HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/14/2002 - Regular Minutes - Cemetery Advisory Committee
City of College Station
Cemetery Committee
Thursday, February 14, 2002
Central Park Conference Room
10:00 a.m.
Staff Present:
Ross Albrecht, Forestry Superintendent; Delmer Charanza, Cemetery
Sexton; Ann Marie Hazlett, Committee Secretary.
Members Present:
Katherine Edwards, Chairman; David Chester; Mary Lind Bryan;
Joe Wallace; Ed Burns; Sarah Adams; Mary Bingaman, Alternate.
Members Absent:
Neal Nutall
1.Call to order:
The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m.
2.Hear Visitors:
There were no visitors present at the meeting.
3.Discussion, consideration, and possible approval of absentee requests:
Sarah
Adams made a motion to approve the absence of Neal Nutall. David Chester
seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
4.Discussion, consideration, and possible approval of December minutes:
Joe
Wallace made a motion to approve the minutes from the December 13, 2001
meeting. David Chester seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion
passed unanimously.
5. Discussion, consideration and possible action regarding updating the
cemetery brochure and the brochure insert (See attached):
Ross handed out a
revised copy of the cemetery brochure with the changes that he made highlighted.
There were a few minor punctuation changes, and one sentence under the section
“Cemetery Citizen Advisory Committee” that was asked to be changed. The first
sentence was suggested to be changed to read: “This Committee, appointed by
City Council, meets on a regular basis…”
Sarah Adams made a motion to approve the brochure revisions including the ones
stated above. David Chester seconded the motion. All were in favor and the
motion passed unanimously.
5.Discussion, consideration and possible action regarding the status of the
landscape plan for the cremate area and the plan for memorializing the
Madeleys:
Ross stated that the Committee took action to reserve $6,000.00 of the
first disbursement of the Madeley donation for the establishment of cremate and
adult spaces in Section LR. After the survey work, there is $1,500.00 left for the
planter construction. The bids for the planter came in around $3,000.00, which
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would give a -$1,500.00 balance. He informed the Committee that an additional
unexpected final disbursement from the Madeley Estate in the amount of
$4,525.00 had been received. He asked the committee to entertain the idea of
increasing the amount of money that was authorized for the Madeley memorial
area. Ed Burns made a motion to designate the $4,525.00 to be used for the
Madeley memorial area, and if there were any money left over, it would go into
the Cemetery Endowment Fund. Joe Wallace seconded the motion. All were in
favor and the motion passed unanimously.
The committee looked at a handout regarding the price comparisons for the
monument to be used in memorializing the Madeleys (see attached). Some
concerns were raised about the Cylex product. It was mentioned that the Cylex
product would not be as heavy as an actual granite boulder, and that it might be
easily stolen if it is not affixed in some way into the ground.
David Chester made a motion to purchase the Cylex Boulder. There was no
second, and the motion rested. Ed Burns made a case for the use of a granite
boulder. It is a natural material, long lasting, and more fitting in a natural
environment than an artificial one, and it would blend in better as it weathered.
Ed moved to use a granite boulder. Joe Wallace seconded, with an amendment
that the total cost of the boulder and plaque not exceed $2,000.00. Ed agreed with
the amendment. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
Regarding the plaque, Sarah brought up the point that the Madeley’s did not
actually reside in College Station. She suggested that the phrase “long time
residents of College Station” be stricken from the wording that had been
suggested for the plaque. The committee agreed.
7. Discussion, consideration and possible action regarding the Master
Landscape Plan of the cemetery:
There was no discussion on this item, and it
will be placed on the next agenda.
8. Discussion of next meeting date and agenda:
The next meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 21, 2002, in the Central Park Conference Room at 10:00 a.m.
9. Adjourn:
The meeting adjourned at 11:06 a.m.
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