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<br />I ' ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1,9TH, AT 7:30 P.M. 'IN THIS :CHAMBER THERE WILL BE, A BRIEf LNG
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<br /> SESSION FOR ALL NEWLY ELECTED OffICIALS Of THE CITY. VARIOUS PHASES Of mHE CITY
<br /> GOVERNMENT WI LL BE .EXPLAI NED- AS WELL AS SOME BASI CORDI NANCES. ALL PRESENT COU'NC I LMEN
<br /> ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS MEETING."
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
<br /> RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTl ON CARR I ED.
<br /> t I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
<br /> "/4 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Of rHE WHOLE MEETI~G HELD OCTOBER 29, 1956 - RE: REVIEW ,OF
<br /> MASTER PLAN TO CONNECT RIVER ROAD TRAFFIC WITH OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS
<br /> SUBMITTED, A,NDREAD AS FOLLOWS:'
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<br /> :"PRE_SENT: ,MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI LMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, OWEN, SHEARER, AND SH'I SL:ER;
<br /> CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY; TRAFFIC ENGINE,ER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; ;;,:
<br />e ADMtNISTRATIVE INTERN; AND CITY RECORDER.
<br /> I.' ~ REVIEW Of MASTER PLAN TO CONNECT RIVER ROAD TRAFFIC WITH OTHER ROADWAYS ,IN THE CITY
<br /> OF EUGENE -_ THE <:'ITY MANAGER AND THE PLANNING CONSULTANT AGAIN REVIEWED THE VARIOUS, PLANS
<br /> FOR THE WASHI NInON-JEFFERSON STREETS OVERCROSSI NG AND ITS CONNECTION WI TH RI VER ROAD'VI A
<br /> FIRST AVENUE AND VIA THE PRO~OSED DIKE ROAD. THEY ALSO ~EVIEWED THE FIRST AVENUE.~O ,
<br /> FOURTH AVENUE C~NNECTOR WHICH WOULD CONNECT WITH THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE. SOME DISCUSSION
<br />I WAS HAD WITH RELATIGN TO PO~ENTIAL COSTS OF THE VARIOUS ROADS AND STRUCTURES NECESSARY
<br /> TO ACCOMPLISH THE ROUTING OF TRAFFIC AND LIKEWISE DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE VARIOUS
<br /> ALTERNATE: PROPOSALS. " -~-;; '. "1' l
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<br /> THERE WAS NO FORMAL ACTION TAKEN DURING THE MEETING."
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<br /> ,I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE REPORT OF THECOMMI TTEE:Of THE.'
<br /> WHOLE BE;'RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. . MOTION CARRIED. ~
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<br /> ../5 A REPORT Of:1'HE JOI NT MEETI NG OF ,:REPRESENTATI VES OF THE COMMON COUNCI L, THE COUNTY COUR-i,
<br /> THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY,DEPARTMENT, RIVER ROAD AREA, AND OTHER INTERESTED CI~IZENSWAS SUB-
<br /> MITTED AND READ' AS FOLLOWS: J . - '\I,'''.;''. ':.. .
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<br /> "IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IN 1954 THE CITY HAD ASKED AND HAD RECEIVED FROM THE OREGON
<br /> STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION A STUDY O~ POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS WIT~ THE RJVER ROAD AREA . '
<br /> IN~LUriING A FiRST AVENUE CONNECTOR, A PROPOSED DIKE ROAD CONNECTOR, A FIRST TO,F~~R~H'
<br /> AYENUE CONNECTOR, AND A WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON STREETS OVERCROSSING OVER THE SOUTHERN<
<br /> PACIFIC RAILROAD'TRAC!<. IN EXPLAINING THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS, IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE
<br /> ,TEN YEAR STREET PROGRAM ENVISIONED THE CONSTRUCTION Ofl'THE WASHINGTON~JEFfERSON STREETS
<br /> OVERCROSSING, THE WIDENING Of FIRST AVENUE AND ITS CONNECTOR WITH RIVER ROAD. HOWEVER,
<br /> IT APPEARS THAT POSSIBLY THIS PLAN SHOULD BE REVISED IN FAVOR OF(THE SO CALLED DIKE ROAD
<br /> 9R OJ_HER PLAN BECAUSE THE WASHl NGTON-JEFF'ERSON STREETS OVERCROSSI NG WOULD TEND TO POUR
<br /> TRAfFIC INTO THE DOWNTOWN SECTION Of THE CITY WHICH IS, AT PRESENT, CARRYING PEAK LOADS.
<br />I I I TW:A~, A!-SO POI N,TED OUT ,THAT ADDEO CONGESTION I SALSO POSSI BLE WHEN THE NEW HI GHWAY 99
<br /> EAST.~S'CONSTRUCTED'WHICH WILL PLACE CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON THE FERRY STREET
<br /> BRIDGE:AND THE OVtRPASi. -
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<br /> ; I N PAST. CONVERSATIONS WI TH REPRESENTATI VES OF THE HI GHWAY DEPARTMENT I T WAS' INDICATED
<br /> THAT T_HE STATE MI GHTPARTI CI PATE'I N SUCH A' PROJECT TO A MAXI MUM SUM OF' $7.0.0,.0.0.0_..0.0;
<br /> ALTHOUGH, AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS-THAT THE $7.0.0,.0.0.0..0.0 IS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND
<br /> WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SOMETIME TO COME. ALSO, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS
<br /> AVAIL~B~E FOR MArCH MONEY-AT THIS TIME~ ' ... .' -, I
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<br /> VARIOUS PROPOSALS WERE ADVANCED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, AMONG WHICfCWERE
<br /> INCLUDED (I) THE CONSTRUCTION Of A WASHINGT8N-JEfFERSON STREETS OVERCROSSING TO CONNECT
<br /> i 'WITH FIRST AVENUE (2) THE SIGNALIZATIO~ OF THE RAILROAD CROSSING WITHOUT THE OVERPASS TO
<br /> I _:CONNE~T WITH fIRST AVENUE AND/OR ,THE DIKE ROAD: (3) _THE WIDENING OF FIRST,AvENUE, RAIL'ROAD
<br /> BOULEVARD, AND POTENTIALLY RIVER ROAD (4) THE CONSTRUCTION 'OF A FIRST TO FOURTH 'AVENUE
<br /> CONNECTOR TO CONNECT THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE TO FIRST AVENUE_ OR THE DIKE ROAD, AND VARIOUS
<br /> .OTHER PLANS OF' A COMPARABLE NATURE. ~ . . , :
<br /> , ,IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE WASHINGTON-JEFfERSON STREETS OVERCROSSINGS, IN THEMSELVES,
<br /> WOULD NOT SOLVE THE TRAFfiC BOTTLENECK BECAUSE, DUE TO SIGNALS AT 6TH AND- 7TH AVEN\:JES,
<br /> TRAFfIC WOULD STILL BE MOMENTAILY HELD UP 6? PER CENT OF THE TIME WHILE CURRENTLY THE
<br /> RAILROAD HOLDS TRArflC UP ONLY 12 PER CENT or THE TIME. . -
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<br /> REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE ESSENTIALLV
<br />I SIX PROGRAMS IN WHICH T~E fEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD SHARE IN THE COST OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUC-
<br /> TION. THESE. ARE: .,.\
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<br /> ( I ) INTER-STATE 'PROGRAM WHICH HAS TO DO WITH MAJOR HIGHWAYS (99 AND 3D) ~NDCONNECTORS
<br /> TO SUCH HIGHWAYS i .. 1- ~
<br /> (2 ) THE URBAN PROGRAM WHICH IS DESIGNED TO COVER HARDSHIP CASES AND COULD POTENTIALLY
<br /> BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASHINGTON-JEfFERSON STREETS OVERCROSSING
<br /> ,~ r,; ,SlftCE 'YHIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR-Hi'RDSHIP-CASES AND IS PRINCIPALLY ,USED_fOR
<br />e RA~LROAD CROSSINGS .
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