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<br />"THE CITY ENGINE~R LI,KEWISE RECOMMENDED lHAT.THE 'SAN~TARY SEWER PROJECT ,ON-THE EAST
<br />SI~E OF CITY VIEW STREET ,FROM 21ST AVENUE TO THE SOUTH ,CITY LIMITS BE HE~D:~P 'UNTIL
<br />THE ENGINEERS COULD MAKE TEST BORINGS IN THE AREA WHERE THE SEWER IS TO BE LOCATED
<br />TO DETERMINE TH~ AMOUNT.OF ROCK WHICH MAY,BE ENCOUNTERED. TH!S,REQUEST WAS ~ADE .'
<br />SINCE ONE B~D HAD A,HIGH UNIT COST FOR ROCK EXCAVATION AND A LO~ER UNIT C~ST FOR
<br />EARTH EXCAVATION WHICH IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WOULD MAKE SOME.DIFFERENCE ,IN,THE BID
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<br />DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF ~OCK WHICH MIGHT BE ,ENCOUNTERED I,NTHE AREA OF THE
<br />PROJECT.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY ENGINEER
<br />W~TH REFERENCE TO THE.PAVING OF THE ALLEY AND TEST BORINGS FOR THE SEWER, AND F~R-
<br />THER RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF ALL BIOS EXCEPT FOR THE SANITARY SEWER LOCATED ON
<br />THE EAST SIDE OF CITY VIEW STREET FROM 21ST AVENUE TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS..
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<br />3. RECOMMENDATION FOR REDUCTION OF SPEED ZONE ON HILYARD STREET FROM 19TH TO 29TH AVE-
<br />~ _ THE TRAF,'F1 CENGI NEER IN CONJUNCTI QN WI.TH THE SUPER I NTENDENT OF THE PARKS AND
<br />RECREATION DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT IN TH~IR OPINION SPEEDS NOW ALLOWED ON AILYARD
<br />STREET BETWEEN 19TH AND 29TH AVENUES WOULD BE EXCESSIVE WHEN THE NEW AMAZON 'SWIMMING
<br />POOL IS PUT INTQ, QPERATION.
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<br />THE DESIGNATED SPEED ON HILYARD STR~ET FROM 19TH TO,26TH AVENUE IS NOW 30 MPH AND
<br />FROM 26TH TO 33RDAvENUE IS 35 MPH, AND SINCE THE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
<br />HAS BEEN AND WI~LBE INCREASING, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED. THAT THE DESIG-
<br />NATED SPEED FROM'I9TH TO 2~TH AVENUE BE SET AT 25'MPH.
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<br />IT WAS ,FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT TO ALLOW PijOPER VISUALCLEARAN~E FOR THOSE PEOPLE
<br />ENTER~NG.HILYARQ STREET rRO~ THE PARKING LOTS AQJACENT TO THEAM~ZON SWIMM~NG,P~OL"
<br />PARKING BE PROHJ,BITED FOR A DISTANCE O~ 250 FEET NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE ENTRANCE TO
<br />THE AMAZON SWIMMING POOL ON THE WEST SIDE OF HILYARD STREET.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED T~E RECOMMENDATIONS AND RECOMMENDED CONCURRENCE IN THE ~E-
<br />PORT OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER AS EXPLAINED ABOVE.
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<br />4. REQUEST FOR PASSENGER LOADING ZONES MADE BY MOOSE LODGE'FOR ,EACH ENiTRANCE TO,THE
<br />NEW LODGE BUILDING LOCATED AT 13TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET - IT WAS INDICATED
<br />THAT THE, MANAGER, OF THE MOOSE LODGE ,HAD REQUESTED A PASSENGER LOADING ZONE,AT.EACH
<br />ENTRANCE ,TO THE 'MOOSE LODGE, ONE..TO B~ LOCATED ON,I3TH AVENUE AND ONE TO BE LOCATED
<br />ON CHAMBERS STREET, SUCH ZONES TO BE USED ONLY rOR MOTORISTS WIS~IN~ TO LOAD ,A~D UN-
<br />LOAD PASSENGERS.
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<br />A SURVEYOr THE AREA WAS MADE BY THE TRAFFIC.ENGINEER, ,AND HIS RECOMMENDATION,WAS '
<br />TO ALLOW ONE LOADI NG ZONE ON 13TH AVENUE. THE CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTED THAT THE COM-
<br />MI.TTEE HOLD ,THE, MATTER OVER UNTIL A DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE LEGALITY
<br />OF ONLY ONE 'LOADING ZONE IN THIS AREA. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER
<br />BE HELD IN COMMITTEE UNTIL THE LEGAL BASIS or SUCH LOADING ZONES AND/OR REQUIREMENTS
<br />FOR SUCH LOADING ZONES COULD BE DETERMINED.
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<br />5. DISCUSSION REGARDING TAXI ZONE LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 10TH AVENUE AND
<br />PEARL STREET- THE TRAFFIC E~GINEER INDICATED THAT THE EXISTING TAXI ZONE,LOCATED AT
<br />THE NORTHEAST ~OR~ER OF iOTH~AvENUE 'AND PEARL7STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF TH~ MOTOR
<br />VEHICLES .L~ws riF,THE STATE OF .OREGON IN THATBXIS ARE PA~KING WITHLN.30 FEiT OF:A
<br />"STOP" SI,GN. IT WAS ,RECOMMENDED THAT THI S ZONE BE SHORTENED BY .30, FEET ,TO CONF'ORM,
<br />TO THE.LAW AND THAT AN ADDITION~L ZONE BE ESTABLISHED O~ THE EAST SIDE OF PEARL,
<br />STREET ~OUTH ,_OF I,OTH AVENUE, WI TH ,SUCH A ZONE TO BE A 40 FOOT ZONE .ALLOWI NG cROOM ,-
<br />FOR TWO VEHICLES.. IT,WAS LIKEWISE RECOMMENDED THAT ,A 60 MINUTE PE~NY/NI~KEL,PARKING
<br />ME;TER 'BEI'NSTALLEO IN T.HE; ,l;3Al.,ANCE OF' THE "NOPARKI N~" ,ZONE ,CURRENTLY 'EXI:STI NG,AT. 'THE
<br />SOUTHE;AST,CORNE;R OF 10TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET~..~ ' , ' ,
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<br />THE COMMI TTE;E oiSC;USSED THI S I TEM AND I NDI ~ATED THAT THEY 'THOUGHT I,T "'II GHT BE POSSI!BLE
<br />TO ESTABLISH A S~P~LEMENTAL iONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF' 10TH AVENUE JUST EAST 6~~EARL
<br />STREET.
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<br />.AF'TER SOMEDISCUSS~qN THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE,MATTER BEHELD,I.N COMMITT~E F'OR
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<br />6. DISCUSSION REGARDING TURNING LANES AT 13TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET AND'EXTENSLON 'OF
<br />,THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM ,ON OAK STREET FROM 13TH,TO,14TH AVENUE - IT WAS'E~~LA~N~D .
<br />THAT THERE 'WAS SOME ,CONGESTION 'AND CONFUSION fN TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS AT 13TH :AVENUEAND
<br />OAK ,STREE~. To ALL~VIATETHIS SITUATI~N THE TRAFFIC E~GINEER RECOMMENDED-~~AT.OAK
<br />STREET BE MADE ONE WAY,NORTH.BOUND FROM 14TH AVENUE ~ORTH, AND THAT A LE~T,TU~N AND
<br />THROUGH LANE BE PROVIDED FOR TRAFFIC EAST BOUND ,ON,I3TH AVENUE WHICH WOULD ALLOW A
<br />LEFT TURN MOVEMENT F'ROM 13TH AVENUE TO OAK STREET AND WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A THROUGH
<br />:TRAF'F'ICLANE F'QR THOSE MOTORISTS DESIRING TO CONTINUE EAST ON 13TH AVENUE~
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<br />. IT LIKEWISE WAS NOTED THAT THIS WOULD PROHIBIT ANY SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC FROM TURNING
<br />OFF' OF' 13TH AVENUE ONTO OAK STREET StNCE OAK STREET WOULD BE ONE WAY ,NORTH BOUND AT
<br />THIS INTERSECTION.
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<br />AFTER SOME DISCUSSION AND OBSERVATION or A MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED CHANGES THE COM-
<br />MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER BE APPROVED.
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