCATED THAT- THERE ARE THREE METERS ,EXI STI NG 'ON THE NORTH: :5'; DE
<br />OF 10TH AVENUE BETWEEN THE ALLEY EAST Of WILLAMETTE STREET AND THE CURB CUT WHICH SERVES
<br />THE MONTGOMERY WARD fARM STORE AND THAT THE PARKING AREAS ~OCATED THERE ARE LESS THAN
<br />THE RECOMMENDED STANDARD. IT.WAS RECOMMENDED THAT METER #610 BE REMOVED AND THA:r THE
<br />REMAINING TWO METERS BE REARRANGED SO THAT ONLY TWO SPACES. WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ~HIS AREA.
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<br />~ 5. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT ~N THE SOUTH SIDE Of 6TH AVENUE BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNEL:rON
<br />STREETS THERE ARE TWO METERS INSTALLED IN A SPACE THAT IS 28 fEET IN LENGTH"WHICH IS ~INE
<br />'I FEET LESS' THAN RECOMMENDED STANDARDS, CAUSI NG VEHI CLES TO OVERHANG INTO THE ALLEY OR THE
<br />, CURB'CUT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT METER #890 BE REMOVED AND METER #889 BE MOVED SO ONLY ONE
<br />CAR CAN USE THIS SPACE.
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<br />; 6., 'IT WAS INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED,T"AT MOTORISTS NORTH BOUND
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<br />I ON COLUMBIA STREET, PROGRESSING DOWN THE HILLtAND CROSSING 26TH AVENUE, ,WERE TRAVELLING-AT
<br />AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPEED~ To CORRECT THIS SITUATION, IT.WAS'RECOMMENDEDiTHAT A:STOP SIGN
<br />BE ERECTED ON COLUMBIA STREET STOPPING NORTH/BOUND TRAFfiC ENTERING THE INTERSECTlON,SUCH
<br />STOP SI GN TO BE PLACED ASiA SPEED CONTROL MEASURE. " ,. ,.
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<br />7. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE LANE THEATRE IS NOT NOW AND, AS IT APPEARS, WILL NOT IN THE
<br />NEAR FUTURE'OPERATE AS A FULL TIME THEATRE, BUT IS BEING USED ONLY ON A RENTAL BASIS FOR
<br />I NDI VI DUAL GROUPS FOR SPEC I AL SHOWS OR OTHER OCCAS IONS. I T WAS THEREfORE RECOMMENDED T'HAT
<br />I I A SIXTY MINUTE, NICKLE ONLY, METER BE INSTALLED IN THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF THE LANE
<br />THEATRE AND THAT WHEN THE THEATRE IS OPEN THAT APPROVAL BE GRANTED TO HOOD THE METER FOR
<br />I NO PARKI NG. .
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