10-12-06 Special Called Meeting Barbour's Cut Committee Minutes

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MINUTES OF BARBOUR'S CUT REVIEW COMMITTEE OCTOBER 12, 2006 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Alton E. Porter at 4:00 p.m. Members of the Committee Present: Mayor Alton Porter, Councilmember Mosteit and Councilmember Moser. Staff Present: City Secretary Martha Gillett, Police Chief Richard Reff, Patrol Officer Kyle Jones and Consultant Debra B. Feazelle. Members Absent: None Others Present: Port of Houston representatives Thomas Heidt, Jimmy Jamison, Roger Gunther and Houston Chronicle representative John Handy. 2. DISCUSS BARBOURS CUT PROJECT, TEMPORARY RELIEF PLANS AND STAKEHOLDERS INTEREST IN PARTICIPATION. Patrol Officer Kyle Jones reported he has been in conversations with Mr. Flannagan and he is interested in the option to extend J from L to Broadway. The Port of Houston representatives want to ensure the City has no problem with the solution before they meet with the Flanaggan Principle. Port representatives suggested they could build the road and bill it back into the lease agreement. Port representatives noted they have developed more stringent standards in future property leases to prevent future problems. Port representatives noted they will resolve the traffic problems. Failure of compliance is not an option with leasees. Kyle Jones noted the police department would need access to the road. The road can be used for the Flanaggan's, but it still has to be a public road. Port representatives noted they offered to build Ceres Gulf a queuing lane. Series did not want to pay any portion. They want queuing inside their property. It would be understood no queuing on road. It was noted due to the existing problems with traffic; solutions need to be fail proof. It was noted there will be a County and Transtar Meeting next week at Frontier Logistics.