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Mayor
Ron Silvia
Mayor Pro Tempore
Ben White
City Manager
Glenn Brown
Council Members
John Happ
Ron Gay
Lynn McIlhaney
Chris Scotti
David Ruesink
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
MINUTES
Special Joint Meeting
College Station City Council and the College Station Independent School District
Monday, July 17, 2006 at 6:00 pm
College Station Independent School District Administration Office
1812 Welsh Avenue
College Statiou, Texas
Attendees: Mayor Silvia, Councilmembers Chris Scotti, Ron Gay, Ben White, Lynn McIlhaney, David
Ruesink, John Happ. City Manager Glenn Brown, Interim Director of Planning and Development Services
Lance Simms, Parks and Recreation Director Steve Beachy, Police Chief Mike Clancey, Asst. Fire Chief Eric
Ploeger, Public Relations Director Becky Nugent, Asst. PARD Director Eric Ploeger, Staff Intern, Hayden
Migl, City Secretary Connie Hooks
Acting Superintendent Eddie Coulson, Deputy Superintendent Mike Ball, Directors Ann Ganter and Greg
lcIntyre, Trustees Tim Jones, Mary Broussard, Randall Pitcock, Charlotte Slack, Steve Aldrich, and Garland
"I{ atson, and Beth French.
Item No.1 -- Call to Order
Mayor Silvia called the College Station City Council meeting to order at 6:15 pm with all Councilmembers
present. Councilmembers met with trustees of the College Station Independent School District to share ideas
and hear reports from management staff on joint projects.
Item No.2 -- Presentation. Dossible action. and discussion re!!:ardin!!: Joint Use A!!:reements and Joint
Proiects/Pro!!:rams between City of Colle!!:e Station and Colle!!:e Station IndeDendent School District.
Police Chief Mike Clancey briefly described the school resource officer program and the DARE program. He
highlighted the positive reception received by students to these programs and that a number of students pursue
Criminal Justice College courses.
Parks and Recreation Director Steve Beachy updated the elected officials on the City and School Joint Use
Agreements regarding park sites in conjunction with existing schools. He provided suggestions to incorporate
a unified approach in planning additional park sites with school input for successful projects.
Item No.3 -- Presentation. Dossible action. and discussion between the City of Colle!!:e Station City
Council and the Colle!!:e Station IndeDendent School District re!!:ardin!!: District Student Enrollment.
Proiected Student Growth and Duildin!!: Needs.
Acting Superintendent Eddie Coulson discussed the schools district's enormous growth rate, and its immediate
. -npact to current schools and prompt planning school officials to plan additional campuses.
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'em No.4 -- Presentation, possible action, and discussion rel!ardinl! future collaborative efforts between
(he City of Collel!e Station and Collel!e Station Independent School District.
Dr. Coulson agreed with Steve's comments and welcomed the opportunity to partnership with the City on future
projects, including administrative space in the proposed City Center, and joint meeting space for both entities.
Dr. Coulson and Glenn Brown agreed to schedule another meeting of this type for Council and Trustees to
discuss mutual topics.
Item No.5 -- Adiourn.
Hearing no objections, Mayor Silvia adjourned the meeting at 8:10 pm.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of September, 2006.
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