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r27'O e 12/28/59 ~ - - ~ .,. . ~ ._-~------.'O-:-.,- .-. -. !l ,. Ii 11 GOING THROUGH THE BUSINESS AREA. HE FURTHER STATED THAT OTHER CITIES HAD :1 I ATTEMPTED TO S~LVE THli PROBLEM WITH BELT LINE ROADS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BYPASS ~ THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR TO LEAD THEM TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, DEPEND I NG UPON THE I R 'i I PREFERENCE. IN THE CASE OF EUGENE THE TRA'FIC IS PRIMA~ILY GENERATED TO THE Ij' WEST AND SOUTH OF EUGENE AND SOME MEANS OF MOVING THE TRAFFIC MUST BE FOUND. ~ '[ I RELATING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDENING PEARL AND HIGH STREETS, THE PLANNING CON- I: SULTANT QUOTED THE STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER IN SAYING THAT IF A PERSON WIDENS A, !I I STREET: WHEN HE IS THROUGH ~E ~AS NOTHING, AND THAT A NEW HIGHWAY IS THE POTENTIAL 'II I ANSWER.' I .1 I 'I I IN THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSION FOUR PLANS OF A PROPOSED TAKEOFF POINT FROM i! II BROADWAY AT APPROXIMATELY MILL STREET WERE PRESENTED. As A PART OF THE PRE- 'i SENTATION IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT ON-GRADE CROSSINGS WERE PROPOSED AT TH1S TIME ~ " ALTHOUGH fOR THE fUTURE IT IS CONTEMPLATED THAT GRADE SEPARATIONS WOULD BE Ii " NECESSARY. ,: I', I W .S.' "M S I e i I TH REfERENCE TO THE TEWART PROPERTY CURRENTL Y BE I NG ACQU I RED BY R. UMMERS, Ii I ON THE BASIS Of THE PREStNTATIO~ IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS THE LEAST : DESIRABLE AS A TAKEOff POINT SINCE IT IS THE MOST DiffiCULT INTERSECTION TO !i I SIGNALIZE FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC' Ii MOVEMENT. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF THE STEWART I PROPERT~ ON WHICH A SERVICE STATIO~ NOW STANDS WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER INTERSECTION r FOR CONNECT ION OF THE PROPOSED EXPRESSWAY TO BROADWAY. ;1 I 'I I FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE CITY ABANDON ANY IDEA OF III PURCHASING THE STEWART PROPERTY AND ON VOTE THE M~TION CARRIED WITH MR. SWANSON I VOTING NAY. t I IT WAS THEN SUGGESTED THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT Of. THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, II II THE REAL ESTATE SPEC I AL I ST ON THE STAFF OF THE UN I VERS I TY Of OREGON BE CONSUL TED Ii WITH REFERENCE TO TH:E PLANNING Of THE PROPOSED EXPRESSWAY. THE CITY MANAGER ALSO ,I' EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY IS NOW CONTEMPLATING A TRAFFIC STUDY BASED ON THE METRO- t I POLITAN AREA WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT A PORTION Of THE STUDY WOULD BE PA1D FROM ~ I THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS FUNDS. IT WAS REITERATED THAT WITH REFERENCE TO THE r .1 - I , EXPRESSWAY NO SPECIAL PLAN HAD BEEN ADOPTED AND THAT THE ITEM IS, UNDER STUDY." \: IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAfFEY THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE r I APPROVED. MOT I ON CARR I ED.. - : I : ( . - I 21 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SWANSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT T~E CITY ATTORNEY DO ~OME RESEARCH i I WORK ON CREAT I NG A FUND TO BE USED FOR fUTURE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY.- MOTl ON CARR I ED. ! I " , r I I' I i i A REPORT OF THE 'COMMITTEE MEETING- HELD, 'DECEMBER 23,1959 Wf!.S SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: :: I J( I "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON :j : AND, S,WANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECOR[)ER;~ DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 'NORKS;' TRAFFIC :1 I I ENGfNEER; CHIEF OF POLICE; FIRE CHIEF; ArR POLL.UTION INSPEC1iOR; ADMINISTRA- ;1 I T I VE Ass I STANT; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REG ISTER-GUARD. ;' 3 I I. REQUEST BY KEMP CONCRETE fOR EXTENS I ON OF CONTRACT COMPlETi ON DATE ON SIDEWALK il I ON 18TH AVENUE fROM LINCOLN TO CHAMBERS STREET - A REQUEST FROM KEMP CO~~RETE I I FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMPLETION OF THE SIDEWALK CONTRACT SINCE POWER I POLES I N THE AREA HAVE NOT BEEN REMOVED BY THE EUGENE' WATER &. ELECTR I C BOARD :I I WAS PRESENTED TO. THE COMMITTEE. THE REQUEST FURTHER STIPULATED THAT THE CON- Ii A I TRACTOR ASKED FOR A TEN DAY PER I OD FOLLOW I NG THE REMOVAL OF THE POLES FROM THE Ii'" ! AREA WHERE THE SID~EWALK IS TO BE INSTALLED. ," ;i t II I THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR INDICATED THAT THE EUGENE WATER &. ELECTRIC BOARD rs )1 I CURRENTL Y WORK I NG ON THE POLE REMOVAL AND RECOMMENDED EXTEN'S JON. THE COMMITTEE 1"1' RECOMMENDED THE EXTENSION BE GRANTED. MOTION CARRIE~ UNANIMOUSLY. 4 II 2. REQUEST TO INSTALL CLOCK IN CITY SIDEWALK AREA ON NORTH SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE BE- ,II , TWEEN OAK AND WEST PARK STREETS - I TWAS EXPLA I NED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RE- 'I CEIVED FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL fiRM OF WILMSEN & ENDI~OTT fOR ~ERMISSION T~ IN- I STALL A CLOC'K FORMERLY LOCATED ON THE U; S. NATIONAL BANK BUILDING AT 8TH AVENUE !! AND WILLAMETTE STREET IN THE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE NORTH SIDE Of 8TH AVENUE ,i BETWEEN OAK STREET AND WEST PARK STREET. ON THE BASI S OF THE PLAN PRESENTED THE Ii I STEEL COLUMN TO WHICH THE CLOCK WOULD BE ATTACHED WOULD PROJECT APPROXIMATELY I TWO FEET INTO THE PRESENT STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT WAS 'ASKED THAT PERMISSION BE I: GIVEN TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE STRUCTURE TO HOLD THE CLOCK IN THE ! I LOCATION ABOVE CITED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE INSTALLATION Of THE, )1 CLOCK WITH THE NEC,ESSARY POLE BE AUTHORIZED IN THE LOCATION STATED. MOTION' :1 I CARRIED UNANIMOUS(Y. I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEMS I AND 2 OF THE COMMITTEE RE- !I PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION tARRIED. ~ ,I I! /U I' :: - :1 I ' ~j