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~28 - ~--..; .. - . --- - - --... -' ~~----- u - . .--- -- - -- ;....:______. ,. .- .-4o -.;. ._ .. - .-,-- . -....; . IT WAS MOYED BY MR. WATS~~, SECONDEDiBY MR. Koppt, THAT ITEM NtiM~ER-T~6~F T~E~JUDI~tA.Y I AND PRI NTI NG COMMI TTEE - AND THE fl NANCE COMMI TTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL- COUNCILMEN:PRESENT VOTINGAYE~ MOTl ON CARR I ED. , ' 8 A:REPORT'OFlTHE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JULY 6, 1956 - Rt: :DI~CU~SION OF ~IDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ~ "PRESE~T: -MAYOR -JOHNSON;COUNCH:'MENGODLOVE, EDMUNDS, WATSON, - AND,SHEARER; CITY MANAGER; C!'TY ENGINEER; CITV ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER;-TRAFf'IC ENGINEERj'MR: CONNEl OF THE SIGNAL OIL COMPANY; AND MR. WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. ~ DISCUSS10N OF BIDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT-PROJECTS OPENED-ON JULY '5, 1956 -THE I I . VARIOUS BIDS RECE1VED ON STREET, SEWER AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS WERE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED BY THE :COMMI,TTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BIDS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW B'-DDERS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER!S OFFICE." - . No ACTION WAS TAKEN~ON THE PuBL!C WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT SINCE THE B'-DSHAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACTED ON. , 9 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JULY 6, 1956 - RE: REQUEST BY SIGNAL Oil COMPANY TO ERECT A SIGN IN EXCESS OF THE SIZE SET FORTH IN.THE ZONING ORDINANCEjAPPLICA- I TIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES; REQUEST BY 20-30 CLUB FOR "KEYS IN THE CAR" PROJECT; REQUEST ,BY DONALD D. BARNES FOR A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE NEWSPAPER STANDS; REQUEST FOR A CROSSWALK 'ON BROADWAY BETWEEN OAK A~D PEARL STREtTS; AND PARKING METER STUDY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, SHEARER, AND EDMUNDS; CITY MANAGERjCITY -ENGI NEER; CI TY ATTORNEY; -TRAf'f"I CENGINEER; -CI'TY RECORDER;MR: CONNEl OF THE SIGNAL OIL COtilPANY; AND, MR. ,WYANT OF ,THE RF;GISTER-GUARD. I . REQUEST BY SIGNAL OIL COMPANY TO ERECT A SIGN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER Of 7TH AVENUE AND VANBUREN STREET IN EXCESS OF THE SIZE STIPULATED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE - THE PUBLiC-SAFETY COMMITTEE GAVE C0NSIDERATION TO:A REQUEST MADE BY:THE SIGNAL OIL COMPANY TO LOCATE A SIGN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 7TH-AVENUE AND VAN BURENSTREET. THE PROPOSED SIGN WOULD BE 28 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, WHICH IS EIGHT SQUARE FEET OVER THE AREA STIPULATED FOR 'A C-I ~ZONE. THE~E~RESENTATIVE ~F THE SIGNAL ~IL COM~ANY:INDICATED 1HE SI~N WHICH lHEY'PROPOSE TO.USE IS THEIR STA"DARD~SIGN AS ERECTED THROUGHOUT THE PACIFI-C NORTHWEST. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED AND THAT THE SIGNAL Oil I COMPANY BE AllOWED TO-ERECT SUCH A SIGN-AT THE lOCATION INDICATED -ABOVE'. i 2. ApPLICATION FOR 'A DISPENSER'S LICENSE, CLASS "A"~ ED'S PIT BARBEQUE GRILL, ~59-969 PEARL STREET - THIS REQUEST FOR PRIVILEGES WAS C0NSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE POll CE DEPARTMENT HAD APPROVED THE REQUEST :AND BASED ON 'THI S 'I NFORMATI ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICATrON-BE APPROVED~ 3. ApPLICATION rOR A RESTAURANT LICENSE, CLASS "A", MORENO'S MEXICAN KIT4iHEN, 191 EAST I BTH AVENUE - THIS REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT VAS NOTED.T>HAT THE POll CE DEPARTMENT HAD -APPROVED THE REQUEST AND BASED ON Tftl-S I NFORMATI ON THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPll CAT! ON BE APPROVED. 4. DISCUSSION :OF ~ REQUEST-MADE BY 20~36 CLUB ~OR A "KEYS IN THt CAR" PRO~ECT - A REQUEST I I MADE BY THE 20-30 CLUB FOR ~ERMISSION TO CONDUCT A "KEYS IN THE C~R" PROJECT IN WHICH THE I 20-30 CLUB PROPOSED TO PLACE LARGE PAPER KEYS UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPER OF CARS TO REMIND PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR CAR KEYS WITH THEM WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE. 'Ii WAS POINTED fit OUT THAT AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EUGENE PROHIBITED THE PLACING OF ANY SUCH MEDIA ON VEHICLES OR OTHER ~LACE$. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ,CITY MANAGER BE I'NSTRUCTED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE 20-30 CLUB INDICATING THE SECTION OF THE ORDI,NANCE WHI~H PROHIBITS THE_PLA~ING OF K~YS UNDER THE , WINDSHIELD wfPERS OF' VEHICLE-S 'AND TO,F'URtHER INDICA'TE THAT THE COMMGN-COIJ"NCll CANNOT DEVIATE FROM REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE~ -- 6.';! REQUEST -BY t'HE 'EUGENE MEDICAL CENTER FOR A CROSSWALK ON BROADWAY AT THE ALLEY BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STR.EETS - A REPORT FROM THE TRAHIC ENGINEER ON THE SUBJECT OFA CROSSWALK ON BROADWAY AT THE AI;LEY BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE GAVE DISCUSSION TO LOCATING A CROSSWALK IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS OTHER POTENTIAL lOCATIONS THROUGH-OUT THE CI TY. IT WAS-FELT THAT INSTALLATION Or CROSSWALKS AT THE ALLEYS I I WOULD ADD GREATLY TO THE 'PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS AND -IT WAS THEREFORE-RECOMMENDED THAT THIS I, REQUEST BE DEN'I ED. I 7. PARKING METER STUDY - A REPORT FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN WHICH CERTAIN RECOMME~DED Ii CHA'NGES WERE' MADE-REL.ATI NG :TO THE TIME LI NI T 'AND FEE CHARGES -FOR 'TRAFFI CMETERSI N THE '- DOWNTOWN SECTI ON WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMI TTEE. .. - THE REPORTINDi CATED THAT nlE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA NOW HAD CONSIDERABLE VARIATIONS IN PARKING-METER ,T'IME iALlOWEDAND FEES REQUI, RED. To ALLEVIATE THESE VARIATIONS, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT THE . e r I I . ~ --