A. The City of Alamo, Texas hereby creates the Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) for its community.
B. Membership: The Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) shall be comprised of five (5) persons who will be residents of the City of Alamo; and who shall be qualified electors at the time of appointment.
C. Appointment: The TSC members shall be appointed at large by the Board of Commissioners upon a majority vote for such appointment. The Board of Commissioners shall always have the inherent right to replace any member at any time, without cause.
D. Tenure: Pursuant to Section 2-1-3
of the Code of Ordinances, each appointed TSC member shall serve for a three (3) year term. The first term, if not ending before the end of the calendar year, shall serve until December 31 of the following year even if the time of service is over three (3) full years from the first time of being appointed. Thereafter, each term shall be for three (3) years and end on December 31 to then be considered for (re)appointment or replacement. All members shall serve for the same tenure, and shall not have staggered terms. Should a member resign, be replaced, or not be able to serve any longer, any appointed replacement shall serve the un-expired term of the vacant TSC members' seat. There is no limit on the number of terms a TSC member may serve.
E. With Staff support, the TSC shall review and adopt Bylaws and any subsequent amendments thereto, in order to provide structure in orderly conducting their meetings. It is noted that as much as possible, said bylaws will be substantially compliant to Title 2 'Boards, Commissions and Committees', Chapter 1 'Board and Commission Standards'. The Police Chief or his/her designated representative, shall be the Staff liaison with the TSC. (Ord. 74-1-24, 1-2-2024)
A. The Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) will discuss, assess, and recommend to the City of Alamo on matters pertaining to or relevant to the following:
1. Traffic control signage including, but not limited to, stop signs, speed limit signs, caution-related signage, etc.
2. Assessing whether speed limits on certain streets should be increased or decreased.
3. New or upgrade street lighting on streets, roads, or avenues that could be safer for traffic and pedestrians during evening hours.
4. Painted markings on streets to disclose a 'Stop Ahead', a 'School Zone', a speed limit, or circumstances of a similar nature to alert approaching incoming traffic.
5. Pedestrian traffic improvements that will reduce, minimize, or eliminate conflict points with motorist traffic patterns.
6. Removing and/or trimming any landscaping or fencing that may impede visibility at street corners; or such landscaping that may have grown to impede visibility of stop signs, etc.
7. The installation of speed humps on certain streets that historically have been a traffic concern especially in areas where school children may be prevalent.
8. The TSC's Chairperson, Vice-chairperson, or another designated TSC representative shall make an annual report, during the first quarter of the calendar year, to the Board of Commissioners during a regular City Commission meeting of the previous years' activities, accomplishments, goals/measures reached, costs incurred, etc.; which may include:
a. The type of recommendations made;
b. The locations of such recommended improvements/adjustments;
c. Any resulting improvements made or those that may be in process; and
d. If possible, the costs involved of such improvements.
9. Other matters that may occasionally be assigned to the TSC by the Board of Commissioners which are relevant to improving traffic and pedestrian safety. (Ord. 74-1-24, 1-2-2024)