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81 ,., e 1/27/58 ---.::--~-' .-=._---:-:--=---~ --::---:-:- -~~-:---:-::-- ~-- :-:.--------:-----;--~~-~----~---,=-----:-~---~~---::--~- -:-_-------=~- --~- ---~-~~~------=~---=-- --~-~--~ I II l': II , PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE I. ~ROPOSED 'URN CANESJATGrNtERSECT~ONS OrT6THNAiENOE,A~5~~VENO~ iNDEtTNCOLNSTREET - THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER EXPLAINED THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL SOON BE INSTALLING TRAFFIC SI~NALS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 6TH AVENUE, 7TH AVENUE AND LIN- COLN STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THESE SIGNALS IS TO ALLEVI.ATE CONGESTION AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. I I I 1 ! 1 .! i i 1 I ) II " Ii I' 1':,: " " ~ II 1 I I i~ 1 , I I I I I; I , THE TRAFFir.C ENGINEER RECOMMEI':IDED THAT TURNING LANES AND THROUGH LANES BE INSTALLED AT THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS TO FURTHER AID IN THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC. THESE TURN- ING LANES WOULD 8E EFFECTIVE ON 6TH AVENUE EAST OF LINCOLN STREET .ANDON,LINCOLN STREET SOUTH OF 6TH AVENUE AND NORTH OF 7TH AVENUE. CERTAINP~RKING AD~ACENT TO THESE STREETS WOULD NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE TURN LANE OPERATION, AND IT ~AS THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION THAT PARKING BE REMOVED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: e BEGINNING AT T~E SOUTH CURB.LINE OF 7TH AVENUE SOUTH TO A POINT 65 fEET DISTANT ,ON THE WEST SIDE OF LII':ICOLN STREET. BEGINNING AT THE NORTH CURB LINE OF 7TH AVENUE NORTH TO A POINT 125 FEET DISTANT ,ON THE EAST SIDE OF LINCOLN STREET. BEGINNING AT THE NORTH CURB LINE OF 7TH AVENUE NORTH TO A POINT 125 FEET DISTANT ON THE WEST SIDE Of LINCOLN STREET.' BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH CURB LINE OF 6TH AVENUE SOUTH TO A P9'NT 125 FEET DISTANT ON THE EAST SIDE OF LINCOLN STREET. BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH CURB LINE O~ 6TH AVENUE SOUTH TO A POINT 125 FEET DISTANT ON THE WEST SIDE OF LINCOLN STREET. BEGINNING AT THE EAST CURB LINE OF LINCOLN STREET EAST TO A POINT 125 FEET DISTANT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 6TH AVENUE. BEGINNING AT THE EAST CURB LINE OF LINCOLN STREET EAST TO A POINT 76 FEET DISTANT. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF.6TH AVENUE.- THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC CHANGES NECESSARY TO, IMPLEMENT THE TURN.~~~E MOVEMENTS AT T~E ABOVE INTERSECT'IONS AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOM- MENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER,BE ADOPTED. I I i I I II I, Ii 2. REQUEST FOR LOADING ZONE IN fRONT OF IOOf BUILDING - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. JAMES'A. REYNOLDS, NOBLE GRAND OF THE IOOf, HAD REQUESTED THAT A LOADING ZONE BE ESTABLISHED IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING AT BROADWAY AND OAK STREET. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE FOURTEEN OFFICES IN THE BUILDING OF WHICH APPROXI- MATELY NINE ARE CURRENTLY RENTED, AND THE TENANTS OF THESE OFFICES HAVE REASON TO NEED SPACE FOR LOADING AN~ UNLOADING OF SUPPLIES AND OTHER MATERIALS.COMING TO AND FROM THEIR OFFICES. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IN APRIL OF 1956 THE LOADING ZONE HAD BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FE~T THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT USAGE OF THE ZONE TO~JUSTIFY ITS CONTINUED EXISTENCE. THE TRAFF~C ENGINEER DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT A LOADING ZONE BE RE-ESTABLISHED, BUT DID RECOMMEND T~T METER No. 505 ON OAK STREET AND METER No. 540 ON BROADWAY BE CHANGED FROM 60- MINUTE NICKEL/DIME TO 24-MINUTE;PENNY/NII:CKEL/DIME TO ALLOW FORA LIMITED TIME PARKING AREA AND A GREATER TURNOVER OF VEHICLES SO THAT THE BUSINESS OffiCES IN THE IOOf BUILDING MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE RE- COMMENDATION OF THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER BE APPROVED. e , Ii 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING TURN LANES AT 18TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET - THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER EXPLAINED TH~T TH~ INT~RSECTrO~ OF 18TH AVENUE AND W,LLAMETTE STREET HAD BECOME. ONE OF THE. Mosi C6NGESTED:TR~Frl~ (OCATIONS 'IN THE CITY ~T PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC FLOW. TIMES. HE ALSO, 'NDICATED THAT A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THIS CONGESTION WAS CAUSED BY; THE HEAVY LEFT TURN MOVEMENT FROM W,LLAMETTE STREET ONTO 18TH AVENUE.: IT WA,S.INDICATED, THAT. A STUDY OF THE INTERSECTION HAD BEEN MADE AND THAT IT HAD BEEN FOUND THAT BY INSTALLING ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR LEFT TURN MOVEMENT, THE CAPACITY OF THE INTERSECTION COULD B~ IN~ CREASED AND THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC MADE MORE SMOOTHLY THROUGH THE INTERSEC- TION. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH RESPECT TO LEfT TURN MOVEMENTS. THE PRO- POSAL AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER ",OULD ALLOW FOUR. LANES OF TRAFFIC ON WILLAMETTE STREET AT THIS INTER~ECTION -,A RIGHT TURN LANE, A. THROUGH LANE, A LEFT TURN LANE AND A THROUGH LANE FOR OPPOSING TRAFFIC. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THESE LANES ~A~ICALLY WILL BE 9~1/2 FE~T WID~ PROV~DING SUFFICIENT CLEAR~ ANCE FOR PASSENGER CARS BUT WILL ALLOW SOMEWHAT LIMITED SPACE FOR. THE.,OPE~AT~ON OF TRUCKS AND BUSSES. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE INSTALLATION OF THE TURNING LANES, SOME PARKING WILL OF. NECESSITY HAVE T9 BE REMOVED FROM BOTH SIDES OF WILL~METTE STRE~r AND BOTH SIDES OF 18TH AVE~UE. THE. TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDI- CATED THAT THE FOLLOWJNG PARKING REMOVAL IS. NECESSAR~ TO ALLOW ADEQUATE SPACE: I I! II I I I I I I I i 'I I , , BEGINNING AT A POINT 102 FEEJ FROM THE EAST CURB L~NE OF WILLAME~!E STREET EAST TO A POINT 123 FEET DISTANT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 18TH AVENUE. I I I I I i j '1 I 'I l \ I : e I I Ii I I. BEGINNING AT THE EAST CURB LINE OF WILLAMETTE STREET EAST TO A POINT 113 FEET DISTANT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 18TH AVENUE. I I I i ; ~