1344RESOLUTION NO. 134 y
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROPOSAL BY THE WEST MEMPHIS
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THAT
PORTION OF AUTUMN STREET EAST OF SOUTH WALKER STREET
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:00 P.M. AND 6:00 A.M.
WHEREAS, the West Memphis Housing Authority has sought
permission to restrict the flow of traffic on Autumn Street
by prohibiting through traffic on Autumn Street east of
,,,, South Walker Street between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and
6:00 a.m. each night; and
WHEREAS, the West Memphis Housing Authority proposes
the construction of a gate on Autumn Street east of South
Walker Street to be open to through traffic between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and closed to through
traffic between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., with
access provided to emergency vehicles; and
WHEREAS, during the hours that Autumn Street will be
closed to through traffic, all vehicles entering the
Housing Authority development will be required to enter at
S.L. Henry Street and be checked at a manned guardhouse to
be constructed on S.L. Henry Street at its intersection
with South Walker Street; and
WHEREAS, the proposal from the West Memphis Housing
Authority is part of its plans to control vandalism,
shootings, fights, gangs, drugs and crime in its
developments and to provide a safe neighborhood for
residents, families and children in its developments; and
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CITY CLERK OFFICE
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WHEREAS, pursuant to A.C.A. 14-301-101, the City
Council has the care, supervision, and control of all the
public streets within the city; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.C.A. 27-49-106, the City Council
is authorized to adopt traffic regulations including,
within the reasonable exercise of its police power, to
regulate or prohibit traffic on city streets; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, specifically finds that the regulation of traffic
on Autumn Street east of South Walker Street to prohibit
through traffic between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m. is a reasonable exercise of the City's police power,
and the use of a gate or barricade for such purpose should
be authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVBD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST I~lEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT:
1. The proposal of the West Memphis Housing Authority
to prohibit through traffic on Autumn Street east of South
Walker Street between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
each night, with access to be provided for emergency
vehicles, and the erection of a gate on Autumn Street, east
of its intersection with South Walker Street, for such
purpose is hereby approved.
2. The proposal of the West Memphis Housing Authority
is found to be a reasonable exercise of the City's police
powers in that it will serve to help control vandalism,
RECEIVED
CITY CLERK OFFICE
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shootings, fights, gangs, drugs and crime in the area of
the Housing Authority development and to provide a safer
neighborhood for residents, families and children in the
Housing Authority development.
ADOPTED this )~T~+ day of
ATTEST:
DAN CRA , CITY CLERK
SPONSORED BY:
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CITY CLERK OFFICE
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