Community Impact reports that at Montgomery’s July 25th city council session, following City Administrator Gary Palmer’s announced interest in coming up with a more expedient way to plan, evaluate and collaborate on future transportation needs, councilmembers gave the okay to the creation of the Montgomery Transportation Advisory Committee.
The Montgomery Transportation Advisory Committee’s purpose is keep the council and city administrator abreast of projects and issues regarding mobility, which would include mass transportation, traffic and pedestrians in Montgomery’s city limits.
Guidelines for the committee state:
The committee will be made up of five members.
One of the appointees will be the police chief, and one will be a councilmember.
The responsibilities of committee members entails recommending appointments to the committee, contributing input to transportation projects and maintaining the finest practices in transportation planning.
Beginning June 1st, term limits are limited to one year.
And, Community Impact also reports that Montgomery councilmembers, during the same July 25th session, changed stipulations they made to Home Depot Site Coordinator Jordan Corbitt regarding the approval of a parking variance during their July 11th council session with him.
The new approved agreement now includes:
Limiting Home Depot to not having to provide more than $750,000 to implement improvements to Buffalo Springs Drive.
Home Depot partnering to help pressure TxDOT to pay for a traffic signal at Highway 105 and Buffalo Springs Drive.
The use of enhanced landscaping to screen their rooftop.
And, eliminating the request for a 100 percent brick facade.
