1982-01-20 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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I • Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting La Porte City Council` January 20, 1982, Page 12 seems that when the light is green on the west side, it is red on the east side, and vice versa, so the traffic doesn't flow smoothly across that intersection. Mayor Meza: That is an ongoing problem. I believe Chief Freeman will agree with me on that. The funds have been set aside to•rejuvenate all that stuff and they tell me it should be forthcoming about May. The State Highway Department works in their own time. Councilperson Faris: Also, the light at.Barbour's Cut Boule- vard on 146 gives the northbound traffic about 15 to 30 and the left turn from south to east about a minute and a half in the morning.- If somebody here in the: Ci.ty~has a .name to call, I'd be happy to see if we can't do something sooner than May. Second item, is an ongoing item, and that's the Gulf, Coast Waste Disposal Authority and their planned chemical dump at Bay Area Boulevard and Red Bluff Road. Mayor Meza: I'm glad you brought that up, Gus. I would like ®. for you to chair a committee to oppose all hazardous waste and chemical dumps within the City of La Porte and,Harris County. If you will, tomorrow night attend the Harris County Mayors' and Councilmen's Association meeting, I will appoint you County-wide. Will you accept that? Councilperson Faris: Yes, I would. I ,just wanted to point out that sometime next week I will be writing a letter to all the surrounding communities, newspapers and some television stations, to see if we can't coordinate our efforts to have this dump site moved away from here. Councilperson Longley: Mr. Mayor, I appreciate your starting on the other side tonight. It gave Don an opportunity to remind me that while we are writing the letter about the rail- road tracks on 225 we should include Underwood and Houston Drive. Councilperson Skelton: We should add East Main, if you are going to go that far. Councilperson Longley: The second item I have, I would like to comment on Gus's statement concerning container yards. My concern is that as the population of these yards grow without a need for them, it could cause some economic difficulties. I would assume they know more about their business than I do, • but I would hate to see them go out of business and then we are stuck with a macadoo yard with a green belt, which is not going