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HomeMy WebLinkAboutColleyville Sidewalks Committee-Minutes-7/10/2012City of Colleyville Page 1 City of Colleyville Colleyville Sidewalks Committee Minutes City Hall 100 Main Street Colleyville, Texas 76034 817. 503.1000 www.colleyville.com Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:00 p.m. Executive Conference Room Third Floor, City Hall 1. CALL TO ORDER The Colleyville Sidewalks Committee meeting was called to order by Chairman Jeffrey Ground on July 10, 2012 at 4:03 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Jeffrey Ground, Carel Tornes, Debby Abitz, Jennifer Bosley Absent: Vishwajit Bhave, David Gillan, Gail Manion Staff Present: Bob Lowry, Jeremy Hutt, Dixie Smith 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 12, 2012 Debby Abitz moved to approve the minutes from the June 12, 2012 Committee meeting and Carel Tornes seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous; the minutes were approved as written. Jeffrey Ground, Chair, recognized the citizens attending and asked for a motion to hear them prior to moving forward with the regular agenda items. Carel Tornes made a motion to move Agenda Item 4 before Agenda Item 3 and Debby Abitz seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. 4. Citizen Comments/Presentations regarding items not on the agenda Dee Kelley, resident on Hillside Road, and Mary Lou Dove, resident on Colleyville Terrace, requested a sidewalk on Colleyville Terrace between Bransford Road and South Drive. They stated that the increase in traffic, the speed of the vehicles, and the number of children that walk to school on Colleyville Terrace presented safety issues that a sidewalk would solve. Sidewalks Committee Minutes July 10, 2012 City of Colleyville Page 2 3. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3a Discussion of the use of crosswalks Jeremy Hutt, City Engineer, briefed the Committee on types, cost, pedestrian elements, and feasibility of crosswalks. 3b Continued discussion and selection of sidewalk projects in Neighborhoods 1, 2, and 6 Carel Tornes made a motion to recommend to City Council the following sidewalk projects in Neighborhood 1: Martin Parkway (Woodland Hills) on the East side, North of Windsor Court--one barrier-free ramp and approximately ten linear feet of sidewalk Eaton Circle at the stop sign on the South side of the three-way intersection-- two barrier-free ramps and approximately ten linear feet of sidewalk Jennifer Bosley seconded the motion; the vote was unanimous. The motion carried. Carel Tornes made a motion to recommend to City Council the following sidewalk projects in Neighborhood 2: Centerpark Drive—sidewalk gap in the 600 block on the South side Centerpark Drive—sidewalk gap at the Montessori School Cheek Sparger Road at Steeplechase Drive—add a barrier-free ramp Delmar Court—sidewalk gap connecting to Cheek Sparger Road Debby Abitz seconded the motion. The motion passed with 3 ayes (Abitz, Bosley and Tornes) and 1 abstention (Ground). Carel Tornes made a motion to recommend to City Council the following sidewalk project in Neighborhood 6: L D Lockett Road and Chestnut Bend—a sidewalk connecting the existing sidewalk that ends at Chestnut Bend on the South side of L D Lockett Road to the Cotton Belt Trail at the L D Lockett Park Jennifer Bosley seconded the motion; the vote was unanimous. The motion carried. 3c Continued discussion and selection of sidewalk projects in Neighborhoods 3, 4, and 5 Jennifer Bosley made a motion to recommend to City Council the following sidewalk project in Neighborhood 4: Sidewalk connecting Ballantrae Drive to Hall-Johnson Road via either Highland Hills Lane or Meadowhill Drive Carel Tornes seconded the motion; the vote was unanimous. The motion carried. Sidewalks Committee Minutes July 10, 2012 City of Colleyville Page 3 Debby Abitz made a motion to recommend to City Council the following sidewalk project in Neighborhood 5: Colleyville Terrace—sidewalk connecting Pleasant Run Road to South Street Carel Tornes seconded the motion; the vote was unanimous. The motion carried. City staff reported a corridor study of Glade Road was planned and requested that identified sidewalks on Glade Road in Neighborhood 3 be revisited after the study. City staff was asked to move forward and compile a recommendation packet of the sidewalk projects selected by the Colleyville Sidewalks Committee to present to City Council. The next Sidewalks Committee meeting will be scheduled when there is a call for a meeting by either a member of the Colleyville Sidewalks Committee or City staff. 5. ADJOURNMENT Carel Tornes made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Debby Abitz seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 p.m. APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, AND 0 ABSTENTIONS ON THIS THE 26th DAY OF February 2013. Minutes taken and prepared by: Dixie S.Smith Administrative Secretary