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,...- I (13 e 7/12/71 T r I :1 " I " I I had enough information. il I , I " II , II Mayor Anderson pointed out that the committee has no easy task in sorting out requests : " and still conforming with the ordinance. He felt they had studied the applicationa and " Ii made a recommendation to the council they felt was right. II :1 I, :! " Mr. Mohr suggested that councilmen might appear before meetings of the room tax committee " ii to be an advocate of a particular project. I! " II Wi+liams to accept the room tax allocation committee " Mr. McDonald moved seconded by Mr. 'i Ii Williams, McDonald, Gribskov and Hershner voted aye; Mr., Teague, Mr. , :1 report. Messrs. Mohr , ,I and Mrs. Campbell voted not. Motion carried. !i II I, I Mr. Cougill explained the 'procedure of the room tax committee in allocating funds, and iI I! that they would be having another meeting soon to allocate funds for this budget year. .t i: II :! Mr. Mohr moved seconded by Mr. Williams to set the time for adjournment for this meeting e I! " at 12: 30 a.m. Motion carried. :; d " III. Items to be considered with one motion 'after discussion of individual items if requested. :1 ii Items were previously discussed, at the committee meeting of June 30, 1971 and those minutes !I are printed in italics., :' : " Ii A. South Willamette Street Noise and Traffic Report - Staff prepared a report which was I I' 'I previously distributed to Council. It has been found tha.t some of the problem is due " ,I to general traffic and some to weekend recreation. Some extra police service 'will be " il involved in an effort to control the weekend noise and suggestions have been made for :, " physical change of street patterns and use of temporary barricades on an experimental I :1 basis to try to remove the source of some of the distrubing noise from residential i: stree ts . Staff requests authorization to proceed wi th pUbli c meetings wi th people in the area to explain .the traffic proposal and get their reaction to the physical changes and to refer this proposal to the Planning Comrrdssion for consideration., Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Gribskov to accept the recommendation of the Traffic Engineer. " In answer to Mr. Mohr, Manager said public notice will be given of Planning Comrrdssion if I: and Council public hearings on this matter. ;! ,I II Vote taken on motion. Motion carried. Approve il 'I I, B. Agreement between City and State of Oregon - An agreement is proposed for construction Ii I' of a section of Highway I-1D5. A change in the 1967 agreement between the city and ,I " the state is necessitated by the decision to allow multiple use of land through 'i II elevating the highway and allowing park development of the ground. The new agreement I; " provides 'for a lease to the City for 25 years renewable for an additional 25 years, of the I' " ground level area between 1st and 7th and between Washington and Jefferson. It 'provides I' ;, i! that the State may construct an interchange with Highway 126 (Roosevel t Freeway) at I , " some future date. A subsequent agreement is provided for state installation of irrigation, 'I " ,I turf, landscaping and other ground improvement f#icili ties which are eligible for federal II :i funding, and that the state shall provide the grading and construct the walkway system. II Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Gribskov that the Council authorize the Mayor and City Recorder to execute an agreement with the State of Oregon regarding the '1st to 7th Street extension of I-1D5. City Manager commented that the State could begin cons~ruction on Highway 126 in the e next year. They are also willing to consider bicycle trails as part of this facility I and perhaps a bicycle bridge across the river. , I ! I vote taken on motion as stated. Motion carried. Approve C. Comment on Traffic Engineering Pamphlet - Councilman Williams commented on the document "Frank Talk" published by the Traffic Engineering Division. He had a number of questions, among them: why it was printed; how it is used; to what extent city funds went into it. He said he would be happy to receive a written report dealing with those questions. He felt the document was offensive both to elected officials 'and to the citizens in general, and felt it should not have been printed at public expense. Manager said the pamphlet was not intended to criticize either the public or public officials, but, was intended to explain the functi(::m of the Traffic Engineer. He I apologized for the tone which was apparently offensive, and said staff had not detected this before it was published. He said the document will be corrected before any further use is made and a wri tten report wi 11 be submi tted to the Countf:i.l. Affirm D. Minutes of the meetings of June 14, 15 and 17, 1971, were approved as circulated. Approve,' Mr. TeagMe moved seconded by Mr; Mohr that the above items be approved, or affirmed. Motion carried unanimously. - 7/12/71 - 7 ~