HomeMy WebLinkAboutColleyville Sidewalks Committee-Minutes-3/8/20022001-2002. COLLEYVILLE SIDEWALK TASK FORCE
MINUTES OF MEETING
March 8, 2002 - 8:30 am East End Conference Room
PRESENT:
Members: Gail Manion, Chair; Judy Atwood, and Dulce Moore.
Staff: Dianne McWethy, Deputy City Mgr., Tom Niederauer, Sr. Planner; Keith Fisher,
Engineering.
I. Call to Order:
Chair Gail Manion opened the meeting. Tom Niederauer stated that the minutes for
both meetings (2/22/02 and 3/8/02) would be available at the next meeting.
II. Follow-up reports:
Cottonbelt Trail: Dianne McWethy discussed the status of the Cottonbelt Trail project.
• Dianne reminded the Task Force that this is a joint project with the City of North
Richland Hills (NRH) and that the construction will start in the north near Grapevine
and go south to NRH. All Trails will be constructed on the north side of the Railroad
Tracks, and will ten feet (10') wide and five inches (5") thick concrete.
• Phase I will start at John McCain and go to Bettinger Drive. The plans and designs
are complete and have been sent to Austin for approval, however there is some
exploration of jet fuel pipelines in the area.
• Phase II will go from Bettinger Dr. to the Colleyville city limits on the south and west
side and continue through Hurst to Precinct Line Road.
• Phase II has been funded and the engineering firm of Albert Halff has been
selected to design the project.
• NRH will take the project from Precinct Line Road to Loop 820.
• Phase III will connect John McCain to Grapevine on the north. The project will
consist of pedestrian gates at John McCain and the railroad tracks, continue along
the north side of the new alignment of John McCain Rd. and connect to Grapevine
at the bridge. This is a $500,000 project but has not yet been funded.
• A trail from Kimzey Park in Ross Downs will go northeast to the open space along
Big Bear Creek and then go under SH26 at the edge of the creek and connect to
the Trail on the north side.
• Gail Manion asked about a temporary asphalt walk from Longwood to Phast Phil's
Conoco Station on the south side of SH26.
• The Task Force discussed other projects such as a bridge across Little Bear Creek
into Sparger Park, reviewing the Glade Road survey from last summer, and being
able to get an accurate estimate for construction walks along the south side of
Glade Rd. versus the north side.
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III. Breakdown of Previous Year Budget (fy 2000-2001):
Keith Fisher reported the following expenditures for fy 2000-2001:
Surveying Glade Rd. 14,000
Held in reserve for M. Bone property 10,000
Miscellaneous projects: 25,000
Bluebonnet Rd. from Hall-Johnson
Brown Trail at Cheek-Sparger
Village Park south-side
Total Funds = $49,000
IV. Next Meeting and Adjournment:
The next meeting will be on March 22"d at 12:00 noon.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 am.
Submitted by Tom Niederauer, Sidewalk Task Force staff.
Approved by: (signed by G. M. - 4-8-02)
Gail Manion, Chair
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