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practical due to the questionable legality of a selective prohibition ~ by type of motor trucks. He indicated motor truck traffic on Roosevelt ,., from Highway 99 to Maple is acceptable and in fact necessary to serve the industrial area off of Maple south of Roosevelt. He indicated re- direction of motor trucks who are using Beltline to West 11th would seem at first glance to be the best solution. However, the 11th street a~ea would be under construction next Spring and Summer and access to 11th from Bertelsen under existing conditions is difficult at best. Mr. Wilburn indicated that the Council had before it three staff op- tions: 1) Take no action; 2) Take action that would eliminate through motor truck movements via the residential access shown on Exhibit A between Highway 99 and Beltline Road on Royal, Elmira, or Roosevelt; or 3) Take action that would accomplish No.2 and at some time elimi- nate through motor truck movements from Beltline or Pacific Highway to or from the industrial area using any street in the residential area. He indicated the staff recommendation is that Council give favorable consideration to option 3 with the stipulation that it be implemented upon completion of the West 11th Street widening from Bailey Hill to Beltline Road. This project also includes signals and left turn storage pockets at Bertelsen and West 11th. The project is scheduled for completion in the Fall of 1977. Public hearing was opened. Two letters were entered into the record for public hearing, one by Mary J. Crisman, 3320 Elmira Road and one by Mr. and Mrs. Erick Ostlund, 4420 Royal Avenue. Both letters indicated annoyance at the noise that accrues from the truck traffic on Royal Avenue and the danger to children in the street area getting run over by some of the trucks. Vernon D. Gleaves, 975 Oak Street, an attorney, spoke on behalf of Cab ax Mill and Barker Willamette Lumber Company. He indicated both companies have log pond facilities off 99 North, and it was necessary for the log trucks coming in to deposit the logs to come in off 99 and down McKinley. He indicated there was also a small log pond off 99 near Beltline which would require travel on Highway 99 up Roosevelt Highway 99 to the small log pond. He said the general concern was that a portion of Roosevelt Boulevard might be cut off for truck traffic. He said that further information received seemed to suggest that this section of Roosevelt needed by his company would not be included in the prohibition, and that if that were the finding, he would call attention to Item No.9 on the Traffic Department's report which indicated motor truck traffic on Roosevelt from Highway 99 to Maple as acceptable and in fact necessary to service the industrial area off Maple south of Roosevelt. He said his clients fell within that category of the Roosevelt area between Maple and Highway 99. If. that were not in the prohibition area, they would have no particular concern. He indicated that action by the Council should be very specific and made an observation in which the City is encouraging industrial facilities within the urban service boundary area, but it cannot expect to attract such facilities within the inner area if the industries cannot get commodities in and out. He again reiterated that use of Roosevelt Boulevard between Highway 99 and Maple is an absolute 1/24/77 - 6 4~ e .