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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublicity Vol. 30 (Jan. 1984 - April 1984) az • i 27 ���a 3 F f k Ea& P Kathy Young Bond issues include street improvements CS tries again for bond Issue By HUGH NATIONS Last August the voters rejected increase for debt service of zero to Staff Writer about half of a request for $48 seven cents, and that he would ex- On Jan. 24, for the second time million in bond authority, which pect the figure to fall in between in seven months, College Station the city sought for a five -year those two extremes. residents will vote on a bond issue. capital improvements . program. College Station's tax rate is now The city will be asking for Faced with that defeat, the City 31 cents per $100 of valuation. authority to sell bonds totaling Council scaled down the program That is $124 per year for a $40,000 $14,155,000 to finance a three- to one extending over three years home. VanDever said the max - year capital improvements pro- for this election. imum tax increase that should gram. Seven propositions, ranging City Finance Director A.E. result from the bond issue would from a new police station to park "Van" VanDever Jr. said the sale raise the annual taxes on a $40,000 improvements, will be on the of the general obligation bonds, if ballot. approved, should result in a tax Turn to COLLEGE, page 6A Absentee voting 's�iow in g both cities With the close of absentee voting only five days mail, both officials said it is probably too late now away, balloting in both the Bryan and College Sta- for a voter to complete the process and mail their tion bond elections was slow Monday. ballot in before the close of absentee balloting at 5 In Bryan, City Secretary Dorothy Mallett said p.m. Friday. only 20 people had voted absentee by noon. In Col- Bryan is going to the voters with a $31- million lege Station, the pace was even slower: City general obligation bond package. College Station is Secretary Dian Jones said only five had cast ballots. asking its residents to approve $14 million in Although the law provides for absentee voting by revenue and general obligation bonds. th toulle /TiAesclaij , Sahu.a - y 1 19 S 4 l CS to plant trees on Arbor Day College Station Little League players are to plant a tree 'Friday in Southwood Athletic Park as the city celebrates Arbor Day. The ceremonies will begin at 4 p m. Dorothy Miller, past president of the Beautify Brazos County Association, and College Station Mayor Gary Halter will speak. City Forrester Eric Ploeger said 100 pecan seedlings have been donated by the Texas Forestry Service and will be distributed to those attending the ceremonies. In addition, Ploeger said, the city's newsletter will print the names of those residents who have planted trees during January. The Eagle /Tuesday ) 1anUafy 17, 19214- Newly formed power agency elects officers J.D. Teague, city manager of Caldwell, was elected president of the Lone Star Municipal Power Agency at its organizational meeting Mon- day night in College Station. College Station City Manager North Bardell was chosen vice president, and Kirbyville Mayor Bruce Reed was chosen secretary. The directors of the newly formed power agency also chose College Station as the site for the organization's administrative offices, and set the third Monday in each month as the regular meeting date. LSMPA is a cooperative composed of College Station, Caldwell, Kirbyville and Newton, all of which have their own municipal power systems. It is designed to help the cities obtain lower utility rates by pooling resources. The Ea5l /Thes — rah uatry I7, I9 4- LEGAL NOTICE The City of College Station Planning and Zoning Com- mission will hold a public hearing on the question of amending Section 7 of Ordinance 850 of the City of College Station, Texas, re- lating to landscaping. The purpose of the amendment to the Ordinance is to establish unambiguous re- gulations pertaining to land- scaping in College Station. The said hearing will be held In the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the Planning and Zoning Com- mission on Thursday, February 2, 1984. For additional information, please contact me. James M. Callaway Asst. Director of Planning 01 -18-84 TO WHOM IT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN MAY CONCERN The College Station Plan - The College Station Plan- ning and Zoning Commis - ning and Zoning Commis- sion will hold a public sion will hold a public hearing on the question of hearing on the question of • rezoning. the following rezoning the following property: property 2 tracts of land in the A 14.489 acre tractin the Morgan Rector League Richard Carter Survey, located adjacent to and located on the east side of southwest of the Woodstock SH6 (East Bypass) ap Section 1 Subdivision from proximately 1700 feet north Apartments High Density of the intersection of SH6 D strict R to General Com - merci and. SH30 (Harvey Road) acres) l District C-1 (4.97 from Single Family Re- acres) and Administrative - aidential District R -1 to Professional District A -P General Commercial District (9.20 acres). Application is in C -1. Application is in the the name of James E. Jett. name of Joe A. Ferrari. The said hearing will be held The said hearing will be held in the Council Room of the City In the Council Room of the College Station Ave Hall, College Station City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue at 1101 South Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the Planning and Zoning Com - Planning and Zoning Com- mission bruary on Thursday, mission on Thursday, February 2, 1984. February 2, 1984. For additional information, For additional information, please contact me. please contact me. James M. Callaway James M. Callaway Ass't. Director of Planning Ass't. Director of Planning 01-18-84 01 -18-84 TO WHOM IT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN MAY CONCERN The College Station Plan - The College Station Plan- ning and Zoning Commis - ning and Zoning Commis- sion will hold a public sion will hold a public hearing on the question of hearing on the question of rezoning the following rezoning the following property: property: A 6.34 acre tract in the A 38.88 tract•of land in the Morgan Rector League Richard Carter League, and located along the future located approximately 300 extension of Holleman Drive feet east of SH6 (East adjacent to and north of the of Bypass) (Harvey 200 Road) from on, from Apartments Richards Addition Subdivi- R-6 Apartments High Dens- General High Density ity and R -7 Mobile Home al Dist Commercial R -6 Park to General Commercial ial Districct t C -1. Application is in the District C -1. Application Is in name of James E. Jett. the name of Frank The said hearing will be held Thurmond. In the Council Room of the The said hearing will be held College Station City Hall, In the Council Room of the 1101 South Texas Avenue at College Station City Hall, the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the 1101 South Texas Avenue at Planning and Zoning Com - the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the mission on Thursday, Planning and Zoning Com- February 2, 1984. mission on Thursday For additional information, February 2, 1984. please contact me. For additional information, James M. Callaway contact me. Ass't. Director of Planning James M. Callaway 1 -18-84 Ass't. Director of Planning 01 -1 8-84 The �611,e - TAE s +� P- y s i\w.cR,Y J 2 i (c l 2 4-- ion before CS Humana exp ans p for approval of a site plan A second application pP Zoning for the proposed new Humana Hospital for two five -story office towers connected by a and a previously rejected site plan for a major of- 30,000-square-foot shopping mall on the old KOA fice complex are on the agenda for the College Sta- .site in south College Station. • tion Planning and Zoning Commission tonight. The commission meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The project is called The Omni Center; it former - Humana Hospital recently announced it hopes.to ly was called Columbia Park. A site plan was re- move to Rock Prairie Road off Texas 6 in far south jetted by the commission at its last meeting. College Station, if the Texas Health Facilities Com- The Bryan Planning Commission also meets The institution is s the seeking mission approves ingaPs plans. _ tonight, at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Carnegie Library a conditional use permit Building. It will consider a preliminary plat f or the to allow construction of the hospital in an area first phase of the Mary Subdivision at FM 2818 and where hospitals are not permitted without special Leonard Road. authorization.. PUBLIC NOTICE A Computer Accuracy Test will be conducted at the Central Counting Station in the Council Room of 1 he College Station Hall, Col - South Texas Avenue, lege Station, Texas at 7:15 P.M. Tuesday, January 24, 1984, prior to the count of voted ballots in the Bond Election. The tabulating equipment shall again be tested at the conclusion of the count before the elec- tion returns are approved as official. 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The bids will be received in the office of the Director of Parks and Recreation Depart- ment, Central Park, 1000 Krenek Tap Rd., College Station, and will be publicly opened and read. The project will consist of a one -story building containing approx- imately 3,294 square feet of floor area. The work will include concrete Holster and Associates, Architects, College Station; George and Robertson Consulting Engineers, structural engineer, Bryan; Walton Associates, mechanical engineer, Bryan; Riewe and Wischmeyer, pool engineer, Dallas, and Charles R. McCreary and Associates, electrical engineer, Dallas, prepared the plans and specifications. Plans and specifications may be obtained from the Park Planning Section upon $100 deposit and one set is on file in The AGC Plan Rooms. Bidders to date: (Final publication in later issue) AGC R. B. Butler, Inc. Box 3610, Bryan 409/779 -3400 Acklam Const. College Station 409/696 -2912 BPC, Inc. Bryan 409/779 -6492 Bryan Const. Bryan 409 /846 -4731 R. E. C. Industries Bryan 409/846 -1105 G News Servi'ce Fpr;d 1arwar Z0 1q4. y Humana Hospital to change location By LYNN RAE POVEC Reporter The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission unani- mously passed a recommendation to allow for the proposed Humana Hospital relocation from its present site in Bryan to a new site in south College Station Thursday night. Humana Hospital also turned in an application to the state for approval, but a hearing date has not yet been set, according to Al Mayo, director of planning for College Station. The state must decide whether or not a hospital may be built in College Station, but the city itself must decide where the hospital will be built. In other action, the Commission granted Area Progress Corpor- ation, the developer and owner of the tract of land upon which the hospital may be built, a conditional use permit. This permit allows nearly any structure to be built `just about anywhere," according Mayo. The Commission then approved an additional - parking plan for Alfredo's Tacos Al Carbon, located at Northgate, after adding a provision to include four -foot islands surrounding the single para- llel parking space in the plan. The plan passed 5 -1. A parking lot plan for the Omni Center, formerly Columbia Park, was resubmitted to the Commission. The plan was denied at the Nov. 17, 1983 meeting because "at the time it was proposed, there was a difficulty in discerning the plant types on the plan," according to Mayo. He also said that the Commission suggested that the plan be resubmitted when it had been revised. Five com- missioners voted to approve the resubmitted plan, and one ab- stained. Lastly, the Commission discussed a previously presented land use /zoning plan for an area in south College Station, but it post- poned a decision until maps of the area could be further reviewed. Bpi Get 10 N Fri acu ) ekr\k o-ry Z� M' 5' 4 - fine 1 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals ad- dressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: DOWLING ROAD PUMP STATION HIGH SERVICE PUMP NO. 4 until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 7, 1984. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Im- provements, City Hall, Col- lege Station, Texas 77840. Separate sealed proposals will also be received at the same date and time for a 8000 GPM horizontal split case centrifugal pump. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or a Certified Check in the amount of five (5 %) percent I of the maximum amount of bid payable without re- course to the City of College Station, Texas, or a proposal bond in the same amount from a Surety Company holding permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety, and acceptable ac- cording to the latest list of companies holding cer- tificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States as listed in the latest Revision of Treasury Depart- ment Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guaran- tee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks or proposal bond will not be considered. In accordance with Article 5180, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, the successful Bidder will be required to furnish not only a performance bond in the amount of the contract, but also a payment bond for the protection of all claimants supplying labor and materials as defined in said law. The bonds must be executed by an approved Surety Company holding permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or other Surety acceptable to the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities. In case of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating the price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to con- sider the most advanta- geous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Un- reasonable or unbalanced unit prices will be con- sidered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are expected to inspect the site of the work and to Inform themselves regarding local conditions under which the work Is to be done. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Re- vised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applica- b l e in m u n i c i p a l T construction. 1 he E ih l e Sa rd a,� Contract Documents, Pro- , ` posal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Tan i V� /i t/� � 2 r 1 ) let g Etrey Ash, Director of Capi- V� tal Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wlschmeyer, Inc., Consult- . ing Engineers, 1701 Southw- est Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon a deposit of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. See Section 00150 of Specifications for refund. Dian Jones City Secretary Gary M. Halter, Mayor 01- 21- 84,01 -23- 84,01 -30-84 Low voter turnou ec, t showing ,-, • for both city bond y elections ii 4 Despite a last- minute, measurable vote. surge in absentee voting in Bryan, The absentee turnout in College Sti. A, small turnouts can be expected in both tion was even less enthusiastic. c the Bryan and College Station bond Only 28 College Station voters cast v rri elections Tuesday if absentee balloting absentee ballots by the time the polls is an indicator. closed. The figure was well below the Absentee balloting in both cities 145 who cast absentee ballots in the closed at 5 p.m. Friday. August, 1983, bond election. That, sw In Bryan, City Secretary Dorothy too, was a Saturday election, and in the Mallett said only 82 voters cast summer when many voters were vaca- w absentee ballots. There was a surge of tioning on election day, said City more than 20 voters Friday afternoon, Secretary Dian Jones. and the total is a dozen more than the Bryan is seeking voter a votes cast absentee in the last council $31 million in PProvat of c runoff. bonds. College Station obligation el But the bond election has created authority to issue m ll s king ev less excitement than recent coun- revenue and general obligation bonds. cil elections which have never brought The polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday out great percentages of the registered and close at 7 p.m. �1n e E t e AecchAraci, , J an ma 2-1)1124- Sunday, January 22, 1984 LETTERS • Wi one exce ion The seven bond propositions on a College Sta- tion ballot Tuesday deserve the ters' serious at- tention and, with one except' n, their support. The total cost of the proposa is larger than some put before the voters in recent years. However, when added to the amount approved last August, the resultant total will be about 25 percent less than the $48 million submitted to the voters at that time. In this revised submission, those items which were obviously of low priority, along with some that were excessively costly, have been deleted or pared -down to more reasonable amounts by Council, Citizen Advisory Committee and city staff. All but one of the propositions warrant our approval now. Proposition 4, called "new fire substation" on the ballot, would, if passed, someday give the city its third substation. It should not, I feel, be ap- proved now. It should be turned down, as it was in j August when part of a public buildings proposi- tion, and for some of the same reasons. In my opi- nion, it should not be passed mainly because it is premature. Substation No. 1, on FM 2818 near the high school, has been operative about two years and serves a large portion of what constitutes south College Station now. Construction of Substation No. 2, approved by voters nearly three years ago, hasn't started yet. It will eventually serve areas in east and south College Station. What specific area Substation No. 3, the one we're now voting on, will serve is only assumed at this time. Areas in the south part of the city that will not be served by No. 1 and yet -to -be -built No. 2 hold a hundred or so people and only a handful of commercial and energy - related activities. A few years from now, as the development pattern takes shape in the vast area between present develop- ment and the Speedway, the city can properly locate and build a substation (or substations) to serve the area, financed by bonds approved at another bond election sure to come. It should be noted that this project was not among those recommended by the Citizen Advisory Committee in its second report to City Council. In a $14 million bond proposal, a $700,000 item may appear to be no big deal, only 5 percent of the total package. But this is one of those projects that ��e �a�` has tax dollar implications beyond capital costs. It has been projected that the cost for operation and / Z2 �- maintenance of Substation No. 3 would be $1.6 1�h .� h It a, , , 7 million for the first five years after it goes on line. GlJ 1 And as a matter of good practice, we should be reducing rather than increasing our backlog of authorized but unbuilt projects. While not totally unexpected because of the tim- ing, voter turnout was very poor last August. There shouldn't be an excuse this time. Surely we can do better. Jim Gardner College Station Aol Final appeals Halter: `some of this has got to be done' By HUGH NATIONS who are planning to support the Staff Writer bond issue," Halter said last Five months after they ad- week. ministered a stinging defeat to an Halter's experience seems to be ambitious city capital im- an accurate reflection of the mood sw prove program, College Sta- of the College Station electorate �,d , c ; tion voters will be back in the this time. Even the most vocal op- £. voting booths Tuesday. ponents of the August 1983 pro- " They'll be voting on the same posals appear to be supporting the : z things — just fewer of them. city this time around. ' ,, a , Mayor Gary Halter, completing One of the reasons is that ..a� his second term in the post, is bet- several street projects, which drew w Ling the result will be different oppos from neighborhood ,, , t from last August when voters associations fearing that large �` G refused to approve half of the 10 traffic volumes would be routed ' propositions in a $48 million bond onto residential streets, have been \. 1 # ? !lection. cut from this bond issue. "The only thing I've en- Turn to POLICE, 7A Gary Halter �_« cti this time is some people Blatchley: Streets `most important thing By HUGH NATIONS before the city's vote Tuesday on Staff Writer the $31 million bond election that Mayor Ron Blatchley, sensing resulted from his efforts. Last ° what he perceived as a resurgent week, he had a breakfast meeting civic spirit in Bryan, decided even everyday and another meeting before his election last April to put every night, trying to sell the bond his leadership to the test. program. "I hope we're beginning to turn Whether he has been successful a sense of pride in our communi- will be apparent Tuesday night. ty," he said recently. The polls open at 7 a.m. and close Blatchley began pushing for a at 7 p.m. Blatchley should have major bond issue to fund long- his answer by about 9 p.m. overdue capital projects, notably After his election, the new street construction and repairs, mayor put together a 19- member and parks construction and citizens committee, headed by renovation. Texas A &M University Chancellor "I suppose it's been my deal Emeritus Frank W.R. Hubert, to Ni iiht. , . from the outset," Blatchley said cull a $66 million "wish list" of " If I've done anything, I've capital projects submitted by city ramrodded it." 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The $14.2 million package is slightly more than half of tO cost of similar items on last August's ballot. Street proposals that were strongly oppos- ed by voters then have been eliminated along with pipe dream recreational facilities that are un- necessary considering our already excellent park system. Other proposals were trimmed to a three - year rather than the previous five -year plan. This will give us what we need now and allow; us to determine needs again in a few years instead of providing a blank check to over - ambitious city planners. The paring down means that under the current proposals city taxes could increase a maximum of $.38 per $100 valuation instead of the $.56 max- imum under last summer's proposal. Thanks is due the citizens Capital Improvements Committee headed by Malcolm Richards and the City Council for their efforts to develop a more realistic bond package. I hope all registered voters in College Station will make the effort to vote on Tuesday and I urge them to support all seven proposals. A YES vote on each will guarantee the proper development of new water and sewer lines in developing areas; adequate facilities for our policemen and firemen (and women); the ability to construct a new fire station in the southern part of the city when need- ed; construction of badly needed warehouse and shop facilities; upgrading of the important com- munity recreation buildings and fields at Lincoln Center; and the rebuilding, repair and construc- tion of streets throughout the city. The need for this final item is clearly evident to all and might already have been approved if unwanted and un- needed projects had not been included in the streets proposal last year. It's important to vote against things you don't want, but it's more important to cast your vote to support the things you do want. Vote FOR the College Station bond proposals on Tuesday. Jerry Cooper College Station t he Erta Ie YVl ©� dI , 31a��cLr 23 1q ' 4— � y and to inform themselves regarding local conditions LEGAL NOTICE under which the work is to be done. Attention is called NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS to the provisions of the Sealed proposals ad- Texas Minimum Wage Act of dressed to the City of 1970 and Article 5159a, Re- College Station, Texas will vised Civil Statutes of be received for the Texas, concerning the construction of: - prevailing wage rate applica- DOWLING ROAD b l e in m u n i c i p a l PUMP STATION I construction. HIGH SERVICE PUMP NO. 4 Contract Documents, Pro- until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, posal Forms, Specifications February 7, 1984. and Plans are on file and Proposals will be received at, may be examined without the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, charge in the office of Mr. Director of Capital lm -i Elrey Ash, Director of Capi- provements, City Hall, Col -I tal Improvements, and may lege Station, Texas 77840. be obtained from Riewe & Separate sealed proposals Wischmeyer, Inc., Consult - will also be received at the Ing Engineers, 1701 Southw- same date and time for a I est Parkway, Suite 100, 8000 GPM horizontal split I College Station, Texas case centrifugal pump. 77840, upon a deposit of Fifty Bidders must submit with ($50,00) Dollars. See Section their bids a Cashier's Check 00150 of Specifications for or a Certified Check in the refund. amount of five (5 %) percent Dian Jones of the maximum amount of City Secretary bid payable without re -, Gary M. Halter, Mayor course to the City of College 01 -21- 84,01 -23- 84,01 -30-84 Station, Texas, or a proposal bond In the same amount- from a Surety Company holding permit from the State of Texas to act as. Surety, and acceptable ac- cording to the latest list of companies holding cer- tificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United. States as listed in the latest Revision of Treasury Depart- ment Circular 570, as a I guarantee that Bidder will enter Into a contract and execute bond and guaran- tee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks or proposal bond will not be considered. In accordance with Article 5160, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, the successful Bidder will be required to furnish not only a performance bond in the amount of the contract,' but also a payment bond for the protection of all claimants supplying labor and materials as defined in said law. The bonds must be executed by an approved' Surety Company holding permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of' authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or other Surety', acceptable to the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids. and to waive informalities. In case of ambiguity or lack of � clearness In stating the price in the bids, the Owner J, reserves the right to con - sider the most advanta -4 geous construction thereof ' or to reject the bid. Un- reasonable or unbalanced - unit prices will be con- sidered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are expected to Inspect the site of the work The ai le /1 o nd , �1 Gcrtiv 2.3 , 1ci8 J y LETTERS Vote `Yes' to all This coming Tuesday, Jan. 24, College Station voters will decide on seven bond proposals for capital improvements that are essential to main- taining the quality of life in our city. The $14.2 million package is slightly more than half of the cost of similar items on last August's ballot. Street proposals that were strongly oppos- ed by voters then have been eliminated along with pipe dream recreational facilities that are un- necessary considering our already excellent park system. Other proposals were trimmed to a three - year rather than the previous five -year plan. This will give us what we need now and allow us to determine needs again in a few years instead of providing a blank check to over - ambitious city planners. The paring down means that under the current proposals city taxes could increase a maximum of $.38 per $100 valuation instead of the $.56 max- imum under last summer's proposal. Thanks is due the citizens Capital Improvements Committee headed by Malcolm Richards and the City Council for their efforts to develop a more realistic bond package. I hope all registered voters in College Station will make the effort to vote on Tuesday and I urge them to support all seven proposals. A YES vote on each will guarantee the proper development of new water and sewer lines in developing areas; adequate facilities for our policemen and firemen (and women); the ability to construct a new fire station in the southern part of the city when need- ed; construction of badly needed warehouse and shop facilities; upgrading of the important com- munity recreation buildings and fields at Lincoln Center; and the rebuilding, repair and construc- tion of streets throughout the city. The need for this final item is clearly evident to all and might already have been approved if unwanted and un- needed projects had not been included in the streets proposal last year. It's important to vote against things you don't want, but it's more important to cast your vote to ,: support the things you do want. Vote FOR the College Station bond proposals on Tuesday. Jerry Cooper College Station The EA3ie_ AVI 23 [ S4 Precinct 31 poll sw switches again College Station City Secretary South Knoll Elementary School Jones also said that residents Dian v issue in oreci last because of a construction project voting at Lincoln Center should will week that ave their polling place rhan at A &M Consolidated High approach the polling place from g School, their usual polling place. Fairview Street because of con- ed for Tuesday's city bond elec- For this election they will return to tion. the high school, she said. H r lie mn work in progress on College Station votes on a $14- In the area annexed by College Holleman Street. million bond issue Tuesday, while Station in 1983, she said, residents will be decidin , residents Further information on College g who have in the past voted at the Station precincts can be obtained the fate of $31 million in bond Peach Creek Community Center by calling 764 -3512 or 7 64 -3520. propositions. Polls in both cities will vote at the Police Station in open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Precinct 10, and those who have In B ncha ged p . Inl nfor formation an Jones noted that in last year's voted at the Wellborn Water be o t o ned by d ing 7 9 - 622 College Station bond election, Board office will vote at Fire Sta- and obtained for the e c ityg cretar 's Precinct 31 residents � voted at tion No. 2 in Precinct 32. and asking for the city secretary's office. tv91 Aviondia , lanua y 23 )984 The E+ y Brazos Coun plans anniversary festivi h ies By JILL GOLDEN Mayor Ron Blatchley and zos County officially can begin Reporter County Judge Dick Holm- using stickers, logos, and green. other Sesquicentennial items The Texas Sesquicenten- Members will be recom- to publicize the celebration. nial, marking the 150th mended by the planning com Dozier said at this time few anniversary of Texas' inde- mittee. Members of the plan- people are aware of the Ses- pendence from Mexico, is still ning committee include Phyl- quicentennial, so the commit - two years away, but Brazos lis Dozier, director of the Bra- tee plans to conduct a wide - County already has begun zos Center, Dr. Carolyn Adair spread publicity campaign. planning its part in the celeb- of Texas A &M, Margaret Ann Adair said the main idea of ration. Zipp representing The Bryan/ the celebration is for the com - The Texas 1986 Ses- College Station Eagle, Anne munity to have fun. quicentennial Commission in Bell representing Halter, Peg- Possible events through the Austin, has invited Texas gy Calliham representing year include rodeos, lecture cities and counties to join in Blatchley, and Clara Mounce series, and community work the festivities. So far, 32 com- representing the Chamber of projects. munities have been sanc- Commerce. A major Sesquicentennial tioned to participate in the Dozier expects the chair- event already well under way year -long commemoration. man and coordinating com- is a statewide wagon train trip Brazos County has yet to be mittee to be appointed in the circling 2,800 miles through officially approved, but a next 30 days. The committee's Texas from January until planning committee has been job will be to devise a master June. To date, it is not sche- appointed to recommend a plan of all groups taking part duled to stop in Brazos Coun- chairman and a coordinating in the celebration and to make ty, but Dozier said she hopes a committee of 20 -30 people. sure all events are approp- stop here will be added later. 1 Committee members must be riate. The closest scheduled stop for approved by College Station Once the master plan has the train is Brenham, about 35 Mayor Gary Halter, Bryan been accepted in Austin, Bra- miles away. --J()'hu 34- The, /n) owl al i --- B 614 Tuesday poll locations College Station polling places Pct. 12 — Sul Ross School, are: 3300 Parkway Terrace Pct. 8 — South Knoll School, Pct., 13 — Henderson School, 1220 Boswell St. SO1 Matous Drive tri Pct. 9 — Community Center, Pct. 14 — Ben Milam School, cro 1300 Jersey St. 1201 Ridgedale St. Pct. 10 — Police Station, 2611 Pct. 15 — Fannin School, 501 Texas Ave. (includes part of S. Baker St. • County Pct. 28) Pct. 16 — Bowie School, 401 y Pct. 24 — College Hills School, W. 26th St. 101 Williams St. Pct. 17 — Travis School, 901 Pct. 31 — High School, Nueces E. 25th St. Drive Pct. 18 — Central Fire Station, • Pct. 32 — Fire Station No. 2, 801 N. Bryan St. I" • 2100 Rio Grande Drive (includes Pct. 19 — Bonham School, • part of County Pct. 2) 2801 Wilkes Drive Pct. 33 — Lincoln Center, 1000 Pct. 22 — Army Reserve o Eleanor St. Center, 511 Carson St. A Pct. 34 — Central Fire Station, Pct. 23 Johnson School, 1101 Texas Ave. 3800 Oak Hill Drive Pct. 35 — Municipal Bldg., 101 Pct. 25 — American Legion Church St. (includes part of Hall, 2301 Texas 21 East County Pcts. 20 and 21) Pct. 26 — Bryan High School, 3401 E. 29th St. Pct. 36 — VFW Hall, 1447 FM Bryan polling places are: 2818 Pct. 4 — Carver School, 1401 Pct. 37 — Municipal Golf W. 19th St. Course, 206 W. Villa Maria Road Pct. 11 — Crockett School, 401 Pct. 38 Castle Heights Bap - Elm Ave. tist Church, Texas 21 East 24 ��84- � e 631 6/ I�esciaAj � J V City bon elect Ions are today By HUGH NATIONS • Staff Writer Today is election day in both Bryan and College Station. • In Bryan, voters will be y balloting on five bond proposi- tions totaling $31,225,000 which would finance a five -year capital' ID improvements program. The propositions cover street improvements, parks, a landfill; A railroad grade crossing, and pevu buildings for city hall and thf police station. 541 A list of polls, 2q In College Station, seven pro- positions totaling $14,155,000 span water and sewer line con- struction, streets, parks, fire sta- tion construction, a new police station, and a vehicle maintenance building. Little opposition has surfaced in either election campaign, and a comparatively light absentee vote would indicate the turnout today could be fairly light. Polls open at Turn to B -CS, pa 4A B-CS • bond elections are From page today pgel Bryan City Manager Ernest service on the bonds would peak 7 a.m. and close at 7 cities. p.m. in both Clark said the maximum in 1989 at about 22 cents, with the College Station reasonably anticipated tax in- 1985 increase around six cents. Manager "Van " �VanDev ' er 58 cents per $100 va uation to Jr. has A.E. .Eed that the bonds should increase that city's tax rate Clark said his estimate of the re- premised Bryan Finance Director Scott on growth in both the tax base and no more than seven cents, to 38 McGough said Monday that the other sources of city revenu es, cents per $100 valuation. actual tax levy to finance the debt such as oil and gas funds. The 01c /TutesclaAj, ianvar 24 ) Page 8A EAGLE EDITORIAL BOARD 00 the Take to vote today c.„ The needs have been documented, the plans have been presented, the appeals have all been made; now it's time for a decision. Voters in Bryan and College Station must decide today whether or not they support the improvements to their respective cities which have been proposed by city officials. They must decide whether better streets, parks, municipal facilities, water and sewer lines and other proposed improvements are worth the slightly higher tax rates which will likely result if the bond proposals are approved. Clearly, every resident of Bryan and Col- lege Station will be affected directly by the outcome of today's elections. Whether or not they have any voice in making those deci- sions, however, is entirely up to them. Voting guarantees that your opinion on the merits of the proposals is heard. Your opi- nion, in the voting booth, is exactly as impor- tant as anyone else's opinion; your voice car- ries exactly the same weight as all others when such things really count. But you forfeit that important voice if you fail to vote; you surrender all influence over • the future of your city to others by not taking the time to go to the polls. Good intentions don't count when the votes are tallied; only the ballots matter. Regardless of how you feel about the issues to be decided, make sure you express those feel- ings in the only way that matters — by voting. Otherwise, you'll have only yourself to blame if you don't like the outcome. Th e raj I e /"vvesd.cuj , �1 a nkAti r y Z..4 4- Tuesday, January 24, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 Jobless rate goes up slightly despite creation of new jobs United Press International The December unemployment Austin, 4.0 percent; Brownsvil- AUSTIN — The Texas Em- rate was only 3.2 percent for le- Harlingen -San Benito, 15.7 ployment Commission reported Bryan and 4.0 percent for Au- percent; Bryan - College Station Monday that the jobless rate in stin. 3.2 percent; Corpus Christi, 9.9 most metropolitan areas went Texas recorded an average percent; Dallas -Fort Worth, 4.5 up during December, even unemployment rate of 7.7 per- percent; El Paso, 11.3 percent; though the state's slowly impro- cent in December, up sharply Galveston -Texas City, 10.4 per - ving economy continued to gen- from the November rate of 6.7 cent; Houston, 7.9 percent, erate new jobs. percent. The average jobless Laredo 22.0 percent; Lubbock 7 "Most of the areas followed rate overall for 1983 was 8 per- percent; Midland 5.0 percent; the statewide trend of going up a cent. Odessa 6.9 percent; San Anto- bit," said labor market analyst The unemployment rates for nio 5.6 percent; Wichita Falls, Diane Tlobie. "Having both the Texas metropolitan areas were: 5.7 percent. level of employment and unem- ployment rise over the month is a bit unusual but it does happen. "What that means is that even though there were jobs being created, there simply were not enough to accommodate every- one entering the labor force." Both Bryan - College Station and Austin continued to record the lowest jobless rates in Texas. THE BATTALION /TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1984 CS voters change tune; pass 7 bond proposals By JANET GIBSON $700,000 for the construction of a Staff Writer fourth fire station, passed by the College Station voters had a lowest margin, but even that was a change of heart Tuesday and healthy 56 percent. voted to approve seven bond pro- Tuesday's election came five posals totaling $14 million that months after a stinging defeat for had been turned down last sum- city officials in August, when mer. voters rejected five of 10 proposi- Twelve percent of the city's tions in a $48- million election. 15,471 voters voted on proposi- Mayor Gary Halter, before tions ranging from a new police Tuesday's vote, noted that the station to park improvements, and newest program was "bare - each passed by a substantial bones." He said the city needed to margin. pass each of the seven proposi- Proposition 7, which allots tions to continue to meet the $6,325,000 for street im- demands of College Station's provements, passed by 79 percent dramatic growth. — the highest margin of approval Only Proposition 4 in Tuesday's for any of the propositions. Proposition 4, which provides Turn to CS, page 10A THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984 LEGAL NOTteE The City of College Station City Council will hold a public hearing bn the ques- tion of amending Section 7 of Ordinance 850 of the City of College Station, Texas, relating to landscaping. The purpose of the amendment to the Ordinance is to establish unambiguous re- gulations pertaining to land- scaping in College Station. The hearing will be held in the Council .Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the City Council on Thursday, February 9, 1984. For additional information, please contact me. Albert O. Mayo, Jr. Director of Planning 01 -25-84 THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984 All bOnds a p ss i B..cs By MICHELLE POWE Halter said the voter turnout fi- Senior staff writer gure for College Station actuall ee station and renovating Lincoln Bryan and College Station voters Would have been 16 P ercent if voting C Center. Bryan's bond issues include: turned out in better - than - expected P g improving the streets, improving numbers Tuesday for their cities' recincts 20 and 35 were excluded parks and recreational facilities and from the count. He said the turnout improving city offices and the police bond elections and passed all of the of registered voters in those two dis- department facilities. bond issues proposed. tricts — comprised lamely of Texas In Bryan, 17 percent of the reg- A &M students close to campus — was Clark Said he hopes that all of the istered voters turned out to pass all the lowest in College Station. improvements for Bryan will be corn- . And, he said, the turnout in those pleted within the proposed five years. five of the bond propositions. Bryan's City Manager Ernest R. Clark said the two precincts is typically the lowest. 3,767 ballots cast were "much more than I think we expected." Now that the bond issues have Halter said College Station's Capit- been approved the city councils for al Improvement Program is a three - He said the bond proposals were passed with the greatest margin than both cities will begin selling the bonds year plan and he hopes the improve - in any previous bond election. to raise money for the proposed im- merits will be completed within that College Station Mayor Gary M. provements. time frame. He said the proposed new Halter said 12 percent of College Sta- The College Station bond issues police station and the additions to the tion's registered voters turned out for include: improving the streets, build- College main fire station Station's l should be first o a the election. 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The "Eps9le Thurs duty ) ai�nu ary 210 tq$4 Mandate or not, the voters agree Ron Blatchley was all smiles Tuesday night, as results from the Bryan bond election were tabulated and announced. The Bryan mayor had every right to be hap- py about the election outcome — and so do residents of both Bryan and College Station. CS Council meeting Tuesday of all bond proposals in g both cities is a clear indication that local The College Station City Council will consider residents will back substantial community im- ': taking action on Northgate zoning and traffic pro - provement projects, so long as the need for blems at its meeting today at 7 p.m. at City Hall. such projects is evident and the projects A citizens committee appointed by the council has already recommended establishment of special themselves are not overly ambitious. zoning categories in Northgate, parking restric- In all, voters in both Bryan and College tions, and traffic flow changes to relieve congestion Station authorized more than $45 million in there. long -term improvements to their cities. If The area on the north side of the Texas A &M things move along on schedule — and there is University campus was developed before College no reason to think they will not — then five Station was incorporated as a city, so many restric- years from now both cities will have substan- I tions that have governed later development never tially better streets, new or improved mun- applied to the area. cipal government facilities and upgraded city parks, among other things. The term "mandate" has lost much of its meaning from its overuse in interpreting elec- tion results, but it would be hard to interpret the substantial margins of approval for bonds in both Bryan and College Station in any other way. But "mandate" or not, the signal voters sent Tuesday is clear enough: let's get on with making our two cities even better places to live. Thuts d J Qn "a.�ry Z �9 4 E0,31e � Halter: Attitudes toward parks change g By HUGH NATIONS V - declining for three years, Capital Improvements Staff Writer .� _ Dire El P P � - Elrey Ash said. Before Tuesdays $14 S ,. 4' - million bond election in And Parks Director Steve Beachey — who is pro - College Station, Mayor ud of a parks system that has won awards and that Gary Halter said voters' r is credited with being one of the best in the nation Gary H toward sa the voters' for a city of College Station's size — concedes that arks might be changing the voters may figure the city has enough parkland P g • now He said that the com munity's growing mood � The parks proposition, for $1,150,000, drew a seems "p arks provider" for the to be that College favorable vote of 62 p percent. The vote on the fourth Station is becoming the fire station was 56 ercent favorable. entire area That mood Water -sewer line construction drew a 77 percent contributed to the defeat i t approval, police station 68 percent, expansion of of the parks proposition in ' : £ "" the Central Fire Station 70 percent and remodeling the ill -fated $48 million t� g of the city maintenance building 65 percent. bond issue last August, P Halter said. s gi r The heaviest vote was a clear message to the city x to do something about its streets: Some 79 percent Tuesday's vote ap- Gary Halter of those casting ballots approved the $6 million plus , parently bears out the in street construction and improvements. mayor's view: Of seven propositions on the ballot, park improvements was next to last in the margin of Ash said the mandate for better streets would osi- approval. have been even greater had not the street ro +; voter a p p Lion been the last one on the ballot. Many voters, he The only proposition that polled lower than park said, because of the structure of the ballot, did not improvements was one for construction of a fourth reach the last proposition to vote on it. As a conse- fire station. quence it polled 40 to 50 votes less than the other Public support of park development has been propositions. T. e' EA ThurSd y .n vta TAry 2 (o I ct� 4 Computer blamed for late bills ,,-,,,-...,,:,„, ..--,,........,..„,,,,„ The City of College ., Station has started using y'" its new computer to help - I la calculate utility bills, but some tardy bills that 4 '. were sent out this month' are being blamed on the ' F old model, not the new ;, ;, one. A city official said Thursday he purposely F " avoided telling the press �. the computer was,, k� f already being used in order to avoid giving s= y consumers a scapegoat " , ,,� Y ... ., for higher bills. e � Massive errors and a rr � ' � l public outcry resulted �� � , ; ;F f � f when the city of Bryan,, ¢, i � , i. � �t " { made a similar la �£ changeover some time F x p. back. A.E. "Van" Eagle photo by David Einsel VanDever Jr., College A.E. VanDever and the city's new computer. Station assistant city manager and finance 'l. , new unit, an NCR 9050 unit was not placed Manager North Bardell director, said city of- 9050, has a four- into operation until it said. ficials feared that the megabyte capacity, far had made two parallel operational status of the larger than the old runs with the old unit About half to three - new unit might have NLCR 8271's half a Some recent bills were quarters of the city's been blamed for megabyte. about a week late, but utility customers have i residents' receiving The Police Depart- that resulted from a already received bills higher bills as result of ment will be assigned the minor failure with the prepared by the new December's record - old computer. old computer, not the unit, he said, and no er- breaking cold. VanDever said the new system, City rors have been detected. Th/ fl 19 4- Halter: Attitudes toward parks change By HUGH NATIONS declining for three years, Capital Improvements Staff Writer , ,k,: , , Director Elrey Ash said Before Tuesday's $14 And Parks Director Steve Beachey — who is pro - million bond election in ud of a parks system that has won awards and that College Station, Mayor f w is credited with being one of the best in the nation Gary Halter said voters' ;, , ? attitudes toward the city's `. ` , for a city of College Station's size — concedes that parks might be changing. the voters may figure the city has enough parkland He said that the com a now. munity's growing mood : ; The parks proposition, for $1,150,000, drew a seems to be that College - ' favorable vote of 62 percent. The vote on the fourth Station is becoming the a ` fire station was 56 percent favorable. "parks provider" for the 3° entire area That mood Water -sewer line construction drew a 77 percent contributed to the defeat , ; ' Ve approval, police station 68 percent, expansion of - the Central Fire Station 70 percent and remodeling of the parks proposition in of the city maintenance building 65 percent. the ill -fated $48 million y g p bond issue last August, , ;x The heaviest vote was a clear message to the city Halter said. � ' to do something about its streets: Some 79 percent Tuesday's vote ap- Gary Halter of those casting ballots approved the $6 million plus parently bears out the in street construction and improvements. mayor's view: Of seven propositions on the ballot, Ash said the mandate for better streets would park improvements was next to last in the margin of have been even greater had not the street proposi- voter approval. tion been the last one on the ballot. Many voters, he The only proposition that polled lower than park said, because of the structure of the ballot, did not improvements was one for construction of a fourth reach the last proposition to vote on it. As a conse- fire station. quence it polled 40 to 50 votes less than the other Public support of park development has been propositions. — 1 - 17-) e EA-9 (E Thutsc Ay Tanuary 2 (o j ( 4 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PRO - POSED AUTHORIZATION Watch FOR SUCH witnsofAr atch out In accordance the provisions of Article h th 1 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, the City of College A crime prevention program in Station hereby gives notice College Station led to a sudden to all citizens and electors that the City Council, at its increase in crime Thursday night regular meeting on February 22, 1984 at 4:00 p.m., intends — or, to be more precise, it has to and proposes to author - led to an increased number of a by ordinance, the i Ob - ance of Certificates of Ob- ligation of the City of crimes. College Sn, in an The City Council made it a new crime, punishable by a $25 fine, to amount not to exceed $400, 000.00. Said Certificates of Obligation are to be issued post a Neighborhood Watch for the pur pose of: tatio p g Fundin of the C ity's con- sign if there is no such program t r! b u t i o n to t h e Bryan /College Station certified for the area. This in- Chamber of Commerce for the purchase of a new cludes stickers placed in windows building. Of homes. Certificates Obligation Police Major Edgar Feldman shall be repaid, together with the interest thereon, said phony signs are undermining from taxes and revenues of the City of College Station. the Neighborhood Watch Pro- The City Council will, by its gram. — HUGH NATIONS ordinance, the event of approval proval of t h e proposal, set the term and interest rate for said Certificates. A.E. Van Dever, Jr. Assistant City Manager Director of Finance 01- 27- 84,02 -03 -84 The 03 1e Fred cutj , huarLi 27 (9 Mayor Halter d February `He 'Heart Month' By JULIE ENNIS the nation will join College Sta- problems. Reporter tion and also declare February Mayo suggested the prohibi- College Station Mayor Gary as 'Heart Month, "' Peterson tion of overnight parking on Halter signed a proclamation said. College Main, Nagle and 1 Thursday night during the city In other business, City Plan - Church Streets north to city ' council meeting declaring Feb- ner Al Mayo presented to the limits, and the addition of more ruary "Heart Month" in College city council an implementation one -hour parking during the Station. plan for Northgate Committee daytime hours. "Heart Month," sponsored recommendations. The plan in- Mayo recommended that the by the American Heart Associa- cluded possible additions of pri- price of a new street sweeper, a tion, will be a month of intense vately owned parking lots, more new lighting system and the em- fundraising. Al Peterson, Amer- trash can facilities, more "No ployment of three police officers ican Heart Association presi- Parking" signs and a way of in the Northgate area should be dent for the Brazos County, said notifying Northgate merchants included in the 1984 -85 budget. the money raised in College Sta- of trash accummulations on The council unanimously tion will be used for heart re- their property. approved the construction of a search at Texas A &M as well as He said A &M officials have flea market on approximately community education for all age agreed to help open communi- five acres of land east of High - groups including young chil- cations between the Northgate way 6 and about 500 feet north dren. Committee and the University of the intersection of Barro- "I hope other communities in regarding traffic and parking Road and Highway 6. .., 2:7 The gedict, J 1 0w Fr► d , Ja r UC (' ) ig 4 Much more than pride at stake for both mayors The civic spirit of Brazos County's two mayors is apparently exceeded only by their masochism. Friday the city of Bryan announced that Mayor Ron Blatchley and College Station Mayor Gary Halter have bet on the outcome of a football game between firefighters from the two cities. The loser has to sit through a council meeting with the other mayor, wearing a cap of the vic- torious city. That's in addition to the four council sessions each mayor now has to preside over each month in his own city. Firefighters square off at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 at Bryan High School Viking Stadium. Tickets are $2 each, and the proceeds go to the Shrine Burn Institute in Galveston. Last year, the first game between the two depart- ments, Bryan won, 28 -0. e) e Eag ' Sa. --,tcd , �ah tka- 2 ) (�t24- 4 04e, • • 4 4 , ,4 1 r Eagle photo by David Einsel Shelter director Kathy Ricker with friends Brazos animal shelter celebrates anniversary By JANET GIBSON Animal Shelter in Bryan. adopted by area citizens. Staff Writer "This is the grand "And for the first It was a birthday party opening we never had," time," she said, "owners amidst the sounds of said shelter executive have been able to sur- barking dogs and purr- director Kathy Ricker, render unwanted pets. ing - cats. Lots of dogs before a blue ribbon was "We've especially and cats. cut by College Station been a service to people About 50 celebrants Mayor Gary Halter. who live in the country gathered Sunday for the Since the shelter open- because animals are con- s first anniversary open ed last year, said Ricker, stantly being dumped on house party at Brazos 800 animals have been country roads. People drive up to 50 miles to bring the animals here." The shelter is depen- dent largely on dona- tions and fund- raisers, Ricker said. One of the fund- raising projects currently under way is a self - service newspaper recycl- ing center beside Dis- count Furniture Tl_ � -ar� ' ua y 18¢ Warehouse at 4501 The a 9 I pn�I J Boyett St. in Bryan. Yl For each ton of newpapers collected, the shelter receives $35. Ricker said the center raised $555 in the pro- ject's first three months. to 0a= p0 "o , . w� - et' crs ,a 9 E a�N -a o�cv 3 c a) •- c�ya a "3aa co „Imo a a i c3 � �'W � � o�caa a ° oa yo'vw (,. � .§ ' � o °� ° O � r p � a w y > = 0) O '0 a) . + � 3 p o g " .., C"'Q O tJ t O O > > � A N C3 cd r �" i � ' ^ � o .2 O u O a) ;.+ ,n vi of = � ..... `�'aw, . >'y a w c a a w 0 04 a ° 44 >' .-, 0 0 O., A � a p i� ° cn vi3 �' O' +�+ � , ' fl di vO � 0 aub0. 9 ti ir, 0 u) aWcs "O ^ ^ auM y '-.a�E-. H� 0u = o a� O° a 3 ~— . «S 3. 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O y o o C .fl a) • 0 0 d0 w a o . x G c1 c. o � 0 b '3 CD . •o.fl E~ 0 a a o� o ... . =a.- o Q o c n . = � u o U ... 3A.. oU o The . e09 t o / r s d av , IY n ka r y 3 1 4- Ceremon y set to honor Jones Dr. Luther Goodrich Jones, a member of College Station's first city council, will be honored here on Wednesday — his 90th birthday. College Station Mayor Gary Halter, University National Bank President Joe Sawyer and J.O. Alex- ander from the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center will attend the ceremony at the Ramada Inn from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jones was the organizing director and first presi- dent of University National Bank, which was founded in 1946 as College Station Bank. He was elected to the first city council in 1938 and served on the A &M Consolidated School Board from 1941 to 1946. Among his other community- oriented activities, Jones helped organize the Brazos Valley Rehabilita- tion Center and the Brazos County Easter Seal Society. 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N o y 0 W a u p • 0 1,1,14 4 y 0 GIN ` grit .0 p. 8.i.::: 5 u u4.- 'v °V g w o 4 V ., ° :c3� u i 3 Uy 0 I3 = �u6�b iz, 0 i1,. t� 0 ... y N 7 V ., . c N.3 -0 r ya C►.0 a0a P�10 0 u Cd cl , $...4 w.1.= o e .. v.., o a as o 0 . V o� a0���o3�Qa,, . ' u i 0 O ..g -0 C 0 y 70 V 'T Q~ xx ~NN � Y g "a as ' d . 0 el 0 ) w G� v @ V. = .0 O '• + e e(),31 e frU.e.S da (1) TahuaVy 3 -- Lack of service angers tenants By JOHN P. LOPEZ Staff Writer Beth King said she didn't expect luxury when she moved into the Southgate Village Apartments in College Station. But waiting two weeks for water pipes to be repaired and another seven days for several gas '""""' z n leaks to be fixed is not only an inconvenience, she says, but it's unsanitary and sometimes dangerous. - King and other residents said many problems have arisen when tenants try to receive "basic ser- Eagle photo by Kathy vice" from the management of the government- Beth King stands next to unwashed dishes. subsidized apartments. The most recent problem was a seven -day period "When the water went out, there really wasn't without gas that ended Wednesday soon after much we could do because of the severe cold. That residents summoned newspaper and television was an act of God and there were several places reporters to the complex to complain. with problems. The delay was because of the "When we moved in I knew that we'd have to live widespread problem." with some picky things," King said. "But it's not Ross added that improvements to the complex — right to not even be able to wash dishes or warm the including repaving roads that have potholes up to baby's bottle. Everything in this apartment is gas — 12 inches deep — are planned for the future. But our heat, the oven — and we can't do a thing about Patty Hannibal, another resident of the complex, will be hard to convince. it ' "I've talked to people that have lived here for years," Hannibal said, "and they say things like `I've talked to people that have lived this happen all the time. I had to give my children a here for years and they say things bath by warming water in an electric skillet and then make about 20 trips (to the tub). And it gets cold at like this happen all the time.' — Pat night; that's not good for the kids." Hannibal, apartment resident As of Wednesday evening, Hannibal's gas had not been turned back on, but it should be recon- nected today. The question is, how long will it stay Apartment manager T.C. Ross, meanwhile, says on? the whole complex is a victim of circumstance and Coy H. Perry, a city inspector, said the gas pipes tenants should receive better service in the future. passed inspection Wednesday, but they're not in the "The gas was turned on this afternoon (Wednes- best of shape. day)," Ross said. "The city inspector checked it "They got all the leaks fixed and it got turned and it's back on. The reason it took a few days is on," Perry said, "but it's old pipe. I'd say that in because there were several leaks that needed to be about a month, it'll blow again. They should have fixed and that took awhile. replaced it." The Ee j l e kicsArw , Fe, it ua. ry Z , 6124- Bryan- College Station Eagle Thursday, February 2, 1984 Page 3A CS planners to study rezonin g tracts The College Station Planning and Zoning Com- development on either site. mission will consider rezoning two large tracts in The commission also will hold a public hearing the East Bypass -Texas 30 area at its meeting on a new landscape ordinance, which requires tonight. developers to provide a minimum amount of land - The commission meets at 7 pm. at City Hall. soaping for any new project. - One of the tracts, now zoned for mobile homes The Bryan Planning Commission will consider a and high- density apartments, is 38 acres about 300 master plat for the new Mary Subdivision on Farm 'feet east of the bypass and 200 feet north of Texas Market Road 2818 at Leonard Road when it meets ' 30. today at 5:30 p.m. in the Bryan Utilities Building. The second is 14 acres on the bypass, 1,700 feet north of Texas 30. Spokesmen for the property . owners said there are no immediate plans for + LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1500 WAS D PASSED AND APPROVE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY, 1984 at a regular meeting in the Coun- cil Room of the College Station City Hall. Said Ordinance, signed by the Mayor and duly re- corded in the official re- cords of the City of College Station, has the following caption: ORDINANCE NO. 1500: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STA- TION, TEXAS, BY ADDING A SECTION 22 REGULATING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS. Th e. E 3 I 7 TR dC Fe-Crucif J Ict24- 13. New power a has di enc agency start The Lone Star Municipal Power Agency, corn- ., posed of four Texas cities that have their own power distribution systems, did not get off to an auspicious start. ,, At the organizational meeting of the agency in HUGH NATIONS College Station recently, the room was overrun with electrical engineers. eers. City Hall Report The circuit and slide rule crew was there to make presentations to the LSMPA board on a power resources study for the agency. Unfortunately, the presentation had to be made asked to absent itself from such closed sessions, it is partially in the dark. A bank of lights was out, ap- unusual. parently because of a tripped circuit breaker. Not • • • one of the electrical engineers, or any member of College Station's tax rate is 31 cents per $100 the board of the agency that provides power to valuation, exactly the amount of the debt service on thousands of customers, could locate the difficulty. the city's bonded indebtedness. In other words, all • • • of the city's operating revenues come from sources "I drove to work this morning," one wag said the other than ad valorem taxes. day after the Bryan and College Station bond issues • • * were passed, "and there were still potholes in the Nomination for the most gracious public service streets." secretary in Brazos County: Grace Ward, secretary • • • to Bryan Deputy City Manager Marvin Norwood. After its Last council meeting, the Bryan City • • • Council held an executive session. Everyone, in- Current plans call for the city of College Station's eluding the city manager, his deputy, and the city proposed teen center to be put to a dual use: During attorney was asked to leave. Mayor Ron Blatchley school hours the craft room at the center would be had requested the session to discuss personnel. used for meetings of senior citizens. While it is not unheard of for the city staff to be Would the facility thus be a "teenior center ?" iiiiitaddirairouotasswis4444,4.4,44,46414.44040., as;:,:,, -tea- ..:�- .:��+.i�...m•�'_ °r=:� ®. ... .. -.,. 41 - • - �� -fiL �a •• -�.F�, Th Eaa Ie - Thucs cl a ) FehrU ar\/ � 19s4 Chamber approves new vote on proposed move By MARILYN DARDENNE " ' Staff Writer < @? The Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce will again vote on a proposed move to Col- lege Station, this time by deciding whether to change the chamber's articles of incorporation. The new vote was approved at a special meeting of the chamber board Tuesday morning. It became necessary after Travis Bryan Jr., who has opposed the move from the chamber's Bryan 3 �� office, pointed out that the office legally could not be moved because articles of incorporation state that the office will be located in Bryan. Bryan said his son, former Travis Bryan Jr. District Attorney Travis Bryan II1, was responsible for discover- Bryan said he wished he had ing the legal loophole that blocks looked up the incorporation ar- the move. ticles a long time ago. At the Feb. 13 meeting of the "Then I wouldn't have had to chamber, voting members will go to all the trouble of gathering have one vote for or against names for the petition, which they ratification of a package proposal (the chamber board) ignored that includes: anyway." He said the decision for •Consolidation of the Bryan a new vote didn't faze him. and College Station offices at 707 "They can't move now without Univeristy Drive East; a two - thirds vote of the chamber, •Amending Article III of the and if they get that, I'1t eat your corporate charter to state that the hat," he said after the meeting. office may be located anywhere in "This is a victory for Bryan - Brazos County; College Station. I think we have •Authorizing the board of them legally stopped now." directors to sell or lease the cur- Bryan said he feels that moving rent office, located at 401 S. the chamber office would return Washington St. in Bryan. Bryan and College Station to the Ratification of the change in the bickering that existed between the articles of incorporation requires a two cities during the 1920s two- thirds majority of a quorum through the 1950s. of members, so the entire package "You can't believe the fighting will stand or fall based on a 2/3 vote. Turn to BR YAN, page 7A The. Ea9te /bf. 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The request for Use Permit is in the name of T. G. I. Vaughn. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, NOTICE OF 1101 South Texas Avenue at PUBLIC NOTICE the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the The College IC HEARING Plan -. Planning and Zoning Com ning and Zoning Commis- mission 16, 1984. Thursday, Fo adds l o, al Sion will hold a information, hearing on the public contact additional lannr's g question Use contact t 4 - 3 5 Planner's granting a Conditional Use Office, (409)764 -3570. Permit of a church (Twin City James M. Callaway Church of Christ) to be Assistant Director of located on Lot 2 Block 10 Planning Southwest Crossing Phase 02 -01 -84 II. The request for Use Permit NOTICE OF Is In the name of T. G. I. PUBLIC HEARING Vaugh. The College Station Plan - The hearing will be held in ning and Zoning Commis - the Council Room of the Sion will hold a public College Station City Hall, hearing on the question of 1101 South Texas Avenue at granting a Conditional Use the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the Permit for the First Baptist Planning and Zoning Com- Church of College Station, mission on Thursday, to be located on Welsh, February 16, 1984. south of the intersection of For additional information, Welsh & F.M. 2818, on Tract contact the City Planner's "F" Southwood Valley Office, (409) 764 -3570. Section 30. James M. Callaway The request for Use Permit Assistant Director of' Is in the name of David R. Planning Rowland. 02 -01-84 The hearing will be held In NOTICE OF BID the Council Room of the Texas Municipal Power College Station City Hall, Agency Is a joint powers t South Texas Avenue at the agency created by the Cities Planning an d meeting the of Bryan, Denton, Garland missiooin and Zoning C Com, February and Greenville, Texas. The miss 16, Thursday, Agency is soliciting information, pro- contact on r additional y 10 Per's posals for Lull- service bank- c the City Planner's Ing including trust, custody, Office, (409)764 -3570. depository, and escrow James M. Callaway services. Copies of proposal Assistant Director of specifications and en- Planning 02 -01 -84 closures can be obtained from Michael E. Vollmer,, TO WHOM IT Manager of Financial Plan- MAY CONCERN ning, Texas Municipal The College Station Plan - Power Agency, P.O. Box ning and Zoning Commis - 7000, Bryan, Texas 77805; sion will hold a public telephone (409)873 -2013, x- hearing on the question of 202. rezoning the following Texas Municipal Power` Property: Agency Reserves The Right 2.56 acres at the northeast To Accept Or Reject Any corner of Holleman and And All Blds. Wellborn, from Apartments All proposals must be re- Medium Density District R -5 calved at the above re- to Planned Commercial Dis ferenced address no later' trict C -3. Application is in the than Friday, February 24, name of Henry W. Parkman. , 1984 at 5:00 P.M. The said hearing will be held 02 -01- 84,02 -08-84 • in the Council Room of the NOTICE OF College Station City Hall, PUBLIC HEARING 1101 South Texas Avenue at • The College Station Plan -i Planning n i n P.M. an C meeting the Planning and Zoninc Com- mission on Thursday, February 16, 1984. For additional information, please contact me. James M. Callaway Ass't. Director of Planning 02 -01 -84 The C'age A 1= e brvLa.r y I) 1924 ORDINANCE NO. 1500 WAS LEGAL NOTICE PASSED AND NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPROVED ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF BY THE CIT UNCIL OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY THE CITY OF COLLEGE A COLLEGE STATION, D STATION, TEXAS ON THE P OF THE TIME AND PLA 28TH OF JANUARY, 1984 at a CE FOR ORE PRO- regular meeting in the Coun- POSED AUTHORIZATION cU Room of the College FOR SUCH ISSUANCE. Station City Hall. In accordance with the Said Ordinance, signed by provisions of Article 2388(a). the Mayor and duly re- 1 of the Revised Civil � corded in the official re- Statutes of the State of cords of the City of College Texas, the City of College Station, has the f Station hereby gives notice caption: to all citizens and electors ORDINANCE NO. 1500; AN that the City Council, at its ORDINANCE AMENDING regular 2, 198 meeting on , inten s CHAPTER 1, GENERAL to 1984 r po 0 s to intends P ROVISIONS, OF THE CODE to and proposes to the anc by ordinance, the i Ob - OF ORDINANCES OF THE ance of Certificates of Ob- CITY OF COLLEGE STA- TION, TEXAS, BY ADDING A ligation of the City of SECTION 22 REGULATING amount t tot in an NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH amount not to exceed $400, P ROGRAMS. 000.00. Said Certificates of Ordinance No. 1500 provides Obligation are to be issued that the posting o f a ,' for the purpose of: ' Neighborhood Watch sign Funding of the City's con - without compliance with the t r i b u t i o n to the requirements outlined in " Bryan /College Station said ordinance shall be an " Chamber of Commerce for offense punishable by a fine purchase of a new of up to Twenty -Five Dollars .' building. ($25.00). it is proposed that said This ordinance shall be- Certificates of Obligation come effective from and shall be repaid, together after its passage In accord- 'W the interest thereon, ance with the City Charter of from taxes and revenues of t 'the City of College Station. he City of College Station. The City Council will, by its The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is ordinance, in the event of on file at the Office of the approval of the proposal, set City Secretary and may be the term and Interest rate for obtained at the City Hall, said Certificates. 1101 South Texas Avenue, A.E. Van Dever, Jr. College Station, Texas. ' ' 'Assistant City Manager n2 -02- 8 4,02 -03 -84 Director of Finance M_ -03-84 The t o I /Fr d. , , F �cuary 3 J 1 qg 4-- � I Mayors confirm bets Bryan Mayor Ron Blatchley knows how to get a city employee's attention. Unfortunately for Blat- chley, College Station Mayor Gary Halter has been around government circles a bit longer and pro- bably knows even better. The two mayors both appeared at a press con- ference Thursday to confirm that they have bet on the outcome of the second annual Bryan - College Station firemen's football game to benefit the Shrine Burn Institute in Galveston. The mayor of the losing department has to at- tend a city council meeting in the victorious city. He'll have to wear a cap with the victor's emblem throughout the meeting. "They promised that that wouldn't happen," Blatchley said of his firemen. "But if by chance it does, they're all going with me." "If mine don't win," Halter shot back, "they're all fired on Monday." The game is at Bryan High School stadium Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $2. Unemployment compensation application forms for College Sta- tion firemen — who lost the game ignominously last year — are free. — HUGH NATIONS 3 > `fig 4- T Ea�1e/FrIdaiLA announces candidac y Mobley for Place 5 of BISD trustees ,, „ By BETSY deMOLL orif k fr` and HUGH NATIONS Staff Writers Gary E. Mobley an- nounced Monday his candidacy for Place 5 in s the Bryan Independent "� X � School District Board of k � � Trust election to be held April 7. The position is cur- rently held by Arthur 1 i Davila, who has served on the board since 1970. Filings for city council �:b.,, positions also opened Monday, and in both nary E. Mobley Marvin Tate Bob Runnels Bryan and College Sta- tion one incumbent filed "a sincere desire to make Mobley said.. board member of the on the first day. education in the Bryan Mobley s the co- Bryan Viking Club. He is Bryan Councilman public schools the owner of Mobley Pools active. in t Central Marvin Tate, who cur- number one priority." Co. He graduated in Baptist Church in Bryan. rently is filling an unex- "Having gone through 1970, from Stephen F. pired term, filed for Post the local school system, Austin High School, and Mobley and his wife, 4. College Station Coun- and now having friends received a bachelors Pam, have two children cilman Bob Runnels filed who teach and friends degree in business ad- — Jennifer, 5, and for re- election to Post 2. with children in Bryan ministration in 1974, Melissa, 7, .who attends Three council posi- schools, I feel my age, from Stephen F. Austin first grade at Johnson tions are to be filled this education and close University. Elementary School. year in Bryan and three association with the peo- He is on the board of Alton Bowen, former and the mayor's seat in ple involved in the Bryan directors for the Bryan- state education commis - College Station. public scoots qualified College Station sinner, is Mobley's cam - Mobley, a Bryan me to be an accessable H o m e b u i 1 d e r s paign treasurer. John businessman, is running and knowledgeable. Associaton. Mobley also Bradley Jr. is co- because he says he has school board trustee," is a member a nd p ast treasurer. The E S I Tkc a , Fib c kA c \f `` 1 l 9 � 4 j Halter prepared for Bry an council College Station home winless again. residents can relax; the Monday he relented, but fire department is still he said he is looking for - fully staffed, despite the ward to next year. outcome of the football "We are planning to game Saturday night bet- put some money in the ween Bryan and College budget next year to hire Station. away the best of Bryan's Bryan's smoke - eaters football players," he beat the College Station said. firefighters 15-0 in a As a result of losing a game which collected wager on the game with $5,500 for the Shrine Bryan Mayor Ron Blat- Burn Institute in chley, Halter will now Galveston. have to attend a City • It was the second year Council meeting in that in a row that the Bryan city wearing a Bryan cap. department has defeated Halter said he actually the College Station crew. is looking forward to Last year the score was that because he has never 28 -0 been to a meeting of the College Station Mayor Bryan council. He said Gary Halter had he always figured people threatened, tongue in would ask, "What in the cheek, to fire the whole hell is he doing here ?" — department if it came HUGH NATIONS The 9 e /Fe•rUarY ,10124- College Station Rec. Area Due Tues. City of College Station, owner, will receive bids for the-construction of a pool and recreation area to 'be located at the Southwdod Athletic Park in College Station until 2 p ;nt. `Tuesday, January 31. The bids will be received in the office of the Director of Parks and Recreation Department, Central Park, 1000 Krenek Tap Rd., College Station, and will be publicly opened and read. The project will consist of a one -story building containing approximately 3,294 square feet of floor area. The work will include concrete slab foundation; split -faced concrete block and stucco exterior walls; skylights; composition shingle roofing; concrete block interior walls; concrete floors; plywood and gypsum board ceilings; hollow metal doors and frames; thermal insulation; plastic laminated toilet partitions; carpentry and millwork; painting; lath and plastering; finish hardware; toilet accessories; tack boards; identifying devices; swimming pool and equipment, and plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems. Also included will be tennis and basketball courts; site work; chain link fencing; concrete curbs, walks and paving; court surfacing; athletic and play equipment, and split -faced concrete block columns. Separate and combined bids will be received on this project. A five percent bid security is required with each bid. Holster and Associates, Architects, College Station; George and Robertson Copsulting Engineers, structural engineer, Bryan; Walton Associates, mechanical engineer, Bryan; Riewe and Wischmeyer, pool engineer, Dallas, and Charles R. McCreary and Associates, electrical engineer, Dallas, prepared the plans and specifications. Addenda Received -1 One set of plans and specifications is on file in The AGC Plan Rooms. Bidders: (Final publication) AGC R. B. Butler, Inc. Box 3610, Bryan 409 /779 -3400 Acklam Const. College Station 409 /696 -2912 BPC, Inc. Bryan 409/779 -6492 Bel Tex Const. Temple 817/771 -0142 Berry & Clay, Inc. Rusk 214/683 -4078 Bryan Const. Bryan 409/846 -4731 G. R. Grier, Inc. P. O. Box 720423 271 -1500 Lendell Bldrs. Austin 512/282 -1959 R. E. C. Industries Bryan 409/846 -1105 Sentry Const. Bryan 409/779 -1331 Sypcon Bryan 409/779 -0095 &C (News Se(victe /n&y a ) 19 84- Hel p wanted. . What kind of response do you think an employer would get to a classified ad that read something like this: Wanted: Men and women for positions of public service. No experience necessary but expertise preferred. Vision desired. Perfec- tion expected. Must be all things to all people. Applicants must be willing to work long CS gives up hours for little or no pay. Criticism is ample, praise is sparse. Expect irate late night phone on park s calls at home. Take complaints at cocktail parties. All motives are questioned. pool cover Who would want a job like that? Who p would want to be a member of the city council College Station has or the school board? The rewards are few and giveo up on the Thomas the demands are many. Park Pool covering for Fortunately, we do have people willing to the re bubble t is w ha er col do that work, fine folks, people who make laps three times c ol - personal sacrifices for the common good, last time in ear - l h the e a who seek to put something back into the com- ly year , r, t h e a . It had been munity. In fact, we usually have more folks ly about a week to serve than we have positions after repairs had been available. made by the turer following an earlier manufac But that doesn't make it any less aeon- collapse. tribution. It takes a special kind of person to Pool Manager Cindy serve on a school board or city council. And Szabuniewicz said there once again we are putting up our help wanted are no plans to install it signs looking for candidates for these again, since spring is so elec- close. tions. Two school board seats are up tion in each city. Bryan will elect three members to city council; College Station will select three council members plus a mayor. We owe a special thanks to the people who serve, but also to those who run and are not elected. Through the election process, we ad- dress issues and set priorities. They who run and lose help write the community agenda just as much as, sometimes even more than, the winners. Me E 1 � /T F� b(uta.ry 1, T � .-,' ,,...,,,,, ,,„,,,,,,,-„,„ A b Y to ,1 i-, , .., ,., v¢: out of ... • , ., . _,.„ 9 crime robot Groups, 1 ' aid revention P ..r By JANET GIBSON = ;: a Staff Writer The College Station Police Department will team with volunteers from the Brazos County � Rape Crisis Center to provide a serie of pro -t �` ° grams on crime preven- 0” , '- tion beginning today at Post Oak Mall. "We're hoping t make the public more aware of ways they can detour and lessen th chances of being a victim of crime," said Lt. Ber < `w nie Kapella, one of the ` event's organizers. IX, i Programs on several different subjects will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday in , o of National 4 Crim Prevention Week, Kapella said. A pu ppet show, ::; s "'":"7 , desi gned to be both fun �_� an educationa will be ' ,.:-.1k""‘ � p erformed at 2 p.m. da ly. The show will cover such topics as shoplif- ting, vandalism and bicy- cle safety. Eagle FREDDIE, the space- agle photo by Kathy Young age robot, also will make Officer Bernie Kapella with FREDDIE, the surprise appearances in police robot the mall throughout the week. in the United States that County Court at Law The robot has ap- has such a robot is in Judge Carolyn Ruffino, geared often in crime Orlando, Fla. chairman of the board prevention programs at Free literature also will for the Brazos County !` sch ools and for civic be available on residen Rape Crisis Center, said groups since teers will answer nce it was pur- tial security, volun chased four months ago, neighborhood crime questions and distribute Kapella said. The only watch programs and free literature at a mall other police department rape awareness. booth. The E 9 I e /(\r■ 0 v\ A. , � y ) �B4— Fix our roads Editor: To Mayor Halter and City Planner Mayo: Haven't we bitten off a little more than we can chew? It seems that the College Station City Council is always anxious to begin a new project without finishing the last one. What ever happened to Holleman Street? Are those roadblock lights and the orange and white woodwork to be College Staton's modern art exhibit? And what of the newly destroyed Southwest Parkway? Do your construction crew's contracts call for 70 degree temperatures and sunny skies to be able to work? By the time they finish one side of Southwest Parkway, the other side will need to be repaired! Why not employ three more construction workers instead of those police officers? Why not desig- nate February as "Road Month "? Let's digest what we've already bitten off. Karl Gromelski Parkway Circle 1. r�S Nlon� loru 1, 1984 T ���la o `�/ • Station B receipts drop sales tax p By MARILYN BROWN businesses collect the majority of the Staff Writer sales taxes, heavily influencing any in- Sales tax receipts in February declin- crease or decrease. ed for both College Station and Bryan A few Brazos Valley cities showed this year despite a highly successful decreases from 1983, however, with Christmas season and an increase in Somerville leading the way with a 40 the receipts statewide. percent decline in sales tax receipts. February's checks reflect sales made Normangee showed an 18 percent during the final quarter of 1983 and loss and Navasota showed a 16 percent repo to the State Comptroller's Of- loss from 1983. fice Across the state, Houston's year -to- College Station receipts declined 0.2 date payments total $27.4 million, still percent to a year -to -date total of cent largest in te Lash state, but ad 3 was this time 1, compared to $573,297 for $18 million, up 5 percent from 1983; this Bryan l year. as received $564,635, com- San Antonio, $9.1 million, up 14 per - Bryan h cent; Austin, $6:1 million, up 9 per - pared $620,369 ilers in both Bryan end College cent; and Fort Worth, $5.3 million, R down 1 percent. Station say their Christmas sales were strong this year. Many attribute the ‘"' ti declines in tax receipts to lost sales dur- ,i ing the severe cold weather that follow- A VALLEY SALES TAX REBATES ed Christmas this year. a1N w11 THROUGH FEBRUARY Also, a change in state reporting re- quirements this year makes 15,000 nu and medium -sized businesses pay their share of the 1 percent city 1984 1983 Pct Chg sales tax monthly instead of quarterly, C ity $4,572 $4,616 - .95 making comparisons between 1984 payments and 1983 payments Brenham 58,815 46,674 +26.0 sometimes misleading. Bryan 564,635 620,369 -9.0 That change can be especially impor- tant to smaller cities, where a few Buffalo 17,467 19,108 - 8.6 Burton 2,077 5,266 -60.6 Caldwell 55,781 47,639 +17.1 Calvert 6,225 7,218 -13.8 Cameron 38,749 43,852 -11.6 Centerville 9,392 8,014 +17.2 College Station 572,181 573,297 -.19 Franklin 7,821 9,781 -20.0 Hearne 41,994 41,533 +1.1 Huntsville 280,371 250,675 +11.9 Jewett 19,086 12,279 +56.7 Leona 1,703 1,875 -9.2 Madisonville 45,892 43,522 +5.5 Marquez 2,265 2,338 -3.1 Milano 1,540 652 136.2 Navasota 59,968 71,645 -16.3 Normangee 4,237 5,186 -18.3 Oakwood 1,813 2,096 -13.5 Rockdale 13,845 10,902 +27.0 Snook 4,115 3,272 +25.8 Somerville 10,917 18,251 -40.2 i 1 he. 1e. IAse8,cne r,cawry B i Ict2 High school s tud e nts t d act as city o By S O N D R A H O S- mock city council meeting in space requirements in sleep - TETLER the council room. ing rooms. He said he re- Throughout the day, stu- sensed the proposed govern - Reporter dents were escorted through merit intervention. Council College Station city offices city procedures by the offs- members agreed to consult were flooded with new faces cials they were assigned to. the city attorney before fur - Tuesday, as high school se- After briefings by their advis- ther action. niors assumed the roles of ers, the students entered the The city staff and elected city officials. council meeting prepared to+ council members laughed Twenty -five seniors from deal with city concerns. during the mock city council A &M Consolidated High Emma Reading, student rneeting as they saw their own School who participated • in mayor, presided over the actions reflected in the activ- Youth Government Day took mock meeting as council ides of the students. on the roles of the city staff, members voted on the issues. College Station Mayor the mayor, and members of Agenda items included the Gary Halter presented the se- the city council. signing of a proclamation niors with certificates from The Bryan - College Station designating the month of the city and the Bryan -Col- Benevolent and Protective February as "Heart Month," a lege Station Order of Elks. Order,of Elks sponsored the rezoning consideration and Bud Denton, A &M Consol- 23rd annual luncheon for bids on city projects. idated counselor, said Youth students enrolled in Ameri- College Station City Man- Government Day gives the can government classes in the ager North Bardell addressed students an opportunity to Bryan and College Station the student council as a citi- learn about civic government high schools. zen concerned with building first -hand. Most students The students also held a code regulations relating to have no idea how a city func- tions, he said. rn n n tD O ` tD .0 . 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O w 5 o y (4_ w 5. 7 , -a9.y 7 = &, " -mac: ,. a .� xa g r0 t r n - a ,...E. - .0F, w 7 0 0o c f:;= n� G 9 R1 o , o e 7 o 9 as :9� w A' do ha F C a e_ w e d hesdu_ , v=e b'n^ nj 2 , tck,8 el-- The real The Eagle has carried quite a few stories about the proposed relocation of the B -CS Chamber of 4 put up or shut up' Commerce. Permit me to comment on this discus- sion from the point of view of someone sitting on the sidelines in College Station. Well, the force to keep the Bryan - College Sta- I am amused how some people view a location tion Chamber of Commerce an all- for -Bryan of the Chamber in the City of Bryan as being non- organization has found its loophole in articles of controversial or neutral but a location in the City incorporation that should have been updated a of College Station as being divisive, certain to split decade ago. Never mind that the Chamber, in a the Chamber. It's almost as if College Station democratic vote, approved a move of offices to were not located in the community. University Drive in College Station. Never mind But College Station has a definite impact on the that for several years the Chamber leadership has Chamber's activities. The City of College Station tried to tell people that the Chamber works equal - alone provides 47 percent of the Chamber's total ly for both communities. budget. When one includes the membership dues The vote on Feb. 13 by the Chamber member - paid by businesses and employees located in Col- ship isn't really a vote on the location of the lege Station, the total Chamber budget provided Chamber offices. It's a vote to show whether peo- by College Station sources becomes much greater. ple were really serious when they argued that a The Chamber has no organizational barriers single Chamber should work effectively for both against the acceptance of money from College Sta- cities or whether they were just giving lip service to tion, but yet has organizational barriers which something they thought might keep College Sta- prohibit College Station as a location. tion members from complaining too much. The Chamber should be located on the basis of Seems like it's time for College Station members rational factors, including visibility, convenience of the Chamber to put up or shut up and let to visitors, and relocation costs. The by -law provi- everything continue to be run by those north of sion requiring it to be located in the City of Bryan the border. and in effect prohibiting its location in College Station is irrational and has no relevance to the Jerry C. Cooper total community. Thus, from the viewpoint of the College Station sideline, the question is whether the Chamber will support or reject the concept of a total communi- ty. College Station should not have to come "hat in hand" on a matter such as this. Lorence L. Bravenec College Station d o � g� �`�g I he a`�9lE'. / b c res wJ TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The College Station City Council will hold a public hearing on the question of rezoning the following NOTICE OF FINDING OF property: NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT 2 tracts Rector t end in the ON THE ENVIRONMENT Morgan Rector to League and City of College Station located t of t the o ock g Section Subdivision the Woodstock NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF 1101 Texas Avenue Apa m Subdivision trim P.O. Box 9960 Apartments ts High Density REQUEST FOR RELEASE College Station, TX 77840 District R-8 to General Com- OF FUNDS _ TO WHOM IT TO ALL INTERESTED mercial District C -1 (4.97 The City of College Station AGENCIES, GROUPS AND cres) and Administrative- 1101 Texas Avenue a MAY CONCERN PERSONS: acres) slonat District A -P P.O. Box 9960 The Coilege Station City The above named City (9.20 acres). Application is in College Station, Texas 77840 Council will hold a public roposes to request the the name of James E. Jett. TO ALL INTERESTED hearing on the question of jj,S. Department of Housing The said hearing ill be held AGENCIES, GROUPS AND rezoning the following and Urban Development to in the Council �oom of the PERSONS: property: release federal funds under College Station City Hall, On or about March 1, 1984 A 14.489 acre tract in the The 1983 Appropriations Act 1101 South Texas Avenue at the above named City will Richard Carter Survey, (aka "Jobs Bill') to be used the.7 :00 P.M. meeting of the request the U.S. Depart- located on the east side of for the following projects: City Council on Thursday, ment of Housing and Urban SH8 (East Bypass) ap- PROJECT NAME: MULTI- February 23, 1984. Development to release proximately 1700 feet north PURPOSE CENTER For additional Information, Federal funds under Title i of the intersection of SH6 Description: Renovation of please contact me. One of the Housing and i and SH30 (Harvey Road) Neighborhood Facility James M. Callaway Community Development from Single Family Re- Location: College Station, Assistant Director of Act of 1974 (PL- 93383) for sidential District R 1 to Texas Planning the following projects: General Commercial District Estimated Cost: 585,000.00 02 -08-84 Project C -1. Application is in the It has been determined that R e n o v a t i o n of name of Joe A. Ferrari. such request for release of TO WHOM IT Neighborhood Facility The said hearing will be held funds will not constitute an MAY CONCERN Jersey at Holik Street in the Council Room of the action significantly effecting The College Station City Cost College Station City Hall, the quality of the human Council will hold a public $85,000.00 1101 South Texas Avenue at environment and, accordln- hearing on the question of An Environmental Review the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the gly, the above named City rezoning the following Record concerning the City Council on Thursday, has decided not to prepare pro arty: A ,34 above referenced projec February 23, 1984. an Environmental Impact p acre t ract in the has been made by the above For additional information, Statement under the Morgan Rector League named City and documents please contact me. National Environmental located along the future the environmental review of James M. Callaway Policy Act of 1 969. extension of Holleman Drive the projects. This En- Assistant Director of (PL -91 -190) adjacent to and north of the vironmental Review Record Planning The reason for the decision Richard Addition Subdivi- is on file at the above 02 -08-84 not to prepare said state- aion, from Apartments High address and Is available for TO WHOM IT merit is as follows: Density District R -8 to public examination or copy - MAY CONCERN Projects are in compliance General commercial District ing upon request. The College Station City with applicable standards C-1. Application Is in the The City of College Station Council will hold a public and plans. Projects will not name of James E. Jett. will undertake the projects hearing on the question of be impacted by physical or The said hearing will be held described above with Com- rezoning the following service delivery factors. In the Council Room of the munity Development Block property: Project will not impact College Station City Hall, , Grant Funds. A 38.68 acre tract of land in physical factors. Projects 1101 South Texas Avenue at The City of College Station ' the Richard Carter League, will have a beneficial impact the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the is certifying to HUD that the and located approximately on service delivery factors, City Council on Thursday, City of College Station and 300 feet east of SH6 (East community appearance, February23, 1984. Mayor Gary M Halter, in his Bypass) and 200 feet north community pride and living ( For additional information official capacity as Mayor, of SH30 (Harvey Road) from conditions. please contact me. consent to accept the Apartments High Density Environmental Review Re- James M. Callaway jurisdication of the Federal District R-8 and Mobile cords concerning the above Assistant DIrector of courts if an action is brought Home Park District R -7 to referenced projects have Planning to enforce responslbilltes in General Commercial District been made by the City of 02-08 -84 - relation to environmental C -1. Application Is in the College Station and de- reviews, decision making name of Frank Thurmond. scribe more fully the re- and action; and that these The said hearing will be held aeons why such a statement LEGAL NOTICE responsibilities have been In the Council Room of the Is not required. This En- You are hereby notified that satisfied. The legal effect on College Station City Hall, vironmental Review Record on Thursday, February 23, the certification Is that upon 1101 South Texas Avenue at is on file at the above 1984, the City Council of the Its approval, the City of the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the address and is available for City College Station Intends College Station may use the City Council on Thursday, public examination and to have a hearing to de- federal funds and HUD will February 23, 1984. copying upon request, at termine the necessity for have satisfied it's re- For additional information, � the Community Develop- street improvements to sponsibilities under the please contact me. ment Office between the Dartmouth Street. National Environmental James M. Callaway hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 Said Public Hearing will be Policy Act of 1969. HUD will Assistant Director of P.M. held during the regular accept an objection to it's Planning No further environmental meeting of the City Council approval of the release of 02 -08-84 review of these projects will at 7:00 p.m. In the City Hall, funds and acceptance of the be conducted prior to the 1101 South Texas Avenue, certification only if it Is on request for release of funds. College Station, Texas. one of the following basis: All interested 'agencies, � 02 -08- 84,02 -09-84,02 -10-84 (a) That the certification was groups, and persons dis- LEGAL NOTICE not, in fact, executed by the agreeing with this decision You are hereby notified that chief executive officer or are Invited to submit written y other officer approved by comments for consideration on Thursday, February 23, HUD. _ - _ _ by the City to M. Stevens, 1984, the City Council of the (b) That applicant's En- City College Station intends Community Development vironmental Review Record NOTICE OF BENEFIT p to have a hearing to de- for the project ect indicate HEARING FOR Director, at the above ad- termine the necessity for omission of q a required ASSESSMENT FOR dress on or before March 1, street Improvements to decision, finding or step STREET IMPROVEMENTS 1984. All e such be considered an Holleman Street. applicable to the project in given received will be considered Said Public Hearing will be the environmental review he bynthe will be Council of and the City will not request held during the regular process. Objections must the City of College Station, the release of federal funds meeting of the City Council be prepared and submitted g or take any administrative at 7:00 p in the City Halt, in accordance with the Texas, on Thursday, Febru- action prior to the date 1101 South Texas Avenue, required procedure (24 CFR cry 23, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. in specified in the preceding College Station, Texas. Part 58) and may be ad- the City Hall for all owning or sentence. 02 -08- 84,02 -09 - 84,02 -10-84 dressed to HUD at the Area claiming interest in the Chief Executive Officer: Office, Box 2905, Fort abutting property on Marion Honorable Gary M. Halter, Worth, P.O. P. . Box Objections College Drive Mayor In the City of I W to the release of funds will College 02 -09-8 City of College Station Station. not the considered n HUD 02 -08- 84,02 -09 - 84,02 -10-84 02-08-84 not a basis other than stated above. No objection re- ceived after March 15, 1984 will be considered by HUD. Chief Executive Officer: Honorable Gary M. Halter, Mayor City of College Station, Texas 02 -08-84 `Ike Ea51€/ ec nes d a y , "F'e, b 3 11984- FRIDAY u �T f Gary Halter Mayor of College Station 3 . ev ii i tit, r Will Be . ,- ' .. ,4: Guest ra S � � � D.J. '��s- On KTAM M .. 17 x � :k ,'''''' ,,,,, , '4 4' _ 7:15 -8:30 AM Listen Friday Morning For Mayor Gary Halter and Ben D. Downs EXCLUSIVELY ON ' A Ilt vi • 4 ®Ai a5 1 Th urs � i- ar (1 )1 '''3''' u 0 vl O 0 O C," N f, CI a�i ?. •�... ,.� .e.+ O G a. 0 N„ , Cx N > ,;, D O O w 0. Cd .z1 v� 0 O .v b O a) . q w db y a) K O O y td O p rzi !c3 0 y 2 1 U .r o ~ > x ,,- 0 o 4 4.4 c) C.)<H 0 e3 DC (r 1) 00 . a) • � ....,...6.-,.....5..-.2.4 "8 V H w O rp Q d a) Ow Cri w Q =d9 3 a) G am+ 4: 0) (# 0U N 0 0 0 0 30 �� - tiois °a•oa.) 8 0. � o c � E'� pai m0=1 v 3 ., ^' . v U pr . U A° c0•y O O (L/ —• 0 CO .I 1.. •c o CZ > rd ai Q '" ^ a) O 0 . CO 0 O .0:T= oy u. -= 0 3 = F-1 Q uCA 0 'b^ cif =b l 0)— 3• t �'3w 3'y x � e w vi a) w. rn .... . � : C.) .. : a! a) L/ V2�,E U 0) ( �� v+ a, «. _ � 0)_p � 06 BE _ 3e, - O y b - a w 6O0< '.po...t� 1= u —+ V p ,� ) () cu o o o CV co E.«3oapia Ua)�:r~w F"3= o:v w 0 a o3 Ca ∎2 /thurs3by / e %r Te 5 y CS may form its own chamber From page 1A tributes about $30,000 in hotel- Brokers of Bryan but a College motel revenues. Station resident said he had heard fices from downtown Bryan to a The balance of the chamber's some jesting about forming a site at University and Fedmart budget of about $200,000 comes Brazos- College Station chamber. drives, just over the city limits into basically from membership dues. "My bunch that I run with real - College Station. A two - thirds vote "I know there is some resent- ly doesn't care where it's located, is required. ment among some of the College they just want the chamber to be Bryan banker Travis Bryan Jr. Station people that if College Sta- effective," he said. has been the spokesman for the tion is going to pay half or more Behling noted that, while the group opposing the move. Bryan than half, it shouldn't be in the chamber does receive more than has said that, if the chamber bylaws that the chamber should be half of its support from the city of moves its offices, he will form a located only in Bryan," said J.P. College Station and members in separate Bryan chamber. Watson of Watson Hardware in that city, most of the work in the Two College Station coun- College Station. chamber is actually done by Bryan cilmen, Bob Runnels and Al Chamber President Louis members. Prause, have said they would have Newman III said he, too, is fearful "It's hard to read something to think seriously about of a secession move in College Sta- like this," said Tony Jones of reallocating the city's contribu- tion if the relocation vote fails. Tony Jones Construction Co. and tions to the chamber if a substan- "My fear would be that those another College Station resident. tial number of local businessmen members who are from College "The way it's been twisted by Mr. petition for it. Station who expected the board to Bryan, it's got some people Mayor Gary Halter said, "I will abide by the wishes of the upset." support whatever a majority of membership in the referendum Jones noted that, until two the businessmen in this communi- might at that point consider years ago, the elected chamber ty want." themselves disenfranchised," he leadership was heavily weighted The City of College Station said. toward Bryan, and only the threat alone contributes some 47 per cent "I think it's a pretty safe of a possible secession forced the of the chamber's operating assumption that there will be a organization to revise its policies. budget, about $100,000, from reaction if we're not successful," Jones said he was optimistic that hotel and motel taxes generated in he declared. Monday's vote will be favorable the city. The City of Bryan con- Jim Behling of Associated to the relocation. e E /Fr i A I - e._bvrta.dcy ■Q j \S 4 CS may form own chamber If, that is, vote fails to shift local chamber By HUGH NATIONS Staff Writer College Station businessmen are tiptoeing gingerly around the possibility they might retaliate by forming their own chamber of commerce if a vote on relocation of current offices fails Monday. "It's like the Queen's legs: It's something we don't even think about," said John Hughey, a chamber director and College Sta- tion resident. But Roy Kelley, owner of A -1 Auto Parts in College Station, said he is, in effect, not only thinking about but is taking a close look at the Queen's legs. Kelley is a former College Station ;ity councilman and now a member of the Planning and Zon- ing Commission. "I don't think that they're go- ing to lay down and not be counted," Kelley said of the Col- lege Station business community. A second businessman with several businesses in College Sta- tion, who asked not to be iden- tified, flatly declared: "If that vote fails, there will be a second chamber of commerce." The Bryan- College Station Chamber of Commerce will vote next week on whether to amend the articles of incorporation to permit the chamber to move its of- Turn to CS, page 7A O ne community, one chamber "It's very important to keep the chamber of commerce in Bryan and keep 55,000 people from being disenfranchised. "If Navasota wants our chamber of com- �lnerce, we'll tell 'em `no.' If Hearne wants our chamber of commerce, we'll tell 'em `no.' If Caldwell wants our chamber of commerce, .;we'll tell 'em `no.' And if College Station ..'wants our chamber of commerce, we'll tell ''em `no. "' Travis Bryan Jr. Do we wish to renew the feud that existed :for years between Bryan and College Station or shall we continue progressing together as one community with a common local in- i hus, the questiu– is not one of efficiency .terest? but of provincialism. If the central location Do we prefer to attach ourselves to the were barely inside the Bryan city limits rather • practices of yesterday or reach out for the than barely inside the College Station city 'promises of tomorrow? limits, we suspect the matter would have been Those are the choices facing the business resolved with the first vote. That is provin- leadership of this common community — cialism. That is Bryan or else. That is the , Bryan AND College Station — as it prepares politics of the past. • for a crucial vote Monday on the proposal to Mr. Bryan is an honorable man. We cannot consolidate the two offices of the Bryan- begin to measure the contributions he and his College Station Chamber of Commerce at family have made to this community. But on one central location. this issue, Mr. Bryan is on the side of emotion Mr. Bryan has stated the issue from his rather than reason. This is not a vote for or point of view. It is rule or ruin. It is Bryan or against Travis Bryan Jr. It is not a vote for or `else. against Bran, or for or against College Sta- But that is not the issue. Bryan is not disen- tion. It is a vote for or against progress, for or franchised by moving the chamber to a cen- against the unity of our community, for or tral location. The issue is how can the against reason. chamber be more effective — by maintaining We wish it hadn't come to this, but it has. two offices with two staffs or by having one The time has come to be counted. centrally - located office with one staff? Surely it is apparent that the reasonable, the prudent, the efficient course is to con- solidate. In fact, the first time chamber members voted on this issue, 93 percent of them agreed that one centrally - located office would better serve their interests than two separate offices. �e . A� e � 1 Change is inevitable Vote for progress In the current controversy over whether or not to locate the Chamber of Commerce office at the site approved by a vote of the Chamber member - For several reasons I strongly recommend that ship, and the ensuing effort to rescind that vote, all Chamber members support the Bryan - College am reminded of the time in 1946 when my hus- Station Chamber of Commerce's move to 707 band, Earl Rudder, was elected mayor of Brady, University Drive East: Texas. One of the most prominent citizens of the 1. The overwhelming majority of Chamber town came to him and said: "Earl, we like you, members want to move. In an unusually strong and we like Brady, but we want you to get one vote return of about 50 percent, the members thing straight — we like Brady just like it is." voted on Oct. 20, 1983, 592 to 43 to move the I am also reminded that in the 1960s, no one Chamber offices "to one new central location." worked harder than he to mend the fences between 2. The University Drive site epitomizes features the cities of Bryan and College Station, while at imperative to successful Chamber of Commerce the same time presiding over sweeping changes operation. Its gateway location near the that had to be made at Texas A &M which would geographic and demographic center of the Bryan- allow it to start growing to its full potential. There College Station area, its availability without finan- were those then who strongly and vocally objected cial debt, its high visibility to visitors and easy ac- — who wanted to keep Texas A &M "just like it far ity to residents of both cities argue in its is," or was at the time they were students there. favor. . My residence happens to be in Bryan, but I con - 3. A vote ratifying the actions of the Bryan- Sider Bryan - College Station my home. I am deeply College Station Chamber of Commerce Board of interested in seeing these two fine cities continue Pire Aers is a vote for PROGRESS. to work together, and getting on with the business I urge Chamber of Commerce members to read of building a greater community for the better - the facts in the packets they receive and vote the ment of all its citizens. proxy by marking the FOR box, signing and Change is inevitable if progress is to be made. It dating the ballot and then mailing it immediately would seem tragic to split these two cities apart in the stamped return envelope. when each one has so much to contribute to the Nancy L. Crouch other. Isn't it time to erase those invisible lines Vice President of the Commercial Division which divide us? Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce Margaret Rudder Bryan "1 ok_ \ e 7Fr.i da Fe.biLdaC lOj lCCg Bond sale to raise CS tax rate 13y HUGH NATIONS work totaling about $30,000, Parks Director Steve Staff Writer Beachey said. The College Station City Council decided Thurs- A second contract was let to the Whalen Corp. of build a water day on an April bond sale which will probably raise Dail s whit calls for the o o epany to dominates the the city's tax rate by four cents. tower A total of $8,630,000 in general obligation bonds Texas A &M University skyline. and $17,380,000 in revenue bonds are to be sold. The tower will be located at Texas 6 and Green's All are bonds approved either in the August, 1983, Prairie in build, own a St or the January, 1984, election. the elevated According to David Fetzer, the city's bond con- storage tank, which will be built on property the ci- sultant, the sale should increase the ad valorem tax ty will lease to the company. The city will pay the rate no more than four cents to 35 cents per $100 company y $250000a annually lyrf for the use eo t of tower next valuation. The council awarded a $698,000 contract to period the city will have the option to purchase the Calcon, Inc., of Waco for a 25 -meter swimming tower. Elrey Ash said pool, four tennis courts, two basketball courts and the Capital Im w s Dire million in bond other items at Southwood Athletic Park. The action ends any further consideration of funds for other purposes. building a self - generating wave -pool in the park. A The council, as it had promised before the recent proposal to build a wave pool in the park was par- bond election, also increased the homestead exemp- tially blamed for the defeat of half of the $48 The for residents o 65 o $ a 0, t0 00, rso $ 1 8 000 of million bond issue proposed in August. ,500. The contract, ember, will supposed to be finished the park exceptfor nor about $20,000 1e' will cost the city 000 a year in revenue. pt Eck. 1� Fr; da Febfu��y to, tctcg 4 - 11-)e_ � y1 iY 14 ' 71'f , .s r � � 5 � A � � s Eagle photo by Dave McDermand College Station City Hall's new annex is equipped with drive -in windows to pay utility bills. City divisions prepare for shuffle College Station's city government will let out its roughed in and will be used for expansion as belt a little next weekend. necessary. The city will move into the new City Hall annex, In addition, the foundation of the building will accomodate the addition of two more floors if on the north side of the building. The $1.8- million needed. expansion will house the finance, purchasing, tax, Utility customers will now have two drive -in win - accounting, utilities and purchasing divisions. down at which to pay their bills, instead of the one Initially, the city will occupy only the second now provided. floor of the annex and about 40 per cent of the first The addition is the second to the original City floor. The remainder of the first story has only been Hall building. - T1')e E°' /a R esfflts expected toda From page 1 A however, chamber members were After the meeting, Galindo said duplication of effort. disinterested in discussion. he would not pursue the idea fur - p Galindo moved that the vote be ther. His remarks were met with loud tabled until, as he said, more con- At one point in the meeting, applause from the membership. sideration could be given to the Travis Bryan III, attorney for Travis Bryan Jr. then presented issue and "reason can prevail over Bryan and his Committee for One the opposition's stance. emotion and sentiment." Chamber, asked that he be allow - "I have already presented my ed to represent the opposition in position in the newspaper and on Galindo said he voted against any legal questions that might the radio, and I don't want to bore the move because he doesn't arise, since the chamber had hired you," he said. believe the chamber should tie up a legal firm which he termed "par - "College Station has an office nearly half a million dollars in real tisan." and Bryan has an office, and let's estate ownership. That firm, Vance, Bruchez and keep it like it is. We would ap- He said those funds could be Goss, will be present at the ballot preciate your consideration and put toward a communitywide ser- counting to rule on any ballots your vote." vice facility — which could m- that are unclear. There was no applause for elude a performing arts center or Bryan III and Newman agreed Bryan. community theater — to improve that Bryan would not have to be Monday night's meeting was the community and help draw present at the counting, but that designed to be a last chance for visitors to the area. he could have access to the debate and discussion before the But chamber members refused counters if any determination on ballots were marked. 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