HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/16/2003 - Regular Minutes - Cemetery Advisory Committee
City of College Station
Cemetery Committee
Thursday, January 16, 2003
Central Park Conference Room
10:00 a.m.
Staff Present:
Ross Albrecht, Forestry Superintendent; Delmer Charanza, Cemetery
Sexton; Helen Banks, Parks Secretary.
Members Present:
Katherine Edwards, Chairman; David Chester; Sarah Adams; Mary
Lind Bryan, Ed Burns, Joe Wallace, Neal Nutall.
Members Absent:
None
1.Call to order:
The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m.
2.Hear Visitors:
Dennis Maloney, City Council Member, was present at the meeting.
3.Discussion, consideration, and possible approval of absentee requests:
There
were no absentee requests submitted.
4.Discussion, consideration, and possible approval of October minutes:
A motion
was made to approve the minutes from the October 3, 2002 meeting. The motion was
seconded. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
5. Update, discussion and possible action regarding the site selection process of the
new cemetery:
Katherine reported that she and Mary Bryan met with the Mayor, Ron
Silvia, along with Asst. City Manager Glenn Brown, Steve Beachy and Ross Albrecht
from Parks and Mark McAuliffe, Land Agent, to go over the list of sites for the new
cemetery. She stated that some landowners did not want to sell their property.
Others wanted to sell to a developer rather than to the City and there were some that
did not want to sell at all. Katherine did state however, that the City Council is
supportive of the Cemetery Committee's site selections. Mary Bryan added that the
City Council is very concerned and open-minded, and willing to consider all
possibilities regarding the site selection for the new cemetery.
The property on Rock Prairie Road at Greens Prairie, next to the landfill looked like a
good prospect, but the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Engineers felt that this site would
not be a good location for a cemetery. Another site mentioned is located on Greens
Prairie Road toward the town of Wellborn which consists of 45 acres. An offer was
made to the family and it was rejected. The city manager directed Mark McAuliffe to
offer more money. The city is waiting for a response. Ross also stated that the
acquisition of the cemetery site is one of the city's top five land acquisition projects.
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6.Discussion, consideration and possible action regarding the master landscape
plan of the cemetery:
Ross, Katherine, and Sarah worked on the written version of
the master landscape plan. A draft of the master landscape plan was presented to the
rest of the committee members for approval. A motion was made to adopt the
cemetery landscape plan as proposed with the corrections discussed (Please see
attached). The motion was seconded. All were in favor, and the motion passed
unanimously.
7.Discussion of next meeting date and agenda:
The committee will meet on
Thursday, February 13, 2003, in the Central Park Conference Room at 10:00 a.m.
Ed B. stated that the committee needs to address the fact that there are various
religions with differences in how they view funerals, burials, and cremations. The
committee needs to make themselves aware of these differences in order to better
serve the community in planning the new cemetery. Katherine suggested that a guest
speaker could be invited to the next meeting to educate the committee on different
religious diciplines.
8. Adjourn:
The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.
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