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~tDl~ M (Jl! .~~, e I if ,I I 'I , IT WAS RECOMMENDED ON THE BASIS or A 5 TO 2 VOTE THAT THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE RE- STUDY THE BOUNDARY EXISTING AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AND REPORT THEIR,FINDINGS BACK TO THE COUNCrL FOR rURTHER.ACTION, THIS MOTION BEING CARRIED BY.THE VOTE ABOVE MENTIONED.~' , .. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER-SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REtOMMENDATfON or THE COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE AS CONTAI NED I N THE LAST PARAGRAPH or THE, REPORT BE DELETED. MOTION CARR I ED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ SHEARER SECONDED BY MRs. b.AURIS THAT THE BALANCE ar THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 10 AN APPLICATION rOR PACKAGE STORE CLASS A:LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY WM. A. AND THELMA H. KERNUTT DBA FOODLAND MARKET, 661 EAST 19TH, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. e II AN APPLICATION rOR PACKAGE STORE CLASS B LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED By,DONALD G. AND JEANNETTE L. BROOKE DBA 19TH STREET GROCERY, 1490 EAST 19TH, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE DENIED. ROLLCALL VOTE. COUNCILMEN SHEARER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND BRIGGS VOTING AYE; COUNCILMEN SHISLER AND LINDEEN VOTING NAY; MOTION CARRIED. I 12 AN APPLICATION rOR CLASS "A~ DISPENSERS LICENSE WAS SUBMITtED BY T. C LUCKEY, MAUDE E.LuCKEY , AND LUCINDA A. CALLISON, A PARTNERSHIP DBA CLUB CIGAR STORE; 614 WILLAMETTE STREET, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. SHI SLER THAT THE, APPLI CATION BE APPRQVED. MOTl ON CARRIED. 13 A PETITION fOR THE IMPROVEMENT Of 29TH PLACE rROM WILLAMETTE TO OAK STREET WAS SUBMITTED WITH SI GNATURES Of' OWNERS REPRESENTING 24.65% OF THE TOTAL FRONT, fOOTAGE Of THE. PROPERTI ES TO BE ASSESSED. I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE PETI TI ON BE REfERRED TO THE PUBL-1C WORKS COMMITTEE.-'MoTION CARRIED.' 14 COMMUNICATION DATED MARCH I, 1957 FROM LEAGUE Of OREGON, CITIES RE CITY PARTICIPATION IN PRO- GRAM PERTAINING TOBY-PASSES AND ACCESS IN,CONNECTION WITH RECONSTRUCTION. Of HIGHWAYS 99 AND 30 EAST OF PORTLAND WAS SUBMI TTED. AND READ, AS. FOLLOWS: . I "WORK WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR ON THE NEW fEDERAL AID PROGRAM- UNDER WHICH,HIGHWAYS 99 AND 30 EAST OF PORTLAND WILL BE COMPLETELY REBUILT DURING THE NEXT 13 YEARS. UNDER THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO MEET 1975 REQUIREMENTS AS NOW ANTICIPATED. FEDERAL REGULATIONS CALL fOR' fULL ACCESS CONTROL AND GENERALLY NO INTERSECTIONS AT GRADE. EXCEPT fOR A rEW SECTIONS or HIGHWAY 30, THE ENTIRE INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN OREGON WILL BE or DIVIDED, fOUR-LANE CONSTRUCTION. MOST OF THE CITIES WILL BE BY-PASSED. e MAJOR DECISIONS WITH R'EF'ERENCE TO PLANNING fOR THE RECONSTRUCTION or HI~HWAYS 99 AND 30 TO THE ,NEW INTERSTATE HIGHWAY STANDARDS WILL BE MADE DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS SO THAT RIGHT-Of-WAY ACQUISITION CAN BEGIN. THE LOCATION or THE BY-PASSES, THE LOCA- TION AND DESIGN or ACCESS JUNCTIONS AND EVEN THE SIGNING WILL HAVE A SIGNifiCANT ErfECT ON CITIES BEING BY-P~SSED. !T~ENEEo'rOR GREATER CITy,'PARTICIPATION I~ THE DE- CISIONS BEING MADE HAS GENERALLY BEEN RECOGNIZED. As A MEANS Of ACHIEVING THIS END THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE or THE LEAGUE or OREGON CITIES HAS ~PPROVED A COMMITTEE RE~ COMMENDAT40N THAT THE BEST METHOD rOR ACHIEVING SUCH CIT~ PARTICIPATION WOULD BE rOR THE LEAGUE or OREGON CI TI ES TO ESTABLI SH AN orn CE TO WORK ON THESE PROBLEMS WI TH THE CITIES AND THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DURING THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS. 'THErpURPOSE or THIS LETTER la TO. ADVISE YOU Of THE LEAGUE'S PROPOSAL A~D TQ ASK THAT YOU DISCUSS WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL THE INTEREST or YOUR CITY IN PARTICI- PAT! ON I,N SUCH A. PROGRAM. BR I EfL Y, THE PROPOSAL WOULD CALL rOR THE APPOI NTMENT or A QUALIfiED ENGINEER ,OR PLANNER TO BE fJNANCED ENTIRELY ~YTHE CITIES THAT WOULD BE SERVED. THE PROGRAM WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE LEAGUE ONLY If DESIRED BY A MAJORITY OF THE CITIES ON HIGHWAYS 99 AND 30. THE COST Of THE SERVICE WOULD BE DIVIDED AMONG TH.E PARTlCI'PATING CITIES AND .WOULD PROBABL,Y AMOUNT TO AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT Of 6 TO 10 CENTS PER CAPITA. I~ VIEW OF ~HE .ATURE ~r THE WORK INVOLVED EACH CITY COULD PAY ITS ASSESSMENT FROM STATE TAX STREET fUNDS. e THE, BIG ~ROBLEM IN EACH CITY _IS Tb DETERMINE ALTERNA~IVE PLANS AND DESJGNS FOR BY-PASSE:SAND'ACCESS;AND' ,TO DETERMINE WHICH. WOULD BE PREFERABLE FROM THE ,ST,ANDPOINT Of PROVI.DING A GOOD TRAfFIC PATTERN ,AND rROM THE STANDPOIN-T Of MAINTAINING THE STABI LI TY Of BUSI NESS AND PROPERTY VALUES. THE FI RST rUNCTION OF THE SERVI CE THERE- fORE WOULD' BE TO ASSIST THE PARTICIPATING CITIES IN DEVELOPING PLANNING S~UDIES TO DETERMINE THE BEST PLANS AND DESIGNS FROM THE 'STANDPOINT Of THE COMMUNITY. THE SECOND FUNCTION WOULD BE 'TO MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE LIAISON WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO EACH CITY, AND TO KE~P ~ACH ~ITY fULLY ADVISED. THE THIRD fUNCTION WOULD BE TO WORK WITH THE CITIES AND THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION IN DE- VELOPING POLICIES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE BEST SER~IC& TO CITIES. ENCLOSED IS A MEMO WHICH DISCUSSES THE BACKGROUND Of LEAGUE ACTION IN THIS fiELD AND ALSO PRE- SENTS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROBLEM. I ~