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~~182 -- 1 1, e 9/28/59 - - - - - -. - -- :- ----~----~--~----- -- --------~--- -- ----.----- - --- _n "- --~------------------- -~----- --,---~~ ~-,c_c~- ---- -f -------~~ - - - - - -- -. -- - -, - - - . -- REPORTS Of COMMITTEES I 11 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 18, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: II "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER, ,I , WI~SON AND SWANSON;- CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR II I OF PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; POLICE CHIEF; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; I LT. SMARTT; MESSRS. V. E. HOFFMAN, ED BELKNAP, WOODRUFF, AND OTHER IN- TERESTED C I T I ZENS;' SUPERI NTENDENT OF PARKS &' RECREAT ION; DAN WYANT, EUG'ENE II REGISTER-GUARD. I I . COMMUNICATION REGARDING PROPERTY ON SKINNERS BUTTE OWNED BY UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - II A LETTER FROM MR. J. O. LINDSTROM, BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ,OREGON, CONCERNING PROPERTY ON SKINNERS BUTTE IN THE UNIVERSITY'S OWNERSHIP WAS READ ~O Ii I! THE COMMITTEE. THIS LETTER INDICATED THE UNIVERSITY OFfICIALS FEEL THE RESTRIC- I ,I I TION IN THE DEED REQUIRING THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES PRE- Ii I VENTS THE UNIVERSITY fROM DEEDING THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY. IT WAS AGREED IN I: e " THIS LETTER THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE USE Of THE PROPERTY -fOR ;l I PARK PURPOSES AND TO HOUSE CITY POLICE RADIO EQUIPMENT AS IS THE CASE AT PRESENT. [I I IT WAS fURTHER STATED THAT If fORMAL LEASE IS DEEMED NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE, THE I: UNIVERSITY WILL BE GLA 0 TO REVIEW SUCH A LEASE., II II II SOME QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AS TO LIABILITY AND THE FACT THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF 'I OREGON IS NOT USING THE PARCEL Of PROPERTY fOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS STATED IN II I THE DEED WHICH THEY HOLD. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS -RECOMMENDED THIS ITEM BE ' REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY fOR ANSWER AND COMMENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I APPROVED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. 2 2. REQUEST fROM PARK LANE MERCHANTS TO MAKE ALLEY RUNNING fROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO WEST PARK STREET BETWEEN 8TH AVENUE AND BROADWAY A PEDESTRIAN WAY - REPRESENTA- I TIVES OF THE PARK LANE MERCHANTS APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE AND STATED THEY WISH TO SEE THE ALLEY DESCRIBED ABOVE CLASSifiED AS A -PEDESTRIAN WAY. THEY INOI- I CATED THAT IN THE MONTH-LONG CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE THEY HAD RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE COMMENT CONCERNING THE DESIRABILITY OF MAINTAINING THE ALLEY ASA PEDESTRIAN WAY AND AS A PLACE Of BEAUTY. - IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED T~AT THE C~ST Of SUPPLYING WATER FOR THE REFLECTING POOL AND Of CLEANING THE AL~EY IS BECOMING SOMEWHAT ~EXCESSIVE fOR A SMALL GROUP Of MERCHANTS AND THEY WOULD fEEL IT DESIRABLE THAT THE CITY MAINTAIN AND KEEP THE ALLEY CLEAN IN'ITS NEW fORM AS A PEDESTRIAN WAY. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE CLASSifiED AS A PEDESTRIAN WAY WHICH WOULD CLOSE IT TO VEHICULAR TRAffiC. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MCGAffEY VOT- I NG NA Y . I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFFEY SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE' REPORT BE t .I HELD fOR fURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MOLHOLM VOTING NAY. 11 3. REQUEST BY CITIZENS COMMITTEE fOR STOP SIGNS ON ALDER, HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS Ii I AT 29TH AVENUE - .T WAS SJATED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD REfERRED THIS MATTER TO THE II COMMITTEE AT THE LAST~COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT STOP SIGNS HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR I PLACEMENT IN THE ABOVE DESIGNATED AREA SUBJECT TO A DETERMINATION Of THEIR ~CTUAL PLACEMENT. A NUMBER OF' CITIZENS fROM THE AREA APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND SPOKE-WITH II REfERENCE TO THE TRAFfIC PROBLEMS OF THE AREA. IN ESSENCE THESE INDIVIDUALS INDI- CATED THEY ARE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM Of CHILDREN CROSSING STREETS I - I AT THE INTERSECTIONS Of 'ALDER, HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS AND 29TH AVENUE. MR. I BELKNAP, PRINCIPAL Of HARRIS SCHOOL, INDICATED THEY HAVE A SAFETY PATROL OPERATING I, ACROSS 29TH AVENUE AND POTTER STREET AT THE 29TH AVENUE AND POTTER STREET INTER- SECTION. IT WAS'ALSO STATED THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER Of ACCIDENTS ON 29TH AVENUE I AT ALL THREE INTERSECTIONS. ! IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM AND THAT THE AREA RESIDENTS I ARE CONCERNED, AND THAT SINCE STOP SIGNS MAY ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM, THEY SHOULD I BE TRIED. IT WAS fURTHER SUGGESTED THAT THE PAVING OF CERTAIN UNPAVED STREETS BETWEEN 24TH AND 29TH AVENUES AND HILYARD AND POTTER STREETS WOULD OPEN ADDI- I TIONAL CHANNELS Of TRAffiC fLOW TO HILYARD STREET WHICH MIGHT REDUCE THE PROBLEM I AT,29TH AVENUE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT STOP SIGNS BE INSTALLED STOPPING NORTH/ SOUTH TRAffiC AT ALDER AND HARRIS STREETS AT 29TH AVENUE AND STOPPING EAST/WEST I i TRAffiC ON 29TH AVENUE AT KINCAID STREET. MOTION DEfEATED WITH COUNCILMEN SHEARER, I LAURIS, CHATT AND MOYER VOTING AYE; COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, WILSON, SWANSON Ij AND MAYOR CONE VOTING'NAY. II I IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT A 4-WAY STOP, STOPPING EAST/WEST AND NORTH/SOUTH II TRAFfiC, BE INSTALLED AT 29TH AVENUE AND KINCAID~STREET AND THAT NORTH/SOUTH I TRAffiC ON ALDER AND HARRIS STREETS BE STOPPED AT 29TH AVENUE. THIS RECOMMENDA- I TION WAS AMENDED TO BE EffECTIVE fOR ONE YEAR WITH THE STIPULATION.THAT UNPAVED I STREETS BETWEEN 24TH AND 29TH AVENUES AND HILYARD AND POTTER STREETS BE PAVED DUR- I ING THE NEXT CONSTRUCTION SEASON. ON VOTE THE AMENDMENT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO INSTALL STOP SIGNS AS AMENDED CARRIED WITH COUNCILMEN e MCGAfFEY, WILSON AND SWANSON VOTING NAY. ~I