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f'[€) ,1, e WALK: PORTION Of THE CONTRACT BE DELETED AT THIS TIME. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REQUEST BE GRANTED AND THAT CONSTRUCTION Of THE STREET ONLY BE DONE AT TH IS TI ME. " I 10 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE I. REMOVAL OF PARKING fROM INTERSECTION OF BLAIR BOULEVARD AND VANBUREN STREET AND RELANING OF TRAffIC - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN STUDIED VARIOUS REPORTS AND RECOMMENDA- TIONS' IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE THE TRAFfiC CONGESTION AT BLAIR BOULEVARD AND' VANBUREN STREET.SEVERAL,MERCHANTS LOCATED AT THIS INTERSECTION STATED THAT ANY REMOVALI~Of PARKING fROM BLAIR BOULEVARD WOULD HAVE ,A MOST HARMfUL EFfECT ON THEIR BUSINESSES. IT WAS DECIDED TO HOLD THIS ITEM IN COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER STueY~ II COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. RESOLUTION CONCERNING REVISION Of ZONING ORDINANCE ON SIGNS IN C-I AREAS -' THE COM- MITTEE STUDIED A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PERMANENT REPORT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION CON- CERNING SIGNS IN C-I LIMITED COMMERCIAL'D1STRICTS. AFTER SOME DISCUSSIO~ IT WAS OtCIDED TO HOLD THIS ITEM IN COMMITTEE fOR~FURTHER STUDY. e 2. REQUEST FORS1GN VARIANCE, SIGNAL OIL'COMPANY ~ A LETTER fRO~ SIGNAL OIL~€OMPANY' WAS READ IN WHICH THEY AGAIN REQUESTED A VA~IANcE TO INSTALL'A 5'X22' SIGN ON.TOP ,OF'THE1R SERVICE STATION BUILDINt LOCATED AT 7TH AVENUE AND VANBuREN'STRtET. IT WAS OECIDED'TO'HOLD'THIS ITEM IN COMMITTEE'rORfURTHER STUDY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE AP- PROVED, WITH ITEM #2 Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BEING APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CITV ENGINEER'S APPROVAL Of LOCATION Of SEWER LINE ACROS~ CITy PROPERTY~' MOT/O~CARRIED. I A REPORT bf THE'COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON'MAY 10, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - DIS- CUSSION ON BIDS RECEIVED fOR STREET SIGNS AND. POSTs; CONSIDERATION Of BIDS ON'VARIOYS'IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; DISCUSSION REGARDING IMPROVEMENT Of 24TH PLACE fROM WILLAMETTE TO OLIVE STREET; DIS- CUSSION REGARDING THE PAVING OF. 14TH AVENUE fROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREET AND TAYLOR STREET fROM 14TH TO 15TH AVENUE; PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE - REQUEST fOR TRUCK LOADING ZONE ADJACENT TO LOADING AREA Of OREGON LEATHER CO., 99 WEST 7TH; FINANCE..GOMMITTEE - DISCUSSION REGARDING BIDS RECEIVED ON $700,000 PUBLIC LIBRARY BOND ISSUE; COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE ~ REDESIGNATION Of WARDS Of THE CITY OF EUGENE; DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED MAGLADRV-THE BRAES ANNEXATION AREA; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; C1TY RECO~DER; CITY ENGINEER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; ADMINISTRATIVE'AsSI,STANT; REPRESENTATIVES Of THE MAGLADRV-THE BRAES AREA; REPRESENTATIVES INTERESTED IN THE PAVING Of CHARNELTON STREET fROM 25TH TO 27TH AVENUE; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. 12 PUBLIC 'WORKS COMMITTEE' I. DISCUSSION ON BIDS RECEIVED fOR STREET SIGNS AND POSTS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN" RECE I VED ON POSTS fOR STREET SI GNS AND THAT GALVAN I ZED POSTS RAN $5.25 EACH AND TREATED WOOD POSTS RAN,$3.30 EACH, AND THAT SIGN BRACKETS AND BLADES WOULD.COST $8,474.00 DRILLED AT THE FACTORY, OR $6;040~00 UNDRILLED AND'THAT A LOCAL FIRM WOULD DRILL THE-BRACKETS AND BLADES FO $798.00. . . I BASED ON THE ABOVE IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE7CITY PROCEED WITH THE STREET SIGN PROGRAM USING TREATED WOOD POSTS, AND THAT UNDRILLED BRACKETS AND BLADES BE:PUR-: CHASED AND DRILLED LOCALLY. THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO A SAVING Of $3510 ON POSTS AND A SAVING Of $1636 ON BRACKETS ANDBLADES~ : e 2. CONSIDER~TION Of BIDS ON VARIOUS, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS -- THE COMMITTEE CbNSIDERED BIDS RECEIVED ON VARIOUS STREET PAVING, ALLEY PAVING AND SANITARV SEWER'PROJECTS OPENED MAY 9, 1957. AfTER A REVIEW OF,THE TABULATION Of THE BIDS RECEIVED IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BIDS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER ON EACH PROJECT. 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING IMPROVEMENT: Of 24TH PLACE fRO~ WILLAMETTE TO OLIVE STREET- AT THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST A POLL Of PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOTAL FRONT FOOTAGE TO BE ASSESSED WAS TAKEN. 42.67% WERE FOR PAVING, 37.10% WERE AGAINST PAVING,AND 20.23% DID NOT REPLY. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE NEED fOR PAVING IN THE AREA AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER BE HELD IN COMMITTEE UNTIL A REPLY COULD BE RE~ CEIVED FROM OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS. 4. DISCUSSION REGARDjNGT~PAVING ~F 14TH AV~NUE fROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREET AND T~YLOR STREET FROM 14TH TO 15TH AVENUE - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED PAVING PRO- JECTS AND NOTED THAT THE MAJOR1TY OF THE PROPERTY WAS'OWNED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT BASED ON THE 'POLL TAKEN IN THE AREA 54.50% OF THE OWNERS OF THE FRONT FOOTAGE WERE OPPOSED'TO PAVING 14TH AVENUE fROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREET, AND 72.04%^WERE IN fAVOR Of PAV1NG TAYLOR STREET fROM 14TH'TO 15TH AVENUE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE SEPARATE LOTS WERE OWNED BY ONE 'PERSON. AfTER DiSCUssiON, THE COMMITTEE RECOM- MENDED THAT THE' ABOVE STREETS NOT BE PAVED. I 13 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE I. REQUEST FOR TRUCK LOADING ZONE ADJACENT TO LOADING AREA Of OREGON LEATHER,.C6~;: 99 WEST 7TH - A REPORT FROM THE TRAFRIC ENGINEER WAS PRESENTED IN WHICH IT wAS EX- PLAINED THAT THERE ARE NO LOADING FACILITIES IN THE AREA OF THE ABOVE BUSINESS. - ~