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Commission and council members urge progress on roadside signage and railroad garden projects; beautification awards move to quarterly
Summary
Selma officials urged staff to set timetables for approved roadside signage and railroad flower-bed projects; the Appearance Commission voted to change beautification-award timing from monthly to quarterly and limit awards to one residential and one commercial per period.
Town officials and commission members discussed several long-standing beautification projects and approved a procedural change to the town’s beautification awards during the Aug. 18, 2025, Selma Appearance Commission meeting.
A speaker representing town leadership apologized for a late departure to personal obligations and thanked commissioners for their volunteer service, then reminded the commission that the roadside signage project received approval about two years ago and urged staff and council to agree on timetables for installing the signs and for the flower beds and gardens along the railroad.
The commission reviewed a proposed update to the beautification-award procedures that reduces the maximum number of awards (previously up to four) to two awards per period—one residential and one commercial—changes contact information to the town clerk’s email, and expands eligibility to include the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Commissioners voted to change the award frequency from monthly to quarterly and accepted the revised application language for implementation.
Taylor, the commission staff member, confirmed the West Selma Historic District map amendment packet includes an added narrative requested by the state historic review and that staff will submit the packet for the state’s up to 30‑day review before advancing it to council. Commissioners approved the narrative for submittal to state review and agreed staff would notify residents after the state review period as part of the public‑notification steps.
No binding budgets were authorized during these items; commissioners asked staff for timetables and public‑notification plans for the roadside signage and railroad garden projects so council would be aware when projects would be scheduled.
