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COLLEGE STATION CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 10:00AM
College Station Conference Center, Room 103
1300 George Bush 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:
Marco A. Cisneros, 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; David Morrison,
TAMU Facility Manager
Call to order
1. : Sarah Adams, Chair, called the meeting to order with a quorum present at
10:04 a.m.
Requests for absences of members
2. : Hearing none, this item was closed.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the approval of Cemetery Advisory
3.
Committee minutes
: Sara Mirza made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted, and
Virginia Reese 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. :
Hearing none, this item was closed.
Administering the Oath of Office and Swearing in of new and reappointed committee
5.
members:
New member Bahman Yazdani was duly sworn in. Hearing no further
discussion, 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
: David Morrison,
Facility Manager, for TAMU facilities coordination presented information regarding the re-
location of existing interments from TAMU property to the Memorial Cemetery of College
Station. Discussion followed. Bahman Yazdani made a motion to keep the monument in
tact or keep the same style of monument for the re-located interments. James Batenhorst
seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed
unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the price structure for
8.
cemetery spaces in the cemetery system
: Ross Albrecht, Forestry/Urban Landscape
Manager, handed out material on cemetery space prices for the College Station Cemetery
and the Memorial Cemetery. Discussion followed. Roger Reese made the following
motion:
"As the committee recognizes the need to grow the existing endowment fund for the
College Station Cemetery, and to provide an equal price structure within the College
Station Cemetery system, we recommend establishing the standard, cremate and infant
space in the College Station Cemetery as follows - $950, $300, and $150".
The motion was seconded by Bahman Yazdani. 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
?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:
?November 11, 2008 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. : This item will be placed on the
next agenda as many members could not make the tour on this date. However, Ross
Albrecht did take Weldon Kruger and Bahman Yazdani to the site. This was an
informational item only, and no action was required.
Adjourn
12. : Randy Matson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Bahman Yazdani
seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the meeting adjourned at
11:35 a.m.
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