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MINUTES OF CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP HELD SEPTEMBER 1&. 198&
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PRESENT: Mayor Ison. Commissioners Johnson. Dabbs. Bateman.
and Hager; City Manager Ryan. City Attorney Kruppenbacher.
City Planner Wagner. Water Superintendent Cockrell. Building
O~~icial Gerace. City Clerk Catron. Deputy Clerk Green.
ABSENT:
None
CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR ISON
Mayor Ison called the meeting to order at 7:04 P.M..
DISCUSSION OF PROPOSAL FOR MINI WAREHOUSES
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City Planner Wagner presented an overview oz a proposed
develop.ent o~ .ini-warehouses on the northwest corner o~
Marshall Farms Road at Highway 50. The City Sta~z advised
that several road improvements would be necessary to o~zset
sazety risks oz increased trazzic through an already
substandard. dangerous intersection. Their recoa.endations
include a deceleration lane and lezt turn lane onto Marshall
Far.s Road ~ro. Highway 50 and le~t and right turn lanes
leading onto Highway 50 zrom Marshall Farms Road. Police
Captain John Boyd reported that an analysia o~ this
intersection revealed a trazzic volume oz 24.709 vehicles per
day. with 25 wrecks ~ro. August. 1985 to the present. Over
the last si~teen years. an average oz 15 accidents per year
have occurred at this site usually involving inJury or death
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David Knaggs. E~ecutive Vice President o~ Southern Atlantic
Construction Management Group - the contractor zor the
proposed develop.ent. contended that the trazzic increase
brought by a mini-warehouse business would be mini.al and
that the reco..ended intersaction i.provements would be cost
prohibitive. He would be willing to participate in Highway
50 i.prove.ents when Parcel 8 is developed. This is the out
parcel that is on the corner oz Highway 50 and Marshall Farms
Road.
Mayor Ison stated that DOT representative Benedict conzirmed
that DOT will study both the intersection oz Highway 50 with
Marshall Far.s Road and also with Maguire Road. City Manager
Ryan noted that this session was not dealing with the site
plan. it is only dealing with road i.prove.ents.
All Commissioners agreed the Marshall Far.a/Highway 50
intersection was already a death trap. and any additional
trazzic without road i.provements would only make it worse.
The workshop session adJourned at 7:30 P.M..
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Mayor TOlh Ison
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