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PW September 2 2014 MINUTES PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE September 2, 2014 Members & Staff Present: Councilor Ramona Taylor, Chairman Councilor James Holt Councilor James Pulliaum Councilor Lorraine Robinson Phillip Sorrell, City Engineer Paul Luker, Planning Director Mike Antle, Code Enforcement Officer Rhonda Standridge, Administrative Assistant Members & Staff Absent: Councilor Willis Mondy Guests: John Rech, Evening Times Larry Brown, Eighth Street Mission Toni Brown, Eighth Street Mission MINUTES Councilor Pulliaum made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 5, 2014 meetings, motion was seconded by Councilor Holt. Upon voice vote, motion was unanimous. OLD BUSINESS Pastor Larry Brown, 8th Street Mission-More discussion was had about the street parking on South 8th At this time parking is not permitted along the West side of the street and the mission would like for parking to be allowed. Paul Luker, Planning Director, came to the meeting and said that he did not see a problem with having parking on both sides of the road. After several different options were discussed it was decided by the committee to allow parking on the west side of South 8th and to eliminate parking on the east side from Broadway to the South end of building on the east side. Councilor Pulliaum made a motion to approveTi,e new76cation of the `No Par mg is gni, motion was seconded by Councilor Holt. Upon voice vote, motion was unanimous. Martin Luther King Drive Update— after attending area MPO meeting and speaking with the new District Engineer for the Highwu_D9RaLtnient, Mr. Sorrell reported that the State has asked for1his saction of.roadway_to,be programmed fora complete reconstruction. A project of this size cou die several years to get obligated. The district engineer also said that they were going to do a better job of maintenance -----r in�he.m�a�tlme.- Perdng lot a liziae tio,.Boy /Gird C1ut3;n South 25th— Rhonda reported that information found was an expired contract to the girls club at the address of 405 South 25th. Mr. Sorrell reported that he had discussed with the City Attorney who suggested that we look at updating all agreements with the Boys and Girls Clubs in the City because of the expired contract. The street and sanita_tion department will maintain the parking lot in question until the new contracts are created and approved by the council. Traffic Study Avalon at Tyler,, Mr. Sorrell presented the recently completed traffic study by MPO Director Eddie Brawley. Neither the traffic count or the crash data warranted a siinai at this location. After a brief discussion about this intersection, Mr. Sorrell stated that he would like more time to review the traffic study more closely and discuss alternate measures of safety with Mr. Brawley. Councilor Pullivam mentioned the site obstruction at Avalon @ Jackson and Jackson a@ Woods, Mr. Sorrell will look at these intersections with Mr. Brawley. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Sorrell presented a street listing and a map of the 2014 Street Overlay Project. There was a brief discussion on the streets selected . REPORTS Recycling Report— Rhonda reported that recycling is going well. The total for rggy Jing n.Aug.yst was 12,100 pounds. Mrs. Robinson asked about the possibility of getting recycling containers at the schools. r. Sorrell stated that it has been discussed about adding a recycling dumpster at each school; however, because of the condition of our front loading fleet it will have to be reconsidered once our fleet is back to normal. City Engineer Report— Southland Drive Phase II - Completion date and road opening is set for September 12th. Southland Drive Phase III— Pro-p.osals h been reviewed and the review committee recommended Brawley Consulti ineers. B awrey is preparing a con ract to submit to council for approval:- Tilden-Midge ark Walking Trail—The trail is complete and we are waiting on the state inspection.tovfile for cost reimbursement of 80%. Code Enforcement— Officer Antle reported that grass inspections have been going well and there has been more compliance this year. He also reported that he has been looking into getting a small crew together from the county jail to work on ditches this fall. There being no other business Councilor Pulliaum made a motion to adjourn, motion was seconded by Councilor Holt. Upon voice vote, the meeting adjourned at 12:55 pm.