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with the agenda College bers or arguing back and forthi
Station city council men passed between themselves." The official opening of the
along a notice on procedure Gardner noted he'd always Redmond Terrace Post Office
prior to the meeting Monday heard that the city government station will hopefully be held
night. was supposed to be the one around Aug. 15, according to
The notice pertains to the closest to the. people and that Ernest Gregg, postmaster of the
manner in which visitors will if the College Station Council College Staton Post Office.
be recognized and allowed to patterned itself after some, it "We have not set an opening
speak during council would provide copies of
deliberations. resolutions beforehand. date yet because we are not
sure when the construction will
According to the notice the He also said that the agenda be completed," Gregg said.
city council has adopted the didn't always make clear what "Although there is not much ;
policy of conducting future a particular item was going to
"council meetings as-are other cover and what direction it construction left to be done, we i
legislative bodies. would take. can't possibly announce a
definite date for the opening,"
"Henceforth, there will be no For instance, he explained, he public discussion of agenda had heard item No. 17, which Gregg added.
items as -each arise at the was to be a discussion of a According to Gregg, some
council table. An exception will method to finance additional partitioning needs to be con-
be public hearings, where, at city park property, was going strutted, the ceiling needs to
the appropriate time, an op- to be about a dump. be put in, and the mail boxes
portunity will be given for all In reality, it also became a
need to be
citizens to be heard," the notice discussion of a method to obtain put up before the
reads. city park property which he had station can be opened.
Instead a citizen wishing to suggested to the parks and O f f i c i a l s anticipated the
be heard by the council on a recreation committee. station would be completed by !
item on the agenda may speak Gardner said he had no way July 15, but construction has
before the council proceeds with of knowing that from the fallen,beuibs3 schedule
the agenda. agenda and he didn't feel free"'
The notice Tequ¢5L~ L11 ie to speak during the discussion Gregg notes the new station
audience not attempt to draw because of the notice. will offer window service and
the council into a discussion as "We're not trying to in- post office boxes, just like a
"time will not permit full timidate you, Jim," Councilman main post office but no routes
audience participation on each Dozier said. will be worked from it.
item of the agenda."
Visitors are also requested to
identify themselves by name • OK's
and street address. C oune~l Items which are not on the
agenda will be taken up after
S conclusion of other items.
After the council had eo a Glade East Plat
d pleted all the items on the
agenda, Jim Gardner member
a, of the planning and zoning
n` commission rose to ask if the (Continued from Page 1) theoretically stop all con
V. council would clarify the notice there are no blocks four and struction between Wellborn'
because he, considered it in- five." Road and Hwy. 6 because it
or, timidating The zoning ordinance was all drains into the creek."
Councilman 0. M. Holt said passed in 1963. Tom Giesenschlag, city at-
its purpose was to discourage "These people don't want torney, noted that "Mr. Bond
making council meetings a apartment houses in their has some points. "I briefed the
public forum. backyards. They purchased on question last week and a
Councilman Jim Dozier said Glade without any idea apart- description for zoning and
the notice had been his idea ments could be built nearby. rezoning must comply in every
and he had thought "it would "They thought they were in it e s p e c t with statutory
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at the beginning of the meeting be raised safely in a neigh Giesenschlag said, however,
before the council acted on any 1borhood. They were happy to there were other considerations
of the agenda items. know they were in a single such as the master preliminary
He added, however, he didn't family residential area with plat had been on file in College
want public discussion by streets that wouldn't become Station even though it wasn't
everyone on ever item on the major thoroughfare," Bond
y filed at the courthouse. The
agenda. said. particular piece of property
Councilman Holt said that if "They have come to urge the could be found on the ground,
one attended a legislative council to protect them. We also. He falso ound
noted the amount
session "you wouldn't see urge you to give this to the l time (since noted that people
people jumping up from the city attorney for study before of go by before questioning o
it.
audience talkin to the mem Passing it and issuing a building let
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Giesenschlae said the auestior