From: Toni Randall
Sent: Sun 11/22/2009 4:20 PM
To: mallios@comcast.net
Subject: FW:
Chris
can you please put this on your blog, I would like for the citizens to be as informed as possible.
Thank You in advance
T
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From: Rich Oller
Sent: Sun 11/22/2009 7:32 AM
To: Toni Randall
Subject:
Mayor I will be bringing before you and council On December 8, a request to approve 3 necessary and needed studies for the City these are:
Water Distribution Model- This model is compulation of lines sizes, storage tank & pump sizes and existing pressures that exist in the water distribution system collected and analyzed by computer simulations to accurately predict low pressure areas due to inadequate booster staion location and/or line sizes within the system. The model also will ascess fire flows in the system to show areas of low fire flow under varying conditions. The benefit to the City is this becomes an interactive model for us to use in mangaing our distribution system and providing the information needed on extensions of lines and additional storage requirements. It will also give us the ability to better predict water supply needs more accurately.
Sanitary Sewer System Model- This is same concept as the water system model and is a tool that collects existing data including all lift station pump and wet-well sizes and provides us with information on the pumping capacity of the lift stations, determines if lift stations are undersized or maxed out, line sizes and their capacity to add more connections, and will identify areas within the collection system that is contributing infiltration/inflow (I/I) into the system. This is groundwater or runoff water that is getting into the sewer system and we are transporting & treating it. This water does not need to be treated and is costing the city to do so.
Master Drainage Plan- This plan was last developed in 1990 and the plan develops improvements from a City wide view point and how best to manage the overall drainage. It is tied to the Regional Drainage Districts plan and with FEMA and the Corps of Engineers plans. This plan will allow the city to know what types of drinage routes need to be dedicated as the city further develops. It will also be interactive with all of our land use models and Regional Drainage Models.
All 3 of these models will give the City the necessary tools to better plan development and growth and providing the tools we need to better operate the systems in a cost-effective performance based approach. The information will allow staff to be proactive and not reactive to all of these infrastructure needs.
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Multi-tasking is great, but if a priority were to be set and to come down to improving infrastructure or creating additional recreational capabilities, which would the city council choose to perform as a priority?
Water Distribution / Sanitary Sewer System / Master Drainage or
Hike and Bike Trail
I agree on Multi-Tasking. How about adressing the obvious that you know about? Then hire a consultant. May be much less expensive to have them not charge us to point out the obvious. Look at the past 9 months. There is enough to keep someone busy for a while.
Tip Of The Day: Transparency should not be selective.
excuse me: addressing
Chris , Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. There is much to be thankful for.
To clarify, I strongly support being pro-active to growth. I would think with the economy the way it is, we should not look for a housing boom. So being that,why not address the existing infrastructure problems with the money allocated to do these studies? That would be inline with everything we hear from January- May which is Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure!!!!
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Much to be thankful for when you look around the world.
Can we talk about another topic? In this Chronicle article http://tiny.cc/PkqKZ the Mayor has made what I believe are statements of personal preference and not what is in the best interest of public safety.
The Mayor is flat wrong about not having a light at the 2094/Twin Oaks intersection yet. This is an extremely broad and dangerous intersection complicated by the angled alignment of traffic exiting The Fairways apartment complex across 2094 from Twin Oaks. Because the intersection is so broad, anyone turning left from any direction is taking their life in their hands. Just paying attention will not fix this Mayor; the size of this intersection provides no clear lanes of travel for left turns from Twin Oaks or The Fairways.
There are reams of accident records to prove how dangerous this intersection really is. East and west bound traffic moves at a very fast clip along this section of 2094. Does someone actually have to die before the inconvenience of another light is outweighed by public safety?
Morgan,
As somebody who must drive in and out to my home through this intersection, I have mixed feelings about adding a traffic light. It is a tricky intersection, but I also understand the frustration that would be caused by adding yet another traffic light in such close proximity to all the other traffic lights that have been added to FM 2094, especially since it is the east - west corridor for the northeast part of the county. To be fair, I suspect most of my neighbors would disagree with me and argue that a traffic light must be installed.
The intersection is even more complicated than you suggest due to the two part left turn lane for Lakeside and the entrance to the MB Harbor strip mall combined into the Twin Oaks intersection, which brings in a lot of traffic unfamiliar with the intersection. When any homes ever get built in Cypress Bay, a large portion of them will also be accessed through this intersection.
The most unnecessary thing about this intersection is the poor visibility, which is primarily caused by the bushes in the median of Twin Oaks being too close to FM2094. A great deal of improvement could be done quickly & cheaply just by trimming these bushes back. There have been severe accidents hear (I've seen Life Flight land on FM2094) and I am surprised nobody has been sued over the location of these bushes. Some stripes on the road showing the proper way to go through the intersection would also help.
If there must be a light (and I suspect there will be) it is imperative that it be sensor controlled and synchronized with the lights at Enterprise, South Shore, and Lighthouse and that sensor control also be added to the lights at Enterprise and Lighthouse.
The best thing to do though is to limit any future residential growth that requires access through FM2094. The infrastructure in the north east corner of the county is saturated and the geography prevents meaningful expansion of the infrastructure.
For instance, last year there was a proposal to build a thousand plus unit apartment complex on the empty land between Lakeside and Enterprise and route the traffic through Lakeside. This would have forced a light a both Twin Oaks and Lakeside and been an absolute disaster for traffic in the entire east end of the city. In addition to planning for a traffic light at Twin Oaks, the city must also take steps to rezone this empty property to prevent any residential development on it and to ensure that access to whatever ends up on the property is through Enterprise and not Lakeside. The best solution of all would be for the city or county to take over the property as park land.
Jeff
That is the reason that it is not too late to have all interested parties and their neighbors & Friends to go to the League City Mobility Website and voice your opinion so the city planners can read your opinion!
Make your opinion known to the City Planners. The referenced article does reference that more study is needed with adding intra-connecting streets.
The Vehicle flow on 2094 is very, very bad, but if more Traffic lights are eventually placed on 2094, it will not improve the flow of traffic, even if they are in-sync with other lights all the way from 146 to 270.
Mobility Website
Thanks for the link, Fubar. I just posted this there:
Many in LC share growing concerns over traffic congestion on Main Street. We are aware of economic development interests that would like to make things only worse by turning Main Street into a "destination" or attraction "corridor," rather than look for ways to detour at least some of the traffic to other routes.
SH96 was built for a reason. Like both FM518 and FM2094, it can serve a large part of the need for east-west mobility though LC.
One need only to look at Alvin to see a fine solution to a traffic problem. When the state wanted to improve mobility through Alvin, the city didn't want to lose its "Route 66" charm by making changes dictated by the state. So the state built Highway 35 Bypass around rather than through Alvin. And Highway 35 Business remains quite like it always was. Problem solved, to everyone's needs and satisfaction.
Webster took notice and did something similar. We can and perhaps need to do the same here. Make Main Street our "business" and SH96 our "bypass."
The best solution of all would be for the city or county to take over the property as park land.
"The best solution of all would be for the city or county to take over the property as park land."
Jeff, that is an interesting commentary. Just take over the property. Don't you support the rights of the property owner to do what he wishes with the land he owns? Sounds very much like a public taking, is that what you advocate?
The city or county could purchase the land in the current depressed real estate market. Or they could rezone it for non-residential uses. The point is that the intersections in question can not absorb the increase in traffic that would result if the once proposed apartments are ever built on the land in question. The local road infrastructure was not upgraded to handle any more increase in traffic and there is no room left to do so because of the past mismanagement of traffic issues by local governments.
I have heard rumors that this land has been abandoned anyway. Does anybody have any information on the current ownership?
Jeff
What does abandoned mean?
Not paid taxes for how long?
Not responded to inquiries?
FUBAR,
I don't know, it was just gossip that I heard. 'Abandoned' is the word that was used if I remeber correctly. I'm hoping somebody here has the real story.
Jeff
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