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<br /> BE ACCEPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> I 6. REQUEST FOR CLOSURE OF COLUBMIA STREET, ENTERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - A~TING .1
<br /> PRESIDENT JONES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND MR. LINDSTROM OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY I'
<br /> APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO REQUEST THAT COLUMBIA STREET BE ~AtATED FROM 15TH AVENUE ,I
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<br /> TO A POINT 330 FEET NORTH OF 15TH AVENUE~. < IN THE PRESENTATION, DEAN JONES AND MR. LINDSTROM POINTED I'
<br /> asr THAT THE UN I VERS I TY PROPOSES TO BUILD A NUMBER or NEW DORM I TOR I ES IN THIS GENERAL AREA, AS WELL II
<br /> AS AREAS TO THE EAST ANO THAT THiS GENERAL PROGRAM HAS MET WITH THE APRROVAL OF THE OREGON STATE "
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<br /> BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SUBJECT TO ACTION BY THE CITY AND SPECIFICALLY IN ORDER TO BUILD DORMI- 'i
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<br /> IN THE AREA BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND Moss AND BETWEEN 15TH AVENUES, I'
<br /> TORIES 14TH AND TO MEET THE TIME Ii
<br /> SCHEDULE W8~CH APPARENTLY IS REQUIRED, T'HATCONSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN ONTHIS BY JUNE I , 1961 FOR OCCU- :1
<br /> PANCY BY SPETMEBER, 1962. Ii
<br /> IN THE DISCUSSION, SOME COMMENT WAS ALSO MADE REGARDING POSSIBLE LETTER OF INTENT FOR THE
<br /> OPENING OF 18TH AveNUE BETWEEN AGATE: AND VILLARD STREETS. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AREA ;1
<br /> ~AS ALSO HAD, WHICH INCLUDED THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS PROPOSED TO BE BUILT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OPEN Ii
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<br /> I SPACES BETWEEN THE: BUILDINGS AND OTHER SIMjLAR ITEMS. FOLLOW I f'<<i THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED Ii
<br /> THAT THE REQUES[ED V~CATION OF COlUB~ASTREET FROM 15TH AVENUE TOA POINT 330 FEET NORTH OF 15TH I'
<br /> AVENUE BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO A REPORT ,AND APPROVAL OF THE PUBL I CWORKS D I RECTOR WITH RE FERENCE TO Ii
<br /> SEWER I NSTALLAT ION S IN 'TH I S AREA.' THE MOTION WAS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. e
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<br /> FOLLOWING THIS ACTION, SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD WITH REFERENCE TO SEWERS INTO THIS AREA AND <i
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<br /> THE POSSIBLE RUJIREMENT FOR ADlillllTlONAL TRUNK LINES BECUASE OF THE HIGH DENSITY POPULATION IN THE :1
<br /> AREA. IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THiT A STUDY BE MADE ~F ALL PROBLEMS ~HICH AFFECT BOTH THE CITY AND THE
<br /> UNIVERSITY INCLUDING THE SEWERS, TRAFFIC FLOWS, AND ALL OTHER ITEMS TO BE MADE BY CITY AGENCIES,
<br /> INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT A REPORT OF SUCH STUDY BE GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL. MOTION
<br /> CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I
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<br /> , SOME OISCUSSION OF STREET CLOSURES IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA WAS HAD, WHICH INCLUDED THE
<br /> RECOMMENDATION OF THE FIRE CHREF TH~ NO STREETS BE CLOSED, THE QUESTION OF OFF-STREET PARKING, WHICH
<br /> UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES 'INDICATE-D WAS :PLANNED FOR DORMITORIES,-AN'D ,SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION ON -THE
<br /> NECESSITY FOR STREET CLOSURES FOR UNIVERSITY BUILDING PURPOSES.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SE:CONOED BY MRS. L~RIS THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED, MR~ McGAFFEY VOTI~ NO.
<br /> 2 , 7. REPORT ON -THE TRAFFIC PATTERN,INTHE DOWNTOWN AREA -, TH~ CITY MANAGER REPORTED,THAT
<br /> PURSUANT TO THE COUNCIL'S EXP~SSED WISH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STAFF, OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE
<br /> DOWNtOWN MERCHANTS HAD MET TO DISCUSS THE TRA~FIC PATTERN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THAT THIS COMMITTEE
<br /> WAS RECOMMENDING THAT BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE TRAFFIC PATTERNS BE CHANGED.
<br /> SPECIFICALLY, THE COMMITTEE RECdMMENDS THAT BROADWAY BE ESTABLISHED AS A ONE-WAY STREET
<br /> EAST BOUND BETWEEN LINCOLN AND PEARL STREETS, At{) THAT BROADWAY BE A TWO-WAY STREET BETWEEN PEARL AND
<br /> HIGH STREET, AND TJ;lAT 10TH :AVENUE BECOME A: TWO-WAY STREET FROM LINCOLN TO HIGH STREET.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS RECOMMENDATION ANO RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN
<br /> AREA TRAFFIC, AS POINTED OUT A~OVE, BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE COMM I TTEE ALS 0
<br /> RECOMMENDED THAT ,THIS SYSTEM BE INSTITUTED IMMEDIATELY.
<br /> VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE WITH REGARD TO THE SCRAMBLE-AMBLE SYSTEM, At{) COUNC I,LMAN
<br /> MOLHOLM SUGGESTED THAT A ,STUDY BE MADE REGARDING SCRAMBLE-AMBLE ON 8TH AND WILLAMET1EAND,8TH AND
<br /> PLI VE STREETS. DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE USE IN SOLVING
<br /> :THE DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION HAD ONEE
<br /> RECOMMENDED THAT UOTH AND I ~T~ AVENUES BECOME A ONE-WAY COUPLET~ WH1CH WOULD R~VERSE THE TRAFFIC ON I
<br /> II TH AVENUE AND MAKE 10TH AVENUE A ONE-WAY STREET WESTBOUND. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS APPARENT IN THIS
<br /> IS THE MOVEMENT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC INTO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT WAS MADE
<br /> REGARDING THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF SCRAMBLE-AM~LE AT,BRGtlDWAY AND OAK STREET. THE ,COMMI1TEE
<br /> RECOMMENDED THAT A STUDY BE MADE OF SCRAMBLE-AMBLE AT 8TH AND WILLAMETTE, 8TH AND OAK, AND BROADWAY
<br /> AND OAK STREETS, AND THAT- -A RECOMMENDAT ION BE MAOE FOR SUCH INTERSECTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY"
<br /> COUNCILMAN MOYER INDiCATED AT THIS POINT THAT THE TRkFFIC OFF THE DOWN RAMP OF T~ FERRY
<br /> STREET BRIDGE NOW PROVESSTHAT TRAFFIC IS STILL A PROBLEM ON 6TH ANO 7T~AvENUES AND SUGGESTED THAT
<br /> PARKING BE REMOVED FROM THESE STREETS, AT LEAST DURING THE MORNING AND EYENING RUSH HOUR PERIODS. e
<br /> No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS SUGGESTION.
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<br /> IT WAS THEN MOVED ay MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS,THAT'ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE
<br /> REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> I NIVEN Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORTED ON
<br /> 31 8. DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, MRS.
<br /> ,A VARIANCE RECENTLY GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL, ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH sibE OF 18TH AVENUE AT
<br /> PIERCE STREET, AND IMOICAT~D THAT SOME PROBLEMS WERE ST~,LL APPARENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. SHE
<br /> FURTHER INDICATEI!)) THAT SUCH A'VA,Rr:ANCE HAD BEEN APPROVE,D .OVER THE RECOMMENOATlo.I OF THE PLANNING I,
<br /> COMMISSION, AND THAT IT NOW APPEARS THAT ABUTTINQ PROPERTY ow~eRS DID NOT DESIRE THAT SUCH A VARIANCE 'I
<br /> BE APPROVED. ,No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS REPORT.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 4 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED A PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK ON EAST I
<br /> BROADWAY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK ?TREETS, AND THAT THIS PETITION HAD BEEN REfERRED TO THE TRAFFIC
<br /> ENGINEER FOR STUDY AND REPORT AT A LATER TIME. No FORMAL ACTlrnWAS TAKEN ON THIS MATTER~
<br /> REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
<br /> 5 REPORTSB~ THE PLANNING COMMISSION - RE: REZONING PETITION SUBMITTED BY JOHN SKILLERN ON
<br /> PROPERTY LOCATED ON COBURG ROAD.
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