04-B-5 Traffic Commission Min 9-4-07
Minutes
Traffic Commission
City of Paris
The Traffic Commission met on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007, at 5:15 P.M. in
the Municipal Courtroom with the following members present:
1. Ed Seidle
2. George Kimbrough
3. Jon McFadden
4. Tom Calabria
5. Ray Banks
The city staff was represented by Assistant Chief of Police Bob Hundley.
The meeting was called to order at 5:20 by Acting Chairman Ed Seidle.
Mr. Seidle asked the commission members to review the submitted minutes of
the July 10th, 2007 meeting. Mr. Kimbrough made a motion to approve the
minutes which was seconded by Mr. Banks. The motion carried 5-0.
Mr. Seidle then moved to item #3, a request for a no parking area on the west
side of SE 1 st Street in the 300 block. The Church of the Holy Cross, 322 S
Church has a narrow drive that enters from SE 1st Street. The drive provides
access to the rear of the church and the offices in which many of the elderly
parishioners use. There is a concern for the vehicles parked on the west side of
the street being struck by persons attempting to back out of this narrow drive.
The request was for a no parking are directly behind the drive to avoid any
collisions. After discussions regarding the use of Bywaters park and church
parking on Sundays, Mr. Kimbrough made a motion for establishing a no parking
zone, 30 feet long centered on the drive with parking prohibited Monday through
Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on the west curb line of SE 1st Street. Mr.
McFadden seconded the motion and it passed 5-0.
Mr. Seidle moved to item #4 regarding an extension of the left turn lane in the
200 block of Stone Avenue. The existing turn lane allows for left turns into the
two entrances to the student parking area. The request is to extend the left turn
lane to the west to allow left turns into the main drive of the high school. There is
a bottle neck now with persons waiting to make the turn into the main drive
blocking others that are trying to get in the turn lane for the parking areas. Mr.
McFadden made a motion to extend the left turn lane, seconded by Mr. Banks
and passed 5-0.
Information was presented regarding the completion of the left turn lane on N.
Collegiate, a blind area at the intersection of Jefferson Road and S. Collegiate