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C)O~ 1l.3 0"" {) e I OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR BE ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICE DE,PARTMENT RATHER THAN ON RECOMMENDATION or fOUR RELIABLE RESIDENTS ~F THIS CITY WHO HAVE BEEN CUSTOMERS OF SAID APPLICANT AS WAS CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. WI TH THE ABOVE E'XCEPTI OMS THE ORDI NANCE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. 3.~ISCUSSION OF PROPOSED HOUSE WRECKING ORDINANCE GOVERNING LICENSING AND BONDING PERSONS E~GAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF HOUSE WRECKING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS - AN ORDI'NAN'CE WHI CHWOULD LICENSE AND'REGULATE I'NDI VI DUALS AND rt RMS ENGAGED I NTHE BUSINESS OF' HOUSE, WRECKING IN THE CITY WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR STUDY. AFTER GOING THROUGH THE ORDINANCE SECTION BY SECTION AND AFTER CONSIDERABLE 015- CUSSIO~' ON THE SUBJECT WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE SIZE OF BUILDINGS WHICH MIGHT BE WRECKED BY AN OWNER, REQUIREMENTS FOR BONDING AND OTHER SIMILAR' QUES- TIONS, ~HE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORDINANCE BE GIVEN FURTHER STUDY AND THAT IT BE RETURNED TO THE COMMITTEE AFTER SUCH STUDY." e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED~ MOTION CARRIED. 6 A REPORT OF THE PuBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE'MEETlNG HELD ON MARCH 8,' 1957 - RE: DISCUSSION REGARD-' ING THE REMOVAL OF PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES FROM GARFIELD TO HIGH STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; ,. " , ::TRAFFI C ENGI NEER;' MESSRS. -LEE, KERNUTT, HENDERSHOTT; REV. MOORE; MESSRS.JONES, HAWK AND DUSHANEi REPRESENTING TH~ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES FROM GARF.I ELD TO HI GH STREET- AT THE 'REQUEST OF COUNCI LMAN WATSON, THE TR,AFn C ENGI NEERGAVE A RE.PORT ON THE, VOLUME OF TRAFF I C BEl NG HANDLED BY 6TH AVENUE AND 7TH AVENUE THROUGH EUGENE. THIS .REPORT"INDICATEDTHAT. D'URING THE 'HOURS FROM 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THE ABOVE STREETS WERE CARRYING TRAF'fIC IN EXCESS OF THAT WHICH COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED "TO BE HANDLED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. THE 'TRAFFIC PEAKS WERE PARTICULARLY HIGH AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 AM AND, 6:00 ,PM, BUT AT NO TIME DURING THEDAY~ID THEY FALL TO ~ POINT AT WHICH THE, STREETS,COULD BE EXPECTED TO HANDLE 'THETRAFfI C FLOW I N A PRORER MANNER. .:' I' I ' To ALLEVI'ATE THI S, PROBLEM I,T WAS SUGGESTED THAT PARKI NG BE REMOVED F'ROM BOTH SI'DES ,OF 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WHI CH WOULD ALLOW THREE' LANES OF' "MOVI NGTRAFF'I,C ON THESE 'STRE.ETS. ':1 TWAS LI KEWI SE POI NTED OUT' THAT THE REMOVAL Of PARKI NG FROM ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STREETS WOULD NOT ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM SINCE THERE WOULD, NOT BE ADEQUATE ROOM FOR THREE LANES Of MOVING TRAF'FIC AND THAT IS WHY IT HAS BEEN 'RECOMMENDED THAT PARKING BE REMOVED FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS. '\ I ON THE ~ASIS OF TRAF'FIC COUNTS PRESENTED BY THE TRAFFiC ENGINEER, IT WAS RE- COMMENDED THAT PARKING BE'REMOVED FROM BOTH SIDES OF 6TH AvENUE AND 7TH AVENUE fROM GARFIELD STREET TO HIGH STREET." 7 A COMMUNICATION DATED MARCH ~I, 1957 FROM TREE 'FARM MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC. - RE: REMOVAL OF' PARKING FROM 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e ttlN REGARD TO PROHIBITING PARKING ALONG SIXTH AND SEVENTH AVENUES IN THE' CITY' OF EUGENE. WE 'WISH TO TAKE THJS OPPORTUNITY,TO EXPRESS OUR ,VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT. OUR BUSINESS IS PROVIDING CONSULTING FORESTRY SERVICES TO FOREST LAND OWNERS AND OPERATORS IN OREGON AND .OTHER WESTERN STATES. MOST OF OUR WORK IS OUTSIDE THE EUGENE AREA BUT A GREAT MANY OF OUR CLIENtS ~I~D IT CONVENI~NT TO PARK BRIEFLY' ON SEVENTH STREET TO CALL' AT OUR OFfiCE WHEN'THEY ARE IN EUGENE. HOWEVER, 'IT'IS DIFfiCULT FOR THESE PEOPLE'TO STOP NEAR OUR OFneE WHEN THIS BLOCK IS PLUGGED BY ALL DAY PARKING OF EMPLOYEES OF OTHER BUSINESSES. I WE HAVE OF-'FSTREET PARKI NG "OR OUR OWN 'EMI?LOYEES' AND fOR ,OUR' CLI ENTS WHO WI SH TO USE I T. FROM THI S STANDPOINT AND THE PRESENT, ALL DAY PARKI NG Of OTHERS I,N :FRONT OF OUR BUSINESS WE SHOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BAN ON ALL PARKING ON SIXTH AND SEVENTH. HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIMITED PARKING GIVEN A TRIAL BEFORE GOING ALL THE WAY AND BANNING A~L PARKING. SUCH A BAN WOULD WORK~A HARDSHIP ON MANY BUSIN~SSES AND HOMEOWNERS' ALONG THESE STREETS AND WOULD I,NCONVENIENCE OTHER BUSINESSES AND THEIR CLIENTS. ~S AN ALTERNATIVE, MAY WE SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL LIMIT ALL PARKING ON THESE STREETS TOA MAXIMUM O~'TWO HOURS AND CONSIDER PROHIBITING PARKING ON' THESE ARTERIALS DURING THE RUSH HOURS. , WE APPREC I ATE YOUR EFFORTS TO EXPEDI TE THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFn C WITHOUT TOO MUCH HARDSHIP.ON BUSINESSES' AND 'RESIDENTS ALONG THESE ROUTES.tt e .....