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<br /> 8 A REPORT or THE PUBtt'C SArETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JULY 26, 1956 - RE: REQUEST rOR I
<br /> RMBA LICENSE BY THE ~-BQWL;~REQUEST"rOR TWO WAY ALLEY DESIGNATION; COMMUNICATION C6NCERNING
<br /> I NTERSECTI ON or ,19TH AVE'NUEAND, F AIRMOUNl' BOULE'VARD; "REQUEST FOR LOADI NG ZONE AT 820 HILYARD
<br /> STREET; REMOVAL '-OF,,;LI MITED "!PARKI NG 'ZONE ON 8TH 'AVENUE BETWEEN HI LYARD AND PATTERSON STREETS; AND
<br /> TRAFFIC CONDITION AT INTERSECTION OF 32ND, DONALD/,AND WILLAMETTE STREETS 'WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
<br /> AS FOLLOWS:
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<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR',JOHNSON;COUNCILMEN GODLOVE AND EDMUNDS; CITY"MANAGER; -TRAFFIC
<br /> ENGINEER; CITY RECO~DERl AND'ADMINISTRATI'VE INTERN~
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<br /> I. - REQUEST FORRETAIL'MALTBEYERAGE LICENSE, CLASS "B", tJ-BOWL, INCORPORATED, -2486
<br /> WILLAMETTE STREET- THE COMMITTEE D~SCUSSED THE CHANGE IN (OCATION AND THE AFFECT IT
<br /> MIGHT POTENTIALLY HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ITS NEW LOCATION.
<br /> ,IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE APP'Lt'CATlON, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BE
<br /> GRANTE~ BY ,THE COMMON COUNCIL. .,
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<br /> 2. REQUES.T' BY THE: MANAGER:OF THE OREGON LIQUOR CONTROLCOMMI SSI ON STORE FOR A' TWO WAY
<br /> ALLEY DESI GNAToJ-ON 'FOff'THE' EA'ST-WEST AL'LEY 'BETWEEN- WI-LLAMETTE AND OLI VE STREETS 'FROM 7TH
<br /> TO '8TH AVENUES - I T' WAS POI NTE'DOU:r THA~T THE ALLEY ADJACENT TO THE NEW 'LOCATION or THE
<br /> OREGON LIQUOR CO!NTrfOL COMMISSION STORE LOCATED AT! 757 OLIVE STREET, CURRENT!LY DESIGNA:rED
<br /> 'AS A WEST BOUND ALLEY, DID NOT PRovfDE PROPER ACCE-SS TO THE STORE ,FOR T'RUCKS MAKING
<br /> DELIVERIES SINCE THE TRUCK:f H:AVE RIGHT HAND ACCESS DOORS TO THEIR' CARGO COMPARTMENTS, I
<br /> MAKING IT NECESSARY rOR THEM TO PROCEED UP THE ALLEY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO THAT
<br /> THE I R DOOR 'T.O- THE VEHI CLE AND THE' DOOR TO THE -STORE WOULD- CORRESPOND..
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<br /> THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED ~E HAD CONTACTED THE OTHER USERS OF THE A~LEY AND
<br /> HAD LIKEWISE CONTACTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO THE DESIGNATION
<br /> OF THIS ALLEY A~A TWO WAY ALLEY, WH1CH ~OOLDALLEVIATE THE DELIVER~ PROBLEMS AT THE
<br /> OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION STORE. -
<br /> IT WAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT 'TH~ EAST-WEST ALLEY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE
<br /> STREETS FROM 7TH TO 8TH AVENUES BE CHANGED FROM A ONE-WAY ALLEY TO A TWO-WAY ALLEY.
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<br /> 3. ' COMMUNI CATI ON FROM FRANK G.. BLACK CONCERNI NG THE I NTER"SECTI ON" OF 19TH AVENUE AND
<br /> FAI~MOUNT aOULEVARD~ INA COMMUNICATION T~ THE CtTYATTORNEY, MR. BLACK AGAIN BROUGHT
<br /> UP CERTAIN PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE INTERSECTION OF 19TH AVENUE AND'FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD! r
<br /> AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTION. THE COMMITTEE HEARD THE SUGGEST-
<br /> . IONS,' BUT 'PREFERRED-"rO OBSERVE THE AREA BEFORE MAKING ANY' RECOMMENDATI OMS AND RECOMMENDED
<br /> 'THAT THE MATTER, BEHE'LD 'I N COMMI n'n rOR FURTHER- STUDY PE'NDI NG 'A VI si T TO THE AREA. I
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<br /> 4. REQUEST BY COFFEE'S PUMP SERVICE, 820 HILYARD STREET, FOR A LOADING ZONE ADJACENT TO
<br /> THE BUSI NESS - MR~ COHEE-;_OWNER OF-', THE B,USI NESS, I NDI CA'TED THAT DURI NG THE'SUMMER MONTHS
<br /> WHEN THE CANNERY OPERATION~AS AT I~ PEAK THAT CANNERY EMPLOYEES USED THE ARE~ FOR ,ALL !i
<br /> DAY PARKING, MAKING' IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CUSTOMERS TO GET TO HIS SHOP-TO'UNLOAD PUMPS AND I,
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<br /> REPAI RS,' SOME OF WH I CH' PUMP'S: WE IGH SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS, AND THAT IT CAUSED AN ADDI- I
<br /> TIONAL HAZARD WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY TO DOUBLE PARK FOR LOADING' AND UNLOADING PUMPS.. THE i I
<br /> TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT A TWENTY-FOUR MINUTE LOADING ZONE BE INSTALLED AT 820 I
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<br /> Itl LYARD StREET ADJACENT TO-TIil SitUSI NESS ,AND THISRECOMMENDATI ON WAS CONCURRED I N BY' THE I
<br /> COMMI TTEE'- I
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<br /> RECOMMENDATION FOR"RE'MOVAL'OF'A LIMITED PARKING -ZONE- ON 8TH AVENUE SETWEEN HILYARD AND I
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<br /> PAtTERSON STRE'ETS ~ I TWAS EXPLA'I NED BY. THE TRAFf I C ENG,j NEER THAT 'A THI RTY MI NUTE PARKI NG I
<br /> ZONE HA~BEEN E&TABLISHED 6N EA~T 8T~AvENUE BETWEE~ HILYAR~ ANbPATTER~~N STREETS ORIGINALLY
<br /> INTENDED To:rACILtTA~E LOA~ING ANDUNLOADIN~ ot SU~PLIES fOR THE WALTON CARE ON T~E SOUTH
<br /> SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE AND A SMALL'BusiN'ESS ON-THE NORTH SIDE OF 8TH-AvENUE.: SINCE THE e
<br /> INSTALLATION OF THIS RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE, THE SMALL BUSINESS HAS MOVED AND THE'WALTON
<br /> CAfE HAS LOADING SPACE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. SINCE THE THIRTY MINUTE ZONE IS NOT BEING
<br /> USED AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED BUT IS BEING USED: FOR PRIVATE USE, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION
<br /> or THE TRAFrlC ENGINEER'THAT THEZ6NE BE REMOVED AND THE AREA:RETU~NtD TO UNRESTRiCtED
<br /> PARKING.
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<br /> 6. TRAFFIC CONDlTION AT INTERSECTION or 32ND AVENUE, DONA(D STREET, AND WILLAMETTES~REET -
<br /> THE T~Arrlc ENGfNEE~'EXPLAINtD THAT:THE INTERSECTION or 32ND AVENUE, DONALD STREEt, ~ND
<br /> WILLAMETTE STREtT lS~A HAtARDOU5 INTERSEtTION.: A POSSIBLE SOLUTioN~TO tHE HAZARDS AT THIS
<br /> INTERSECTION WOUL~ INVO(~E THE PLACIN~ OF ISLANDS ON'WILLAMETTE S~REET:JUST NORTH OF THE
<br /> NORTH LINE OF 32ND AVENUE AND ON'THE WESTERLY ARM OF WILLAMETTE STREET~jUSt WEST6F tHE
<br /> WEST LI~E OF:WILLAMETtE StREET 'WHERE IT RUNS. NORTH AND SOUtH. liKEWISE, THIS'WOULD
<br /> INVOLVE THE WIDeNING OF THE' WEST SiDE OF WILLAMETTE STREET AT THE TURNING-DISTANCE OF I
<br /> FOUR FEET.:~THE ISLANDS7AND WiDENING WOULD PROVIDE FOR AN UNRESTRICTED LINE OF TRAFFIC FOR
<br /> SOUTH BOUND MOVEMENT ON WILLAMETTE SKREET AND NORTH BOUND MOVEMENT ON WI LtAMETTE STREET
<br /> AND WOULD PROVIDE A REFUGE LANE WITH STOP SIGNS rOR VEHICLES PROCEEDING SOUTH DESIRING TO
<br /> ENTER DONALD STRE~T OR T~RN LEFT AND ENTER 32ND'AvENUE..
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<br /> THE COMMfTTEE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SEE THE ISLANDS DESCRIBED ABOVE SET OUT ON A I
<br /> TEMPORARY BASIS AND RtCOMMENiED T~E~ITEM BE HELD iN COMMITTEE FOR FORTH~R STUDY."
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