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11 ~ e 10/14/57 ~=--====----=.:-:..~---:-~.----~-~--=--~~ -.::-.-:------:--:-:--- ~~~-~~~_-::-=~-=-----~--:==-~--~--:=.:....~~~~~~::-:::-----=-~---~~~-- ---~~--~--------~ ~-'--- . , ' I-~~-~r . . -~ ". "~THE-~.A'F1: .. ENG~NEE.~ECOH:E~NOE~THAT' THE-~~.K I NG BEn:EHOV:O ONTH~~AS:ANOWE ST~ - ~ -- -- ~ -------- --~--- ~ - -'--- I ' I SIDES Of H1GH STREET ,fOR A DISTANCE Of 120 fEET NORTH Of THE NORTH CURB LINE Of . 7TH AVENUE AND THAT A THROUGH LANE BE INSTALLED AGAINST THE WEST. CURB AND A LEfT ': I TURN LANE BE INSTALLED IN THE CENTER Of THE STREET. THE COMMITTEE GAVE DISCUSSION I TO THIS, AND MR. SCHARPf Of SCHARPf'S TWIN OAKS I INDICATED HE WAS ANXIOUS TO RETA1N ! AS MUCH PARKING AS POSSIBLE IN fRONT Of HIS BUSINESS. AfTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUS- SION ON THIS SUBJECT, THE COMMITTEE'RECOMMENDED THE ITEM BE REfERRED TO THE COMMON I I , I COUNCIL WITH'NO RECOMMENDATION. ' ; I Ii I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER BE ACCEPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 2. RECOMMENDATION Of THE TRAffIC ENGINEER fOR CHANGES TO PARKING METERS AND NEW IN- I STALLATIONS Of PARKING METERS - By REPORT IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE 91 LOAD- 1 i I ING ZONE METERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ALL Of THE 12 MINUTE PENNY ONLY STYLE, AND I I THAT PASSENGER VEHICLES ARE PROHIBITED fROM USING THESE BEfORE NOON AND IT HAS I .' , INADEQUATE TIME fOR A MOTORIST TO USE THE METERS BEEN fOUND'THAT THERE IS IN THE '0 e I AfTERNOONS, TRANSACT BUSINESS AND RETURN WITHOUT BEING IN VIOLATION. To ALLEVIATE 1 THIS SITUATION AND TO CREATE MORE SPACE-HOURS Of ON STREET PARKING, IT WAS RECOM- MENDED THAT THE PARKING METERS BE CHANGED TO 24 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL/DIME IN THE I NICKEL/DIME AREA AND 24 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL IN THE PENNY/NICKEL AREA. THIS WOULD I MAKE NO CHANGE IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS fOR TRUCK LOADING AND UNLOADING BUT I WOULD ENABLE MOTORISTS TO USE THE METERS IN THE AfTERNOON PERIOD WITH A REASONABLE i TIME BEING ALLOWED fOR PARKING. THE COST Of THE CHANGE WOULD APPROXIMATE $1.45 I 1 ! EACH METER WHICH fUNDS COULD COME fROM MONIES BUDGETED fOR METER MAINTENANCE. I 'IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT METERS Nos. 998, 482, 483, 378, 559, 560, 561, 562, 562A, , I 562B AND 562C BE CHANGED AS fOLLOWS, THIS IN ADDITION TO THE 91 METERS DESCRIBED ABOVE: j METER No. 998 - LOCATED ON PEARL .STREET ,BETWEEN BROADWAY ,AND 10TH AVENUE I fROM 12 MINUTE LOADING ZONE TO 60 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL j I 1 METERS Nos. 482 AND 483 - LOCATED ON EAST PARK STREET BETWEEN 8TH AVENUE AND 1 I i I SOUTH PARK STREET I fROM 12 MINUTE LOADING ZONES TO 60 MINUTE NICKEL/DIME 1 I METER No. 378 - LOCATED ON 8TH AVENUE BETWEEN OAK STREET AND EAST PARK STREET I fROM 60 MINUTE NICKEL/DIME TO 24 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL/DIME I ! I METERS Nos. 559,560,561,562 - LOCATED ON BROADWAY BETWEEN OAK STREET AND PEARL STREET " I I fROM 12 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL TO 60 MINUTE NICKEL/DIME :' 1 I METERS Nos. 562A,562B,562C - LOCATED ON OAK STREET BETWEEN BROADW~Y AND 10TH AVENUE I I I fROM 12 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL TO 60 MINUTE NICKEL/DIME I IT WAS LIKEWISE RECOMMENDED THAT METERS BE ! I INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, Of 11TH I I ! AVENUE BETWEEN ALDER AND HILYARD STREETS IN fRONT Of THE NEW MEDICAL SPECllLTIES, j I " I I BUILDING DUE fOR OCCUPANCY ABOUT OCTOBER 15, 1957. IT WAS fELT METERING IN THIS I I AREA IS NECESSARY SINCE THERE, IS A GREAT DEMAND fOR ON STREET PARKING I N THE, IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND THAT THREE 60 MINUTE PENNY/NICKEL MACHINES SHOULD BE IN- I I STALLED AND ONE 24 MINUTE PENNY/N I CKEL. MACH I NE SHOULD BE I NS:rALLED. i THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER BE I APPROVED. I e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHISLER ,THAT THE ABOVE REPORT BE APPROVED. I I MOTION CARRIED. I I l\ I , 3. RECOMMENDATION fOR INSTALLATION Of STOP SIGN AT 29TH AVENUE AND LORANE HIGHWAY - I lT WAS EXPLAINED THAT 29TH AVENUE IS AN EAST/WEST ARTERIAL fROM HILYARD STREET 'I TO THE WEsm CITY LIMITS, BUT WHERE 29TH AVENUE AND LORANE HIGHWAY INTERSECT THERE IS NO CONTROL~SOR~EA$lBOUND TRA~fIC ON THE EXTENSION Of 29TH AVENUE WHERE IT ENTERS LORANE HIGHWAY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THt APPROVAL Of THE RECOMMENDA- I TION Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER. I IT WAS MOYED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE ABOVE REPORT BE, APPROVED. I MOTION CARRIED. " I 4. TRAffiC STUDY AT 11TH AVENUE AND ALDER STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST ! I HAD BEEN MADE fOR A STUDY Of TRAffiC AT THE INTERSECTION Of 11TH AVENUE AND I ALDER STREET TO SEE If A TRAffiC SIGNAL IS JUSTifiED AT THIS LOCATION., THE TRAffiC ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD TAKEN TRAffiC COUNTS AND HAD fOUND NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE OVER THAT Of HIS STUDY MADE IN 1956. HE ALSO EXPLAINED I THAT THERE HAD BEEN ONLY THREE MINOR ACCIDENTS ,AT THIS INTERSECTION IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. BASED ON THIS, THE TRAffiC ENGINEER DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT TRAffiC SIGNALS BE INSTALLED AT THIS INTERSECTION AT THIS TIME. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADOPTION Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION. I ! I TWAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR.. WATSON THAT THE ABOVE 'REPORT BE APPROVED.' e i MOTION CARRIED. :; I " , ,I ~ ,'I :,