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4Jl U }~ ~ " e I FOR PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS IN THE AREA, OR PARKING THEIR, CARS ADJACENT TO SUCH BUSINESS. + THE TRAffiC ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE A TOTAL Of ELEVEN METERS ON KINCAID STREET, SEVEN OF WHICH WERE SIXTY MINUTE ~ETERS AND fOUR OF WHICH WERE THIRTY-SIX ~I'NUTE I METERS. IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM Of "METER fEEDING", HE RECOMMENDED THAT METERS NUMBERS U-51 THROUGH U-55 AND U-57 BE CONVERTED fROM SIXTY MINUTE TO THIRTY-SIX MINUTE METERS AND THAT U-56 BE CONVERTED FROM A THIRTY-SIX MINUTE TO TWELVE MINUTE METER. THE €OMM~JTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER BE ADOPTED. 5. REQUEST BY CASCADE NATURAL GAS COMPANY fOR A SHORT TIME METER IN FRONT OF'THEIR OffiCES LOCATED AT 931 OAK STREET - THE TRAFfiC ENGINEER EXP/:lAINED THAT HE HAD RECE.IV~D A REQUEST fROM THE CASCADE NATURAL GAS COMPANY THAT TWO METERS, BEING NUMBERS 563 AND 564 BE CHANGED fROM SIXTY MINUTE METERS TO TWELVE MINUTE METERS SO THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD B~ BETTER SERVED. THE TRAffiC ENGINEER REPORTED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE WERE FOUR SHORT TIME METERS ON OAK STREET AND SEVEN SHORT TIME METERS ON BROADWAY SERVING THIS e AREA AND SUCH METERS WERE, fOR THE MOST PART, IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE TO CASCADE NATURAL GAS COMPANY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST fOR ADDITIONAL SHORT TIME ME'ERS ~E. DENI ED. " . 6. REQUEST fOR BUS LOADING ZONE AT HARRIS GRADE SCHOOL, 29TH AVENUE AND POTTER. STREET - I IT WA~ EXPLAINED THAT THE PRINCIPAL OF HARRIS GRADE SCHOOL HAD REQUESTED THAT A 'BU~: LOADI NG ZONE BE ESTABL I SHED ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL TO ALLEVI ATE THE LOADI NG ANDUNL:'O.ADI NG OF SCHOOL BUSSES WHICH SERVED THE SCHOOL. HE EXPLAI NED THAT A NUMBER Of PARENTS_ 'B,R.QUGHT THEIR CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOL AND BECAUSE Of THIS TRAffiC I TWAS SOMETI MES NECESSMh fOR BUSSES TO UNLOAD AT SOME DISTANCE F~OM THE SCHOOL, THUS EXPOSING ADDITIONAL HAZARDS TO, BOTH THE CHilDREN AND THE BUSSES AND TO THE OTHER VEHICLES I N THE ARE A. IT WAS REQUESTED, AND THE REQUEST WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER, TK~T~.A BUS', LOADING ZONE BE ESTABLISHED IN THIS AREA TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM; SOCH ZONE TO START AT A POINT 145 fEET fROM THE WEST CURB liNE OF UNIVERSITY STREET ON 29TH AVENUE AND TO~RUN fOR A DISTANCE Of 80 FEET TO THE WEST. THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE, BUS LOADI:NG ZONE BE ESTABLISHED AS OUTLINED ABOVE. i,J,'. 7. REQUEST BY Y.M.C.A., 2055 PATTERSON STREET, fOR A LOADING ZONE AND A NO PARKING ~ - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY MR. HOLMER, MANAGER OF THE Y.M.C.A., HAD REQUESTED THAT ,A ,,' lOADING ZONE BE INSTALLED IN fRONT OF THE Y.M.C.A. BECAUSE, AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE CARS ARE PARKING IN fRONT Of THE MAIN DOORS THUS MAKING IT DiffiCULT fOR OTHER PERSONS TO LOAD AND UNLOAD PASSENGERS IN THE AREA. ALSO, MR. HOLMER I NDI CATED THAT THE SOUTHERL'Y END Of" PATTERSON STREET, AT THE SOUTH END Of" THE Y.M.C.A. BUilDING, THAT THE Y.M~C.A. HAD INSTALLED A GRAVELLED PARKING lOT f"OR ITS EMPLOYEES, USING A ONE WAY GRAVELLED ENTRANCE AND THAT THIS AREA WAS BEING BLOCKED BY MOTORISTS THUS CLOSING Of"f INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE PARKING AREA. 'To ALLEVIAIE THESE PROBLEMS, AfTER INVESTIGATION, THE TRAf"f"IC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED I THAT A lOADING ZONE BE INSTALLED IN f"RONT Of THE Y.M.C.A. AND THAT A NO PARKING ZONE BE INSTALLED IN THE VICINITY Of THE DRIVEWAY TO THE PARKING LOT. THE LOADING ZONE WOU~p BE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE Of" PATTERSON STREET 180 f"EET f"ROM THE SOUTH CURB LINE Of 20TH AVENUE TO EXTEND SOUTHERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 60 f"EET. THE NO PARKING ZONE WOULD B~GIN. I ON THE EAST SIDE OF PATTERSON STREET 240 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CURB LINE Of" 20TH AVENUE \ AND WOULD EXTEND SOUTHERLY fOR A DISTANCE Of 138 f"EET. THE COMMITTEE CONCURR~D IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS Of THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER. ,I e. 9. D. SCUSSI ON ON NATURAl. GAS ORDI NANCE - -' TWAS R,EPORTED THAT REPRESENTATI VES Of 1l:lE NATURAL AND LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS INDUSTRIES HAD HELD CONSULTATION WITHJVARIOUS 'Rtp~ESENTA- TIVES Of THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE INSTALLATION, SA LE, ET CETERA Of GASEOUS fUELS IN THE CITY. t REPRESENTATivES Of" THE INDUSTRY APPEARED BEFORE THE COMM~TTEE I N PERSON AND ,BY lETTER TO REQUEST THAT THE BEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE, CURRENTLY SCHEDULED fOR NOV~M~ER 13, 1956, BE POSTPONED SINCE THEY DESIRED TO DETERMINE THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES Of OTHER AREAS BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE I N EUGENE. I . I ,. . DUE TO A VERY BUSY SEASON CURR.ENTLY BEfORE THEM OCCASIONED BY THE CHRISTMAS~~~H, THEY REQUESTED THAT THE HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING Of" THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY, 1957." 1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER, THAT THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE Of I THE WHOLE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. i 'I e .ollIIll