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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Hall Bid, Annexation020905S4we, 1876 Bryan.-College Station. Tex. Tuesday, April 8, 1969 City Hall, Construction CS Council OK 's Waco Firm's Bid By PAT LESTER Eagle Staff Writer The College Station City Council in a special session late Monday afternoon awarded the contract for constructing the city hall and police-fire station on Texas Avenue to Barsh Construction Co. after revising the specifications to reduce the cost of the project. The Waco firm's original bid was $328,442 for the buildings. After the council revised the specifications, the bid was lowered to $315,929 for the two buildings. The project includes $17,242 for the paving to total $333,171. The project is being financed by a $340,000 bond issue ap- proved February 3, 1968. College Station voters approved the city hall by a vote of 435 to 291 and approved the police- fire station by a margin of 573 for to 150 against. The contract calls for the project to be completed in 220 calendar days and calls for $100 per day liquidated damages for each day beyond the completion: date. Councilman James H. Dozier said, "I'll go along with any change the architect thinks will Planni-g, Zoning Group Recommends Annexation The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to recommend to the city council that the area south of College Station be annexed as a single-family dwelling district. The commission also voted to consider other zoning in the area upon the request of the property owners in the area. The decision was made after a lengthy discussion concerning whether to zone large areas of the tract or to study the tract for a month before specifying zoning. Property owners in the area to be annexed who want their property zoned other than single-family dwelling district should submit a formal zoning request to the Planning and Zoning Commission 10 days prior to its April 21 meeting. Codie Welles, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Com- n said a formal request not cheapen e building as far th as maintenance, utilization and ' t looks are concerned. I don think we will want to change them so we will have two buildings we won't be proud of. "I'm for anything that will give us savings where w4 will still have good looking buildings that will be easy to maintain and utilize and not just &we a few thousand dollars where we will spend more later on maintenance," he said. The council unantmously agreed to the following changes in the building specifications: to change specified acoustical ceilings to a two-foot by four- foot exposed baked white enamel grid system with five- eights inch Class "A" fissured mineral board; to change ceramic tile on the walls to a four-foot high ceramic tile wainscoat, except in the showers in the police-fire station, and textured gypsum board with enamel paint; to change one-half inch birch plywood with three-fourths inch by three-fourths inch birch ? (See COUNCIL, Page 6) missio , is a "signed statement by the owner describing the property by metes and bounds and designating whatever zoning you want." The College Station City council voted March 24 to defer annexation and refer the 1,047 acre tract to the Planning and Zo n i n g commission for recommending general zoning in large areas of the tract. Welles said, "We know there are some commercial operations going on along High- way 6 and we know there are negotiations under way now for use other than R-1 (single family dwelling district). We don't have to come up with an answer tonight." Jim O'Brien, a member of the commission, said, "This is a lot of land. I don't see how we can sit here and say let's bring in 950 acres as R-1, R-2 or (See PLANNING, Page 6) Planning (Continued from Page 1) whatever. We have not discussed the area. I don't think we s h o u l d say anything tonight." James Gardner, a member of the comission, moved that the tract be referred to the planning subcommittee "to collect data on the present land use, population and projections on future populations; to hold discussions with the property owners to review their needs and plans; to interpret the. sketch plan related to school' plans, utility plans and street plans; and to present their' findings at the first meeting in May." He said, "It is a large area and needs further study. Eleven thousand people can potentially be accommodated within the area to be annexed." The motion failed on a 3-2 vote. The motion would need four votes to pass. Windell Horn, a member of the commission, said, "The council expects us to come back ight away and I think we should be responsive to the council. I agree long-range planning is needed but we should be responsive to the council. I'm not saying we should get it all wrapped up and tie the bow knot on it tonight, but I think we should show some effort in that direction." Welles said, "I think Mr. Gardner's idea ought to be done, but it would delay an- nexation." City Councilman Joseph J. 1 McGraw said, "A study of one month is not too little time to plan and effectively zone the area. I have heard complaints from commission members that you don't do any planning, all you do is zoning. Here is a chance to do some planning." McGraw said without plan- t' ning the area ``all you,are doing is freezing the current land use pattern." Welles directed the planning subcommittee "to carry out Mr. Gardner's plan (to study the 3 area thoroughly) as soon as 1 possible." eed Council (Continued from Page 1) battens at the walls in the Council Room and foyer and on the front of the council table to one-half inch gypsum board and one-fourth inch inlaid prefinished paneling; to change specified wood doors to stan- dard two-year guaranteed solid core doors to high grade birch veneer; to delete the specified refrigerator in the kitchen of the police-fire station; to change specified flag poles to 30-foot aluminum tapered flag poles; to change specified aluminum window sections; to change roofing to one-half inch rigid roof insulation with two plys double coated, 40 pound felt, mopped with steep asphalt and gravel with dead level bitumen; to delete architectural design on precast wall panels on the north side (back) of the police-fire station to plain eight-inch thick load bearing concrete Precast panel painted with Oriental stucco; to change storm drainage to dump into drainage ditch running behind the complex; and to omit walnut trim on light fixtures.