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Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 25, 2014
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Mr. Edd Price, Chair, called the meeting to order at
2:30 p.m. Meeting began with Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
Quorum: The required amount of members (5) were present to conduct a meeting.
Present five - Edd Price, Sheila Cudd, Dennis Miller, Scott Harris, Bill
Strawn
Absent 1 - Gretchen Arnold
11. APPROVAL FOR MINUTES FOR July 28, 2014 ft April 28, 2014: A motion was made
by Bill Strawn, seconded by Scott Harris that both sets of the minutes be passed. The
motion passed unanimously.
111. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None.
IV. BOARD Et COMMITTEE RESIGNATIONS/ APPOINTMENTS. Shelia Cudd made a motion,
seconded by Bill Strawn, to accept the Board and Committee resignations.
a) Committee accepted letter resignations from John Garcia
and Tommy Watson.
b) Edd Price stepped down as Chair. Shelia Cudd, Vice-Chair, accepted
nominations for new Chair.
Bill Strawn made a motion, seconded by Dennis Miller, to accept a new
Chair. The motion passed unanimously.
V. CONSENT AGENDA: Bill Strawn made a motion, seconded by Sheila Cudd, to accept
the Consent Agenda. The motion passed unanimously.
a) Captain William Breedlove introduced himself to the Committee as the
CCPD representative replacing Lieutenant Chris clure.
b) Captain William Breedlove discussed the top 20 Traffic Crash Locations for
the month, which seemed to be Kostoryz area. He stated a recent fatality
accident was still under investigation.
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VI, ACTION AGENDA:
a) Raymond Chong spoke on the progress of Mobility CC. He stated the
subcommittee meets every two weeks.
b) Dennis Miller also commented on Mobility CC, and stated the subcommittee
has been gathering lots of information.
c) Scott Harris addressed utilizing the criteria matrix of Mobility CC for
projects.
Sheila Cudd made a motion, seconded by Scott Harris, to accept the Action
agenda. The motion passed unanimously.
VII. INFORMATION AGENDA:
a) Traffic Enforcement Initiatives - Captain William Breedlove
• Captain William Breedlove spoke on the 48 citations issued in July, the
increased police for the start of the school, and police procedures and
academy training utilization at crash sites.
• Mr.Chong stated "Distracted Driving Signs will be placed in various
locations by September 15, 2014.
b)
and Program
• James Harris provided an overview of Bond 2012/2014 street
projects and provided the street criteria matrix.
• Dennis Miller suggested that Raymond Chong and James Harris
team up to review procedures and possibility of the Transportation
Advisory Committee seeing first.
c) Transportation Advisory Board - Ordinance Amendment
• Sheila Cu dd briefed Transportation Advisory Committee on progress of
ordinance amendment. The Sub-Committee also added their opinions on
how to revise the ordinance amendment. It is still under the revision
process.
d) Regional Transportation Program Ft Projects
• CCMPO-Brigida Gonzalez plans to have 400 surveys completed by
September 16, 2014. She also informed committee of the upcoming
Livability Summit conference which will be held at Solomon Ortiz Center
on October 15, 2014.
• Nueces County
• Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority
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• TOOT
e) Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee Report: There was no report due to a
cancelled August meeting.
f) Complete Streets Workshop: The Workshop was deferred to September.
g) NACTO Urban Street Design Guide Workshop: The Workshop was deferred to
September.
h) Future Seminar Topics:
• Roundabouts
• Synchronization of Traffic Signals
• Smart Growth
• CCRTA Primary Transit Network (PTN)
• Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
• Traffic Control Plan (TCP)
PENDING ITEMS:
• Raymond Chong reviewed planned items for August meeting.
$X" AD.SOU RMENT: The meeting adjourned at 4:14 p.m.
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