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Thursday, March 10, 2005 - THE SACHSE NEWS - Section A - Page 3
History of railroad crossing closure conflict keeps council talking
continued from page IA
Council then directed staff to con-
tract the Parsons Group for a repoit
explaining costs associated with
improvements to infrastructure.
According to City Manager Bill
Atkinson, from the recommendations
presented by the Parsons Group Dec.
20, 2004, the following phased
implementation of the 3rd Street and
Park Lane railroad crossing closures
could be accomplished in this order:
Close the 3rd Street railroad crossing
as soon as practical; construct relo-
cated Hooper Road railroad crossing;
open the relocated Hooper Road rail-
road crossing and close the existing
Hooper Road railroad crossing; con-
struct Industrial Drive connection to
the relocated Hooper Road and con-
struct the Woodbridge Parkway rail-
road crossing; and/or open the
Industrial Drive connection to the
relocated Hooper Road, open the
Woodbridge Parkway railroad cross-
ing, and close the Park Lane railroad
crossing.
"In addition to the studies carried
|out by the Parsons Group, the Sachse
Economic Development Corporation
hired T.I.P. Strategies to determine
the fiscal impact of Woodbridge West
and the related properties," Atkinson
said.
"As a result of that study, T.I.P.
Strategics provided the following as
the key findings of their analysis of
the estimates and associated projec-
tions. T.I.P. projects that Sachse's
households arc likely to add as much
as $130.9 million in taxable retail
spending over the next 20 years and
that is enough spending power to
support about 484,000 square feet of
retail space."
Atkinson said that over the past
two years the council has held many
discussions and taken actions regard-
ing this matter.
"In addition, the council has held
15 meetings on the extension of
Woodbridge Parkway to Woodbridge
West going as far back as Jan. 1, 2003
and during 2003, there were four
workshops and one item on a council
agenda related to this matter," he
said.
"Since July 19, 2004, council has
held six workshops, three agenda
items and one Town Hall meeting
regarding the Highway 78 railroad
cros in*s as they relate to the exten-
sion of Woodbridge Parkway to
Woodbridge West."
Before Council making a decision;
they decided to hold a second Town
Hall meeting to discuss the current
information with the public.
Close to 200 residents met at
Charles W. Smith Funeral Home to
discuss the possible closure of two
existing railroad crossings in the city.
Business owners in the Industrial
Park said that closing Park Lane
would have a negative impact on the
community as well as all the busi-
nesses located in the industrial park.
Representatives of the Sachse
Assembly of God Church said that if
3rd. Street is closed, the city would
be in violation of the Religious Land
Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
of 2000 as well as having their prop-
erty severely de-valued.
After discussing the results of the
Town Hall meeting during the next
council meeting, council members
voted five to one to table any action
on the road closures.
"We tabled the action to give prop-
erly owners who will be affected by
the railroad crossing closure of
Hooper or Park Lane the opportunity
to negotiate their differences,"
Councilman Charles Smith said.
"I truly believe that a compromise
can be made with re-locating Park
and Hooper in the middle of the
industrial park. We also made it very
clear that although we want their
feedback the ultimate decision will
be made by this council."
City Attorney Pete Smith and
Mayor Mike Felix were chosen as
moderators. That group met the fol-
lowing Saturday and could not agree
on a compromise scenario.
At the next council meeting a rep-
resentative of the property owners
said the group recommended closing
Ben Davis and 3rd.
Council members argued their
opposition or support of closing the
railroad crossings at 3rd. and Park
Lane or 3rd. and Hooper Road. The
result was a stalemate after two
motions failed in a 4 to 2 vote.
The first motion was to close 3rd
and Park. The second motion was to
close 3rd. and Hooper.
After the motions failed to pass,
Mayor pro-tern Mark Timm openly
criticized the council's actions.
"By not making a decision we
rejected an opportunity to grow and
diversify our commercial lax base,"
Timm said. "Again, my criticism of
the council was that our laissez-faire,
status quo, do-nothing philosophy of
government was a disservice to our
citizens."
Timm feels that as community
leaders, th^ council must be able and
willing to look at the here and now as
well as long term needs, and begin
addressing those future needs now.
"This quality of leadership is
expected of us when we take our oath
of office and it is our responsibility to
make the difficult decisions," he said.
'That is what makes a good leader
and I did not sec this quality in us as
a group that night."
Councilman Jim Burnett said it is
very difficult to separate the emotion-
al from the rational when we are talk-
ing about making a major change in
the way we live and work.
"For me, it comes down to trans-
portation and economic development
issues that I believe can be resolved
in an orderly and timely fashion,"
Burnett said.
"My effort to combine crossings,
rather than simply voting to close one
or the other, was aimed at forcing cit-
izens and the city to work together to
develop design and development
plans. Sooner or later, this absolutely
has to happen."
Burnett said it's back to the draw-
ing board to include all possibilities
except the closing of Ben Davis.
'This includes bridges and tun-
nels, two options that I believe will
be costly and not offer the most
immediate solutions for pending traf-
fic problems," he said. "Just as
important as the other choices,
bridges and tunnels will impact
someone and, if there was a real take-
away for me from our last meeting, it
was that I believe for once, everyone
realized someone will be affected, no
matter what, by any choice the coun-
cil finally makes."
Mayor Mike Felix said he wants
the proposed Woodbridge commer-
cial development to be a part of the
city because it would benefit the
community. "We will continue to
work on this," he said. "We'll look at
it all again and work toward a solu-
tion whether it be a bridge or tunnel
or road closure."
American National Bank's Sachse team familiar to community
American National Bank is new
to the Sachse market, yet all of the
staff members are familiar faces to
Sachse residents. Located at 5430
Highway 78, the banking center in
Sachse has emphasized a commu-
nity focus through contributions to
local organizations, the Garland
Symphony and the Sachse
Historical Society.
"We are so pleased that our com-
plete staff here at ANB Sachse are
all local people," said Anita
Collins, Sachse Banking Center
president. "We want our customers
to feel as though they have been
coming here for many years and I
think with the familiar faces in our
lobby, they certainly will."
Among these familiar faces are:
Anita Collins, Banking Center
President; SU&tri Tarver, Sales &
Service Manager; and Jason
Worley, Commercial Lender.
Collins joined ANB in June of
2003, and was soon promoted to
Sachse Banking Center President.
Collins began her banking career in
Wylie in 1981 before transitioning
to Sachse in 1983, where she has
been since.
Collins graduated from SMU's
prestigious Southwest Graduate
School of Banking in 1996 and
brings more than 18 years of com-
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She is also extremely active in
the community and contributes her
leadership skills to both the Sachse
and Wylie Chambers of Commerce.
She is a member of the
Sachse/Wylie Exchange Club, the
Wylie Rotary Club. Wylie Sports
Hall of Honor board member.
Independent Bankers Association
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Founding President of the
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Susan Tarver joined ANB in
November 2004 as the Sales and
Service Manager for the Sachse
Banking Center.
Tarver also has over 18 years of
banking and management experi-
ence, from managing loan col-
lection departments to more recent-
ly managing top-producing branch-
es in the Dallas Metro area.
Tarver and her family have lived
in the Wylie area four years.
Jason Worley joined American
National Bank as a Commercial
Lender in the fall of 2004. Worley
has been a commercial lender in
the Garland market for 5 plus
years.
He brings to American National
Bank expertise in commercial real
estate lending. Worley is a member
of the Indo-American Chamber of
Commerce as well as the Sachse
and Wylie Chambers.
Rounding out the Sachse staff
arc several long-time area residents
including Sandy Nelson. Stephanie
Moore, Lauren Starr. Stephanie
Walp, Phillip Johnston, Gcna
Seddig, and David McDonough.
With almost 70 years of com-
bined banking experience the staff
at Sachse is well-equipped to meet
the needs of Sachse residents and
businesses.
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banking center in Sachse,
American National Bank of Texas
has also introduced a new Free
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surpasses any in the marketplace
today.
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always striving to improve our
products and services as we build a
partnership with our customers.
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exceeds our competitors' similar
products on pricing and conve-
nience. And as an added bonus to
our local small business owners,
we are also offering up to $50 off
your small business starter kit
when you open your account," said
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