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Minutes <br />Traffic Commission <br />City of Paris <br />The Traffic Commission met on Tuesday May 05, 2015 at 5:15 P.M. in the <br />Municipal Courtroom with the following members present: <br />1. <br />Susan Hamby <br />2. <br />Stephen Engelhardt <br />3. <br />Ken Kohls <br />4, <br />Bill Sanders <br />5. <br />David Ballard <br />6. <br />Jimmy Hodges (arrived at 5:20) <br />7. <br />Barry Shiver (arrived at 5:20) <br />The city staff was represented by Asst. Chief Randy Tuttle. <br />Councilman Aaron Jenkins was present as council liaison. <br />In the absence of Chairman Shiver at beginning of meeting Vice- Chairman Ken <br />Kohls called the meeting to order at 5:16pm. A quorum was established with five <br />members present and two arriving at 5:20pm. <br />Mr. Kohls then moved to item #2 regarding the approval of minutes from the April <br />07, 2015 meeting. Ms. Hamby made a motion to approve minutes. A second <br />was made by Mr. Sanders and motion carried 5 -0. <br />Mr. Kohls moved to item #3 regarding the discussion and possible action <br />concerning traffic changes at FM 1497 & Loop 286.Mr. Tuttle reminded members <br />they had previously requested the closing of the crossover due to safety <br />concerns. Mr. Tuttle then informed members that TXDOT had developed <br />preliminary plans for closing the crossover at FM 1497 & Loop 286. TXDOT's <br />preliminary proposal was: <br />1. Construct a road for two way traffic south of the Loop from FM 1497 west to <br />Church St. intersecting at the access road. <br />2. Extend the four lanes of traffic on Loop 286 east approximately 1000' and <br />install two turnaround lanes, one for east and one for west bound traffic. This <br />would also close the intersection of 6t" SE & Loop 286 <br />3. Consider doing both options as presented in #1 and #2. <br />