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35'3 ,.., e 7/22/63 --------_..__._--~-- -"-'-.__'_'_-'_'_-,--~-_.- _._-----~_..__. ---._-------._._--,_._._-_.,-_._~._..- ---_._._~ ~ I 2. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT - JULY 15, 1963 I A. VARIANCE fOR USED CAR LOT 760 EAST BROADWAY, ELLIOTT (No.63-110) - THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPRQVAL. 00 'l'""'" MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOM- ~ MENDATION fOR APPROVAL Of THE VARIANCE. MOTION CARRIED. IT ......... ;:c; 2 B. REZONING TO R-3G 3190 WILLAMETTE, HAWTHORNE (No.63-118) - THE :c PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOM- MENDATION fOR DENIAL Of THE REZONING. MOTION CARRIED. e 3 3. PETITION fOR PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN FERRY AND PATTERSON, 17TH TO 18TH, 24.5% - MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN THAT THE REQUEST fOR PAVING B E DENIED. MOTION CARRIED. I 4 4. CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUEST, TRANSWESTERN INVESTORS - THE CITY MANAGER PRE- SENTED A REQUEST fROM TRANSWESTERN INVESTORS fOR THE EXTENSION Of A CONTRACT fOR PAVING STREETS IN STRAYER AND GAY ACRES ADDITIONS. THE MANAGER RECOM- MENDED DENIAL Of THIS REQUEST SINCE THE REQUEST INCLUDED THE PAVING Of ONE- HALf Of A CUL-DE-SAC SINCE THE OTHER HALf HAD NOT BEEN DEDICATED. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CRAKES THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 5. FAA LEASE, AIRPORT ADMINf,STRATION BUILDING - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THE RENEGOTIATION Of A 10-YEAR LEASE WITH FAA fOR SPACE IN THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THE NEW LEASE WOULD COVER A TOTAL Of 2,023 SQ. fT. 1,438 SQ.FT. Of THIS AREA IS "RENT fREE" EXCEPT fOR UTILITY AND MAINTENANCE COSTS IN RETURN fOR PARTICIPATION IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THE UTILITY COSTS ON THE 1,438 SQ.fT. WOULD BE $1.22 PER SQ.FT. IN THE NEW LEASE, AND THE ADDITIONAL AREA Of 585 SQ. fT. WOULD BE LEASED AT $3.52 PER SQ. fT. FOR A TOTAL~YEARLY LEASE Of $3,813.56. UNDER THE PRESENT LEASE THE CITY RECEIVES $2,238.75 PER YEAR. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE NEW LEASE. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE THE NEW FAA LEASE. MOTION CARRIED. 6 6. TRAfFIC CONTROL, 22ND AND FRIENDLY - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER AND A PETITION fROM 38 CITIZENS INDICATING CONCERN fOR THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN CROSSING FRIENDLY STREET AT 22ND AVENUE GOING TO AND fROM ADAMS SCHOOL. THIS LETTER REQUESTED A LIGHT SIGNAL AT FRIENDLY I STREET AND 22ND AVENUE, A SCHOOL PATROL SYSTEM IN ADAMS SCHOOL, AND SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS IN THE VICINITY Of ALL SCHOOLS. THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE CROSSWALKS HAD BEEN PAINTED AND THAT ADDITIONAL WARNING SIGNS HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE STREETS SURROUNDING ADAMS SCHOOL. HE fURTHER STATED THAT HE AGREED THAT A SCHOOL BOY PATROL AT ADAMS SCHOOL WAS DESIRABLE. THE CITY MANAGER SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BY MOTION ADDRESS A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOMMENDING THAT A SCHOOL BOY PATROL BE ESTAa ISHED AT e ADAMS SCHOOL SINCE THE TRAfFIC IN THE AREA DOES NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT A LIGHT INSTALLATION AT THAT INTERSECTION. MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT A LETTER BE WRITTEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOMMENDING THAT A SCHOOL BOY PATROL BE ESTABLISHED AT ADAMS SCHOOL. MOTION CARRIED. 7 7, TRAffiC CONTROL, 22ND AND ALDER - THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT HIS OFFICE HAD RECEIVED A PETITION SIGNED BY 20 RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF 22ND AND ALDER REQUESTING THE INSTALLATION Of STOP SIGNS AT THE CORNERS Of 22ND AND ALDER. HE REPORTED THAT ACCIDENT RECORDS DO NOT INDICATE THIS INTERSECTION TO BE MORE HAZARDOUS THAN SIMILAR INTERSECTIONS I N THE C!TY, AND THAT TRAfFIC COUNTS OR VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS DO NOT WARRANT SPECIAL SIGN- ING ATTENTION. HOWEVER, ALDER STREET IS A THROUGH STREET FROM 13TH TO 19TH AND POSSIBLY DRIVERS DO TRAVEL AT AN IMPRUDENT SPEED fOR THIS AREA. ALSO, STOP SIGNS WERE PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FROM THIS CORNER WHEN HARRIS STREET WAS I SET UP AS A THROUGH STREET. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGN AT THIS INTERSEC- TION TO STOP NORTH-SOUTH TRAFFIC ON ALDER STREET AT 22ND AVENUE, STATING THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BECAUSE OF FORMER SIGNING, AND BECAUSE 7/22/63 - 6 e ~