17 - Downtown Square Short-Term Traffic Stop Plan Project

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P.O. BOX 9037 • PARIS, TEXAS 75461-9037 (903) 785-7511 • FAX (903) 784-1798 Mtg. Date: October 5, 2021 To: City Council, Traffic Commission & Main Street Advisory Board Grayson Path, City Manager From: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development Subject: Planning Report — Downtown Square Short -Term Traffic Stop Plan Project PROJECT SLOGAN At this outset of this project, City Staff and the Chamber Executive Director agreed that a slogan should be developed to assist in marketing and communicating the short-term project plan this November and December to implement stop signs on the four intersecting streets at the Square. Of the five slogan options, the following was selected: STOP - LOOK SHOP Downtown fl Tbxas This slogan was developed into a draft flier by the Chamber which will be presented for review and discussion on Tuesday night. This meeting was set up as a Zoom Meeting intended to make it more accessible to downtown merchants and the public who may have an interest in learning more about the short-term strategic implementation measure for our downtown. Back round I scheduled a joint work session of the City Council, Traffic Commission and Main Street Advisory Board and TX DOT in order for the community to have an open and positive dialog regarding a City Staff and TX DOT District Engineer's initiative to undertake an initial 1 -month trial of the adopted Plan by the City of Paris Texas to implement the reversion of our downtown 1 -way pairs traffic pattern back to its original 2 -way street system. This was a key goal and strategy identified in the Toole Downtown Vision and Downtown Plan adopted by the City Council as a part of its Comprehensive Plan Update on October 8, 2018. For those receiving this Planning Report electronically, the attached links are made available for you to renew/refresh your interest in the plan adopted by Council: Page 11