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SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
City of College Station, Texas
June 23 , 1982
2:00 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Halter, Council Members Runnels, Boughton & Nemec
MEMBERS ABSENT: Members Prause, Ringer & Jones
S'TAFF PRESENT: ,Director of Planning Mayo, City Secretary Dian Jones,
Administrative, Secretary-Martin & PlannIng Techn.ician Volk
The Special Meeting of the City Council was called-to order shortly after 2 p.m.
Pu'rpose of the meet ing was tohol d ap.ubli c hea ring on the site of a t ractof
land (appx. 52.3 acres) on which annexation is being considered.
The public hearing was opened. John Heyde, representative of Area Progress Corporation
which has requested annexation explained the current plans include commercial development
along Texas Avenu.e with multi-family residential development toward the west.
Al Mayo gave the general layout of the landfor council members and public attending.
He also.explained the service plan which has been proposed.
A lady who.only would identify herself as a neighbor of this property spoke and
asked various questio.ns,i.e., ,how much would-taxes be raised, how long for water
lines to be completed, why is city annexing this land, how can growth of the
City of College Station be stopped because it is only detrimental to the health
and wellbeing of the populationa~d caused more traffic on Graham Road, which
raises dust.
Another lady, also a neighbor identified herself as Olive Arnold, and indicated
that she wished this project would not go in next door to her, but she believed
there was nothing she could do about it~
The first lady asked about water lines, and hoped they would not cause her to have
less pressure than she already had. Mayor Halter indicated that it could not affect
her water supp'lyor pressure because it would be water from the CLty of College Station,
and. her water supply Was from Welborn.
John Heyde explained that the developer preferred going through, the annexation process
not only forutiliti'es, but because it was a more orderly process than simply building
a subdivision out in the country. Mayor Halter explained there was nothJ~g to keep
developers from doing Just that, and if the City did annex the property, it could then
have some controls over it.
No one else spoke. Public hearing was closed. Special Meeti.ng was adjourned.
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