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e 71 .., ~ ----- -----~---~------ ------- ---------- ----------- - _.- - - ------- ---~-- -~---------- .- - .. - --, -. - --- ---- --_.._----------------_.~- - ____ _u ___ ~__ _.. .____ _.._-_____ ~- ___.~~_.. 1/13/58 - . -. - -. - --- --- --- 1 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I. REQUEST fOR SEGREGATI ON Of ASSESSMENT SOUTH S I DE Of 41 ST AVENUE fROM DONALD STREET TO THE WEST ENTERED BY C. F. HUSER - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT ORIGINALLY' MR. HUSER HADPLAT~ED PROPERTY IN EDGEWOOD ESTA~ES ALONG 41ST AVENUE WITH f~ONTAGES Of 67 fEET, AND THAT THEY NOW ~ISHED TO INtREASE THE fRONTAGE$ TO 76 fEET TO ALLOW fOR THE BUILDING OF A LARGER HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IT BECOMES NECESSARY THAT. THE ASSESSMENTS fOR THE PAVING Of FERRY STREET AND 41ST AVENUE BEc:SEGREGATEO'TO CORRESPOND TO THE NEW LOT SIZES. ,t REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE VISITED THE AREA AND THE COMMITTEE DIS- CUSSED THE REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEGREGATION BE APPROVED. e 2. STUDY Of ROADWAY fROM 29TH AVENUE WEST AND Of POSSIBLE CONNECTOR fROM 6TH AVENUE TO 29TH AVENUE - REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE DROVE OVER A NUMBER Of STREETS ON THE WEST SIDE Of TOWN TO STUDY POSSIBLE CON- NECTORS BETWEEN WEST 6TH AVENUE AND 24TH OR 29TH AVENUES. THE STREETS WHICH WERE ENVISIONED AS POSSlaLE,CONNECTORS WERE CITY VIEW STREET" GARfIELD STREET" GRANT STREET AND CHAMBERS STREET. T~ERt WAS SOMEDtSCUSS~ON AS TO THE fEASIBILITY Of USING ANY Of THE ABOVE LISTED STREETS EXCEPT C~AMBERS STREET AS A CONNECTOR DUE TO THE fAtT THAT THE TERRAIN SOUTH Of 18TH AVENUE WOULD MAKE fOR DiffICULT CONSTRUCTiON AND ALso DUE TO THE fACT THAT IN SOME IN- STANCES THERE IS INSUfFICIENT RIGHT-Of7WAY TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION Of AN ARTERIAL TYPE STREET. , j I: 1 I I i I 1 I I I I I I I i Ii 1 I~ 1 I 1 C~AMBERS STREET WAS LOOKED UPON AS AN EXCELLENT' POSSIBILITY fOR A NORTH/ SOUTH ARTERIAL, AND THE COMMITTEE VISITED THE SITES ot CERTAIN PROPERTIES WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE ACQ~IRED If CHAMBERS STREET. WERE TO BE EXTENDED fROM 8TH AVENUE TO 5TH AVENUE. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT BY THE,ACQUISITION Of ONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR PIERCE STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE Of 7TH AVENUE AND BY'THE POSSIBLE ACQUISITION OF TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED ON THE RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR CHAMBERS STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE Of 8TH AVENUE AND THE MAKING Of A SLIGHT CURVE IN THE BLOCK BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES" PIERCE ST~E~T AND CHAMBERS STREET COULD BE CONNECtED GIVING A NORTH/SOUTH ARTERIAL fROM 5TH AVENUE SOUTH TO THE LORANE HIGHWAY. 1 'I II I I Ii 2 ; I ,\ ;! 'I CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO A CONNECTOR BETWEEN CHAMBERS STREET OR SOME OTHER NORTH/SOUTH ARTERIAL LOCATED WEST Of CHAMBERS STREET WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY ARRIVE AT 29TH AVENUE. A NUMBER Of POSSIBLE ROUTES WERE DISCUSSED; AMONG T~ESE WERE 24TH AVE~UE, A CONTOUR ROAD ORIGINATING AT CHAMBERS STREET AND 26TH AVENUE AND CONNECTING TO 28TH AVENUE, AND OTHER POSSIBLE ACCESS ROUTES. THE BASIC THOUGHT IN MIND IN THIS I~TANCE AS WELL AS IN THE LOCATION Of A NORTH/SOUTH ARTERIAL IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF TOWN WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME MEANS fOR TRAffIC TO fLOW AT THE PERIPHERY Of THE CITY TO LIGHTEN THE CONGESTION NOW APPARENT ON HEAVILY TRAVELLED NORTH/SOUTH ARTERIALS AND EAST/WEST ARTERIALS. IT WAS LIKEWISE INDICATED THAT AN EXTENSION Of CHAMBERS STREET AND Of 29TH AVENUE WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO A (ARGE PORTiON O~ THE CIT~ AS WELL AS TO AREAS BOTH TO THE SOUTH AND EAST Of THE CITY WHICH IS NOT NOW ENJOYED. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS SUBJECT. e COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. INVESTIGAtIO~ O~PHYS~CAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS fOR CITY EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO CIT~ EMPLOYMENT - THE FINANCE OffiCER PRESENTED THE fiNDINGS Of INQUIRIES MADE TO THE PUBLIC PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION AND THE LEAGUE Of OREGON CITIES. ESSENTIALLY, REPORTS fROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS INDICATED THAT RELA- TIVELY fEW JURISDICTIONS REQUIRE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS fOR ALL EMPLOYEES AL- THOUGH THE PRACTICE IS QUITE COMMON FOR PUBLIC SAfETY SERVICE EMPLOYEES. THE REPORTS INDICA~E THAT WHEN A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL EXAMINATION IS RE- QUIRED, MOST JURISDICTIONS BEAR THE "EXPENSE Of SUCH EXAMINATION. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE COST Of AN EXAMINATION COULD BE AN EffECTIVE DETERRENT TO THE RECRUITMENT OF QUALifiED PERSONNEL SINCE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION CAN BE AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT FROM THE JURISDIC- TION'S POINT Of VIEW, AN EXAMINATION CAN WELL BE WORTH THE COST IN TERMS Of EMPLOYEE MORALE, LOWER SICK LEAVE USAGE AND fEWER DISABILITY PENSIONS. REPORTS RECEIVED INDICATE THAT WITHIN THE STATt Of,OREGON THERE ARE NO KNOWN JURISDICTIONS THAT REQUIRE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF ALL EMPLOYEES; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON fOR EMPLOYEES Of THE FIRE AND POLICE SERVICES TO BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN PHYSICIANS fOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS IN WHICH CASE THE COST IS ~REQUENTLY BORNE BY THE EMPLOYEES. IF, HOWEVER, A DESIGNATED PHYSICIAN PERFORMS ALL EXAMINATIONS, THE COST IS NORMALLY BORNE BY THE JURISDICTION. FOLLOWING THE REPORT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAfF INVESTIGATE THE COST OfOEXAMINATIONS fOR CITY EMPLOYEES OR A MINIMUM BLANKET RATE fOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS fOR ALL EMPLOYEES FOR ALL CITY POSITIONS." I; I I ,I Ii j I j I i I .1 I 1 I i , I , i I I I I 1.1 I I I I " I j I I: I I I ~ i I I , I~