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<br /> ~ i~ REQUESTED BY LETTER THAT SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED ALONG EAST AMAZON DRIVE BETWEEN POTTER STREET A~
<br /> I " DI LLARD ROAD. THE LETTER INDICATED THAT THE SAFETY COMMITTEE OF T~ PTA BELIEVES THIS A VERY HAZAR-
<br /> DOUS WALK ROUTE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT TRANSPORTED TO THE SCHOOL BY BUS. "
<br /> IN THIS DISCUSSION ON . ",
<br /> THIS MATTER, SOME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED REGARDING THE POSSIBLE PAVING PROGRAM;,
<br /> FOR EAST AMAZON DRIVE, AND IT WAS INDICATED IT WAS IN THE 10 YEAR PROGRAM, BUT WOULD PROBABLY OCCUR :1
<br /> LATE IN THE PROGRAM. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCTED AS INDICATED ABOVE.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> I 6. REPORT FROM THE MAYOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - MR. JOE RICHARDS, REPRESmfflNG THE
<br /> MAYOR'S SAFETY COMMITTEE, APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS A SAFETY PROGRAM WHICH IS BEING
<br /> RECOMMENDED BY THE MAYOR'S SAFETY COMMITTEE. THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE THE PAINTING or LINES ON THE
<br /> IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA, THE LINES TO BE DELINEATED ON THE CORNERS, TO "
<br /> SIDEWALKS AT INTERSECTIONS
<br /> SHOW 'EDEsTRIANS DANGER AREAS WHILE THEY ARE WAITING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THESE
<br /> LINES MIGHT BE PAINTED ON THE CORNERS OF INTERSECTIONS WHERE PEDESTRIANS WAIT FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO
<br /> CHANGE, FROM 6TH AVENUE TO 13TH AVENUE, AND FROM OAK STREET TO OLIVE STREET. IT WAS ALSO 1NDICATED
<br /> e THAT THE SAFETY COMMITTEE PROPOSES TO FURNISH THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLY THE LABOR TO I'NSTALL SUCH
<br /> LINES.
<br /> SOME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY CONFLICT OF SUCH SIDEWALK MARKINGS WITH
<br /> THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT UNIFORM MARKING SPECIFICATIONS. IT WAS INDICATED IT WAS NOT BELIEVED THERE
<br /> WERE ANY CONFLICTS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY LINES AT CORNERS
<br /> ON A TRIAL BASIS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURls THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTIGN CARRIED.
<br /> 2 7. REPORT REGARDING POSSIBLE LOCATION OF THE EUGENE MISSION IN THE VICINITY OF 5TH AND WILLA-
<br /> METTE STREET - IT WAS INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME EXPRESSION THAT THE EUGENE MISSION, FORMER-
<br /> LY LOCATED AT 623 W,LLAMETTE STREET, PROPOSES TO RELOCATE IN A BUILDING LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
<br /> ~ Of 5TH AND WILLAMETTE STREET, ANDPTHAT SOME BUSINEssESS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS TO
<br /> en THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCil OBJECTING TO SUCH PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE MISSION. IT WAS ALSO
<br /> C\J POINTED OUT THAT,THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT THESE MATTERS COME BEFORE THE
<br /> ~ PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A HEARING AND DETERMINATI~ AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF lOCATING IN THE DOWN-
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<br /> TOWN AREA.
<br /> 00 SOME COMMENTS WERE HAD ON THIS sUB~ECT, I N WH I C H IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM
<br /> Of LOCATION OF ORGANIZATIONS Of THIS TYPE, AND THAT THIS lOCATION WAS GOOD AND APPARENTLY THE PRICE
<br /> WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE MISSION. FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER BE
<br /> SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR ACTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURls THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> , APPROVED. ROLLC ALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 3 i: 8. CONsIOCRATION OF TRAFFIC,PATTERN ADJUSTMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA - THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED'
<br /> A REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH HE INDICATED THAT THIS MATTER HAD BEEN RESTUDIED BY CITY PERSONNEL
<br /> AND, IN ADDITION, ADVICE OF THE O~GON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN ASKED, AND THAT THE FOLLOW- I,
<br /> ING CONCLUSIONS HAD BEEN REACHED:
<br /> ( I ) WITH THE PRESENT 6TH AND 7TH AND 11TH AND 12TH AVENUE ONE-WAY COUPLET, BROADWAY SHOULD
<br /> I REMAIN A TWO-WAY STREET, RECOGNIZING THAT IT WILL NEVER BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING THROUGH TRAFfiC
<br /> RAPIDLY.
<br /> (2) LEAVE, BUT CONTINUE TO STUDY, THE SCRAMBLE SYSTEM, AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER THE CHRISTMAS
<br /> SEASON. IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE SCRAMBLE SYSTEM WOULD GIVE VEHICLE TRAFFIC AN ADDI-
<br /> TIONAL 10 SECONDS TO MOVED IN EITHER DIRECTION. HOWEVER, THE HIGH VOLUME OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC,
<br /> PARTICULARLY DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY MAKE THIS AN UNSAFE AND UNPOPULAR MOVE.
<br /> (3 ) IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRGREsslON ,PATTERN WITH A 60 SECOND CYCLE, WITH BROADWAY "
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<br /> PROGRESSION TIMED FROM EAST TO WEST.
<br /> e (4) REMOVE THE LEFT-TD9N REsTRICTI~s AT BR~DWAY AND CHARNELTON.
<br /> (5) CONT IN UE TO INSTALL TANDEM-PAIR P~KING, WITH SUCH PARKING TO BE INSTALLED ON BROADWAY FIRST.
<br /> , ~e~SONs FOR NOT RECOMMENDING THE CHANGE OF BROADWAY TRAFFIC FLOW FROM EAST TO WEST ARE:
<br /> (I) TRAFFIC ENTERING THE CITY FROM THE WEST, INCLUDING RIVER ROAD TRAFFIC, WOULD BE FORCED TO
<br /> USE 7TH OR 10TH AVENUE AND 7TH AVENUE IS ALREADY OVERLOADED.
<br /> ( 2) IT WOULD NOT ELIMINATE THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY AROUND-THE-BLOCK MOVEMENTS ENTIRELY.
<br /> (3 ) THE REMOVAL OF THE LEFT TURN RESTRICTIONS ON OTHER BROADWAY INTERSECTIONS SHOULD RECEIVE
<br /> MORE STUDY, WITH THE POSSIBILITY THM TURNS MIGHT BE PERMITTED ON OFF-PEAK HOURS. IN ORDER THAT
<br /> THIS MIGHT BE ACCOMPLISHED, IT WOULD REQUIRE OVERHEAD, ILLUMINATED SIGNS, AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED,
<br /> THAT COULD BE SEEN FROM SOME DIsT~NCE. )1
<br /> (4) AT THIS TIME IT IS DIFF~CULT TO TELL THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THEffiEsENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS, SINCE :1
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<br /> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN EFFECT FOR LONG ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THEM I'
<br /> (5) IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM HAS UNDESIRABLE FEATURES; HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT
<br /> THIS IS THE BEST OF THE APPARENT ALTERNATIVES.
<br /> IN THE DISCUSSION ON THIS, IT WAS INDICATED THE CITY SHOULD INSTALL TANDEM PARKING AS RAPIDLY
<br /> I AS POSSIBLE, THN THE QUESTION OF TRAFFIC ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES SHOULD BE RELIVED SOMEWHAT BY THE
<br /> OPENING OF THE FREEWAY, AND THERE WAS NO OB~ECTION TO THE REMOVAL OF THE NO-LEFT TURN MOVEME~ OFF
<br /> BROADWAY TO CHARNElTON. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS REPORT.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTI~G AYE, MOTI~ CARRIED. ::
<br /> 4 9. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS RECEIVED ON CITY HALL PROPERTY - IT WAS REPORTED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN
<br /> OPENED ON NOVEMBER 9, 1960 AT 2:00 P.M. FOR THE SALE OF THE EXISTING CITY HALL PROPERTY LOCA~D AT "
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<br /> e THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET, AND THAT ONE BID HAD
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