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r230 e 11/9/59 -- -----~-- ,l r[ - - !I I 9. PETITION fOR PAVING NORTH 200.1 fEET Of ALLEY BETWEEN ORCHARD AND WALNUT j STREETS fROM 15TH AVENUE SOUTH - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEfORE A PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETING BY PETITION SIGNED BY OWNERS Of 50% Of I THE PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND THE COMMITTEE HAD REQUESTED OTHER PROPERTY HOLD- I' I) ERS TO BE CONTACTED TO DETERMINE THEIR WISHES WITH RESPECT TO THE PAVING Of Ii THE ALLEY. COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THE AREA AND TALKED WITH THE?PROPERTY I HOLDER WHO OWNS ONE SIDE Of THE ALLEY AND WHO WOULD BE ASSESSED fOR THE JOB, Ii AND IT WAS INDICATED THAT HE IS NOT IN OPPOSITION TO SUCH PAVING PROJECT. 'I I IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE EXISTING ALLEY IS 20' AS PLATTED AND THERE j\ WAS QUESTION AS TO WHETHER IT SHOULD BE PAVED TO THE 20+ WIDTH OR TO A 14 ' II WIDTH. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE PAVED TO A WIDTH Of 14 ' i' AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. MOTION II CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. \i il 'I 2 10. REQUEST BY MR. ED ZIETS Of EUGENE OIL COMPANY, 410 PEARL STREET, fOR I-HOUR :1 9 AM TO 6 PM PARKING ZONE ON PEARL STREET TO BE EXTENDED TO 4TH AVENUE - COMMITTEE MEMBERS VISITED THE AREA AND fOLLOWING SOME ~ISCUSSION IT WAS RECOM- " e MENDED THAT THE REQUESTED LIMITED PARKING BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- lj MOUSLY. I 3\ II. REQUEST BY UNrVERSITY Of OREGON fOR REDESIGNATION Of CERTAIN PARKING SPACES ON I I ! CITY STREETS fOR EXCLUSIVE PARKING Of SCOOTERS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE DI- RECTOR Of THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON PHYSICAL PLANT REQUESTED THAT CERTAIN AREAS i! Ii I BE DESIGNATED fOR SCOOTER PARKING fN THE VICINITY Of THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON. ,/ I TRAffiC ENGINEER ~EPORTED HE HAD MADE AN INVESTIGATION Of THE REQUEST AND.AGREED II I' TO THE REQUEST WITH SOME VARIATIONS. THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT 'THE ,I fiRST TWO DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE Of KINCAID STREET AND THE ,I I I SOUTH SIDE Of 13TH AVENUE BE REMOVED AND MARKED fOR A SCOOTER PARKING. HE fUR- Ii THER RECOMMENDED THAT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 15TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY I, STREET, ALL BUT THE NORTH .25' Of AN EX I ST I NG NO PARK I NG AREA AT PRESENT DES I G- I, Ii (' NATED BY YELLOW PAINT ON THE EAST CURB Of UNIVERSITY STREET BE REMOVED AND IT tI BE SO MARKED fOR SCOOTER P~RKING; THAT ON THE WEST SIDE Of UNIVERSITY STREET :1 I 11 AT 15TH AVENUE A NO PARKING AREA DESIGNATED BY ~ELLOW PAINT ON THE CURB AND :1 I PAVEMENT IMMEDIATELY SOUTH Of THE SOUTH LINE Of 15TH AVENUE BE REMOVED AND IT BE MARKED fOR SCOOTER PARKING; AND THAT THE NO PARKING ZONE ON THE EAST CURB I, I Of UNIVERSITY STREET WHICH WOULD LIE BETWEEN THE OUTER E~TENDED SIDEWALK LINES II ON T~~ NORTH AND 'SOUTH StDES Of JOHNSON HALL DRIVE BE REMOVED AND DESIGNATED Ii I I,' I fOR SCOOTER PARKING. Ii MR. WEED, REPRESENTING THE DIRECTOR Of THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON PHYSICAL PLANT, j II APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE AND EXPRESSED THE NECESSITY fOR SUCH SCOOTER I I PARKING AND fURTHER INDICATED THE UNIVERSITY IS ENCOURAGING ALL STUDENTS TO I, I I ADOPT SMALLER fORMS Of VEHICULAR TRAVEL TO CONSERVE ON PARKING SPACE. SOME 'I I il , QUESTIONS WERE ALSO RAISED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PROVIDING I I PARKING AREAS fOR SCOOTERS WITHIN THE CONfiNES' Of THE CAMPUS AREA. THE COM- i! I MITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATIONS WITH :1 I, REfERENCE'TO THE DESIGNATION Of SCOOTER PARKING AREAS. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- 1 ~ MOUSLY. I' I II I r IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEMS 7 THROUGH I I Of THE COM- ~ I MITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ., II 4 - 12. DISCUSSION REGARDING UN:rVERSITY Of OREGON PARKING AREAS - COMMITTEE REPRESENTA- II i TIVES INDICATED THERE IS APPARENTLY SOME NEED ON THE PART Of THE UNIVERSITY OF ,II . OREGON TO ADD PARKING AREA fOR AUTOMOBILES AND MADE INQUIRY OF MR. WEED, REPRE- II SENTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON PHYSICAL PLANT, AS TO THE 11 ,I e I' NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AND NUMBER OF' AUTOMOBILES CURRENTLY ON THE CAMPUS. II I MR. WEED INDICATED THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1200 PARKING SPACES AND APPROXI- \1 f MATELY 3000 CARS ON THE CAMPUS AREA. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER REQUEST THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES II 1 fOR AUTOMOBILES AND SCOOTERS IN THEUNIVERSITY AREA If POSSIBLE. MOTION CARRIED, !I COUNCILMEN LAURIS AND WILSON VOTING NAY. II 'I I ITEM 12 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT l. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. .SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT II I BE APPROVEO. MOTION CARRIED, MRS. LAURIS VOTING NAY. II ! 5 13. PETITION TO CHANGE SIDEWALK LOCATION fROM STANDARD TO CURB ON THE EAST SIDE II OF ADAMS STREET fROM 20TH TO 22ND AVENUE - THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDI- I I' CATED A PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED REQUESTING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE SIDEWALK !i LOCAT I ON ON ADAMS STREET BETWEEN 20TH AND 22ND AVENUES ON THE - EAST S I DE Of THE, il STREET. A MAP Of THE AREA WAS SHOWN AND IT WAS INDICATED THERE ARE CERTAIN PROBLEMS IN THE AREA WITH RESPECT TO SIDEWALKS SET BACK fROM THE CURB AND WITH 11 I ,1 RESPECT TO CURB SIDEWALKS. CERTAIN PORTIONS Of THE AREA PRESENT A SERIOUS TOPO- :\ q GRAPHICAL PROBLEM fOR THE INSTALLATION Of SIDEWALKS REMOVED fROM THE CURB, AND II AGAIN IN OTHER AREAS PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE MADE PROVISION fOR SIDEWALKS SET BACK 'I FROM THE CURB AND ARE NOT IN fAVOR Of CURB SIDEWALKS. I, THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED HE DOES NOT NORMALLY BELIEVE IN HAVING !I SIDEWALKS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BACK fROM THE CURB BUT PRESENTED A PROPOSAL 1\ \ WHICH WOULD MEET THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE GROUND AS WELL AS THE DESIRES OF THE JI - I' I Ii I ,I II ~I