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Your Hometown Newspaper
16 - August 16, 2012
News Outlook
City attempts to put a stop to ongoing school traffic jam
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
The city of Owingsville
has had to intervene with
school traffic around
Owingsville Elementary
,School, and a new traffic
pattern after school has
had to be created.
During Monday eve-
ning's regular meeting,
city council members
met with Interim Supt.
Steve Meadows and
Transportation and Fa-
cilities Supervisor Gary
"Burnsy" Stewart to an-
nounce that a new plan
has been put in place for
red tag riders" at the
school.
"Red tag riders" are
school children at the el-
ementary school who are
picked up by parents or
guardians after school.
Children are allowed to
leave the school after
the final bell when their
numbers are announced
over the school inter-
com.
Under this system,
those who pick up the
children have been park-
ing around the school
parking lot on the east
side of the school. Traf-
fic has grown over time,
and it has spilled out
onto Banker Street.
According to Mayor
Gary Hunt, the city had
received complaints from
residents along Bank-
er Street and adjacent
streets about the line of
cars, and something had
to be done. '°This was
our responsibility as a
city to do something,"
Hunt said.
Following traffic prob-
lems again after the sec-
ond day of classes of the
school last Friday, Mayor
Hunt had a meeting with
Meadows, Stewart, Prin-
cipal Angle Jent, Vice
Principal Jerry Thatcher,
and an architect who
happened to be on hand
for the school's remodel-
- Photo by Cecil Lawson
On Tuesday afternoon cars were in line the entire length of Banker Street and even curved around
onto John Stan Street by the Board Office, waiting to pick up students from Owingsville Elementary
School. This traffic problem was changed Wednesday following intervention by Owingsville Mayor
Gary Hunt and will hopefully be alleviated.
ing project.
The new parking and
traffic plan will have
those picking up school
children to pull around
by the west side of the
school, turn in the park-
ing lot by the football
field, then park in a line
along the west side of
the school. Parking will
be in double lanes, and
parked cars will be set
off by traffic cones or
tape.
This new traffic pat-
tern was set to begin
Wednesday afternoon.
Mayor Hunt also deliv-
ered updates on a num-
ber projects around Ow-
ingsville.
- Hunt noted that the
Goodpaster Ave. lot
owned by the city is now
clear of the house and ga-
rage that were on it. He
said that the lot will soon
be leveled, covered with
DGA rock, and turned
into a parking lot for City
Hall for the time being;
- he said that the clo-
sure papers have been
sent to Frankfort for the
Streetscape project and
will be reviewed by the
Transportation Cabinet;
- Hunt said that the
sewer project up and
running, apart from
eight more units to be
installed in individual lo-
cations. He, added that
new customers on the
U.S. 60/Hwy. 111/Ridg-
way expansion will begin
receiving their first bills
in September.
- he announced that the
Appalachian Regional
Commission has award-
ed another grant to the
City of Owingsville in the
amount of $8650 for the
development of the proj-
ect "We Are Bath County
- Get to Know Us." This
grant will run through
October/November and
will be used to fund the
development of a DVD
promoting Owingsville,
a updated website for the
town, and informational
pamphlets. It will also
be used to develop a col-
oring and activity book
in conjunction with the
local school systems. He
also said that volunteers
will be attending the
Brushy Fork Institute in
September, which works
in conjunction with the
ARC and which will guar-
antee grant money for
the following year. He
noted that the ARC has
awarded nearly $30,000
in grant money to Ow-
ingsville;
- Hunt noted that the
city now has two 2012
Dodge Charger police
cruisers to replace two
older cruisers that are
more than a decade old;
- he also said that the
city has been using its
new truck mounted
street sweeper, but that
its existing plastic-bris-
tled brush may have to
be replaced with a steel-
bristled brush to move
packed-in dirt on the
streets;
- Hunt also reported
that HomeServe, an in-
surance company that
insures water lines, has
been sending out letters
to new customers on the
city's water/sewer sys-
tem. City Clerk Cathy
Conway said that she
had received a number
of calls about the let-
ters. Mayor Hunt said
that while the company
seems legitimate, the
city does not endorse the
insurance.
In other actions, city
council members:
approved a second
reading of an ordinance
which changed the zon-
ing classification of 29
Barbara Lynn Drive from
R2 residential to P2, pro-
fessional and residential.
The first reacting of this
zone change was held
during a special called
meeting on July 27;
- approved an ordi-
nance creating a supple-
ment to the city's code
of ordinances based on
recommendations by
American Legal Publish-
ing Corporation, which
will bring the city's ordi-
nances in line with Ken-
tucky Revised Statutes.
American Legal Publish-
ing maintains a website
which lists Owingsville's
ordinances, http://www.
amlegal.com/library/
ky/owingsville.shtml
- approved a resolution
to reappoint Dewayne
Johnson to another term
on the Parks and Recre-
ation Board;
- approved three items
to be advertised and bid
on as surplus, includ-
ing a 1999 Ford Crown
Victoria police cruiser,
a 1998 Foi-d Crown Vic-
toria police cruiser, and
3 ton forced air furnace/
cooling unit;
- approved a date and
time for Trick or Treat
this year, to be held on
October 31, from 6 to 8
p.m.
The next regular meet-
ing of the Owingsville
City Council is sched-
uled for Monday, Sep-
tember 10, at 7 p.m. at
City Hall.
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