ORDER NO. 26871

APPROVE TO SET PULBIC HEARING REGARDING 
CENTER POINT RIVER ROAD SPEED LIMIT CHANGE

On this the 12th day of February 2001, upon motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Letz, the
Court unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, to accept discussion to establish
a speed limit of30 mph on Center Point River Road
east and west bound beginning at Bolin Drive and set public
hearing for same on March 12, 2001 at 10:15 am
COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
MADE BY: William H. Williams OFFICE: Comm. Pct. 2
MEETING DATE: February 12, 2001 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (please be specific) Consider and discuss establishing a speed limit of 30
m.p.h. on Center Point River Road east bound beginning at Brinks Street, and set date for
a public hearing.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER, NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is
posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551 and 552, Government
Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays: 5: P. M. previous Tuesday.
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON: @
All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if
adequate information has been prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action
at time of Court meetings. Your cooperation wilt be appreciated and contribute toward
your request being addressed at the eazliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rule
adopted by Commissioners Court.
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COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Didn't want to exclude
that possibility?
MR. LINDLEY: Yes, sir, right.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Preliminary stamp
would work.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any further questions or
comments? If not, all in favor, raise your right hands.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I would like to thank
Mike Lindley for taking the time to have another attorney
review our Subdivision Rules. And, if we make some
clarification to them, we might make things easier for us
and the developer.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Absolutely. The next item is
Item Number 18, consider and discuss establishing a speed
limit of 30 miles an hour on Center Point River Road,
eastbound, beginning at Brinks Street, and set a date for
public hearing.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I've had a lot of
folks talk to me about excessive speed on that area of C.P.
River Road that is within -- essentially within the former
corporate limits of the City of Center Point. I asked
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Franklin and Road and Bridge to put their little rubber
bands across the road and take those speed tests. Franklin,
would you please step up and address that for us as to what
we discovered there?
MR. JOHNSTON: Well, we tested that road at
three locations; one at Brinks Street and one down at the
southern end, one on the other side of the river. The 85
percentile speeds on River Road itself was generally all 50,
55, in that range. Less than 55 miles an hour, so I don't
see a problem with -- with that. I think the county roads,
the default is 55 if they're not posted, so we're well
within that. The area of concern, of course, is Brinks
Street, which is in the old corporate limit of Center Point,
which there's houses and it's a -- you know, a city
subdivision-type --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Goodly number of
children in the area.
MR. JOHNSTON: They're going also 55 miles an
hour in that area, so that's -- I think there's an existing
court order that set -- all of the areas of Center Point was
set at 30 miles an hour -- 30, 35. So, we may just need
some enforcement down there.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I think all -- there's
a 30 mile-an-hour speed limit in all Kerr County
subdivisions.
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MR. JOHNSTON: Mm-hmm.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: By court order.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So we're already
covered, is what you're saying?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: If we're talking about
a subdivision. Well, we're probably talking about more than
a subdivision.
MR. JOHNSTON: Center Point probably consists
of several --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Possibly comprised of
more than just subdivisions.
MR. JOHNSTON: But there are subdivisions, so
it would probably just need some enforcement.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Is that all -- I mean, is
that stretch all within a subdivision?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: It's all within the
former corporate limits --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- of Center Point.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I would be surprised if
that's a platted subdivision.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I would too.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right along --
MR. JOHNSTON: Probably all the subdivisions
in all of the old corporate limits were platted, you know,
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back in the early 1900's.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: As a subdivision in any
way --
MR. JOHNSTON: I don't know if they -- they
called them that back then, but --
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: If you go through the
process with setting the speed limits, then there's no
question.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Okay.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: And I think it's
interesting -- just another piece of information. Franklin
gave me some accident reports from D.P.S., and this
particular stretch of ground, we've had speeding, driver
inattentive, evasive action, animals, impaired -- alcohol
impaired, and so forth. So, I think it's a safety measure.
And, while the agenda item, I think, says -- I know it
says -- we talk about eastbound. We're really talking about
within the corporate limits east and westbound on that
particular stretch of road.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Where -- going down River
Road where? Brinks Street? What is the stretch, from
where? The first big house you come to, to the river? I
mean, into where it crosses the river? Is that what --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Essentially, yes.
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MR. JOHNSTON: I think the corporate limits
is back down the road where that big ditch is, the drainage
structure goes across the road. And then, actually, Brinks
Street -- there's two or three streets before you get to
Brinks Street. It's -- it should be at the limit, I think,
of the corporate limit -- old corporate limit.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: What was the former
-- that's where we used to have the sign posted, "County
Maintenance Ends," that same point. Do you remember,
Jonathan?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Looks to me like we ought
to go from Bolin Drive to --
MR. JOHNSTON: Yeah, Brinks is not the first
street. It should be down toward the end of the --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: From Bolin Drive, based
on this map, to where it crosses the river.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We need to amend that
to say Bolin when we set the public hearing. Bolin --
(Discussion off the record.)
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Let's make it Bolin
right now, both east and westbound.
DODGE HENNEKE: That's his motion.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Public hearing on the
12th of March?
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JUDGE HENNEKE: Right. Motion by
Commissioner Williams, second by Commissioner Letz, that the
Court establish a speed limit of 30 miles per hour on Center
Point River Road, beginning at Bolin Drive and continuing
both east and west there, and set a public hearing on the
same for Monday, March the 12th, Year 2001, at 10:15 here in
the Kerr County Commissioners' Courtroom. Any questions or
comments?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Question.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Comment -- go ahead
with your question.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Bolin Road is on the
western fringe of Center Point, so if we go westbound of --
I mean, we only want to go east of Bolin Road to the
crossing on the Guadalupe River.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Right.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: And my comment was --
was that it would sure be handy on these kind of things to
have at least a sketch highlighted along the area that we
want to establish a speed limit.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I'll provide that as
well.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So that we can look at
it and answer questions.
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JUDGE HENNEKE: Any other questions or
comments? If not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Item Number
19, consider and discuss approving the annual accounts and
status of investments pursuant to provisions of the Texas
Probate Code 887(b) Jannett Pieper.
MS. PIEPER: This is not actually a
requirement. The Code just says that I have to make a
written report of the status of investments, which we did
want to hear anyway, and this is a -- a copy of what is sent
out. This just shows the original investment that was made,
the date it was made on, the interest that was paid, the
name of the depository, and the type of investment that was
made.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Does anyone have any
questions regarding the report on the annual investments?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Do we need a motion to
accept the --
JUDGE HENNEKE: Let's have a motion to
accept.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Z'll make a motion we
accept the --