HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/03/1984 City Council MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
May 3, 1984
An EMERGENCY SESSION of the City Council of the City of The
Colony, Texas was called to order at 9:00 o'clock p.m. at
City Hall with the following members present:
Larry D. Sample Mayor
Noel Long Councilman
Don Amick Councilman
Charles Dodds Councilman
Marlene Poole Councilman
Helen Gray Councilman
and with Councilmen North absent; however, a quorum
was established.
1. CONSIDERATION OF ALTERING TRAFFIC FLOW ON FM423
Mayor Sample said he had been receiving a barrage
of negative phone calls from citizens. He went on
to say that as late as 8:00 p.m., traffic was
backed up in every direction. He said it was necessary
that Hal Jones, City Traffic Engineer, be contacted
as well as the State Highway Department to get this
problem resolved immediately.
Steve Reed, Acting City Manager, contacted the City
Attorney for his legal opinion on the matter. His
opinion was to first contact the state and if we
do not receive any satisfaction from them, the Mayor
could declare a state of emergency to remove the
barricades.
Councilman Poole asked what the status of the signal
lights at the intersection of FM423 and SH121 was.
The Mayor replied, they are not working. He went
on to say the new section of FM423 was not completed.
It is not striped and the lights when working are not
timed properly.
Councilman Amick felt the ergency to do something now
so that our citizens can at least get to and from
work tomorrow and give the State the weekend to get
the problem resolved.
Police Chief Ristagno said the lights at the old
FM423 / SH121 intersection have been removed. He
added, the State is trying to t~me the lights at
the new intersection to favor east bound traffic in
the evenings and west bound traffic in the mornings.
Mayor Sample felt the City should over-ride the
Cable TV network to advise citizens to turn to the
City Channel 18 for details. He suggested traffic
leave the City to the east using Paige Road.
Chief Ristagno said the reason for the sudden closing
according to the State Highway Department is because
the bridge over Office Creek is unsafe.
After a lengthy discussion, the Mayor said the bottom
line would be for himself, Chief Ristagno, and Hal
Jones to sit down with the Highway Department and come
up with some viable options. If this didn't work,
it would be necessary to consider taking some other
sort of action.
With no further action to be taken by the Council at
this time, Councilman Dodds moved to adjourn the meeting.
Seconded by Councilman Long, the motion passed with the
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following roll call vote:
Ayes: All members present voted aye
Noes: None
Mayor Sample adjourned the meeting at 10:00 o'clock p.m.
Approved:
D'. S-~m~Ie ~ayor -~
Attest:
City Secretary
(SEAL)