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269~ e 12/28/59 . . ..- ---- .. .. '- .- '.-. ., - . ;1 I \1 Ii d 3.. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN DOG CONTROL ORDINANCE - THE CITY MANAGER I '.' ~ I " READ A REPORT fROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. CONCERNING PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE DOG ,', I q CONTROL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. IN THE REPORT THE CITY ATTORNEY \ q INDICATED HE HAD CONSULTED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LANE HUMANE SOCIETY 'I ~, AND HAD CHECKED ORDINANCES FROM OTHER CITIES WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONTROL OF ,/ I, .' DOGS. II :' I' 00 ~( THE CITY ATTORNEY PROPOSED THAT SECTION 7.39 Of THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EUGENE C'~ : I l': ~~ " BE AMENDED TO INCREASE THE IMPOUNDING fEE COLLECTED BY THE LANE HUMANE SOCIETY C.,), ,I FROM $1.00 TO $3.00, AND fURTHER TO INCREASE THE BOARD FEE fOR DOGS fROM 65~ ,I ro ! PER DAY TO $1.00 PER DAY WITH THE DAY THAT THE DOG IS PICKED UP BEING COUNTED I CO , IN THE OPINION Of THE 1 AS THE fIRST DAY fOR THE PAYMENT Of THE BOARD BILL. CITY ATTORNEY IT WAS BELIEVED THE INCREASES IN THESE IMPOUNDMENT fEES AND Ii BOARD BILL WOULD BE A DETERENT TO DOG OWNERS ALLOWING THEIR DOGS TO RUN AT Ii LARGE. II e II FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM CONCERNING THE INCREASE IN FEES AS WELL I) I AS THE WHOLE Of THE DOG CONTROL PROBLEM, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CODE II , BE AMENDED IN CONfORMANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION II ,I .j CARRIED.UNANIMOUSLY. I I ! 2 4. REPORT ON LIBRARY FEES fROM THE CITY LIBRARIAN - A WRITTEN REPORT fROM THE i I I CITY LIBRARIAN CONCERNING THE VARIOUS fEES BEING CHARGED BY THE EUGENE PUBLIC ill LIBRARY WAS PRESENTED TO EACH MEMBER Of THE COUNCIL PRESENT. No DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS SUBJECT NOR WAS ANY ACTION TAKEN. I 'I I' 3 5. PETITION fOR CURB SIDEWALK ON THt WEST $IDE OF JACKSON STREET fROM 18TH TO :1 ;i 19TH AVENUE - THE ABOVE PETITION WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS il EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS NO TOPOGRAPHICAL PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA !I ; IF CURB SIDEWALKS WERE ALLOWED :1 " AND THAT IT WOULD BE THE ONLY CURB SIDEWALK :1 " 18TH AND 23RD AVENUES. SOME SMALL DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS AND i BETWEEN 'I IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE ITEM BE HELD OVER fOR VIEWING AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE 'I ,I II MEETING. II i ~ : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEMS 3, 4 AND 5 Of THE COM- II " MITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. I I , 1\ 4 , 6. DISCUSSION Of PURCHASE Of RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY AND ON- II 'i 'I GRADE CROSSING AT BROADWAY - THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MESSRS. PAXTON AND II CRANDALL OF THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GAVE CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION !I TO THE PROPOSED SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY WH'I CH WOULD CONNECT WITH BROADW1\Y AT APPROXIMATELY MILL STREET. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES INDICATED THE PLANS AS PRESENTED WHICH WERE BASICALLY AN OffSET INTERSECTION CANNOT I, ii BE MADE TO WORK SINCE THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE BASICALLY TWO T-TYPE INTER- /' SECTIONS JOINED CLOSELY TOGETHER. THEY fURTHER POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE II COMPLETION Of THE fREEWAY TO PORTLAND AND "Q" STREET BETWEEN EUGENE AND II ;,1 II I SPRINGfIELD, THIS INTERSECTI~N WILL BE CARRYING CAPACITY LOADS, AND THE I, " II " ADDITION Of A TAKEOff POINT fOR THE SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY AT THIS LOCA- II j,! ; ~ " TION WOULD MAKE A TRAffIC INTERCHANGE THAT WOULD NOT WORK IN PEAK PERIODS I' ,I " ;1 II '1 AND WOULD fURTHER COMPLICATE AN ALREADY 'COMPLICATED SITUATION IN THE I VICINITY Of THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS AND BRIDGE. Ii .1 II ;1 , IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT SIGNALIZATION Of SUCH AN " INTERSECTION IS THE II Cf BASIC PROBLEM WHICH MAKES THE INTERSECTION IMPRACTICAL. THIS IS DUE TO '.! I THE fACT THAT THE INTERSECTION CANNOT BE SIGNALIZED AS A UNIT BUT WOULD I e I I I HAVE TO BE SIGNALIZED ON A SEGREGATED BASIS. 'IT WAS fURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE INTERCHANGE AS PROPOSED AND THE AREA TO THE NORTH WHERE TRAffIC WOULD NECESSARILY HAVE TO DETERMINE ITS' ROUT I NG TO CROSS THE FERRY STREET Ii BR lOGE 'OR TO P.ROCEED TO 6TH AVENUE IS NOT SUfFICIENTLY WIDE fOR SUCH TRAffIC ,I TO ADEQUATELY MANEUVER. IT WAS fURTHER STATED THAT CONSIDERING THE PRO- Ii POSED 1975 COND I TI ON INCLUDING TRAFFlt COUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 2900 CARS PER ,I ii HOUR WHICH IS 1100 CARS ABOVE THE THEORETICAL PRACTICAL CAPACITY OF THE INTER- II SECTI ON Of 1800 CARS PER HOUR IT WAS THE OPINION Of THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT )1 REPRESENTATIVES THAT THIS INTERSECTION SHOULD BE MOVED TO SOME OTHER LOCA- II II TION ALTHOUGH THEY WERE UNABLE TO STATE AT WHAT POINT IN THEIR OPINION THE Ij SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY MIGHT ENTER THE EXISTING HIGHWAY ON BROADWAY. I' II THE PLANNING CONSWLTANT THEN STATED THE CASE AS HE SAW IT, INDICATED HE II APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE INTERSECTION WAS OVERBURDENED, BUT THAT IN ,I II THE TRAffIC COUNTS WHICH HE HAD RECEIVED fROM THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DE- ,i I PARTMENT, THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION HAD THE LEAST TRAffiC fLOW ON IT Of 11 I ANY PART Of THE EXISTING HIGHWAY fOUND BETWEEN WALNUT STREET AND JEFfERSON II II I STREET. HE FURTHffiQUESTIONED THE FACT THAT THE TRAFFIC CANNOT BE HANDLED II " c\ I N THE AREA NOW AND WONDERED HOW I T WOULD BEPOSS I BLETO CONT I N'UE TO HANDLE I 'i SUCH TRAFFIC ON CITY STREETS OF TWO LANES. J' I I 'I IN STATING THE CASE FOR THE SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY INTERSECTION AT BROAD- I ~l WAY AND MILL, THE PLANNING CONSULTANT INDICATED THAT 40% OF THE TRAVELERS WISH I ~ . \ :\ " TO TRAVEL fROM THE WILLAKENZIE AREA TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY WITHOUT I e t ~l I .1 II I II :! :1 \'f II....