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Lauren Hovde - Re: Mobile vendor regulations
From: J B Dott <noI sandman@gmail.com>
To: Lauren Hovde <Lhovde@cstx.gov>
Date: 2/16/2011 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Mobile vendor regulations
Ms. Hovde,
Thank you for taking the time to address my concerns. I agree that by lifting the 21 day restriction currently in
place is a positive move to welcome the mobile vendors to our city however I am concerned with the 300 feet
buffer zone. Perhaps a 200 or 300 feet diameter (vs radius) would be a possible compromise and be less than a
threat to the brick and mortar restaurants. Although both the brick and mortar restaurants and mobile vendors
are competing for the customer's "restaurant dollars" the patrons for either place are of different breeds.
Restaurant customers go to sit down and have lunch/dinner and the mobile vendor patrons are mostly a grab and
run sort.
Thanks again for your time,
J. B. Doff, Jr., MD
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Lauren Hovde <Lkovdeoa estx.gov> wrote:
Good morning.
Thank you for your comments. I will convey your concerns to City Council during their Feb. 24th meeting that begins
at 7:00 pm in Council Chamber located at the south end of City Hall. There is also a public hearing for this item on
that night and you are welcomed to come speak. It is scheduled for Council to take action on this item during that
meeting.
I would like to clarify one point that you mentioned. Currently, the City does not allow for year-round continuous
mobile food vendors to operate. The proposed ordinance actually lessen the regulations on these uses and opens it up
to this business venture.
Have a great day.
Lauren
Lauren Amelia Hovde '06
Staff Planner
Planning & Development Services Department
979-764-3570
>>> J B Dott <nolsandman@gmail.com> 2/14/2011 7:26 PM >>>
The proposed buffer zone for mobile vendors will only serve to hinder competition in the restaurant business. The
proposed regulations for a buffer zone for brick and mortar restaurants only hinders the improvement of food quality
and service thus hurting the people of College Station.
We currently have two entrepreneurs who are willing to risk the venture and bring mobile kitchens to our town and
serve high quality food and we should be welcoming their ventures and help them expand their business to the
citizens of College Station, not creating hurdles to hinder their ventures. Their high quality food will only to serve to
make the other restaurants improve their food quality and services. COMPETITION MAKES US ALL BETTER.
If we were to protect the brick and mortar restaurants perhaps we should create a buffer zone that applies to the
brick and mortar restaurants too, meaning that restaurants could not coexist as neighbors unless they complied with a
buffer zone. The logic that the Planning and Development Service should protect restaurants by creating buffer zones
does not make sense. Please reconsider this anti business proposal.
J. B. Dott, Jr., MD
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Erika Bridges - Fwd: FW: 10-06-0657P: Tower Point LOMR
From:
Carol Cotter
To:
Erika Bridges
Date:
2/25/2011 1:33 PM
Subject: Fwd: FW: 10-06-0657P: Tower Point LOMR
fyi
>>> An! Dutta <ADutta@walterpmoore.com> 2/1/2011 1:21 PM >>>
Alan & Carol,
We will be sending out the property owner notifications starting next week. Once we have everything completed,
we will send you a new CD with the updated models per FEMA comments along with other documentation/forms.
Thank you,
Ani
Aniruddha Dutta, P.E., C.F.M.
Associate
WALTER P MOORE
Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc.
1301 McKinney, Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77010
713.394s649
713.630.7396 fax
ad utta0walteromoore.com
wwwmalterornoore,corn
THE CONTENTS OF THIS E-MAIL AND ANY ATTACHMENT(S) ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND THE PROPERTY OF WALTER P. MOORE AND
From: An! Dutta
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:19 PM
To: Aswartha_Balla@URSCorp.com; Naresh_Balija@URSCorp.com; Kathirvel_Arumugam@URSCorp.com
Cc: Andres Salazar; Kevin Sullivan
Subject: RE: 10-06-0657P: Tower Point LOMR
Hello Aswartha,
Please find attached the updated model using water surface elevation as downstream boundary condition.
To summarize:
• We have changed the downstream boundary condition from normal depth to water surface elevation on
the following streams:
o Spring Creek Upper
o A4-Main
o A3-Main
o Al -A
• All the above mentioned streams along with Spring Creek Lower should be identified by FEMA as "Spring
Creek'
• The changes on the above mentioned streams are updated both for "Existing" and "Ultimate Conditions"
• The SFHA does not change from what we have submitted previously, since for mapping purpose we used
the downstream water surface elevation
Also, beginning next week, we will start sending out the property owner notifications with the changes suggested by
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