08/11/1958 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

,., 271 e 8/ II/58 __ __ ____ _. _.._ 6- _ __ __ __~___ _ .____ --__ __ ---...- -- ---- -~ --'- - .... ~ - - --" - - .+- - . . - - - - - -- - . - - -- - -- - . -.--- .--::.....--::-----...::,;--=-~'"""" ---- - -.- - --- --- -. I- I I 4. R'VERVIEW ANNEXATION - THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT AN AREA ADJA- I CENT TO THE CITY LIMITS IN THE RIVERVIEW AREA IS REQUESTING ANNEXATION BY 100% . ~ CONSENT. THE MINUTES 'Of ' THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1958 INDI- , ~ CATE THAT ALTHOUGH ALL SIX PARCELS OF PROPERTY~ THE OWNERS OF WHICH ARE REQUEST- . t ING ANNEXATION, ARE CONTIGUOUS, ONE PARCEL OF PROPERTY, WHOSE OWNER REFUSES TO' \1 ~ JOIN BY CONSENT, CREATES A GAP IN THE WEST SIDE OF R'VERVIEW STREET. IT IS THE 'I ~ RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT TO PROPERLY SQUARE OFF THE AREA f I: TO THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS, IT WOULD BE. DESIRABLE TO ADD FOUR PROPERTIES TO ~! ~. THOSt WISHING TO COME INTO THE CITY BY CONSENT. THE COMMITTEE VIEWED MAPS OF ~ ~ THE AREA IN QUESTION AND RECOMMENDED THAT AN ELECTION IN THE AREA BE HELD. ~ ~ ~ ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT OF THE !I~ !: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.' i 11 i ~ 5. REZONING OF PROPERTY AT 15TH AVENUE AND fAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD REQUESTED BY VERNON I o SCOTT - THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO AND VIEWED THE AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF 15TH AVENUE I e 1\ EAST OF fA I RMOUNT BOULEVARD WH I CH HAD BEEN REQUESTED FOR REZON I NG FROM R-, TO 1:1 o R-4 MULTIPLE fAMILY RESIDENTIAL BY VERNON SCOTT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S I f PERMANENT REPORT OF AUGUST 5, 1958 WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH IT WAS I l~ - ~ BROUGHT OUT THAT THE SEWER CAPACITY OF THE AREA WAS DESIGNED FOR SINGLE FAMILY ~ , DWELLINGS AND THAT IT WAS FELT THAT REZONING OF THE AREA AS REQUESTED WOULD BE ~ !' SPOT ZONING AND WHICH WOULD BENEFIT ONLY ONE PROPERTY OWNER. THE COMMITTEE 'I ! RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S. ACTION TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR RE- ~. In ZONING BE UPHELD. MR. LINDEEN VOTED NAY. P f ~ , l~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT ITEM 5 OF THE REPORT OF THE II.,' .~ COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 'I: I i, :: 6. SIDEWALKS ON COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN 22ND AND-27TH AVENUES - THE COMMITTEE VISITED [I ~ THE AREA BETWEEN 22ND AND 27TH AVENUES ON COLUMBIA STREET AND NOTED THAT WHILE ~ I, SIDEWALKS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET FOR APPROXIMATELY 175% OF THE DISTANCE :1 r THERE ARE GAPS ON BOTH S)DES OF THE STREET WHERE NO SIDEWALKS EXIST. THE CITY ~ I MANAGER STATED THAT THE HEAVY TRAFF I C FROM LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE DOWN COL UMB I A [I , Ii : STREET CREAT~S A MENACING CONDITION FOR PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE FORCED TO WALK ON ~ ! THE STREET WHERE NO SIDEWALKS EXIST. AfTER VIEWING A MAP OF THE AREA SHOWING II i THE PLACES WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT IN EXISTENCE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT 1,'1 Iii SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF COLUMBIA STREET FROM 22ND TO 27TH AVE- j I,' NUE { EXCEPT WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE. ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AND THAT THE NECESSARY t_,1 ~ ORDINANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. l I' I ;}~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT ITEM 6 OF THE REPORT OF THE f1i Ii COMM I TTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. I ~ ' 'j-, II : I',,: 7. HENDERSON ANNEXATION - THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT A SIZEABLE ~ I AREA IN THE GLENWOOD DISTRICT IS REQUESTING ANNEXATION AND THAT IT WOULD PRO- i ~ BABLY NECESSITATE AN ELECTION IN THE AREA. No ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE. I I: :' I I': 8. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE AT 165 WEST 5TH AVENUE - THE fiRE MARSHAL INFORMED THE l,' i' COMMITTEE THAT SINCE A RECENT FIRE AT 165 WEST 5TH AVENUE IN AN OLD DWELLING II' , I WHICH HAD RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF TWO LrVES, THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING HAD I' ij NOT REPAIRED THE STRUCTURE EVEN THOUGH INSURANCE HAD BEEN COLLECTED FOR FIRE ~ ~ DAMAGE. THE fIRE MARSHAL STATED THAT HE HAD SENT LETTERS TO THE OWNERS, 1 p II ~ CLARENCE AND NELLIE HYDE, AND TO THE OPERATOR OF A ROOMING AND APARTMENT HOUSE I I: IN THE BUILDING, MRS. HAZEL CRUZAN. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED 1 I: THE PARTIES IN PERSON SEVERAL TIMES BUT THAT NO ACTION TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE I _ 'I HAD BEEN FORTHCOM I NG. THE COMM I TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE fl RE MARSHAL'S RE- ;, ~ ! PORT RECOMMENDING ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE PROCEEDINGS BE INSTITUTED ON THE PRO- ; 1 PERTY AT 165 AND '65-1/2 WEST 5TH AVENUE BE APPROVED. r , ! l ~ 9. TRAFFIC SIGNAL SURVEY AT INTERSECTIONS OF AGATE STREET WITH 13TH, 18TH AND 19TH ~ J AVENUES - THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER GAVE A DETAILED REPORT ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF ~ ~ AGATE STREET WITH 13TH, 18TH AND 19TH AVENUES IN WHICH HE INDICATED THAT HE ~ o HAD MADE TRAFFIC COUNTS AT ALL THREE INTERSECTIONS. IT IS HIS OPINION THAT ~ ~ THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AT THESE THREE INTERSECTIONS DOES NOT JUSTIFY A CHANGE ~ I: TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THIS TIME. HE DID RECOMMEND THAT THE PRESENT CURB Ii 1 RADIUS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF IBTH AVENUE AND AGATE STREET BE CUT BACK ! ~ TO FLOW INTO THE NORTH CURB LINE OF 18TH AVENUE, AND THAT THE STOP SIGNS ~ II STOPPING NORTH/SOUTH TRAFFIC ON AGATE STREET AT 19TH AVENUE BE REMOVED. THE ~ J COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER BE ADOPTED AND : ~ THAT ANOTHER STUDY BE MADE AFTER SCHOOL BEGINS AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND : I I,,',! THE UN I VERS I TY OF OREGON TH I S FALL. j! 11 ,I ~ 10. TERMINATION OF SIGNAL AT BROADWAY AND MILL STREET - THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED J II THE COMMITTEE THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT BROADWAY AND MILL STREET WHICH WAS !! t ORIGINALLY INSTALLED AS A PUSHBUTTON SIGNAL FOR PEDESTRIANS HAD BEEN TORN OUT [ LI ~ BY A TRUCK CARRYING ROAD EQUIPMENT NOT HAVING ENOUGH CLEARANCE. THE TRAFFIC I 1 ENGINEER'S REPORT INDICATED THAT 11,500 VEHICLES USE THIS ROUTE INA 24-HOUR I I PERIOD OF TIME. HE STATED_THAT AN AVERAGE OF ONLY 16 PEDESTRIANS USE THE f 1 CROSSING DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD CON- ; - '",l '.'1, ~ 11 ' 1 ' I · ',I :,1 ~ I ~ ~