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~14' - 'I e 4/10/61 STARTED; HOWEVER, HE FEELS IT WILL BE POSSLBLE TO BEGIN REMODELING OF THE BUILDING TO A #-PLEX IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE EXTENSION BE GRANTED AS REQUESTED TO ALLOW THE PETITIONER TO BEGIN THE REMODELING PROJECT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II ;i Ii I I II II IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURis SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 2 OF THE'COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3 . REPORT' ON PROPOSED ONE-WAY COUPLET WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON STREETS' FROM C~l\RK TO 13TH i; A REpORT WAS READ BY THE CITY MANAGER WHICHPOINTEDOUT THAT IN' OCTOBER THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE TENTATIVE APPROVAL, T~ A' PLAN ~HICH WOULD CHANGE WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS FROM TWO-WAY STREETS TO A ONE-WAY COUPLET. . FINAL APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION,.SHOULD NOW BE GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL so THAT'THE NECESSARY CHANGES AND iMPROVEMENTS CAN BE pLACED'INTO EFFECT. THE CITY MANAGER POINTED OUT THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF"THE STATE HIGHWAY'DEPART:" MENT HAD BEEN CONSULTED, AND THEY CONCURRED WITH THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. FURTHER,' THAT THE WASHINGTON AND JEFfERSON ONE-WAY COUPLET WOULD TIE IN WITH THE PROPOSED, INTERSTATE 105 HIGHWAJ. M~~S' AND PLANS WERE DISPLAYED OUTLINING THE VARIOUS CHANGES. THE MAJOR CHANGES INCLUDE THE CHANGING OF THE DIRECTIONAL FLOW OF TRAfFic ON WASHINGTON STREET fROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH CLARK AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION'W',TH 13TH' AVENUE TO ONE~WAY NORTH- BOUND. ALSO ~HANGING THE DIRECTIO~AL FLOW'OF TRAfFIC ON JEFFERSON STREET ~ROM ITS INTER- SECTION' WITH CLARK AVENUE TO ITS INTERSECT10N WITH 13TH AVENVE TO ONE-WAY SOOT~BOuN6. STOP SIGNS WOULD BE PLACED SO THAT TRAFFIC ROSSING ANY OF THE 'INTERSECTIONS ON. JEFFERSON AND WASHINGTON STREETS WOULD HAVE TO STOP' FOR TRAFFIC MOVI~G ON WASHINGTON AN~ JE~FERSON STREETS, THE: ONLY.EXCEPTION BEING AT INTERSECTIONS ~HERE TRAfFIC SIGNALS ARE INSTALLED. A TRAFFIC DIVIDER WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE CORNER OF RAIUROAD BOULEVARD AND. VANBuREN STREET TO DI~COURAGE SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT' OF TRAFFIC, ALTHOU~H SOUTHBOUND TRAF~IC WOULD STILL BE PERMITTED AT THIS INTERSECTION; NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC AT THIS INTERSECTION WOULD HAVE TO STOP, A STOP SIGN TO BE INSTALLED. A TRAFFIC SEPARATOR WOULD ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE CORNE~ OF 13T~ A~ENUE AN~ JEFFERSON STREET, AND THE ~~ESENT SIGNAL RELOGATED. " e I IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED .THAT 5TH AVENUE BE MADE A THROUGH STREET FROM BLAIR BOULEVARD TO JEFFERSON STREET' 'AND FROM WASH I NGT'ONSTREET TO H rGH 'S'TREET. 'THE COMM I TTEE 'RECOMMENDED - . - - - THE REPORT, AS PHESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT'THAT ITEM 3 OF THE ,COMMITTEE REPORT BE A'PPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 4. VOTERS PAMPHLET STATEMENTS - STATEMENTS FOR PRESENTATION IN THE VO~ERS' PAMPHLET W~RE READ TO THE COMMITTEE FAVORING THE CITY HALL BOND ISSUE, THE PARKS DEVELOPMENT SERIAL LEVY AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES ~ALARY LEVY. A STATEMENT WAS ALSO READ SEEKING VOTER RE- JECTION OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT 'CONCERNING 'EXPRESS'WAYS. No ACT.ION WAS TAKEN 'ON 'THIS" ITEM. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTEN"Se:'N THAT THE COUNCIL ENDORSE THE STATEMENT'S AS PRE- PARED FOR THE VOTERS' PAMPHLET. MOTION CARRIED. 3 5. PAVING GRANT STREET FROM 11TH TO 13TH, CURB CUTS FOR HALL HEAVY HAULING AND HIRSC~~YS A PETITION WAS PRESENTED TO'TtlE,COMMITTEE CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF. 55% OF T,HE ABUTTING PROPERTY ON, THIS STREET. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS PETITION 'HAD BEEN PRE- SENTED EARLIER 'BUT H'ELD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE WEST SIDE TRUNK SEWER WAS' CONSlI7RUC.TED THROUGH TH I S PORT I ON .oF THE STREET. THE DEPARTl'1ENT, OF PUBL I C WORKS I SNOW AGA I N_ 'PR'e:SENT- I NG THE PET I T ION, AND THE 01 RECTOR OF PUBL I'C WORKS SUGGE'STS THAT THE SECT ION OF GRANT STREET FROM 11TH TO 12TH AVENUE BE PAVED TO A WIDTH OF 42 FEET AND THE SECTIO~ BETWEEN 12TH AND j3TH AVENUES B~ ~AVED 36 FEET IN. WIDTH. ,HE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE SE~- TION BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUES IS PAVED TO A WIDTH OF 36 FEET. CONSIDERABLE OIS- CUSSION WAS HELD BY THE COMMITTEE WHETHER THE STREET SHOULD BE PAVED TO 42 FEET WfDTH THE ENTIRE TWO BLOCKS, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT GRANT STREET FROM 11TH TO 13TH AVENUE BE !AVED TO A WIDTH OF 42 FEET AND THAT FUNDS BE;BUDGETED FOR CITY PARTICIPATION IN THE AMOUNT WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RETURN THE STREET TO THE SAME ~NDITIDN ASBEfORE THE WEST SIDE TRUNK SEWER CONSTRUCTION EARLIERLAST, FALL; THIS AMOUNT OF CITY PARTICIPAT.lON . ' WOULD DEFER THE ASSESSMENT FOR OWNERS OF ABUTT.ING PROPERTY. I - Two REQUESTS FOR OVERLENGTH CURB CUTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED, THE FIRST BY HALL HEAVY HAULING FOR A CURB CUT Of 83'. T~J TRAFFIC ENGINEER 20-30' C-URB CUTS CENTERED ON THE TWO 16' ENT~ANCES TO HALL'S SHOPS FOR THEIR OPERATION AND MANEUVERING OF TRUCKS. BEING A REQUEST RECOMMENDED THAT TWO .'. . SHOULD BE ADEQUATE- THE SECO~D REQUEST FOR A CURB'CUT WAS FROM,HIRS~HEY'S FURNITURE & ApPLIANCE FOR AN OVERLENGTH CURB CUT OF 160'. THE TRAfF I C ENG I NEER RECOMMENDED THEY BE ALLOWED ON.E 35-50' CURB CUT., HE POINTED OUT THAT'll WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT HIRSCHEY'S' DO. ALL THEIR LOADING AND UNLOADING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING AT TWO EXISTING DOORS, AND THAT ONE 35-50' .CURB CUT CENTERED ON THESE TWO DOORS SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE NEEDS. I MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE POINTED OUT THAT IF SIDEWALKS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE AREA, LARGER~URB CUTS THAN THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WOULD ENCOURAGE~HE OPERATORS Of TRUCKS TO PARK PERPEND I CULAR TO THE STREET AND THE TRUCKS W,DULD EXTEND OVER THE SIDEWALKS. i ':\, THE' COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT HAUL'S BE ALLOWED TWO 30' CURB CUTS, AND HIRSCHEYS, ONE 30-50' CURB CUT UNTIL A NEED FOR A SECOND 30' CURB CUT IS SHOWN AT THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING FRONT Of A LARGE DOOR WHICH APPEARS TO BE SEALED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. - ~'