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MINUTES TRAFFIC COMMISSION Tuesday, February 4, 1992 5:15 o'clock p.m. Council Room - City Hall Paris, Texas 3 1 u �.. The Traffic Commission met in regular session Tuesday, February 4, 1992 with the following members present: 1. Frank Sherman 2. Billy D*nado 3. Pauline Franklin 4. Richard Fuller 5. Ed Ellis 6. Tom Kolko The City Staff was represented by Assistant Police Chief James Barnett. The minutes of the November 5, 1991 meeting were approved as submitted. The first item of business was to consider a request to establish or amend an ord- inance regulating Off Street Handicapped Parking Spaces. Assistant Chief Barnett explained that the most recent City Ordinance required that a penalty sign be at- tached to the Handicapped Parking Signs and that state law no longer requires the penalty sign. The Chief of Police wanted the off street Handicapped Parking signs to comply with the minimum state law requirements so that we could enforce the viol- ations of these spaces without placing undue hardship on businesses when they mark these spaces. After discussion Richard Fuller made a motion to recommend that the ordianance be amended or written to require the minimum marking required by state law. Frank Sherman seconded and the motion carried 6 ayes 0 nays. The next item considered was a request to extend the existing School Speed Zone on 19th Street N.W. (FM 79) near Justiss School to the South. After learning that we had to have state approval to do this and that the request had been processed at the local District Office of the Texas Department of Transportation and sent to the Austin office for approval Billy Trenado made a motion that the extension be recom- mended to extend as far South as the state would allow. Pauline Franklin seconded and the motion carried 6 ayes to 0 nays. A Jerry McFadden came in during the discussion of the second item and waited until that was finished and then in response to my question stated that he had come to appear in favor of the first item on the agenda. After being told that the recom- mended change had been approved by the commission he wanted to know what he should do next to try to get the change made. Barnett advised him it would be placed on an agenda for City Council consideration and that he could appear at that council meeting to speak. McFadden asked about talking with our City Manager about it and wanted to know when it would come before the City Council. After being told we did not know the date the council would consider it he said that being an ex -City Man- ager he knew that our City Manager would know when he should appear. He was also told that he might talk with the City Councilman in his district about it. There being no fu rthur bu mess the meeting adjourned at 5:30 P.M. Xames Barnett Assistant Chief of Police