05-E Traffic Commission Min 10-3-06
Minutes
Traffic Commission
City of Paris
The Traffic Commission met in regular session, Tuesday, October 3,2006, at
5:15 P.M. in the Municipal Courtroom with the following members present:
1. Ed Ellis
2. Ed Seidle
3. George Kimbrough
4. Jon McFadden
5. Mary Walthall
6. Ray Banks
The city staff was represented by Assistant Chief of Police Bob Hundley.
The meeting was called to order at 5:19 by Chairman Ed Ellis.
Minutes of the last meeting were approved as submitted with no corrections or
comments.
Mr. Ellis then moved to item #3 a request to establish a stop sign for westbound
traffic on SE.4yth Street at the intersection of Eastgate Drive.
AC Hundley was asked for comment. AC Hundley replied that state law already
requires vehicles to stop and yield the right of way at 'T' intersections on the
roadway that terminates into the intersection. Even though, he had received
complaints from residents in the area requesting the stop signs as there had
been some near collisions. Item's #3, 4, 5, and 6 were all stop signs at "T"
intersections in the new addition located off of SE 47 Street between Eastgate
Drive and Stephens Lane. Mr. Banks made a motion to deny the request,
seconded by Jon McFadden. Mr. Ellis asked if they wanted to group these items
together, they were and the motion to deny the stop signs passed 6-0.
Staff reports included information regarding the construction set to begin quite
soon on moving utilities in the area of Pine Mill Road and the Loop for the
construction of the overpass. Construction is also set to begin on the right turn
lane in the 500 block of NW Loop 286. Information was given to the commission
regarding an alternate suggestion of building a new road from the entrance ramp
off of N, Main leading to the NW Loop that would have taken most plant traffic off
of the NW Loop. TXDOT has made the determination that they would continue
with the right turn lane as planned.
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Commission members were polled as to their attending the Open Government
training recently held by the City for elected officials and appointed
commissioners. It was decided that this training would be made available to the
commission members at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the commission
on November 7,2006.
Future agenda items included an update on the traffic study of Still house Road
and NE Loop 286 and a discussion of the right turn lane at Campbell Soup.
Bob Hundley
Assistant Chief of Police
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