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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublicity Vol. 09 (November 1972-May 1973) ORINANCE NO_ 848 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A ~O155 ACR TACT O LAND CA EDEINRTHE RICHARD CARTER LEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NO. 11 FIRST DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT TO DISTRICT NO. 4-A, NEIGH- BORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District No. 1 First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neighborhood Business District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the city Hall in College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 27, 1972, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows, A 0.155 acre tract of land lying and being situated in the Richard Carter League, Abstract No. 8, Brazos County, Texas, and being part of the 58.32 acre tract of land conveyed to Jacob Luza, Jr. by Jacob Luza in the deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 426 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas and being more particularly described as "follows: Beginning at an iron rod found at the fence corner marking the south corner of the before mentioned 58.32 a acre tract of land, same being a common corner with the Mrs. Fannie Putz 125.0 acre tract and the Raymond Reiser 9.155 acre tract; Thence N 49 degrees 35' 30" W along the southwest line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract, same being a common line with the before mentioned Putz 125.0 acre tract, for a distance of 85.67 feet to an iron rod set for corner in the southeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 60 University Drive) ; Thence N 69 degrees 44' 09" E along • the before mentioned southeast right- of-way line of Farm to Market Road No. 60 for a distance of 180.88 feet to 3n iron rod set for corner in the southeast line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract; Thence S 41 degrees 28' 20" W along the beforementioned southeast line of the Luza 58.32 acre tract, same being the northwest line of the before mentioned Reiser 9.155 acre tract, for a distance of 157.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 0.155 acres of land more or less from District No. 1, First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neigh- borhood Business District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date f fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd clay of October, 1972 APPROVED: J.B. Hervey Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley City Secretary t~ l I i ORINANCE NO_ 8.18 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A 0.155 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE RICHARD CARTER LEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NO. 11 FIRST DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT TO DISTRICT NO. 4-A, NEIGH- BORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: I WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District No. 1 First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neighborhood Business District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the city Hall in College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 27, 1972, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows, A 0.155 acre tract of land lying and being situated in the Richard Carter League, Abstract No 8, Brazos County, Texas, and being part of the 58.32 acre tract of land conveyed to Jacob Luza, Jr. by Jacob Luza in the deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 426 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod found at the fence corner marking the south corner of the before mentioned 58.32 acre tract of land, same being a common corner with the Mrs. Fannie Putz 125.0 acre tract and the Raymond Reiser 9.155 acre tract; Thence N 49 degrees 35' 30" W along the southwest line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract, same being a common line with the beforementioned Putz 125.0 acre tract, for a distance of 85.67 feet to an iron rod set for corner in the southeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 60 University • Drivel; Thence N 69 degrees 44' 09" E along the before mentioned southeast right- of way line of Farm to Market Road No. 60 for a distance of 180.88 feet to in iron rod set for corner in the southeast line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract; Thence S 41 degrees 28' 20" W along the beforementioned southeast line of the Luza 58.32 acre tract, same being the northwest line of the before mentioned Reiser 9.155 acre tract, for a distance of 157.72 feet to the PLAC E OF BEGINNING and containing 0.155 acres of land more or less from District No. 1, First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neigh- borhood Business District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of October, 1972. APPROVED: J.B. Hervey Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley 22 City Secretary JAI i A.3- LEGAL 4k - NOTICES ORINANCE NO,. 848 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A 0.155 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE RICHARD CARTER LEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NO. 1, FIRST DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT TO DISTRICT NO. 4-A, NEIGH- BORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District No. 1 First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neighborhood Business District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the city Hall in College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 27, 1972, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows, A 0.155 acre tract of land lying and being situated in the Richard Carter League, Abstract No. 8, Brazos • County, Texas, and being part the 58.32 acre tract of land conveyed to Jacob Luza, Jr. by Jacob Luza in the deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 426 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod found at the fence corner marking the south corner of the before mentioned 58.32 0.155 acres of land more or less from ,District No. 1, First Dwelling House :District, to District No. 4-A, Neigh- borhood Business District. lNotice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general _irculation in the City of College 1 itafion at least three times, the first Dublication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd ,day of October, 1972. APPROVED: J.B. Hervey Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley City Secretary l i NOTICE TO BIDDERS • Sealed proposals, addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received at the Office of the City Secretary, City of College Station, Texas until 2:30 P.M. on the 22nd day of November, 1972 for the con- struction of electric distribution line facilities, including the furnishing of all necessary labor, materials, and equipment. The major components of the project are: 1.65 miles new 30, 12,470 volt distribution line using 3 No. 477 MCM AAC and 1 No. 336 MCM AAC con- (iuctors. 2.30 miles of conversion of 12,470 volt distribution from VO No. 4 ACSR to 30 No. 4 ACSR. 0.38 miles of 30, 12,470 volt double circuit distribution line to be removed. Line consists of 4 No. 4-0 NCSR and 3 No. 1-0 ACSR conductors. 0.29 miles of 30, 12,470 volt •Jistribution line to be removed. Line :onsists of 3 No. 4-0 ACSR and 1 No. 2. 0 ACSR conductors. 0,18 miles of 30, 12,470 volt distribution line whose conductors are to be changed from 4 No. 2 ACSR. to 3 477 MCM AAC and 1 336 MCM. 0.80 miles of VO, 12,470 volt distribution line to be removed. Line consists of 3 No. 4 ACSR conductors.. Some work on energized coI~ ductors will be required. Detailm descriptions of the work to be dole are described in the Specifications Bids received by 2:30 P.16- November 22, 1972 will be publicly opened and read in the City Council hambers of the City Hall in College tation, Texas at 2:30 p.m. on-the ame date. Bids received after 2:30 ).m., November 22, 1972 WSi1. be returned unopened to the sender. Bid Bond. Each proposal'TVt be accompanied by a bid banU,or a certified check on a bank `fiat is a member of the Federal D-100sit In- insuranceCorporation,payable to the order of the City of College Station, Texas, in an amount eqj;jI to five percent (5 per cent) of the bid price. Each bidder agrees that, by filing its Proposal together with sv,`h bid bond or check in consideratiOp of the City of College Station rei-eiving and considering such proposal, said Proposal shall be firm and binding upon each Bidder. id bonds or checks of the three IoW bidders shall be held by the City of'_ollege Station proposal that best suits it9 needs whethe?or not the price is lowest and I also reserves the right to reject all bids or waive informalities. Award of the Contract to the suc- cessful bidder will be made at the regular meeting of the City Council of College Station on the evening of E November 27, 1972. E CITY By COLLEGE orencce N eleyTlON City Secretary • F_.r INANCE N0,.848 11-44- • AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE I QUESTION OF REZONING A 1 0.155 ACRE TRACT OF LAND 1 LOCATED IN THE RICHARD CARTER LEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NO. 11 FIRST DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT TO DISTRICT NO. 4-A, NEIGH- BORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: S WHEREAS, the City Planning and 9 Zoning Commission has recom- $ mended that all land described p herein be rezoned from District No. 1 First Dwelling House District, To District No. 4-A, Neighborhood Business District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the city Hall in College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 27, 1972, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows, A 0.155 acre tract of land lying and being situated in the Richard Carter League, Abstract No. 8, Brazos County, Texas, and being part of the 58.32 acre tract of land conveyed to Jacob Luza, Jr. by Jacob Luza in the deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 426 f of the Deed Records of Brazos I County, Texas and being more i particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod found at the fence corner marking the south corner of the before mentioned 58.32 acre tract of land, same being a common corner with the Mrs. Fannie Putz 125.0 acre tract and the Raymond Reiser 9.155 acre tract; Thence N 49 degrees 35' 30" W along the southwest line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract, same being a common line with the beforementioned Putz 125.0 acre 16 tract, for a distance of 85.67 feet to an iron rod set for corner in the southeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 60 University Drive); Thence N 69 degrees 44' 09" E along rhe before mentioned southeast right- of-way line of Farm to Market Road No. 60 for a distance of 180.88 feet to 3n iron rod set for corner in the southeast line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract; Thence S 41 degrees 28' 20" W along the beforementioned southeast line of the Luza 58.32 acre tract, same being the northwest line of the before mentioned Reiser 9.155 acre tract, for a distance of 157.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 0.155 acres of land more or less from District No. 1, First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neigh- borhood Business District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to thedatefixed for • The hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of October, 1972. APPROVED: J. B. Hervey Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley City Secretary .Y A.3- LEGAL NOTICES OR I NANCE NO_ 848 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A 0.155 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE RICHARD CARTER LEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NO. 11 FIRST DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT TO DISTRICT NO. 4-A, NEIGH- BORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District No. 1 First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neighborhood Business District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the city Hall in College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 27, 1972, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows, A 0.155 acre tract of land lying and being situated in the Richard Carter League, Abstract No. 8, Brazos County, Texas, and being part of the 58.32 acre tract of land conveyed to 00 Jacob Luza, Jr, by Jacob Luza in the deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 426 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod found at the fence corner marking the south corner of the before mentioned 58.32 acre tract of land, same being a common corner with the Mrs. Fannie Putt 125.0 acre tract and the Raymond Reiser 9.155 acre tract; Thence N 49 degrees 35' 30" W along the southwest line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract, same being a common line with the beforementioned Putz 125.0 acre tract, for a distance of 85.67 feet to an iron rod set for corner in the southeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 60 University Drive); Thence N 69 degrees 44' 09" E along she before mentioned southeast right- of-way line of Farm to Market Road No. 60 for a distance of 180.88 feet to 3n iron rod set for corner in the southeast line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract; Thence S 41 degrees 28' 20" W along thebeforementioned southeast line of the Luza 58.32 acre tract, same being the northwest line of the before mentioned Reiser 9.155 acre tract, for a distance of 157.72 feet to the PLACE _ OF BEGINNING and containing e 0.155 acres of land more or less from District No. 1, First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neigh- borhood Business District. ® Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to The date f fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of October, 1972. APP ED: \ \Q ,ssa~v>t, e1~,. Y U c 1 -I-TEST: Ciry secretary II'*I ORINANCE NO,. 848 • AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A 0.155 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE RICHARD CARTER LEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NO. 11 FIRST DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT TO.- DISTRICT NO. 4-A, NEIGH BORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District No. 1 First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neighborhood Business District. It is hereby ordered that a public nearing shall be held at the city Hall in College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 27, 1972, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows, A 0.155 acre tract of land lying and being situated in the Richard Carter League, Abstract No. 8, Brazos County, Texas, and being part of the 58.32 acre tract of land conveyed to Jacob Luza, Jr. by Jacob Luza in the deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 426 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows: • Beginning at an iron rod found at the fence corner marking the south corner of the before mentioned 58.32 acre tract of land, same being a common corner with the Mrs. Fannie Putz 125.0 acre tract and the Raymond Reiser 9.155 acre tract; Thence N 49 degrees 35' 30" W along the southwest line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract, same being a common line with the beforementioned Putz 125.0 acre tract, for a distance of 85.67 feet to an iron rod set for corner in the southeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 60 University Drive) ; Thence N 69 degrees 44' 09" E along .he before mentioned southeast right- of-way line of Farm to Market Road No. 60 for a distance of 180.88 feet to 3n iron rod set for corner in the southeast line of the beforementioned 58.32 acre tract; Thence S 41 degrees 28' 20" W along the beforementioned southeast line of the Luza 58.32 acre tract, same being the northwest line of the before mentioned Reiser 9.155 acre tract, for a distance of 157.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 0.155 acres of land more or less from District No. 1, First Dwelling House District, to District No. 4-A, Neigh• borhood Business District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for • the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of October, 1972. APPROVED: J.B. Hervey Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley City Secretary • CS Counsil Sets Hearing On Rezoning The College Station City Council will hold a public • hearing on rezoning of a .155 acre tract in the Richard Carter League from first dwelling house to neighborhood business at their regular November meeting Monday at 7 p.m. In other business the council will tabulate bids for electric distribution construction, consider a proposal from Plantation Oaks development for the exchange of park property and deliberate a resolution accepting the provisions of Highway Minute Order No. 66645. • .CS Councilmen Rey*ecV~jl._ Hl~ghway Minute Order i By CONNIE L. GREENWELL getting their attention. They just seem to Frank Visoski subdivision between Eagle Staff Writer push us aside." University and Popular Streets. The College Station City Council last Dale, Fred Brison, Homer Adams and - Approved the exchange of land in the night turned down the provisions of a Dr. James Lindsay voted no on the Plantation Oaks development for one State Highway Commission minute order proposal. Brison later moved that the large park rather than two small ones. that wouid have installed with federal council invite the highway department to The owner, Harry Seaback, still will be funds a traffic signal at Texas Avenue and send a representative to show the required to go before the planning and State Highway 30. relationship between thn minute order zoning commission for rezoning approval. The minute order was a response to and overall planned construction and to requests from Bryan and College Station maintain "good working relations" with - SET DEC. 15 for the annual open for signalization and channelization the department. The council approved his house at city hall. The December meeting projects. Bryan would have received the motion. will follow the open house. bulk of the available $390,000 in federal In other business, the council: - Approved the final plat for Post Oak funds for construction. Forest planned unit development owned COUNCILMAN DON DALE said he - APPROVED REZONING of a .155 by Raymond Reiser. 't t mind them working on Bryan's acre tract in the Richard Carter League - Agreed to consider the objection of "didn n," but felt the highway facing University Drive from residential Dr. F. B. Clark that the city had no legal didn mind department is "ignoring College Station's to neighborhood business district. right to change the name of a street in his - Approved abandoning a utility subdivision from W. S. Barron to South- needs." easement running through property in the west Parkway. "We have asked for many projects in the past in writing," Dale said, "and all w get is one signal. We don't seem to be Project Explained Joe G. Hanover, district engineer for the Texas Highway Department, said this morning that he believes the College Station City Council turned down the provisions of the department's $390,000 signalization project because it hadn't been adequately explained. The council decided to reject the project by a 4 to 3 vote at last night's regular meeting citing displeasure that the bulk of funds would go to Bryan. "We don't look at College Station and Bryan as two individual cities, but as areas through which routs run," Hanover explained. "The fact is that more of SH 6 runs through Bryan." i HANOVER SAID the department would be glad to meet with the city council to give them further information. He had not heard from city manager Ran Boswell at the time of the interview. He explained that the project was not close-ended. "At the present time, it looks as if only one signal - the one at SH 6 and SH 30 - • would be needed. But if it turned out after the study that others are warranted, they would be included." The project specified study of 30 in- tersections - four in College Station. The other three under study would be at SH 6 and SH 60, SH 6, and Walton and SH6 and Jersey. The remaining 26 intersections to be studied are in Bryan. • Dominik Resident Vows F gh Future Rezoni*tng 1 t By CONNIE L. GREENWELL make a more attractive and request to rezone that com- George Boyett explained to Mrs. EagleStaff Writer safer place for children to play. mercial," Mrs. Kozik said, "all Kozik that the item under Mrs. Kozik objected to the the residents of Dominik Drive consideration was not reaoning, "I'll be back," Mrs. Thomas J. trade on the basis of future use of will be back to fight it." but a trade of park land. Kozik of College Station the smaller tract on Highway 30. Mrs. Kozik lives at 1010 "That type of exchange is an promised the city's planning and With the acceptance of the trade, Dominik Drive. ongoing program," Boyett said. zoning commission after that piece of land reverts to its "If that's true, then why was unanimous defeat of her request original zone designation first COMMISSION CHAIRMAN the city council so concerned that two pieces of parkland residential district. Mike Calliham and com- that this was legal?" Mrs. Kozik owned by Harry Seaback not be "When he comes back for a - missioners Bill Cooley and See TRADE, Page 3A. exchanged. J.4.A- 4&.`Z -11A The trade involved a small tract presently set aside for a park on Highway 30 in the Plantation Oaks division. Seaback asked the commission to accept instead a tract of approximately the same size contiguous to another parkland- tract at the northern edge of the division. THE COMBINED tracts will, the commissioners decided, Trade Leads to Verbal Exchange Continued from Page 1 commercial zoning approval TATION from Robert Cornish, the land of Mrs. V.J. Boriskie on from the commission and Texas A&M University Highway 30 in the Kapchinski asked. The city council reviewed council in order to do so. Professor of urban planning, on division. the request at its Nov. 27 session "The Historical Context of and passed it on to the com- An exchange between Seaback Planning Commissions." -TOOK WITH THEM for mission with its okay. and Mrs. Kozik broke out in the Boyett told Mrs. Kozik that the audience when the developer study recommendations by city wanted to be sure it got the said that previously the -CONTINUED DISCUSSION George Eby, city planner, on the required acreage for parkland. residents of Dominik had told submission of planned unit him that if he would just stay of a system to get citizen input development plans. 1 y for the -long-range com- ``I BELIEVE YOU ARE away from them, he could have Prehensive plan for College - SET A MEETING for Jan. setting a dangerous precedent all of Highway 30 without their Station. The members set Dec. 8. by doing this, "Mrs. Kozik objection. St for a meeting to decide what stated. "You're getting involved Mrs. Kozik retorted, "I wasn't 18 in municipal monopoly." any part of that." recommendation to make to the Seaback has indicated in open In other business, the com- city council. . meeting that he plans to use the mission: tract in question for a drive-in of - REMOVED A CONDITION some kind. He will have to get - HEARD A PRESEN- for wider drainage easement on 5 • nnn ,v 7~nn City Planning - A Lost Tradition Found Again Americans have a tradition of areas surrounding towns, the effectively led to the formation comprehensive planning, Robert excess of open space available of the planning commission. Cornish, Texas A&M University and the anti-urban biases of the "As usual, when the city professor of urban planning, told intellectuals of the time dealt a council feels it cannot handle a College Station planning and death blow to the tradition. certain situation, it sets up a zoning commission members at Towns began to burgeon out in special committee. The special their regular meeting last night. irregular patterns. committee set up to handle city "It was only during the Nature, Cornish said, was planning was the planning westward push that planning considered something to commission," he explained. died, probably a necessity for conquer, not something to learn Planning commissions are their needs," Cornish said. to live with. now working more with C o r n i s h' s presentation The Chicago Exposition set the professional planners on city primarily was concerned with tone for a new interest in city staffs, Cornish added, and the history of the planning planning, marking the beginning predicted that as new needs - commission and with city of the "city beautiful" such as ecological goals - arise, planning in the U.S. He limited movement which swept the the role of the commissions will • himself to the high and low country. change. points. "HOWEVER IT WAS NOT "FOR THE PAST few years, COLONIAL AMERICAN cities until the depression in the 30s," we have been trying to interest were laid out in a formal and Cornish said, "that planning was psychologists and sociologists in regular pattern, the planner socially and economically planning. It's a real need explained, using the grid plan motivated." today," Cornish said. and incorporating public open A question to keep in mind, he spaces. A mistrust of public officials, concluded, is who is the real During the westward due primarily to scandals in the client of planning - the city or movement, competition for the early 20th century, Cornish said, the people. • Plans for City Pool n With Approval Certio College Station's parks and recreation dropped if only the 50-meter pool is in- committee will meet with city officials cluded. An estimated $25,000 in additional during the first part of December of funds would take care of the cost, Steve decide which company will build the Montgomery, director of the summer city's swimming pool. recreation swimming program, said. Matching federal funds of $133,150 were approved by the Department of Interior's Montgomery developed plans for the bureau of outdoor recreation Wednesday. two pools which a majority of the parks and recreation committee approved. "WE'RE GOING TO get to work right The need for a swimming pool became away on it," city manager Ran Boswell imminent early this year when city of- said this morning. ficials were told that the Texas A&M College Station budgeted $132,500 for University no longer would be available • summer recreation program. the pool, and requested the same amount for the The city hopes to have the pool ready from the federal government. The ad- for use next summer. ditional $650 is for small items, such as plaques that the bureau felt were needed, Boswell said. The pool is the first phase of a proposed city park to be located off Southwest Parkway behind the city cemetery. Present plans call for one 50-meter pool, a wading pool, bath house, concession area and parking area. Boswell confirmed that there has been extensive discussion in parks and recreation committee meetings of in- creasing construction to include an ad- ditional 25-meter pool, but said that they are trying to stay v. ithin the amount they have budgeted, TESTIMONY BEFORE the committee indicated that a nortt:yn of the city • CS Councisl, Hi ver Meet District Engineer Says Construction Impartial By CONNIE L. GREENWELL installation of one signal - at SH Radeleff, asked Hanover about tersection. Somebody's going to Eagle Staff Writer 6 and SH 30. the possibility of additional get killed there," Dale said. signaling on SH 6 and on in- Dale's wife had an accident More money has been spent COUNCILMAN DON DALE tersections on Jersey Street there recently, he told the by the Texas Highway Depart- expressed concern at that time (Farm-to-Market Road 2347). council. ment in College Station than in that the needs of the city were any other city in this district, Joe being ignored. HANOVER EXPLAINED that HANOVER REPLIED THAT, Hanover, THD district engineer, Hanover appeared before the the federal topics program, tole the College Station City council by invitation Wednesday under which the project is being See ENGINEER, Page 2A Council Wednesday in a to discuss the matter, but since it funded, can be used in Texas workshop session. was a workshop session, no only for state highways. Only Hanover added that he felt the action was taken. three thoroughfares in College department had been unfairly He showed the councilmen a Station qualify for the program maligned in the council's Nov. list of priorities turned in to the - SH 6, FM 60 and SH 30. 27 meeting. department by the 1970 city The program is financed on a At that meeting, a majority of council which included the 50-50 basis by the federal and ~j councilmen rejected a minute signalization study of SH 6 and state governments. Engineer order from THD which would told them that the project was Dale was particularly con- have provided a study of 30 in- the number one priority of cerned with the intersection of Continued from Page 1 tersections on State Highway 6 Bryan. Holeman and SH 6. though the intersection would be through College Station and Several councilmen, including "My office is almost right at included in the study, "it doesn't Bryan. Current plans by the the intersection, and I watch look now as if it would qualify for department, councilmen were Dale, Homer Adams, Mayor every day as cars and trucks signalization." told at the meeting, are for the Dick Hervey and Dr. R.D. nearly collide at that in- Both Dale and Adams said they felt the department had probably spent more money in • College Station because it contains the biggest traffic generator - Texas A&M University. Hanover confirmed that. "I just wanted it to be clear that we a weren't getting any sort of special treatment," Adams said. Dale told Hanover he feels the highway department is doing a good job and that he apparently misunderstood the federal topics program. The council con- firmed the misunderstanding, a majority agreeing that they had no idea the program was limited to state highways. THE COUNCIL TOOK the matter under consideration after suggesting that visits from Hanover or some representative of THD before future projects consideration would be helpful. In other business, the council: - Heard a review of the 701 comprehensive planning con- tract by Pinnell, Anderson, Wilshire and Associates, the firm hired by the city to prepare the study. • Council Eyes Tax Break College Station's over-65 Ran Boswell, city manager, any one single issue during his residents have a good chance of told the council that the local term. getting a tax break following the vote on Amendment 6 to the Boswell said that there are workshop session of the city Texas Constitution which approximately 473 residents who council Wednesday afternoon. enabled units of local govern- would be affected by the At that session, the council ment to make the exemption was exemption at a cost to the city of instructed city attorney James 5 to 1 affirmative. _ approximately $2,500. H. Dozier to draw up an or- _ • dinance which would allow a "THE CITY'S VOTERS have Only one councilman, Fred $3,000 homestead property tax expressed their feelings on Brison, objected to the exemp- exem lion to those over the age this," Dick Hervey, mayor, said. tion. Brison, who is himself over of 65. The ordinance will be He added that he had probably 65, said he didn't believe any reviewed during a regular city been approached by more people group should receive special council meeting. in favor of the exemption than on treatment. No Zonin9,19-r0-3 Bryan Eyes other Devices In College Station, there is machinery to do something about building in the flood plain. The city has a zoning ordinance forbidding it. But Bryan, which has no zoning, is left to other devices to attempt to prevent financial damage and possible loss of life due to flooding. Bryan's city planner, Hubert Nelson, confirmed for The Eagle that it's not easy. "YOU CAN PLAN all you want, but without zoning, it is difficult to be sure that your plans are followed," Nelson said. Nelson said he is not sure what the city will do about building on the flood plain. "When Mr. Gillett from the flood in- surance office spoke to the planning commission about Bryan's making the • insurance available to citizens, he told us that we would have to have some sort of flood plain building ordinance. We got See IT ISN'T, Page 4A. 'It Isn't Easy' Continued from Page 1 plan's status presently is hazy. Nelson suggested that the flood plain some unfavorable comments about that. " problem could be handled best by a Nelson explained. combined effect of Bryan-College Station The planner said there may still be and Brazos County. some feeling in Bryan against zoning of "A perfectly suited vehicle for any kind, including zoning to protect cooperation already exists in the Brazos residents against possible flood damage. Area Planning Corporation," Nelson said. The group, comprised of represen- THE PROPOSAL FOR federal flood tatives of officials of both cities, the damage insurance was passed to a county and Texas A&M University, was community services committe within the originally set up to oversee the establish- planning commission, Nelson said. The ment of the Brazos Area Plan in 1961. committee's chairman, W.E. Howard, It has been relatively inactive for has since resigned, however, and the several years, Nelson said. XD_ \ ~P \ • 1'1 dot-So-Old- Timers Recall Flood o '57 Not-so-old-timers in Bryan and College Station remember with awe the big flood of 1957. The flood, which followed torrential rains into already swollen creek beds, put a large number of the area's highways and city streets under water, badly damaged crops, isolated cattle and took one man's life. 1957 was a wet year. The Bryan Daily Eagle reported that rainfall by April 23 already had approached the total tigure of 1956. AT AROUND 11 a.m. on the 23rd, it began to rain. In 30 minutes, the skies opened up and dropped three inches on the area. At about 1 p.m. it started raining again. Another inch was deposited.- The Brazos and its tributaries couldn't handle it. Carters Creek overflowed into the Tanglewood area. Boonville Road • flooded. The Bryan Daily Eagle carried photographs of a flooded Main Street. A resident of Restwood Street was forced out of his home when his basement flooded and a broken sewage line carried raw sewage into the house. FARM-TO-MARKET Road 1179 was under five feet of water. First and fifth grade children at Travis School were evacuated when their classrooms flooded. Near Boonville Road, 40 head of cattle were forced against a fence when flood waters inundated their pasture. They were rescued. In an attempt to rescue other cattle near Jone Bridge, a farm hand was swept off his horse and drowned. AN ESTIMATED $25,0x1 damage was done to crops on the Texas A&M University farm alone. The toll was high. The flood was top healine material in the newspaper for over a week. Everyone probably has a private story about those frightening days. l 10 v Living in a Flood Plai*n~ Game wt*th High Stakes Victims of floods usually lose cities in fall meetings. Present status of Bryan, however, which has no zoning, everything. Seldom insured for flood the studies is vague. would be required to enact land use damage, they may save their lives, but Basically, the program provides flood regualtions that restrict new building in suffer debilitating financial losses. plain residents with subsidized insurance areas where flood danger exists, ac- The reason is startling. Because the from local agents. Passed in 1968, the cording to Hubert Nelson, Bryan's city chance of a home situated in the flood National Flood Insurance Act authorizes planner. The insurance program has plain being flooded is four times greater the federal Department of Housing and been referred toa planning committee for than the chance of fire, insurance com- Urban Development to make flood in- further study. panies are not wont to take the risk. And, surance available at reasonable rates. they don't. ONCE THE COMMUNITY has Consequently, those unfortunate RESPONSIBILITY FOR ad- established or shown land use control and • enough to live in the plain take the ministration of the program is divided its application has been accepted, the gamble, often unsuspecting they are even among federal, state and local govern- government determines the rate schedule in the game. mental units and the insurance industry. for enrollees. Insurance can be obtained A FEDERAL PROGRAM of flood in- Should Bryan and College Station both for the structure and contents. surance has been formulated, however, decide to enroll in the program, there are Rates run from 25 cents per $100 that could give the residents some high requirements to be met. structural coverage on a single family cards. Eligible communities must be able to dwelling valued under $17,500 up to 75 Both the Bryan and College Station show the government they have cents per $100 contents coverage on non- planning commissions are now studying established land use regulations for residential valued over $60,000. the program following a presentation by building on the flood ulain. Gillett told the If approved for the insurance, the city's Paul T. Gillett, chief of the flood plain College Station Planning and Zoning residents whose construction was started management branch, special services Commission that its flood plain zoing before the date of approval may get the division of the Texas Water Development ordinance which forbids building on the subsidized policy. New construction Board. intermediate flood plain would likely outside the intermediate flood plain also Gillett briefed commissioners of the two sufficiently establish that. is eligible for the program. • CS Council Meet is Set The College Station Cit} Council will meet for its regular session following the annua: Christmas open house at 5 p.m. Friday. • The meeting was moved up tc Friday from the regular Monday to avoid meeting on Christma; Day. Agenda items include con• sideration of an ordinance exempting $3,0oo of the assessed valuation of homesteads of residents 65 years old and older. The council also will consider execution of a contract for the swimming pool project with the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which recently ap- proved the construction. • Special Meet Slated by CS Council Today The College Station City Council will consider an or- dinance exempting $3,000 of assessed valuation of property belonging to persons over 65 for property taxation at their meeting at 5 p.m. today. Other matters to be taken up in the meeting include exec- ution of a contract between the city and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation of the U.S. Depart- ment of Interior for the swim- ming pool project and ap- pointment of the City Secretary as registrar of vital statistics. • • Sunday, Dec. 17, 1972 Page 3#. CS Approves Tax Break . For Residents Over. 65 College Station City coun- The amendment passed by a available now for hiring an cilmen Friday approved a vote of 5-to-1. architect and starting of plan- property tax exemption for Councilmen also authorized ning. persons over 65, giving them a Mayor Dick Hervey to sign a The council also gave tax break on $3,000 of personal contract with the U.S. Depart- unanimous approval to a minute property. ment of the Interior Bureau of order authorizing a Texas High- The exemption was authorized Outdoor Recreation for mat- way Department study of traffic by Texas voters in approving a ching funds on the city's new control needs. constitutional amendment on the swimming pool. Federal funds Again, as in past meetings on general election ballot. It was a will total $132,750. the subject, there was dissen- • permissive amendment and General agreement was that lion, with councilmen Homer individual governmental units the pool would not be completed Adams and Don Dale citing their must take action to enact it. in time for the summer feelings there was not enough Fred Brison, council member, recreation program and city work to be done in College abstained from the vote, saying manager Ran Boswell will Station. the action isolates a group that contact Dr. Jack Williams, The remainder of the coun- needs "to be brought into the president of Texas A&M cilmen swayed the vote to mainstream" and noting that University about using the unanimous by pointing out it was the ordinance says nothing about university facilities again this a study and the council would need - it applies to anyone over summer. have another chance to check 65 the results before the highway THE PROGRAM HAS been department begins work. OTHER COUNCILMEN said conducted at the university in there was no way to put a the past, but last summer, of- THE COUNCIL accepted the "need" factor into the ordinance ficials said it was the last year resignation of Carson Wages, because of the wording of the the A&M facilities could be used. city tax assessor-collector and state constitutional amendment. asked Bowell and a committee The change will go into effect The signing of the contract (to be appointed) to study the y .Tan. 1. makes the federal funds possibility of a cooperative tax assessing and collecting program with the A&M Con- solidated School System. _ Miss Florence Neelley, city smretary, was appointed to the post of registrar of vital ;statistics, another post held by ""ages. No reason was given for his • CS Homestead Owners Win Tax Exemptions`1-11-7`L~ Homestead owners who are tax doesn't just go away. -Affirmed its intention give over 65 in the A&M Consolidated Somebody has to make up the local businessmen a chance to Schools tax district won $3,000 slack." bid on items over $1,000, as valuation exemptions on their In executive session, the board required by state law. A homes at the board of trustees approved a motion to hire Russ member of the audience meeting Monday night. and Company of San Antontonio questioned bidding methods and For some-those living in the as the system's financial ad- said that few local businessmen ity lirrrits-the unanimous vote visors. know when bids are taken. vrih be a double tax break S.E. Maklin, senior vice following a similar vote by the president and head of the -DISCUSSED HEATING city of College Station last municipal advisory department, problems in the high school and Friday. will represent the schools, ac- traffic congestion around the Bryan and Brazos County cording to Riedel. Maklin is parking areas during inclement officials have prepared or- presently representative for weather. O.C. Cooper, board dinances to give the exemption Blinn College in Brenham and chairman, gave the building and will consider them at their for Texas A&M University. committee the power to next meetings. THE FIRM'S EM- designate no parking areas to PLOYMENT becomes effective quicken traffic flow. THE MOVE COULD mean an Jan. 1. -Were alerted by Riedel that approximate two to three cent In other business, the board: time is approaching for the tax increase for the remainder -Heard a report from Dutch appointment of a new three- of College Station's residents, Harvell on the progress of the person board of equalization. W.T. Riedel, superintendent of community education program. -Accepted a 50 by 150 ft. tract schools, said. . Harvell told the board that the of land on Langford Street from "I'm not against this; in fact, I advisory committee is shooting Bill Fitch. The land was donated think we should go ahead with for a registration date of Jan. 20 by Fitch for expansion of it," Riedel told the board, `But, with course work to begin Jan. parking facilities at South Knoll we should remember that the 22. Elementarv School. • Mayor Hervey /YlYllllGOrrl/IiQ//llll~r . 1,~•/11!_r~~~f11Iq Our • Parentage by Billy Hensel fore helping organize Com- munity Savings and Loan. He Mr. J. B. "Dick" Hervey first served the company as is a man well aware of com- director and then became pre- munity needs. He is pre- sident in 1966. sently holding office of mayor of College Station, as well Upon being asked the ques- as being president of the Com- tion as to why he sought the munity Savings and Loan As- office of mayor, Mr. Hervey sociation. paused ...then he related that many-friends and neighbors as well as local businessmen had suggested that he seek Mr. Hervey was born in the office. Greenvill, Texas and lived there until enrolling at Tex- Mayor Hervey owns quite as A&M, where he gradua- a bit of property, and in his ted with honors in 1942. fin- spare time, he enjoys walk- mediately following gradul ing and working his land. Her- t ion he made his way to El- vey also is the father of three lington Air Force Base; the sons, Scott, Dicky and Bob. first location of his hitch in Scott and Dickey are gradua- the Armed Forces. He then tes of A&M Consolidated and returned to College Station gob is now a senior. in 1947. Many words and phrases cou- ld-describe Mr. Hervey, but his great sense of humor is • u ru:. r probably what makes him so Texas A&M be- likable. LEGAL NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 8, 1973 at 7:00 p.m. in the College Station City Hall, on a request for rezoning the following tract of land: P-4Z CASE NO. 41-72 - a request from Harry Seaback from rezoning Tract F of the Plantation Oaks Subdivision from District R-1C, Single Family Residential District, to District C-N, Neighborhood Business District. For additional information, please contact me. George Eby City Planner cLa • CS Officials Still Eyeing 1 Consolidation of Tax Jobs • College Station city officials are still At that meeting, a suggestion was investigating the possibilty of combining advanced by the -council that Bosweff and school and city tax assessment in the an internal committee of councilmen wake of the resignation of former check into the possibility of combining the assessor-collector Carson Wages. school and city tax duties under one man. William R. Miller is A&M Consolidated School assessor-collector. Wages resigned to take a position as school tax assessor-collector in Mineola in When contacted recently, Taylor east Texas, according to Ran Boswell city Riedel, school superintendent, said the manager. His departure was announced council had not yet discussed the matter at the Dec. 15 city council meeting. with him. CI Ca. -A Rate Increase 'Due To Bad Weather January electric bills for College Station residents will be approximately 6 per cent higher, a statement from the city revealed today. The increase reflects a temporary hike in rates charged the city by Bryan from which College Station purchases electricity. . THE PURCHASE CONTRACT, the statement said, provides for periodic in- creases in rates due to fluctuating costs of fuel. The increase resulted from the necessity to use high cost diesel fuel during the current natural gas curtailment by Lone Star Gas Co. January bills will reflect an increase of .126 cents per kilowatthour. It is ex- pected by the city that varying increases will occur each month until warmer weather alleviates the demand for gas. BRYAN RESIDENTS WILL PAY a permanent 10 per cent average increase in electric rates this month following the emergency approval by the city commission of utility hikes. City manager Fred Sandlin also has repeatedly warned that the fuel shortage would make temporary increases necessary during the cold weather. College Station will not be effected by the utility rate increase until the current contract under which the city buys electricity from Bryan expires and a new one is negotiated. I • • A.3- LEGAL NOTICES a= AGENDA PLANN ING AND ZON ING COf MISSION February 19, 1973, 7:00 P.M. 1. Approval of the minutes of the February 5, 1973 meeting. 2. P&Z Case No. B-73 -A public hearing concerning a request for rezoning a 21.5 acre tract of land located between the Highway 6 East By-pass and the College Station city limits at Bee Creek from Single • Family Residential District (R-1C), to Planned Industrial (M-1). This tract is further described as being a Soo foot wide strip of land being out of the Dobrovolny Estate. 3. P&Z Case No. 9-73-A preliminary plat of Pooh's Park, Section I. 4. Initiation of a Goals and Ob- jectives Study for use in the Goals and Objectives Program of the "701" Plan. 5. Other Business. 6. Hear Visitors. 7. Adjourn. `I • • Rezoning Hearing Scheduled The College Station City Council will THE PUBLIC HEARING has been set College Road and Luther Street from hold a called meeting March 16 to con- for 5 p.m. the 16th City Hall. commercial-industriah to general com- sider the rezoning of 15.275 acres of land ARC is a computer data processing merical district. on which the Agency Records Company company. Rezoning from single family plans to build a local plant. The council also called for public residential to apartment building district The acreage, presently zoned single hearings on zoning changes with in- of an 8.76 acre tract of land in the Starline family residential, is located east of the ciuded: Ridge Subdivision. Highway 6 East Bypass near its southern - The upgrading of zoning on 29 lots in - Also in the Starline Ridge Sub- termination. the Boyett Addition from commercial- division, rezoning of a 3.53 acre tract from Rpn Boswell, city manager, asked the industrial to general commercial district. single family residential to general council to consider the change to planned - A change from apartment building commerical district. industrial district before the regularly district to general commercial district of scheduled March 26 meeting because the two of the College Heights Subdivision. PUBLIC HEARINGS on all the company "is in a big hurry to get star- - The upgrading of zoning on a tract of rezoning requests except ARC will be held ted." land south of the intersection of Old at the regular March meetings. • ORDINANCE NO. 861 • AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A 15.275 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE MORGAN RECTOR LEAGUE, COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS FROM DISTRICT NO. R-1C, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, TO DISTRICT M-1, PLANNED IN- DUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CI-Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District R-1C, Single Family Residential, to District M-1, Planned Industrial District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the City Hall in College Station at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, March 16, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the Morgan Rector League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, being a part of Tract No. 4 of the Krolcyzk Estate Partition according to plat of record in Volume 0, Page 144 of the Civil Minutes of the District Court of Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod at the intersection of the northeast right-of- way line of State Highway 6 (East By- pass) and the southwest line of the said Tract 4; Thence N 0 deg. 521 13" W - 296.29 feet along the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East By- pass) to a concrete right-of-way marker; Thence N 1 deg. 51'31" W - 685.0 feet continuing along the northeast right- of-way line to State Highway 6 (East By-pass); ThN 64 deg. 08'29" E - 547.32 ~J 1 ~n U feet through the said Tract No. 4; Thence S 1 deg. 51'31" E - 911.84 feet parallel to and 500 feet from the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East By-pass); Thence S 0 deg. 52'13" E - 768.32 feet continuing parallel to and 500 feet from the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East Bypass) to the southwest line of the said Tract No. 4; Thence N 47 deg. 47'10" W - 684.60 feet along the southwest line of the said Tract No. 4 to the point of beginning and containing 15.275 acres of land more or less from District R- 1C, Single Family Residential District, to District M-1, Planned Industrial District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 26th day of February, 1973. APPROVED: J.B. HEWEY Mayor ^TTEST: • lorene y ty ~ city Secretary • Higher CS Fuel Rates For the second month, College Station residents will pay fuel adjustment charges in addition to the regular utility bill. As in January, the increase has been made necessary, the city said, by the purchase of diesel oil to compensate for the • natural gas shortage. The bill received for elec- tricity purchased by College Station from Bryan in February, according to a statement issued by the city, shows that 57.5 per cent of the charge is for power and demand; the remaining 42.5 per cent for the fuel adjustment. Individual citizens will be charged approximately one-half cent more per kilowatt hour of electricity metered. • a-a$13 CS to Name Tax Panel The College Station_ City Council Monday will discuss an ordinance appointing a tax board of equalization for 1973 and set a time for the board's first meeting. The board of equalization will consider tax appeals and ad- justment of property tax assesments. The council also will consider accepting a 16-acre tract from W.D. Fitch `or a city park. A.3- LEGAL NOTICES dt_ TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The college station Planning and Zoning commission will hear a request for re-zoning the following case at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, February 19, 1973 at the college Station city Hall: P&Z Case No. 8.73 - A request for a zone changes from Single Family Residential District to Planned In- dustrial District on a 21.5 acre tractof land located on the east side of the Highway 6 Bypass at the Bee Creek. This tract is all that land belonging to the Dobrovolny family, as shown on a survey dated November 1972, bet. ween HW 6 and the east city limits. If I may be of assistance, please contact me. G e o r g e E b y City Planner Cd City of College Station E 91C • 2 Students Films-Y-73 For CS Council Two candidates, both students, jumped into the campaign action for City Council in College Station Friday, the final day to file for the April 3 election. • Filing against imcumbent Fred Brison for place one was Lynn Reed, a Texas A&M University student, of 401 Stasney in College Station. In place three, Samuel McGinty, also a TAMU student, filed against incumbent Don Dale. Dr. R. D. Radeleff, incumbent in place five, will run unopposed. • ORDINANCE NO. 861 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING ;FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE (QUESTION OF REZONING A 15.275 (ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE MORGAN RECTOR I LEAGUE, COLLEGE STATION, I BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS FROM (DISTRICT NO. R-1C, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, TO DISTRICT M-1, PLANNED IN- DUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District RAC, Single Family Residential, to District M-1, Planned Industrial District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the City Hall in College Station at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, March 16, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the Morgan Rector League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, being a part of Tract No. 4 of the Krolcyzk Estate Partition according to plat of record in Volume 0, Page 144 of the Civil Minutes of the District Court of Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as • follows: Beginning at an iron rod at the intersection of the northeast right-of- way line of State Highway 6 (East By- pass) and the southwest line of the said Tract 4; Thence N 0 deg. 521 13" W - 296.29 feet along the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East By- pass) to a concrete right-of-way marker; Thence N 1 deg. 51'31" W - 685.0 feet continuing along the northeast right- of-way line to State Highway 6 (East By-pass); Thence N 64 deg. 08'29" E - 547.32 feet through the said Tract No. 4; Thence S 1 deg. 51131 E - 911.84 feet parallel to and 500 feet from the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East By-pass); Thence S 0 deg. 52'13" E - 768.32 feet continuing parallel to and 500 feet from the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East Bypass) to the southwest line of the said Tract No. 4; Thence N 47 deg. 47'10" W - 684.60 feet along the southwest line of the said Tract No. 4 to the point of beginning and containing 15.275 acres of land more or less from District R. IC, Single Family Residential District, to District M-1, Planned Industrial District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general irculation in the City of College tation at least three times, the first ublication of which shall not be less, han 15 days prior to the date f fixed for ne hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this 'he 26th day of February, 1973. • APPROVED: J.B. HEWEY #L Mayor t4 1 Iorene Neelley ! C - ..?TEST: '`y Secretary 1 'Ile Eagle may, March 11, 1973 ORDINANCE NO. 861 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF REZONING A 15.275 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE MORGAN RECTOR LEAGUE, COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS FROM DISTRICT NO. R-1C, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, TO DISTRICT M-1, PLANNED IN- DUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from District R-1C, Single Family Residential, to District M-1, Planned Industrial District. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing shall be held at the City Hall in College Station at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, March 16, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the Morgan Rector League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, being a part of Tract NO. 4 of the Krolcyzk Estate Partition according to plat of record in Volume 0, Page 144 of the civil Minutes of the District Court of Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod at the intersection of the northeast right-of- way line of State Highway 6 (East By- pass) and the southwest line of the said Tract 4; Thence N 0 deg. 521 13" W - 296.29 feet along the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East By- pass) to a concrete right-of-way marker; Thence N 1 deg. 51'31" W - 685.0 feet continuing along the northeast right- of-way line to State Highway 6 (East By-pass); Thence N 64 deg. 08'29" E - 547.32 feet through the said Tract No. 4; Thence S 1 deg. 51'31" E - 911.84 feet parallel to and 500 feet from the northeast right-of-way line of State Highway 6 (East By-pass); Thence S 0 deg. 52'13" E - 768.32 feet continuing parallel to and 500 feet from the northeast right-of-way line of state Highway 6 (East Bypass) to the southwest line of the said Tract No. 4; Thence N 47 deg. 47'10" W - 684.60 feet along the southwest line of the said Tract No. 4 to the point of beginning and containing 15.275 acres of land more or less from District R. 1C, Single Family Residential District, to District M-1, Planned Industrial District. Notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 26th day of February, 1973. APPROVED: J.B. HEWEY Mayor ATTEST: r!otene Neelley a x cc ca q rc ?C y W d as a) C b b07ro L. 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Y ro a o Z 52 .E M Q M-0 , W ec ' .Yi 'O m 'C w t~ ro .C .S U a)~3 G U •C • Needs Charter Change a 3-73 Council Candidate Wants Ward Plan Restoration of a ward system service to the represented area in College Station city govern- and would guarantee representa- ment is one of the major plat- tion for each area. form points of City Council place "At this time,' said Ron Miori, three candidate Sam A. McGinty. campaign chairman, "six out of The 21-year-old economics ma- seven council members live with- jor from San Antonio is running in a short proximity of e a c h against t h e incumbent Don R. other." Dale in the April 3 elections. According to Miori, this par- Presently all city council mem- ticular issue requires a city char- bers are elected at-large. A ward ter change which requires a com- system would allow better geo- munity referendum. graphical representation, better "With this type of system and with the number of students reg- istered in this area and the poll- ing place on campus, students • will have a much better chance of perpetuating a seat on the City Council to give them continual representation," said Miori. "I want to make sure that I am participating in community affairs instead of as a student, infringing upon community af- fairs," McGinty said earlier. McGinty added that a majority of the people in the community either work for the University or go to school here and he feels the campus should have adequate representation. Other points in McGinty's plat- form include a better city park, a possibility of city funding for a transportation system and a student representative on the council. "I feel that not having a stu- dent on the council with taxa- tion like it is, is like 'taxation ',without representation,' s a i d tv earlier. i • CS Council To Discuss 610a j i, • TOPICS Monday The College Station City date for- canvassing the election Council will discuss the street returns and the opening of bids TOPICS program at its regular for gasoline tp be used in city meeting Monday night. equipment. The council will also consider In other business, five por- an ordinance pertaining to the perty rezoning ordinances will • use an electronic voting, system be presented. in the upcoming city elections. The meeting is scheduled for 7 The agenda includes setting a p.m. at City Hall. • • • Meet the Candidates • Airs Next Week BY RON BENTO Council election will be held on Bryan City Council candidates Eagle Intern April 3 and the College Station include: School Board election will be Place 1 Contingent office holders of held on April 7. All Bryan - Rev. Milton Jones the College Station and Bryan elections will be held on April 7. - Anastacio Herrera Marvin M. Monk city The candidates who will ap- - locagtele sion next week. appear on pear on "Meet the Candidates" Place 2 are listed below in order of - Jan Dozier "Meet the Candidates,, appearance on the ballots. - Bill Anderson sponsored by the League of For College Station City - Harmon Bell Women Voters of Brazos County in conjunction with KAMU- Council contenders include: Place 3 -Jerry Barton TV, will present the candidates Place 1 Mary Ann Parker for the College Station City - Lynn Reed - Place 4 Council and school board on - Fred Brison Place 3 - Joe A. Tylor April 2 at 9:30 p.m. - Don Dale - John Raney Candidates for the Bryan City - Samuel McGinty - Johnny Lampo • Council, mayor and school board Competitors for the place 2 Place 5 will appear on April 5 at 8 p.m. position on the College Station - Walter H. (Tony) Vance A member of the League of School Board include: - Lloyd Joyce Women Voters will moderate - Chester A. Ketchershid Place6 both programs. The studio - Dr. Meherwan P. Boyce - John E. Mobley audience will be open to the - Rev. Hubert Beck - G. H. (Buddy) Sledge public and questions may be - Lambert H. Wilkes - J. R. Farquhar phoned in during the program to Seekers for the office of Bryan Bryan School Board are; on the 845-1526. Only candidates for Mayor are: Frank Hudson contested races will participate. - Ralph Bobbitt - The College Station City , - J. A. Skrivanek - James Stegal Ica( -73 TOPICS Approved • BY CS City Council By BILL WALL district engineer, noting that the council Eagle Staff Writer approved the program on the basis of his assurance that the timing would ef- College Station's city council has ap- fectively move the city's traffic. proved the Texas Highway Department TOPICS program for the timing of three BOSWELL SAID Hanover told the traffic signals and the installation of a council at the last month's council fourth signal on Texas Avenue. meeting that if the fixed time The council, Monday night, favored the signalization did not work the highway program over the objections of the city's department would correct any problems. traffic consultant Milton Radke. Councilman Homer B. Adams voted Under the program, signals at Walton "no" on the proposal and councilman Dr. Drive, University Drive and Jersey would R.D. Radeleff abstained. be timed to allow vehicles on Texas In other action the council: Avenue to drive at a designated speed and - Gave Atlantic Richfield Co. the city's pass through ezch intersection on a green gasoline and diesel oil contract for one light. year. The College Station city council Monday THE NEW SIGNAL at State Highway 30 night accepted the only bid for a year's and Texas Avenue also would be timed. worth of gasoline and diesel oil for the The highway department has provided a city, Texaco Inc., Western Tire & Supply, similar program for Bryan. The highway Mobil Oil Corp. and D&B Oil Co., Bryan, engineers are designing the signals to were asked to bid, but submitted "no allow traffic to flow through Bryan and bids." College Station on Texas Avenue at Mayor J.B. (Dick) Hervey asked if any certain speed. indication had been given the city why the Highway department engineers have other oil companies did not bid. Ran explained that not enough of the traffic Boswell, city manager, said an oil • lights on Texas Avenue are timed to company representative, whom he did not provide an average travel time of more name, said the gasoline market is too than a few miles per hour. Timing the unstable at this time for a company to be lights, the engineers said, will increas the tied down to a one-year contract. average travel time. Ran Boswell, city manager, said Radke ATLANTIC RICHFWLD'S bid included objected to the fixed time lights. Radke 20.20 cents per gallon for 100 octane has said the volume density signals would gasoline and 15.80 cents per gallon for more efficiently move the College Station diesel fuel oil. traffic. Boswell estimated that the city uses 60,000 gallons of gasoline per year and VOLUME DENSITY signals rely on 9,000 gallons of diesel oil in one year. The sensor plates in the pavement which city manager noted that a five per cent electronically ' monitor the traffic tax is added to the price of the gasoline, volume. The traffic signal then favors the but not to the diesel oil. lanes of traffic with the most volume. He explained that no state tax on diesel Councilman Fred Brison asked that a oil is required since most of the vehicles letter be sent by the council to Joe Hanover, state highway department See CS COUNCIL,page 2A. Tlu• Fatale Bryan-College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 27, 1973 Page 2A • CS Co~~ ~'il 0y~ TOPICS" ustn:, th, :ii do not travel on the streets district to a general commercial district. tract of land immediately south of the • and highways. - Approved the rezoning of Lot 1 and 65 intersection of Old College Road and feet of Lot 2 of Block A of the College Luther Street, extending from the in- In other action the city council: Heights Subdivision from Apartment tersection 300 feet back from Old College Favored the rezoning of the lots building district to general commrical Road and south to the Henry Moore facing Old College Road from the Bryan district. The lots are located at property line from commerical-industrial city limits to Univeristy Drive in College Fisenhower and 1niversity Drive. district to ;!enPral commerical district. i ~ CS Voters To Punch Ballots College Station voters, for the first time in the city's history, will get to punch holes in the city council ballots instead of mark on them during the April 3 election to fill three city council seats. The city will use an electronic voting system which provides for the punching of a hole in the ballot for the candidate desired. The method replaces the con- ventional "paper ballot" on which a voter had to mark his candidate choice. THE COLLEGE STATION city council Monday night officially approved an ordinance providing for the mechanics of the punch card voting machine method. The punch card ballots will be sent through a Texas Data Center Inc., 411 S. Bryan St., computer for tabulation. Under the approved ordinance, the • College Station city hall has been designated the central counting station. All voting boxes must be brought to the counting station before all five precinct boxes and the one absentee voting box are sent by police car to the data center for tabulation. The ballots will then be brought back to the city hall. Bill McLeod, a representative of Custom Printing Products Co., the firm handling the city's ballot printing and election supplies, told the councilmen that that five voting machines will be used at all five voting precincts. Two machines are presently in use during absentee voting at city hall. MCLEOD ESTIMATED that vote tabulation would be completed by 8 or 8:30 p.m. after voting ends at 7 p.m. Total cost to the city is to be $600. The councilmen agreed to canvass the votes at 5 p.m. April 6 in city hall. 'T'hose authorized in the counting station tion night are the mayor and mem- s Qf the city council, the Brazos linty judge and members of the county ,1missioners court, the attorney u ral of Texas or his authorized resentative, the Brazos County clerk, city secretary and candidates for the - ~,r ~;t~• w~rncilman • 5 Voting Machines For Election Here' Five voting machines will be pus committee to get input from located in registration headquar all aspects of the University. ters in the old Cushing Library "What the want is any input for the April 3 City Council elec- concerning problems " in College tions. Station or suggestions for The three council seats up for changes," said Sears. vote are place one, Fred Brison The deadline for Sears' report and Lynn Reed; place three, Sam is April 12. Interested students McGinty and Don R. Dale; and may send their complaints or place five, Dr. R. D. Radeliff, suggestions to the Student Gov- unopposed. ernment office in the Memorial Persons living on campus are Student Center. to vote in precinct 20, a division Also on the campus committee • of old precinct nine, which is the are Layne Kruse, Ron Miori, Sam Cushing Library. Precinct nine McGinty, Nick Jiga and Darryl is now the Southgate area and Baker. persons here vote in A&M Con- solidated schools while North- gate citizens are now in precinct 21 and will vote in the old city hall. A demonstration voting ma- chine will be located in the li- brary today through Tuesday. E. L. Herrington is the elec- tion judge and Barb Sears is the vice election judge. Election of- ficials are Carol Moore, Marsha Allen, Jenni Guide, Jackie Hey- man, Russ de Castogrene and Glen McDugle. In another area of city gov- ernment the City Advisory Board is working on a self-analysis and planning program in order to comply with federal regulations for federal financing, The committee is in the first stage of self-analysis which re- quires input from the commun- ity, Sears is chairman of a earn- • • The Eagle Bryan-College Station, Texas„ Friday, March 301, 1973 NOTICE 'Notice is hereby given that the pre- election test of automatic tabulation equipment for use in the City of College Station General Election will the held at the Texas Data Center, 114 South Bryan St., Bryan, Texas, at 3 O'clock p.m. on Monday, April 2, . 1973, Texas - Presiding Judge entral Counting Station Ceti o College Station, PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE THAT: In accordance with Article 7.15, Subdivision 10, of the Texas Election Laws, this is public notice that the City of Bryan will conduct a SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION on the use of the electronic voting systems on the 29th nay of MARCH, 1973 at 7:30 O'clock P.M. in the Council Chamber, City Hall Building, for those Election Judges and Clerks who will conduct i • • rf lie F__. ]Bryan= Colle 4gl ge Station Vol. 97 No. 76 44 Pages In 3 Sections Friday, March X 1973 10 Cents ie~ Gw~ The Eagle will publish the League of Women Voters' Voters Guide for the College Station City Council and A&M Con- solidated School Board can- didates on Sunday. Guides for the Bryan City Council and school board will be published next week. THE COLLEGE Station city election will be held Tuesday. The city charter specifies the first Tuesday in April for elections. A&M Consolidated School Board, Bryan City Council and Bryan Board of Trustees elec- tions will be held Saturday, April 7. The Eagle inadvertently transposed the dates of the A&M Consolidated and College Station City Council elections in a story in Thursday's paper. We regret the error. • rrhe JE41gle Bryan = College Station tol.W No. 77 116 Pages In 8 Sections Sunday, April 4. ITM Z) Cents r j ' :w. X14^ 1F j tlt TM J; tJJfil Flt i X ~ • I ^F- X3""1 I`i+.. ~ _ lit NOTES NT:ih Shows Political Division of City for Tuesday Election • THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, April b, 1973 The Student Input Farce No ands, ifs, or buts about it, the voter turnout for Tuesday's City Council election was absolutely ridiculous-and the registered voters living on the A&M campus didn't help matters any. The cry of "student input" most certainly is used quite fallaciously at A&M because students aren't concerned with what's happening to them or around them Anyone complaining about a lack of student-oriented input is in the minority, no matter what others think. Less than one tenth (115) total vote of 995 (a truly excessive number) made its way to the polling place recently established in the Cushing Library. As of January 1 there were 9,456 people eligible to vote for this election and only 10.52 per cent of this took enough interest to vote. The showing doesn't look too good for the residents of College Station, either. It wouldn't have taken much to elect anyone to the Council-at most, five minutes of precious time. With continued non-support in future elections, students wishing to run for office may as well scrap their plans now, because it just doesn't matter to anyone except incumbents whether they are elected or not. Get involved. City hall is for everyone, not just its employes. • • McGinty, Reed Fall Short In Council voting A&M students Sam McGinty and Lynn Reed lost bids for Col- lege Station City Council places in Tuesday's balloting. Incumbent Fred Brison polled • 753 votes to challenger Reed's 227 in the Place 1 race. Place 3 incumbent Don R. Dale polled 615 votes to Sam McGin- ty's 367. In the Place 5 race, R. D. Rade- leff ran unopposed and polled 820 votes. ; ~ Vii, ~ '-1 ~ ~ ~ ~ Population Hike .is See for CS By JIM PETERS Development,is commonly referred to as This building boom, Eby suggested, Eagle Staff Writer the "701 Plan." could lead to economic benefits for residents looking for housing in what has A staggering 100 per cent increase in EBY SAID THE figures cited were become a more competitive building the population of College Station is being arrived at through housing data compiled market. projected for the next 20 years, according from city building permits, U.S. Census to figures given at Monday night's College Data and information from the Texas "It's staggering to imagine," Eby said, Station planning and zoning commission A&M Housing Office. "that we will actually be quadrupling our meeting. The major factor influencing this size, in less than a 30-year period. Quite City planner George Eby, who "boom-town-like" growth has been the possibly this growth could bring a presented the population and housing enrollment increase at Texas A&M reduction of housing costs even in the face data, detailed the rise, beginning with the University during the past decade. And of rising inflation." 1960 census figure of 11,400 and with more students, Eby pointed out, has , culminating with a projection of 39,000 for come the need for more and more housing 1990. Present population is around 23,000. - particularly apartments. HE PROJECTED A rise in the city's The information given in the study will In 1963, the study shows, there were population over the next year from the be used by citizen groups working on a fewer than 100 apartments in College present 23,000 to 27,000, citing among comprehensive development plan for the Station. Now 10 years later, there are over other things, the 70 per cent increase in College Station of the future. This plan- 2,900 apartment units. The total number apartment units during the one year :ding study, partially funded through the of housing units has soared from 5,300 to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban nearly 11,000. See CS POPULATION Page 4A Mw Eagle Bryan-College Station, Texas Page to CS Population Hike Seen 1 Continued from Page 1 A representative of Anderson Ridge the creek flood plain. , Period from September 1972 to September Corporation, the owners of the rezoned EBY SAID A RAIN like the recent one 1973• o rt also t could be expected pr pe y, old the commission of on a six-yea , r range and In other business: some of the corporation's plan for the that the resultant floods were within the -The commission approved a motion to area. They would include the construction delineated flood plain. rezone a 5.7 acre tract of land, adjacent to of a shopping center fronting on Holleman -The coma fission also approved a final the College Station water tower and street and a tentative automobile plat of Pooh's Park, Section No. 1. between Holleman Drive and Park Place dealership which would be located on the The revised preliminary and final plats Street, from single family residence to corner of Texas Avenue and Holleman of the Fed Mart Subdivision were not general commerical. It was approved Drive. ready and subsequently were not with the condition that a cross street, to be -Aerial photographs were presented of presented at Monday's meeting. The designated, would be constructed to the March 24th flood of Carter Creek, commission will take them up at their connect the two aforementioned stregts. showing the amount of inundation over next meeting in May. 0 • G ~ ust 'a Spring Thunderstorm' Night skies and swift moving clouds signal at Texas Avenue and State High- may have provided Brazos County with a way 21 was out of order for a short time high-voltage light show, and rain squalls during the height of one of the squalls that may have hit the area with billions of wet hit the area. projectiles, but weather experts said this morning that Sunday's bad weather was TWO POWER OUTAGES were nothing more than a typical spring reported in College Station, according to thunderstorm. City Manager Ran Boswell. One of the Twisters dipped out of the skies to the outages occurred in the vicinity of Timm northwest and southwest causing death and Glade Streets, when lightning struck and heavy damage, but Bryan-College the top of a power pole. Station suffered minor lightning strikes The Timm-Glade area outage lasted and some inconsequential water damage about one hour, according to a spokesman as storm clouds passed over the area. for the College Station Department of Public Works. "WE CAME THROUGH this storm pretty well," Bill Erwin of General The second outage was reported in the • Telephone Co. of the Southwest reported same area. It too was caused by a well- this morning. aimed bolt of lightning that took out a fuse Erwin said that telephone company in a transformer. The fuse was replaced maintenance crew reported some minor in about 30 minutes. communications problems and added that the storm caused "no unusual outages." THE RAIN SEEMED TO many area "We didn't have any major cables residents to have lasted all day Sunday, down. We got off pretty light," Erwin but the College Station Flight Service said. gauges recorded only 2.13 inches of the wet stuff fell Saturday and Sunday. BRYAN CITY Manager Fred Sandlin The storm was accompanied by plenty reported that little storm-related damage of electrical fireworks and occasionally had to be corrected by city work crews. by winds gusting to 35 or 40 miles per However, city workers did repair six hour. minor isolated power outages , invarious parts of Bryan. "THOSE READINGS ARE estimates," "Aside from a few power outages," according to Churck Safford of the Texas Sandlin said, "we had a little wash-out on A&M University meteorology depart- Barak Lane (between East 29th Street ment, "but we did get readings in that and Stillmeadow Drive, but other than (speed) range." those things Bryan came out in pretty "Those wind velocities are not unusual good shape." by any means," he said. "What we got The Bryan Electrical Distribution yesterday (Sunday) was just an old- Department also reported that the traffic fashioned spring thunderstorm." A\ ~ • Fa0l dts 73 C S CouncJi n To. Co jure . Sewer ttn.ds By CONNIE L. GREENWELL Plans for the system should be ready by Eagle Staff Writer May 4, Boswell said. Completion is ex- pected to take one year. The city of College Station will put together a money mixture of revenue- The council stressed that no raise in • sharing funds, bond sales and a pinch of utility rates or taxes will be required. budgeted general funds to conjure up nearly $800,000 for improved sewerage. THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD add three The bond money, city manager Ran lines ranging from 20 to 27 inches in Boswell told the city council in a diameter. Present lines are 15 in- workshop session Thursday, will come ches.voted $34,000 to give immediate from the sale of bonds voted by residents sewer relief to the Richards addition. for a sewer system three years ago. The the city relief from present sewer bulk of money to be spent on the new lines, problems "for a number of years." $500,000, will come from that issue. Pinnell added that he believed the capacity to handle sewage would be DICK HERVEY, MAYOR, said the city limited only by the capacity of the plant. had been holding off on sale of the bonds in hopes of getting matching funds from On an emergency basis, the council the federal government. In view of recent voted $34,000 to give immediate sewer to cutbacks and the uncertainty of funding the Richards addition. avenues, the council decided to proceed In other business, the council: with the project. A public hearing must be held to - Agreed to consider reserving land determine the use of general revenue now included in the swimming pool plans sharing money which will amount to for future growth of the College Station $165,231 at the end of 1973. That includes city cemetery. The land abuts the present $72,631 allocated to the city in 1972. cemetery. Councilmen also discussed the Boswell said he and Hervey will set a possibility of cutting a road into the date for the hearing later. cemetery from the back side. • Residents • Satisfied 0"J'jG,y 'Z v 73 With CS Though complaining of a lack of en- tertainment and shopping facilities, most residents of College Station would like to see the city remain "a small, quiet university town in a semi-rural setting," according to results of a community-wide survey. The survey, made by over 450 members of the citizens advisory committee, revealed general satisfaction with life in College Station, Charles Pinnell, planning consultant, told committee chairmen and others in attendance at a advisory committee meeting Thursday night. CONDUCTED BY 10 DISTRICT committees, the survey set goals and objectives desired by residents and will be incorporated into the 701 long-range city plan now being done by Pinnell and the city with a federal grant. The districts included two areas primarily comprised of students at Texas A&M University. Pinnell read comments • from students who praised the frien- dliness of people in College Station and the general feeling of support of the student body. The majority of those interviewed by the committee said they would like to see more light industry in the city to provide non-university-oriented employment, but stressed a dislike for heavy industry and \ promotional efforts to increase growth beyond 40,000. Most often mentioned as problems were streets, the telephone system, lack of job opportunities, transportation and fire protection facilities. Residents also encouraged the city to "get tough" with present zoning or- dinances and enact new ordinances needed to prevent further strip zoning on Texas Avenue and improve the quality and appearance of developments. THE PRELIMINARY REPORT will be finalized by Pinnell and submitted to the city. A special meeting of the planning and zoning commission is scheduled for April 30 to review and discuss the com- pleted report. Pinnell said the first phase of the 701 ;an is nearly completed. The city will Ive to get additional funds to move into prase two. Copies of the report of the first phase my will be availahle 1rrri' 97 • Highrises Ciaed As Big Problem The changing physical character of the facilities. Texas A&M University campus has been However, College Station itself has mentioned repeatedly as possibly the experienced a growth rate, especially in greatest detriment to maintenance of apartment construction, that tries the good fire protection for the school and the ability of its fire department. city of College Station. "What the city took over the respon- SINCE THE CITY • assumed the sibility of fire protection for TAMU," a responsibility of fire protection, 746 councilman said recently, "we felt we apartments have been completed. As of could provide it. That was before they January this year, another 613 units have built those high-rise buildings." been started and are nearing completion. Work has yet to begin on another 202 THE CITY FIRE department has a units for which building permits have maximum ladder expansion of 35 feet. In been issued. the years since A&M and the city agreed In September 1970, there were ap- that College Station would assume proximately 1,000 apartments; today, protection for itself and the campus, four there are 2,900. buildings more than five stories high have Approximately 75 new residences are been built. built each year. Tha tallest, a 15-story oceanography- meteorology building is nearly complete. THE COLLEGE STATION fire A 12-story conference tower is ap- department also is responsible for proaching completion. In addition, an protection of the nearby county area and eight-story classroom building and five- for Easterwood Airport. story annex have been added. New requirements for fire protection at Easterwood have the city worried. FIRES ON THE TOP floors of any of Councilman Fred Brison said recently these buildings would leave the fire that he understands new regulations will department, armed with a 35-foot ladder, require the city to have a fire truck on virtually helpless. duty at Easterwood at all times. "Even the 100-foot ladder truck recommended by the report wouldn't "WE GOT A LETTER from the Civil reach the top floors of the two tallest Aeronautics Board recently asking if we buildings," Ran Boswell, city manager, would be ready by May 20 to assume the said. "And that would cost us around responsibility. This would be a huge $100,000." financial expenditure for us. It requires additional training and equipment to put THE UNIVERSITY, AS a state in- out airplaine fires. stitution, is not subject to the city or- "And if we could keep a truck out there, diance prohibiting buildings over three I'm not sure it would take priority in our stories tall unless they provide sprinkler minds over the needs of the citizens of systems and other fire protection College Station," Brison said. • ~ayl ~ ~f da-73 Sevison Interview Is Not Included Orginally, this series of articles on the cause and effect of the report on the College Station Fire Department was to have included an interview with Fire Chief Woody Sevison. Given the option of airing his views of remaining silent on the matter, Sevison chose the latter of the two alternatives. • Sevison said that he felt that if he spoke out on the issue, his post as head of the fire department would be placed in serious jeopardy. "The way things are," Sevison said, "I just better not say anything. • Council to Decide: . Pool Plan On City College Station city councilmen will consider approval of final swimming pool plans at their regular meeting at 7 p.m. l3'~ Monday in council chambers at city hall. a,13 It is expected that some changes will be considered in the plans to reserve ad- ditional land for the future expansion of the city cemetery. The council agreed in workshop session Thursday to appoint a committee to study the needs of the cemetery. • THE COUNCIL, ACCORDING to the agenda, will also consider a possible change in garbage collection which would involve curb collection of plastic bags. Other agenda items include con- sideration of an ordinance calling for improvements to portions of Brooks and Bolton avenues and Anderson, Jane and Luther streets and an ordinance providing for a public hearing on the rezoning of a 5.7 tract of land located in the Burnett league from single family residential to general commercial district. • • Sevison Interview Is Not Included Orginally, this series of articles on the cause and effect of the report on the College Station Fire Department was to have included an interview with Fire Chief Woody Sevison. • Given the option of airing his views of remaining silent on the matter, Sevison chose the latter of the two alternatives. Sevison said that he felt that if he spoke out on the issue, his post as head of the fire department would be placed in serious jeopardy. "The way things are," Sevison said, "I just better not say anything." • LEGA1 NOTICES> LEGAL NOTICE: The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission will hold public hearings concerning requests for rezoning on the following cases at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, May 7; 1973 at the College Station City Hall: P&Z CASE NO. 13-73 - A request for rezoning from Apartment Building District, District R-3, to General • Commercial District, District C-1 on a part of Block 4, University Oaks Section It. Said land is located along State Highway 30 between Munson Avenueand the University Oaks park and consists of 8.04 acres. P&Z CASE NO. 14-73 - A reguest for rezoning from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, to Apartment Building District, District R-3 on a 1.257 acre tract of land located between The Treehouse Subdivision and the abandoned I & GN Railroad right-of-way. For additional information, please contact me. George Eby City Planner City of College Station, Texas • • CS Residents ust Bag Own Garbage A proposed change in garbage collection will end the traditional and troublesome trips to College Station back yards for collectors. The council in its meeting Monday night voted to instruct Ran Boswell, city manager, to draw up an ordinance requiring residents to bag their garbage in two millimeter containers and carry it to the curb for collection. A PUBLIC HEARING will be held on the ordinance at the council's next meeting. Boswell and city sanitation supervisor Alfred Miller told the council that the problems with the current program have become major. "You just can't get people to do this kind of labor anymore," Miller said. "Saturday one week ago, I had one man out of five show up for work. We are presently five men short." Miller also cited constant complaints from residents about messes left by collectors, dogs let out and unsupported claims of theft as problem areas. Miller said he could cut his labor force in half with the curb collection and could continue using present equipment. ASKED BY DICK HERVEY, mayor, if the bags would solve the labor problems, Miller said it would "help a whole lot. I think I could get more reliable people then." Audience members brought up several questions about the proposed change, primarily who would pay for the bags. Though George Ford, city surveyor, said he felt the city could pay for the bags from salary savings, Fred Brison, councilman, included in his motion that Boswell write the ordinance a recommendation that residents purchase the bags. Another question from an audience member concerned the problem of dogs tearing the bags open. "We'll just have to stiffen our present leash laws," Hervey told her. R.D. Radeleff, councilman, also told the audience that the bags would deteriorate in the landfill, though slowly. "ANYTHING PLASTIC will deteriorate," Radeleff said. The bags will add approximately two per cent more plastic to the landfill, Miller said. • Tuesday, April IM Page 4 I The Ea e Bryan - College Station Editorials i Fire Protection Major Concern COLLEGE STATION APPARENTLY is facing up • to its fire department problems outlined in a recent report presented to the city council. Several equipment purchases mentioned in the report already have been made. The $2,000 in equipment is obviously only a small part of that suggested in the report, but it is a start and from the sounds of it, essential in case of an emergency. Brazos County is suffering on its own scale some of the growing pangs afflicting the major metropolitan centers of the nation. The fire department questions raised last week are a good example of this. The city will not be static; it is growing - and services must be provided to match this growth. Recognition of this is essential. THAT THE PROBLEMS OF FIRE protection were tagged in most of the districts reporting for the city's Department of Housing and Urban Development 701 plan is a matter of interest. It is a sign the entire city is involved. The men writing the report attempted to be fair to all concerned and to learn what the problems are and why. It would be impractical to think that all the solutions can be implemented immediately, but a continuing improvement in fire protection, probably resulting in a cooperative program, is necessary. • • CS Residents Must a, 17arb age A proposed change in garbage collection will end the traditional and troublesome trips to College Station back yards for collectors. The council in its meeting Monday night voted to instruct Ran Boswell, city . manager, to draw up an ordinance requiring residents to bag their garbage in two 1. millimeter containers and carry it to the curb for collection. A PUBLIC HEARING will be held on the ordinance at the council's next meeting. Boswell and city sanitation supervisor Alfred Miller told the council that the problems with the current program have become major. "You just can't get people to do this kind of labor anymore," Miller said. "Saturday one week ago, I had one man out of five show up for work. We are presently five men short." Miller also cited constant complaints from residents about messes left by • collectors, dogs let out and unsupported claims of theft as problem areas. Miller said he could cut his labor force in half with the curb collection and could continue using present equipment. ASKED BY DICK HERVEY, mayor, if the bags would solve the labor problems, Miller said it would "help a whole lot. I think I could get more reliable people then." Audience members brought up several questions about the proposed change, primarily who would pay for the bags. Though George Ford, city surveyor, said he felt the city could pay for the bags from salary savings, Fred Brison, councilman, included in his motion that Boswell write the ordinance a recommendation that residents purchase the bags. Another question from an audience member concerned the problem of dogs tearing the bags open. "We'll just have to stiffen our present leash laws," Hervey told her. R.D. Radeleff, councilman, also told the audience that the bags would deteriorate in the landfill, though slowly. e "ANYTHING PLASTIC will deteriorate," Radeleff said. The bags will add approximately two per cent more plastic to the landfill, Miller said. • Tuesday, April n 1973 Page 1 I The ESA e Bryan - College Station Editorials i Fire Protection Major Concern • COLLEGE STATION APPARENTLY is facing up Ito its fire department problems outlined in a recent report presented to the city council. Several 'equipment purchases mentioned in the report ;already have been made. The $2,000 in equipment is obviously only a small +part of that suggested in the report, but it is a start and from the sounds of it, essential in case of an i emergency. Brazos County is suffering on its own scale some of the growing pangs afflicting the major metropolitan centers of the nation. The fire department questions raised last week are a good example of this. The city will not be static; it is growing - and services must be provided to match this growth. Recognition of this is essential. THAT THE PROBLEMS OF FIRE protection were tagged in most of the districts reporting for the city's Department of Housing and Urban Development 701 plan is a matter of interest. It is a sign the entire city is involved. The men writing the report attempted to be fair to all concerned and to learn what the problems are and why. It would be impractical to think that all the solutions can be implemented immediately, but a continuing improvement in fire protection, probably • resulting in a cooperative program, is necessary. • Public Hearing Will Be Held On Home A public hearing to determine the feasibility of construction of the proposed Village South Nursing Home in College Station will be held at 1 pm. Thursday in College Station City Hall. The hearing, sponsored by the Brazos Valley Development Council's Health Planning Advisory Committee, will determine whether or not specification for the nursing home fit the BVDC's regional • plan under federal requirement. The proposed nursing home, a project of Goss-Townes Real Estate Investment, Cbmpany of Tyler, has a 47,849 square foot floor plan and would contain 180 beds. The hearing is open to area residents. J • U' AN ORDINANCE I'kOVIDIN6 FOb A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF RE-ZONING A 5.7 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE C. BURNETT LEAGUE IN • COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOE. COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGLE F A M I L Y R E S I D E N T I A L DISTRICT, DISTRICT R-1C, TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT C-1, AND M O R E P A R T I C U L A R L Y DESCRIBED BY METES. AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning commission has recom. mended that all land described herein be rezoned from Single Family Residential District, District R 1C, to General Commercial District, District G1. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing be held at the City Hall in College Station at 7:00 P. M. on I Monday, May 28, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain- areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tractor parcel of land lying or being situated in the C. Burnett League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the south right-of way Q line of Spring Green Street, said monument being the most westerly corner of the City of College Station elevated water storage tract; • THENCE S 20degrees 38 feet E along ti westerly tine of the beforemen oned Cityof College Station n t tracc I, at b , at ` d 379.75 feet past a concrete monument marking the most southerly corner of the said City of College Station tract, continue along the southwesterly line j of a 15 ft. wide easement for a total distance of 514.80 feet to a point for corner in the northerly right of way line of County Road; THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the beforementioned curve and northerly right-of-way line for an arc distance of 209.28 feet to a point for corner at the end of said curve, the chord bears S 56 degrees 59.9' W a distance of 207.98 feet; THENCE N 39 degrees 05.1' W for a distance of 472.43 feet to a point for corner; THENCE N 46 degrees 15' W for a distance of 125.0 feet to a point for corner in the beforementioned south right of way line of Spring Green Street; THENCE N 69 degrees 06' E along the beforementioned south right of way line for a distance of 587.72 It,I In the PLACE OF BEGINNING A(II r!I,ITAINING5.7acres of land rn, less from Single Famllr dential District, District R-1C, t, wral Commercial Disirl t 1, ict C 1. ~,ce of said hearing shall Ilshed in a newspaper of generol ,irculation in the City of Collt-1c Station at least three times, the I • publication of which shall not be lesc than 15 days prior tothedatefixed for the hearing. I PASSED AND APPROVED this the 23rd day of April, 1973. APPROVED J.O. Hervev Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley ,Jty Secretary. /6 J't ORDINANCE NO. 872 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF RE-ZONING A 5.7 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE C. BURNETT LEAGUE IN COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS • COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGLE F A M I L Y R E S I D E N T I A L DISTRICT, DISTRICT R-1C, TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT C-1, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning commission has recom. mended that all land described herein be rezoned from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, to General Commercial District, District C-1. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing be held at the City Hall ,in College Station at 7:00 P. M. on Monday, May 28, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areps within the city limits as follows: All that certain tractor parcel of land lying or being situated in the C. Burnett League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street, said monument being the most westerly corner of the City of College Station elevated water storage tract; • THENCE S 20 degrees 38 feet E along a westerly line of the beforemen- tioned City of College Station tract, at L Q e- 379.75 feet past a concrete monument marking the most southerly corner of the said City of College Station tract, continue along the southwesterly line of a wide easement fora total distance ce of 514.80 feet to a point for ~~/\\(`~\t corner in the northerly right-of-way 11 line of County Road; THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the beforementioned curve and northerly right-of-way line for an arc distance of 209.28 feet to a point for corner at the end of said curve, the chord bears S 56 degrees 59.9' W a distance of 207.98 feet; THENCE N 39 degrees 05.1' W for a distance of 472.43 feet to a point for corner; THENCE N 46 degrees 15' W for a distance of 125.0 feet to a point for corner in the beforementioned south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street; THENCE N 69 degrees 06' E along the beforementioned south right-of- way line for a distance of 587.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNI NG AND CONTAIN ING 5.7 acres of land more or less from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, To General Commercial District, District C-1. Notice of said hearing shall be, published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College; Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. • PASSED AND APPROVED this thej "",d Slav of "ROVED: F.B. Hervey Mayor • Proposed Amtrak June 10 Startiing S It n definIL te DALLAS (AP) - The proposed June 10 million in repairs asked by Southern Railroad Administration investigation of starting date for rail passenger service to Pacific is unnecessary and that the run the tracks to determine permissible Dallas remains indefinite today after can be made in seven hours or less. speeds. lawyers for Amtrak and the Southern Bryant said the matter likely will be The administration grades track Pacific Railroad failed Wednesday to decided by a three-member national conditions and determines the speeds at agree on use of the railroad's tracks be- which freight and passenger trains may tween Dallas and Houston. Bryan-College Station would be a stop run. on the Dallas-Houston Amtrak route. Dr. M.C. Monaghan, member of the Jim Bryant, Amtrak spokesman in • Washington, said the meeting centered on Officials of both cities and the Bryan- Dallas City-County Amtrak Committee, College Station Chamber of Commerce said he will welcome an examination of the starting date and scheduling. South- have voiced support for the route. ern Pacific, he said, wants to postpone track conditions. start of the service indefinitely. arbitration panel made up of one railroad, He has charged that Southern Pacific The railroad has contended that its one Amtrak and one neutral represen- runs its freight trains at faster speeds tracks between the cities need repairs and tative. than those listed in their schedules and will not allow a schedule of less than nine Sources in Washington also indicated that Amtrak passengers trains should be hours for the 263-mile trip. Wednesday that both parties in the able to make the run in four hours and 50 Amtrak's contention is that the $7.7 dispute have agreed to request a Federal minutes. rY1I e E a Station Bryan = Colleg- Vol. 97 No. 104 14 Pages Thtwsday, May A 1973 10 Gents • . ea V`.% p P10 Pro- osed ome,T.,, BY DAVID G. LANDMANN regions) to determine whether or not ..HE SAID, AT THE TIME, that Mrs. Eagle Staff Writer there is a need for the facilities based on Pawlosky "is in direct competition with area population anu on demand for the nursing homes in this area ...and is On the heels of a heated public hearing facilities. naturally against any new nursing held last week in College Station City If any proposed facility exceeds the home." Hall, the review team of the Brazos needs of a region, it is given an un- Valley Development Council's (BVDC) favorable review, and therefore cannot be Arguments against the review team Health Planning Advisory Council deemed eligible to serve as a Medicare or notwithstanding, the team did send down HPAC) gave favorable comment on Medicaid facility. the final favorable comment, which was plans and specifications of the proposed At the public hearing on the proposed unanimously accepted by the executive i8o-bed Village South Nursing Home - nursing home, Mayor J.B. (Dick) Hervey council. favorable comment, that is, with certain and other members of the College Station In other action the BVDC Executive reservations. City Council voiced violent opposition to Council: The HPAC action was approved . the HPAC review procedure and the Thursday night during the regular review board itself. -AUTHORIZED the extension of a monthly meeting of the BDVC's Hervey, charging that the board was regional alcoholism grant and approved Executive Council. "loaded" and "prejudiced" denounced the regional alcoholism plan for 1973-74. • MRS. PANELA STEWART, BVDC the review team because one of its l iealth Planning coordinator, reported to members, Mrs. Connie Pawlosky, is the APPROVED the final draft of the the council that the HPAC team met to administrator of a Brenham nursing facilit regional communications plan. discuss the data gathered at the hearing y• early this week. "The team, " she reported, "concluded that it would recommend that any number of beds up to 180 can be built in the Bryan-College Station area, but ...only 90 beds can be recommended to cer- tification (for use by Medicare and Medicaid patients.)" She added that the HPAC review team's approval of the nursing home complex. that has been in the works for ap- proximately two years, was accompanied by a second condition. "Future nursing home projects," Mrs. Stewart said, "will not be approved in the absence of a detailed population-demand analysis (submitted) by the applicant. HPAC IS CHARGED BY congression law with reviewing proposed health car F:wilities in council-of-government . ms (The BVDC is one of those • arias ers vi s -to . New Traffic Routc By BILL W,' LL Station planners' resolution noted that the local plan since the Brazos Area Plan Eagle Staff Writer relocation would improve transportation, which is dated 1962. Trains which presently chug through internal circulation, safety and the en- PRESENTLY IN THE UNITED Bryan-College Station at 15 miles per hour vironment. STATES House and Senate are proposals may in the future travel along a corridor Present rail customers should continue to get federal funds for relocating rails in parallel to the West Bypass. to have the rail service with the provision several small cities in the country, At least that's the hope the Bryan of spur tracks, the resolution read. Williamson said. Planning Commission, the College Station Bryan fire chief Keith Langford showed "It has gotten some people thinking Planning and Zoning Commission, the the groups slides of fires caused by what we could do if we moved the rails Brazos County Commissioner's Court and derailed trains running through business from the center of Bryan and College officials from Texas A&M University and residential areas. Langford held up Station," Williamson said. agree would be desirable. manuals from Southern Pacific and It has been suggested that the removal THE GROUPS MET JOINTLY Missouri Pacific which listed hazardous of the rails would open up a north-south • Thursday night to discuss the possible materials carried by their trains. traffic corridor for car and truck relocation of the tracks to the west of the The hazardous materials included such movements. city using federal funds. items as explosives, poisonous liquids and Williamson said the federal govern- The Bryan Planners officially highly flammable materials. ment will, when the traffic load warrants, recommended to the Bryan city council LANGFORD SAID THE DANGER of require railroad grade separations at the city start immediately working with loss of life and property from explosions street intersections. In the Bryan-College the Brazos County Planning Corp. to and fires on the trains could be minimized Station area 11 intersections would need study the feasibility of moving the tracks. with maximum clear space out from the overpasses, the transportation committee Established in the Brazos Area Plan of rails. chairman added. 1962, the group consists of the mayors, "Our main exposure problem in Maximum estimated cost of the work city managers, and planning commission downtown Bryan would be La Salle would be $13 million while cost of chairmen of both cities, the county judge (Home for the Retired Inc.)," Langford relocating the tracks would be ap- and a representative at large. said, noting the job of evacuating the proximately the same, Williamson said. THE COLLEGE STATION PLANNING residents would be enormous. WILLIAMSON INDICATED Southern and Zoning commission Monday night "There have been two derailments near Pacific was receptive to the relocation. formally urged the relocation of the Mumford in 1970, which cut com- He said SP had set up a committee to railroad tracks to an area near the West munication and electrical lines and work with this area. Bypass. produced explosions and two derailments Bryan planning commissioner Clark Recommended was a cooperative effort within the city limits of Bryan with trains Munroe asked if the Brazos Valley by College Station, Bryan, Brazos County, which luckily carried flatbed cars loaded Development Council would be able to Texas A&M University, the Brazos with rocks," Langford said. help in the relocation push. Valley Development Council, the D. D. Williamson, Bryan planning Williamson said the BVDC covers a Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific commission transportation committee seven-county, leaving the most ap- Railroad Companies and other interested chairman, said the moving of the railroad propriate group the Brazos County groups to move the tracks. The Collet!e tracks has been a sul-gestion in every- Planning Corp. • SG Comes To Rescue 1a 1 On 5 - q- -7 Water Bill Causes Dilemma By VICKIE ASHWILL Misra received his $67.75 March connection fee. What does one do when he re- water bill at the first of April In the meantime, Nelson had ceives a $67.75 water bill and he and was informed that the ex- been notified of the leak. doesn't even have a swimming cessive amount of the bill was "I immediately called a plumber pool? due to a leak somewhere in his to do a thorough check of Misra's In the case of Lalit Misra, A&M apartment at 402 Boyett. Accord- plumbing system," said Nelson. student, he contacted the Student ing to Misra, the city clerk then "The plumber charged me $10 to Government (SG) Fair Housing advised him not to pay the bill. say nothing was leaking." Commission to see what advice Misra paid for the rest of his The city speculated that a com- it could give him concerning his utilities at that time. Later he mode had been left running for predicament. received a notification warning xcessive period of time, but After several days of confusion, him that if his balance was not an Mi esra said a one was away from it was finally agreed that Dr. paid in full all of his utilities the apartment long enough for B. H. Nelson, apartment owner, would be disconnected and would would pay for $40 of the bill. The not be reconnected until he paid. such The a lAprarge il bill bill f to or accucumulmul sate. Campus Chest, an SG emergency The notification also added an Misra' $60 fund, has agreed to pay the bal- additional $5 late charge to his apartment amounted to $13.75. were said ous- sion' Chairman HBarb an between a normal water bill dbill and said if his isconnected there would Abe a re- "WChat and d Nelson's $40. Scars, "is that the leak would fix itself during April. "Normally," Sears continued, "it is the responsibility of the • apartment owner to pay for the normal wear-and-tear of any fa- cility. But there is a sticky situa- tion involved when the tenant has contracted for all the utilities." "I have the feeling everybody wants to do what is right," said Foreign Student Advisor Charles Hornstein, "but everyone is at a loss to know what is right." Misra pointed out that if all his facilities were disconnected, it would be impossible for him and his two roommates to study for finals. "The worst part of the whole mess," said Misra, "is that I do not have the money to pay for even half of the bill at this time and I am being forced to pay for no fault of mine." • N ORDINA NO 872 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE I QUESTION OF RE-ZONING A 5.7 • ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE C. BURNETT LEAGUE IN COLLEGE STATION, BRA ZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT R-1C, TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT C-1, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning commission has recom- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, to General Commercial District, District C-1. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing be held at the City Hall in College Station at 7:00 P. M. on Monday, May 28, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tractor parcel of land lying or being situated in the C. Burnett League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street, said monument being the most westerly corner of the City of College Station • elevated water storage tract; THENCE S 20degrees 38 feet E along a westerly line of the beforemen. tioned City of College Station tract, at 379.75 feet past a concrete monument marking the most southerly corner of the said City of College Station tract, continue along the southwesterly line of a 15-ft. wide easement for a total distance of 514.80 feet to a point for corner in the northerly right-of-way line of County Road; THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the beforementioned curve and northerly right-of-way line for an arc distance of 209.28 feet to a point for corner at the end of said curve, the chord bears 5 56 degrees 59.9' W a distance of 207.98 feet; THENCE N 46 degrees 15' W for a distance of 125.0 feet to a point for corner in the beforementioned south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street; THENCE N 69 degrees 06' E along the beforementioned south right-of- way line for a distance of 587.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAI N I N G 5.7 acres of land more or less from Single Family Residential District, District RAC, to General Commercial District, District C-1. - 'Notice of said hearing shall be- published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College. Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date f fixed for the hearing. • PASSED AND APPROVED this the, 23rd day of April, 1973. APPROVED: J_3. Hervey Mayor ~or n i Ivt iley e • ~aOle- CS Tract Purchased For Center A 10.21-acre commerical tract on Texas Avenue in College Station has been purchased by a group of Arlington businessmen for a neighborhood shopping center, according to Jim • Jett of Richard Smith Co., Bryan. The Tract is located at the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and South- west Parkway, Jett said. Selling the property was Parkway Investment Corp. Price was not disclosed, but realty sources estimated the sale at ap- proximately $500,000. 'w C: m C p f0 = O 7D o• C =w`r'~N~ 70O,C p~ oN~y 5.°°ooy U C9 cC = ~ _o 0 z -5 in ~ r - ~ o d 3 Zi > J J r" v u z! = c6 y ~ Q ~ ~ ~ y x ~ y= W str 3 ~ y'Swy;-o y C y y _ r. - y U D y : 3 N C l? c y j- n _ w ~ m 0. N u O N y _ o s': cx cc 0 CS z R b 112 a) w y O J ~ r ~ .G c4 4 ~ J W t 5" y~ y x.~ • c ss, teat m ~ y ~ -M cr O ~ Y. O y .13 yya O ~f3n3d 15 u v y'u c y .:`v c ~ y y a~ w, y ~J VJ .r ~C. N CWw ab m ~ ~ O J u U C O y J / T CZ CU L. wl s o V QJ L W K 4 - dR y . -o y ° O C U x J y u w VJ 117 4 v h 33 3o=y cuJ cw _ f . J c : 0~ :C ~ 7L x C1 ~ ~ '7 :4 O = cam. y U _a o :jc ORDINANCE NO. 872 AN ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC HEARING IDONG THE QUESTION OF RE-ZONING A 5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATE[ IN THE C. BURNETT LEAGUE lt, COLLEGE STATION, BRAZO'S COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGILI F A M I L Y R E S I D E N T I A i • DISTRICT, DISTRICT R-IC, TG GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT C-1, ANC MORE PA RTICULAIR L DESCRI13ED BY METES AN[' BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF TH S ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITI COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning commission has recom mended that all land described herein be rezoned from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, to General Commercial District, District CA. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing be held at the City Hall in College Station at 7:00 P. M. on Monday, May 28, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tractor parcel of land lying or being situated in the C. Burnett League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street, said monument being the most westerly corner of the City Of College Station elevated water storage tract; THENCE S 20 degrees 38 feet E alona a westerly line of the beforemen- tioned City of College Station tract, at 379.75 feet past a concrete monument marking the most southerly corner of the said City of College Station tract, continue along the southwesterly line of a 15-ft. wide easement for a total distance of 514.80 feet to a point for corner in the northerly right-of-way line of County Road; THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the beforementioned- I curve and northerly right-of-way line for an arc distance of 209.28 feet to a point for corner at the end of said curve, the chord bears S 56 degrees 59.9' W a distance of 207.98 feet; THENCE N 39 degrees 05.1' W for a distance of 472.43 feet to a point for corner; THENCE N 46 degrees 15' W for a distance of 125.0 feet to a point for corner in the beforementioned south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street; THENCE N 69 degrees 06' E along the beforementioned south right-of- way line for a distance of 587.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNINGAND CONTAINING 5.7 acres of land more or less from Single Family Residential District, District RAC, to General Commercial District, District C-1. -Notice of said hearing shall be` published in a newspaper of general, -;rculation in the City Of College{ ,r,tion at least three times, the first ,lication of which shall not be less -,n 15 days prior to the date fixed for, z hearing. /I SSED AND APPROVED this the ~zrd day of April, 1973. ! APPROVED: J.B. Hervey Mayor' TEST: iorence Neelley +y Secretary. • ORDINANCE NO.873 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE Question of Rezoning A 1.257 ACRE 43 Legal Notices TRACT OF LAND LOCATED BETWEEN THETREEHOUSE for corner in the southerly line of a SUBDIVISION AND THE ABAN- 5.347 acre tract; DONED I&GN RAILROAD RIGHT- OF-WAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY TRENCE N 15 degrees 03.8' E along R E S I D E N T I A L D I ST R I CT, I the beforementioned southerly line DISTRICT RAC, TO APARTMENT and a fence for a distance of 14.27 feet li BUILDING DISTRICT, DISTRICT to an iron rod for an angle point; R-3, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND THENCE N 24 degrees 20.2' E con- BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS tinue along said southerly line and ORDINANCE. I fence for a distance of 245.30 feet to BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY the PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 1.257 acres of land COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF more or less from Single Family COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: Residential District, District R-1C, to Apartment Building District, District WHEREAS,the City Planning and R-3. Zoning Commission has recom- mended that all land described Notice of said hearing shall be herein be rezoned from Single published in a newspaper of general Family Residential District, District circulation in the City of College RAC, to Apartment Building District, Station at least three times, the first District R-3, publiction of which shall not be less It is hereby ordered that a public than 15 days prior the date fixed for hearing be held at the City Hall in the hearing. College Station at 7:00 P.M. on PASSED AND APPROVED this the Monday, May 28, 1973, on the question 8th day of May, 1973. of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: APPROVED: All that certain tract or parcel of land J,B, Hervey lying or being situated between the Treehouse Subdivision and the Mayor abandoned I&GN Railroad right-or- way, and being more particularly described as follows: ATTEST :Florence Neelley City Secretary • BEGINNING at a concrete monument found in the southeast boundary of Jersey Street, said concrete monument being the most westerly corner of said Burke 17.25 acre tract and a common corner with the Texas A&M University land; THENCE N 44 degrees 32.9' E along Jersey Street and the common line between this tract and said University land for a distance of 746.61 feet to a concrete monument for corner in the westerly right-of- way line of the 1&GN Railroad; THENCE S 19 degrees 30' E along said westerly right-of-way line for a distance 202.13 feet to a concrete monument for for the PLACE OF BEGINNING of this tract; THENCE N 70 degrees 30' E along the beforementioned westerly right. of-way line for a distance of 50.0 feet to an iron rod for corner; RR,, ~ r~ THENCE S 19 degrees 30' E continue along said westerly right-of-way line Vv\ for a distance of 312.50 feet to an iron rod for corner; THENCE S 70 degrees 30' W for a distance of 228.0 feet to an iron rod for corner; THENCE N 19 degrees 30' W for a distance of 123.91 feet to an iron rod TA, New Phone Rate Okayed Bryan's city fathers have officially approved a new telephone rate ordinance which provides General Telephone Co. of the Southwest only one-third the rate increase the firm requested. Bryan city council, in a special meeting Wednesday night, unanimously favored the second and third reading of the city's rate ordinance. THE ORDINANCE is similar to a rate ordinance College Station city council approved Tuesday afternoon in a special uieeting. Both ordinances in- clude increases in the classes of service flat rates only and freezes the installation charges, multiline tariffs and all other charges by General Telephone. • Councilman Anastacio (Andy) Herrera moved the council approve the ordinance and councilman Lloyd Joyce seconded. Mayor J.A. Skrivanek declared the vote that followed unanimous. ~e THE RUSH TO finally ap- prove the ordinances was due }~C\ the impending hearing in U.S. 1 85th District Court on General 't'elephone's application for a temporary injunction for both cities from not allowing the phone proposal to go into effect. hike proposal to go into effect. The hearing was originally set for 10 a.m. today, but a jury trial in progress in the courtroom has forced a postponement to May 23. City attorney Pete Eckert noted that the ordinance goes into effect immediately, but billing under the new rates can't begin until 30 days after the document's passage. THE ORDINANCE provides a a 6.56 per cent increase in gross revenues for the telephone company compared to the 18.36 per cent the firm had requested. • Study Group Sets )5-a0/,e_ Traffic Meetin9 The coordinating committee of department district engineer the Bryan College Station and Joe Hanover, J. 0. Adams of Brazos County Urban Tran- Texas A&M University, a sportation Study is scheduled at 'member of the highway 10 a.m. Tuesday to consider department's design section in alternatives on various major Austin, a member of the high- traffic arteries of the total urban way department traffic section area. in Austin and Glenn Cook of the Set in the assembly room of Brazos Valley Development the district office of the Texas Council. • Highway Department, the committee members will vote D. D. WILLIAMSON, Highway their preference on area traffic department design engineer in considerations to the year 1990. the district office, presented the Bryan planning commission the THE BRYAN PLANNING traffic arteries. commission Thursday night . wade reconunendations on the Hubert Nelson, Bryan director alternates to the city council and of planning and traffic, said the city's representative on the Sandlin, as a representative of coordinating committee, city the city on the coordinating manager Fred Sandlin. board, would prefer the planners The coordinating board make recommendations on the consists of Sandlin, College routes. The group's opinions Station city manager Ran would help the city manager in Boswell, Brazos County judge his voting at the Tuesday W. R. (Bill) Vance, highway meeting, Nelson said. City, Pew • Objectivu Must Maw An important portion of the prchensive plan for the future of any c" has to be the formulation of a set of got,,: and objectives. And in order that thr - goals be realistic, they must match thi goals of the people who live in the col - i i iunity. To assure the goals do reflect the ain s of the people, the federal government requires citizen input into any plan ij funds. College Station chose to fulfill that requirement with the formation of a citizens' advisory committee. THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS of members of the standing city committees for business, parks and recreation, beautification, safety and health and the 10chairnien of residential districts drawn to include representatives of all social, racial and econornic groups. The districts ranged in population from 750 to 2,250 and included low and high income groups. • Each chairman was joined in the ~G ` separate advisory groups by volunteers, 1 e recruited through an open letter from the mayor and printed in the newspaper, letters to various local interest groups and news releases to the media. I Each volunteer was asked to contact six people with a questionnaire. It has been estimated that 500 residents contributed to the survey. THE SUMMARY REPORTS of each district will be included in their entirety in the comprehensive plan. In addition, consultant Charles Pinnell has drawn up a representative summary report. General goals of the groups were to limit population to around 40,000 by 1990, to discourage heavy industry, to stop strip zoning and concentrate shopping in one location, to improve phone service, to encourage more citizen participation in the government, to maintain open spaces in the city and to keep the small, college town atmosphere. It is possible the citizen advisory group will be maintained as well to give the city wtoniatic citizen input. Chairmen of the districts included: 0. A. Holt, W. A. Farrow, Dorsey McCrory, d. L. Cashion, Barb Sears, Robert White. darrison Hierth, A. J. Buck, Michael • Ehrlich and Gary Halter. ORDINANCE NO. 872 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FO' A PUBLIC HEARING ON TH± QUESTION OF RE-ZONING A 5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATE IN THE C. BURNETT LEAGUE I', COLLEGE STATION, BRAZO COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGLi FAMILY REST DENTIA • DISTRICT, DISTRICT RAC, TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT C-1, ANi MORE PARTICULARL DESCRIBED BY METES AN!_' BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THI'; ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning commission has recom.- mended that all land described herein be rezoned from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, to General Commercial District, District C-1. It is hereby ordered that a public hearing be held at the City Hail in College Station at 7:00 P. M. on Monday, May 26, 1973, on the question of rezoning certain areas within the city limits as follows: All that certain tractor parcel of land lying or being situated in the C. Burnett League in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: o~ 51 ~ BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the south right-of-way tine of Spring Green Street, Said monument being the most westerly 11 corner of the City of College Station F\ \ I elevated water storage tract; THENCE S 20 degrees 38 feet E along a westerly tine of the beforemen. • tioned City of College Station tract, at 379.75 feet past a concrete monument marking the most southerly corner of the said City of College Station tract, A tinue along the southwesterly line 15-ft. wide easement for a total distance of 514.80 feet to a point for 'corner in the northerly right-of-way line of County Road; THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the beforementioned curve and northerly right-of-way line for an arc distance of 209.28 feet to a point for corner at the end of said curve, the chord bears S 56 degrees 59.9' W a distance of 207.98 feet; THENCE N 39 degrees 05.1' W for a distance of 472.43 feet to a point for corner; THENCE N 46 degrees 15' W for a distance of 125.0 feet to a point for corner in the beforementioned south right-of-way line of Spring Green Street; THENCE N 69 degrees 06' E along the beforementioned south right.of. way line for a distance of 587.72 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 5.7 acres of land more or less from Single Family Residential District, District RAC, to General Commercial District, District C-1. 'Notice of said hearing shall bey published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station at least three times, the first publication of which shall not be less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. PASSED AND APPROVED this the • 23rd day of April, 1973. APPROVED: J.B. Hervey A3 Legal Notices •1TTEST: lorence Neelley C~tv Secretary- W g aYi a~ .~y ,d a~5 ~-~3 w o w m 'O m u O -ao fi a w w° s.. w °0wo~~w,5a 4,E n°c Q S. w w Q UT a O N> YO a H cc r cj d) • O b.0 •3 O, p O SO. F. a P~4."U G' bX p c• 'C •p y a of y r y' o y ,G+ a O O cb='O t •N c R a Y c p ~s SCCO~o° Q)Y~ a o w n v, o tw ° 'o o w n% 3 Y o p b+0 >a G M F a0., cb fa-' 0.°p c.. ^ tG. a ^ cd rq as rTi a cc! Y O E4 cq a; P-d p >a L7 0 cad o O cN. 'z, O d C p O d cd C .Q'3 c . d X Y C', w a,oaaY Y o Bbq.aU No.,c. Y O ' Gw w° roa a aH bo •c Q o d a G. 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The approximate quantities are as follows: 5,980 CY Common Road Excavation 115 CY Unclassified Ditch Ex cavation 12,391 SY Flexible Base Crushed 'Limestone 6 inches thick 12,391 SY Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement Type "A" 2,496 Gal Asphaltic Material for Prime Coat MC-1 7,229 LF Standard Curb and Gutter 18.1 CY Extra Reinforced Concrete for Curb and Gutter Work 11.21 CY Reinforced Concrete for Storm Sewer Inlet Boxes 4.35 CY Reinforced Concrete for Modified Storm Sewer Inlet Boxes 25.79 CY Reinforced Concrete for Headwalls 25.92 SY Reinforced Concrete Rip Rap 4 inches thick 7 Ea. Manhole Ring and cover 1 Ea. Storm Sewer Manhole 5 feet i deep 133.2 SY Removal and Disposal of existing Concrete Structures 6 inches thick 390 SY Asphalt Driveways 75 SY Concrete Driveways 252 LF 30" Reinforced Concrete Pipe 46.2 LF 24" Reinforced Concrete Pipe 22 LF 18" Reinforced Concrete Pipe 65 LF 18"x11" Corrugated Metal Pipe Arch (14 gauge) 18 LF 30" Corrugated Metal Pipe (16 gauge) Lump Sum 12'x6'3" Structural Plate • Steel Arch 12 gauge Alternate "A" 7,225 SY Asphaltic Stabilized Gravel (Black Bose) Five inches thick 5,166 SY Asphaltic Stabilized Gravel (Black Base) Four inches thick. The right is reserved as the interest of the Owner may require to utilize any combination of the above base and surfacing materials. Proposals shall be accompained by a Cashier's or Certified Check upon a National or State Bank in an amount of not less than five (5) per cent of the total maximum bid price, payable without recourse to the City of College Station, Texas Owner. or a bid bond in the same amount from a reliable Surety Company as a guarantee that the Bidder will enter into a contract and execute performance bond within ten (10) days after notice of award of contract to him. The Successful Bidder must furnish, performance bond upon the forme provided in theamountof one hundred (100) per cent of the contract price from an approved Surety Company holding a permit from the State of Texas, to act as surety, or other surety or Sureties acceptable to the Owner. The right is reserved as the interest of the Owner may require, to reject any and all bids, and to waive any in formality in bids received. Plans, Specifications, and Bidding Documents may be secured from the office of the City Manager, City Hall, College Station, Texas, on deposit of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per set, which sum so deposited will be, refunded provided the provisions of • the Specifications regarding the return on such Documents are complied with. CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, EXAS J.B. Hervey Mayor • CS, Bryan Ask Suit Dismissal The cities of College Station and Bryan asked for dismissal of the suit against then, by General Telephone Company in a plea before the 85th district court Tuesday. The plea stated that, since both cities have increased rates for telephone service, the. • request by the telephone com- pany that an injuction be issued restraining the city from charging previous rates is no longer applicable. The new rates approved by the city councils of both cities granted the phone company approximately one-third of the requested rates. Trial in the suit is now set for 10 a.m. May 23. K Zr.1616 wuwPAl6 -4- A3 Legal Notices ORDINANCE NO. 872 L A3 Legal Notices AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR Apartment Builumq D !riot, Cistnct A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE R3 QUESTION OF RE-ZONING A 5.7 Question of Rezoning A 1.257 ACRE ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED TRACT OF LAND LOCATED Notice of sa d hearincl shall be • IN THE C. BURNETT LEAGUE IN BETWEEN THETREEHOUSE published in a newspaper of general COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS SUBDIVISION AND THE ABAN- circulation in the City of College COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGLE DONED I&GN RAILROAD RIGHT Station at least three times, the first s A M I L Y R E S I D E N T I A L OF-WAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY publiction of which shall not be less DISTRICT, DISTRICT R1C, TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, than 15 days prior the date fixed for GENERAL C O M M E R C I A L DISTRICT R-1C, TO APARTMENT the hearing. j DISTRICT, DISTRICT C1, AND BUILDING DISTRICT, DISTRICT MO R E P A R T I C U L A R L Y I R-3, AND MORE PARTICULARLY PASSED AND APPROVED this the DESCRIBED BY METES AND DESCRIBED BY METES AND 8th day of May, 1973. BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS BOUNDS IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE. APPROVED: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF J.B. Hervey COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: i Mayor WHEREAS, the City Planning and WHEREAS,the City Planning and ATTEST: Florence Neelley Zoning commission has recom.- Zoning Commission has recoM mended that all land described mended that all land described City Secretary herein be rezoned from Single herein be rezoned from Single Family Residential District, District Family Residential District, District R 1C, to General Commercial R-1C,toApartment Building District, District, District C 1. District R-3, it is hereby ordered that a public it is hereby ordered that a public hearing be held at the City Hall in hearing be held at the City Hall in College Station at 7:00 P. M. on College Station at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, May 28, 1973, on the I Monday, May 28; 1973, on the question question of rezoning certain areas of rezoning certain areas within the within the city limits as follows: city limits as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land I All that certain tract or parcel of land lying or being situated in the C. I lying or being situated between the Burnett League in College Station, Treehouse Subdivision and the Brazos County, Texas, and being abandoned I&GN Railroad right-or- more particularly described as way, and being more particularly follows: described as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete BEGINNING at a concrete monument found in the southeast monument in the south right-of way boundary of Jersey Street, said line of Spring Green Street, said concrete monument being the most I monument being the most westerly- westerly corner of said Burke 17.25 1 corner of the City of College Station acre tract and a common corner with • elevated water storage tract; the Texas A&M University land; THENCE S 20degrees 38 feet Ealong THENCE N 44 degrees 32.9' E along a westerly line of the beforemen- Jersey Street and the common line tioned City of College Station tract, at between this tract and said 379.75 feet past a concrete monument University land for a distance of marking the most southerly corner of 746.61 feet to a concrete monument the said City of College Station tract, for corner in the westerly right-of- continue along the southwesterly line way line of the I&GN Railroad; of a 15 ft. wide easement for a total distance of 514.80 feet to a point for THENCE S 19 degrees 30' E along corner in the northerly right of-way said westerly right-of-way line for a line of County Road; distance of 202.13 feet to a concrete monument for the PLACE OF f~1^ THENCE in a southwesterly BEGINNING of this tract; direction along the beforementioned curve and northerly right-of way line THENCE N 70 degrees 30' E along for an arc distance of 209.28 feet to a the beforementioned westerly right- point for corner at the end of said of-way line for a distance of 50.0 feet curve, the chord bears S 56 degrees to an iron rod for corner; 59.9' W a distance of 207.98 feel; THENCE 5 19 degrees E continue n along said westerly 0 feet to line \1\ n ' \ ` THENCE N 46 degrees 15' W fora for a distance of 312.550 feet To an iron distance of 125.0 feet to a point for rod for corner; corner in the beforementioned south rightof way line of Spring Green THENCE S 70 degrees 30' W for a Street; distance of 228.0 feet to an iron rod for corner; THENCE N 69 degrees 06' E along the beforementioned south right-of- THENCE N 19 degrees 30' W for a way line for a distance of 587.72 feet distance of 123.91 feet to an iron rod tothePLACEOF BEGINNING AND for corner in the southerly line of a CONTAINING 5.7 acres of land more 5.347 acre tract; or less from Single Family Residential District, District R-1C, to I TRENCE N 15 degrees 03.8' E along General Commercial District, the beforementioned southerly line District C-1. and a fence for a distance of 14.27 feet Notice of said hearing shall be. to an iron rod for an angle point; I published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of College THENCE N 24 degrees 20.2' E cor. Station at least three times, the first tinue along said southerly line ano publication of which shall not be less fence for a distance of 245.30 feet to than 15 days prior to the date fixed for the PLACE OF BEGINNING AND the hearing. CONTAINING 1.257 acres of land • more or less from Single Family PASSED AND APPROVED this the Residential District, District R 1C, to 23rd day of April, 1973. APPROVED: ' J.B. Hervey Mayor ATTEST: Florence Neelley -t, cn p,t-v NOTICE TO BIDDERS (Sealed proposals addressed to the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, will Ibe received at the office of Ran !Boswell, City Manager until 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 30, 1073 for fur- nishing all necessary materials, • machinery, equipment, sin 1lendence and labor for constructing certain streets for the City of College Station, Texas. The approximate quantities are as follows: 5,980 CY Common Road Excavation 115 CY Unciassified Ditch Ex cavation 12,391 SY Flexible Base Crushed ! Limestone 6 inches thick 12,391 SY Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement Type "A" . 2,496 Gal Asphaltic Material for Prime Coat MC -1 7,229 LF Standard Curb and Gutter 18.1 CY Extra Reinforced Concrete or Curb and Gutter Work 11.21 CY Reinforced Concrete for Storm Sewer Inlet Boxes 4.35 CY Reinforced Concrete for 'Modified Storm Sewer Inlet Boxes 25.79 CY Reinforced Concrete for Headwalls 25.92 SY Reinforced Concrete Rip Rap 4 inches thick 7 Ea. Manhole Ring and cover 1 Ea. Storm Sewer Manhole 5 feet deep 133.2 SY Removal and Disposal of ,existing Concrete Structures 6 Irc;; s thick 390 SY Asphalt Driveways 75 SY Concrete Dr ~eways 252 LF 30" Reinforced Concreta Pipe 46.2 LF 24" Reinforced Concrete Pipe 22 LF 18" Reinforced Concrete Pipe 65 LF 18"x11" Corrugated Metat Pipe Arch (14 gauge) 18 LF 30" Corrugated Metal Pipe (16 gauge) Lump Sum 121x6'3" Structural Plate Steel Arch 12 gauge • Alternate "A"- ` 7,225 SY Asphaltic Stabilized Gravel (Black Bose) Five inches thick 15,166 SY Asphaltic Stabilized Gravel ((Black Base) Four inches thick. The right is reserved as the interest of - -the Owner may require to utilize any . combination of the above base and !surfacing materials. Proposals shall be accompained by a Cashier's or certified Check upon a National or State Bank in an amount of not less than five (5) per cent of the 1Itotal maximum bid price, payable without recourse to the City of College Station, Texas Owner. or a bid bond in the same amount from a reliable Surety Company as a guarantee that ,the Bidder will enter into a contract 'and execute performance bond within ten (10) days after notice of award of contract to him. The Successful Bidder must furnish performance bond upon the forme provided in theamountof one hundred (100) per cent of the contract price from an approved Surety Company holding a permit from the State of ! Texas, to act as surety, or other surety or Sureties acceptable to the Owner. The right is reserved as the interest of 1 the Owner may require, to reject any and all bids, and to waive any in formality in bids received. Plans, Specifications, and Bidding Documents may be secured from the office of the City Manager, City Hall, College Station, Texas, on deposit of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per set, which sum so deposited will be I refunded provided the provisions of • the Specifications regarding the'. return on such Documents are I complied with. . ~Y ~r rn~ l rc.~ STATION, i lervey l'✓or • Basically, a Need For More People No plan can be a good plan, College Station's preliminary report states, unless it provides a path for implementation. The implementation of the College Station's comprehensive plan will rest essentially in the hands of administration. Charles Pinnell and associates interviewed the mayor, city manager and various department heads to complete that portion of the study. They found, basically, a need for more people and for a more highly organized system of promotion and job specification. THE PRESENT CITY STAFF numbers 98 people divided among the city manager, finance, police, fire and public. works departments. The city manager, city attorney and administrative secretary work in the city manager's office. Seven clerks, and office manager and the director are in the finance office. The police department in composed of the chief, one lieutenant, three sergeants, • eight patrolmen, one humane officer, one clerk and five dispatchers. The study reports the fire department has one chief and six firemen. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT is the largest with a director, city engineer, city planner, parks and recreation director, one superintendent of electricity, an assistant to the superintendent, one electrical inspector, one elec- trician, one lineman, five laborers, one superintendent of water and sewer, one inspector, two foremen, one sewer plant operator, seven laborers, one custodian and three meter readers. "As the city changes its character from that of a small city to a medium-sized city," the study said, "it becomes necessary for the city i~r~ra.;er to dele-,ate more responsibility to the second and third echelon employes.' IN ORDER FOR HIM TO DO THIS, recommendations are ,nlr:ie that a number of new personnel have to be added and that the second and third echelon staff b prepared to accept increased responsibility. In systems and procedures, the report recommends that utility rates be billed and that a staff position be added to handle purchasing. The study of 'h!' city !r, ing followE INTERVIE` felt the manual was confining and prescribing. No formal city employ iuent plan is now in existence each department head sets his own. the preliminary report suggests a thorough study in the second phase to identif% a~.. needed personnel services and placement mechanism, to review current dicies and to develos ~ ~,ao j&w. as well as to rec;rw a 1\(D~ • Phone Suit Recessed Until 2 p.m. Sounding as if a bloodless solution may be near, Judge W.C. (Bill) Davis, 85th district court, this morning recessed the General Telephone Co. versus cities of Bryan and College Station suit trial until 2 p.m. today. The trial was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. A 30-minute recess was first called at that time, then the second recess. DAVIS TOLD THOSE in court when it reconvened at 10:30 a.m. that the two • sides had been "reasoning together." He added that the recess would be used to try to work out a settlement out of court. General Telephone is requesting a temporary injunction prohibiting the two cities from enforcing their current rates for phone service on the grounds that calls between Bryan and College Station are not local service. "Intrastate" call, as the companY asserts these are, are not subject to regulation by local communities. THE COMPANY USES as a back-up argument that the rates, if subject to regulation by the cities, are too low to provide a fair return. The cities, represented by Pete Eckert in Bryan and James Dozier in College Station, assert both contentions are false. • • -Q,~c 5-d,~.. • Phone Sint Details Not `Available' Details of the agreement reached Wednesday between the cities of Bryan and College Station and General Telephone Co. are not yet ready for release, College Station city attorney James Dozier said today. The information was expected this morning. The two parties were scheduled to g° to court at 10 following a.m. Wednesday, but, three recesses, announced they had worked out an agreement at approximately 3:30 p.T• Dozier said the details are still being finalized and that when they are completed the in- formation will be released to the media. • • CS Revenue ' aar zng Public Hearing Set College Station is calling its public hearing for the use of general revenue sharing money in conjunction with Monday's regular meeting of the city council. , The hearing will be held at 7 p.m.. in city hall. The council in workshop sessions • has decided to propose the use of the money for additional sewer lines and im- provement to the drainage and sewer systems. OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA include two rezoning hearings, one on a 5.7 : acre tract in the C. Burnett league and the other a 1.257 acre tract located between the Treehouse subdivision and the abandoned I&GN railroad right-of-way. A public hearing on the change in garbage pick-up will also be held. The city proposes to require the bagging of barbage to be picked up at the curb. ;•:C J 1 • • CS Hearing On Tap rTo lig College Station residents get a chance to voice opinions on the use of general revenue-sharing money ;a the regular city council meeting at 7 p.m. in city hall. The public hearing has been called as a part of the regular meeting. Also on the agenda is a public hearing on the proposed curb collection of bagged • garbage, a measure which would con- siderably cut down on cost and labor for the city.