Commissioners and staff discussed persistent traffic congestion and a stormwater problem around Mill Bayou and the school drop-off area during a pre-meeting on Oct. 5, 2025. A resident, Michael Montgomery, had been raising the issue and the commission chair said Montgomery had toured the site with staff.

Chief Ramey (Police Chief) said the campus often releases multiple schools in a short span, effectively dumping about 2,000 students in a short period and creating backups that can impede emergency vehicles. "Ultimately, you have 2,000 students that are trying to leave that campus in a very short period of time," Chief Ramey said. He described follow-up with the county traffic division, which agreed to add signal time in the afternoon to help clear the road.

On stormwater, staff said a technical solution is identified but will take approximately three to four months to implement. A staff speaker told commissioners the ditch feeding the corner near Harrison and Jenks Avenue collects runoff from south of Harrison and must cross under State Road 390, so a proposed pond will reduce frequency and depth of roadway flooding but will not resolve all flooding during extreme storms.

Chief Ramey said the department met with school staff and the traffic unit yesterday and provided several recommendations, including possible schedule shifts to stagger school release times. He said the school principal indicated the campus is a charter school and could not change dismissal times unilaterally; he suggested approaching the school board for changes.

Staff also said the police had contacted the county about signal timing on State Road 77 and State Road 390 corridors to allow longer left-turn phases where backups form. Commissioners and staff agreed to continue coordination with county traffic engineers and to monitor progress on the stormwater fix and signal timing adjustments.

No formal commission action was recorded in the pre-meeting transcript; staff and police recommended continued coordination with county traffic and school officials.