2001-03-19 Special Called Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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e e Good Evening Council and Fellow Citizens, I'm Clarence Morgan. My Wife and I live at 10415 N. Ave. H I'd like to comment on 3 items regarding the Farrington extension. 1. . A recent Bay Shore Sun Article states it is very likely that Fire Station # 2, located across from the airport, will move to Underwood Rd. and Fire Station #3,located on Lomax School Rd. will move toward Sens Rd. A study of the City Map proves that when this happens; The suggested but unproven need for the proposed Farrington extension for backup response disappears. We have already proven that EMS will not benefit from the Farrington extension because it is located on C street. It turns right into Lomax or Left to the other areas. EMS will be unaffected by the move to Underwood Rd. 2. A few weeks ago a .twin engine airplane crashed on the West end of the airport, just yards from Farrington Rd. This should drive home the fact that the RPZ is a very unsafe place. We have repeatedly provided you with the written mandatory FAA design standards and documented conversations with FAA and TEXDOT officials that prove this road is a violation of the intent and the letter of the design standards. The design standard information we gave you has a chart that shows the % of airplane overruns & undershoots. This proves that another crash will occur. Will it be into a bus load of children or a house? We have studied the original grant contract between the City and TEXDOT and it proves again that Mr. Guttery, who has said this road is OK; is completely wrong in his written statement about the design standards. The contract also states that the U.S. and Texas are NOT "responsible or liable for damage to property or injury to persons which may arise from, or be incident to, compliance with this grant agreement". THAT MAKES THE CITY TOTALLY LIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE WHEN THE NEXT CRASH OCCURS. 3. We understand some Glen Meadows residents want to connect Valley Brook to H street as an alternative to the Farrington Extension. We have studied this proposal using a city map and also driving the area. We conclude that drivers from approximately 400 homes in the North half of Glen Meadows would use the Valley Brook extension to cut through Lomax to 225 rather than use Spencer Hwy as they are supposed to. These drivers would cut through a neighborhood where the residents would have to back out into this cut through traffic, where the residents would have to mix with the cut through traffic in the street as they walk, jog, bicycle, ride horses, etc. because Lomax's'main streets have very steep ditches, narrow shoulders, and no sidewalks. This would make an already dangerous and unsafe situation much worse. Thanks for listening, ~ '{Ju;t;r- Clarence Morgan