September 7, 2018 MinutesTransportation Safety Advisory Commission
Minutes
Thursday, September 7, 2017 5:30 P.M.
The Transportation Safety Advisory Commission (TSAC) convened for a meeting on September 7,
2017 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber Conference Room, Building #4, 1400 Schertz Parkway,
Schertz, Texas 78154.
TSAC Commissioners Present:
Bowers, Bill
Cornelisse, Chuck
Dziewit, Richard
Outlaw, Glen
Ragsdale, Roy
Ryson, Paul
Sullivan, John
Staff Present:
Albert Arriaga, Traffic Safety Division
John Kessel, City Manager
Robert Martinez, Streets Superintendent
Cecilia Palomo, Graduate Engineer
CALL TO ORDER AT 5:3lpm by Co- Chairman Richard Dziewit
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HEARING OF RESIDENTS
Ms. Banner Huggins, Dove Meadows, took a moment to thank the City for all of the help and
support regarding the construction and detour traffic that has been congesting the neighborhood. She
still has a number of ideas that she would like to share with the City staff in order to receive long-
term relief to their continuous traffic related issues. It was suggested for Ms. Huggins to contact
Cecilia Palomo, Engineering, to begin that discussion of possible ideas and solutions.
1. Minutes: Consideration and /or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the August 3,
2017 Meeting.
A motion was made by Commissioner Paul Ryson to approve the minutes of the August 3,
2017 Meeting. Second by Commissioner Roy Ragsdale. Motion passed. Vote ivas
unanimous.
2. Paschal @ Savannah: City staff gave update, including maps and layouts of area, on
findings regarding the parking/traffic concerns, at Paschal and Savannah, that were brought
to TSAC during last month's meeting from Mr. Cichenski. At this time the City is not
recommending that No Parking be from the corner of Savannah down to the turn -in to the
subdivision. Commissioner Outlaw's concern was voiced from a public safety standpoint
regarding cars being parked on the corner of Savannah at Schertz Parkway causing
congestion at the turn. The City is suggesting that we possibly install a dotted white line and
No Parking signs 20' from the corner inward on Savannah towards Chapel Hill and a No
Parking sign from Chapel Hill towards Savannah 20'. The other suggestion from Mr.
Cichenski was to maybe contact the school and ask them to split up their scheduled functions
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of K -6th that include parents so that not so many classes are joining at once, allowing for the
demand of fewer cars to be parking at the same time.
3. Clemens High School Parldng: Mr. Kessel gave update on current situation regarding the
parking concerns for the upcoming school year. There has been a lot of collaboration
amongst a number of different Teams including the school, the construction company, the
library, YMCA, Senior Center, apartment complex, tennis complex, Community Center, and
others. Four (4) new crossing guards were approved through City Council last Tuesday.
Public Works has installed the new lights on the crosswalk that now flash/turn red at
Westchester Dr and the new crosswalk at the tennis complex. The school district and Schertz
Police Department are keep good communication. Construction continues on the high school
grounds. When complete they will be able to offer 140 new parking spots, and those should
begin to be available sometime in November. They are only allowing permits to be issued to
Juniors and Seniors. We will continue to monitor for quite some time and help redirect
students during the lunch hour so they we continue to keep them clear of the library and
YMCA.
4. City Crossing Guards: Officer Halbardier gave presentation, which included the names,
tenures, and locations of all City of Schertz crossing guards including the information
regarding the two (2) new parking relocation specialists that will support the lunch hour
parking issues at the Clemens High School.
5. Staff Comments: City staff gave updates on the following areas.
• Lauren Shrum, Parks & Recreation department, will be here during the October meeting to
present the information regarding the AAMPO Trails Grant recently awarded.
• Mr. Kessel and _Kathy Woodlee nave an update regarding the Wiederstein, _ Old
Wiederstein, & Cibolo Valley Drive intersection. Warrant was not met during the last
traffic study. Santiko's will have development on Wiederstein and I35 that will cause
huge traffic concerns during the build. That development will need to do a full TIA that
includes this intersection. We've also been looking at a right turn lane at Cibolo Valley
and Old Wiederstein Rd., ultimately that is a 4 -lane road and there will need to be a traffic
signal later on down the line.
6. Future Agenda Items Requests and /or Comments by Commissioners:
• On behalf of the Riata subdivision, Commissioner Ragsdale thanked the City for all it has
done throughout Fairlawn.
7. Adjournment: Motion made by Commissioner Roy Ragsdale to adjourn the meeting
by Commissioner John Sullivan. Motion passed. Vote was unanimous.
adjourned at 6:54PM.
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