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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-18-70~M1 ~'~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held August 18, 1970, at 7:00 P. M., in the Appalachian Auditorium. There were present: Mayor C. R d~ert Edens, presiding. Councilmen: Wm. A. House, A. L. Graham, S. G. Frye, J. H. White Raymond F. Ratcliff, Glen K. Aust Absent: W. D. Macgill, Jr., and Mason A. Vaughan Also present: Town Manager: J. E. Marshall Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Councilman-elect: J. L. Congrove Visitors: J. R. Schrader, Southwest Times reporter John Columbus, Jr., WPW Radio Station John Epling, Executive Director, New River Valley Planning District Commission E. F. Hall, John Warf, Obel Ratcliff & Bob Bunts The invocation was given by Councilman House. Minutes of the August 4th and special meeting of August 6th were approved as recorded. Councilman House introduced Mr. John W. Epling, Executive Director [1 of the New River Valley Planning District Commission, and stated the JOHN W.EPLING ATTENDS Purpose of the Commission is to work toward providing a larger view MEETING of the many problems confronting the governmental units, the City of Radf ord, Towns of Christiansburg, Blacksburg and Pulaski, and Counties REPORT MADE BY-HOUSE of Giles, Floyd, Mantgbmery and Pulaski which make up Planning District ~~4. He stated further .that he :was appointed to represent the Town of Pulaski:during his term an the Council and that John R. Powers represents the citizenry of Pulaski. Mr. House gave a more detailed report of the duties of the Commission and stated he had asked Mr. Epling to attend the meeting in order that he might become better acquainted with the members of Council and Town officials. Town Manager Marshall stated a petition had been received from the 1 PET.FOR Property owners on Pierce Avenue that the street be widened from First WIDENING PIERCE AVE. Street, S. E. to Fifth Street, S. E. Mr. Marshall stated there are BEING CONSIDERED Problems there that would be defined by a survey, and suggested that a survey be made by the Engineering Department to see what can be done, if anything, and hoped to have this ready for Council's consideration as soon as possible, ~~~~ August 18, 1970 Reporting for the Street Committee, Councilman House stated the Committee felt a meeting should be scheduled with the property owners on. Peppers Ferry Road to. see just what the traffic problems are along ST. COMM. this street which have .been brought .to .Council's attention on MEETING TO BE HELD - WITH several occasions b,y persons who do not actually live on Peppers Ferry INTERESTED PARTIES TO Road. He stated a meeting had been scheduled for August 25th at DISCUSS TRAFFIC SIT. ON 7:30 P. M. in the Town Offices with the Street Committee, Town PEPPERS FR.RD. Manager and property owners along Peppers Ferry Road, and asked the Press to please carry .this as a news item in order that those who are interested may attend the meeting. With regards to the petition from Va1Ley Road residents for an access road to Route 1I, Mr. House reported the Committee had looked at the situation and it appeared that the land owned by the Town was EOMM.RECOMD. NO ACTION BE outside the corporate limits and presumably had been purchased for TAKEN - the purpose of being used as a landfill site as it is adjacent to the present landfill site. He stated further that the Committee could not TOWN OFFICIALS GLAD TO MEET .come up with any workable solution, and recommended no action be taken WITH HIGHWAY DEPT. TO to open the old road, but should any other governmental agency wish DISCUSS ACCESS ROAD TO VALLEY to take some action the Town would be willing to talk .with them. Mr. ROAD Jehn Warf reported that he had discussed the situation with Mr. D. R. Collins, Resident Engineer for the Highway Department, who stated that.if the Town gave the right of way the Highway Department would do the rest. The Town officials indicated they would be glad to discuss the matter ,with Mr. Collins. Town Manager Marshall reported that the Allison Lane project from Peppers Ferry Road to Route 11 is only one stage of the total REPORT OF STATUS OF Thoroughf ares Plan from Route 11 to Bob White Boulevard, and at a ALLISON LN. R/W recent meeting with Highway officials the general location of 'the' road was discussed as well as the purchase of right of way from Peppers Ferry Road to Bob White Boulevard, and it was hoped to have a field inspection within the next three to six months. Also, that the section from Peppers Ferry Road to Route 11 is the first stage of the thoroughfares plan and it could be two fiscal years bef ore any construction can be done, and that the Council had adopted a resolution agreeing to have the Highway Department purchase the right of way. 3 ~~V Aug. 18, 1970 As an interested citizen, Mr. Obel Ratcliff suggested that the Town OBEL RATCLIFF look into the possibility of a road from the end of Elizabeth Street to REQUESTS & Route 11 near the Pulaski Flower Shop, which he believes will relieve SUGGESTIONS some of the traffic situation on Peppers Ferry Road. EXT.OF ELIZ. Mr. Ratcliff also asked that repairs be made to the curbing in ST. & CURB REPAIRS E. front of his office along east Main Street in the vicinity of Glenn MAIN ST. Insurance Company. Mr. H°use stated the Committee had nothing to report on the Madison NO REPORT Avenue railroad crossing situation, but hoped a solution would be found ON MADISON AVE. RR soon, and that the Committee was in a position to believe that a solution CROSSING would soon be found as a result of a meeting held by the Town Manager with several Railroad officials. The Street Committee asked the Town Manager and staff to look into LOOK INTO the downtown alley situation to see if there was some way to improve the PARKING IN ALLEYS TO congested one-way streets. If any improvements are possible, cert~.in RELILEVE TRAFFIC ON steps be taken and the business involved be contacted. ONE-WAY STS. Councilman Graham reported that Field Engineering studies are being NO WATER made on the petition from Dora Highway residents involving water line eXten- COMM. REPORTS sion outside the corporate limits, and request for a larger pipe line to Scott Addition, and it was hoped the Water Committee could make a report at the next meeting. 288 Town Manager Marshall reported that as a result of a recent survey STOP SIGNS INSTALLED of street stop signs, 288 stop signs had been installed over the Town. Town Manager Marshall reported that in the present fiscal years budget the operation of Oakwood Cemetery had been included, and that persons OAKWOOD CEMETERY who have been paying the caretaker to take care of their lots, as well as REPORT those who wish to contribute toward perpetual care, could do so by con- tacting the Town Treasurer's office and making such deposits; the cost for mowing lots for a season being $5.00. He further stated opening up of the new section of the Cemetery would not be done until such time as all of the lots in the old section have been sold. There was no report on Pinehurst Cemetery at this time. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M, ATTEST Clerk o the Council APPROVED: ~' ~~2L1 Mayor