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<br />r MR~ KEEFE, ON~ pF THE rORMER CITY TRANSIT LINES DRIVERS, REMARKED THAT SMALL I
<br /> BUSSES WOULD NOT ~OLVE THE PROBLEM 'N THESPRJ~GFIELD-RIVER RO~D AREA SINCE THE I
<br /> PASSENGER REQUIREMENTS ARE HIGHER IN NUMBER THAN THAT WHICH COULD BE HANDLED BY
<br /> SMALLER BUSSES. H~ ALSO INDICAT;D HE BELIEVES, THE,MATTER SHOULD,BE BROUqHT ro
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<br /> A NUMBER OFI NTERE~TED CJ T I ZENS EXPRESSED TJiE I R V I E~S TO THE COUNC.I L, INQICATING I
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<br /> THAT BUSS~S ARE A NECES$ITY TO THEM TO GEl' T9 ~ND FROM WORK AND OrHER B~SINESS,
<br /> I AND. THAT THEY ARE DEPENDENT UPON SUCH ~USSES.1 IN. A NUMBER OF INSTANCES THEY INDI-
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<br /> I CATED THEY DO NOT OWN CARS;AND HAVE TO WALK L9NG DISTANCES IN ORDER TO EARN A
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<br /> I A NUMBER OF THE~E C'TIZENS;FURTHER IND,ICATED THAJTHEY,BELIEVE THE CITY,StlOULD
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<br /> I S~E THAT BUSSES A~E OPERATED WITHIN JHE CiTY IN ORDER JHAT:THEY MIGHT ~ONTINUE
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<br /> I TO GET TO AND FROM THE~R WORK.'
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<br /> I MR. BRENNE OF THE CHAMBER OF,COMMERCE STATED THAJ THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS e
<br /> I CURRENTLY TAKING A SURVEY OF THE INTEREST IN BUSSES, THAT 1200 HAD ANSWERED THE
<br /> I SYRVEY SO FAR"AND,ON THE BA~IS OF THE SURVEY THEY HOPED TO PERSUADEP~1VATE CAPT- I
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<br /> I TAL TO I!'JVEST IN'A PU~L1CTRANSPORTATION' ~YSTEM:. HE ALSO STATED, THAT MOST CITIES
<br /> \ IN THE2~,000 TO 50)000: POPULATION CLASS HAD EXPERIENCED ~O~E .DIFFICULTY WITH
<br /> BUSSES. HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVES ADDITIONAL PARKING:RE~TRICTION~, IN THE DOWN-
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<br /> I TOWN AREA; THAT IS, EXTENDING LIMITED PARKING OR METERED AREAS, MIGHT PUT THE BUS
<br /> I TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN A MORE FAVORABLE LIGHT AND THAT IT MIGHT ALSO BE NECES- I
<br /> I SARY TO INCREASE THE FARES OVER THAT CHA~GED BY.CITY TR~NSIT LINES. IT IS HIS
<br /> I BELIEF THAT AN AREA ENCOMPASSING: 90,000, PEOPLE"ApPROXJMATELY, COU~D SUPPO~TA
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<br /> I VARIOUS OTHER STATEMENTS WERE MADE CONCERNING THE SITUATION, AND IT WAS MOVED
<br /> BY MR. MCGAFFEY. SECONDED ,BY MR. MOLHOLM.THAT THEMOT.lON BECONTINUEO:UNTIL THE
<br /> NEXT MEETING O.F.THE C9UNCIL:ON OCTOBER"2"j; 1-9'5'S.': 'MOTI'ON"C-AR-RI'ED.',~'..."n~ .,-
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<br /> IT WAS THEN,MOVED ~YMR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS. LAURISTHAT, )HE OCTOBE~, 15,1958
<br /> I DEt\DL I NE FOR NON-fRANCHI SEp OPERAT,I ON OF ~U.S?ES BE EXTENDED TO OCTOBE~. 27, 1958,
<br /> I DURING WHICH TIME THE CITY WOULD APPROVE THE~OPERATI9N,OF NON-fRANCHISED BUS SYS-
<br /> TEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF:E~GENE.. MOTION ~ARRIED~
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<br /> I ~. CURB SIDEWALK.ON' EAST' SIDE OF LAWRENCE STREET BETWEEN 25TH AND 26TH AVENUES,-
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<br /> I A PETITION REQyEST,NG THAT GURB SIDE~AL~S BE: LOCATED ON THE EAST SlpE Of
<br /> I LAWRENCE STREET BETWEEN 25TH AND 26TH AYENUES S,~GNED BY OWNERS Of.61 ~6% OF
<br /> I THE PROP-ERTY IN THE BLOCK ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET WAS PREsENTED TO THE
<br /> I COMMITJEE. . REP~ESENTATjVES OF THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO THE AREA .AND NOTED
<br /> I THAT NO SIDEWALKS .I-IAD B.EEN I NSTAL,LED IN T.HE .AREA~. , IN D,I.SCUSSION, JJ WAS.
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<br /> I THOUGHT THAT .IT. WOULD BE MORE. FAVORABLE: rO BUILD CURB SIDEWALK,S.ON:.BOTH~.
<br /> I SIDES Of LAWRENCE:.STREET FROM 23RDAvEN!JE. TO THE SOUTH.END OF, THE ,FRASIER...
<br /> ,I HYLAND ADDITION, (APPROXIMATELY:..28rH AVENl;JE). AFTER SOME: DISC.USSION..,THE COM...
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<br /> i M I TTEE RECOMM.ENDED: THAT CURB S I DEWA{K,S BE ALLOWED ON BOTH 5,1 DES OF LAWRENCE I
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<br /> I STREET FROM 23RD. AVEN,UE: SOUTH TO; THE S.OUTHBOU/IIDARY OF' THE', FRAS I ER...H.YLAND
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<br /> i .6. REQIJESTOF. LANE PLYWOOD,INC..BY MILLIGAN & BROWN FOR PE.RMISSION TO CONSTRUCT
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<br /> j A CONCRETE INTERSECTION ACROSS BERTELSON ROAD ATJHE LANE PLYWOOD ~LANT LOCA- II
<br /> I ~ - THE COMMITTEE HEARD A REQUEST THAT LANE PLYWOOD, INC. BE ALLOWED TO
<br /> , CONSTRUCT AT THEI~ PWN,EXPENSE AN,INTERSECTjON CROSSING: BERTELSON ROAD; AND
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<br /> i CONNECTING PROPERTIES IN THEIR OWNERSHIP. IT WAS INDICATED IN.THE,REQUESr t
<br /> I THAT SUCH INTERSECTION WOULD BE BUILT TO CITY SPECIFICATIONS AND GRADE, BUT -
<br /> THE OIRECT,OR, OF PUBL:lC WORKS EXPLAINED THAT NO GRADES. HAD BEEN .ESTABLISHED
<br /> IN. TH.IS AREA ANP: IT W,OULD, TAKE. CONS.l DERABLE, SYRYEY WORK, fO.R !iRADES, TO BE
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<br /> \ ESTABLISttEp. , JT WAS, ALSO ~XPLAINEP THAT IF, SIJCH. .lNTER,SECT ION WE.RE T9 BE
<br /> I .~UILT AT THE GRApE ~HICH SE.RTEL.SON R9AD. WO.ULD. HAVE SOME TIM~ IN J'HE F',UTURE, I
<br /> .TH~. :INTERsECJl,ON WO.ULD,UNDOUBTEDLY BE LOWER THAN, IT,EXISJS NO~.: \
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<br /> I THE COMMITTEE IN CONSIDERING THE REQUEST RECOMMENDED THAT PERMISSION BE I
<br />I GRANTED TO CONSTRU~T.THE CR'oSS.lNG WITtt.JHE:,UNDERSTANDING THAT THE,INTERSEC-. !
<br />I TlON, WOULD BE ON A TEMPORAR,Y BAS;I,S Af'-4p :THAT, .l.F AT SOME T.IME IN, THE FUTURE,
<br />1 :rHE STRE~T. IS REBU I L T:, LANE PL YWOOD, I NC. WOVL.D BE. SUBJECT J'O THE. NORMAL , I
<br />I ASSESSMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE INTERSECTION AT THAT TIME. I
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<br />I 7~ CONSIDERATION or BOARD OF: ApPEALS REPORT... OCTOBER 8,
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<br />I _ (A) REQUEST OF FRANK BEAVER, 1696: WEST. 6TH A VENYE, FOR VAR I ANCE FROM 3,'.
<br />I ALLEY. SETBACK TO ALLOW NEW CONSTRUCTION:TO,CONFORM WITH EXISJING~ >-" . I
<br />I CONsTRUCTJ ON - REP,REs.ENTAT I YES OF.. THE.. COMM I TTEE DROVE, TO THE AREA, "
<br />1 OBSERVE~ THE.,SITE OF THE REQUE~TE~ VARIANCE:.AND ~ECOMMENDED THAT, THE
<br /> ACTiON OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS, TO !iRANT THE VARIANCE BE, SUSTA.I~ED. i
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<br />I (B), REQUEST:9f A.. G.. AND PEARL C'SNEy,.2479 PORTLAND STREET, FOR. VARI.ANCE I
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<br />i FROM SIDE AND FRONT PROPERTY L.INE, SETBACKS TO. ALLOW, CONSTRUCTION OF'
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<br />I CARPORT ,- .THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO, THE. SITE .OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE J
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