NOTICE OF MEETING

Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission

of Waller County, Texas

Monday, December 1, 2008

7:00 P.M.

Notice is hereby given that the WALLER COUNTY SUB-REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION (“WCSRPC”) of Waller County, Texas, will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, the 1st day of December 2008, at the Pine Island Baptist Church, 36573 Brumlow Road, Hempstead, Texas 77445.

Said meeting will be a regular meeting for the purpose of transacting the routine business of the WCSRPC and to consider and take possible action on any of the following agenda items:

Delivery of Invocation

1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Approval of the Oct. meeting minutes.

3. Discuss status of Invitation and responses from WISD, RISD, & HISD, City of Katy, Bluebonnet Water District, and Katy Brookshire Drainage District.

4. Discuss status of remaining invitations to City of Brookshire and the City of Hempstead and proceed to take action recommended by the board.

5. Discuss extending an Invitation to the Katy I.S.D. and proceed to take action recommended by the board.

6. Discuss the information obtained from the American Land Foundation Conference in Austin. Go over highlights and area of focus in the booklets supplied to the directors.

7. Update and discussion on the zip-code issue with the cities of Pattison and Prairie View. Discuss communications between various County Departments and steps to educate and encourage them to communicate, cooperate, and coordinate with the WCSRPC. Discuss the communications between the County Engineer and the USP pertaining to the Zip-Code matters of Pattison and the need to “Coordinate” and proceed to take action recommended by the board.

8. Update on the Texas Dept. of Transportation and any response to our request for coordination. Discuss plans in preparation of that future meeting and proceed to take action recommended by the board.

9. Discuss status of sending a copy of TxDOT’s notification documentation to the Houston Galveston Area Counsel (HGAC) and other pertinent parties affected by the E.I.S. process and proceed to take action recommended by the board.

10. Any other new business to come before the board.

PUBLIC COMMENT

ADJOURN MEETING

Council discusses TTC path

ROBIN McDONALD
Waller County News-Citizen
Copyright 2008

WALLER COUNTY - Mayor Pro-Tem Maurice Hart discussed the continued possibility of the Trans-Texas Corridor cutting a path through Waller County at the Waller City Council meeting on Monday Night, November 17.

Hart is a member of the Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission (WCSRPC), which was organized as a tool to fight the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) proposed Interstate 69.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) is working on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which will provide information on how the TTC might affect Waller County, among other areas. Hart said while it appeared for a time that TXDOT would stop looking at Waller County as a location for the TTC, that apparently is not the case, because Waller County is still in the EIS.

Hart noted that the commission was sending a letter to Texas Department of Transportation “to put them on notice that they have to coordinate with us.”

Hart also shared that members discussed inviting other municipalities to join the Commission, including Hempstead, Pattison, Brookshire, and the Farm Bureau. Hart also stated that some citizens may be invited to join as non-voting members.

Police Chief James Fulton introduced two members of his force at the -- Officer Anthony Scopel and returning Officer Chris McClure.

“We honor our veterans of foreign wars in November,” he stated. “But we often forget about the battle we fight here at home ... that is, fighting crime.

“It takes a select person to come into a community such as ours and put their lives on the line for us,” Fulton said, with much applause from the audience.

Waller Economic Development Corporation Director John Isom and Mayor Paul Wood also discussed future city plans and meetings they have attended over the past few weeks.

Isom discussed an upcoming feasibility study that will look at using the railways for commuting, and setting up an area in Waller as a regional water detention area. Mayor Wood discussed a tri-county meeting, in which Highway 290 improvements were listed as a high priority item in both Harris and Waller counties.

Waller Council then approved the Police Department’s “In-Car Camera Operation” Policy Number P-1, approved advertising for bids for the 12” water main extension along Stokes Road, approved the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Waller as presented by GrantWorks, Inc., and approved changes in vacation benefits for city employees.

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