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<br />I I, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, REPORTS THAT THE ATTENDANCE IN THE VARIOUS PARKS
<br /> ~! AND RECREATION AREAS fOR THE MONTH Of AUGUST AMOUNTED TO 84,504 PEOPLE; THIS II
<br /> ,\ INCLUDES PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, SWIM POOLS, BOYS BASEBALL AND SOfTBALL.
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<br /> !I MY OffiCE HAS BEEN INfORMED THAT THE REGULAR LEAGUE Of OREGON CITIES II
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<br /> " CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN PORTLAND STARTING SUNDAY, OcmOBER Ii
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<br /> ii CONTINUING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1959, AND IT IS NOT TOO EARLY i[
<br />00 L. TO START THINKING Of HOTEL RESERVATIONS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EACH COUNIL- t
<br />C>J ',I MAN WHO PLANS TO ATTEND INfORM MR. POTTER, OUR FINANCE OfFICER, AS SOON AS II
<br />~:r 'i PpSS I BLE Of HIS RESERVAT ION NEEDS. II "
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<br />~'~ I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPOR~ Of THE CITY MANAGER BE RE- I'
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<br /> ,I A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST 28, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, I
<br /> LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER, I
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<br /> \' WILSON AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; DIRECT9R Of
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<br /> ~ I PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; TRAffiC ENGINEER; LT. SMARTT;
<br /> " ACTING TRAffiC ENGINEER; SUPERI~TENDENT Of PARKS & RECREATION; CHIEf Of
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<br /> -, POLICE; CITY ATTORNEY; FRED BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE; MRS. I
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<br /> WOLVERTON; MR. VAALER; JERRY URHAMMER, EUGENE'REGISTER-GUARD.. ,
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<br /> I' I. REQUES~ BY RALPH MARTIN fOR VACATION Of INAVALE STREET BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD t
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<br /> Ii STREETS - THE CITY MANAGER -EXPLAINEO THAT THE QUESTION Of THE VACATION Of INA-
<br /> f! VALE STREET BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED WITH MR. RALPH II
<br /> I MARTIN AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS. PREVlbuS COUNCIL SHAD RE- ~ I
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<br /> I JECTED MR. MARTIN'S REQUEST fOR THE VACATION Of INAVALE STREET, AND MR. MARTIN
<br /> " IS NOW PROPOSING A NEW OffER IN WHICH HE WILL DEDICATE A 40' RIGHT-Of-WAY II
<br /> :'i THROUGH HIS PROPERTY TO CONNECT EMERALD AND ONYX STREETS 11
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<br /> :! CITY'S VACATION Of INAVALE STREET. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INfORMED THE
<br /> :1 COMMITTEE THAT If'THE'PRESENT MARTIN OffER IS ACCEPTED, THE CITY COULD ASSESS :1
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<br /> j THE MARTIN PROPERTY fOR 200' Of PAVING ON EMERALD STREET. THE COMMITTEE RECOM- II
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<br /> I MENDED THAT INAVALE STREET BE VACATED BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS IN RETURN
<br /> r! fOR A 40 I RIGHT-Of-WAY THROUGH THE MARTIN PROPERTY BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONYX
<br /> '1 STRE~TS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PAVING Of EMERALD-STREET fOR A DISTANCE Ii
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<br /> "I 2. REQUEST'BY A 'GROUP Of CITIZENS IN THE VICINITY Of HARRIS STREET AND 29TH AVENUE II
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<br /> ;1 fOR STOPSIGNS'ON HARRIS, ALDER'ANDKINCAID,STREETS AT 29TH AVENUE -THE COMF--'
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<br /> 'I MITTEE CONSIDERED REQUESTS fROM SEVERAL CITIZENS fOR STOP SIGNS AT THE ABOVE II
<br /> :1 NAMED INTERSECTIONS SINCE THE CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED REGARDING THE SAfETY Of
<br /> I CHILDREN'AND OTHER PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA DUE TO THE-HIGH SPEED Of TRAffiC. - II
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<br /> , THE ACTING TRAffiC ENGINEER 'RECOMMENDED THAT ENfORCEMENT BE INTENSifiED IN THE
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<br /> 'I AREA RATHER THAN INSTALLING STOP SIGNS. THE CHIEf Of POLICE STATED THAT DUE I:
<br />I I TO HIS SHORTAGE Of PERSONNEL, PUTTING A CAR Ii
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<br /> 'I ING THE fOUR SQUARE MILE AREA TO WHICH THE OffiCER IS ASSIGNED IN AN ADEQUATE
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<br /> I THROUGH STREETS USUALLY MEAN MORE SPEED. THE TRAffiC ENGINEER BROUGHT OUT THE
<br /> l: fACT THAT 30TH AVENUE ,WI LL BE AN ARTER IAL IN THE fUTURE AND THAT THIS WILL
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<br /> :1 TAKE MUCH Of THE TRAffiC fROM 29TH AVENUE. THE CHIEf Of POLICE RECOMMENDED
<br /> THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD OVER fOR MORE STUDY, AND THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THIS
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<br /> I~ ' 3. REQUEST BY MRS. ROBERT LEEPER.fOR STOP SIGNS ON STREETS ENTERING AGATE STREET !I
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<br /> , SOUTH Of 24TH AVENUE - THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER fROM MRS. ROBERT LEEPER
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<br /> '1 REQUESTING THAT STOP SIGNS BE INSTALLED ON STREETS ENTERING AGATE STREET SOUTH I
<br /> :1 Of 24TH AVENUE. THE ACTING TRAFfiC ENGINEER STATED THAT HE ~AD INVESTIGATED I
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<br /> 1:1 A. THAT NO STOP SIGNS BE INSTALLED AT THIS TIME
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<br /> " B. THAT A DEAD END SIGN BE INSTALLED AT 26TH AVENUE AND AGATE STREET II
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<br /> ,! C. THAT A LAURELWOOD GOLf COURSE ARROW SIGN BE INSTALLED AT 26TH I
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<br /> 1\ THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE ACTING TRAfFIC
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<br /> 'I 4. REQUEST BY NOEL F. WICKS AND VIRGINIA D. ROBBINS fOR VACATION Of CERTAIN
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<br /> '. STREETS DEDICATED IN 1ST ADDITION TO CAPITAL HILL - THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC
<br /> d WORKS EXPLAINED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED A 11
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<br /> fI REPLAT OF THIS AREA AND STATED THAT IN THE REPLAT THE PRESENT STREET DEDICA-
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<br /> :'I TIONS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE STREETS BE
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