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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
AND CITY COUNCIL
Joint Workshop Meeting
Thursday, November 20, 2008
at 5:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman John Nichols, Noel Bauman, Paul Greer, Doug Slack, Thomas
Woodfin and Hugh Stearns
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Bill Davis
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ben White, Lynn Mcllhaney, John Crompton,
James Massey, Dave Ruesink, Dennis Maloney, Larry Stewart
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planner Jennifer Prochazka, Staff Planners Jason Schubert, Lauren Hovde
and Matt Robinson, Graduate Civil Engineer Erika Bridges, Assistant City Engineer Josh Norton, Senior
Assistant City Engineer Carol Cotter, Planning Administrator Molly Hitchcock, Director Bob Cowell, Assistant
Directors Lance Simms and Gabriel Elliott, First Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, Assistant City
Managers Kathy Merrill and David Neeley, Assistant to the City Manager Hayden Migl, Action Center
Representative Carrie McHugh, Staff Assistant Brittany Caldwell, City Secretary Connie Hooks
1. Call the meeting to order.
Mayor Ben White called the City Council meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Chairman Nichols called the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
2. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the Comprehensive Plan, including the following
draft chapters: Introduction, Community Character, Neighborhood Integrity, Transportation, and Growth
Management and Capacity.
Senior Planner Jennifer Prochazka began the discussion. She spoke of the community vision and the
eight vision statements identified by City Council as part of the overall city strategic plan. She
emphasized that the Comprehensive Plan document serves as a guide and lays the foundation for land
use decisions, Capital Improvement decisions, and budget processes.
Members held discussion on several elements within the Chapter on Community Character.
No official action was taken. Council meeting adjourned at 6:05 pm
PASSED AND APPROVED this 22 day of January, 2009.
AP VED:
Mayor Ben White
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City Secretary 4 COnnierHooks
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