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COLLEGE STATION CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 11:00AM
The Green Room at Wolf Pen Creek
1015 Colgate Drive ~ College Station, TX 77840
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MEMBERS PRESENT
: Sarah Adams, Chair; Weldon Kruger, Virginia Reese, Randy
Matson, Roger Reese, Sara Mirza, Bahman Yazdani, James
Batenhorst
STAFF PRESENT:
David Schmitz, Assistant Director; Ross Albrecht, Forestry/Urban
Landscape Manager; Robert Hole, Cemetery Sexton; Helen Banks,
Secretary
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Joe Wallace, Kevin Myers
VISITORS PRESENT:
Wayne Larson, Communications Director
Call to order
1. : Sarah Adams, Chair, called the meeting to order with a quorum present at
11:02 a.m.
Requests for absences of members
2. : Sara Mirza sent in a request for absence. James
Batenhorst made a motion to approve the absence request submitted, and Weldon Kruger
seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the vote passed
unanimously.
Sara Mirza was present at the meeting after the motion was made. She arrived at 11:15
a.m.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the approval of Cemetery Advisory
3.
Committee minutes
: Weldon Kruger made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted,
and Randy Matson seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the
motion passed unanimously.
Recognition and discussion with past members for their service to the committee
4.
(Chester, Slocum)
: Hearing none, this item was closed.
Administering the Oath of Office and Swearing in of new and reappointed committee
5.
members (Wallace):
Hearing none, this item was closed.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the marketing efforts
6. :
Wayne Larson, Communications Director, gave updates regarding the marketing efforts.
Discussion followed. This was an informational item only, and no action was required.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the re-location of existing interments
7.
from TAMU property to the Memorial Cemetery of College Station
: Hearing none,
this item was closed.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the price structure for
8.
cemetery spaces in the cemetery system
: Robert Hole, Cemetery Sexton, presented to the
committee a variance re quest for the Hartsock family. Discussion followed. Bahman
Yazdani made a motion to approve the variance request for the Hartsock family, and
Virginia Reese seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the
motion passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items: A Committee
9.
Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A
statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be
given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an
agenda for a subsequent meeting
:
? Swearing in reappointed committee member
? Recognition for past members
? Updates on the Marketing Efforts
? Updates on re-location of existing interments from TAMU property to the
Memorial Cemetery of College Station
? Field Trip to the Memorial Cemetery construction site
Future Meeting:
? January 13, 2009 at 11 a.m., The Green Room at Wolf Pen Creek
Hear visitors
10. : Hearing none, this item was closed.
Site visit to the Memorial Cemetery construction site
11. : Hearing none, this item was
closed.
Adjourn
12. : Bahman Yazdani made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and James Batenhorst
seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the meeting adjourned at
11:41 a.m.
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