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<br /> EAST 30TH AVENUE TO fERRY STREET BRIDGE ,V,IA AMAZON PARK, AND PEARL-HIGH I
<br /> tONE-WAY COUPLET) FROM THE EAST CITY LIMITS TO NORTH CITY LIMITS.
<br /> JEFFERSON-WASHINGTON (ONE-WAY COUPLET) FROM 7TH AVENUE TO THE WIL~AMETTE
<br /> RIVER INCLUDING OVERPASSES OVER THE S. P. RAILROAD.
<br /> 11TH-13TH (ONE-WAY COUPLET) 11TH BEING FROM POLK TO fRANKLIN BoULEVARD
<br /> AND 13TH BEING FROM JUNCTION WITH WEST 11TH AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET
<br /> WEST OF MCKINLEY STREET TO JUNCTION WITH EAST I IT.H AT fRANKLIN BoULEVARD.
<br /> 1ST TO 4TH CONNECTOR FROM 4TH AND FERRY STREET. BRIDGE APPROACH TO ,1ST,
<br /> AND VANBuREN STREET.
<br /> OF THE ABOVE FOUR STREETS PETITIONED FOR, TWO WERE TURNED DOWN AND TWO WERE
<br /> REFERRED BACK TO THE CITY FOR APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE COUNTY
<br /> COMMISSIONERS IN TURN I:NDICATED TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THEY,WOULD CONCUR IN
<br /> THE RECOMMENDATION EXCEPT THAT THEY DID NOT WANT ANY COUNTY FUNDS TO BE INVOLVED. e
<br /> THE NEW ,I NTERSTATE H I:GHWAY SYST.EM I N THE V I Cil'N I TY OF EUGENE WAS EXPLA I NED;
<br /> IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE fERRY STREET BRIDGE IS HANDLING APPROXIMATELY
<br /> l8,000 CARS PER DAY WHICH IS AGAINST A PROJECTION OF 13,000 CARS PER DAY FOR
<br /> 1970, AND THAT UNDER THE PROPOSED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PLAN AND ITS .CONNECTION
<br /> WITH "Q" STREET, THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE WILL NOT ONLY BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO
<br /> THE CITY FROM THE NEW FREEWAY BUT WILL HANDLE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ,THE EUGENE- I
<br /> SPRINGFIELD TRAFFIC. IN CONNECTION WITH THE REQUEST ,THAT SOME RELIEF' BE GRANTED I
<br /> IN THE AREA OF THE fERRY STREET BRIDGE, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED A I
<br /> "WAIT AND SEE" POLICY WITH THE IDEA THAT RELIEF MIGHT BE GRANTED IF: THE PROBLEM
<br /> DEVELOPS.
<br /> ONE SOLUTION TO THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE PROGRAM WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE
<br /> WHICH WOULD INVOLVE THE INTERPOSITION OF THE TWO LANES AT 6TH AVENUE AND HIGH
<br /> STREET, ONE BEING THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE LANE AND:THESECOND BEING NORTHBOUND,
<br /> TRAFFIC ON 6TH AVENUE. THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE NECESSITY FOR A:.THREE P.HASE "
<br /> LIGHT AT 6TH AND HIGH. THE SECOND ,ITEM WOULD BE THE REROUTING OF TRAFfiC 'FROM
<br /> THE RIVER ROAD AREA BEFORE IT GETS TO 6TH AND7TH AVENUES AND THE 1ST TO 4TH
<br /> CONNECTOR WAS LOOKED UPON AS A POTENT I AL SOLUT I,ON TO TH I S PROBLEM. THE THIRD
<br /> IDEA ENVISIONED THE EARLY INSTALLATION OF THE JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE.
<br /> WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S ABILITY TO .FINANCE:ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, IT.WAS
<br /> EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY IS STILL PAYING FOR ITS. PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE
<br /> FERRY STREET BRIDGE OVERPASS. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IF ONE GOES BACK
<br /> FOR TEN YEARS, THE HIGHWAY :COMMISSIONCAN SHOW ,THAT EUGENE HAS,RECEIVED ITS !
<br /> PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS BUT THAT THIS:IS NOT TRUE UNLESS" 1
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<br /> ONE WENT BACK A FULL TEN YEAR PERIOD. ,
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<br /> THE FEDERAL AID PROGRAM FOR HIGHWAYS WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE; LIKE- I
<br /> WISE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT'S AUTONOMOUS NATURE WAS EXPLAINED, AND IT WAS ALSO
<br /> INDICATED THAT THERE IS A PROPOSAL THAT fEDERAL LEGISLATION BE ENACTED TO GIVE, I
<br /> CITIES SOME CONTROL OVER URBAN FUNDS TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY
<br /> TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO URBAN AREAS WITH SOME URBAN CONTROL.
<br /> THROUGHOUT THE MEET I NG THERE WAS A GENERAL, FEEL I NG THAT ALL PART I ES PRE,SENT, :
<br /> SHOULD COOPERATE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO AID THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IN COM-
<br /> PLETING A CROSSTOWN AND PERIPHERAL_ROAD SYSTEM. IT WAS ,FEL T THAT IT IS IMPORTANT.
<br /> THAT THE TOTAL PROBLEM BE WELL COORDINATED AND PRIORITIES BE ESTABLISHED.,SOME
<br /> DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE BEST. MEANS TO ACTIVELY DEAL WITH THE,OREGON STATE -
<br /> HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS FINALLY AGREED ON MOTION BY MRS.,LAU~IS SECPNDED
<br /> BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE PLANNING CONSULTANT IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY
<br /> ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.AND THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A:SPECIFIC
<br /> PLAN FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF THE PRESENT CONGESTION ON THE FERRY STREET,BRIDGE
<br /> SPECIFICALLY AT ITS ENTRANCE TO 6TH AVENUE AND HIGH STREET. MOTION CARRIED."
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGAFFEY THAT THE'REPORT BE APPROVED AS READ.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING Of DECEMBER 19, 1958 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS .FOLLOWS:
<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, LINDEEN
<br /> AND ,MOLHOLM; COUNCILMEN ELECT CHATT, MOYER: AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY,
<br /> RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; TRAF'FIC:ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS-
<br /> TANT; MESSRS. FRED BRENNE AND ROBERT BOOTH; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER- I
<br /> GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN. -
<br /> I COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
<br /> I. BIDS ON GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1959,- IT WAS
<br /> EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD OPENED BIDS: ON GASOLINE. REQUIREMENTS AT 2:00 PM ON,
<br /> DECEMBER 17, 1958 AND THAT A NUMBER OF BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON EACH ITEM REQUIRED
<br /> BY THE CITY. TaE LOW QUALIFIED BIDDER ON PREMIUM GASOLINE IN TANK TRUCK CAPACITY
<br /> AND ON REGULAR GASOLINE IN TRUCK AND TRAILER CAPACITY WAS SHELL OIL COMPANY, -
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