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SPACIAL NORTHGATE COMMITTEE MEETING
College Station, Texas
August 17, 1983
10:00 A.M.
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Pat Boughton
PLANNING ~ ZONING MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Roy Kelly
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Dan MacGilvray, Vi Cook ~ Gale Wagner
CITY STAFF MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Al Mayo, Jane Kee ~ Shirley Votk
In addition fio the above, there were numerous others, including merchants, media, land-
owners and residents of College Station in attendance.
Dan MacGilvray opened the meeting and gave background of the Committee's work since
its Inception in October of 1982. He handed out the results of surveys which had been
taken in the area, and highlighted some of the information they contain. He pointed
out that the "Northgate" area comprises less than 2% of the land area of the City,
but represents 4~% of the total population. He pointed out several other facts in-
cluding 5% of the dwellings are vacant, 97.7% of the dwellings are occupied by renters;
the area supplies 5% of the tax revenues of personal property, white 10% of the sales
tax comes from that-area; police expenditures in the area represent 15% of total expendi-
tures while fire expenditures represent 5% of total. He discussed several problems
in the area including setbacks, non-conformity of existing structures and landscaping
problems as defined by the current Zoning Ordinance.
• During open discussion, several suggestions were made including changing the timed
parking from 2 hours to a 1 hour limit in certain areas; changing the direction of
traffic on certain one-way streets and the installation of a scramble walk light at the
intersection of University Drive and College Main.
Mr. MacGilvray said the plans include one more meeting of the Northgate Committee, then
presentation of findings to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council
during their regular meetings.
Several area merchants and landowners thanked the Committee for the time and effort
put forth in this study, and all hoped for changes in the area which would benefit
the most citizens.
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