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<br /> " S I DE STREET AND LOCATION
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<br /> :1 ARTERIAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SIGN I
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<br /> ,I HILYARD STREET ~TH PLACE (WESTBOUND) NORTHEAST CORNER
<br /> (EASTBOUND) SOUTHWEST CORNER 1:
<br /> 40TH AVENUE PEARL STREET (NORTHBOUND) SOUTEAsT CORNER
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<br /> 40TH AVENUE HIGH STREET (SOUTHBOUND) SOUTHEAST CORNER "
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<br /> 40TH AVENUE HIGH STREET (SOUTHBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER
<br /> 40TH AVENUE DONALD STREET (NORTHBOUND) SOUTHEAST CORNER "
<br /> ( SOUTHBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER
<br /> 40TH AVENUE MILL STREET (SOUTHBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER
<br /> 40TH AVENUE FERRY STREET (NORTHBOUND) SOUTHEAST CORNER ':
<br /> (SOUTHBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER "
<br /> FR I ENDl Y STREET 27TH AVENUE (EASTBOUND) SOUTHWEST CORNER ,
<br /> i; (WESTBOUND) NORTHEAST CORNER !;
<br /> POLK STRE ET 17TH AVENUE (EASTBOUND) SOUTHWEST CORNER
<br /> CHAMBERS STREET 19TH AVENUE (WESTBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER
<br /> CHAMBERS STREET 22ND AVENUE (WESTBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER I'
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<br /> CHAMBERS STREET 25TH AVENUE (EASTBOUND) SOUTHWEST CORNER
<br /> e WILLAMETTE STREET 38TH AVENUE (EAST BOUND SOUTHWEST CORNER
<br /> 24TH AVENUE PEARL STREET (SOUTHBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER ,
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<br /> WI LLA~ TTE STREET PORTLAND STREET (SOUTHBOUND) NORTHWEST CORNER ':
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<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THE INsTALLATI~N OF STOP SIGNS AT THE ABOVE LOCATIONS.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. :'
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<br /> I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4 OF TI-E COMMITTEE REPORT BE ,
<br /> , MOTION CARRIED. "
<br /> " APPROVED.
<br /> I 5. CONSIDERATION OF CHANGE OF COMMITTEE MEETING OATES IN LIEU OF NOVEMBER 17 AND NOVEMBER 24, "
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<br /> 1960, NORMAL MEETING TIMES - IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNCIL WILL MEET ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ::
<br /> 17 AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 IS THANKSGIVING DAY, AND INQUIRY WAS MADE OF THE COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER II
<br /> ~ A MEETING SHOULD BE HELD ON THE 17TH AND IF IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO MOVE THE 24TH DATE TO NOVEMBER
<br /> ~ 23RD. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMITTEE SESSION ON NOVEMBER 17TH BE DISPENSED WITH, AND
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<br /> C'J THAT THE NORMAL COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 24TH, BE MOVED AHEAD ONE DAY
<br /> ~ TO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I,
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<br /> c:o IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR 1,5 THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 2 6. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS TO TRAFFIC PATTERN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA - THE CITY
<br /> MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WERE 'IN TOWN AS OF :
<br /> THIS DATE, MAKING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, AND HE REQUESTED THAT A ONE WEEK POST- ,
<br /> PONEMENT BE ALLOWED SO THAT THEIR STUDIES MIGHT BE MADE KNOWN.
<br /> REPRESENTATIVES fROM CERT~ N BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS LOCATED GENERALLY ON WILLAMET~ STREET
<br /> SOUTH OF BROADWAY ALSO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND INDICATED THEY BELIEVED THERE WERE CERTAIN
<br /> PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCE TO THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AS NOW EXISTED, ESPECIAlLY WITH REGARD TO NO-LEFT
<br /> TURN MOVEMENTS OFr BROADWAY FOR SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC, BETWEEN CHARNEL TON STREET AND OAK STREET, BOTH
<br /> STREETS INCLUSIVE. MR. KELLOGG OF THE MONTGOMERY WARD COMPANY APPEARED AS A SPOKESMAN FOR THIS
<br /> GROUP AND STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE NO LEFT TURN MOVEMENT PROVISION IsOLA~ED MERCHANTS IN THE
<br /> I SOVffiH W,LLAMETTE AREA, AND SUGGESTED THAT BROADWAY MIGHT BE MADE ONE-WAY WESTBOUND ALONG WITH 8TH
<br /> AVENUE WESTBOUND, WHICH, WITH THE ONE-WAY COUPLET FOR THE HIGHWAY, WOULD GIVE THREE ACCESSES TO THE
<br /> CITY, AND WITH THE THOUGHT THAT 10TH AVENUE MIGHT BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 7TH AND 13TH A\€. NUEs
<br /> AS MEANS OF EGRESS FROM THE HEART or THE elTY THE EAST AND NORTH. THE PROBLEM OF NO LEFT TURNS OFF
<br /> BROADWAY, AS IT RELATES TO CERTAIN PARKING AREAS IN THE 10TH AND OAK AND 10TH AND PEARL STREET AREA
<br /> WAS LIKEWISE DISCUSSED. SOME DISCUSSION WAS LIKEWISE HAD ON THE POSslBIL ITY OF A MALL BEING INSTITUTED
<br /> ON BROADWAY FOR ALL OR SOME PART OF THE AREA BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND OAK STREETS, AND THE EFFECT THIS i,
<br /> MIGHT HAVE ON TRAFFIC IF IT WERE SO INSTALLED. .
<br /> e I TWAS SUGGESTED THAT REPRESENTAT I VES OF THE CITY AND THE VAR 10US MERCHANTS MEET TOGETHER 1]7(I)1"li
<br /> DETERMINE IF THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO
<br /> THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN'THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
<br /> WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC AND SHOPPING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SOME CONCERN ALSO WAS EXPRESSED
<br /> CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE DEMOLISHMENT OF THE HOFFMAN HOTEL DURING THE HOLIDAY RUSH SEASON. COUNCIL-
<br /> MAN WILSON SUGGESTED THAT AN ORDINANCE COMPARABLE TO ONE IN PmTLAND MIGHT BE ENACTED, WHICH BARS THE
<br /> STREETS BEING TORN UP OR BLOCKED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. No FORMAL
<br /> ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS MATTER.
<br /> I T WAS MOVE 0 BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOT! ON CARR I ED. "
<br /> REPORT OF COMMITTEE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 10 , 1960 "
<br /> PREseNT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURls, MOLHOLM, McGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER AND SWANSON;
<br /> I COUNCILMEN-ELECT CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF
<br /> PUBLIC WORKS; CHIEF OF PPLICE;,PARKsAND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; LIEUTENANT
<br /> 'SMARTT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; MRS. NIVEN OF THE PLANNING COMMlsION; MRS. FRAZIER OF THE CHAMBER OF
<br /> COMMERCE; MR. JOE RICHARDS; MR. VERNON GLE*YES; MR. FAY BENNETT; MR. DON BoNHAM AND MR. DAN WYANT
<br /> OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; AND WENDY RAY OF RADIO STATION KUGN. COUNCILMAN WILSON WAS ABSENT.
<br /> 3 I. CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS PRO~ECTs, BID OPENING OF NOVEMBER 10 , 1960 - THE DIRECTOR OF ):
<br /> PUBLIC WORKS REVEIWED THE BID OPENING OF NOVEMBER 10, 1960, IN WHICH ONE PAVING PROJECT, ONE s~NITARY
<br /> SEWER PRO~ECT, THREE STORM SEWER PROJECTS AND ELEVEN SIDEWALK PRO~ECTs WERE BID. THE D. RECTOR Of
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