JACKSON WANTS MODOT TO PUT TRAFFIC CONTROLS AT INTERSECTION

JACKSON, Mo. -- A resolution calling for automated traffic signals or other traffic controls at the intersection of Farmington Street and Jackson Boulevard will be sent to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The Jackson Board of Aldermen passed the resolution Monday. It states that the city has documented "an extreme traffic hazard" at the intersection, which the resolution says "is plagued by poor sight distance from the west and north, heavy industrial traffic from the south, and heavy residential and commercial flow from the east."

Mayor Paul Sander had asked that the resolution be drawn up after resident Bob Chubboy came to the board's Aug. 21 meeting offering to take the issue up before the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Chubboy said Tuesday he has gathered 370 signatures on a petition calling for the traffic controls and expects that number to increase to about 500 after employees at the Coca-Cola bottling plant have a chance to sign.

Copies of the resolution also are being sent to State Sen. Peter Kinder, State Rep. David Schwab and to Gov. Mel Carnahan.

Previous efforts to talk to MoDOT about the intersection have been delayed because the agency already plans to upgrade and improve the roadway by 2004. The resolution states that the mayor, the board and the city want to put on the record "their concerns of continued personal injury and property damage to the citizens of Jackson and the traveling public as a result of the hazardous intersection described herein."

Sander said copies of the resolution will be made available to citizens wanting to get more petitions signed.

Agenda

Jackson Board of Aldermen

Power and Light Committee

• Approved an ordinance re-adopting Article VII, Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances.
• Approved an ordinance vacating a general utility easement on property owned by Marway Development Company.
• Approved an ordinance accepting dedication of sanitary sewer easement from Robert and Elizabeth Janet, Gerald Jones II and Amy Jones and John and Donna Lichtenegger.
• Accepted the bid of Clark & sons Excavating L.L.C. of Jackson in the amount of $36,171.50 relative to the Klaus Park Gravity Sewer Project.
• Authorized a contractual agreement with Clark & Sons Excavating L.L.C. under the Klaus Park Gravity Sewer Project.

Street Committee

• Set Fall Clean Up/Fix Up Days for Oct. 2-6.
• Authorized closure of Cathy Drive on Sept. 17 between 5:30 p.m. and dusk for neighborhood block party.
• Approved a resolution requesting automated traffic signals and other traffic controls at the intersection of Farmington Road and West Jackson Boulevard.
• Approved an ordinance authoring a contractual agreement with the New McKendree Untied Methodist Church of Jackson relative to the use of the church parking lot for off-street public parking.

Executive Session

Held executive session to discuss litigation, personnel and purchase of property.