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.~ ~ '"1'-"" l:ft (JJ~ ~J, e I . I . i e ~AZARDOUSINTERSECTION. IN ORDE~ TO ALLEVIATE SOME or THE HAZARDS AT THIS -INTERSECTION, THE TRArrlC ENGINEER INDICATED 1T ~OULD BE NECESSA~Y TO REMOVE PARKING AT THE CURB AND THAT Ir SUCH PARKIN~ ~ERE ~E~OVEb AND STOP SIGNINDI- CATIONS WERE PLACED, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSIDER THE INSTALLATION ~r A ~LASHjNG BEACON. To IMPLEMENT ~~IS IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO REMOVE PARK- I NGBEGI NNI NGAT THE I NTERSECTlON or THE CURB LI NE OF 4TH AVENUE AND BLAI R BOULEVARD ON THE WEST SIDE or BLAIR BOULEVARD TO A POINT 175 rEET TO THE NORTHWEST, 'AND ACSO TO REMOVE PARKI NG BEGI NNI NG AT THE I NTERS'ECTION or THE CURB liNE or 4TH AVENUE :AND BLAIR .sOULEvARDON THE EAST SIDE -or BLAIR BOULE- VARD TO A POINT 134 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST. SUCH PARKING REMOVAL WOULD ALLOW A RIGHT TURN LANE orF OF BLAIR BOULEVARD ONTO-VANBuREN STREET AND WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO CHANNEL TRAFrlC BOUND TO THE SOUTHEAST CLOSER TO THE CURB. THE PRdPOSED INSTALLATION OF A-FLASH)NG BE~CON AT THE INTERSECTION or B~A~R BOULE-' VARD AND VANBU~EN STREET W~ULD BE FOR ~ FLASHING RE~ tO~TRAFFIC SOUTHEAST~RLY- BOUND ON BLAIR BOULEVARD, FOR A FLASHING RED FOR TRAPFle -NORTHWESTERLY BOUND ON BLAIR BOULEVARD, WITH A GREEN RIGHT TURN SIGNAL FOR TRAFFIC DESIRING TO TtiRN RIGHT ~~OM BLAIR BOUL~VARD TO VANBuREN STREET AND A FLASHIN~ AMB~R FOR TRArrlC ENTERING rROM THE NORTH rROM VANBuREN STREET TO BLAIR BOULEVARD. - " THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS I ND'I CATED ABOVE MADE BY THE TRArrlC ENGINEER BE APPROVED. 10 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ANNEXATION or THE MAGLADRY AND THE BRAES AREAS - MR. N. B. STEPHENS or THE MAGLADRy-BRAES ANNEXATION COMMITTEE APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND INDICATED THAT THEIR AREA WAS CONFRONTED WITH A SEWAGE DISPOSAL PROBLEM, ES- PECIALLY THE STELLA MAGLADRySCHOOL. HE LIKEW-ISE INDICATED TttAT AN ANNEXATION COM- MITTEE HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE AREA AND THEY rOUND THAT APPROXIMATELY 75% or THE RESI DENTS or THE AREA WERE FAVORABLE TO A'NNEXATION. :THEY THERHORE REQUESTED THAT THE MATTER BE BROUGHT TO A VOTE I N THE I R AREA AS 'SOON AS POSS I BLE.' THE ARE A IN QUESTION WOuLD EXTEND rROM THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS TO ESSENTIALLY THE LORANE HIGHWAY, AND rRO~ THE LORANE HfGHWAY AT AN EXT~NSI-ON or WASHINGTON STREET ON AN fRREGULAR LINE TO APPROXIMATELY THE EXTENSION-or ACORN PARK STREET., THE COMMITTEE RECOM- MENDED THAT AN ANNEXATION ELECTION BE HELD IN THIS AREA AND THAT AN ORDINANCE BE PASSED SETTING'DATE rOR A; HEARING rOR THE. CITY AT THE COUNCIL MEt-TING or .APRIL 22, 1957. I 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING ADD~TfONor AGR1CULTURAL ZONE -TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE - AT TH~ REQUEST -or SOME MEMBERS or 'HE COUNCIL THE PLANNING CONSULTANT OUTLINED THE POSSIBILITY or INCLUDING AN AGRICU~TURAL ZONE AS A PART or THE COM- PREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE rOR THE CITY. A TENTATIVE EXPLANATION or THE POSSIBLE LAND USE RESTRICT-IONS rOR SUCH ,AN AREA WA-S GIVEN BY THE PLANNING CONSULTANT. ArTER SOME DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN WHICH IT WAS ~HOUGHT THAT SUCH A ZONE MIGHT -WELL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT 'THE PLANNINGC~MMISSION STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING AN AGRICULTURAL ZONE WITHIN' THE ~OMPREHENSIVE ZONING' ORDINANCE AND MAKE 'A REC~MMENDATION T~ THE COUNCIL~ e 3. DISCUSSION--OF SPECIAL SET BACK REQUIREMENTS WITH REFERENCE TO THE LIMITATIONS ON THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS - VARIOUS MEMBERS ~F THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THEY BELIEVED SOME STUDY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE REQUIREMENT FO~ SIGN PLACEMENT ON STREETS WHICH HAVE SPECIAL SET BACK 'PROVISIONS FOR FUTURE WIDENING. IT WAS NOTED THAT A LARGE NUMBER or REQUESTS WERE COMI NG BEFORE THE COMMI TTEE' FOR VARI-ANC-E FROM THE SET BACK PROVISION, AND I T WAS fELT THAT SOME GENERALREG-ULATI ~N 'MI GHT WELL ACHIEVE THE SAME END. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE ASKED TO STUDY THE - REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PLACING OF SIGNS ALONG STREETS WITH SPECIAL SET BACK PRO- VISIONS ANDM_AKE'-" REPORT BACK-TO THE COUNCIL, SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO BE GI'VEN TO THE ARTERIAL STREETS WHICH CURRENTLY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF' 'SIGNS SETTING INTO - THE SET BACK' AREA. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT WHERE AN AREA HAD ADHERED TO THE SET BACK PROVISIONS, THIS AREA MIGHT WELL -CONTINUE TO HOLD SUCH SET BACKS. I 4. INVITATION TO HAVE JOINT MEETING WITH THE WILLAKENZIERuRAL FIRE PROTECTION DIS- TRICT BOARD - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE WILLAKENZIE f(RE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD HAD EXTENDED ANI~VIT~TION TO THE COMMON COUNCIL FOR A JOINT MEETIN~ TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE 'PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OCCUR SHOULD ANNEXATION BE EFfECTED IN THE WILLA- KENZIE AREA'-.. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT INDICATED THEY WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO MEET WITH THE BOARD ON MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1957, AT A TIME TO BE ,ARRANGED, PREfERABLY IN THE EVENI NG. - I 5. REQUEST BY MRS. DONALD W. HENSEN AND MR. H. R. AXTELL TO 'PURCHASE ALLEY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF AGATE STREET BETWEEN 19TH AND 20TH AVENUES - IT WAS INDICATED THAT MRS. HE.NSENANDMR.-AxTHl HAD, IN' OCTOBER 1956, SUBMI TTED A' BID Of $25.;00 EACH TO PURCHASE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY, AND THAT SUCH BID WAS DECLINED BY THE COUNCIL. MRS. HENSEN NOW BIDS $50.00 FOR ONE HALF or THE PROPERTY, AND MR. AXTELL -NOW BIDS $60.00 FOR ONE 'HALr Of .THE PROPERTY. SI NCE THI S 01 o NOT -EQUAL :THE AMOUNT THE CI TY HAD OUTSTANDI NG ON THEPROPE-RTY AND SINCE nitRE WAS A' POTENTI AL USE FOR SUCH PRO- PERTY, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE DENI~D.~ ' IT WAS MOVED BY MR.- SHEARER SECONDED By-MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC' WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION'CARRIED. e ~ .....1