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COLLEGE STATION CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 10:00AM
The Green Room at Wolf Pen Creek
1015 Colgate ~ College Station, TX 77840
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MEMBERS PRESENT
: Sarah Adams, Chair; Weldon Kruger, Randy Matson, Roger
Reese, Sara Mirza, James Batenhorst, Virginia Reese
STAFF PRESENT:
Ross Albrecht, Forestry/Urban Landscape Manager; Mary Ann
Powell, First Assistant City Attorney; Robert Hole, Cemetery
Sexton; Helen Banks, Secretary
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Bahman Yazdani
Call to order
1. : Sarah Adams, Chair, called the meeting to order with a quorum present at
10:03 a.m.
Requests for absences of members
2. : Bahman Yazdani sent in a request for absence.
Weldon Kruger made a motion to approve the absence request submitted, and Randy
Matson seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion
passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the approval of Cemetery Advisory
3.
Committee minutes
: Weldon Kruger made a motion to approve the minutes submitted,
and Randy Matson seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the
motion passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on potential changes to the College
4.
Station Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Section 29 regarding
:
-The variance request process (Sub-Section M);
Roger Reese updated the Committee on the subcommittee’s last meeting of 1-21-10 on
the variance request process. Mary Ann Powell, Assistant City Attorney, also gave
information to the Committee on this item. Discussion followed. Roger Reese made a
motion to omit variance requestfrom Sub-Section M paragraph 2 of the College Station
Code of Ordinancesand present to Council and Virginia Reese seconded the motion.
The vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
-Plantings and Other Decorations in City Cemeteries (Sub-Section H)
Ross Albrecht, Forestry/Urban Landscape Manager and Robert Hole, Cemetery Sexton,
presented this item to the Committee. Discussion followed. This was an informational
item only, and no action was required.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding gift giving opportunities to the
5.
College Station municipal cemetery system
: Hearing none, this item was closed.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the relocation of existing graves
6.
located on TAMU property to the Memorial Cemetery of College Station
: Hearing
none, this item was closed.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items: A Committee
7.
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
:
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Gift giving opportunities to the College Station municipal cemetery systems
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Relocation of existing graves located on TAMU property to the Memorial
Cemetery of College Station.
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Plantings and Other Decorations in City Cemeteries (Sub-Section H)
Future Meeting:
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Green Room
Hear visitors
8. : Hearing none, this item was closed.
Adjourn
9. : Weldon Kruger 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
11:14 a.m.
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