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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublicity Vol. 35 (July 1985 - September 25, 1985)LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1598 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Col- lege Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252- 17. The above - referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor nd duly recorded in the of- f records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, SECTION 2, SUBSECTION A(1) AND SUB- SECTION E OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS RELATING TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICES,AND PROVIDING FOR i, AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ordinance No. 1598' es- tablishes a schedule of monthly rates to be charged consumers for public utility services, namely water and /or sewerage connections. in- cluding a unit charge and a monthly service charge for consumers within the corpor- ate limits of the City, providing for sale of water outside the City by contract subject to available capacity and to ap- proval by Ctiy Council, pre- scribing a minimum chargefor certain other consumers, and setting priorities. Ordinance No. 1596 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord- ance with the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07-02 - 85,07-03-85 to taxation, a tax of thirty - eight cents ($0.36) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property, and said tax being so levied and appor- tioned to the specific purpose herein set forth: (1) For the maintenance and support of the general gover- nment (General Fund), two cents ($0.02) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of property; and (2) For the Interest and Sinking Fund, Thirty -six and 00 /100 cents ($0.3600) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property to be ap- portioned as follows General Obligation Bonds, Is- sued 1971, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1976, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1976, 1978 -II, General Obliga- tion Bonds, Issued 1961, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1982, 1982 -II, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1984. This ordinance also levies an annual occupation tax upon certain persons, firms, as- sociations, or corporations. Ordinance No. 1600 further directs the appropriation and setting aside of the monies collected for the specific items; the keeping of accoun- ts; the depositing and accoun- ting for any monies. All re- ceipts for the City not speci- fically apportioned by this or- dinance are hereby made pay- able to the General Fund of the City. Ordinance No. 1600 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord - ancewith the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 (South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07-02 -65,07 -03-65 LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1601 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above- referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE 1985 -1966 FISCAL YEAR AND AUTHORIZING EX- PENDITURES AS THERIN PROVIDED. Prior to consideration and ap- proval of this ordinance, the City Council of the City of Col- lege Station held a public hearing, notice of which first having been duly given to the general public. Ordinance No. 1601 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord- ance with the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07- 02- 85,07 -03-65 LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1599 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above - referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2, SUB- SECTION B.(1) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO PERCENTAGE OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. . Ordinance No. 1599 states the following: "There is hereby levied a tax upon the cost of occupancy of any room or space furnished by any hotel where such cost of occupancy is at the rate of Two Dollars ($2.00) or more per day, such tax to be equal to six (6 %) per- cent of the consideration paid by the occupant of such room to such hotel." Ordinance No. 1599 ordains that the effedtive date shall be July 11, 1985 and continuing in effect until June $0,1986. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 0742-05,07-03.86 NOTICE TO (ADVERTISEMENT) The City of College Station invites proposals for: THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO DARTMOUTH STREET AND HOLLEMAN DRIVE. C.I.P. No. G81 -81 -17/11 until 2:00 o'clock P.M., July 2, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. David J. Pullen, City Engineer, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. The project includes: clearing and grubbing, excavation and embankment, subgrade stabilization, roadway base, curb and gutter and paving for intersecting roadways of approximately 6500 linear feet; 24 storm sewer structures including a 4BBL 10'x10' box culvert approximately 230 feet long, installing 2723 linear feet of storm sewer pipe - 18 to 48 inches in diameter including excavation and backfill, and approximately 10,000 cubic yards of channel excavation. Excavated material will be used in the embankments or stockpiled adjancent to the project site. The project also includes replacing approximately 80 linear feet of active 15" sanitay sewer pipe, 180 linear feet of 18" sanitary sewer pipe and installing. 70 linear feet of 8" water pipe. A corrugated steel structure alternate will be considered for the 4BBL box culvert. Steel structures must be pre- qualified by June 13th as described under Special Provisions in order to be considered. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or a Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in the latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 and 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreasonable or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to be done. Contract Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans may be reviewed at the City Engineer's office, 1101 S. Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. Documents may be picked up at the office of Jerry Bishop and Associates, 1812 Welsh Street, College Station, Texas. A fully refundable deposit of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) is required for each set. 5- 30- 85,6 -5- 85,6 -9- 85,6 -13- 85,6 -19- 85,6 -25- 85,6 -30- 85,7 -2 -R5 THE EAGLE /TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1985 • LEGALNOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1600 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Col- lege Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted , n accordance with Art. 6252- 17. The above referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE LEVYING THE TAXES FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND PROVIDING FOR THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND FOR THE YEAR 1985 -1986 AND APPOR- TIONING EACH LEVY FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES. Ordinance No. 1600 states that there is to be levied and there _,hall be collected for the use and support of the municipal government of the City of Col- lege Station, and to provide Interest and Sinking Fund for the 1965 -1986 fiscal year upon all property, real, personal, and mixed within the corpor- ate limits of said city subject to taxation, a tax of thirty - eight cents ($0.36) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property, and said tax being so levied and appor- tioned to the specific purpose herein set forth: (1) For the maintenance and support of the general gover- nment (General Fund), two cents ($0.02) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of property; and (2) For the Interest and Sinking Fund, Thirty -six and 00 /100 cents ($0.3600) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property to be ap- portioned as follows General Obligation Bonds, Is- sued 1971, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1976, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1976, 1978 -II, General Obliga- tion Bonds, Issued 1961, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1982, 1982 -II, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1984. This ordinance also levies an annual occupation tax upon certain persons, firms, as- sociations, or corporations. Ordinance No. 1600 further directs the appropriation and setting aside of the monies collected for the specific items; the keeping of accoun- ts; the depositing and accoun- ting for any monies. All re- ceipts for the City not speci- fically apportioned by this or- dinance are hereby made pay- able to the General Fund of the City. Ordinance No. 1600 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord - ancewith the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 (South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07-02 -65,07 -03-65 LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1601 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above- referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE 1985 -1966 FISCAL YEAR AND AUTHORIZING EX- PENDITURES AS THERIN PROVIDED. Prior to consideration and ap- proval of this ordinance, the City Council of the City of Col- lege Station held a public hearing, notice of which first having been duly given to the general public. Ordinance No. 1601 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord- ance with the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07- 02- 85,07 -03-65 LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1599 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above - referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2, SUB- SECTION B.(1) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO PERCENTAGE OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. . Ordinance No. 1599 states the following: "There is hereby levied a tax upon the cost of occupancy of any room or space furnished by any hotel where such cost of occupancy is at the rate of Two Dollars ($2.00) or more per day, such tax to be equal to six (6 %) per- cent of the consideration paid by the occupant of such room to such hotel." Ordinance No. 1599 ordains that the effedtive date shall be July 11, 1985 and continuing in effect until June $0,1986. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 0742-05,07-03.86 NOTICE TO (ADVERTISEMENT) The City of College Station invites proposals for: THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO DARTMOUTH STREET AND HOLLEMAN DRIVE. C.I.P. No. G81 -81 -17/11 until 2:00 o'clock P.M., July 2, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. David J. Pullen, City Engineer, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. The project includes: clearing and grubbing, excavation and embankment, subgrade stabilization, roadway base, curb and gutter and paving for intersecting roadways of approximately 6500 linear feet; 24 storm sewer structures including a 4BBL 10'x10' box culvert approximately 230 feet long, installing 2723 linear feet of storm sewer pipe - 18 to 48 inches in diameter including excavation and backfill, and approximately 10,000 cubic yards of channel excavation. Excavated material will be used in the embankments or stockpiled adjancent to the project site. The project also includes replacing approximately 80 linear feet of active 15" sanitay sewer pipe, 180 linear feet of 18" sanitary sewer pipe and installing. 70 linear feet of 8" water pipe. A corrugated steel structure alternate will be considered for the 4BBL box culvert. Steel structures must be pre- qualified by June 13th as described under Special Provisions in order to be considered. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or a Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in the latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 and 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreasonable or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to be done. Contract Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans may be reviewed at the City Engineer's office, 1101 S. Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. Documents may be picked up at the office of Jerry Bishop and Associates, 1812 Welsh Street, College Station, Texas. A fully refundable deposit of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) is required for each set. 5- 30- 85,6 -5- 85,6 -9- 85,6 -13- 85,6 -19- 85,6 -25- 85,6 -30- 85,7 -2 -R5 THE EAGLE /TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1985 r LEGALNOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1600 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Col- lege Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252- 17. The above referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE LEVYING THE TAXES FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND PROVIDING FOR THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND FOR THE YEAR 1985 -1986 AND APPOR- TIONING EACH LEVY FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES. Ordinance No. 1600 states that there is to be levied and there shall be collected for the use and support of the municipal government of the City of Col- lege Station, and to provide Interest and Sinking Fund for the 1985 -1986 fiscal year upon all property, real, personal, and mixed within the corpor- ate limits of said city subject to taxation, a tax of thirty - eight cents ($0.38) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property, and said tax being so levied and appor- tioned to the specific purpose herein set forth: (1) For the maintenance and support of the general gover- nment (General Fund), two cents ($0.02) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of property; and (2) For the Interest and Sinking Fund. Thirty -six and 00 /100 cents ($0.3600) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property to be ap- portioned as follows: General Obligation Bonds, Is- sued 1971, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1976, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1978, 1978 -II, General Obliga- tion Bonds, Issued 1981, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1962, 1982 -II, General Obligation Bonds, Issued 1964. This ordinance also levies an annual occupation tax upon certain persons, firms, as- sociations, or corporations. Ordinance No. 1600 further directs the appropriation and setting aside of the monies collected for the specific tems; the keeping of accoun- ts; the depositing and accoun- ting for any monies. All re- ceipts for the City not speci- fically apportioned by this or- dinance are hereby made pay- able to the General Fund of the City. Ordinance No. 1600 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord- ance with the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07 - 0 2- 85,07 -03 -85 LEGALNOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1598 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Col- lege Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252- 17. The above- referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, SECTION 2, SUBSECTION A(1) AND SUB- SECTION E OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS RELATING TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICES AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ordinance No. 1598 es- tablishes a schedule of monthly rates to be charged consumers for public utility services, namely water and /or sewarage ' connections, in- cluding a unit charge and a monthly service charge for consumers within the corpor- ate limits of the City, providing for sale of water outside the City by contract subject to available capacity and to ap- proval by Ctiy Council, pre- scribing a minimum chargefor certain other consumers, and setting priorities. Ordinance No. 1598 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord- ance with the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07 -02- 85,07 -03-85 LEGALNOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1601 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1965, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above- referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE 1985 -1986 FISCAL YEAR AND AUTHORIZING EX- PENDITURES AS THERIN PROVIDED. Prior to consideration and ap- proval of this ordinance, the City Council of the City of Col- lege Station held a public hearing, notice of which first having been duly given to the general public. Ordinance No. 1601 shall be- come effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the City Council of the City of College Station and in accord- ance with the City Charter. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07 -02- 85,07 -03 -85 LEGALNOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1599 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 27, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above - referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2, SUB- SECTION B.(1) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO PERCENTAGE OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, Ordinance No. 1599 states the following: "There is hereby levied a tax upon the cost of occupancy of any room or space furnished by any hotel where such cost of occupancy is at the rate of Two Dollars ($2.00) or more per day, such tax to be equal to six (6%) per- cent of the consideration paid by the occupant of such room to such hotel." Ordinance No. 1599 ordains that the effedtive date shall be July 11, 1985 and continuing in effect until June 30,1986. The complete text of the above -named Ordinance is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station. Texas. 07 -02- 85,07 -03-85 THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1985 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of College Station Planning and Zoning Commis- sion will hold a public hearing to consider a Preliminary Re- subdivision Plat of Lot 16A, Lakeview Acres subdivision, a 2.53 acre tract located at the southeast corner of the inter- section of Morgan Lane and State Highway 6. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall at 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Thurs- d ay, J u l y 18,1985. For additional information contact the City Planning Of- fice (409)764 -3570. Albert O. Mayo, Jr. Director of Planning 07-03 -85 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The College Station Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the question of rezoning the following property: Lots 5 & 7 Block 1 Cooner Sub- division (109 & 113 Cooner) from A -P Administrative - Professional and R -5 Medium Density Residential to C -1 General Commercial. Applic- ant is Nancy L. Crouch. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Commission on Thursday, July 18, 1965. For additional information, please contact me. James M. Callaway Asst. Director of Planning 07.03 -85 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The College Station Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the question of rezoning the following property: A 2.33 acre tract of land located at the northeast cor- ner of the intersection of Holleman Drive & Wellborn Road, from R -5 Medium Dens- ity Residential to C -1 General Commercial. Applicant is Tonkawa, Ltd. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Commission on Thursday, July 18,1985. For additional information, please contact me. James M. Callaway Asst. Director of Planning 07-03 -85 r NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of College Station Planning and coning Commis- sion will hold a public hearing to consider a Preliminary Plat of Newton Place subdivision, located northwest and adja- cent to the Richards Addition subdivision. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall at 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Thurs- day, July 18, 1985. For additional information contact the City Planning of- fice (409)764-3570. Albert O. Mayo, Jr. Director of Planning 07 -03 -85 CS planning panel approves two final plats Two final plats were approved Tuesday night by the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission. Commissioners approved a final plat for the Sheraton University Inn, to be located on Jersey Street west of Wellborn Road. They also approved a resubdivi- sion final plat of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Chimney Hill retail plaza, contingent on a check of some possible mathe- matical inaccuracies in the plat's de- scription. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The College Station Planning and Coning Commission wni hold a public hearing on the question of granting a Con- ditional Use Permit for a sign at the St. Thomas Aquinas Church at 8101 East Bypass in College Station, Texas. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Planning and Zon- ing Commission on Thursday, July 18,1985. For additional information, contact the City Planner's of- fice (409)784 -3570. James M. Callaway 4 35t. Director of Planning THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1985 El. Laurels To the College Station Noon Lions Club and the City of College Station, for co- sponsoring a spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display and a slate of activities at Olsen Field last Thursday. Also, to the City of Bryan for sponsoring a day -long celebration of the Fourth at the Bryan Aquatic Center. To Edward A. Hiler, head of the department of agricultural engineer- ing at Texas A &M University, who has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. To Monsignor Don Chatham, who was recently appointed pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. To Games Galore, for co- sponsoring a three -day fund - raising competi- tion to benefit CARE's anti - hunger campaign in Africa. And to the 15 local players who entered the competition, and to the Culpepper Plaza merchants who donated a percentage of last Saturday's gross sales to CARE. To Dr. John E. Morris of Bryan, a professor of curriculum and instruction at Texas A &M who has received two professional awards. Morris is the recipient of a distinguished leadership and service award from the National Forum of Field Directors, and a leadership and research �— award from the Texas Directors of Field Experiences. To Post Oak Mall :merchants and management, for sponsoring an impressive Independence Day fireworks display last weekend. To Eddie Rodriguez of Bryan, re- elected vice president for youth of the ,-League of United Latin American Citizens at that group's national onvention in Anaheim, California, last weekend. If w 4 To Donald T. Sawyer, who has been named to head the Texas A &M "chemistry department. FROM BRAZOS MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS (MADD): To Jerry Bishop & Assoc., Cen -Tex Safety, Barcelona Apts., Arbor Square Apts.. Dominos Pizza, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Tinsley's Chicken, Piggly Wiggly, Beard Transfer & Storage, Jim Easterly, Kro- gers, Safeway, the City of College Station, Jartran Rental, and Winn Dixie. These merchants and indivivals supported a recent fund - raising sale to benefit MADD and its programs. [ THE EAGLE /SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1985 ivot quite what they expected CITY HALL By Diane Blake Bowen Last month when the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission realized its first July meeting fell on Independence Day, the commissioners toyed with the idea of blowing off the meeting, and holding only one in July, on the third Thursday. The commis- sion usually meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month. But the ever - vigilant Tim Chinn, an engineer at Kling En- gineering and apparent Protector of Beleaguered College Station Developers, stood up and said the P &Z board members should sche- dule the meeting for another day during the first week of July. In development, time means money, and the delay for three weeks to get plats approved could slow progress unnecessarily, he said. The commissioners agreed, and set the meeting for July 2. So it was a chagrinned Chinn who found out, on the deadline for plats to be filed with the city for the July 2 meeting, that only one plat had come in. As it turned out, another plat came in late and was added to the agenda. But Chinn's thundering herd of developments needing speedy approval num- bered only two. Tuesday, at the close of one of the shortest P &Z meetings in re- corded history, Chairman Ron Kaiser announced that the meeting was an example of the city's com- mitment to helping developers. He said he hoped it would "negate any criticism that we throw roadb- locks" in front of development in College Station. Chinn then sheepishly pre- sented the commissioners with a cake, the words, "Happy 2nd of July" emblazoned across the top in red, white and blue icing. Commissioners munched on chocolate cake while Chinn en- joyed his crow very well done, thank you. PUBLIC NOTICE The City of College Station has adopted the Operating Budget for fiscal year 1985 -86. Summaries are available to the public at the College sta- tion City Hall Finance Office, Monday through Friday be- tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p. m. A.E. Van Dever, Jr. Finance Director City of College Station 07 -08 -85 THE CITY OF COLLEGE STA- TION is accepting bidsfor: THREE WIRE RESIDENTIAL METERS -960 EACH until 2:00 PM, July 17,1985, at which time the bids will be opened in the office of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Agent. All bids re- ceived after that time will be returned unopened. The City of College Station reserves the right to waive or reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities in said bid and to accept the offer considered most advantageous to the City. These items may be pur- chased with Revenue Sharing Funds BID86 -1 07 -08- 85,07 -15 -85 THE EAGLE /MONDAY, JULY 8, 1985 JIM BUTLER Television CS council ought to name cable advisory committee Recent changes by McCaw Cab- nance. levision will be the main topic when For instance, the ordinance calls the City Affairs Committee of the for McCaw to pay a two percent College Station City Council holds a franchise fee based on gross revenue public hearing 'Wednesday in the from basic and movie services. is that council chambers. fee going to be paid on McCaw's new Lynn Mcllhaney, chairman of the $4 Basic'? Or does the fee apply to the committee, said the hearing will fol- $12.50 Family Pac, which is the level low the council's workshop session of service that meets the FCC defini- and will begin sometime between 5 tion of basic service? and 5:30 p.m. The answer to that question could "This is basically a fast - finding mean a considerable amount of mission," Mcllhaney said. "We money to the city of College Station. don't want it to become a city vs. The ordinance stipulates a number McCaw, or citizens vs. McCaw. The of conditions McCaw must meet in cable company has made some the areas of quality of reception, changes, and we want to determine financial reporting, complaint logs, how best to address those changes in etc. Should the council's time be accordance with the franchise." taken in monitoring such things on a At the June 13 council meeting, timely basis? Or could an advisory Mayor Gary Halter asked the com- board handle such things and report mittee to study recommendations to the council? made by the Cable Improvement The FCC has set an absurd stan- Association and report back in 30 dard whereby over - the -air reception days. of three channels constitutes "effec- The CIA has asked the council to tive competition" for a cable com- appoint a cable advisory committee pany. Are you kidding me? Three to monitor the cable company and channels are competition for 30. advise the council on cable matters. Some cities are challenging that In my opinion, that would be the standard in court. A Cable Advisory wisest course of action for the coun- Committee could keep tabs on the cil. The cable industry is so unstable progress of those court cases. and cable regulation is so complex, it According to Congress, one intent is unrealistic to expect council mem- of the cable act is to assure that cable bers to stay on top of it without help. companies serve the community's Let me give you an example of needs and interests. How are we to what we're dealing with. Congress determine what those are? The Col - passed the Cable Communications legeStation McCaw franchise allows the conduct a city Policy Act of 1984, detailing what t require could and could not be done in the munity needs survey. area of cable regulation. Then there is the matter of whether The Federal Communications McCaw is in violation of the franch- Commission, responding to the act, ise by offering a five- channel pack - conducted an administrative proce- age when the ordinance calls for a dure, known as a Report and Order, minimum of 12 channels. setting up definitions and standards The bottom line is that more than for enforcement of the act. The Re 70 percent of the homes in College port and Order is 63 pages. Station subscribe to cable. So any In the act, Congress included a de- action by the cable company or city finition of "basic cable service." In affects more than two - thirds of the the R &O, the FCC came up with a citizens. modified definition. The Congres- With such a significant portion of sional definition is used in some cir- the population involved, it seems fit - cumstances while'the FCC definition ting that an advisory committee, such is used in other cases. as the city already has for parks and All of this ties into the city's ability recreation or planning and zoning, be to enforce the cable franchise ordi- instituted to monitor cable television. THE EAGLE /TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1985 C CS City Council committee to discuss McCaw changes Cable television will be discussed today at the meet- ing of the City Affairs Committee of the College Station City Council. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in Conference Room A of City Hall at 1101 Texas Ave. Committee members will discuss McCaw Cablevi- sion's proposed changes in light of the city's franchise ordinance. Movie Friday at Central Park The College Station Parks and Recreation Department will have its first Movie in The Park starting at dusk Friday at Central Park. Admission is Free. Bring a lawn chair. Concession stands will be open. Call 764 -3773 for more information. NOTICgOF PUBLIC HEARING The College Station City Council will hold a public hearing to consider an appeal of a Planning and Zoning Commission denial of a Con- ditional Use Permit for an of- fice and meeting room for St. Francis Episcopal Church in a subordinate structure located at 201 Walton. The appeal is in the name of Gordon Beall. 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. July25,1985. For additional information contact the City Planner's Of- fice(409)764 -3570. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 07 -10 -85 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of College Station City Council will hold a public hearing to consider a Prelimi- nary Plat of the Newton Place subdivision, located northw- est and adjacent to the Rich- ards Addition subdivision. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall at 1101 South Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday,July25, For additional information contact the City Planning of- fice(409)764 -3570. Albert 0. Mayo, Jr. Director of Planning 07 -10 -85 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of College Station City Council will hold a public hearing to consider a Prelimi- nary Resubdivision Plat of Lot 16A Lakeview Acres subdivi- sion, a 2.53 acre tract located at the southeast corner of Morgan Lane and State Highway6. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall at 1101 South Texas Av enue at 7:00 P.M. on ihursday, July 25,1985. For additional information contact the City Planning of- fice(409)764 -3570. Alberto. Mayo, Jr. Directorof Planning 07 -10 -85 THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1985 TOW MOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request for a variance in the name of: Lucile Young 605 Preston Col lege Station, TX 77640 Said case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Tues- day, July 16,1985. The nature of the case is as follows: Variance to rear setback at 605 Peyton to allow applicant to move a 38'x 26' house onto lot. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of College Station, (409)764 -357 Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 07 -10 -85 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request fora variance in the name of: Doubledave's Pizzaworks 211 University Drive College Station, TX 77840 Said case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Tues- day. July 16, 1985. The nature of the case is as follows: Request for variance to park- ing requirements at 211 Un- iversity Drive to allow ad- ditional seating in existing restaurant. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of College Station, (409) 764 -3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 07 -10 -85 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of College Station City Council will hold a public hearing to consider the adop- tion of the East By -Pass Land Use Study recommendations and the revision of the City's Land Use Plan to reflect those recommendations. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall at 1101 Texas Avenue at 7.00 P.M. on Thurs- day, July 25,1985. For additional information contact the City Planning Of- fice (409)764 -3570. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 07 -10-85 proposed ( i la n c with the l ily" ( tif List, ordmarut�, met-littg will h" ill . . . . . ..... -Ne g C- &-tkal i 0 V'-i /Uv� � i t", t I 10 ) 1q t NOW Local officials consider medical transfer service By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer Local officials are considering creating a new medical transfer ser- vice to decrease the number of non - emergency runs area ambulances make. The Metropolitan Planning Orga- nization set up a task force Wednes- day to devise a plan for providing non - emergency medical transporta- tion in Bryan and College Station. A similar system operates in the city of Austin. The service would be available to transport nursing -home residents or people at home who have no other way to get to medical facilities. Area hospitals send patients to Houston hospitals as well. Such non - emergency trips pose a problem for the city of Bryan's Emergency Medical Service because they tie up ambulances that should be available for emergencies. Non - emergency runs account for between one -fourth to one -half of all trans- ports by the Bryan EMS, Fire Chief Claude Jenkins said. Often, an ambulance will race up to a home with sirens blaring, said Bryan Deputy City Manager Marvin Norwood, "and then the person walks out, climbs in the ambulance and says, 'Let's go. "' College Station makes less non - emergency runs —they make up only 1 or 2 percent of all calls, EMS super- visor Bill Schaer said. That may change, however, when the new Humana hospital is built in College Station. The service would cost less than present EMS services, since less - qualified people would be needed to operate it. Two or three vehicles would be needed, and off -duty EMS personnel who wanted to make some extra money might help staff it, offi- cials said. The service could be operated by the Brazos Valley Community Ac- tion Agency, a non profit organiza- tion which administers many of the federally funded social services in the area, and could be in place within three to six months, said Dale Marsi- co, the adminstrator for the B VCAA. D.D. Williamson, a planning en- gineer for the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation said state funds are available for such a program. Other funding could come from the county, said County Judge R.H. "Dick" Holmgreen. "Some of the excess cost should be the county's responsibility, be- cause the cities have taken care of people in the rural areas," Holm - green said. The task force, to include Marsico, the fire chiefs and other representa- tives of Bryan and College Station, will study what hours of operation are needed, what the service would cost, and how city ordinances could be changed to permit a medical transport service not affiliated with the cities. Other problems, such as how an emergency will be defined, also must be solved before the service begins. - V� e- `,agl e - /1-k �d V S J oa.y , Tv, ( y `� ) I I Qs Jaycees choose the United Way and the March of Dimes. She is also involved with A &M United Methodist Church as a youth leader and a Sunday school teacher. Brown, owner of Fred Brown Maz- da -BMW in Bryan, has dedicated much of his time to the improvement of the Bryan- College Station community and has been active in community affairs. He serves as a director of the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center, a director of the Chamber of Commerce, and director of the College Station Indust- rial Foundation. He, too, is a Sunday school teacher and a volunteer worker for the Rehabi- litation Center's annual Spring Olym- pics. The Jaycees announced the selec- tions at a luncheon meeting Wednesday. Bryan - College Station Jaycees have chosen Celia Stallings and College Sta- tion City Councilman Fred Brown as their representatives in the statewide competition for the outstanding Young Texans Award. The award is presented annually to five Texans under 36 years of age who exemplify the Jaycee's beliefs: that free enterprise is still available to those indi- viduals who strive to achieve; and ser- vice to humanity is the best work of life. Stallings, president and owner of University Title Co. in College Station, has held numerous offices in the Texas Land Title Association and was recent- ly presented the association's Out- standing Young Title Person Award. She is active in other professional organizations and has donated her time to charitable organizations including 6- 2 for statewide competition Fred Brown s 1 J L �J Celia Stallings Action delayed on cable committee The College Station City Affairs council committee heard arguments for and against the creation of a cable advisory committee Wednesday, but delayed action until the city attorney researches the subject and gives an opinion. The council committee will make its recommendation to the full council July 25. Representatives of the'Cable Improvement Association Wednesday reiter- ated their reasons for wanting a cable advisory committee. The CIA said cable television affects area residents so much that it deserves the full attention of a committee to advise the City Council, which does not have time to deal with perennial cable issues. McCaw Cablevision representative Joe DiBacco restated his opposition to the proposal, saying such a committee would use up more of his employees' time, which would cost money and lead to higher rates for the consumer. Hearing set on block grant projects A public hearing will be held today on Community Development Block Grant projects for College Station next year. The City Council will consider the projects at its meeting at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave. Of the $754,000 to be granted to the city in the federal program, officials are proposing to use: ■ $341,000 to help repair houses; ■ $200,000 to build and repair streets; ■ $148,000 for administrative costs; ■ $19,000 for street light construction; and ■ $26,000 for contingency. Council members also will consider allowing the State Department of Highways and Transportation to lower speed limits on the East Bypass frontage roads. 1985 Preliminary Statement of Community Development Objectives And Projected Use Of Funds CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Obiectives 1. Provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for persons of low and moderate income. 2. Encourage the development of public /private partnerships in the provision of rehabilitation capital and the support of programs designed to promote homeownership for lower and moderate income families. 3. Support the comprehensive revitalization of target area neighborhoods. 4. Encourage the improvement of public facilities in the City 's target area. 5. Provide sufficient funds for the administration and management of the Community Development Program. Pro jected Use Of Funds Housing Assistance $341,000 Street Construction $200,000 Street Lightlnstallation $19,000 Administration $148,000 Local Option/Contingency $26,000 $754,000 Relocation Certification Sufficient Community Development Revenues are available to assist tenants which are indirectly displaced due to program sponsored rehabilitation activities in accordance with the HUD approved relocation strategy. Michael M. Stevens Community Development Director 7 -11 -85 11 e Eag(e- lT, urS dak q , Ti 11 I��'� - -I R ; O ^ CO ~�_��_(� � V` ���'y�c Neighborhood a� O E° y development ° _ y °° `� y roved funds app a = Z m v The College Station City Council o o o n^ d 7 o Thursday decided how to use $754,000 in federal Community De- ° S 4 O velopment funds, and heard a request °, ° - n 'v < r- " °e R f9 by Parks Director Steve Beachy to a o to o L4 have city workers on duty at night at ° m Q R. 2 < city parks. o Y om ^, c c ° W, Council members had complained o /I that restrooms in the parks were lock- _ a o ed during evening hours when many _ o people use the parks. — a ` o Beachy said workers need to be ? y .up c N N CD f9 9Z S stationed at area parks if restrooms < ., ,. are to remain open on a 24 -hour = y p o s n basis. ° ° o ° ' ' c " .° He said if there were more em- c 0 O o O �? ployees to work at the parks during the night in order to keep the bath- 0 CD rooms litter -free, then the restrooms -00 ' CD y could stay open all night. Until then, 0 ^ .. < s ^ a Beachy said, the restrooms would be s °� w o ° a � easy targets for vandalism. ° P'7" . � c c 0. ?r � m The Bee Creek Park restrooms are M.0 o o the only restrooms that remain open ? w s O all night, Beachy said. s o � a , Councilman Bob Runnels, presid- ° CA ing in the absence of Mayor Gary ❑ a .» Halter, said that the Council would o �' n r CD ` <' consider the "potty patrols.' o a Olp co �, The Council voted to use $754,000 0 �. o , '» F = 2 f in federal community development ` V funds to improve poor neighbor- ° o o °- o ' Y S hoods. Housing assistance will account for $341,000, and another O o Q c $ will be used for street light W C o � ° c . CD x construction. Administrative costs will use $148,000. The council also voted to: ° ° c CD ■ Approve a final plat for resubdi- o ° .» o ? as = M < vision of property near Chimney Hill B o a o ° �' o ~� Retail Plaza Subdivision at Universi- 0 ° o a ty Drive, Tarrow Street, and East n y n 2. o� O Tarrow Street. .. o ■ Allow the State Department of o o. F Highways to set speed limits for the w �, o g �. East Bypass frontage roads. C) T 6_ E ayle / F- VIJOI-� 1 T� 11 ��0.Sr Task force set up to study idea of park - and -ride lots A task force has been set up to study the possibilities of building park -and -ride lots in the Bryan - College Station area. The Metropolitan Planning Orga- nization on Wednesday appointed the city planners and traffic engineers from each city and a representative from Texas A &M University to serve on the task force. Spaces are at a premium at present park- and -ride lots, which are located in parking lots built for other uses, such as the K mart lot, said D.D. Williamson, planning engineer for the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation. "It's just a matter of being crowded out," Williamson said. The city of College Station also has a problem with Texas A &M students parking in residential areas and catch- ing the shuttle bus to school. The task force will work with the Texas A &M Two true winners E Celia Stallings and Fred Brown have been nominated for Out- standing Young Texans awards sponsored by the Jaycees. Both are richly deserving. They have distinguished them- selves in the community, contri- buting time and energies to civic and religious activities. shuttle bus system to coordinate its stops with the new lots, Williamson said. The students then could ride to a park- and -ride lot and take the shuttle to school. Federal mass transit funds are available to help pay for building the lots, he said, but because federal approval is needed, the new lots probably will not be ready for at least a year. Possible locations include the old roadway at FM 60 and FM 2818, the quadrants at the intersection of FM 60 and the East Bypass, FM 60 and Wellborn Road, the lot at the old Col- lege Station city hall, and FM 2818 across from the Texas Hall of Fame, MPO officials said. Converting the city hall lot to park - and -ride could alleviate some of the serious parking problems in the North Gate area, Williamson said. Besides that, they're both really nice people with upbeat, optimis- tic outlooks on life. They are ex- cellent representatives of Bryan - College Station and are truly out- standing young Texans. We hope they both win. Eagle Editorial Board � , �n�,l� IFrAc, i , _T`'' 'A I '— J l'W • CS Council tries to answer public restroom problem By Teri Balog Repor►er Councilman James Bond led the discussion on the up -keep and safety of the public restrooms (tiring the College Station City Council meeting Thursday night. Bond said that the parks should be used and that clean and safe restrooms need to be avail- able to the public. The Parks and Recreation Department should also show some concern, he said. Steve Beachy, Parks and Recre- ation Department's director, agreed. "The restroom issue is a gen- eral headache," he said. This seems to be an annual problem." Bond, suggested the bath - rooms be left opened for the pa- trons. Beachy said open restrooms collect litter and are a cleaning � )roblem. And a vandalism prob- ent exists also. Beachy agreed with Bond's idea but wanted ntaintainence personnel hired to answer ques- tions and to keep the facilities clean. But "that would cost $72,000 to staff the nine facilities," and is not necessary, Bond said. He insisted that there must be an answer somewhere. The Parks and Recreation De- partment's salaries for mainta- nence workers in the south dis- trict were brought to the attention of the council by Sher- rie Knoepfel, south district main - tanence supervisor. Knoepfel, said she will be mov- ing to Houston but would like to help her co- workers by showing the council that several of her co- workers' families with three or fewer children are receiving emergency fixxl allotments be- cause of'their low wages. Councilman Terri Tango said that the 3'/ to 7percent merit scale pay raise can not be used to increase these salaries, it has to be evenly distributed throughout the city or not at all. In tither business, the council: • Approved the 1985 statement of community devel- opment objectives and projected use of funds. • Approved the resubdivision plat of Chimney Hill retail plaza subdivision. • Approved an amendment allowing the State Department of' Highways to set speed limits for the East Bypass, SH 6. • Canceled the ten -foot utility easement in the Schick Addition. THE BATTALION /FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1985 Citizens who want to Basic on hold ... And now, the latest development in the continuing story of All My Channels. College Station citizens who have called McCaw Cablevision to order the new $4 Basic have been put on hold, literally. The College Station City Council asked McCaw to delay selling the ser- vice in the city until the council can determine whether the 5- channel offering is permitted by the franchise ordinance. A ruling is expected to be made at the July 25 council meeting. Laurels To Mia Moody of Bryan High School, Susan Tatum of A &M Consoli- dated High, Angeline Atchison of Hearn High and Karen Kosztolnyik of Allen Academy. The four students recently participated in Girls' State, a citizenship exercise sponsored by the American Legion. • To Chaunsie Harris Jr. of Bryan and Chris Knox of Snook, school athletes who have been given awards by the United t States Achievement Academy. Harris was nominated by Bryan High basketball coach Larry Brown; Knox was nominated by Snook track and basketball coach Donald Royder. To Kay Hamilton of Bryan, who has been named to replace W.W. Humphries on the Bryan school board. Humphries resigned so that his daughter could accept a teaching position with the district. To Ed Brady, executive vice president of the Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce, who will celebrate his first year in that position Monday. To Celia Stallings and Fred Brown, nominated by the Bryan- College Station Jaycees for the statewide Outstanding Young Texans Award. To the five local players who set six new video game records during a recent fund - raiser for CARE: Thomas Chaka, Jorge Matsfuji, John T. Gordon lll, Bo Rice and David Presley. The scores set during the Grand Master's Tournament will be included in the next edition of Guinness Book of World Records. 0 THE EAGLE /SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1985 0 • BID NOTICE The City of College tatOf- Community Development fice is currently accepting ap- plications from General Con- tractors interested in bidding on projects involving the rep air and renovation of single family homes. References and proof of insurance will be required. Project costs have ranged from $10,000 to $37.000 in the recent rojects v santicipated such p 1 for the coming year. Interested General Con- tractors are encouraged to pick up applications at the Community Development Of- fice, College Station City Hall complex, 1101 Texas Ave. from 8 AM to 5 PM. For additional information please contact Daniel H. Fette at 764 -3778. 07- 14- 85,07 -16 85 18 -85, 07-21-85-07-23 THE EAGLE /TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1985 4 • LEGALNOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1602 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JULY 11, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accord- ance with Art. 6252 -17. The above - referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 3, SUBSECTION E OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STA- TION, TEXAS, RELATING TO SPEED ZONES AND SPECIFICALLY DESIGNAT- ING ADDITIONAL AREAS IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STA- TION IN WHICH RATES OF SPEED OF THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR OR MORE ARE AUTHORIZED; RESCINDING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREDWITH; AND DECLARING THAT AT- TENDANT FACTS NECESSI- TATE IMMEDIATE ACTION. Ordinance No. 1602 de- signates certain areas, de- scribed in said ordinance, in which the speed limits shall be fifty -five (55) miles per hour, forty -five (45) miles per hour, forty (40) miles per hour, or fifty (50) miles per hour, on SH 6 East Frontage Road for traffic moving between the North City Limit and the inter - sectionwith SH 6. This ordinance shall be effec- tive from and after the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station. Violation of any provi- sion of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of up to $200.00 (two hundred dollars). The complete text of Ordin- ance No. 1602 is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be obtained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07 -18- 85,07 -19-85 BID NOTICE The City of College Station Community Development of- fice is currently accepting ap- plications from General Con- tractors interested in bidding on projects involving the rep- air and renovation of single family homes. References and proof of insurance will be required. Project costs have ranged from $10,000 to $37,000 in the recent past, and a volume of 50 such projects is anticipated for the coming year. Interested General Con- tractors are encouraged to pick up applications at the Community Development of- fice, College Station City Hall complex, 1101 Texas Ave. from 8AMto5PM. For additional information please contact Daniel H. Fette at 764 -3778. 07-14-85 ,07-16-85,07-18-85 , 07-21-85- 07-23-85,07-25-85' ORDINANCELNO, 1603 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON JULY 11, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meeting in regular session in the Col- lege Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252- 17. The above- referenced Ordi- nance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records Of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN A TEN RFFOOT UTILITY EASE- MENT IN THE SCHICK ADDI- TION AS DESCRIBED IN EX- HIBIT NO.1 ATTACHED. Ordinance No. 1603 declares that a ten foot (10') utility ease- ment recorded in Volume 776, Page 138, of the Brazos County Deed Records, shall be vacated and abandoned. Said utility easement is more particularly described in Ex- hibit No. 1 attached to and a part of the Ordinance. This ordinance shall be effec- tive from and after the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station. The complete text of Ordin- ance No. 1603 is on file at the office of the City Secretary and may be obtained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 07 -18- 8 5.07 -19-85 Zoning commission to meet Five public hearings will be held tonight at the Col- lege Station Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1101 S. Texas Ave. Hearings will be held on: ■ A request to rezone lots at 109 and 113 Cooner St. from A -P administrative - professional district and R -5 medium density residential to C -1 general commercial. ■ A request to rezone a 2.33 -acre tract of land at the northeast corner of Holleman Drive and Wellborn Road from R -5 medium density residential to C -1 general commercial. ■ A preliminary resubdivision plat of Lot 16A of the Lakeview Acres subdivision located at the sourtheast corner of Morgan Lane and Texas 6. ■ A preliminary plat of the Newton Place subdivision located northwest of and next to the Richards Addition subdivision. ■ A request for a conditional use permit for a sign at the St. Thomas Aquinas Church at 8101 East Bypass. The commission also will consider a final plat of Belmont Place. • THE EAGLE /THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1985 Jobless rate tops 5 %; � still state's 3rd - lowest 0 By HUGH NATIONS Business Writer Bryan- College Station unemploy- ment leaped to 5.3 percent in June, the first time since September 1982 it has exceeded 5 percent. And for the first time in the recent memory of local Texas Employment Commission officials, the number of jobs in the area has actually declined. Despite the bad news, Bryan - College Station boasted the third - lowest unemployment rate in the state during June. Only Austin, at 5.1 per- cent, and Dallas, at 5.2 percent, were better. Fort Worth- Arlington and Midland were tied with Bryan - College Station for third. For Texas as a whole, the news was also bleak. The state's unem- ployment rate, unadjusted for season- al fluctuations, was 7.7 percent, well over June 1984's 5.5 percent and even above the 7.5 percent of the country as a whole. Earlier reports had put the Texas rate at 7.2 percent, but Baker said those figures were seasonally ad- justed. The unadjusted figures are also what is used for the local unem- ployment rates. From 54,300 people employed in June 1984, the Bryan - College Station area dropped to 53,700 employed. Of the available labor force of 56,700, up from last year's 56,400, • some 3,000 were out of work. That com- pares with only 2,100 in June 1984. At that time, the area's unem- ployed rate was only 3.7 percent. •. ■■m■■■■ ■�■M■r/ M so no 0 101010 1 , 0 ■ ■ 0110■ ■ ■■ ■ O ■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ And in May of this year it was only 4.2 percent. The nationwide recession, which has abated elsewhere, has finally rid- den into Texas and Bryan- College Station, local TEC Director Walt Baker said. That, he said, coupled with seasonal unemployment in education and a major drop in gov- ernment employment, explains both the major increase in the unemploy- ment rate and the decrease in the number of jobs available. For some time, Bryan - College Sta- tion has shown a steady annual in- crease in the number of people em- ployed here. However, government employment locally declined sharply — by 1,100 jobs — in June 1985 compared with June 1984. The decline is apparent when com- pared with the January 1985 and January 1984 employment at Texas A &M University. In January of this year, A &M had 10,624 people on the payroll. Last year at the same time, it employed 10,087. However, the Texas Legislature convened in January amidst a budget crisis that threatened to give the uni- versity fiscal anemia. Confronted with the prospect of major funding cuts, the university put a lid on hiring and even refused to fill many spots that were vacated. The exact number of employees of the university in June is unknown, since the university runs a count only on the first of each year. However, TEC's Baker said the payroll there had dropped sharply by June. Much of the decrease in govern- ment jobs was made up by the retail sector, Baker said, which grew dur- ing June. Despite the cutbacks at A &M, Bryan- College Station had the lowest unemployment rate of the eight Bra- zos Valley counties except Washing- ton, where unemployment was 4.5 percent. Statewide, the 5.3 percent unem- ployment rate that appeared so large here looked pretty good. In the Mex- ican border area, hard hit by the de- valuation of the peso, unemployment ranged from 12.4 percent at El Paso to 19.8 percent in the McAllen - Edinburg- Mission area. THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985 0 THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985 NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST A RELEASE OF FUNDS TOW OM IT MAY CONCERN: City of College Station Date of Publication: July 10, 1985 The City of College Station City Council will hold a public P.O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77840 hearing to consider petitions for annexation of two (2) tracts of land totalling 1.73 acres and (409) 764 -3778 described as follows. TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS: Tract acre tract of land owned On or about August 2, 1985, the above named City will request the Develon=ntto release Federal by the City of College Station and designated as a 371.23 of the Depa rtment of Housing-and urban Funds under 1974 'o Sing nd o Mu�ity t_v_CloomeM as foot westerly extension right -of -way of the existing Rock Prairie Road al amended. Community Development Block Grant Program northern boundry on the Southwood Athletic Park 1985 facility; and, Housing Assistance Program 341,000 Tract B'. A 1.05 acre tract of land owned Street Construction 220,000 S by the Boys Clubs of Brazos Valley. Inc. and located south of and adjacent to Tract A. Street Light Replacement 19,000 The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Administration 148,000 Station City Hall at 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet - Contingency 26 .E ing of the City Council on Thursday, August 8,1985. An Environmental Review Record respecting the above project has For additional information contact the Planning Depart - been made by the above named Municipality; which documents the ment (409)764 -35 . Albert O. Mayo, Jr. environmental review status of the project. The Environmental Director of Planning Review Record is on file at the above address and is available for 07 -24 -85 public examination and copying upon request. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: College Station will undertake the project described above with The College Station City Council will hold a public Community Development Grant Program funds from the Depart- hearing on the question of re- zoning the following property: ment of Housing and Urban Development under Title One of the Lots 5 8 7 Block 1 Conner Sub - 1974 Housing and Community Development Act and Gary M. division (109 8 113 Cooner) Halter in his official capacity as Mayor consents to accept the from A -P Administrative - • jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce decision Professional and R -5 Medium Density Residential to C -1 responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, mak- General Commercial. Applic- ing, and action; and that these responsibilities has been satisfied. ant is Nancy L. Crouch. The legal affect of the certification is that upon its approval, the City The hearing will be held in the may use the Community Development Program funds, and the City Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environ- Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet - mental Policy Act of 1969 and related provisions of law cited at 24 ing of the Council on Thurs- CFR§ 58.5 HUD will accept an objection to its approval of the day. August 8, 1985. release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is one of For additional information the following basis: (a) That the certification was not in fact ex- please call me. James M. Callaway ecuted by the chief executive officer or other officer of Contractor Asst Director of Planning approved by HUD, or (b) that Contractor's environmental review 07 -24 -85 record for the project indicated a omission of a required decision, TO WHOM ITMAY CONCERN: finding, or step applicable to the project in the environmental review The College Station City process. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance Council will hold 'a public with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58), and may be addressed hearing on the question of ve- to: zoning the following property: Department of Housing and Urban Development A 2.33 acre tract of land at the P.O. Box 2905 northeast corner of the inter - of Holleman Drive and Ft. Worth, Texas 76113 Objections to release of funds on basis other than those stated above section Wellborn Road, from R -5 Me- Density Residential to - will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after August 1 General Commercial. A 1 16, 1985 will be considered by HUD. plicant isTonkawa, Ltd. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Gary M. Halter, Mayor Station City Hall, 1101 Texas City of College Station Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet - P.O. Box 9960 ing of the Council on Thurs- College Station, Texas 77840 day. August8,198 07 -24-85 For additional information, please call me. James M. Callaway Asst Director of Planning 07 -24 -85 0 THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985 y x t� G7 t� M t� t� z t� d �C r N UL By DANA PALMER Harte -Hanks Austin Bureau AUSTIN More than $15 million in Gulf States Utilities Co. fuel over- charges this year could bring the average residential customer a refund of about $12, a company spokesman said Monday. Those are the most up -to -date fi- gures following a call by the Public Utility Commission staff earlier this month for an inquiry into the possibil- ity of customer refunds. Gulf States had hoped to hold off until later in the year, but company spokesman David White said GSU is now anxious for the commission to set a hearing date to determine how much should be refunded and whether it should be in the form of a credit on the monthly bill or a check. White noted that since January, the amount customers have paid for fuel has exceeded the cost of buying it by about $15 million. Only about $3 million of the $15 million will be going to residential customers, White said. That's be- cause residential customers account for only about 20 percent of the elec- tricity sold by GSU, he said. In addition, with the average re- sidential customer using 1,000 kilo- watt hours of electricity a month, the refund is likely to be about $12 for a large percentage of the company's 250,000 residential ratepayers. College Station residents, who are indirect customers of Gulf States, could receive a refund depending on the decision of the City Council, said Linda Piwonka, utilities office mana- ger. She said she could not comment on this refund proposal because the city has not yet been notified of it. But Piwonka said such refunds are given to the city, which buys power from Gulf States. The council then decides what to do with t e m y• whether to pass it along to consumers directly -- in a credit on their bills — or indirectly, through energy-saving programs - Several critics of the utility com- mission have argued that the real cul- prit in the overcollcctions is the utility commission, which allowed political influence from Gov. Mark White to force it into the overcharge- refund cycle. Three utilities — Central Power & Light Co. in South Texas, Houston Lighting & Power and West Texas Utilities — are expected to be refund- ing fuel overcharges to their custom- ers in August. The governor convinced the Legislature to do away with the law that permitted the utility companies to adjust their fuel rates monthly on their own rather than once a year with commission approval. Austin attorney Don Butler, who GSU, said that had the commission instituted a proper fuel cost recovery method last fall, "the customers' money would never have been taken in the first place." Butler said that the utility commis- sion appointed by White has come up with a method that sets fuel rates high enough so that utilities are assured they will collect more than enough to pay for their fuel. Then the commis- sion and White turn around and claim credit for the refunds, he said. GSU's White said that before the money can be refunded the utility commission must give its approval. As for the method of returning the money, he said GSU prefers to give each customer credit on the monthly bill. When the cost of 250,000 22 -cent stamps, envelopes and checks is con- sidered, he said, the cost of a check refund could be close to $100,000. refunds o r credits omers ma g GS ��� has ep r resented cities served by h one CS mayor admitted to hospital College Station Mayor Gary Halter was admitted to St. Joseph Hospit- al Monday for treatment of an infection. Halter said Tuesday that he expected to be released soon, but he remained in the hospital late Wednesday. He said he entered the hospital for treatment of a urinary-tract infection that wasn't responding to oral medication. The infection, which Halter described as "not serious," seemed to be responding to an intravenous treatment, he said. A hospital spokesman said the mayor's condition was satisfactory. — DAN PUCKETT CS Council works to revise zoning Revisions to the zoning ordinance and too many cars parked on the streets in College Station were the main topics in the workshop City Council meeting Wednesday. Al Mayo, city planner, said the zoning ordinance revision is necessary so the law can be interpreted more easily. He said people have a hard time understanding the definitions of certain ordinances. The council met jointly with the Planning and Zoning Commission to work on improving the wording to make the tions easier to under- stand. The council also discussed the problem of cars being parked on the street instead of in driveways or garages. City Manager North Bardell said the cars pose a problem to emergency vehicles, which have to maneuver between the cars to get to their destination. Councilman Fred Brown suggested that the council look at an Arkan- sas ordinance which compels drivers to park their cars on one side of the street only. The Council will conduct its regular meeting at 7 p.m. today. The a .genda includes: ■ A public hearing to consider adopting recommendations of an East Bypass land use study and revising the city's land use plan to reflect those recommendations. ■ A public hearing to consider a preliminary plat of the Newton Place subdivision. ■ A public hearing to consider a preliminary resubdivision plat of a lot in the Lakeview Acres subdivision located at the southeast comer of Morgans Lane and Texas 6. Executive sessions to consider administrative and committee appoint- ments also are scheduled. — BERT BILTON 0 THE EAGLE /THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1985 r7� Easterwoo d By JANN SNELL Staff Writer runway well under way roadway, he said. The university is asking for a $100,000 commitment every year 1986. The Federal Aviation Adminis- tration has contributed $722,000 J • Easterwood runway well under way By JANN SNELL Staff Writer - A new, larger ranway is only months away from completion at Easterwood Airport, Jim Fergu- son told Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce members at their quarterly meeting Thursday. Ferguson, . Texas A &M's associate vice presi.dentfor opera- tions, said the $6.4 million run- way is well under way. Thousands of tons of dirt have been smoothed over the runway area to build it up, he said. Optimistically, the runway could be completed this Decem- ber, he said, or at least by early 1986. The Federal Aviation Adminis- tration has contributed $722,000 to the project and local govern- ments another $229,000. That leaves nearly $5.5 million which A &M has funneled into the run- way to make it capable of regular, small jet airliner traffic. Ferguson said the university has spent as much as it can or will for the near future. That leaves no im- mediate funds for continued im- provements at the airport, he said. The next priority is to build a new terminal. It will cost $3 mil- lion simply to provide the infras- tructure for the tenninal, which in- cludes utilities, parking and a roadway, he said. The university is asking for a $100,000 commitment every year from each of the local govern- ments, the cities of Bryan and Col - lege Station and Brazos County. So far, only College Station has approved $100,000 for the airport for next year, he said. With $300,000 from local gov- ernments and a grant from the FAA, A &M could proceed with the terminal sometime next year, said Ferguson. "We're seeking support from everyone," Ferguson told the chamber members. "I'd appreci- ate any influence you might have on the local governments." THE EAGLE /FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1985 el • Cable television problems to be reviewed by CS advisory board By JIM BUTLER Television Editor The College Station City Council apparently accepted a recommenda- tion Thursday to appoint a franchise advisory board. Speaking for the City Affairs Com- mittee, councilman Bob Runnels said the board would advise the council on all city franchises. "I'm sure cable television will occupy 99_ percent of their time," Runnels said. The board would monitor Federal Communication Commission rules, court decisions and public complaints about cable, according to Runnels. The committee also recommended that a city staff member be appointed to assist the board. Runnels said the council office will advertise for interested citizens to serve on the board. The recommendations were a re- sponse to council concerns that a new five- channel basic service announced by McCaw Cablevision May 24 did not meet franchise requirements. At the June council meeting, Mayor Gary Halter asked the committee to study cable franchise regulation and report. back in a month. However, the council' Thursday did not address the question of whether McCaw Cablevision was in compliance with the franchise. Joe DiBacco, regional vice presi- dent for McCaw, was not sure what the council's action would mean. "Until they establish some guide- lines (for the advisory board), there's not much to say," DiBacco said. Larry Ringer, former city council- man and member of the Cable Im- provement Association which had urged the city to appoint and advisory board, said, "I guess they are going to let the board decide what it is going to do. They (the council) may have some broad guidelines in mind." Steve Parker, another CIA mem= ber, was pleased with the council committee's recommendation. "If it falls to a committee to deter- mine what the franchise means, that may lead to a consultant being brought in," Parker said. The council took no vote on the recommendations and set no deadline for creation of the advisory board. THE EAGLE /FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1985 CS Council denies church's permit appeal By BERT BILTON Staff Writer St. Francis Episcopal Church's appeal of a Planning and Zoning Commission decision to deny a con- ditional use permit was turned down by the College Station City Council Thursday. Eighteen people opposing the per- mit attended the meeting to voice their concerns about the church mov- ing into the residential area around Walton Drive. Carol Bolten, a mem- ber of the opposition, said traffic and parking were the group's main con- cerns. "We are concerned about the amount of traffic that will be gener- ated through our neighborhood and the parking," Bolten said. "The neighborhood is getting too busy and run down already." "The church is not good for our neighborhood and we unanimously 1 oppose the appeal," she said. The pastor of the church, Jeff Schiffmayer, said he did not feel the church would interfere with the peo- ple in the neighborhood. The church had requested the permit to build an office and meeting room in a secon- dary structure of a house at 201 Wal- ton Drive, with Sunday worship and Sunday school services continuing at Oakwood Middle School. Schiffmayer said that if the appeal had been accepted, the church would have been located at the site for no longer than a year and a half, when its new facility will be complete. Councilman Fred Brown said that the church might obtain meeting space from developer Bill Fitch, who has offered to rent a two -story apart- ment with unlimited parking to the group for $100 a month. However, city planner Al Mayo said that also would have to come before the Planning and Zoning Com- mision. un 00 rn N A H x w w w H 0 Cable advisory group elicited by CS council By SALLY TAYLOR Reporter At their regular meeting Thurs- day night, the College Station City Council recommended the forma- tion of a franchise advisory commit- tee to act as liaison between local ca- ble operations and citizens and to keep city officials up to date on cable regulations. Mayor Pro Tem Bob Runnels said that the duties of the proposed com- mittee have not yet been specifically outlined, but he emphasized that the committee only would be an advi- sory group. The committee would have no au- thority, Runnels said. Also at the meeting, the East By- pass Study Committee, comprised of three members of the Planning and Zoning Commission appointed to study the East Bypass area, pre- sented their recommendations for land use and zoning for the undevel- oped tracts. The committee recommended that a portion of the Area north of University Drive remain industrial. It suggested that the area south of University Drive also be zoned in- dustrial up to the existing commer- cial zoning at the intersection of Highway 30 and the East Bypass. 1'his proposed industrial area in- cludes an area currently zoned by the city as office- commercial. Low density residential uses also were recommended for the tracts of land between the Windwood and Raintree subdivisions. Because of the absence of two of the council members however, the consideration of the approval of these recommendations was tabled until the next meeting. A public hearing also was held at the meeting to consider an appeal of a Planning and Zoning Commission denial of a Conditional Use Permit for an office and meeting place for St. Francis Episcopal Church. The area the church wanted to use is located on Walton Street, which is zoned residential. The city council unanimously sus- tained the Planning and Zoning Commission's denial. Other city council actions in- cluded: • Discussing progress in the se- lection of a new city manager in a closed session. • Awarding a depository contract to University National Bank. • Approving a preliminary re- subdivision plat of a subdivision lo- cated at the Southeast corner of the intersection of Morgans Lane and Highway 6. 0 THE BATTALION /FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1985 JIM BUTLER Television 14 45 apply for city manager The soon -to -be vacant city mana- ger's post in College Station has attracted 45 applicants, said Council- man Bob Runnels. He said of the 45 applicants being considered for the position, 27 are from out of state and three are women. "It's kind of surprising, the geog- raphical spread," Runnels said. "We have a person from Alaska and one from South Florida. So they kind of run the extremes of the United States." The board chosen to appoint a new city manager will trim the list down to five candidates by early to mid Au- gust. The new city manager is ex- pected to be appointed by the end of September or early October. The chosen candidate will replace City Manager North Bardell, who is retiring for health reasons. THE EAGLE /SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1985 College Station board to advise on cable franchise The availability of McCaw Cab - levision's new five- channel Basic in College Station apparently remains in limbo following a city council meet- ing Thursday night. College Station mayor Gary Halter had asked McCaw to hold off on the offering until the council could deter- mine if the package met franchise re- quirements. Halter referred the mat- ter to the City Affairs Committee and asked it to report back with a recom- mendation. In the absence of committee chair- man Lynn Mcllhaney, councilman Bob Runnels recommended that the council establish a franchise advisory board which would be responsible for advising the council on all city franchise matters. In addition to McCaw, the city has franchises for Lone Star Gas and General Telephone. "Since the city has more than just the cable franchise, the committee felt that an advisory board would be useful in getting input from citizens and providing information," coun- cilwoman Terri Tongco said. "At this time, the cable situation is of the most interest." Tongco said neither the committee nor the council addressed McCaw's current offerings. "None of us are willing to make a decision until we can get more in- formation," she said. "We'll prob- ably have the advisory committee look at McCaw's offerings. Right now, no one on the council is in- terested in changing what the franch- ise says." Tongco said the council would choose the committee from among the applicants and then provide guidelines for committee responsi- bility. Cindy Magoon, administrative assistant for the city, has been appointed staff liaison for the advis- ory committee. She outlined the pro- cedure for citizens interested in serv- ing on the board. "The council has a standard ap= plication form for citizens interested. in being appointed to any of our advisory boards," Magoon .said. "The forms can be picked up at the council office." Tongco said the committee would likely have five to seven members. "I would guess the council will have more to say on the subject at our next meeting," Tongco said. Spokesmen for Lone Star Gas and General Telephone did not anticipate any problems in working with the new advisory committee. "As long as we run our business in a manner that keeps our customers satisfied, we won't have any prob- lems," Lone Star's Dan Weber said "We'll work with them and pro- vide any help we can," said GTE's John Wallace. "Our service levels are outstanding, and we've been very cooperative with the city in the past without any problems." GTE currently has a franchise re- newal proposal before the council. The new advisory committee will likely get to peruse that document. For the new advisory committee to function effectively, it is important that capable citizens be interested in volunteering. And the work won't be easy. The committee must balance the interests of the citizens and the com- panies. And the members must guard against being used as a political foot- ball by an individual or small group. I can't speak to the complexities of gas and telephone . service, but I can assure prospective advisory board members that cable television has enough twists and turns to make The Twilight Zone look boring. That is precisely why an advisory board can be useful to the city coun- cil. By creating lines of communica- tion with industry sources, the federal government and franchisee custom- ers, the board can determine what problems may exist and what solu- tions may be possible, again, within franchise limitations. The advisory board will have no power other than to make recom- mendations to the council. As far as College Station subscri- bers are concerned, the status quo will likely be maintained for some weeks to come. Local economy has summertime blues By HUGH NATIONS Business Writer *te local economy slipped into the summer dol- drums in June, indicators of the second edition of the Eagle's Bryan - College Station Eagle Econometer show. New car sales took a nosedive, to only 484 from the 623 of the month before. Both the number and the value of building permits declined. Advertising lineage in the Eagle shrunk. Airport boardings on Royale Airlines took a season- al drop, from the best -ever 1,329 in May to 1,122 in June when most university students are home for the summer. Rio Airways refused to release its figures. The total number of people employed dropped for the first time in a long time. One result was that the Bryan- College Station unemployment rate shot over 5 percent for the first time since September, 1982. Utility connections were off 28 percent, even though revenues rose from $7.2 million to $9 million with the advent of the muggy Brazos Valley air - conditioning Bryan - College Station Econometer June, 1985 Indicator Number Amount Percent May, 1985 Number Amount Percent Banks Deposits $710.349,420 $710,215,189 Loans $501,364,127 $493,889,632 Local prime rate 9.5 -11.0 Building permits 148 $3.233.429 163 $3,620.385 Eaglead linage (in inches) 88,280 89,890 Easterwood boardings 1,122 3.695 N/A season. Bank loans were undernourished, increasing from Employment $493.9 million to only $501.4 million. And bank de- Total labor force 56,700 59,100 posits were absolutely anemic. They rose a miniscule Total employment 53.700 56.500 0.0189 percent to $710.3 million, only $134,231 more Unemployment rate 5.3 4.4 than in May. On the other hand, the battered local housing market Interest rates continued to be given hope that there may be at least a 6 -month CD glow at the end of the tunnel, even if not a very bright 12 -month CD oy Forty -five houses were reported sold through the 1`ii�ple Listing Service, compared with 37 the month MLS home sales before. Local real estate agencies sometimes are lag- New gard about reporting sales, so those figures may not be Pre -owned complete. 9 $702.845 36 $2,701.300 10 $876,700 27 $1,982,150 7.7 -9.5 8.25 -9.7° James Conner Smith of BrazosLand Appraisals 623 New car registrations 484 however, has estimated local MLS sales normally are about half of total residential sales, and a new listing included in the Econometer for the first time this month Residential title indicates his estimate is correct. policies issued 90 77 The Bryan - College Station Home Builders Associa- tion each month compiles a list of residential title Sales tax rebates $400,506 $394.667 insurance policies issued by local title companies. Since title policies are issued on almost every residen- tial sale, the Home Builders report would represent savings a loans almost every sale in the county. savings $64,544,529 N/A In June, there were 90 policies issued, up from last Loans $44.410,453 N/A month 77. Local prime rate 9.5 -13.0 N A Another new listing has been added this month: the local prime rate. The local prime is the rate charged by a bank or savings and loan association to its most utilities creditworthy customers. In June, that ranged from 9.5 Billings $9.075.524 $7.214,127 percent to 11 percent at the banks, and 9.5 percent to 13 Connections 2.532 Disconnections 2.150 3,538 4,603 percent at the savings and loan associations. Because of the overriding impact that Texas A &M June airport boardings do not include Rio Airways, which Universit has on the local econom man se ments refused to release the June figures. Home sales through Title policies are issued in almost every case where house is purchased. The local prime rate is the rate its custom , Y Y Y g Multiple Listing Service may not be complete. New car of the B Colle Station far more regis trations are only those purchased from local dealers, Br ry g e on econom Y are charged by an institution to most creditworthy ers. N /A' no t available. Sources include State Comptrolle Bra and the period covered does not necessarily coincide pre- seasonal than would be the case In other areas. Month- cisely with a calendar month. Utility connections and dis- Bob Bullock, the cities of Bryan and college Station, zosLand Appraisals, Inc., the Texas Employment Commis Digest, local banks sav connections are only those made by customer request. ly variations thus may be far greater than encountered The savings and loan figures include only the two savings Sion, the Eagle, the Business and ings and loan associations, the Bryan - College Statio elSse here. and loans that have offices only in Bryan - College Station. Home Builders Association, and Royale Airlines. 7.23 -8.75 7.6 -9.0 THE EAGLE /SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1985 • S act now Gripes can be heard all over campus concerning the new ca- ble packages offered by McCaw Cablevision. Now A &M stu- dents have a chance to turn their gripes into action. College Station is taking applications for a committee set up to monitor the actions of city franchises such as telephone, gas and cable television companies. College Station Mayor Pro Tem Robert Runnels said the committee will probably look at the ca- ble television issue first. To gain a seat on the Franchise Advisory Committee, fill out an application from the College Station city hall. The applica- tions will be given to city council, and it will select the committee. For more information call 764 -3541. Students account for a large part of McCaw's business, and therefore should voice their opinions. We hope city council will also recognize the need for student participation on the commit- tee. Cable television affects students directly, and if they don't seize this opportunity to be heard now, they will have no legiti- mate excuse for complaints about inadequate service later. The Battalion Editorial Board THE BATTALION /WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1985 • 0 u CS cable panel has openings College Station residents who want to serve on the committee dealing with cable television can apply now. The Franchise Advisory Committee has been estab- lished to advise the City Council on matters affecting all franchise holders. It is expected to focus first on the changes in cable television regulations, said Mayor Pro Tem Robert Runnels. Committee members also will keep the council in- formed on new Federal Communications Commission regulations, court decisions and laws. The council will appoint the committee Aug. 22. To apply, residents must file an application with the council office at City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave. For more information, call 764 -3541. Greens Prairie Road to close Greens Prairie Road will be closed to through traffic from Texas Avenue to Rock Prairie Road until the end of December. The city of College Station is improving the road and drainage along it, and work is not expected to be com- pleted until late December. THE EAGLE /TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1985 0 ' firefighters • cts clt ffe y rulln a r al Dickson said she and Fire Chief F ede g Doug Landua will meet next week to decide what to do. College Station probably will not pay overtime to firefighters, because of budget restraints, she said. It may assign 40 -hour workweeks to fire de- partment personnel, she said, but eight -hour workdays probably won't be given. "It's just not an efficient way to run a fire department," Dickson said. She said College Station is trying to rearrange schedules without hav- ing to hire new people or reduce ser- vices. She also said the city has until Oct. 15 to comply with the ruling. opted to pay the overtime. Other Bryan departments have complied with the law since 1975, so that they could be consistent with policies in the electrical department, Langston said. That department was ruled a non - traditional city function in 1975. It, therefore, could not be exempt from the Fair Labor Stan- dards Act. College Station comply still with at way P Y ith the law, said Personnel Director Karen Dickson. She said that departments other than the fire department are paying for overtime rather off t bu ghat i n g compensatory s the city is still gathering information on how to handle its firefighters. 00 M a ti Q w A 3 w CD w w x H a 14 -day work period. By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN within Georgia Langston, Bryan execu- Staff Writer The cities of Bryan and College tive director of personnel services, th e city cost th city the change will cost Station are making some changes in because of a said an $76 paid $1,000 more each their fire departments ruling requiring state and local gov- will about overtime a annually be- ernments to comply with the Fair Standards Act: causeilof the ruling,she said. will include 14 hours of Labor The ruling, made by the United The city overtime pay in 17 of the 26 shifts States Supreme Court in February, for overtime I each ear, she said. The department 76 affected by the requires cities to pay worked rather than give the em- has employees change, which went into effect April ployees time off later. It affects fire departments the most, since firefigh- 14 Langston said Bryan looked at five ters work 24 hours on, 48 hours off, 56 hours a week. different ways to assign new shifts for averaging According to she ne win me fire c iwouldehavet to a dd other em- dep m pay over 53 a week to ees anyway. So city officials p y all hours worked opted to pay the overtime. Other Bryan departments have complied with the law since 1975, so that they could be consistent with policies in the electrical department, Langston said. That department was ruled a non - traditional city function in 1975. It, therefore, could not be exempt from the Fair Labor Stan- dards Act. College Station comply still with at way P Y ith the law, said Personnel Director Karen Dickson. She said that departments other than the fire department are paying for overtime rather off t bu ghat i n g compensatory s the city is still gathering information on how to handle its firefighters. 00 M a ti Q w A 3 w CD w w x H Attorney says city violated tax code By DAVID NUNNELEE Staff Writer The city of, College Station violated state law in adopting its 1985 -86 property tax rate in June and could be stopped from collecting tax payments later this year, according to an attorney with the State Property Tax Board. But College Station Assistant City Manager A.E. VanDever said city officials have complied with the pro- visions of the state property tax code insofar as the city charter will permit. Property Tax Board attorney John Niles said the city technically violated the state's property tax code by adopting a property tax rate before its appraisal roll was certified by the Brazos County Appraisal District. The city adopted a property tax rate of 38 cents per $100 valuation on June 27, but the BCAD did not certify appraisal rolls for six local taxing un- its, including the city of College Sta- tion, until July 23. Niles said any owner of taxable property within the city could file a lawsuit to enjoin tax collections be- cause the city failed to comply with the rate adoption procedures by adopting its rate before its appraisal roll was certified. He said a court could also force the city to go through the tax rate adop- tion process a second time should a taxpayer protest. Truth -in- taxation amendments en- titling property owners to go to court to enjoin tax collections or the tax rate adoption process were part of a Sen- ate bill passed by the 1985 Legisla- ture. The amendments became effec- tive immediately after the governor signed the bill on June 12. An action to enjoin the collection of taxes must be filed before a taxing unit delivers substantially all of its tax bills and must prove that the unit showed bad faith in failing to comply with the tax code. But VanDever said the city has shown good faith in abiding by its city charter, which states that the ci- ty's fiscal year will begin on July I of each year and that the city council will adopt a budget and determine the levy necessary to cover the budget by June 30. Consequently, the city cannot base its budget on the certified appraisal role if it's not released until late July, VanDever said. "It's my opinion that you really don't have a budget without a tax rate because you don't have funds to appropriate," he said. Property taxes make up about 10 percent of the city's general operating budget and about 6 percent of the total budget. Niles said state law supersedes the provisions of College Station's city charter. He said the city could comp- ly fully with the tax code by borrow- ing money and using expected tax revenues as collateral if necessary. Another alternative would be for the city to amend its city charter and push back the beginning of each fiscal year to October. VanDever said city officials have periodically debated the idea of changing the boundaries of the fiscal year, but have rejected it because of the expense involved. By finishing with the budget process in June, VanDever said the city is able to get to the bond market at a time when interest rates are most faun— 1. Further, VanDever said the city amended its charter in April 1984, and by law is prohibited from amend- ing it further until next April. So the city seems to be caught in the middle of two state laws. "It's kind of a Catch -22," VanDever said. College Station used the prelimin- ary appraisal roll released by the BCAD in May to project its tax re- venues and figure the tax rate, VanDever said. He said the city has been using the preliminary roll in set- ting its property tax rate for many years. This year, the preliminary apprais- al roll for College Station put the total taxable value of property within the city at $1.102 billion. The amount certified by the appraisal review board was $1.101 billion, a loss of only $1 million. Nevertheless, Niles said the tax rate adoption process cannot legally begin until the chief appraiser certi- fies an appraisal roll to the taxing unit. By law, local property owners are given until July 1 to file a protest to an appraisal made by the BCAD. After a protest is filed, the BCAD must give a property owner 15 days notice as to when he can appear before the appraisal review board. The BCAD should certify apprais- al rolls no later than July 25, accord- ing to the tax code. Once the total taxable value is cer- tified, a taxing unit's assessor must calculate the effective tax rate and publish the computations in a local newspaper. The unit must also now publish the amount of unencumbered fund balances and a listing of the principal and interest of the unit's debt that wll be paid in the coming year with property tax revenue. A public hearing must also be held should an effective tax increase of more than 3 percent be proposed. College Station published its effec- tive tax rate calculations in the Eagle on May 22 and held a public hearing on the 5.5 percent property tax in- crease proposal on June 17. The city will begin collecting prop- erty taxes in October. In the meantime, VanDever said he has asked the city's attorneys to research the situation. He said he feels the worst that can happen is that the city will have to rehash the tax rate adoption process if a taxpayer pro- tests. "We are looking into it with some legal help, but I don't see it as a problem," he said. Ln 00 rn M a h A w A w 3 w w x H r • CS planning board to meet The College Station Planning and Zoning Commis- sion will meet at 7 tonight in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave. Public hearings will be held on: ■ A request for a conditional use permit for a church with a day care center, a Christian school, a retirement center and an outdoor recreational area to be located on a 10 -acre tract bounded by Glenhaven Drive, Dominik Drive and the East Bypass. The applicant is the College Heights Assembly of God. ■ Petitions for annexation of two tracts of land total- ing 1.73 acres: a 0.68 -acre tract owned by the city of College Station along the northern boundary of the Southwood Athletic Park and a 1.05 -acre tract owned by the Boys Clubs of Brazos Valley Inc. located south of the first tract. ■ A rezoning request for Lot 2R of the Courtyard Apartments subdivision on Texas 30. Texana Joint Ven- ture has asked that the land be rezoned from A -P admi- nistrative- professional district to C -N neighborhood business. THE EAGLE /THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1985 • Sewage plants expanding in Bryan, College Station • 41 r By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer Every day, the residents of Bryan and College Station send 11.6 million gallons of wastewater into their cities' sewage system. That's a lot of wastewater. To keep up with the area's growth, the cities are having to expand their sewage plants considerably. Bryan re- cently expanded its Burton Creek plant, and now is working to more than dou- ble the capacity of its Still Creek plant in northwest Bryan. An expansion of College Station's single sewage plant is expected to be complete in September. The $5 million project will increase capacity by 4 mil- lion gallons a day, to 10 million, said Eh Ash, director of capital improve- ments. College Station built the plant east of the Texas 6 Bypass in 1954. The plant had an initial capacity of about 500,000 gallons a day, but it has been expanded several times since then. Ash said the current expansion should serve all the wastewater treatment needs of that wa- ter basin. Construction began on Bryan's Still Creek plant in February and should be complete in April. When finished, it will be able to handle 4 million gallons a day, which should be adequate to serve that drainage basin until the year 2000. The current work will cost $3.42 million, but the federal Environmental Protection Agency is picking up $1.9 million of that. The plant was built in 1960 to pro- cess 750,000 gallons a day, and ex- panded in 1974 to handle 2 million gallons a day. But currently, it is pro- cessing about 2.7 million gallons a day. Jack Cornish, Bryan operations manager of environmental services, said operating the facility over capacity means that the city is releasing water that is not as clean as it should be. Under current health standards, the plant should take only 1.5 million gal- lons. The plant has been exceeding capac- ity since the last part of 1983, Cornish said. At that time, the city already had filed its application to EPA for funding, so the project couldn't be made bigger at the start. Bryan's Burton Creek plant, located near the C ollege Station b order in the University Park/Chimney Hill area, was expanded from 4.4 million gallons a day to 6.4 million gallons in early 1984. It now handles about 4.6 million gallons a day, Cornish said. THE EAGLE /FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1985 0 A Battle over church ends in draw By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer A two -hour battle over a condition- al use permit ended in a draw Thurs- day, as the College Station Planning. and Zoning Commission tabled a church's request to change zoning in a residential area. The College Heights Assembly of God had asked for a conditional use permit to build a church, daycare cen- ter, Christian school, retirement cen- ter and outdoor recreational area on a 10.36 -acre tract bounded by Dominik Drive, Glenhaven Drive and the East Bypass. But the 17 residents of the Domi- nik Drive area at the meeting said they adamantly opposed any such construction without a city block of residential property separating their property from that proposed for the church complex. The Rev. Calvin Durham said his church had identified needs in the community and hoped to build in phases a 900 -seat auditorium and an indoor family life center, as well as the other facilities. Durham said the church would be wilting to work with the residents and the city on parking, drainage, light- ing and landscaping so that the build- ings "in no way would be a detriment to the people now living there. "Our desire is to build a church to improve and enhance the commun- ity," he said. But Phil Hobson, who said he rep- resented all nine nearby. property owners, told commissioners the group was not against change, church or motherhood, but against actions that would benefit one individual at the expense of others. He said the residents' main con- cern was that property values would be diminished by an unsightly park- ing lot, noise of children and chur- chgoers, increased traffic and current drainage problems.that he said'would be worsened by the buildings and parking lot. THE EAGLE /FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1985 10 Courtesy was appreciated • Now that baseball season is over at the Southwood Valley Athletic Complex in College Station, I would like to take the opportunity to thank some special people. These people were criticized at times, but never recognized for the good job they performed for the spectators. The people I am writing about are the ones working the con- cession stand. They were nice and very polite to people, especially to our out of town guests from Marlin, Hearne and Franklin which included the ballplayers who came to play in our baseball tournament. Mike Hancock was one of the men I noticed working at the conces- sion, although he was there only part time, he did a good job. Currina Nash, who I believe is the manager, did an outstanding job of keeping the concession stand with enough food, drinks and supplies at all times. She stayed busy working and checking the concession stand at the Major Fields also. Jeneane Luza was ex- tremely polite, always with a smile on her face and very helpful. She made sure that all the Foul Balls brought to the concession stand were back in the hands of the Tournament Officials before the umpires used all the baseballs. I understand that these people work in other departments for the City of College Station during the day. I could understand if they were a little grumpy after working all day and then working the concession stand and being on their feet for two or three more hours. But these peo- ple were very courteous when they arrived at the Baseball Complex. The City of College Station should be proud to have such out- standing employees like these. Again a sincere thank you to all these people plus others not men- tioned above. Ruben Velasco, board member College Station Little League Baseball • THE EAGLE /SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1985 Southwood Pool I to open Aug. 10 College Station officials will be holding their breath Monday as the new Southwood Pool is filled with water, and not because they plan to jump right in. The pool has been plagued with construction problems for months, with water leaking in from the out- side, tiles improperly installed, in- operable gauges, a cracked surface and uneven walls. It is expected to open Aug. 10 if all goes well, Parks Director Steve Beachy said Thursday. The $700,000 pool complex, with tennis courts, bath house, and basket- ball courts, was scheduled originally to open in August, 1984. A second contractor, R.H. Owens, had to be brought in to finish the work properly after a legal agreement was reached with the original contractor, Calcon Inc. • Two of the four tennis courts also had to be redone, because the surfac- ing peeled up in big chunks. The bas- ketball courts had to be resurfaced twice. The tennis and basketball courts are open now. Reservations are being taken for the tennis courts, which are open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The pool will be open all day with no restrictions for adult lap swim or swimming lessons. Beachy said tentative hours are from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily through the end of September. AUSTIN — Gulf States Utilities The facility has an unusual design Co. has until Friday to propose a for pools in this area, with a 40 -foot method of returning an estimated $15 offset "beach" that slopes gradually million in fuel rate overcharges to its from the edge to deeper water. customers or to suggest a schedule for The Southwood pool has 6 lanes hearings on the matter. and is 25 yards wide. Public Utility Commission hear- ings examiner Elizabeth Drews also ordered the company to come up with a recommendation on how much its customer rate for fuel should be lo- wered to prevent such overcharges in the future. Last month, the commission staff ordered an inquiry into the possibility of customer refunds, which Gulf States (GSU) officials now say could average about $12 for each of the utility's 250,000 residential cus- tomers. A major question is whether the refund should be in the form of a credit on the monthly bill or as a check. Only about $3 millio of the $15 million will be going to residential customers, because residential cus- tomers account for only about 20 per- cent of the electricity sold by GSU. The city of College Station is a GSU customer, but any refund would go to the city rather than to individual Col- lege Station electric utility cus- tomers. College Station looks at new well High water usage in College Sta- tion is prompting city officials to look at building a new water well. Between 9 a.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday, College Station residents used 10.7 million gallons of water — the highest single day of usage in the city's history, City Manager North Bardell said. "By next summer, we've got to have a fourth well," Bardell said. The previous record was not even 10 million gallons, he said. If all three present wells were working at full speed, the city could produce 13 million gallons a day, he said. To be finished by next summer, work must begin by November or De- cember, Bardell said. It would cost $1.5 million, to be purchased with bond money. — DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Gulf States to file refund plan — Harte Hanks Austin Bureau 0 THE EAGLE /SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1985 0 • CS Council will reconsider bike paths The College Station City Council will take a jaunt down memory lane Wednesday, as it will reconsider creating bike paths on Southwest Parkway. The council will discuss the paths during its workshop meeting at 4 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1101 S. Texas Ave. The matter has come up twice this year already, after the city staff proposed restriping the street to include four traffic lanes, one left -turn lane and no bike lanes. The council will consider two alternatives for the construction of a sidewalk/bikeway facility along the street. It would serve both Bee Creek Park and South Knoll Elementary School. Alternate A proposes building an 8- foot -wide concrete sidewalk on both sides of Southwest Parkway be- tween Anderson Street and Welsh Avenue, incorporating existing side- walk along some portions of the street. It would cost $168,871 to build. Alternate B proposes building a 4- foot -wide concrete sidewalk along the north side of Southwest Parkway. The current sidewalk would be used, but would have to be improved. Alternate B would cost $54,133. Each proposal calls for building ramps for the handicapped. The staff is recommending that the city choose Alternate B. The council also will discuss tak- ing over the ownership and mainte- nance of commercial garbage con- tainers in the city. — DIANE BLAKE -BOWEN Halter released from hospital College Station Mayor Gary Halter was back at work Monday, having been released from the hospital Friday. Halter suffered a urinary tract - prostate infection, and was in St. Joseph Hospital for almost two weeks. Halter said he had had fever as high as 104.5 degrees during his illness. "I hope I'm over it," he said Monday. Halter said he felt tired after work- ing a few hours, but attributed that to never having had to "stay still for that length of time." It was the first time Halter had ever been admitted to a hospital. "I wasn't even born in one," he said. — DIANE BLAKE -BOWEN THE EAGLE /TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1985 40 • NOTICE TO BIDDERS The City of College Station proposes to sell Pecan Tree Park as authorized by majority vote of the electorate of College Station on April 6, 1985. The tract currently designated as Pecan Tree Park is located off of Southwest Parkway and is more fully described as being a 0.687 acre tract or parcel of land, lying and being situated in the Crawford Burnett League, Bra- zos County, Texas, and being a portion of that 8.923 acre tract conveyed to J. B. Hervey and Dorsey McCrory by Dora Watson by deed re- corded in Volume 341, Page 591, of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas. The City wil I accept sealed bids for such sale in accordance with Article 5421c -12 T.R.C.S. The City will sell the real property referenced for the equivalent or greater than the appraised value. The City will retain utility easements across the property as more fully described in the bid package. Bid packets are available in the Office of the City Attorney, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. Sealed bids will be accepted from any mem- ber of the public wishing to bid upon the sale of said property through 2:00 P. M., August 21, 1985. Bid opening shall be at the regular City Council meeting on August 21, 1985; and bid acceptance and award shall be at the regular City Council meeting on August 22, 1985. City Council meetings are held at 1101 Texas Ave- nue, College Station, Texas. Bid acceptance and award is within the sole discretion of the City Council, considering all proposed terms and conditions of the bids re- ceived, and the City may reject any and all bids or offers made for the sale of such land. 07- 31 -85, 08- 07 -85, 08 -14 -85 THE EAGLE /WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1985 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The College Station City Council will hold a public hearing on the question of re- zoning the following property: Lot 2R Courtyard Apartments subdivision located on S.H.30 approximately 223.67 feet west of the intersection of Stallings Dive and S.H.30, from A -P Administrative - Professional to C -N Neigh- borhood- Business. Applicant is Texana Joint Venture. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Council on Thurs- For additional Information, Please call me. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 08 -07 -85 n 6 u CS to build new sidewalk along Southwest Parkway Children who bicycle along South- west Parkway will have a new side- walk to travel on by spring. The College Station City Council voted Wednesday to build a 4 -foot- wide sidewalk on the north side of Southwest Parkway from Anderson Street to Welch Avenue. The existing sidewalk along the south side of the street will be improved, and handicap ramps will be added to both sides. The sidewalk will be built for use by both pedestrians and cyclists. City staff members proposed the construction in response to residents' complaints that the removal of bike lanes from the street endangered chil- dren who travel to nearby schools and parks. The street was restriped with- out the lanes after it was widened earlier this year. "I think this will be materially saf- er than what we had before," Coun- cilman James Bond said. Council members said that those who wish can ride their bikes on the street. The construction will cost about $54,000 and will begin this fall. Elrey Ash, director of capital im- provements, had outlined two alternatives for providing safer bike- ways for children, and the council chose his recommendation. His other proposal was to build 8- foot -wide sidewalks on both sides of the street, separating bikers from pedestrians with a stripe down the middle of each sidewalk. That alternative would cost $168,871, he estimated. THE EAGLE /THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1985 0 • • CS Council d ownershi p dumpster By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Bardell said the city had not heard Staff Writer of anyone wanting the job. The city of College Station is look- An inventory of the more than 670 ing at taking over the ownership of solid waste containers in College Sta- commercial garbage containers to tion was taken by Rudy Jones, a poli- keep them better maintained. tical science intern. He presented a City Manager North Bardell told proposal for city ownership to the the City Council Wednesday that it is council, but the council asked for difficult for the dumpsters' owners to more information on the costs and tain them Conse- alternatives. Another proposal will find anyone to main quently, many containers are rusted, leaking and bent out of shape, mak- ing them not only unsightly but dangerous for city garbage collectors to empty, Bardell said. Trash spilling out of some of the containers also can present a health hazard. ''If we want the city to look better, if we want a more functional system without a lot of trash blowing around, we're going to have to do some- thing," he said. The city could keep the containers painted and repaired through regular maintenance, he said. But Council member Terri Tongco said the city should approach Texas Commercial Waste or other com- panies to see if they, rather than the city, would like to buy, maintain and lease out the containers. Texas Com- mercial currently leases out some large roll -off containers, city staff members said. be made later. Jones' survey outlined the size, location and condition of each com- mercial trash container in the city. He said the city could buy all the contain- ers in good enough shape to repair for about $105,700, and lease them back to the owners. The city would replace those that are too worn out to repair. Bardell said that rather than pay for the dumpsters outright, the city could credit their value to the owners' lease payments. Bardell initiated Jones' study, he said, because: ■ The containers are ugly, and have prompted many complaints from residents; ■ They make collecting commer- cial garbage inefficient; and ■ Many businesses use containers that are too small, giving rise to scat- tered litter. THE EAGLE /THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1985 0 0 • Council will consider bypass zoning, changes Zoning changes along the East Bypass will be considered tonight at ,lba - eotlege Station City Council meeting. Council members will meet at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1101 S. Texas Ave. Raymond Martyn, Ronald Kaiser and Gerald Miller studied land uses along the bypass and made recom- mendations for changes on the east side of the East Bypass. The study advises: ■ Changing the office- commercial zoning in the area south of University Drive to Texas 30 to industrial zoning. ■ Expanding the commercial zon- ing on the northern side of Texas 30 and on the East Bypass to include the adjacent floodplain, which currently is zoned low- density residential. In other action, the council will consider depositing $1,000 into a fund to fight in court a recent ruling which said the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to fire, health and police departments. It also will hold public hearings on: ■ Rezoning Lots 5 and 7 of Block 1 in the Cooner Subdivision from administrative - professonal and medium - density residential to gener- al commercial. ■ Rezoning a 2.33 -acre tract of land at Holleman Drive and Wellborn Road from medium - density residen- tial to general commercial. ■ Annexing two tracts of land totaling 1.73 acres north of the South- wood Athletic Park. A closed session to discuss admi- nistrative and citizen committee appointments also has been sche- duled. THE EAGLE /THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1985 • CS approves zoning change for Wellborn, Holleman site By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer The College Station City Council narrowly approved a zoning change .. Thursday, overriding a Planning and Zoning Commission recommenda- tion to deny it. The council voted 4 -3 to rezone a ;2.33 -acre tract of land on Holleman Drive at Wellborn Road from medium- density residential to gener- al commercial. The developer said a convenience store would be built on that corner. Council members Bob Runnels, Jaynes Bond and Fred Brown and Mayor Gary Halter voted for the ' change; Council members Lynn McIlhaney, Terri Tongco and Pat Boughton voted against. 'Tongco and McIlhaney said the site did not meet the 400 -foot depth requirements for a commercial de- velopment. Tongco also said that if this development did not materialize for some reason, "something incom- patible (with the neighborhood) could go in." McIlhaney said she believed a buf- fer zone should separate the neigh- boring residents from a commercial zone. Despite their votes, both Runnels and Halter spoke against allowing commercial zones right next to low - density residential areas. "After you smell tacos for about six months, it can really begin to get to you," Halter said. But he added that since so many convenience stores also sell fast food, it is hard to draw the line between such stores and fast -food restaurants. Runnels said he was worried that the "transition" between the com- mercial zone and the neighborhood would be inadequate. "I could go for a zoning that would require better transition," he said: Explaining his approval of the re- zoning, Bond said, "I would say that on the west side of town there is a basic shortfall of commercial businesses." In other action, the council agreed to deposit $1,000 toward a fight against a Supreme Court ruling that fire departments must comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act. The ruling, made earlier this year, will require that cities pay overtime to firefighters who qualify for it. The council also approved the mer- ger of the East Texas Higher Educa- tion Authority and the Southeast Texas Higher Education Authority. And, it approved the sale by the au- thority of $60 million in bonds to provide student loans. Also approved were three changes in the zoning along the east side of the East Bypass: N Rezoning the office - commercial district south of Uni- versity Drive to Texas 30 to industrial zoning. ■ Expanding the commercial zon- ing on the northern side of Texas 30 to include the adjacent floodplain, which is currently zoned low- density esidential. The Eagle /Friday, August 9, 1985 �-3 t�7 �4 N (D rj N• G G U) a 00 Ln Ready for swimmers at last City of College Station workers pui the finishing touches on the new weekdays, with no restricted times for. adult swim. Admission will be Southwood Pool, which is sck to open Saturday.' Pool hours $1 a person. ThepodOws lap lanes, a beach area, lounge furniture, will be 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.'rr weekends and 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. sun decks, sheltered areas and a hot tub. n C �t Easterwood n From page 1E cials are to present the request to the county commissioners court this month. But even construction of every r single one of the $24 million in im- provements would not cure one fun- : damental problem for Easterwood. And the only practical cure for that would be closing or moving Houston Intercontinental Airport. Although there are no definitive figures to back him up, marketing representative Roger Browning of Royale Airlines is convinced Easter- wood loses a lot of traffic to Houston because so many Bryan - College Sta- tion residents prefer to drive there, park, and fly from there. . "We are losing people to the high- ways," Browning said. "We can't compete with a Toyota." Comparisons of . traffic & oth Texas airports indicate Browning right. expansion under way San Angelo is isolated; few travel- ers presumably would drive from San Angelo to fly out of the closest major airport, which is D /FW Airport, ab- out 285 miles away. Although the city is slightly smal- ler than Bryan - College Station, last year some 55,500 people flew out of Mathis Field there to Dallas /Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. Abilene is about the same size as Bryan- College Station. It is almost 200 miles from D /FW Airport. Last year, almost 70,000 people enplaned there for Dallas /Fort Worth, Hous- ton, San Antonio, Laredo, and Au- stin. In contrast to those two relatively isolated cities is Tyler. Tyler is slightly larger than Bryan- College Station; in 1982, Smith County numbered about 136,000, compared with Brazos County's 111,000. But Tyler- Pounds Field is an uncanny mirror of Easterwood Airport. Tyler is about 120 miles from D/ FW Airport. Bryan- College Station is about 90 miles from Houston Inter- continental. Tyler is about 200 miles from Intercontinental. Bryan - College Station is about 180 miles from D/FW Airport. Approximately 100 miles east of Tyler is Shreveport, easy to reach by highway and with easy parking at the airport. About 90 miles west of Bryan - College Station is Austin, easy to reach and with con- venient parking. Last year, 37,000 people flew out of Easterwood. At its East Texas twin, Tyler- Pounds Field, some 35,500 enplaned. The longer runway at Easterwood won't stem that hemorrhage of pas- sengers to Houston because it won't significantly affect commercial air- line traffic in and out of Easterwood. What it will do, A &M's Ferguson said, is make existing operations saf- er, and provide the possibility for lar- ger jets to use the field in the future. —_ The Eagle /Sunday, August 11, 1985 CS learning to lighten load C C By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer About 30 College Station businesses learned last week how to make their light bills a little lighter. As part of this year's utility load management program, the city of College Station held two seminars to teach businesses ways to reduce their electricity usage. During the program, which was started successfully last year, resi- dents and businesses try to keep their peak load down for one month, and in doing so cut their power costs for a full year. Utility customers saved more than $405,000 in power costs this year be- cause of their efforts in August and September 1984, said Charlie Shear, Cole Station ener spe ciali st. This year the program will be held from Aug. 20 to Sept. 20. Residents and businesses could save up to half a million dollars next year, just by cut- ting consumption during that period, Shear said. At last week's seminars, Shear told the business operators that, to trim their peak load, they must first find out when it occurs by checking their meters. Then they should take an in- ventory of all their electrical ap- pliances, and turn off those not needed during their individual peak load time. Ice machines, for example, could be disconnected during that time if an ample supply had been built up. Un- n eeded lights could be turned off, as well as hot water heaters, air con- ditioners, fans, water coolers and even electric pencil sharpeners. Like the city itself, in addition to regular power usage costs, businesses must pay a demand charge each month. That charge is based on either their actual demand or 75 per- cent of their highest demand over the past 12 months. Because of this, re- ducing the peak demand can save money throughout the year. That also means that a business may have to pay more all year just because of an unusually high usage on one day. Last winter, a local hotel turned on the heat in all of its room one day, to prevent its pipes fron bursting. That cost the hotel $16,00( more in demand charges over a year' period, Shear said. Businesses, and especially chur- ches, can save money also by stag- gering by 15 minutes turning on all their air conditioners and other equip- ment. Since electrical appliances use more energy to start up than to oper- ate, a higher peak is reached "when they all are turned on at once. Business owners also can can raise their thermostats by 3 degrees, close off unoccupied rooms, or install a controlled lock on air conditioners that prevent them all from coming on at the same "time, Shear said. Many businesses, he said, could also re- move many of their lights and no one would ever notice. The city has a packet of tips for those who want to know more about cutting energy costs. Shear said let- ters . will be sent to homes and businesses this month, telling people about. the program and showing them ways to save electricity. Shear predicts the city's highest usage day will be Sept. 4. College Station's peak historically has been the Wednesday after Texas A &M University opens for the fall semes- ter, he said. . For that reason, the city will tag doors the previous weekend, to let incoming students know about the program. Shear said he hopes that residents will be careful about power usage not only that day, but all the days of the program and in the year. "If we just mess up one day, it'll mess us up," he said. Shear also said that a bit of sacri- fice now could mean big savings later. "We're not trying to produce dis- comfort," he said. "We trying to produce comfort. Discomfort is when you get your utility bill." The Eagle /Saturday, August 10, 1985 Eight attorneys seeking court -at -law post By DAVID NUNNELEE Staff Writer Eight local attorneys are actively seeking appointment to the Brazos County Court-at -Law bench, accord- ing to resumes filed by Thursday with the county judge. County commissioners earlier this week asked those attorneys interested in replacing Carolyn Ruffino as coun- ty court-at -law judge to submit re- sumes to County Judge R.J. "Dick" Holmgreen by Thursday afternoon. Holmgreen said he assumes that only those who submitted resumes will be considered for the judgeship. Ruffino's replacement is expected to be named Monday. The new judge will begin work Sept. 1 when Ruffino moves up to preside over the 361st District Court in Bryan. As expected, municipal court judges Claude D. Davis of College Station and Eugene "Sonny" Lyles of Bryan are among those seeking the appointment. Others wanting Ruffi- no's job are Assistant County Attor- ney Jack Phariss, Assistant District Attorney J.D. Langley, College Sta- tion Justice of the Peace Hugh Lind- say, and private attorneys Henry "Hank" Paine of Bryan, John E. Hawtrey of Bryan, and C. David Stasny of College Station. Lyles is a partner in the College Station law firm of Robison & Lyles and has served as municipal court judge for the city of Bryan since Janu- ary 1981. Lyles earned his law degree from Bates College of Law at the Universi- ty of Houston in 1976. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from Texas A &M University in 1974. Davi_S, 54, has served on the muni- cipal court bench in College Station since 1980. His legal practice has concentrated on real estate, contract, and divorce work. Davis holds three academic de- grees, including a law degree from St. Mary's University in San Ant6- nio. He retired from Texas A &M University this year as a professor of urban planning. Phariss, 29, was associated with a Stephenville law firm for a year after graduating from the University of Houston law school in 1981. He joined the Brazos County Attorney's Office in 1983 and is responsible for the review and prosecution of misde- meanor criminal cases in county court and justice of the peace court. While a student, Phariss worked as a law intern for U.S. Magistrate Frank G. Waltermire and Harris County District Attorney John Holmes. Langley, 33, received a bachelor's degree in building construction from A &M in 1974 and then served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He graduated from the South Texas Col- lege of Law in Houston in 1983. Langley joined the Brazos County District Attorney's Office last year, and until recently worked as the chief prosecutor in the 85th District Court. He now screens all felony complaints brought for prosecution. Lindsay, 45, is a solo practitioner who was elected Precinct 7 justice of the peace in 1982. He is unable to run for re- election to that post because he no longer lives within the city limits of his College Station precinct. Lindsay submitted no resume with his application for appointment. Paine, 32•; is a graduate of A &M and St. Mary's law school. He work- ed as a chief felony prosecutor in the Brazos County District Attorney's Office for two years before going into private practice in 1981. Stasny, 33, has managed a general law practice in College Station since 1978. He earned a degree in journal- ism from A &M in 1977 and his law degree from the University of Texas law school in 1977. Hawtrey, 47, specializes in domestic relations cases and helped write legislation allowing abused children to testify in court cases by way of videotape or closed- circuit television. Hawtrey attended law schools in Chicago and Houston. Un 00 rn 11 is w W v E-+ Bryan PD twins 2nd in Corpus Houston police officers seem to POLICE abound in the Brazos Valley. Last week, I wrote about Caldwell Police By Virginia Kirk Chief Willy Kovar, a foriner Hous- ton officer. Now, I've learned that Franklin Chief. Bob Johnson also Ile Bryan Police Department spent 21 years on the Houston force. won second place among Texas Johnson is a Franklin native who police departments for its crime pre- left at age, 1 18 for Houston and work= vention unit last week. ed on the force from 1961 -1982. He The Texas Crime Prevention retired and returned to his home for a Association awarded the de- job with less frustration. "But 1 have longer hours here," partment a first said Johnson, the only patrol officer honorable men in the city. His position was created = ` lion for cities a little over a year ago. He receives a_ undtir 100,000 lot of assistance from the Robertson at its annual , County Sheriff's Office, headquar- summer confer- tered in Franklin. ence in Corpus You know all the people here. It Christi. doesn't take long to know which Crime Prevention Sgt. Dale Cuth- ones will create problems," John - bertson and Sgt. Choya Walling son said. So far, he has not had many were cited for their work on the major crimes to confront beyond Crimebyte home computer bulletin burglaries of businesses and homes. board and the introduction of He solved a burglary of boots from McGruff, the crime prevention dog, Ellison's Western Wear with help in local schools. from the Caldwell police and the. At the conference Cuthbertson Brazos County Sheriff's Office. and Walling gave seminars on their artivities and attended conferences on' latchkey children and Explorers t/ ?/ working in crime prevention. Cuthbertson said the department is now working on National Night Out which will be Aug. 13. From 8 -9 p.m. that day citizens are asked to sit outside and watch for crime in their s area. Cutttbertson said local block parties might be a good way to get - people outside. There is also good news in the ` College Station Police Department where the patrol officer vacancy rate has a drastic improvement. Earlier this summer the depart-. ment had eight patrol officer vacan- cies but six have been filled and the department has already started its testing process to fill the last two vacancies, said College Station Per- sonnel Director Karen Dixon. Seventy -five people took the written 1%W exam last month and close to half passed it * ** The Eagle /Monday, August 12, 1985 Some information about municipal bonds Want to invest in tax -free bonds? The city of Bryan is planning to issue almost $34 million in general obligation bonds (those backed by the taxing base of the city) and $2.5 million in re- venue bonds (those backed by earnings of the utility system) Tuesday. Underwood, Neuhaus & Co. has provided some informa- tion to help local residents decide whether they want to not only sup- port their community, but also re- ceive the benefits of federal tax -free income. Underwood, Neuhaus is one of the municipal bond underwriters bidding for the $2.5 million in re- venue bonds. The underwriter whose bid is accepted by City Coun- cil will in turn sell the bonds to in- vestors. Robert K. Lawton, of Under - wood's Municipal Bond Center, said most of the company's inves- tors come from the East Coast area, but perhaps local investors would like to consider municipal bonds as well. Here are some questions potential investors might want to know. The answers are provided by Under- wood: What are tax -free bonds? They are loans made by you, the investor, to the issuer (in this case the city of Bryan for a specified period, with interest paid twice year- ly until your principal is returned to CITY HALL By Diane Blake Bowen you at maturity. . Who should consider buying tax -free bonds? Generally speaking, people who are in a 30 percent tax bracket or higher, and those with extra capital that can be committed for one to 30 years. The higher your tax bracket, the greater the benefit from a tax - free investment. Important: Consult your financial adviser, banker or certified public accountant for gui- dance in your individual situation. How much do I earn? The twice - yearly interest pay- ments are fixed at an established rate depending on the particular year of maturity you choose to have your principal returned to you. You will have a higher rate of yield if you invest for a longer period of time. Currently tax -free yields will range from about 5.0 percent for one -year bonds to as much as 10 percent for long -term, non -rated bonds. These rates vary from day to day, but they are fixed on the date of sale. What makes bonds tax -free, and will they ever lose their tax - free status? Municipal bonds are tax -free be- cause the federal government has recognized the constitutional princi- ple of "reciprocal immunity." Leg- al counsel will judge before the sale that these bonds qualify for the ex- clusion of interest income from federal income taxes. Once issued, they will remain free o:' federal in- come taxes. How safe are tax -free bonds? As an investment category, they are considered very conservative (low risk) and quite secure. Within the category, most bonds are ranked according to the financial stability of the issuer. Bonds rated AAA, AA, A or BBB are considered investment grade bonds. Others are more spe- culative and provide higher yields. My money currently is earning S percent and is being taxed. How does that compare with buying a tax -free bond? It all depends on your tax bracket and the yield on your tax -free bonds. For example, let's assume you have a 40 percent tax bracket and are con- sidering a 10 -year bond yielding 8 percent. You currently are losing 40 percent of your 8 percent investment income to taxes which means you are getting only a 4.8 percent after - tax return on your investment. The 8 percent tax -free income earned from your bond investment would be sub- stantially more than the 4.8 percent you are now getting. Each person's financial situation is unique, so the answer must fit your personal re- quirements. Can I sell my bond early if, for some reason, I need the money? Yes, any brokerage firm will give you a quote for its value. That value will vary from time to time as pre - vailing interest rates change. Gener- ally, holding onto your bonds to maturity, if possible, is recom- mended. Then you know you will get all of your bond's maturity value. Underwood, Neuhaus & Co. has provided some in- formation to help local re- sidents decide whether they want to not only sup- port their community, but also received the benefits of federal tax-free in- come. How can I get more information about yields, maturities and rat- ings for my city's issue of bonds? Yield estimates, the maturity schedule and bond ratings are avail- able from any municipal bond underwriter before Aug. 13. The actual interest rates will be estab- lished in a competitive bid and announced at a City Council meeting. Should I wait until after the bonds are awarded to decide? No. The majority of the bonds should be sold Within a few business hours after the City Council meet- ing. This means that you will want to know the approximate information in advance so that your order can be placed as soon as you know the final results. This will help ensure that you get the best opportunity to buy what you prefer at the initial sale period yields. Ln 00 N U) is ro 0 is F4 Ei I* N Voting Precinct Changes College Station � �e 4 � A New voting precincts Y` Brazos iC Oi�ty'vbtt►g precincts 3Q aad 40, shown Precinct 32 was divided along Deacon Drive and above, itvere created by county commissioners Precinct 10 along the East Bypass. Monday by dividing existing precincts 10 and 32. The Eagle /Wednesday, Au,tist 14, 1985 b .w: ;:_ * ..:. 8 Y- • � 1. �� Brazos County �e 4 � A New voting precincts Y` Brazos iC Oi�ty'vbtt►g precincts 3Q aad 40, shown Precinct 32 was divided along Deacon Drive and above, itvere created by county commissioners Precinct 10 along the East Bypass. Monday by dividing existing precincts 10 and 32. The Eagle /Wednesday, Au,tist 14, 1985 b .w: • Monitorin g asked The city of Bryan should establish a water quality .monitoring station to make sure the Woodbine unitization does not harm the water supply, a con- sultant says. b_ Dr. West . Jnes, of Fro Con- sultants of o _QPtion, was hired by Ow city tggWAI ,the effects of the Woodbine • unitization on the water supply. In the unitization process, wa- ter is puimped into oil wells to improve producW%- t Janjp #ie City Council Monday that wgp . r*,miples should be taken four times a,yecu to make sure salt water does not intrude on the water supply. "If the, proposed source wells and injection „ wells are completed and oper- ated as proposed, they should not have an adverse affect on the city of Bryan's water supply,” he said. When the salty water is removed from the Hooper formation — the wa- ter source for the unitization — the water in the Simsboro Sands formation • will become less salty, he said. The Simsboro S'artds is the ,city's water source. However,'the unitization will make it more expensive to pump water from the Simsboro formation, James said. By lowering the water level of the Hooper formation, the Simsboro water level also will be lowered. James estimated the unitization will cost the cities of Bryan and College S tation and Texas A W4 O iversity a total of $15,000 a year, A64 to pump water from the Simsbbf,, foimation. — DIANE BLADE BOWEN The Eagle /Wednesday, August 14, 1985 • • • r*W l ) Cf= TV WODEMS Texas A &M University will b offering for sale by sealed Lid a Xorbox, dual unit, oxygen generating system consisting of the following components: 1) 2 each oxygen generators (Model XMC -4800) 2) Rotary screw obmP ressor, 25H.P./101 GFM /100 PSI /champion 3) Refrigerated air dty# r 4) Compressed ail`N tholding tank 5) Oxygen holdingtook The system was purchased i new in 1982 and is g0pable of producing approximately 400 cubic feet-of oxygen anheur. Information orsystemxiewing may be Wrainged bx ing ChaF( @s Larli at (409) 845- 9107LZ Nab. o Igpitia at (409) 845 -2351. - I Bid opening will be Tuesday August 20, 1985 at 2.00D p.m. at the Surplus Prop@Oy Office, Purchasing and Stores Build- ing, Agronomy Road,`Texas A &M University, College Sta- tion ' Texas 77843. Bid forms are available at this location. The Eagle/ Wednesday, August 1A, 1985 • • TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request for a variance in the name of: Nelson Liu 110 Nagle Street College Station, Texas 77840 Said case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station City Hall. 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Tues- day, August 20,1985. The nature of the case is as follows: Request variance to Section 7 Ordinance 850, the parking re- gulations, for 12 parking spaces to allow 36 additional seats at the Universal Grocery at 110 Nagle. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of College Station, (409) 764-3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 08 -14 -85 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for City Of College Station will consider a request for a variaRCe in the name of: Vic Pau fos& R.W. Butler P.O. Box 3610 Bryan, Texas 77805 Said case will be heard by t he Board at the reg in the Council Room, College Station City Ha4l, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7 00 4.M. on Tues- day. August 2085. The nature of the case is as follows: Request variaDBe to Section 7 Ordinate 850, parking re- gulations, for 57 parking spaces for the construction of a 47.000 square foot medical clinic (Scott 4 White) at south- west corner of Glenhaven Drive and University Drive. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of Colleg Station. (409) 764-3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 08 -14 -8 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN- The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station w i l l consider a request for a variance in the name of: Gary Martin 3828 South College Bryan, Texas Said casewill be heard by the Board at the regular meetinr in the Council Room, College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Tues- day, August 20,1985. The nature of the case is as follows: Request variance to Section 7 Ordinate 850, the parking re- gulations for 7 parking spaces to allow 20 seats in a'liquor store at 817 University Drive. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of College Station, (409) 764 -3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 08 -14 -85 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNz The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider request fora variance in the name of: Skipper Harris P.O. Box 9023' College Station, Texas' 77840 Said case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station City H81N 1101 Texas Avenue at 7 00 P.M. on Tues- day, August 20,1985. The nature of the case is as follows: Request variance to Section 7 -8.3.1 Ordinate 850, the re- quirement to mark parking spaces on the surface on a proposed gravel, commercial parking lot at the northeast corner of Church and Nagle. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the.City of College* Station, (409) 764 -3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 08 -14 -85 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request fora variance in the name of: Mr. & Mrs. J. Loupot 1201 Walton College Station, Texas 77840 Said case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station �it1! Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7,00 P.M. on Tues- day, August 20, 1985. The nature of the case is as followsl' Request variance to Table A, the District Use Schedule, Or- dinance 850, requiring a 25 foot front setback, for con - struction of a carport to be 16'5" from the front property line at the residence at 1201 Walton. Further information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of College Station, (409) 764-3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 03 -14 -86 The Eagle /Wednesday, August 14, 1985 r r� u 1�9 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The City of College Station proposes to sell Pecan Tree Park as authorized by majorityvote of the electorate of College Station on April 6. 1985. The tract currently designated as Pecan Tree Park is located off of Southwest Parkway and is more fully described as being a 0.687 acre tract or parcel of land, lying and being situated in the Crawford Burnett League, Bra- zos County, Texas, and being a portion of that 8.923 acre tract conveyed to J. B. Hervey and Dorsey McCrory by Dora Watson by deed re- corded in Volume 341, Page 591, of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas. The City will accept sealed bids for such sale, in accordance with Article 5421c -12 T.R.C.S` The City will sell the real property referenced ipr the equivalent or greater than the appraised value. The City will retain utility easements across the property as more fully described in the bid package. Bid packets are available in the Office of the City Attorney,1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. Sealed bids will be accepted from any.mem- ber of the publicwishingtobid upon thesale of said property through 2 :00 P. M., August 21, 198. Bid opening shall be at the regular City Council meeting on August21, 1985; and bid acceptance and award shall be at the regular City Council meeting on August 22, 1985. City Council meetings are held at 1101 Texas Ave- nue, College Station, Texas. Bid acceptance and award is within the sole discretion of the City Council, considering all proposed terms and conditions of the bids re- ceived, and the City may reject any and all bids or offers made for the sale of such land. 07- 31 -85, 08- 07 -85, 08 -14 -85 - The Eagle /Wednesday, August 14, 1985 u, 00 rn n CS zoning Hearing set o g ordinance revision a wording change," Mayo said. has no idea how many peopl rks e will be all the time. When an out -of- towner asks for a wog at such a store, and besides, that But the resident claims he wo on copy of the zoning ordinance, the city number changes with seasonal buying cars as a hobby, and the only way the city can prove it's a business is to find a has to give out a stack of pages of the trends• ordinance, and "that many or more The new parking ordinance ties park- customer with a receipt showing that his pages of amendments," a said. ing to the amount of square footage in a car was re paired there. "And some of the amendments were building — an easily identifiable num- Nine times out of ten, such a customer hr Mayo said. can't be found, Mayo said. be r, the amendments." Another char a is in home occupa- So the, new ordinance limits the num- Among the changes is a revision in g the parking standards section. Mayo said bons. The city sometimes gets coin- her of cars to be repaired that can be the parking requirements were not in- plaints from residents who say a neigh - pied outside a house and also defines creased, but better defined. bor is operating an auto repair shop out who the owners can be. The current ordinance ties the number of his home, Mayo said. of spaces to_ "indefinable areas, ", such as The city investigates and, indeed, requiring- one space for every two em finds several cars outside a home and an ployees in a retail store m . Often a builder owner who sees to be working on them By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff' Writer A public hearing will be held tonight on a complete revision of the College Station zoning ordinance. The hearing will be at the College Station Planning and 7oning Commis- sion meeting at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1101 S. Texas Ave. City Planner Al Mayo said the revi- sion was done to make it easier for peo- ple to read and understand College Sta- tion's zoning regulations. Few big changes were made, he said. ' `in most cases, it's nothing more than m 't3 m E� is W H 0 C� • NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST A RELEASE OF FUNDS TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS: On or about August 31, 1985 the aboved name City will request the Department of Housing and Urban Development to release Federal Funds under Title One of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Fairview, Eleanor. Phoenix, Arizona Street (Strut and Waterline) City of College Station B-84-MC-48-0007 5400,000.00 An Environmental Review Record respecting the within project has been made by the above named Municipality: which documents the environmen- tal review status of the project. The Environmental Review Record is on file at the above address and is available for public examination and copying upon request. College Station will undertake the project described above with Com- munity Development Grant Program funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Title One of the 1974 Housing and Com- munity Development ,Act as Amended and Gary M. Halter in his offical capacity as Mayor consents to accept thejurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decision making, and action; and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of the certifmcatin is that upon its approval, the City may use the Community Development Program funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related provisions of law cited at 24 CFR § 58.5. HUD will accept an objections to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is one of the following basis: (a) That the certification was not in fact executed by the chief executive officer or other officer or Contractor approved by HUD, or (b) that Contractor's environmental review record for the prefect indicated omission of a required decision, finding, or steps applicable to the project in the environmental review process. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58), and may be addressed to: Department of Housing and Urban Development P.O. Box 2905 Fort Worth, Texas 76113 Objections to release of funds on basis other than those stated will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after September 15, 1985 will be considered by HUD. Gary M. Halter,Mayor City of College Station P.O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77840 08 -15 -85 The Eagle /Thursday, August 15, 1985 • • t NOTICE The City of College Station is Accepting Bid(s) For 2 -DOOR SEDAN /OSe te((1) EACH until 2:00 P. P ber 3, 1985, at which time the bids will be opened in the of- fice of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Ag e bids recieved after that time will be returned unopened. The City of College Station re- serves the right to waive or reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities in sai( bid and to accept the offe considered most advanta geous to the City. These item may be purchased with R venue Sharing Funds. 31D #86-15 )F -16- 85,08 - 2 3 -85 The Eagle / Fri day, August :1&, 1985 • o,u nUTICE The City of College Station is AcceptingOOBid(s) For: PLAYGR E0:00 a.m., September 3, 1985, at which time the bids will be opened in the office of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Agent. All bids re cieved after that time will be returned unopened. The City of College Station reserves the right to waive or reIect a all and all bids or any irregularities in said bid and to accept the offer considered most advantageous to the City These items chased with Reve ue ShaP Sharing Funds. BID #86 -16 01- 16-85,08 -23 -85 The Eagle/. -pr'i day, August I (p, 1985 commission favors moratorium rezoning on Wellborn Road on rep g . By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN moratorium would be too harsh on osed zoning ordinance revisions. The Staff Writer the area's depressed economy, when ordinance has been rewritten, and A three -month moratorium on re- the city is trying to attract industry another public hearing on the changes zonings along a section of Wellborn here will be held Sept. 5. Road was proposed Thursday by the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission. The commission voted 4 -2 to ask the City Council to allow no rezon- ings there for up to three months, depending on when a subcommittee finishes its study of the area. Commission Chairman Ron Kaiser said that because of increased land speculation along Wellborn Road from Jersey Street to FM 2818, the city needs to "take a moment to re- flect on what we'd like this corridor to look like." A committee _ of commissioners Dan MacGilvray, David Brochu and George Dresser was appointed to study the area and make a report with- in three months. The committee will decide upon the exact boundaries of the proposed moratorium before the City Council meeting Thursday. -- MacGilvray, Brochu, Dresser and Kaiser voted to request the morator- ium; planning commissioners Mark Paulson and Celia Stallings voted against it. Paulson and Stallings said that a However, other commissioners said that development of sites accord- ing to current zonings would be per- mitted; only rezonings would not, and only for three months. The request for a moratorium com- es on the heels of a City Council rul- ing overturning a Planning and Zon- ing Commission recommendation on Wellborn Road. The commission had recommended denial of a request to rezone a site in Wellborn at Holle- man from medium- density residen- tial to commercial zoning. The City Council, however, approved that change. City Planner Al Mayo said that he already has received one rezoning re- quest for that area since the ruling, and expects at least two more soon. "It may get out of hand in the next 90 days," he said. If the City Council does not follow the recommendation, commissioners could table any rezoning tequests. but not for ' extended periods, cit} officials said. In other action, one resident spok at a public hearing on the city's pror John Hogg said he was pleased to see an ordinance regulating satellite dishes in residential neighborhoods had been added. Under the new rules, satellite dishes must be attached per- manently to a concrete foundation, and not located in the front yard ex- cept in lots of one or more acres. Hogg said, however, that.the dis- hes should not be allowed in front yards even in the larger lots. The commission approved for one year a variance to the landscaping ordinance on a proposed commercial parking lot at Church and Nagle streets . The Eagle,' _lFitiday, August it, 1985 _ Stepping Stone denied $75,000 grant by DHR B JANN The cities of Bryan and College Brazos County had each Staff WrWriter iter Station and Stepping Stone, the group trying to agr eed to. provide $7,500 each in funds over the two -year - stablish a home for unwanted chil- 3ren and those with problems, has matching. Period- Astin Foundation has contri- -' )een denied a grant from the Texas buted $10,000 and the group has been department of Human Resources. But the stoup of private citizens is name pn ingStone�is planning to con - not ready to quit. Director Billie Douthitt said Step- tinue pursuing funding from private Douhitt said. ping Stone has raised enough money 22 parcel of land foundations, It will also extend membership to to pay fora -acre near Wellborn. It had received all persons interested in t ' g roup e onl for tion and form a p $67,000 in matching funds in recent fund - raising efforts, some which tho ha ve sup p r o blem isi planned iv had been contingent on receiving the Another for teen-agers, port will allow them state grant. community to discuss and work on their problems But with continued support, the group still hopes to go "kith their peers. "We'll pick up our britches, brush forward with its plans to build a home have truanch and ourselves off, take a deep breath and Douthitt. for children who start again," said runaway problems and those w o are "throwaways," unwanted by their' families. The group had hoped to receive a., $75:000 grant from DHR, which . Nould` have been extended o ver d wo -year period. This gra would lave been used primarily prov ide oul a ,. -cPlin¢ service for truants. EARTH NO MATCH FOR MARS Measured from its base on the seaf- loor, Mauna Kea is Earth's tallest mountain. But for all its height, Mauna Kea is only a third o v olca n o on Olympus Mons, a gt.-t-- Mars. The Eagle/ Fri0ay, August 1 / 1985 Together, residents . I .. -ran cut utility .costs I - k nt to hold down your utility bill s month? Use less electricity this month. Want to hold down your utility bill for 12 straight months'? Use less electricity this month. In College Station, at least, that unlikely formula will work — if enough residents and businesses throughout the city cooperate, that is. The next four weeks will play a critical role in determining the ulti- mate cost of electricity to College Station residents for the coming 12 months. The reason is that the ci- ty's electric supplier, Gulf States Utilities, structures its rate to the city in part on the city's "peak demand" for power. That is, since Gulf States must have generating capacity sufficient to provide Col- lege Station with the most electric - ity it will demand at any given time in a given year, it bills the city a minimum of 75 percent of College Station's peak demand. While Gulf States computes this ount on the highest demand period of each 12 months, regard- less of when it falls, College Sta- tion officials know, historically, about when this peak will be reached — not only to the month, but down to the hours of the day of that month. By conserving elec- trical use during this critical four - week period, businesses and resi- dents can to some extent control the size of their utility bills for an entire year. Historically, College Station's peak demand occurs between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. between August 20 and September 20. The reasons are obvious — this is the hottest part of the day at the hottest time of the year. Thousands of people are moving into town simultaneously, doing the things people who are moving generally do: turning on central air conditioning, and then leaving doors open as they move The Eagle /Saturday, August 18, 198` in; putting a load of clothes on to wash, and then "to dry; popping a couple of TV dinners into the oven. Lights that aren't needed get left on, thermostats are left set too low even after the house cools down. On an individual scale, these things don't mean much. But in a city of 43,000 people — not to mention all the commercial build- ings — a little waste in a lot of places can result in a. tremendous "surcharge" on emery resident's electric bill for an entire year. The point of this concentrated effort to conserve electricity is to hold peak usage as low as possible thereby holding the peak demand charge levied by Gulf States down. The key is cooperation. Be- cause this program was widely supported by College Station businesses and residents last year, the 1984 peak demand during this ' period was slashed from an antici- pated 92 megawatts down to 81.6 megawatts. In dollars, that has meant a - 12 -month savings for the city's utility customers of an esti- mated $431,000 — a hefty savings for a fairly small sacrifice. So, beginning this week, use as little electricity between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. as is possible. Keep the thermostat turned up a bit higher; delay the laundry until later in the evening; cook outside on the grill more often during this period; use only the electric lights actually needed. Businesses and other commercial electric customers can receive additional tips by calling Charlie Shear, the city's energy specialist, at city hall. By working together, College Station residents really can lower their utility bills for the coming year. As the city's promotional material notes, "we made it work last year and we can make it work this year." Eagle Editorial Board Ll • INVITATION FOR BIDS: Modify Space for Vice Chan- cellor and System Comptrol- ler and Modify Space for Vice Chancellor, Budgets and Hu- man Resources, Projects No. 1 -2543 and No. 1 -2544, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas. RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed proposals for this work will be received by Mr. Paul W. Steo- 100 legellCeS hens, Manager, Facilities Planning Division, The Texas A &M University System sec- ond floor of the Facilities Planning and Construction Building, University Drive and Asbury Street, College Sta- tion, Texas, until 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 11, 1985, and then publicly opened and read aloud. Bids mailed shall be addressed to Mr. Paul W. Stephens, Mana- ger, Facilities Planning Divi- sion, U.M.S. Box 219, College Station, Texas 77843, and should be clearly marked "HOLD FOR BID ,OPENING, PROJECT NO. 1 -2543 AND 1- 2544." SCOPE OF WORK: Consists of demolition, drywall partitions, doors, acoustical ceilings, carpeting, mechanical, elec- trical, and all to be awarded under a single prime contract. INFORMATION AND BID- DING DOCUMENTS: Obtain fro Emmett Tr ant_ •& As-_ sociates, 1505 S. College Avenue; P,O. Box 3637, Bryan, Texas 77805, telephone (409) 79-0769. GENERAL CON- rRACTORS: Two sets, Bid De- posit of two checks /$50.00 each. Both checks returned if bid is submitted and docu- ments are returned in good condition within three weeks of bid date. If no bid is submit- ted and documents are re- turned in good condition, only one check will be returned; otherwise, no refund will be made. Subcontractors and Suppliers: One set, Bid De- posit one check /$100.00. Check will be returned if documents are returned in good condition within three weeks of bid date; otherwise no refund will be made. Checks to be made payable to "The Texas A &M University System." Bid Documents will be furnished to established Plan Rooms without charge. 08- 18- 85,06 -25 -85 The Eagle /Saturday, August 18, 1985 • 108 Legal Nlodm INVITATION FORBIDS: New Physical Plant Facilities Complex, Project No. 1 -2505, at Texas A &M University, Col- lege Station, Texas. RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed proposals for this work will be received by Mr. Paul W. Step- hens, Manager, Facilities Planning Division, The Texas A &M University System, at the Facilities Planning Division office, second floor, Facilities Planning and Construction Building, University Drive and 106 L%W "M Asbury Street, College Sta- tion. Texas, until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 17. 1985, and then publicly opened and read aloud. Bids mailed shall be addressed to Mr. Paul W. Stephens, Manager, Facilities Planning Division, U.M.S. Box 219, College Station, Texas 77843, and should be clearly marked ''HOLD FOR BID OPENING, PROJECT NO. 1- 2505." SCOPE OF WORK: Project in- cludes street improvements, 108 legal Notices 400 vehicle parking; two story administration building with concrete structure, brick anc plaster veneer, drywall par titions, urethane roof, heating and cooling system; shop anc warehouse buildings eact constructed with pre -engin eared structural frames will metal roofs and concrete til wall panels, heating, ventila tion and partial coolin systems. All work will be awat ded under a single prim contract. The Eagle /Saturday, August 18, 1985 Area taking dry weather measures By VIRGINIA KIRK 9 r s Staff Writer ° o ~ ° o a As dry weather drags on, cities 3 across the Brazos Valley are con- o o o_ c .» o ` tinuing to take measures to conserve a -� o F F ry dwindling water supply with volun- o R7 tary rationing programs. In Caldwell, a rationing program has been under way for a week. Resi- o w f D �, s 9 ° ° 2. dents have been asked to limit water - 5' 3 n ing their lawns from 6 -10 a.m. ,'to use s soaking hoses instead of convention - a CD. n w 0 ° o al hoses and to refrain from washing _ Q.U OlIq their cars. , City Manager J.D. Teague said :. " m water usage had been more than 2 million gallons on Aug. 8, but the last Q 9 RD - ro few days residents have been averag- J Q = �. y • ing 1.5 million gallons a day. The ` = % . _ o R r co city has had no rain since before the 3. c 5 n -, ' • o c Burle County Fair in June, =ra tro ° =r vo y FrS,0 Teague said. o_� m ic �;sf, o _ ., n E3 "The people have been very coop- w erative. We don't have a water shor- tage. We're just having 4 little trouble w pumping as much as is being used," y J _0 _% Teague said. Y Brenham City Manager Leonard _ OQ'= " U _ Addicks said the city has asked resi- dents t fawns w N o `+ a w 3: �" 3 othepday, an odd -even en system Y� g Y .� c n : s� � - o `-° :� based on the last number of their 7Q W W — c. street address. o o' "< a W a �, d a P "We're looking of it on a day -to- ' v s-d ° n— day basis to see if we need to make it Q _ " � p -.0 methodb We had problems when we °c° c 0 c < `� 0 0 hit 4 million► gallons a day a week m '" ° a s t° o w ago," Addicks said. 0 0 a o Since then, usage has dropped to ? `-; o 3.7 million gallons "As w k E3 w o � � � m E; long as it hd�ds there, no more stringent measures will be taken," 3 Addicks said. The city has` had no general rainfall since early July, he added. People have been asked to con- serve water in Normangee but no- thing has become mandatory, Water Superintendent Joe David said. "We just have one well, and when it gets hot we have to cut down a little The Eagle/Tuesday, August 20, 1985 bit. We may have to go into certain days for water}ng," David said. Turdd �to AREA, page 13A • \J Scale down the `peak' Suffering may or may not be good for the soul, but a little dis- comfort during the next four weeks almost certainly will cio wonders for the pocketbooks of College Station residents. At stake is as much as half a million dollars in savings for Col- lege Station commercial and re- sidential utility customers over the next 12 months. The key to achiev- ing such savings is controlling power usage during the next four weeks, particularly between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The lowerthe city can hold its peak demand for elec- tricity, the lower the city's cumulative electric bill will be in the coming year. The next four weeks are critical because, historically, College Sta- tion's 'peak demand' for power in a given year has fallen between Aug. 20 and Sept. 20, and more specifically between 4 p.m. and 8 mm. on one of those days. by a majority of businesses and residents - raising the thermostat a few degrees between those hours, cutting off the electric wa- ter heater during that period, de- laying a load of laundry or running the dishwasher for a few hours -- can literally lower utility bills. Because they use proportionate- ly more electricity each day than do homeowners, businesses and other commercial electric custom- ers will play the major role in mak- ing this effort a success. But busi- ness alone can't carry this load — the participation of every College Station resident is important to the overall success of the program. The city itself will be taking sever- al steps to curtail its own use of power during this period, always with an eye on the electric meter. If everyone will do the same, every College Station utility cus- tomer will share in a year's worth of lower utility bills. The Eagle /Tuesday, August 20, 1985 w • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE - CONTRACT "A" AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE- CONTRACT "B" until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five 15%)-percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 fumish not only a performance bond in theamount 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 a 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas• concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash. Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc , Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00)' Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08- 24 - 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09 -01- 85,09- 07- 85,09- 09 -85. 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Tuesday, August 20, 1985 • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall. College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5`k) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a comtract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 cleamess in stating the price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash. Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09- 01- 85,09- 07- 85, 09- 08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Tuesday, August 20, 1985 ibr L7_1 Turn off the lights, the party's starting By DIANE BLAKE BOWE.N Staff Writer Turn off the lights, the party's starting. College Station's month -long load management program begins today, and city officials are asking all residents and businesses to turn off unnecessary lights, turn up all thermostats and turn on to energy conservation. From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. every day until Sept. 20, ; fhe city will try to reduce its. power. usage. Because Gulf States Utilities levies a demand charge all year long based on the most energy used at any one time in the city, College Station wants to cut that peak load and thereby cut costs. The city's 1984 load manage- ment program netted electricity cus- tomers $405,000 in savings over a year's period, said Charlie Shear, College Station energy specialist. Officials are especially targeting usage on Sept. 4, the Wednesday after school at Texas A &M Uni- versity begins, because that day his- torically has been the highest -usage day, Shear said. The city will tag doors and send out letters, asking residents to con- serve electricity as much as possi- ble. Shear said one suggestion would be to spend time at stores rather than stay at home, and leave the thermostats up. Residents with electric water heaters can turn them off between 4 and 8 p.m. Businesses also have been asked to reduce lighting and close doors and air vents to unoccupied parts of their buildings. The Eagle/ Tuesday, August 20, 1985 New TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEHn: The College Station Planning 8 Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing to con- sider an Ordinance amending and superceding Ordinance No. 850, The Zoning Ordin- ance, and all amendments thereto, as well as all other ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, providing a re- vision and updating of the Zoning regulations, including but not limited to site plan re- view, parking requirements, landscaping, sign regulations, amendment procedures. the Zoning Bpard of Adjustment, and enforcement and penalty provisions. all in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the development of this City, and in accordance with the provisions of the Articles 1011a -j., V.A.C.S. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Commission on Thursday, September 5, 1985. For additional information Please call the City of College Station Planning Oepartmen (409) 764 -570. Alberto. Mayo, Jr. Director of Planning 08 -21 -85 The Eagle /Wednesday, August 21, 1985 nOtICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: The College Sta- tion Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the question of granting a Conditional Use Permit for Scott & White Clinic to be located at the southeast corner of Glenhaven Drive and University Drive. The request for Use Permit is in the name of Vic Paulos and R.W. Butler. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue at the 700 P.M. meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thurs- day, September 5, 1985. For additional information, contact the City Planner's Of- fice, (409) 764 -3570. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 08 -21 -85 L The Eagle /Wednesday, August 21, 1985 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The College Station Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the -- I question of rezoning the following property: Lots 18, 19. 20 and 20 ft. of Lot 17, Block 4 West Park Addition Subdivision located at the northeast corner of the inter- section of Park Place and Wellborn Road. from R -1 Single Family Residential to R -4 Apartments Low Density. Applicant is Henry William Hilton. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Commission on Thursday, SeptembeP5,1985. For additional information, please contact me. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 08 -21 -85 The Eagle /Wednesday, August 21, 1985 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCPHN: The College Station Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the question of rezoning the following property. Lots 17, 18' & 19 Block 1 Re- gency Square Subdivision located at the southeast cor- ner of Wellborn Road anC Holleman Drive, from C -N Neighborhood- Business to C 1 General Commercial. Ap plicant is S. Kelley Broach. The hearing will be held in th Council Room of the Colleg Station City Hall, 1101 Texa Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet ing of the Commission o Thursday, September 5,1985. For additional informatior please contact me. James M. Oallaway Assistant Director of Plannin(. 08 -21 -85 The Eagle /Wednesday, August 21, 1985 r , Council meets today Th�10ollege Station City Council will hold. a work- shop meeting at 4 p.m . today in the Council Chambers of City Hall, I lot S. Texas Ave. Council members will discuss the feasibility of chang- ing the fiscal year date and will consider a resolution against a treasury tax reform proposal to eliminate or limit tax - exempt bonds to r local and state govern The Eagle /Wednesday, August 21, 1985 LI Franchise panel up for vote An ordinance establishing a franchise advisory com- mittee will be considered tonight at the College Station City Council meeting. The council will meet at 7 p.m. in the Council Cham- bers of City Hall, 1101 S. Texas Ave. The franchise committee is being set up to advise the council on all franchise matters, beginning with the cable television franchise agreement with McCaw Cab - levision. Also on the agenda is a request by the Planning and Zoning Commission for a three -month moratorium on rezonings along Wellborn Road. Commission Chairman Ronald Kaiser will ask the council to place the morator- ium so a subcommittee can study the area and mak( recommendations on land use there. • The Eagle /Thursday, August 22, 1985 L ' E "ity manager list trimmed ' By DIANE BLAk k BOWEN Staff Writer The city of College Station has nar- rowed its list of city manager candidates to nine applicants, all but one of whom is a current city manager.. The city released the names of all 65 applicants Wednesday. Almost all have municipal experience, and two are ne- fired colonels, Mayor Gary Halter said. One applicant is a !College Station resident, attomey LG: °Crum. He was not among the finalists: " It was a good gro6p of candidates," Halter said. The city urignally had pick- ed 10 finalists, but one withdrew to accept a job iri another city , he said. The finalists are Donald R. Birkner of Alvin, William K. Cole of Bellaire, H. Russell Crider of Texarkana, Texas, De- nnis E. Dawson of Hanover Park, Ill.. Nicholas M. Meiszer of Austin, Dale S. Sugerman of Oberlin, Ohio, John Swift of Hope, Ark., James Thurmond of Uvalde, and Marvin Townsend of Laredo. Only Meiszer is not currently a city manager, and he is a former city mana- ger of Austin, Halter said. 'twenty -one of the applicants, includ- ing six of the finalists, are from Texas cities, including Houston, San Antonio, Vernon, Ballinger, Temple, Amarillo, Del Rio, Kerrville, Port Aransas, Sari Angelo, South Padre Island and Pampa. Besides Texas. the applicants are from ,Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Cal ifornia, Connecticut, Flor- ida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky; Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina. Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah,.. :Virginia and Wis- consin. Halter said the city Barrow the fist to five by the secoit_,council meeting in September, and will choose the new city manager by the end Of October or begin- ning of November.' College Station originally had more than 80 applicants, but about 30 candi- dates withdrew from the running after they were told the city would release their names to the public, Halter said. The city advertised the position in the International City Managers Association newsletter and the Texas City Managers Association newsletter, he said. The new city manager will replace North Bardell, who resigned effective the end of December because of health problems. The Eagle /Thursday, August 22, 1985 considers fiscal year chap CS council cons e g By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN The city is considering the move ■ City Council members who are mer, a busier time of year for depart Staff Writer for two reasons: elected in April take their positions in ments such as the parks and publi The College Station City Council 0 The State Property Tax . Board the middle of the city budget process. works divisions. vill wait two weeks before deciding has said the city violated Texas law The new members have little time to The change would put a "blip" it whether to change its fiscal year date. by adopting. its property tax rate be- grasp the complexities of the budget the city's 10 -year historical data a City officials at a workshop meet- fore the Brazos County Appraisal before having to vote on it. well, VanDever said. ig Wednesday outlined the pros and District certified the tax roll. College Moving the start of the fiscal year ons of changing the date from the Station approved the property tax rate could give the council members more urrent July 1 to June 30 period to June 27; the tax roll was certified July time to understand the budget, but ossibly Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. 23. may not solve the problem of setting the tax rate before the tax roll is certi- fied, said Finance Director A.E. "Van" VanDever. • City Manager North Bardell sup gested that rather than change the fii cal year date, the city could resche dule council elections for January That would give new members long( to study the budget and to gain e) perience on the council, he said. In other action, the council passe a resolution opposing a proposal eliminate or limit the tax exemptic of state and local government bond The move "will adversely affe every municipality," Bardell said. approved, it could prevent the ci from financing, for example, it provements on a sewer plant expa lion if any one of its private-sect customers used more than 1 perce of the plant's capacity, city offici, said. Officials said that the Harris Coun- ty Appraisal District still has not cer- tified the tax rolls there, and as Bra- zos County grows, there's no guaran- tee the local district could get them done in time each year. VanDever said changing the fiscal year would require the city to pay for an additional audit and go through another budget process for the extra three months between July 1 and Oct. 1. Also, the new period would shift the staff's budget work to the sum- The Eagle /Thursday, August 22, 1985 0 • �7S franchise r The College Station City Council Thursday night passed an ordinance creating a franchise advisory com- mittee: The committee will be composed of seven members, each serving a twq -Year term. Their duty will be to advise the�council on all matters re- lating t- F— nrh;cine. The city has • ►anel appointed franchise agreements with McCaw Cablevisioti, General Telephone Co. and Lone Star Gas. The citizens named to the com- mittee are Larry Ringer, chairman; 'Sharon Colson, Rusty Rush, 'Steve Parker, Lauren Murphy., David Bagnall and Linda Murdock. 9 The Eagle /Friday, August 23, 1985 Summer programs improved city life E Maybe they didn't find a way to beat the heat, but College Station's Parks and Recreation staff sure has made it easer to endure the long, hot summer of 1985. The Department's summer -long program of free movies and con- certs in local city parks culminates this weekend. College Station re- sidents who have yet to take advantage of this varied series have missed one of the best enter- tainment bargains of the year. Tonight, the Parks and Recrea- tion Department will sponsor a showing of The Lords of Flatbush, a look at a rebel gang from Brook- lyn in the 1950s. The film stars Henry Winkler, and will begin at dusk in Central Park. Admission is free. Sunday, the Department will sponsor its final free concert of the summer season, an appearance by Four Hams on Rye, a local band that plays rockabilly music from the '50s and 60s. This show, too, is free, and will last from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Those who attend either — or both — the shows are advised to bring their own lawn chairs for seating. College Station is fortunate to have a dedicated and innovative Parks and Recreation staff, not to mention city officials and a coun- cil willing to back their creative ideas. Programs such as this sum- mer's movie and concert series, as well as the department's more routine efforts, are an important element of that intangible yet essential measure of a city known as its "quality of life." This community is a better place to live because of the efforts of the Parks and Recreation staff; thanks for a job well done. Eagle Editorial Board The Eagle /Friday, August 23, 1985 BID NOTICE the City of College Station is Accepting Bid(s) For: PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - MISCELLANEOUS until 10:00 a.m., September 3, 1985, at which time the bids will be opened in the office of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Agent. All bids re- cieved after that time will be returned unopened. The City of College Station reserves the right to waive or reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities in said bid and to accept the offer considered most advantageous to the City. These items may be pur- chased with Revenue Sharinc Funds. BID #86 -16 nA -1 "5.08 -23 -85 The Eagle /Friday, August 23, 1985 C i C:ouncu seas moratorium on rezoning appiicanons By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer The College Station City Council iet a three -month moratorium Thurs- Jay on rezoning applications along Wellborn Road. The move was a compromise be- tween the Planning and Zoning Com- H co r� w 00 (o ri W CL w c OQ G w rt N W r-� W In mission's`' request for a halt to rezon ings, and a property owner's plea that no moratorium be set. Planning and. Zoning Commission Chairman Ron Kaiser told the council that a study committee has been named to examine land uses along Wellborn Road from Jersey Street to FM 2818 and make recommenda- tions as to how property should be zoned there. He asked that no rezon- ings be granted until the study is finished. But Kenny Broach, who plans to locate a convenience store on Well- born and Holleman Drive, said the moratorium would give his competi- tion across the street "a 90 -day head start. " Broach's property is zoned C -N neighborhood commercial, while the land across the street two weeks ago was rezoned C -1 commercial. Although Broach can build his neigh- borhood commercial enterprise under current zoning, his competitor can erect a freestanding sign in his C -1 zone. C -N zones prohibit freestand- ing signs. "The biggest difference is in sig- nage," he said. "Our business is cutthroat. We'll compete against anything on an equal basis. But to us, that signage is everything." The council's action will allow any rezoning requests already on file — which includes Broach's and one other —to be considered by the Plan- ning and Zoning Commission and cOUn 1I New CS resident brims L meter protest to council By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN govefnment during the past two days Staff Writer to find'out what recourse he has, and A new College Station resident has found there'is none. protested to City Council Thursday "I am being presumed at fault and that he had been presumed guilty of that's difficult for me to accept," he tampering with an electric meter said. "I am a law- abiding citizen. I without being given the opportunity have no reason or no desire to ... fiver to defend himself. tamper with the meter." James D. Haeseker told council Haeseker said that until he got the members that he had moved here notice, he did not even know where from Ohio in July to take a job as a his meter was,.: Since then, he has,' computer software engineer at Wes- found that the city has alb -rights to the tinghouse: Tuesday, he received a meter, and he has none, yet he has all notice saying that his electricity the responsibility if it is tampered meter had been tampered with, and with. that his electricity would be turned Utilities Office Manager Linda off if he did not pay a $200 adminis- Piwonka said the city checked the trative fee before noon Wednesday. meter July 17 and Aug. 13 and found When Haeseker did not pay the the seal intact and meter running on fee, his power was disconnected. both occasions. 'However, on Aug. Haeseker said he has spoken with 16 a city employee working on several people both in and out of city another service connection noticed the city seal as well as the factory seal had been taken off the meter and no electricity usage was being reg- istered. Using standard procedure, she said, city employees checked the meter on the 19th and found it had been tampered with. Because of the way the mechanism had been dis- torted, the city did not believe the meter's failure was the result of van- dalism, Piwonka said. The door was tagged Tuesday and electricity cut off Wednesday, Piwonka confirmed. She said, however, that the $200 charge is not a fine, but a service fee to recoup the city's cost of getting the meter back in working condition. "We are not the judge and jury," she said, adding that state law autho- rizes the city to presume the custom- er's guilt in meter tampering cases. Piwonka said that in the past, be fore. the up -front fee was assessed "it was very difficult to get a convic- tion" on tampering cases, and the city could not recoup its losses. But Council member James Bond, while agreeing that Piwonka has a "tough job" and that city employees had followed its procedure correctly, said if it had happened to him, "I guarantee you I'd be upset. You bet- ter believe it. "It gives no room for anybody to give any defense. Due process is totally out the window , in this case,." Haeseker will meet with city offi- cials today to try to work out an agree. ment with them on the disputeK fter the meeting, he said that asen gineer, the $200 was not as uni®rtan' to him as it would be for.sgineon The Eagle /Friday, August 23, 1985 CS energy consumption drops sharply By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer College Station residents did a ter- rific job of keeping energy use down during the first week of the city's load management program, officials re- ported Friday. The program began Tuesday, and consumption has dropped consider- ably, despite 100- degree weather, said Charlie Shear, College Station energy specialist. "We have done great," he said. "This is terrific." The city is in a month -long prog- ram to cut electricity usage between 4 and 8 p.m. each night. Businesses and residents are being asked to turn off lights, raise thermostats and un- plug unneeded appliances during those hours to keep the city's overall peak power usage down. So far the city has been reducing its peak each day of the program. On Monday before the program began, the city's peak use was 79.5 mega- watts. Tuesday, business and re- sidt —ial conservation efforts kept the peg down to 76.9 megawatts; Wednesday's highest use was even lower, at 73.8 megawatts; and Thurs- day's was still lower, at 7 1. 1 mega - watts. Figures for Friday were unavail- able. The city did even better on Wednesday and Thursday than dur- ing last year's program, Shear said. In fact, whereas usage usually rises at 4 p.m., "actually we had a dip" at that time on Wednesday and Thurs- day, he said. The goal for this year is to keep usage under 86 megawatts, Shear said. He predicted the city's peak to occur on Sept. 4, the Wednesday af- ter Texas A &M starts. Usage has peaked on that day four of the past five years. The year it did not, rain delayed the peak for one day, he said. Shear said quite a few businesses are participating in the program. College Station residents can save money throughout the year by keep- ing its peak down now. Because Gulf States Utilities charges the city a de- man�Lfee all year long that equals at lea , percent of the highest usage perit,�, reducing the peak will cut costs year- round. Last year's program saved custom- ers more than $400,D00 in reduced energy costs. Shear said. Wilhelmina Watt, alias Jeanine Hartsell of the College Station Energy Deparrtment, gives Texas A&M student Carmen Currie The Eagle /Saturday, August 24, 1985 Eagle photo by Kathy Young College Station Load Management Program* 96 86 Keep the city under this line to save money next year. 76 66 56 I.E. 76 .2 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 2930 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213 14 15 16 1 7 18 19 August September The Eagle /Saturday, August 24, 1985 • �— NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLNIMUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elroy Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr,. Elroy Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian tones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayoh 08- 20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85,08 -28- 85, -31- 85,09 -01- 85,09 07 -85, 09 -08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Saturday, August 24, 1985 • C College Station resolve in bid to host the Texa By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN st Writer The city of College Station passed a joint resolution Thursday to make a bid to host the Texas Games here. The city is joining Bryan, Texas A &M University and the Bryan - College Station Chamber of Com- inerce in trying to get the games held here in 1988. The bid will be awarded in September at the Texas Amateur Athletic Association's annual con- vention. The games consist of 10 state championships conducted during use consecutive weekends in Aug Competition would be in men's fast pitch and slowpitch softball women's slowpitch softball, trac k ind field, tennis, swimming, golf )oxing, baseball and a 10,000-mete vn. Local officials said the gam would bring the area not only pre- stige, but more than 10,000 specta- tors and participants as well. Holding the games here would produce "an `Olympic' spirit of pride, coopera tion and competition in our commun ity," said College Station Parks Director Steve Beachy. In other action, the council accepted bids of: ■ $55 ,000 by Earthscan for a ther- mographic mobile scan that would measure the heat loss from each home in the city; ■ $56,000 by Plains Machine for a steel drum roller; -10 $56,579 by Bond Equipment fo a truck chassis and cab for a hig compaction garbage truck; Truck an r ■ $21,300 by D Equipment for a rear- loading hig es compaction refuse body; to join s Games $77,900 by Fogle Equipment for an all- terrain exp,a ■ $49,109 by ntsnMachhnery for a crawler dozer; ■ $24,950 by Brazos Machinery for a tractor with a boom mower assembly; ■ $97,928 by Bond Equipment for two truck chassis for dump ■ $10,382 by Hobbs Traillers for two 13 -14 cubic yard dump both s. Council members also p r ed the week of Sept. 17 -23 ,Constitu- tion Week," and urged residents tc pay special attention to the federa ry constitution and the advantages of U.S. citizenship. r The week of Sept. 23 -29 was proc- h laimed "Brazos Arts Week" in hon- or of the 15th anniversary of the Art d Council of the Brazos th h 20th anniversary the National dowment for the Arts. The Eagle /Saturday, August 24, 1985 E NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College St hon, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. 1 Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elroy Ash, Director of Capital Improvemgrts, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as aguarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond,4nd guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 hond for the protection of all claimants supplying labor and materials as defined in said law. The bonds roust be executed by an approbed'Surety Company holding a permit from the State of Texas to aci 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 cleamess in stating the price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elroy Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09- 0 85 ,0 9 - 07- 85, 09 -08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Sunday, August 25, 1985 0 U �!io gar, very good So far, very good. That's about the best descrip- tion possible for efforts in College Station to control electric power usage during the important Aug. 20 to Sept. 20 billing period. So far, city officials say, local resi- dents are doing a very good job of minimizing power consumption between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. each day. The idea is to hold down every- body's electric bill for the coming year by controlling the peak de- mand for power during this critical month. It worked last year — sav- ing College Station residents` roughly $400,000 during the last 12 months — and if current efforts continue it will work even better this year. City energy specialist Charlie Shear says businesses and resi- dents have reduced their peak de- mand for power each day since the conservation effort began last Tuesday. In fact, the city did even better last Wednesday and Thurs- day than during last year's prog- ram. Shear said. The real test lies ahead, c course. Based on experience, the city expects its peak demand to occur this year on Sept. 4, the Wednesday following the start of classes at Texas A &M. Usage has peaked on that day four of the past five years. For city officials, the challenge is twofold — first, to make stu- dents, businesses and residents aware of the savings posssible from the program, and second, to keep the program's profile high for the next three weeks. Based on: last year's results, it seems obvious that the minimal in- dividual effort required now is more than worth the nearly half a million dollars that can be trimmed from College Station's utility bills during the'ioming 12 months. So keep up the"good work — anq re mind a friend or neighbor about th( importance of holding down elec tric use between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m each day. After all, the dollar you sav could be your own. Eagle Editorial Boar The Eagle / .Sun)claU , August 2:5, 1985 r� The Eagle /Sunday, August 25, 1985 C. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS • (ADVERTISEMENT) ! Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE- CONTRACT "A" AND GRAHAM ROADSANITARY SEWER LINE- CONTRACT until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10. 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash. Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5 %) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury r the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Deparv.nent Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contact and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to he done. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elmy Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe 8r Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Partway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian ]ones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20-85,08-24-85,08-28-85,08-31- 09 -01 -85, 09- 07 -85, 09- 08-85, 09 -1"5. The Eagle /Sunday, August 25, 1985 C. r • College Station ' needs new main post Space is limited, parking is all b but non - existent, and the location is about as inconvient for most pat- ; rons as is possible. Indeed, if College Station's b main post office were a private c business then those three strikes likely would have driven it into bankruptcy long ago. Postmaster C.L. Matcek has a better idea —he wants to see a new postal facility built to serve as Col- lege Station's main post office, and has begun the preliminary work necessary to get the proposal approved. His efforts deserve the wholehearted support of every College Station resident. A couple of decades back, no doubt it made sense to locate the city's main post office on the Texas A &M University campus. But the city's growth and diversi- fication of recent years have trans- formed what was once the best location in town into one of the worst — both for patrons and for the Postal Service employees who work out of the main post office. A lot has changed in College Station since the last major change in Postal Service facilities — the addition of the Redmond Terrace ranch office in 1969. The city's population has more than doubled, he dine city mail routes have swel- le to 27, and six rural routes have een created. But limited space on ampus and assorted other de- mands for it have prevented the main post office from being ex- panded. In,short, growth has ren- dered the current facility woefully inadequate for the task at hand. Matcek currently is asking that all College Station residents in• terested in seeing a new main pos office built — and that ought to include just about everyone who has had to visit the main post offict in the last couple of years — indi cafe their support in a letter addres sed to him. He will forward all the mail he receives to the appropriate authorities. Assuming the idea muster broad support from College Sta- tion residents, city officials and the business community, a new main post office is between three and four years away from becom- ing a reality, Matcek indicated. Isn't' it time you wrote your postmaster and to help get this pro- ject going? Eagle Editorial Board The Eagle /Sunday, August 25, 1985 • • Planning and construction Building, University Drive and Asbury Street, College Sta- tion, Texas.' until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 17, 1985, and thert publicly opened and read aloud. , Bids mailed shall be addressed to Mr, Paul W. Stephens, Manager, Facilities Planning Division, U.M.S. Box 219, College Station, Texas 77843, and should be clearly marked ''HOLD FOR BID • The Eagle /Sunday, August 25, 1985 • • Franchise bank taxes reported Brazos County governments haA collected more than $290,000 from new franchise tax on banks, Stat Comptroller Bob Bullock has re ported. In a special session last year, the Legislature brought banks under the franchise tax for the First time. The largest beneficiary was the Bryan Independent School District, which received $86,153. The city of Bryan got $67,674, Brazos County $60,363, College Station ISD $55,366, and the city of College Sta- tion $20,981. • The Eagle /Tuesday, August 27, 1985 n 0 • Reception set for CSISD superintendent The College Station school boarc will have a reception Wednesday to introduce Superintendent Ray Chan- cellor to the public. Chancellor and his wife and sons will be at the College Station Com- munity Center at 1300 Jersey St. from 7 -9 p.m. Chancellor was hired in May to replace H.R. "Dick" Burnett as school superintendent. He took over the job in July, and has already made his mark in the district. Chancellor this summer requested and got school board approval for a revision of the district's pay scale to improve the salaries of teachers new to the district and new to teaching. Chancellor also is working toward development of a parent volunteer program for the district, revisions in the community education program. and changes in the district's adminis trative strut— The EAgle /Tuesday, August 27,1985 0 K. 56 20 212223 251b C i Ca Cd JV a August September This is the amount of electricity, in kilowatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as little electricity as possible during the hours between 4 and 8 ). m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 kilowatts a day during that period, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 or their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimn►o The Eagle /Tuesday, August 27, 1985 i College Station Load Management Program TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The College Station City Council will hold a public hearing on the question of re- zoning the following property: A 36.61 acre tract of land in the Crawford Burnett Leagu( located on the west side of the extension of Welsh Avenue approximately 150 feet soutl of the intersection of Welst Avenue and San Mario Court from Low Density Apartment District R-4 to Single Family Residential District R -1. Ap- plicant is Area Progress Corporation. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Council on Thurs- day, September 12,1985. For additional information, please call me. James M. Callaway Assistant Directorof Planning 08 -28-85 The Eagle /Wednesday, August 28, 1985 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) • • Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE - CONTRACT "A" AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE - CONTRACT "B" until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 S ure t y Company holding a 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 cleamess in stating the price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100i* College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -3 85,09 -01- 85,09- 07- 85,09- 08- 85, 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Wednesday, August 28, 1985 • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse to the City of College Station, Texas, or a proposal bond in the same amount from a Suret Company holding permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety, and acceptable according certificates of authority fro to the latest list of companies holding m the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 *ject any or all bids and to waive informalities. In case of ambiguitpor lack of clearness in stating the price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work aid-to inform themselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to b done. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159x, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elroy Ash, Direct of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty (550.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08 -20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85,08- 28 -85, 08 -31 85,09- 01 -85, 09- 07-85, 09- 08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Wednesdav, August 28, 1985 L TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request for a variance in the name of: Flying Tomato, Inc. Box 399 Champaign, 11.61820 Said case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting n'.AeCouncitfkyo college Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:30 A.M. on Tues- day, September 3,1985. The nature of the case is as follows: Applicant is appealing the de- cision of the Zoning Official that outside seating requires parking under Section 7 of Or- dinance 850. The applicant is also requesting a variance (in the event that the appeal is denied)- to the parking re- quirements for 148 additional seats for the operation of a restaurant at The Flying Tomato Pizza in A Pan at 3W W. University, College Station, Texas. .Rher information is availa- ble at the office of the Zoning Official of the City of College Station, (409) 764-3570. Jane R. Kee. Zoning Official 08 -28 -85 1 * The Eagle /Wednesday 28, 1985 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The College Station City Council will hold a public hearing to consider an Ordin- ance amending and superced- ing Ordinance No. 850, The Zoning Ordinance, and all amendments thereto, as well as all other ordinances in con- flict with this ordinance; pro- viding a revision and updating of the zoning regulations, in- cluding but not limited to site plan review, parking requir- ements, landscaping, sign re- gulations, amendment pro- cedures, the Zoning Board of Adjustmeftt, and enforcement and penalty provisions, all in accordance with a compre- hensive plan for the develop- ment of this City, and in accor- dance with the provisions of the Articles 1011a -j, V.A.C.S. The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall at the 7:00 P.M. meeting of the Council on Thursday, September 12, 1985. The Eagle /Wednesday, August 28, 1985 Locke heads council Jim Locke has been elected 1985 -86 president of the College Station Community Council. Serving as officers with Locke are Linda Murdock, vice president; Carole Murphy, secretary- measurer; and Chiquita Lof- gren, public relations chairman. The voting membership of the council, which serves the College Station Community Education program in an advisory capacity, comprises 20 residents of College Station, each appointed to three -year terms. College Station Independent School District administrators and board of trustees members are non - voting members, as is Alonzo Wood, the community education director. The stated objectives of the council are to provide an effective means of ;ommunication between the community and the schools and to develop a liversified program of activities and events for all residents of College nation. It was formed in 1972, as the Community Education Advisory :ouncil. At its first meeting of the 1985 -86 year, held on Tuesday, the council liscussed its Texas Sesquicentennial project, which is to locate and make ,mown what it calls "College Station's superlative antiquities" ... that is, the oldest church, the oldest tree, the oldest living resident, the oldest building. etc. The Eagle /Thursday, August 29, 1985 Leslie Reid Jim Locke -iravestone specifications requestea The College Station Cemetery Committee asked city staff members Wednesday to draw up new gravestone specifications to allow larger markers. The committee asked that the max- imum length of family markers in the city cemetery be increased from 40 to 72 inches. For individual monu- ments, committee members asked that the maximum length be changed from 24 to 36 inches. The action was in response to re- quests to allow larger monuments in the cemetery, City Secretary Dian Jones said. The committee will meet again in September to look over the staff's specifications and make a for- mal recommendation to the City Council, she said. Committee members also plan to discuss the possibility of setting aside additional areas for graves of infants and for interment of remains, Jones said. The September meeting date has no[ been set. In the meeting Wednesday, the committee decided not to recommend changes in the cemetery fees. The Eagle /Thursday, August 29, 1985 .f, • Brazos C>onnty Checks totaling $12.3,milliunhave Texas counties and cities be en sent to this month as their share of the mixed receives rebate drink tax collected during the second ;,., quarter of J985. f Cities rom dri tax and. counties each receive on 12.5 percent, of the t4x collected `lion collected, counties received raios County received _million and cities received $5.9 ,497.72 of the $299,981.73 in . lion. The rest, a total of $38.9 ed drink taxes collected here. lion, went to the state. llege Station got $23,855.04 andy'_, The mixed drink tax is collecte an received $10,866.90. the Alcoholic Beverage Commis C The Eagle /Thursday, August 29, 1985 6 8E 7E Z 51 College Station Load Management Program )6 76 66 56 20 21 22 23 zq GD [o a to 1 — u - - August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as little electricity as possible between 4 and 8 p.m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimate. The Eagle /Thursday, August 29, 1985 c LI Bryan- College Station Eagle Friday, August 30, 1985 Page 5A College Station Load Management program V . 0 6E 5E 20 21 22 23 24 2b2b 2izozysua 1 1 c� 4 o 0 I 0 u August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management progrgm Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as` little electricity as possible between 4 a, . 8 p.m. through . Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimate. The Eagle /Friday, August 30, 1985 NONEENEEMENNOMON 0 6E 5E 20 21 22 23 24 2b2b 2izozysua 1 1 c� 4 o 0 I 0 u August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management progrgm Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as` little electricity as possible between 4 a, . 8 p.m. through . Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimate. The Eagle /Friday, August 30, 1985 Wichita Falls is the wettest, driest, hot- test, coldest place on earth. " Just getting up in the cold — rain, snow d and sleet — seven days a week was hard. You always liked to a see very thin paper; you worked from a different perspective from the publisher. I didn't know that at the time. It always seemed as though it wanted to rain on Sunday morning when you had a big paper. And you always had problems with dogs that would get papers, then the cus- tomers would say they didn't get their paper. I'd get an enormous bill every three months (from the newspaper) that made no sense. I still think they were trying to` screw us. It didn't take higher math—just multiplication and subtraction — to figure that somehow they were screwing us. How could you have lost or missed so many papers? But they'd always say it was your fault. Toward the end 1 had a motor scooter I the crowning incident route, and guess was when this guy who owned a local car dealership complained about the noise of my motor scooter as I drove down the street, waking him up. I got up at about 4 every morning. To this day I think that's why I wake up at 5:30 in the morning. I never got over it. This guy went out and had lunch with the publisher of the paper. And I was told that it came directly from Mr. Ray Ho- ward, who owned the paper at that time, that I was not to ride that motor scooter down the street, that it was waking up this , man. I was to walk two or three blocks so this dude could sleep. " '<s ... ....... Well, this car dealer owed me for about three or four months for the paper, and I could never get him to pay. It was a real pain. So I told them, "Well, he no longer takes the paper; he's not even one of our customers. " And they said, "Oh yes he is." And 1 said, "No he isn't, because I justie Eagle/Saturday, stopped his paper for non - payment. Now, when he pays me, I'd be more than happy to_cnncider this_nennestErnm Mr t4-1- that I walk those two blocks." I , That just sent everybody into orbit. I must have been 14 then. , The next morning — it was a morning I remember — the man brought the papers and tgld me, "Now, if you don't walk those two blocks, you're fired. °' And I said: "No, I've got a better idea. I t MAW AW am IKAV August 31, 1985 a l r� u NOTICE . , CONTRACTORS (ADVFRTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Tex& will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN/MUNSON WATERLINE until 2.00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mt. Elrey Ash, Directo of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%q) percent of the maximum amoun' ur of bid payable without recourse to the City of College Station Texas, or a proposal bond in the same amount from -& Suret Company holding permit from t; State of Texas to act as Surer) and acceptable according to the .atest list of Treasury com h o l dir f certificates of authority from the Secretary the urY o 0 United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Departure Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contr and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) da after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, stated above, or proposal bond will not be considered. In accordance with Article 5160, Revised Civil Statutes of Texa 1925, as amended, the successful Bidder will be required to furrni� not only a performance bond in the amount of the contract, but ale a payment bond for the protection of all claimants supplying lab( and materials as defined in said law. The bonds must be executed b an approved Surety Company holding a permit from the State c Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list c companies holding certificates of authority from the Secre tary th the Treasury of the United States, or other Surety p Owner. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waiv informalities. In case of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating th. price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the mos advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient taus for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work and to infom themselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to be done. Anentior-is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimun Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes o Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipa construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty (550.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Halfor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85, -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09- 01- 85,09- 07- 85, 09- 08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Saturday, August 31, 1985 construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 7784w, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08- 24 - 85,08 -28- 85, -31- 85,09 -01- 85,09- 07- 85,09- 08 -85, 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Saturday, August 31, 1985 • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will b received for the construction of: • GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE-CONTRACT "A" AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE - CONTRACT "B' mtil 2 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey4ksh, Directo City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. ACapital Improvements, Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certifiet Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amoun A bid payable without recourse to the City of College Station bond in the same amount from a Surer Texas, or a pro- osal Company holdin_ permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list of companies holdnnl certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of tht United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Departmern Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract forms within five (5) days and execute bond and guarantee provided after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as ;Laced above, 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 defined in said law. The bonds must be executed by and materials as an approved Surety Company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list of of authority from the Secretary of companies holding certificates 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. 0 Bidders are regRired to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to be Texas Minimum done. Attention is called to the provisions of the Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 7784w, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08- 24 - 85,08 -28- 85, -31- 85,09 -01- 85,09- 07- 85,09- 08 -85, 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Saturday, August 31, 1985 • 6 College Station Load Management Program ., 9E ' Keep the city under th is line to save money next year. 1 86 86 :: :::eiiiiiii■ :iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ����� II 111111 I II I LII III iii i iii ' 2021 22 23 24 25262728 293031 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011121314 1516171819 20 August September ?'his is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as little electricity as possible between 4 and 8 p.m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over -art uoa city officials estimnto The Eagle /Saturday, August 31, 1985 • • • Labor Day closings 3 CS vices for commercial users will oper- ate as scheduled. The landfill will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In College Station, residential and commercial garbage will be picked up on schedule Monday, but no trash will be collected. Labor Day is a holiday for all Bra- zos County employees expect emergency personnel. Except for the entrance to the sheriff's department, the courthouse wil be closed. Labor Day is not a holiday at Texas A &M University. Classes will start that day. and all offices and facilit; Municipal offices in Bryan and �ollege Station will be closed for I-abor Day Monday, as will the Bryan Public Library . _ the Bryan Municipal pools aquatic Center and College Station's Bee Creek Pool — will be open, although College Station's South - wood Pool is still closed for repai i All parks, including Bry Lake Park, will be open. In Bryan, residential garbage will not be picked ; th Monday Pickup Thursdav However te ser- will be open during regular hours. Monday also is the first day of Bry an school in o and College Station public schools. The Eagle /Saturday, August 31, 1985 n LJ s L� Important point overlooked Regarding Dianne Blake Bowen's comments regarding the Assembly of God Church's request for a conditional use permit in the Glenhaven Estates (Eagle, Aug. 25): It occurred to me that one, and perhaps the most important, point in the controversy was ignored. In asking for a conditional use permit involving the construction of a church and establishing in conjunc- tion with it a number of business ventures such as a day care center, Christian day school, and a senior citizens residential center, the church could receive approval from the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion for what would be equival ;nt to a zoning change. Thus the' City Council, whose approval is manda- tory for any zoning change, would essentially be by- passed. This would establish a precedent which could eventually harm every other property owner in College Sta- tion. Rebecca J. Landm� mr College Star io The Eagle /Saturday, August 31, 1985 40 Candidates for CS city manager narrowed to eight, soon to five • By DIANE BLAKE BOWEN Staff Writer The list of more than g0 College Station city manager candidates has been whittled down to eight, and the city is expected to narrow that list to five this month. Since the group was reduced to ten applicants last month, two, Nicholas Meiszer of Austin and John Swift of Hope, Ark., have withdrawn their names to accept jobs in other cities. Left in the running are Donald R. Birkner of Alvin; William K. Cole of Bellaire; Russ Crider of Texarkana, Texas; Dennis E. Dawson of Hanover Park, Ill.; Dale S. Sugerman of Oberlin, Ohio; Rex Taylor of Leesburg, Fla.; James Thurmond of Uvalde and Marvin Townsend of Laredo. Seven of the candidates were interviewed by tele- phone last week. Cole declined to discuss his back- ground and experience, saying that the information was given to the College Station City Council and should be released by council members Mayor Gary Halter would not release the applicants' resumes. Dawson could not be reached for an interview. Birkner, 34, said he has been city manager of Alvin (population 19,000) for three years. Before that he was manager d epu t y city years, and has worked in city go vernment for eight o nine years. A Texas A &M graduate, he received his bachelor of arts degree in political science in 1974, and a master's degree in economics in 1976. Although Alvin does not have zoning, Birkner said Clovis does. He also worked in Galveston when it had zoning, he said. "I certainly enjoyed Bryan - College Station while I was there,' he said. "I would appreciate the challenge that the opportunity (to work here) would present." Crider, 40, has been the city manager of Texarkana, Texas (population 32,000) for 4 1 /2 years. He previously was the city manager of Camden, Ark., for 5 years and assistant city manager in Marietta, Ga., for 3 1 /2 He said he has 12 years of experience in city g overn- ment. Crider received a lle bachelor's a small social science at Berry all private college y g Turn to CANDIDATES, 10A The Eagle /Sunday, September 1, 1985 • for CS cit manage Candidates y +� � n to five to ei ht, soon narrowed g 1 in areas as well, he said. d L From page ]A in Georgia, and a master's degree in public administra- tion from the University of Georgia' ii'i 1973. He was president of the Arkansas City Managers Association in 1978 -79 and as served on numerous com- mittees in the Georgia, Arkansas and Texas city mana- gers associations. Crider gained experience in managing a municipal . electrical distribution system in Marietta, he said. "I'm very honored to be one of the candidates there," he said. Sugerman, 33, has been city manager of Oberlin (population 9,000) since Jan. 1, 1982, and served in that position in Slater, miss., for three years before. He also was the assistant city manager in Excelsior Springs, Miss. Sugerman received a bachelor's degree in political science from the Universitt9f Cincinnati in 1974 and a master's degree in public �Aministration with emphasis on urban management an &:organizational behavior from the University of Missoutl in 1978. He is a member of the International City Management Association and the Ohio City Managers Associaton and is on the board of directors of the United Way. Sugerman said he has taken a leadership role in Ober - lin's load management program. Oberlin has both elec- trical distribution and generation systems, and has a "very active" planning and zoning commission, he said. He said Oberlin is one of only two communities in the state in a municipal power association. Rex Taylor, 37, has been city manager in Leesburg, Fla. (population 15,000) for 4' /2 years. He was city manager in Paris, Ky. , for four years and has 14 years of experience in city government, he said. He graduated from Indiana State University with a bachelor of science degree in social sciences with an emphasis on teaching in 1970, and a master of public administration degree in 1971. Taylor is a member of the International City Manage- ment Association, the Florida City- County Managers Association and is on the code of ethics committee for the state organization. He said Leesburg has not only an electrical system, but gas as well. The city's electrical syste serv i population and about 35,000 to 38,000 system people in Y g Thurmond, 39, has been city manager of Uva e (population 15,000) for 4 years. For 4 years before that, he was city manager of Cleveland, Texas: He said he has been involved in city government since 1973. He was an intern for the city of Bryan in .1969 before being drafted in the Army, he said. Thurmond received his bachelor of arts degree in political science from Texas A &M in 1969, and a master of public administration degree from the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 1973. He is a regional officer in the Texas City Managers Association and a member of the International City Management Association and the Rotary Club. Uvalde does not have zoning or an electrical distribu- tion system, he said. Thurmond said he is familiar with this area, and he and his family often visit here on weekends, for games and Such. "I think it would be a challenge," he said of the position at College Station. "It would be a nice place to raise my family.' arvin Townsend, M 51, has been city manager of Laredo (population 100,000) for, three years. He was city manager of Corpus Christi for H has 29 yea r of in city government there for 26 y e ars. .municipal experience. Townsend received a bachelor of arts degree in econo- m , ics-, with a minor in government, from Cornell Uni- versitX in 1955, and a master's degree in public adminis- traticln with a concentration in city management from Cornell in 1956. He. is a past president of the Texas City Managers Association. Townsend said that whereas he has not dealt with municipal electrical distribution systems, he managed a gas system in Corpus Christi. He said that he is the first city manager ever in Laredo, and has accomplished much in the past three years. "I have a vary challenging job here," he said, adding that he would like to find out more about what the College Station job will entail. "I wouldn't be an appli- cant unless the city council has a very cle in the of few they want the city manager to accompl vears." -1, c t v CON1'RA(.TORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 200 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Directoi of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certifiec Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amoum of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 consider the mos( advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason, able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding local conditions under which thework is to be done. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes of' Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway,, ,Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. _ Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08 -20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85,08- 28 -85. 08- 31- 85,09 -01- 85,09 07 -85, 09- 0845. 09 -12 -AS The Eagle /Sunday, September 1, 1985 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) • Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texa will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE - CONTRACT "A" AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE - CONTRACT' B" until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 cleamess in stating the price in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site of the work and to inform hemselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to be ]one. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes of texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc. Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas'77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Halsor. Mayor )8 -20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,0 - 01- 85,09 -07 -85,09 8 -85. 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Sunday, September 1, 1985 e CS panel sets meetin times The College Station Franchise Advisory Committee set up a regular meeting schedule at its first meeting Tuesday. The seven member organization will `riieet.at 5 p.m. on the first Monday and third Tuesday of each: month in _ -_-the College Station City Hall. Meetings are open to the public. • The Eagle /Thursday, September 5, 1985 • CS program 96 survives C crucial test By DANIEL'PUCKETT Staff Writer College Station's load - management program survived a cri- tical test Wednesday, when electric usage peaked at 81 megawatts. That was the third day of classes at Texas A &M University, historically the day when the use of electricity hits its highest level of the year, said Charlie Shear, the city's energy spe- cialist. Although residents must still be vigilant about the use of electricity, Shear said, the city is "over the hump. " "This is terrific," he said. "We couldn't expect anything better than this." The city hopes to keep its peak consumption of electricity below 86 megawatts from Aug. 20 to Sept. 20 — generally, the highest demand CS program From page ]A city electric consumers $405,000 in savings over a year. The city buys its power from Gulf Mates Utilities, which levies a de- nand charge based on the most ener- y used at any one time. The demand , measured at 30- minute intervals, and "one 30- minute period could really mess us up," Shear said. But College Station residents and businesses apparently have been fol- lowing the conservation program. Peak demand usually occurs between 4 n.m. and 8 v.m.. with demand College Station Load Management Program M 76 66 56 e to save money next year. 9n 91 999'17a 7596?72a 993n31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 13 14 15 16 1 7 18 19 August September 96 86 76 66 56 This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the eity of College Station . period of the year. If it can do so, city A similar program last year saved electric customers can expect savings on their bills in the coming months. Turn to CS, page /6A survives crucial - test jumping as much as 10 megawatts during those four hours. But in the conservation program, Shear said, consumption during those four hours has been almost flat. For example, usage stood at 78.4 mega- watts at 4 p.m. Wednesday. By 4:30 p.m., demand dropped to 78.0 mega- watts. The peak came at 6 p.m. Shear emphasized that conserving energy will continue to be important, especially because the weather con- tinues to be hotter than normal. Com- parisons of electric -usage and daily hioh tPmneratures show a direct cor- relation, he said. The highest demand during the program has been 83.5 megawatts — just 2.5 megawatts under the 86- megawatt limit — on -Sunday, when the high temperature reached a record 106 degrees. To keep the city's usage under the limit, residents are urged to unplug their water heaters and to go out —tc a pool, to a movie or to a store — during the four peak hours each day Those who must stay home are aske to turn up their air - conditioning thec mostats by 3 degrees and to cook oul doors as much as possible. • The Eagle /Thursday, September 5, 1985 • 0 r1 College Station P &Z to reconsider permit The reconsideration of a con- troversial conditional -use permit and four public hearings are on the agen- da for today's meetingof the College Station Planning and Zoning Com- mission. Starting at 7 p.m. in City Hall, the commission will reconsider granting a conditional -use permit to the Col- lege Heights Assembly of God church. The request to build a church with a daycare center, a school, a retirement center and a recreational area at Dominik Drive and the East Bypass was tabled at the commis- sion's Aug. l meeting. The request has drawn protests from neighborhood residents, who fear a reduction in their property values and an increase in noise and traffic in the neighborhood. Commissioners also will conduct public hearings on two rezoning re- quests, a conditional -use permit for the proposed Scott & White Clinic and an amended zoning ordinance. The rezonings concern a lot at Park °lace and Wellborn Road, where the owner wants to change from single - family residential to low - density apartments, and another lot at Well- born Road and Holleman Drive, where the owner wants a change from neighborhood business to general commercial. Both rezoning requests are in an area where the City Council imposed a three -month rezoning moratorium on Aug. 23. However, both applica- tions were specifically omitted from the moratorium. The conditional -use permit covers the Scott & White Clinic at Glenhaven and University drives. The clinic will present its site plan to the commission. The revised zoning ordinance, city officials say, makes few substantial changes in the present ordinance. However, the new ordinance would tie required parking to the amount of square footage in the building — not to "indefinable areas," like the num- ber of employees — and would limit the number of cars that can be parked outside a house for repair. The Eagle /Thursday, September 5, 1985 • • A&M By HADDON JOHNSTO Staff Writer Gary Halter frequently works overtime. Halter, serving his third m as mayor of College Station, ter also is an associate professor of polit- ical science at Texas A &M where lo- :al government is his teaching spe- ve - ialty. "I have to work a lot at night to st atch up on business — about 65 sa lours a week," Halter says, "but I lever let the city prevent me from t w loing the University Job." Halter has a Since he took office, vitnessed the rapid expansion of h ,oilege Station and A &M. "The big impact on College St, ion has been the population growth s if the student body and the im- provement of the amenities in the e area," he says. College Station has not only pro vided the services for the growing city but has done so without any ma- jor problems, he says. However, there are many areas of interaction between the ci F and University that need improv com- munication and we're seeing better relations between the two with Chancellor Hansen, Halter says. "We'd (College Station) probably be a wide spot in the road without e A &M, but by the same token, in this t together," Halter says. "A &M woull be a cow college without students Cwould Station e nowhere t to live." Halter says the attitude of the City of College Station is that students lure also members of the community C d are represented as such. We welcome students," Halter says. If there are problems, we wel- ome student input and want to ,now about them. "The student liaison, a position reated by the city council, has been ons importan, ry beneficial in communicating udent interests to the council," he ys• --it's a symbiotic relationship be- een the city and the University an we really need, more than we ave in the past, to work together on kings." The voter , towever, does of tudent body, have a substantial impact on city lections. The A pril elections show a net in- crease of only 130 student votes, a small increase considering the total population of the student body• I think the average student j t us isn't interested in city government Halter says. He says communication between the Bryan and College Station city council members and city staff is good. Halter and the College Station City Council are focusing on long range planning to determine the fu- ture direction of College Station. Right now they are in the process of hiring a new city manager. "It will be an important, sidgith niti- cant change for n n most w change more g than pie realize,' Halter says. The city also is directing its imme- diate planning toward power sys- tems, financial matters and an ex- panded industrial program. The Batallion /September 2, 1985 Gary Halter � �hamber promotes Business, industrial development of B -CS By CINDY IRVING Reporter C The only organization in Bryan - 'olle�e Station that works full -time o build a strong growing economy and well- rounded community is the Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce. Executive Vice President Ed Brady says as a single organization, the chamber tries, to serve both com- munities. He says the chamber works to promote local business, industrial re- cruitment and an overall economic development of the community. The chamber also assumes a lead- ership role in the development of the community and works with cer- tain organizations that shape the fu- ture of Bryan - College Station, Brady says. He says the chamber is interested in Texas A &M and the students as well as the overall community. "We're trying to build a job base, which is important to the students who choose to start a career in this area after they graduate," Brady says. He says one of the chamber's main concerns is with promoting ba- sic industry such as manufacturing and high technological research and development companies because these industries will provide the po- tential to bring in secondary mar- kets. However, Brady says the chamber tries to avoid promoting real estate, retail and restaurant businesses be- cause their development and success comes with the growth of the com- munity. Brady says the chamber has been involved with a new marketing pro- gram called the "Economic Devel- opment Committee," which has been evaluating the future economic op- portunities for the community. "The program has focused on the community's function in the market- place," Brady says. "It also has eval- uated the strengths and weaknesses of the community." The chamber also is involved in various public service projects, one of which is the "Adopt -a- School Pro- gram". The program is trying to bring business and the education system closer together. Another program is "Leadership Brazos," designed to identify, edu- cate and motivate potential young leaders to become involved in the fu- ture of the community. "The chamber has to be the voice that continues to bring about issues and identifies the issues for the com- munity to deal with," Brady says. The Battallion/ Sunday September 2, 19845 C o r ni ght H rt Sv O G a At to fD b rt 9 ti a N 00 U By JAN WUT11RIC14 The busiest times for local and s s fa- um - Reporter parks are spring c Station are Those with sport Bryan an and improving their mer. bar - ,t panding cilities, pavilions and lark systems, re the most *Brothers Pond Park is on arks beque P its a he newer neighborhood P d Valley off po pular . pound in Southwoo Rio Grande. It includes a ci . nde track and concreta jpf g yground, public use — B e C reek aP a I/exercise trail Park, a basketb all Pool for year -round four backstops g above the p court, one acre p ond, pier, gazebo and park trails. swimming. Y Road; *Southwood Athletic Park is e Oaks Park, off Harvey ent. It is a Little is central to several College Sta- recent develop plexes. It also League complele x which also has tion apparunent corn tennis courts and lighted soccer includes a jogging trail as well as a main fields. It is at Rock Prairie Roa lighted mule use court, a and Rio Grande. College Station's is and deck and bridge, shelter and res lay its and two is Cen trooms, conversation p most frequently used par party areas. tral Park at 1000 Krenek 'Tap *Anderson Park on Anderson Road. It is thsmht n parks s and Street is close to lske ball co &M the College a ll(' . Facilities campus Two Recreation Dep five youth soccer fieldsraaePand in the 47-acre park inslu thr es- ground, restrooms, g adult soccer fields, parking are available there. trooms and shelter building, fou Two of sw mg- ningation S for lighted adult softball fields parks have . sottba Ia roun an tennis courts, a p Yg open play areas, a one -acre pond, i fishing piers, a stage, 10 picnic nature trails and parking• units, Marci Rodgers P arks says and Recreation Department softball, played in three different the seasons, favorite s port at ms Central a ant theafall p in J i nuary, football in the and sprng flag fall an volleyball in late October to early December. g The busiest times for CO the Station parks are, f s ring and summer and on holi- days: Parents We is Rodg traction at the p ers says. Central and Bee Creek parks are the most eaionsused also parks. Parks T Central Park are Qopular e barbecue pit pavilion has a hug and a kitchen. wishes to rent Anyone who ment must park facilities or evu Recreation do so at the Parks an Road, Office, 1000 Krenek Tam Alco- h l is al owed in5the parks but r cannot be sold there. Some College Station parl and has been donated, and some s des es-gnated by developers as re- quired by city ordinance, but most are purchased by the city with money from bond issu be- Bryan parks have lagg ast, hind Colle e Station's in t a P o but with the aid of o ng state allies, bond issues, charita- funds, and donations oy p olishing its ble trusts, Br an is p park facilities. The Astin Recreational Area at South College Avenue and le of Roundtree Drive is an a It Bryan's park improv boardwalk, includes restrooms, barbe ue pavilion jogging track, q t and fireplace, gazebo. pier and a lake overlo k* p a � t the Bryan Municipal Course and X a Bryan Lake comp One of the largest of Bryan's 21 parks, Henderson Park, is ge - ting a Little League cCe s ion building, restroom grou s, g P ter, play equipnic k a sd The 21 -acre p" agh162 �� Co�kout� play s and relax, by day �IaC hied G ►1 concessions, two hg d I t;,% community Center available for parties By SALLY TAYLOR Reporter The College Station Community Center offers rooms for conven- tions, meetings, seminars, exhibits, receptions and parties. It has a dance floor, a stage and an 800 square foot deck for outdoor meet- ings and parties. The center, at 1300 Jersey St. across from the Texas A &M golf course, opened to the public in 1982. It is a non- profit service offered by the city. "Any group, individual or busi- ness can rent space at the commu- nity center for parties, conventions, workshops or whatever," Commu- nity Center Director Peggy Calliham says. Calliham says different kinds of groups — non - commercial, political or commercial — are charged differ- ent fees. "The way they are charged is based on the nature of the group," she says. "Most of our groups are non -com- mercial, like a garden club, a sorority or a bass fishermen's club." Those types of clubs pay a lower non-com - inercial rate. "If you are a business, like a Dale Carnegie course, you pay a commer- cial rate," Calliham says. "If you are a political candidate setting up a meeting, you would pay a different range of fees." Deposits and other fees also vary depending on the number of people who attend, whether alcohol is served and which room in the center is rented. The rooms range from classroom - size to a 3000 square foot multipur- pose room with a parquet floor (great for dancing) and an adjoining deck. On one patio is a table for picnics and domino games. A kitchen com- plete with a microwave oven, an ice machine and two refrigerators also is available. A piano, movie screens, micro- phones and other party and meeting equipment may be rented. Reservations should be made at least one month in advance, Calli. ham says, but reservations for wed ding receptions (especially those scheduled for the "popular' months) and holiday parties shouk be made at least six months in ai vane. • The Batallion /September 2, 1985 Church g protes� By DANIEL PUCKETT Staff Writer The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission voted Thursday in favor of a church that wants to locate in a residential neighborhood. But residents said they'd fight on. The commission granted a con- ditional-use permit to the College Heights Assembly of God, which wants to build a church, a day -care center, a Christian school and an out- door recreational field on 10 acres at Dominik Drive and the East Bypass. However, such decisions may be ppealed to the City Council, and eighborhood spokesman Phil Hob - in said residents will do so. The commission's decision came °r one spokesman for each side was allowed to speak. The church's pastor, the Rev. Calvin Durham, told the commission that he had offered to compromise with residents by chang- ing his plans in several ways, includ- ing the omission of a proposed retire- ment center, the establishment of a 40 -foot -wide green zone along Dominik and the relocation of the re- creation field away from nearby houses. But Hobson, speaking for the resi- dents, said the compromise plans still would reduce property values in the neighborhood. A 40 -foot greenbelt, he said,. is inadequate to shield the church from the neighborhood: A 50- foot -wide greenbelt separates Cul- pepper Plaza from Texas Avenue and is unnoticeable, he said. Only Hobson was allowed to speak for the neighborhood, a move that angered many of the approximately 20 residents at the meeting. $ut Com- mission Chairman Ronald Kaiser told the residents that the commission's p public hearing on Aug. satis- fied hearing requirements. Kaiser assured the residents that they'd have another b forc t s City if the issue goes Council. At that point, several residents cried, "It sure will "' The protests continued after the commission voted 6 -1 for the permit. Only Commissioner Mark Paulson voted against the motion. The motion, offered by Commis- sioner Walter Wendler, stipulates that limits be put on the size of the day -care center and the school, and that all items in Durham's proposed compromise be part of the permit. A compromise on another issue was rejected when the commission voted, with only Kaiser dissenting, in favor of the rezoning of three lots at Wellborn Road and Holleman Drive from C -N (neighborhood business) to C -1 (general commercial). The C -N zoning would not allow the owner, S. Kelley Broach, to erect a freestand- ing sign for the service station, con- venience store and fast -food res- taurant he plans to build there. The city staff suggested a com- bination of less- intense commercial zoning that would permit erection of the sign but would forbid some com- mercial ventures, such as a nightclub, on the property. C -1 embraces res- taurants and nightclubs. However, Broach objected on the grounds that a lot across Holleman had been rezoned C -1, allowing its owners a competitive advantage. That-argument seemed instrumental in winning the zoning change, which still must be approved by the council. Another rezoning request was re- jected when the commission voted unanimously against allowing an apartment development on three lots at Park Place and Wellborn. Two Park Place residents objected. that the proposed 12 apartment units would overburden the street and utilities in the area. The Eagle /Friday, September 6, 1985 'r.. IN. Keep the city under this line to save money next year. 86 86 76 76 66 .. M. 56 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 2930 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314 ?6 171819 August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as little electricity as possible during the hours between 4 and 8 p.m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day during that period, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimate. The Eagle /Friday, September 6, 1985 a.. L 76 5E it 20212223Y4Zbmutbtyovoi Z R A 5t 56 August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the cis ti of College Station since the inception of its load managemer, program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesse. use as little electricity as possible during the hours between 4 and t p.m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day during that period, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimate. The Eagle /Saturday, September 7, 1985 t A 20212223Y4Zbmutbtyovoi Z R A 5t 56 August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the cis ti of College Station since the inception of its load managemer, program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesse. use as little electricity as possible during the hours between 4 and t p.m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day during that period, customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimate. The Eagle /Saturday, September 7, 1985 t Problems with inspectors There is something going on in the inspection departments of these two cities that you should be made aware of. We have a situation here as near to a dictatorship as you can get. Department heads in Bryan and College Station are acting as judge, jury and enforcers, and they have the police department as fellow em- ployees. There is no such thing as a °King for a hearing or appealing heir decision. When they decide , omething doesn't agree with them, .hat's it. Case closed. I would like to see both cities form a review board or appeal board made up of citizens who have some com- mon sense, people who can under- stand or relate to the person filing the complaint against city hall. One of the absurd things these in- spectors have done is threaten to close a business that changed loca- tions in the same shopping center, after there had already been an oper- ating business in the new location. No electrical or plumbing was touched; the inspector came in and found that a door to the outside which goes into a PRIVATE office/ store room that can NOT be seen by the public did not have an EXIT sign over it, and that the fire extinguisher was not hung on the wall. This in- spector wanted to shut the business down until he could make a return trip to re- inspect, which could have taken several days. If that had hap- pened on a weekend, it would have caused the merchant to lose quite a Sit of business. This is just one of many com- plaints I've heard of from both cities. There are times when inspec- tors should use a little common sense and grant a temporary permit and in this way minimize hard feel- ings. I would strongly recommend that the city fathers do something about this situation now, before someone loses their patience and there is < onfrontation that could lead to , mething serious in this day an( ie. Why invite trouble? Lee Pirairn Bryai The Eagle /Saturday, September 7, 1985 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) 111K� Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas .vill be received for the construction of GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE - CONTRACT "A" AND 3RAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE - CONTRACT' `B" intil 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director )f Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. 3idders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (546) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a permit from the State o Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list o companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary o the Treasury of the United States, or other Surety acceptable to tht 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. 3idders are required to inspect the site of the work and to inform remselves regarding local conditions under which the work is to bs one. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimun Vage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes o Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipa onstruction. prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:0 '.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. :ontracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plar are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of M Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtains from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 17( Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 7784 upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Ma} 08- 20- 85,08- 24 - 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09 -01- 85,09 -07 -85 08 -85, 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Saturday, September 7, 1985 L • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texa will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 consider the mos advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian !ones, City Secretary Gary M. Halsor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08 -24- 85,08 -25- 85,08 -28- 8 5,08 -31- 85,09- 01- 85,09- 07- 85, 09- 08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Saturday, September 7, 1985 N-11 • uesigmea driver program started in B -CS By MEG CADIGAN Staff Writer Half of all people killed in drunk driving accidents are the drunk drivers themselves, says Dr. Kirk Brown, president of the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter. And to combat this problem MADD and the National Safety Council are promoting the desig- nated driver program. Brown says the designated driver program involves attending parties in groups and having the driver of' the group abstain from drinking alcohol. MADD is pro- viding lapel stickers for the desig- nated driver to let others know where to find a safe ride home, he says. "By letting friends drive drunk you are contributing to the p ossi - )ility they could kill themselves," 3rown says. MADD has contacted local beer distributors, liquor stores, sorori- ties and fraternities to promote the designated driver program, he says. Brown says that this program could help protect various groups from legal action taken by families of those killed while driving drunk. "Increasingly, victims' families have been successful in suing the Drganizers of parties," Brown says. He says another 25 percent of' those killed are passengers of drunk drivers. He says MADD is now devel- oping a plan for helping drunk pa- trons of local nightclubs get home safely. Any groups or individuals inter- ested in getting designated driver lapel stickers or additional infor- mation on the program shn, - , )ntact MADD w iz^^ The Eagle /Saturday, September 7,1985 �1 0 36 20 j Z[ c,,-. bepi ... -- August the city electricity, in megawatts, used daily l?Y This is the a mount of its load manag ement o f College Station since the mcepQ� all residents and businesses program Aug. 20. The city's asking the hours between ¢ and 8 Po age during a watts a use as little electricity X usage is kept to less than 86 meg 0� u c ustome r p m, through Sept. 20• If us can save f that period, - ear, city officials day during bills over the next y $500,000 on their utility The Eagle /Saturdav, September 7, 1985 n mnl , era. .� LV b U )0a a tender has fore- Business Writer closed on a small office building pro- ject of International Equities in 0 ne of the office buildings Bryan, and the telephone in the com- now under construction pany's office has been disconnected. here will have Bryan - President Al Bullard of Century College Station's first Brazos Corp., which is building the .ommercial atrium lobby. Omni, said Moore is no longer Another will be the tallest in town. associated with the project. ,`"' But a third is stalled completely; Although the completion ate is Heeds are beginning to overgrow the long- delayed and there is an i$ioarent ;ite and only an occasional security lack of tenant interest, one factor ;ward is spotted patrolling the un- bodes well for the new building. mished structure. Funds have been appropriated for The building with the atrium, the what is known as the Dartmouth Omni Center, already is a year behind Street overpass, which should open is initial projected completion date, access to the building for office ;ven though the original size of the tenants and shoppers. )roject has been greatly reduced. The There now is no overpass along the )uilding is located on the East Bypass East Bypass all the way from the .n College Station. South Texas Avenue intersection to The five -story glass tower, which Harvey Road. als s a 30,000 square foot one- According to D.D. Williamson of sto�etail area, was originally to be the Texas Department of Highways complete by September of last year. and Public Transportation, construc- It also was initially to have twin tow- tion on the Dartmouth Street overpass ers, each with an atrium lobby open should start next year, and should to the roof and overlooked by balco- take a year to 18 in nies. One building that will have a ready But President Al Bullard of Cen- access is the First Bank Tower, now tury Brazos Corp., the developer of under construction on Briarcrest the building, said last week it will not Drive. be finished for 45 to 60 days. A topping -out party for the eight - As yet, the Omni is without an story tower is scheduled Tuesday at 5 anchor tenant, although Bullard said p.m. it does have two tenants under lease. The tower is part of the Gajleria, a He declined to name either tenant or project of Culpepper Properties, the to disclose the total of space leased. development arm of the complex of When the Omni was announced in companies owned by John C. Cul- February, 1984, a spokesman for one pepper Jr. The anchor tenant, of the principals said preleasing of the occupying the first four floors, will center had been so successful that the be First Bank & Trust. developers were considering enlarg- Culpepper said last week that he ing the second tower to nine stories, has handshake commitments from rather than five. two other tenants, who each wnt an Gary Carpenter, director of com- entire floor. Ground for the building munity development for International was broken in December, with an Equities, said at the time that tenants anticipated construction time of 14 included a bank, and among the pros- months., pects were a real estate company, and Culpepper said construction is ab- insurance, law and accounting firms. out five days ahead of schedule. Can nter was with International The bank tower is one phase of t Equs, the firm operated by Cali- 13 -acre Galleria development that in forman Carl Moore, one of the three cludes the Steak 'N' Ale.' Platts cal original principals in the project. for at least three other Ale,.' buildings, to be built in phases. patsmisttiitc t al S e anle willesconp at You can't say the same for th p Pe Woodbine Financial Center. It is no )uilding. project 01 being built in phases; it isn't eve, The Woodbine was a p ro j being built at all — right now. Financial Center, Ltd. , a limited part - The seven -story office building of nership composed of former Califor East Tarrow Street in College Statior, nian Gerald Carpentier and Davit is mired in an involuntary bankrupt- Anderson of Denver; Colo. Colleg cy, forced by subcontractors after the Station developer Randy Goldsmitl lender filed to foreclose on it. had a small interest as a limiter Stanley Structures, -Inc., of San partner. Antonio provided the prestressed Construction on the building cam concrete for the building.. At the time to a complete halt after foreclosurt Savers Federal Savings & Loan proceedings were filed in April. Association of Little Rock, Ark., Texana National Bank has ex- filed foreclosure proceedings, Stan- pressed an interest in locating in th( ley had invested more than $500,000 building if problems surrounding i in the project. can ever be resolved. The foreclosure would have wiped In one respect, the Woodbin out Stanley's chances of recovering Financialtenter is ahead of the Shei that investment, so it joined with two iton Hotel proposed for the soutt other creditors, Otis Elevator Co. of west corner of Jersey Street and Wei Houston and Gerry Van Tassel of Au- born Road. Construction has at lea rora, Colo., to force the building into started on the Woodbine. bankruptcy. The Sheraton once was planned f. Representatives of Stanley and the' University Drive, across fro other creditors met in College Station - about a week ago with Savers Federal representatives. George Goldberg, vice president and general manager of Stanley, said the creditors presented a plan to Say. ers in which they would recoup som( of their investment. He ' said he ha not yet heard whether Savers wi' a t the proposition.:. avers spokesman was unavai alb comment. etheless, Goldberg said, he _M , E_ !AG I 1�1 sepi` 8, 1985 -lilton, but a new franchise was ssued to a Houston . group and it was moved to Wellborn Road. Originally, groundbreaking was to be last summer. Then it was to be this month. , w, the spokesman for the hotel d ,_.opers won't even return a repor- ter's inquiries about the groundbreak- ing date. College Station Building Inspector Coy Perry did manage to reach hotel spokesman Morris Hamm, a Houston lawyer. Perry said he was told construction on the 220 -room hotel will not start for at least six months. The Houston developers, Rosa Chang and Harold Lott, are seeking additional inves- tors, Petry said. Several weeks ago Hamm told the Eagle the proposed hotel would offer 13,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting room space, and would be 10 es. He estimated the total cost at On the other hand, workers have already cleared the site of the prop- osed Hampton Inn, and developers have obtained a building permit. The Hampton is to be a four -story, 134 -room economy motel. The chain is an offshoot of Holiday Inns. Local- ly, the Hampton will be on the Texas Avenue spot once occupied by the Sands Motel. One major commercial project that is virtually complete is Riverstone Plaza, the 40,000 square foot shop- ping center at Broadmoor. Riverstone already has its first tenant, and a second is doing the in- terior finish. A Chinese restaurant. Sing Lee, is alrady committed . although a pizza parlor may have fal- len through. Paul Morgan, directors of prop- erties for Property Enterprises o1 Texas, said he expects to hear next week from a major tenant who would occupy most of the remaining un- committed space in the center. . The Eagle. September 1985 Progress, V, 4 The First Bank Tower is just part of the 13 -acre Galleria development on Briarcrest in tsryan. it rfi 5E 5E August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management program Aug. 20. The:yity is asking that all re's'idents and businesses use as little electricity as possible during the hours between 4 and 8 p.m. through Sept. 20. if usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day during hat period. customers can save from $400,000 to $500,000 on their utility bills over the next year, city officials estimOW The Eagle /Sunday, September 8, 1985 0 ry V r 1Ct 1 U CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) u • Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texa will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE - CONTRACT "A^ AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE - CONTRACT until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. A prebid conference will be held at College Station City Hall at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 3, 1985. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08- 20- 85,08 -24- 85,08- 28 -85, 08-31- 85,09 -01- 85,09- 07- 85,09- 08 -85, 09- 10-85. The Eagle /Sunday, September 8, 1985 0 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) . Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five(5)days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 muskbe executed by an approved Surety Company holding a 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elroy Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Dian Jones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20-85,08-24- 85,08 -25- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09- 01- 85,09- 07- 85, 09- 08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Sunday, September 8, 1985 • • CITY HALL iy Mane Blake Bowen Cast your mind forward to Nov. 3, and a brisk, cool weather walk around the Texas A &M University campus. A group of church and civic workers in Bryan and College Sta- tion are . organiz- ing the second annual CROP Walk to raise money to fight world hunger and Brazos Val- ley hunger. The walk is important to me, for one reason, because I've volun- teered to be among several people who are expected, to make the walk a success. For another, I have done several stories about hunger and poverty in the area, and church efforts to alleviate those problems. They continue to rouse both my interest and concern. ; The Rev. Bill Youngkin, pastor of Friends United Church of Christ, is the coordinator of the walk, and he asked me to be on the local organizing committee. My job is to find a teachef each public school campus who is willing to be a recruiter for the CROP Walk. Recruiters will publicize the walk, take names o f walkers, come to a recruiters' rally on Sept. 29 at Parkway, Baptis t Church in College Station, : , .and collect the money raised by,wal- kers. Walkers will ask supporters to pledge various amounts for each of the 10 kilometers or 6.2 miles of the walk, arld area businesses are also being asked for contributions. The money will be distributed by Church World Services, a well - established relief organization which received more than $10 mil- lion in support last year from many religious denominations. CWS uses the money for disas- ter response with food, medicine, clothing and ' blankets, develop- ment of self - sufficiency in blighted areas, refugee resettlement, and education. CWS funds are used it more than 70 countries. Adminis- trative and fund - raising costs accounted for only 12.7 percent of last year's budget, with the balance going to relief work. The denominations supporting CWS include the African Method- ist Episcopal Church, the Amer- ican Lutheran Church, the Christ- ian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the Luther- an Church- Missouri Synod, the Mennonite Central Committee, the National Baptist Convention of America, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Seventh -Days Adven- tists, the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. CWS also disbursed more than $6 million of federal relief aid last year. The Eagle /Monday, September 9, 1985 • • 1141O111-c ­­­_ Sealed Proposals addressed to City of College Station, Texas, will be received at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, City of College Station. Texas until 2:00 P.M. on the 24th of September, 1985 for the furnishing of electric dis- tribution materials of the following general categories: Group "A"-Creosoted Wood Poles Group "B" -Pole Line Hard- ware, Crossarms, and Connectors 3roup ''C "- Overhead Con- ductors and Accessories 3roup "D "- Distribution Disconnect Switches 3roup ''E "- Miscellaneous Pole Line Hardware & Connectors -No Substitutions 3roup "F "- Substation Feeder Bay Materials 3roup "G ''- Underground Dis- tribution Conductors and Accessories Group "H'- Vacuum Circuit Breaker (15.5 KV, 20,000 Am- pere Interrupting Rating) all as more fully described in the Specifications. Bids re- ceived by 2:00 P.M., Septem- ber 24, 1985 will be publicly opened and read in the City Council Chambers of the City Hall in College Station, Texas at 2:00 P.M. on the same date. Bids received after 2:00 P.M., September 24, 1985 will be re- turned to the sender up opened. Each proposal mus be in a sealed envelope bear ing on the outside the name of the bidder and the RED label addressed to the City of Col- lege Station provided with this bid package. Materials shall be bid by groups and the bidder is free to bid any single group or combination of groups. The Purchaser may accept one or more individual group bids or a group combination bid as it deems most advantageous. Materials shipped by truck shall be f.o.b. at the City Warehouse on 2613 -South Texas Avenue in College Sta- tion, Texas. Those materials shipped by rail shall be f.o.b, cars, the Southern Pacific or Missouri Pacific siding in Col- lege Station, Texas. Invoices and shipping notices shall specify materials by the Item numbers assigned in the specifications. One copy of the bidding forms and specifications are ob- tainable free of charge from McCord Engineering, Inc., 90C Southwest Parkway East Suite 100, P.O. Box 10047, Col. lege Station, Texas (tele- phone 409/764- 8356). Ad- ditional copies may be pur- chased from the Engineer for afeeof$10.00. Bids will be evaluated by the Purchaser, based on quality economy of operation warranty, delivery dates, ex- perience of the manufacturer, availability of service of repair and maintenance, and the adaptability of the particular equipment to the specific use intended. The Purchaser re serves the right to select thf equipmentwhich bestsuitsit: needs whether the price is th1 lowest or not, and also re serves the right to reject al bids and waive informalities. Bidders are urged to offer th1 earliest practical deliver date, which dates shall b( considered by the Purchase when choosing th, Successful Bidder. 4ward of the Contract to th Seccessful Bidder will b, made at a subsequent meet ing of the City Council c College Station, CITY OF COLLEGE STATIOr TEXAS Mayo —By Gary M. Halt( Bid #86 -14 — ^o -RS 09 -16 -85 The Eagle /Monday, September 9, 1985 0 • SID NOTI a Station i The Ct� ^ °e d(s) For. accepting SEDAN /ONE 2 -DOOR m ., SePtem EACH until 2 8 00 hich time the ti ds willl opened m the Age fice of t .t all. Spec 9ca ions at the City o itice may be obtained at ent. 11 of the Purchasing g bids recieet enederunopened. wIll be a Station re The City of Coll e9 waive or serves the right to I reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities m said bid and to accept tadvanta- he offer considered my. ost geous to the Cit d w h Re may be purchF nueSharin9 unds. e ID #86 -15 09 -p9 -85 09-16 -85 • 9 The Eagle /Monday, September 9, 1985 r_1 6— C • College Station has a downtown College Station, it's said, is a suburb looking for a downtown. This observation, so plausible at first; perplexes me deeply. For a little reflection leads to the conclu- sion that College Station does in fact have a down- town, and a large one: Texas A &M !' University. Look at the characteristics of a downtown: the biggest ■ A downtown has buildings in town. Only two off - campus buildings can compete The with A &M in this regard. Ramada Inn is practically on cam- pus anyway, and the Hilton is something of an anomaly, like Houston's Galleriaar downtown. ■ It's hard to park Granted, it's easier to park on cam- pus than in downtown Austin. But where else in Brazos County can one spend so much time looking for that last empty space? , ■ A downtown provides the main forum for entertainment and the arts. If off - campus Collegr, , Station has anything to comps with the Memorial Student Center TEXAS A &M By Daniel Puckett vices. Now, it's true that College Sta- tion's downtown provides no opportunity for private enterprise. A developer cannot build a scraper or porn shop on camp us as he might in downtown Dallas or Houston. But just because this downtown is a monopoly market doesn's mean that it is a downtown; merely a o pportunities for free en- Opera and Performing Arts SOcie- limited o p ty, MSC Town Hall, or any of the terprise. I hear of it. opportunities has Limiting those other A &M activities, l have yet to made A &M rather dull as down - ■ A downtown is thronged dur- towns go. But the camp us also has g the day and nearly empty at to serve as a university, and allow in shows and ing sleazy bars, peep d stores night. Visit the MSC on non -event nights and try to spot someone: It's ores on campus rove distracting to almost impossible. would likely p ■ A downtown is the hub of bus the poor students. service. All the routes of this coun- A &M is clean and it's relatively ty's largest, mass- transit system, calm, but it's still downtown t the A &,M shuttle bus, meet — where else? — on campus. ■ A downtown has the city's biggest concentration of jobs, but the people who hold them live else- where. Nowhere else le College ork Station do so many people and the heavy off - campus traffic at 5 p.m. is evidence that few of those workers live in dormitories. ■ A downtown offers a dense cluster of merchants. A &M, of . course, monopolizes commerce on re campus, but the university does sell books, clothing, food, micro- me . Registration for MSC Universi- ty Plus begins one week from to- day, and those looking for a little improving fun would do well to consider signing UP• joint effort University Plus — a J of the MSC Craft Center and the MSC After Hours /Free University Committee — is open to anyone over 18 years of age. Ilk The Eagle /Monday, September 9, 1985 Ell computers and a variety of ser- Organization develops, promotes art in 6 -CS area erary) and through ongoing admin. By BETTY SCHULTZ istrative services. Staff Writer The last goal is to develop a plat 1 r Bryan - College Station was host to reggional meeting of the Texas As :mbly of Arts Councils July 29. The organization sponsored a ummer series of regional meetings n twelve communities with B -CS serving as the host city for the Heart ATexas Region. Bonnie Yarborough, executive di- rector of the Arts Council of Brazos V 11 said the meeting provided an for a major community cultura ar . facility for the Brazos`Valley. The Arts Council operates on fed eral grants and contributions, Yar brough said. They offer bath indi vidual and corporate memfkrship: and students are also invited to Join Volunteers are encouraged to OF with monthly calendar distribution, bulk mailings and clerical work, she a Cy, said. opportunity for representatives from area councils, art organizations and interested individuals to share a .heir experiences and exchange t leas. And it was chance to meet new 'riends, Yarborough said. The Arts Council of Brazos Valley s the local arts agency in Brazos 3ounty which develops, promotes ind supports arts organizations, art- ists and arts activities through a vari- ety of administrative, financial, edu- cationalltnd cultural programs. In order to best serve the broad , nectrurn of the arts in the Brazos l lley, Yarbrough said, the Arts U-6uncil encourages active partici- pation and community involvement. he Arts Council provides a means -or this involvement through sup port from four mltjor groups: mu- -ticipalities -city an$' COUnty involve - ;rient, private sector- citizen involvement, businessilhdustry-em- ployee involvement and arts constit- uency -art organizations recognized as member groups, according to the cultural policy statement of the•Arts Council. The Arts Council has three' oals, Yarborough said. The first got is to develop an increased level of broad, local commitment to the arts in the Brazos Valley. The second is to serve as a re- source center for arts activities in the Brazos Valley by compiling registries If artists (performing, visual and lit- Educational programs are a verb ctive part of the Ar Council, Yar- broug i said. In ttl "se programs . hey hope to extenct current school I resentations to include classroom activities through lectures and dem- onstrations. The Art,£. ,t:ouncil also offers classes in art, weaving, pottery, drama, painting and drawing, she said. The last week in September has been proclaimed National Arts Week by President Reagan, Yar- brough said. The Arts Council also is trying to encourage the mayors of Bryan and College Station to proclaim a local arts week, she said. During this week local artists and their work will be recognized at art exhibits, she said. The Arts Council also pprrovides children's activitils in the arts. Weekly movies are featured at the Bryan library. Classics, such as "In- credible Journey" and "Treasure Is- land" have been two of the children's favorites, Yarbrough said. The Arts Council also has orga- nized I -day classes. about,'Pet care, and making hot air - balloons witby a- Per. Summer classes were offerein drama, painting and pottery. All of these activities are orga- nized to make children more cultu• rally aware as well as keep these bush duringg the long summer days, Yar brough said. The Eagle /Monday, September 2, 1985 NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR 0 • construction. Hall at 2:00 A prebid conference w ill be held at Station City p.M., Tuesday, P sp and plans Contracts Documents, Proposal without c harge in the office of Mr. a re on file and may be examined w rth°ut eats, and may be obtained Elrey Ash, Director of Capital improvements, 1701 from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840. upon the payment of Fifty (550.00) Dollars' G ary M. Haltor, Mayor Dian Jones, City Secretary 08-2 -85,08 - 24- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09 - 01-85.09-07- 85,09- 08- 85, 09- ]0 - (ADVERTISEMENT Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: TRACE ,.A„ GRAHAM ROAD WATERLINE -COZ4 AND „ GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER ONTRACT until 2:00 p.M., Tuesday, September 10, 1985 . proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital improvements, City Hall, College station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids re tit of the maximum amour the Check in the amount of five (5%) P o f Colleg station, of bid payable without recourse t the sari amount from a Surety Texas, or a proposal bond Company holding permit from the State of Texas to antes hold ng and acceptable according to the latest list Of the Treasury of the certificates of authority from the Secretary United States, as listed in R gvdder will enter into contract Circular to b a g guarantee forms provided within five (5) days and execute bonn d and g after notice of award oo bond will no Bid t beieonsideredc�� as stated above, or Proposa 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 by s define m any l hold The bo nds perm from the State and materials aof an approved Surety P t the latest list of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable "Cord from the Secretary of companies y of the United States, or ther Surety acceptable to the authority the Treasury , Owner. or all bids and to waive The Owner r eserves the right to reject any informalities. In case of ambiguity o s the right igclearn onsider the mo t price n the bids, the Owner reserve s advantageous construction rites woll be eons considered s ufficient cause a ble or unbalanced unit p for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to inspect the site the work and to inform be themselves regarding local conditions undd er which the work is m done. Attention is called to the provisions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article S wa g e rat e appli ab in municipal l Texas, concerning the prevailing 8 Batallion /Monday, September 2, 1985 • • • te r.. r, ri ri a turn IvIH(IdUCIIICIII r"1'Vgj G&It 20 21 22 23 24 Z5 Zo I <---_ August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, hsed daily by the city of College Station since the inception of its load management program Aug. 20. The city is asking that all residents and businesses use as little electricity as possible during the hours between 4 and 8 P.M. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less than 86 megawatts a day during n that u od tv c bills over the next year, .ty of f o f"i" $500,000 0 vcrimate. The Eagle /Tuesday, September 10, 1985 planning b correct i the ermit p Subjectively, it's not hard to see have gone out of their way to why those who live at thollege Sta- Dominik acco mmodate the Drve residents. There of Dominik Drive in College tion want to protect their enclave will be no o access Dominik church Drive at all, f ch ange — the neighbor Y tranquility, born of a dead- which means residents of that hood' s end street and land, isrindeedtin- creased traffic due r to church. of undeveloped Church officials have offered to viting. lan — But it is hard to see on what alter the church's master point cancelling objective basis the College Station even ans for a retirement center at that Planning & Zoning Commission p ' _ pact their reasonably use could snit t denied the Col- development will have t onthe adja- conditional Pe cent neighborhood. They pledged lege Heights Assembly of God landed recreational Church. The church wants to build to relocate p foot a sanctuary and related facilities in fields maintain 40- to a subdivision which borders on the g reed zone along Dom Dominik Drive area. The Dominik fu But none of this has placated the Drive residents don't want to look who predict out their front windows and into an church's opponents, pro perty values expanse of asphalt and activity. will w ill if he hurch is Both positions are understandable; objective measure — allowed to build near their homes. ob but by any J ues- That well may be their worst best use of the property in q tion, local precedent, minimal fear, but it's hardly a foregone impact on surrounding conclusion. Indeed, of the many likely neighbors —the church's is the potential uses for property fronting the East Bypass a church complex more realistic. landing corn seems by far the least offensive Apparently. the p mission agrees. Despite the stre- and o mos logical is of little consola- nuous objections of residents lion right now to those who stand along Dominik, the planning co m- mission last week approved the to lose some measure of serenity to conditional use permit. Opponents the inevitablility of change. But in of that action vowed to carry their time even the staunchest oppo- battle to the city council, which nents of the conditional use permit has the final say over all zoning to realize that there are ng may come matters. Unless they can make a f worse possibilities that having more convincing argument against a church as a neighbor fete with the permit than has been offered to church c that comes , Christian school, date, the council should uphold the recreation field and a parking lot. planning commission decision. Eagle Editorial Board To their credit, church officials The Eagle /Tuesday, September 10, 1985 • 6 Parks board meets tonight • Sports and recreation user fees and programs for 1986 will be considered at the College Station Parks and Recreation Board meeting at 7 p -m. today. The meeting will be held at the Central Park Office, 1000 Krenek Tap Road. The board also intends to dis- cuss sprinkler systems for neighborhood parks. The Eagle /Tuesday, September 10, 1985 • Reasons for Opposition C The College Station Planning & Zon- ing Commission seems unable to understand the unamimous view of residents affected by the conditional - use permit to build a large church complex across our street. Following the initial meeting, Commissioner Walter Wendler said that we, the neighbors, are used to looking out at large areas of open fields and naturally are opposed to anv change. This is ridiculous. 1 did not purchase a home directly across the street from a large and busy parking lot, nor did Commissioner Wendler. I would not do so today, and I doubt that he would. It is that simple. Be- cause the proposed church site is zoned residential, we all assumed that ore day other residences would face ours and do not oppose this. Shortly after 1 left the suburban house in which I was raised in Anna- polis, Maryland, a similar parking lot was built next.to it. The house was never again occupied by residents. The last time I saw it, the house was a Chinese restaurant, the dogwoods and oaks around it all cut down. George F. Bass college Station At- The Eagle /Tuesday, September 10, 1985 0 • 0 185 CSPD pays off Robot Freddie with VFW help It's on to the next fund - raising pro- ject at the College Station Police De- partment — Freddie the robot has been paid off. Crime Prevention Lt. Bernie Kapella accepted a check for $4,000 Tuesday from members of Brazos County Post 4692 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The check paid off Freddie's $15,000 price tag. The entire amount was raised in the community over the last two years. Kapella said the police department now wants to get a television camera to put in Freddie's head. Freddie, who is used to talk to chil- dren about safety, already is equip- ped with a videocassette recorder and can talk. I Post Commander John Velasquez _ said all of the money weeds over from was raised the group's bingo p last three months. "As long as we're aware of some- body in need in the community, we'll try to help," Velasquez said. The VFW also presented a check for $2,000 to the Brazos County Volunteer Fire Department. President Frenchy Bennett said the money would be used for equipment for the four precincts. Another check for $500 to the Col- lege Station Salvation Army was Accepted by chairman Jim Saunders. The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 • • • an - College Station Eagle Wednesday, September 11. 1985 Page 5A Stallings new appraisal director College Station businesswoman Celia Stallings was sworn in Tuesday as a director of the Brazos County Appraisal District. Stallings, owner of University Ti- tle Co. in College Station, was nominated for the board by tie Col- lege Station City Council. She re- places Larry Burnside, who resigned in July. Stallings will serve the remaining four months of Burnside's term b(� fore coming up for election to a full two -year term. The appraisal district board of directors now consists of two mem- bers representing the Bryan Indepen- dent School District, and three others representing the city of College Sta- tion, the city of Bryan, and the Col- lege Station Independent School Dis- trict. --r: The terms of all five members ex- pire at the end of the year. . In other business, the appraisal board voted to extend its lease on the district headquarters building for another two venrc The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 • • Tp WHOM 1 ATM Y CONC The College Station t Council will hold a pu lic hearing on the question of re- �ng pfbperty: Lots 1b, 19, 20 and 20 feet bf Lot 17, Block 4YVest Park Addition Subdivision (located at the northeast corner of the inter- section of Park Place and Wellborn Road) -from R -1 Single Family Residential to R -4 Apartments Low Density. Applicant is Henry William Hilton. The hearing Will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7 00 P.M. meet- ing of the Council on Thurs- day, September 26. 1985. For , additional information, please call me. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 0 The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 • • er 0 The current fiscal year s date that has forced the city to set a tax w befor .m. Thursdayy, , thencounc l . At 4 p. ' will meet in closed sessin to r e c eive the a report on - the backgroun manager. candidates for city Although the council could aft erwar d , uld take so action on the report is expected. The regular meeting will start at oot -wide outhwest A resolution providing for five p m ' roving five new traffic s► from Texas Avenue to new traffic signals, a discussion of an sionaltta app Anderson Street with a signalized ro ram and a gh. the city and consideration Parkway export- development P g manager of extetiding the Southwest Parkway crossing at Texas Avenue. That op- port on candidates for arty sidewalk. signals would be tion would cost $ 80 ,820. al Ore on this week's agenda for the Col- The new traffic sig ro ti rth side }ege Station City Council. d de would lay a 4- 2818 ani� Longmire foot -wide sidewalk on the ne c the the council will located at Texas Avenue and Deacon Thp°' Par At 4 p.m• today, FM Center to meet in worksho p session to discuss a Street, FM 2818 and Rio Grande of S uare Shopping Dr from the International City Wellborn Road and South- Parkway 9 Management Association to create an Street, and Wellborn Road Anderson Street. That would cost Manag plan in the city. west Parkway' Drive. The State De- $56 Ana public hearing will be held e - p Highways and Public And a For $ 000 to $8,�.1CMA is offer- and blic ry of Hig tract at C ou rt fr oh or to help city officials end ways to p needs the city s ' on rezoning a 37 -acre exp Transportation odes begin- Avenue and San M 0 Rm boost the number of a pproval to install thesig R.4 (low- density apartments) jpbs in the city. nin in November• discus- (single - family residential). The Plan - rovement of Mor- Oq the sidewalk widening, and Zoning Commission unani- •' The council also will discuss a p etition for the mp of sv�d st month, the council will re- ning se a gan 's Lane and the f s►btlttY r calve two proposals from the en- ,a d the staff doe nnotoppo;e it. . changing the date of t s du a gineering staff. The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 seders c it - ma nag con One would build a 4 -f C ou llcil Thursday. enda are a 'b sides of S On the ag dewalk on bo 0 0 0 vy - W TO HOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request for variance in the name of Flying Tomato, Inc. A. Ralph Senn, Representative Box 399 Champaign, Illinois61820 The case will be heard by the Board at the regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue 07:00 P.M. on Tues- day, September 17,1985. The natur@ Qf the case is as follows: Applicant is requesting a vari- ance for 27 parking spaces tc allow 81 additional seats at the Flying Tomato restaurant al 303 University Drive. Applic. ant may also request a vari- ance from the requiremen, that off - premise parking must be provided on property un- der the same ownership and within 200feet of the premise. For additioral information, call the yyffidh of the Zoning Official df the9ty of College Station(409)764 -3570. Jane R. Kee Zoning Official 09-11 -85 The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Zoning Board of Adjust- ment for the City of College Station will consider a request for varls(tce in the name of: Frank Kahan 219 Manuel Drive College Station, TX 77840 The cage will be heard by the Board at Abe regular meeting in the Council Room, College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on Tues- day. September 17,1985. The nature of the case is as follows Applicant is requesting a vari- ance for 1 parking space for the operation of a medical clinic with adjoining retail space at the southeast corner of Texas Avenue and Manuel. E The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 • • u wnUM IT MAY CONCERN The College Station City Council will hold a public hearing on the question of re- zoning the following property: Lots 17, 18 & 19 Block 1 Re- gency Square Subdivision located at the southeast cor- ner of the intersection of Wellborn Road and Holleman Drive, from C -N Neighbor- hood- Business to C -1 General Commercial. Applicant is S. Kelley Broach. The hearing will beheld in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall. 1101 Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. meet- ing of the Council on Thurs- day, September 26.1985. For additional information, please call me. James M. Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 09 -11 -65 • The Eagle /Wednesday, September 11, 1985 • sire Dept - paramedic loses suspension appeal • By VIRGINIA KIRK Staff Writer In a two -hour hearing Wednesday, Bryan's Civil Service Commission upheld the indefinite suspension of a firefighter who was late for roll call on two occasions. Jimmy Springer, one of the fire department's three paramedics, has been a firefighter for nine years and had been a lieutenant in the College Station Fire Department before join- ing the Bryan department. His lawyer, Hank Paine, claimed that the punishment did not fit the crime. The indefinite suspension means, in effect, that Springer has been fired, he said. Springer admitted that he had broken the rules, but said he had been late because he had worked late on the previous shift and had told his commander he was going to take a showerat 6:50 a.m. before 7 a.m. roll call. Fire Chief Claude Jenkins said that roll c dl ` became mandatory for all firefighters July 1. During roll call, a lieutenant makes sure all his men are present and discusses what roads are closed and what fire hydrants are not working. Lt. Robert Ray told Springer he had 10 minutes to shower. Springer was marked absent for roll call, but Springer said he had heard most of the instructions while he was dres- sing. "In my opinion, this job demands discipline. We have a job to do and it's mandatory and a very crucial job," Jenkins said. Jenkins said he had spoken with Springer in February about paying closer attention to the rules. "I told him then I didn't know if he wished to work in the department and he should take a couple days off with pay to think about it," Jenkins said. Springer reportedly came back and said he wanted to keep his job. On July 11, Springer was given a verbal reprimand when he missed roll call, Ray said, but Springer said he did not recall that warning. Springer said that, in the Aug. 13 incident that led to his suspension, he knew that he was expected to look presentable for roll call and did not know if he would be allowed to show- er afterwards. He said he had not got- ten to bed until 3 a. m. after a fire at an old lumber yard. Approximately eight other fire- fighters were there in support of Springer and after the hearing they said that roll call is handled different- ly by each lieutenant. One man said he had been late to roll call before and no action had been taken against him. "The bottom line is Jimmy Sprin- ger is not denying he made a mis- take," Paine said. "He's not saying he should walk away from this and nothing happen." Paine said the commission could vote to put Sprin- ger on a limited suspension or they could "make an example out of him." Robert Andron, city attorney, said that Springer should be terminated because he had a pattern of disregard for the department's rules. "He's had an opportunity to change and hasn't shown that he can be a part of that cohesive unit in a fire department," Andron said. The three - member commission de- liberated for 20 minutes before Chair- man Ronald Hale announced the de- cision. Springer said he would appeal the decision in district court. The Eagle /Thursday, September 12, 1985 is College Station will try `*� export plan By DANIEL PUCKETT Without taking a vote, the council Staff Writer agreed to meet with officials from the The city of College Station will try city of Bryan and the Bryan- College to involve other local entities in an Station Chamber of Commerce to in- 1 ment program, the vestigate joint participation. to develop export -deve op City. Council decided Wednesday. The council also agreed to drop discussions of changing the date of its fiscal year and to keep allowing tele- vision cameras inside the council chamber - In a brief workshop session, coun- cil members discussed a# export- development program propased by the 'International City Manageul�nt Association. City Finance Dirgctor A.E. "Van" VanDever told the council that ,�,; association has "pinpoint offered to hel #;; city ` p Po int and develop the potential for exports" in the community. , For $5,000 to $8,000, the associa- tion will examine small and medium - sized businesses and will help train city officials in ways to promote their exports. The association estim4 ,s that every $40.000 in export sa produces one job. However, VanDever said he had been unable to think of ocal businesses with export saipotential could Mayor Gary think of a few. But Halter and Coun- cilmen Terri Tongco and James Bond said the city shouldn't try to launch the program alone. Also without a vote, council mem- bers agreed to drop discussions of starting the fiscal year on another date. The current starting date, July 1, forces the council to adopt a budget before the tax rolls are finalized, but council' members agreed that the advantages outweigh the disadvan- tages. Chief among the advantages is the leverage that date gives the city when negotiating with auditors' firms. At that time of year, auditors have little work because tax time is over and most other fiscal years haven't ended. The issue of television cameras in council chambers arose . because Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox announced on Tuesday that gov- erning bodies may exclude video cameras from meetings. At the start of the workshop, Halter mentioned the ruling and told the council: "The TV cameras can remhin, as far as I'm concerned." With a laugh, the council turned to other matters as a Channel 3 camera rolled. The Eagle /Thursday, September 12, 1985 • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (ADVERTISEMENT) Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: LINCOLN /MUNSON WATERLINE until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 12, 1985. Proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Directoi of Capital Improvements, City Hall, College Station, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of five (5`90) percent of the maximum amount of bid payable without recourse 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 according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, as listed in latest Revision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, 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 a 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 consider the most advantageous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreason- able or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required 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. Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applicable in municipal construction. Contracts Documents, Proposal Forms, Specifications and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improvements, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway, Suite 100, College Station, Texas 77840, upon the payment of Fifty ($50.p0) Dollars. Dian ]ones, City Secretary Gary M. Haltor, Mayor 08-20- 85,08- 24 - 85,08 -25- 85,08 -28- 85,08 -31- 85,09- 01- 85,09- 07- 85, 09- 08 -85, 09- 12 -85. The Eagle /Thursday, September 12, 1985 U • F _ Finally, rain comes to B -CS Bryan - College Station finally re- ceived a significant amount of rainfall Wednesday. Easterwood Airport reported that by 7 p.m. Wednesday 0.54 inches of rain had fallen in the city. Rainfall Tuesday was much less, with 0.02 inches falling by 6:30 p.m. The total rainfall for the year is now 20.26 inches, nearly an inch more than had fallen by the end of September last year. Brazos County extension agent Tom Sistrunk said the rain came in the midst of the cotton harvest. "Depending on the rain, it'll delay the cotton harvest," Sistrunk said. "As dry as the land is, the field will dry out pretty fast." The National Weather Service in Waco said the oytook today includes a 50 percent chime of more thunder- showers and a 30 percent chance of rain for tonight and Friday moming. Other area cities receiving close to a half of inch of rain for both Tuesday and Wednesday included Cameron with 0.57 inches and Heame with 034 inches. Centerville. Huntsville, Madisonville. Somerville and Brenham reported lesser amounts. • The Eagle /Thursday, September 12, 1985 � uzi council Students may benefit from energy conservation plan By JENS B. KOEPKE Staff Writer Councilwoman Terri Tongco "Some complexes Texas A &M students will now be said, apartment tell students that their apartments able to predict their utility costs more accurately since the College are energ efficient, but then they find out that it costs $300." Station City Council approved an for Master - metered apartment com- energy conservation program at its Thurs- lhileesingle-metered lower util apartment complexes ity costs, com- day night meeting. "Were trying to help the apart- plexes will be able to use their efficiency as a marketing ment complex owners, the tenants and the city save money," said Char - energy tool The will encourage those lie Shear, College Station energy ratings apartments ith bad ratings to try to specialist. The voluntary program will have improve their apartments," Tongco three stages: man- said. The city also will benefit through • Apartment owners and will be contacted by the city a lower electrical demand charge Utilities, Shear agers and those who choose to participate a free in -depth en from Gulf States - He um $69,000 will be provided f will besaved an uially ergy analysis. co mplexes will be The program will take a year and • Apartment given time to implement the sug Fe �I beg January February, hesaid.The gested changes. • Changes will be evaluated an d a will or ratings should be ready by fall 1987. Shear e energy efficiency rating system the 7,000apartment units will par- b developed. The rating system will be based on ticipate. Apartment complexes hold spots in electrical con - the improved unit and current elec- tric billing histories, Shear said. Only the top three sumption and apartment tenants one -third of the city's util- those apartments that meet still -to- be- determined minimum qualifica- represent ity consumers. Shear said the city has not decide( tions will be rated. A booklet of these be compiled and avail- exactly what will qualify as an "apart ratings will able to the public. allow tenants to lease ment." College Station is the first city i The ratings an with a better idea of � ex sa e an energy rating sy! apartment utility costs, he said. The Battalion /Friday, September 13, 1985 • By JENS B. KOEPKE Staff Writer m contributed over $105 million to the local economy in housing, food, clothing and other expenditures. Imagine the local area without "A &M is the primary, basic Indus Texas A &M. try in the community," Jones said. College Station might not exist The University em loys more and Bryan would be a typical East people ie than the fo r other said. basic The Texas small town. "Without A &M, the local area other basic industries are agricul- would look like Navasota or Hear- ture, mining, construction and man - ne," said Lonnie Jones, an agricultu- ufacturing. ral economics professor at A &M. Every dollar produced by the Uni- The University pumped a record versity results in a $3.10 revenue $344.2 million into the local econ- gain in the community, Jones said. omy during 1984, according to a Similarly, every job created at the study conducted by the. University University results in two new jobs in president's office. the community. The revenues, up $25.5 million "The two most heavily impacted from 1983, included $220.2 million areas are real estate, especially rental in wages and $28.5 million in utili- - housing, and retail /trade business - cervices and supplies. Students _ es," Jones said. tv tv O n N• n w N Q0 00 Ul Faced with an enrollment de- crease, the local economy would not feel an abrupt change, but a slacken- ing demand for retail business and rental housing, he said. An enrollment estimate revealed by speaker Jaan Laane at the A &M Faculty Senate meeting Monday night puts A &M about 1,200 stu- dents behind last year's final tally. President Frank Vandiver con- firmed that A &M has fewer grad- uate students, out- of- state..students and foreign students than last year. A significant enrollment decrease would be dramatically felt by an al- ready soft local economy, said Ed Brady, executive vice president of the Bryan- College Station Chamber of Commerce. The difficulties that city busi - nesses encounter flattening of enrollment growth in ,the last two or three years were com- pounded by the slump in the oil and gas industry, Brady said. Combined, it has been a painful lesson for the diversification of the local economy," he said. "We're for- tunate we've got the University, but we need to diversify." To achieve this diversification, he said, the Chamber of Commerce, to- gether with the Brazos County In. dustrial Foundation, the Bryan De- velopmental Foundation, the College Station Industrial Devel opmental Foundation and Texa A &M's Research Park has developer See Students, page 'i student (continued from page 1) tt new coordinated marketing pro - P;ram to attract new businesses. Over P.2,000 companies were identified as t argets for this marketing effort. Brady said the community has ev- e rything to attract expanding busi- n esses — strategic location in the si .ate, air and highway transporta- ti .on, several industrial parks and the r esources of Texas A &M. "All we have to do is market the c ommunity," he said. Jones stressed the importance of the community battling any revenue loss resulting from a decline in Uni- versityenrollment: "The final outcome of the eco- nomic situation will depend on whether or not the community can stimulate other kinds of growth lo- cally through the addition of new in- dustry to offset the loss of Universitq revenues." he said. A &M k basic I in 534.;b ar ea —I because of the Load management effort continues to be successful By EUGENE COX JR. Staff Writer Two straight days of rainy weather and cooler temperatures have enabled College Station's load management program to remain a success, a city official said Thursday. Charlie Shear, the city's energy specialist, said he's hoping electrical consumers will be able to keep con- sumption down for the last seven days of the program. Mayor Gary Halter said he thinks the program has gone very well. "I'm very pleased that we have kept it (electrical usage) below 86 megawatts," Halter said. "But there could be a problem if people forget or the weather gets hot again." The city's peak load Tuesday was 57.4 megawatts, and Shear presumes the consumption for Wednesday and Thursday was about the same. However, those figures were not available because "the computer went down yesterday (Wednes- day)," Shear said. , "A hard disc needs repairing." The city's goal has been to keep its peak electrical consumption below 86 megawatts daily between Aug. 20 and Sept. 20. The highest use so far was 83.5 megawatts on Sept. 1. Although the program has been a success, Shear said that the amount of electricity consumed is higher than it was at this time last year. "Actually the demand for electric- ity has moved to another time," Shear said. "There's been a rise in electrical use between 4 and 6 p.m., but it goes down after 6 p.m." Shear said the city's electricity use is measured in 30 minute intervals and that the slightest increase over 86 megawatts during any one of those periods could increase the electric rates residents will have to pay for a full year. Shear said the program has been in effect for two years and has saved residents $405,899. This year's prog- ram could save another $450,000 to $500,000, he said. Shear said the money saved is re- turned to the residents in the form of lower utility rates. The Eagle /Friday, September 13, 1985 0 • • CS council proposes conservation program By DANIEL PUCKETT Staff Writer An energy- conservation program For apartments believed to be the first of its kind in the nation — won approval Thursday from the College Station City Council. The $26,400 program eventually will provide energy- efficiency rat- ings for participating apartment com- plexes. Officials expect the program to save the city about $68,000 a year, to reduce electric bills at many com- plexes, and to help renters find ener- gy- efficient apartments. Although only about 15 percent of the city's 7,000 apartment units are expected to take part at first, council members think publicizing partici- pants' ratings will induce other com- plexes to sign up. Charlie Shear, the city's energy specialist, told the council that work on the program's first phase will be- gin in early 1986. The city will first perform an in -depth energy analysis at participating complexes and offer suggestions for conserving energy. Then, Shear said, the city will give participants time to implement those suggestions. Finally, the staff will re- evaluate the apartments' energy use and rate them. Shear said he hasn't found any other city in the country with a similar system. Already, he said, the state of California and the cities of Austin and Denton have requested renorts on its progress. The first apartment ratings, he said, will probably be available in early or mid -1987. Shear said the program will help the owners of "master- metered" apartments — those with only one meter for all units — find ways to cut their power bills. The ratings also will help students find apartments with low energy costs, he said. Some students, Shear said, have complained of electric bills running as high as $300 a month during the winter. Although Shear emphasized that participation in the program will be voluntary, Councilman Pat Boughton noted that publicizing the ratings will give non - participants an incentive to sign up. The next step in the city's energy- conservation program, Shear said be- fore the meeting, may be an ordi- nance banning the construction of master - metered complexes. All - bills -paid apartments, which use master meters, offer residents little incentive to cut energy use, he said. The city staff soon will propose an ordinance banning new master - metered complexes, Shear said. Other cities like Austin, he said, already have banned new master - metered complexes and have encour- aged existing complexes to replace master meters with individua meters. The Eagle /Friday, September 13, 1985 0 Pj • 202122 24 252bV I 0 21 22 2 .3 242526Yi m ­-- August 4 5 b , ° ' ' ° . Septembe in m egaw atts, used daily by the city This is the amount of electricity, its load manag ement of College Station since the inception l� residents and businesses program Aug. 20. The city is asking that possible during the hours between 4 and g awa use as little electricity as p.m. through Sept. 20. If usage is kept to less th from6 meg awatts ii tt to d during that period, customers can save ear, city offcial�•• $500,000 on their utility bills over the next y estimate. The Eagle /Friday, September 13, 1985 0 • • Council approves action on sidewalks and lights By DANIEL PUCKETT Staff Writer A cheaper sidewalk and five new traffic signals were approved Thurs- day by the College Station City council. The council also received a report on the candidates for city manager, but took no action. A new sidewalk on Southwest Parkway, the subject of council dis- cussion last month, g ot a green when the council picked the cheaper of two alternatives proposed by the staff. The sidewalk approved, costing $57,000, will stretch from the Park- way Square Shopping Center to Anderson Street on the north side of Southwest Parkway. The other alternative would have put a sidewalk on both sides of the street from Texas Avenue to Anderson, with a pedes- trian crossing signal at Texas Avenue. However, the council rejected that proposal because of its cost: $81,000. The five new traffic signals, to be built in cooperation with the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, will be at Texas Ave- nue and Deacon Street, FM 2818 and Longmire Street, .FM 2818 and Rio Grande Street, Wellborn Road and Southwest Parkway, and Wellborr Road and University Drive. 0 The Eagle /Friday, September 13, 1985 kesidents asked to be on lookout for rabid animals A rabid skunk found in College Station at the end of August has raised concerns about vaccinations fob pets. The skunk was the first animal with rabies found within the Bryan - College Station city limits in about two years, said Kathryn Ricker, director of the Brazos Animal Shel- ter. The skunk was found dead in a backyard in Southwood Valley. It was killed by four dogs who are now in quarantine for three months, Ricker said. Because the dogs had been vac- cinated within the last 12 months, they did not have to be destroyed, Ricker said. The quarantine means they are not permitted to have nose - to -nose contact with any other animals. Ricker emphasized that there have been no reports of human exposure to the disease. Ricker said residents need to be on the lookout for any wild animals seen out in the open during the day t d watch them for friendly be- vior towards other animals. Pet owners should check their Gets' vaccination records and make Ore that they have been vaccinated y a licensed Texas veterinarian ithin the last year. Any stray animals should be im- ediately reported to the animal control officers in College Station and Bryan. Residents need to be especially careful to keep their pets on leashes and not let them run loose, Ricker said. Skunks are the most common car- riers of rabies, followed by bats, cats, dogs, horses and cattle, Ricker said. If a pet stops Eating or drink- ing, that could be the first symptom of rabies. The next symptom is un- usual behavior such as aggressive- ness. r 1 The Eagle /Fiday, September 13,1985 Anyone with questions about rabies should contact a veterina- rian. 0 MADD Houston group advertising for higher DWI bail bonds Associated Press HOUSTON — Mothers Against Drunken Driving want Harris Coun- ty's 12 misdemeanor court judges to set higher bonds for persons chaff+�e d with driving while intoxi- cated Clnd driving with suspended li- censes. In a newspaper ad printed last week, Texas MADD director Ma- rinele Timmons suggested that per- sons charged with DWI and driving with their licenses suspended be jailed in lieu of $2,000 bond. The current bond rates include $809 for DWI and $200 bonds ppost by bondsmen, or $75 cash bond.for persons charged with sus- pended licenses. The quarter -page advertisement was paid for by a group called "Friends of MADD Committee." The committee's chairman is Jerry Ribnick, who heads Ribnick and Associates, a public relations firm for the Professional Bondsmen of the United States. "I put it together and helped get the money'together," Ribnick said. "We're glad to help." The advertisement says judges should not release persons charged with DWI and DWLS on personal recognizance bonds or on low bonds. The ad also says that since 92 per- cent of those charged with DWI and DWLS in Harris County plead guilty or are convicted, releasing those per- sons on low bonds or personal recog- nizance bonds would "put more guilty people back on the street." Timmons said posting of bond is a legal sanction that all persons charged with DWI should have to suffer. She said MADIY's main concern is that reduced bonds not be used to al- leviate overcrowding in the county jail. The Harris County jail system is under court order to reduce over- crowding and improve c6nditions. Jim Oitzinger, an attorney ap- pointed by U.S. District Judge Carl g ue to oversee improvements within the jail system, estimates that setting $2,000 bonds would increase the number of persons in jail by 300 to 400. It costs $30 per day to jail a per- son, meaning that the annual tab would be $3.3 million to $5.8 mil- lion, he said. There are now 4,200 persons in the Harris County Jail, which has a legal, capacity of about 4,000, Oit- zinger. said. About 22,000 persons were charged with DWI in Harris Coup' last year. 0 The Battalion /Monday, September 16, 1985 nu 1 ICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Proposals addressed to City of College Station, Texas, will be received at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, City of College Station, Texas until 2:00 P.M. on the 24th of September, 1985 for the furnishing of electric dis- tribution materials of the following general categories: Group "A "- Creosoted Wood Poles Group "B''-Pole Line Hard- ware, Crossarms, and Connectors Group "C "- Overhead Con- ductors and Accessories Group "D "- Distribution Disconnect Switches Group ''E "- Miscellaneous Pole Line Hardware & Connectors -No Substitutions Group "V-Substation Feeder Bay Materials Group "G Underground Dis- tribution Conductors and Accessories Group "H "- Vacuum Circuit Breaker (15.5 KV, 20,000 Am- pere Interrupting Rating) ill as more fully described in he Specifications. Bids re- ;eived by 2:OO P.M., Septem- )er 24, 1985 will be publicly )pened and read.in the City ouncil Chambers of the City fall in College Station, Texas at 2:00 P.M. on the same date. 3ids received after 2:00 P.M., September 24, 1985 will be re- turned to the sender un- opened. Each proposal must be in a sealed envelope bear- ing on the outside the name of the bidder and the RED label addressed to the City of Col- lege Station provided with this bid package. Materials shall be bid by groups and the bidder is free to bid any single group or combination of groups. The Purchaser may accept one or more individual group bids or a group combination bid as it deems most advantageous. Materials shipped by truck shall be f.o.b. at the City Warehouse on 2613 South Texas Avenue in College Sta- tion, Texas. Those materials shipped by rail shall be f.o.b. cars, the Southern Pacific or Missouri Pacific siding in Col- lege Station, Texas. Invoices and shipping notices shall specify materials by the Item numbers assigned in the specifications. One copy of the bidding forms and specifications are ob- tainable free of charge from McCord Engineering, Inc., 900 Southwest Parkway East, Suite 100, P.O. Box 10047, Col- lege Station. Texas (tele- phone 409/764- 8356). Ad- ditional copies may be pur- chased from the Engineer for a fee of $10.00. Bids will be evaluated by the Purchaser, based on quality, economy of operation, warranty, delivery dates, ex- perience of the manufacturer, availability of service of repair and maintenance, and the adaptability of the particular equipment to the specific use intended. The Purchaser re- serves the right to select the equipment which best suits its needs whether the price is the lowest or not- and also re- serves the right to reject all bids and waive informalities. Bidders are urged to offer the earliest practical delivery date, which dates shall be considered by the Purchaser when choosing the Successful Bidder. Award of the Contract to the made t a Bidder will t- made at a subsequent meet- ng of the City Council of College Station. CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS -By: Gary M. Halter Mayor 'id #86 -14 -0 9- 85,09 -16 -85 The Eagle /Monday, September 16, 1985 • -- The City of College Station is accepting Bid(s) For: 2 -DOOR SEDAN /ONE (1). EACH until 2:00 p.m., Septem- ber 18, 1985, at which time the bids will be opened in the of- fice of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Agent. All bids recieved after that time will be returned unopened. The City of College Station re- serves the right to waive or reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities in said bid and to accept the offer considered most advanta- geous to the City. These items may be purchased with Re- venue Sharing Funds. BID #86 -15 10_no-oc — . — • The Eagle /Monday, September 16, 1985 E Water Commission in a hurry Harte -Hanks Austin Bureau AUSTIN — The Texas Water Commission, which needs the money, is in a hurry to set millions of dollars in fees for hazardous waste - makers and disposers. At a hearing Monday on fees ordered by the Legislature, an agency spokesman said the commission may adopt the charges as early as Oct. 7 to avoid a money shortage that could occur by November. The commis- sion's budget year began Sept. 1. "We are on an extremely tight schedule for a very significant reason. A tremendous amount of our operating budget depends on the fees," said Bill Newchurch, assistant director of the commission's Hazar- dous and Solid Waste Division. Lawmakers last spring proposed he fees to tie more of the regulatory .osts to the industry, effective Sept. . Fees on land disposal operations, , hich could run as high as $12 mil- lion this budget year, will be tapped for cleanup of existing sites. Fees for other hazardous waste facilities and generators could amount to as much as $3.75 million this budget year. The agency could be in a "terrible cash flow position" by November without quick adoption of the fees, Newchurch said. The Eagle /Tuesday, September 17, 1985 • League of Women Voters supports state water plan By DANA PALMER Harte -Hanks Austin Bureau AUSTIN — The state's proposed $1.43 billion water plan is like a half - full glass of water, the League of Women Voters of Texas said Monday. But it's full enough to deserve vo- ter approval as a constitutional amendment Nov. 5, league officials told a Capitol news conference. The league opposed all or major portions of state water plans that went down to defeat at the polls in 1976 and 1981. Despite widespread support, vo- ters still may reject the high price tag, said league water analyst Catherine Perrine of Dallas. "They are very nervous about approving; large sums of money," she said. Both Perrine and league President Lois Caq said the water plan needs more work in the environmen- tal and groundwater areas. Amenalments 1 and 2, Carpenter said, "r0resent significant prog- ress." However, "we emphasize that the half -full glass still needs to be filled. " The water plan — a fiscal blueprint for the state's water development and water quality needs into the 21st cen- tury — has split the state's leading environmental groups. Last Monday, the Sierra Club, which threatened for weeks to oppose the state water plan, announced it would take no official stand. In remaining neutral, the pro- environment organization split with the National Audubon Society, which opposes the plan for doing too little to ensure sufficient fresh water flows into the environmentally sensi- tive bays and estuaries. Sierra Club officials said they pre- ferred to educate their members about the plan 's good and bad points and allow them to make their own deci- sions in November. Both groups have decried the lack of guarantees in the plan to protect fish and wildlife from the develop- ment of additional reservoirs in Texas. Dede Armentrout, the Audubon Society's southwest regional vice president, has said defeat of the water plan would send a clear message that any future water plan must give strong support to water conservation and environmental conservation. The League of Women Voters, meanwhile, also announced strong opposition to Amendment 9, de- signed to help the Legislature manage the budget between sessions. It would allow the Legislature to require that a state agency obtain leg- islative approval before spending or making an emergency transfer of appropriated funds. The Eagle /Tuesday, September 17, 1985 0 t 1 !.V 111CC1. V11 l;iijjlr j V College Station's Franchise Advisory Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today in the City Hall's council chambers to discuss McCaw Cablevision's franchise. The public is invited The Eagle /Tuesday, September 17, 1985 Power agency rejects plan by consultants By EUGENE COX JR. Staff Writer HUNTSVILLE — The Lone Sta Municipal Power Agency boars Monday unanimously rejected a con- tingency power supply plan proposal from its engineering consulting firm Monday. Mike Simmons, LSMPA attorney, said RMY Engineering of Austin proposed to do a power supply plan- ning study for the agency that would "deprive the board of its duties." Under the proposal, the agency would have been required to use RMY to do a feasibility study if the agency decided to adopt one of RMY's power supply plans. "We prefer to do it on other !rms," Simmons said. "The agency "does not express any dissatisfaction in RMY." The agency, which convened for an hour and 40 minutes in closed ses- sion, has not come up with any defi- nite plans for developing a contract between the four LSMPA cities of College Station, Caldwell, Kirbyvil- le, and Newton. "It would be a premature act for the assignment of a contract," Buck Herndon, agency chairman, said. "We don't have one yet.', Presently, all four cities receive electrical power through Gulf States Utilities. Caldwell, Kirbyville, and Newton have five -year contracts, re- newable at the end of each fiscal year. College Station has a 10 -year con- tract, which has limited the options on alternate sources of power avail- able to LSMPA. The Eagle /Tuesday, September 17, 1985 J.D. Teague, city manager of Caldwell, said the agency can't negotiate a contract without College Station. Teague added that College Station is the only one of the four cities which * owns its substations and transmits electricity to residents. He added that GSU owns the substations in the other cities and then distributes pow- er to residents. C� BID NOTICE ie College Station Indepen- )nt School District is seek - g bids for the purchase of IM Wheelwriter V (or equiva- ,nt) Typewriters. Bid Form 5 -013 and specifications ay be picked up at the Rusi- ess Office, 2000 We. .(1 St., ollege Station, Monday trough Friday between 8:00 n and 5:00 pm. Bids will be .ceived until October 1, 1985 2 00 pm, at which time they ill be opened. 116- 85,09 -17 -85 0 The Eagle /Tuesday, September 17, 1985 • • 'TOWHOMITMAV CONCERN: _ t "The Zoning guard off College ment for �' c a request ' Station W " for variance in the name of . Wyatt Cafeterias, Inc. _ post Oak ML'Il, �150OFiarveY College Station. TX 77640 Ttie case will be u guard at the reg College in the Counci ll, Rom 01 Texas Station Gity Ma tatio a at 7:00 P.M. on Tues jJ ay, October 1,1965. is a s I jhe nature of the case follows. a van - gpplicant is requ K F eestan I a ncet Si 9 ns. dinance No ding ordinance amending an 1576, 85p,theZoni Ordinance No. Ordinance, to allow the add - tion of an I^d�freestandin9) on u ment sig loca S.N. I, advertis the in Post Oak e tion of a business Mall. i nformatio n. For additional f the official o ffice 0 the City of College Station (409) 764 -3570. J aneFl.KKeq . al Zoning .09-16 69 The Eagle /Wednesday, September 18, 1985 0 r NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING he College. Coammissionnwillll Zoning cold ,,nd a public hearing a Cohn question of granting iitional Use Permit for es- ablishing a church in an exist ng retail space (Suite H) at Sege Stat onf Boulevard, Cob The request for Use Permit is in the name of Thoma Park Brown Evangelism Center. The hearing will be held in the Council Room jet Sough Station City Texas Avenue at the 7:00 P.M. Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thurs- day, October 3, 1985. For additiorfal information, contact th Fity Pfanner's Of- ffce;l4�) j�4�3570. ,fames%• Callaway Assistant Director of Planning 09 -18 -85 • The Eagle /Wednesday, September 18, 1985 • NOTICE Of PUBLIC HEARING he College Station Planning nd Zoning Commission will cold a public hearing on the luestion of granting a Con - fitional Use Permit for child :are in the home at 7805 Shiloh from approximately 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 5 days a ivrek (regularly) for a max - mum of 8 children; and all day on occasional teacher confer- ence days. The request for Use Permit is n the name of Tammy :alliham. 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 Planning and Zoning Commission on Thurs- fay, October3,1985. =or additional information, ;ontact the City Planner's Of- ice, (409) 764 -3570. ames M. Callaway \ssistant Director of Planning 19 -18 -85 • The Eagle /Wednesday, September 18, 1985 0 , City Council to meet The College Hloto cons der des gn the Green's today in C y all Prairie Road improvements. College Station r Where the c ity plans area in south Colleg industrial park. , • The Eagle /Wednesday, September 18, 1985 • • NOTICE You are hereby notified that on Thursday, October 10, 1985, the City Council of the City of College Station intends to have a hearing to determine the necessity for the re- construction of Morgan's Lane from its intersection with Texas Avenue eastward 1,536 feet. Said Public Hearing will be held during the regular meet- ing of the City Council at 7 00 P.M. in the City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue South, College Station, Texas. 09 -19- 85.09 -26-PF ' 1 -85 The Eagle /'Thursday, September 19, 1985 • • CS planners consider pernut The College Station Planning and Zoning Commis- sion tonight will consider a conditional -use permit for a new church near Southwood Valley. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day Saints wants the permit on 3.4 acres at the intersection of the proposed extensions of Welsh Avenue and Deacon Street. The commission meets at 7 p.m. in the City Hall's council chamber. C J The Eagle /Thursday, September 19, 1985 • J • LEGAL NOTICE PASSED AND APPROVED ON CITY OU NCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meet- ing in regular session in the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252- 17. The above- designated Ordin- ance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the official records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AP- PROVING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR THE DRILL- ING OF AN OIL AND GAS WELL BY INEXCO OIL COM PANY, EGE STATION, AND IMPOS- ING CERTAIN CONDITIONS UPON THE OPERATOR THEREOF AND PERSONS CONNECTED TEDH OR IN- I VOLVED WITH SUCH ACTIVITY. Ordinance No 1610 sets a per - mit fee and prescribes other costs to be absorbed by the operator; it also sets forth conditions imposed by the Council in the o f rantin f wh chos permit, a copy tached to and apart of said Ordinance. This ordinance shall be effec- tive from and after the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station. The complete text of Ordin- ance No. 1610 is on file at the office of the City Secretary and may be obtained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas. 09- 19- 85,09 -85 , The Eagle /Thursday, September 19, 1985 • v Cl LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1612 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1613 WERE PASSED AND APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252 -17. The ordinances referred to above, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, have the following headinggs: ORDINANCE NO. 1612: AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING CERTAIN TERRITORY AD- JOINING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,TEXAS. ORDINANCE NO. 1613: AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING CERTAIN TERRITORY AD- JOINING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. Prior to consideration and ap- proval of these ordinances, two public hearings were held on the items, as follows Pub- lic Hearing. Planning and Zon- ing Commission, August 1, 1985, and Public Hearing, Col- lege Station City Council, August 8, 1985. Notice of said public hearings was given to the general public. Ordinances No. 1612 and No. 1613 relate to the annexation of an area of approximately 1.73 acres lying in the Craw- ford Burnett League, Abstract No. 7, Brazos County. Texas. This tract is a portion of a 20.00 acre tract described by a deed recorded in Volume 542, Page 526 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas. An- nexation of this tract was petitionbd by all of the owners of the territory included in the total t.j3 acres. A Service Plan providing for the extension of municipal services into the area, it incorporated as a part of the two ordinances. Ordinances No. 1612 and 1613 shaft be in full force and effect in accordance with the City Charier of the City of College Station and the laws of the State of Texas. The complete text of the above -named ordinances is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 09- 19- 85,09-20 -85 The Eagle /Thursday, September 19,1985 �J NOTICETO BIDDERS The City of College Station proposes to sell Pecan Tree Park as authorized by majority vote of the electorate of Col- lege Station on April 6, 1985. The tract currently desig- nated as Pecan Tree Park is located off of Southwest Par- kway and is more fully de- scribed as being a 0.687 acre tract or parcel of land, lying and being situated in the Crawford Burnett League, Brazos County, Texas, and being a portion of that 8.923 acre tract conveyed to J. B. Hervey and Dorsey McCrory by Dora Watson by deed re- corded in Volume 341, Page 591, of the Deed Records of Brazos County. Texas. The City will accept sealed bids for such sale in accord- ance with Article 5421c -12 T.R.C.S. The City will sell the real property referenced for the equivalent or greater than the appraised value. The City will retain utility easements across the property as more fully described in the bid package. Bid packets are available in the Office of the City Attorney, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. Sealed bids will be accepted from any member of the public wishing to bid upon the sale of said property through 2:00 P.M., October 9, 1985. Bid opening shall be at the regular City Council meeting on Oc- tober 9, 1985: and bid accep- tance and award shall be at the regular City Council meet- ing on October 10, 1985. City Council meetings are held at 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station;Texas. Bid acceptance and award is within the sole discretion of the City Council, considering all proposed terms and con- ditions of the bids received, and the City may reject any and all bids or offers made for the sale of such land. 0 9- 19- 85,09 -26- 85.10 -3 - 85 I 1 The Eagle /Thursday, September 19, 1985 • • LEGAL NOTICE PASDSED AND APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1985. BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE . STATION, TEXAS, meeting regular session in the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252 -17. The above- designated Ordin- ance. signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the official records of the City of College Station, has the following heading' AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING A POR- TION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT ON LOT 16 IN BLOCK 10 OF SOUTHWOOD SECTION 24, IN COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING PART OF A TEN FOOT UTILITY EASE- MENT, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO. Ordinance No. 1614 declares that a ten foot wide strip of land previously platted as a utility easement and located at 2013 Angelina Circle in Col- lege Station, be abandoned and vacated. Said easement is more particularly described in Exhibit A attached to and a part of the ordinance. This ordinance shall be effec- tive from and after the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station. The complete text of Ordin- ance No 1614 is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be obtained at the City Hall, 1101 South i Texas Avenue, College Texas. 09 -19- 85,09 -2 _ 0 =85 The Eagle /Thursday, September 19, 1985 • More direct route to Post Oak Mall • in planning stage • By ABBY L. LECOCQ Reporter Barring further complications, residents around Dartmouth and Holleman streets may have a more direct route to Southwest Parkway and Post Oak Mall withiq a year, said David Pullen, city engitleer for Col- lege Station. Dartmouth Street will be cut through to Southwest Parkway and Holleman will be reconstructed from Texas Avenue to the Sears Service Center across from Post Oak Mall, Pullen said. Bids were opened in July with the ho}}�a construction would start Augg. 1, he said, but a problem c f right -of- way has postponed the awarding of the contract. The problem involves negotia- tions regarding the value of a piece of property that has been under Cha ter 11 Bankruptcy, Pullen said. If the right -of -way is secured, Pullen plans to go to the College Sta- tion City Council on Sept. 26 with a recommendation to award the con- struction contract. . . "As I understand, there has been in agreement reached on the land negotiations," Pullen said. "It's just a natter of getting some signatures on Apartments must board the shuttle bus at the intersection of Dartmouth and Highway 30. The construction, when finished, will make it possible to open it new route so students can get on the bus closer to their apart- ments, Williams said. Presently it's hard to tell which route the buses would take, Williams said, but it's possible that the plan would include red the number of buses on the Scarlet O'Hara route and scheduling a new route on Dart- mouth and maybe back down Holle- man. "It would be easier to go ahead and make a new route down Dart- mouth and we wouldn't have to stop at all on Highway 30," Williams said. "It would be a little safer and a little more convenient for students." The duplexes and fourplexes on Manuel St. currently are not on a shuttle bus route, but the construc- tion may change that, Williams said. Also, Eastmark Apartments on Southwest Parkway may be able to be serviced by the shuttle buses, he said. "It depends on which streets are open and how much access we have to certain areas_over there," Williams said. But the rescheduling of bus routes depends on more than just the open streets, Williams said. It also depends on the length of time it takes to drive the route and the number of people buying passes. "There's so many variables it's hard to tell where we'd begin to rou- te," Williams said. "If nobody else is added, just (for) the people that live over in the apartments on Dart- mouth Street at present we can jus- tify putting buses over there and making a separate route." But, for now, everything is on hold. "Until we have the concrete to drive on, we can just plan," Williams said. "You can draw anything you want to on paper." paper. If the council approves the recom- mendation, Pullen said he antic- ipates construction to begin in mid - to late October. It should be com- pleted in about one year, but only if the right -of -way is secured, he em- phasized. "The building of the project will not create any additional expenses to property taxes," Pullen said. The opening of the two streets also may help Texas A &M bus oper- ations better serve students in these areas, said Doug Williams, manager of Bus Operations. Currently, students living in Woodstock Condominiums, Stone - wood Village and Huntington The Battalion /Thursday, September 19, 1985 • iTs about time After years of deliberation, the fatal Luther Street crossing fi- nally will be closed. It's about time. A year ago today Texas A &M student Katherine Hossley died in a train - related accident at the Luther Street crossing in Col le e tion. The following night, Lynn Cash McDonald, another A& stu- � dent, was killed in a similar accident at the same intersection. The ac- cidents sparked controversy in the community and a lawsuit on behalf of McDonald's parents. The City of College Station requested, even before the deaths, that the Luther intersection be closed and Holleman Road be ex- tended across the tracks. But first they had to have the permission of the railroads. The closing of the crossing wasn't a priority for the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. The deaths made the railroads take notice of the deadly situation on Luther Street. Despite the attention, little has been done by the city or the rail- roads over the past year to improve the dangerous situation at the intersection. The crossing remains poorly marked and no safety devices have been installed. Although the bushes around the 'crossing were trimmed right after the accidents, they have not been maintained. By the end of the summer they had returned to their original height. Visibility, even when the bushes are trimmed, is still poor. Finally, action will be taken. ds Working together, the railroa and the City of College Station plan to close the Luther Street crossing by February and extend l - Ho leman Road across the tracks. The new crossing is to be properly marked and visibility in the area made much better. It's good to see measures being taken to make the crossing safer. It is unfortunate that two people had to die to make the problem a prior- ity. The Battalion Editorial Board The Eagle /Friday, September 20, 1985 U A Corrimission approves use permit or churn The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday approved a church's application for a conditional use permit. The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- ter -Day Saints had requested the per- mit for a lot at the proposed exten- sions of Welsh Avenue and Deacon Street, near Southwood Valley. After a public hearing in which no one spoke against the Derma it was unanimously granted. The commission also approved th only other item on its agenda, a re platting of three commercial lots o University Drive into two lots. The Eagle /Friday, September 20,1985 • • r LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1610 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1965, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION meet- ing in regular session in the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art, 6252- 17. The above - designated Ordin- ance, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the official records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE AP- PROVING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR THE DRILL- ING OF AN OIL AND GAS WELL BY INEXCO OIL COM- PANY, IN THE CITY OF COL- LEGE STATION, AND IMPOS- ING CERTAIN CONDITIONS UPON THE OPERATOR THEREOF AND PERSONS CONNECTED WITH OR IN- VOLVED WITH SUCH ACTIVITY. Ordinance No. 1610 sets a per- mit fee and prescribes other costs to be absorbed by the operator. it also sets forth conditions imposed by the Council in the granting of the permit, a copy of which is at- tached to and a part of said Ordinance. This ordinance shall be effec- tive from and after the date of its passage as provided by the Station. Charter of the City of College The complete text of Ordin- ance No. 1610 is on file at the office of the City Secretary and may be obtained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station. Texas. 09 -85,09 -20-65 The Eagle /Friday, September 20, 1985 • • • LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO, 1612 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1613 WERE PASSED AND APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1985, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, meeting in regular session in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252 -17. The ordinances referred to above, signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the of- ficial records of the City of College Station, have the following headings: ORDINANCE NO. 1612: AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING CERTAIN TERRITORY AD- JOINING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS. ORDINANCE NO. 1613: AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING CERTAIN TERRITORY AD- JOINING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. Prior to consideration and ap- proval of these ordinances, two public hearings were held on the items, as follows: Pub- lic Hearing, Planning and Zon- ing Commission, August 1 1985; and Public Hearing, Col- lege Station City Council August 8, 1985. Notice of saic public hearings was given tc thegeneral public. Ordinances No. 1612 and No. 1613 relate to the annexation of an area of approximately 1 7 acres lying in the Craw- ford Burnett League, Abstracl No. 7, Brazos County, Texas This tract is a portion of a 20.0C acre tract described by a deeo recorded in Volume 542, PagE i26 of the Deed Records c• 3razos County, Texas. P iexation of this tract was petitioned by all of the owners 3f the territory included in the total 1.73 acres. A Service Plan providing for the extension of municipal services into the area, is incorporated as a part of the two ordinances. Ordinances No. 1612 and 1613 shall be in full force and effect in accordance with the City Charter of the City of College Station and the laws of the State of Texas. The complete text of the above -named ordinances is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be ob- tained at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 09-19- 85,09 -20-85 The Eagle /September 20, 1985, Friday 0 0 • LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1614 WAS PASSED AND APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1965, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, meeting in regular session in the College Station City Hall, said meeting having been posted in accordance with Art. 6252 -17. The above- designated Ordin- ance. signed by the Mayor and duly recorded in the official records of the City of College Station, has the following heading: AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING A POR- TION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT ON LOT 16 IN BLOCK 10 OF SOUTHWOOD SECTION 24, IN COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING PART OF A TEN FOOT UTILITY EASE- MENT, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO. Ordinance No. 1614 declares that a ten foot wide strip of land previously platted as a utility easement and located at 2013 Angelina Circle in Col- lege Station, be abandoned and vacated. Said easement is more particularly described it Exhibit A attached to and part of the ordinance. This ordinance shall be effec- tive from and after the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station. The complete text of Ordin- ance No. 1614 is on file at the Office of the City Secretary and may be obtained' at the City Hall, 1101 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. 1 ;y 09-19- 85,09 -20 -85 The Eagle /September 20, 1985, Friday Texas Games to come By HUGH NATIONS Business Writer The Texas Games, a brand new ath' extravaganza expected to attramup to 10,000 participants, are coming to Bryan- College Station in 1988. Chamber of Commerce, city, and Texas A &M officials announced at a press conference Thursday morning that an Olympic -type torch ceremony will open the games here July 28, 1988. They will run through Aug. 7. During that 10 days, Bryan Parks and Recreation Board Chairman Frederick "Rob" Robison said, the 8,000 to 10,000 entrants are expected to spend at least $2 million here. And that figure. he noted, does not include expenditures by coaches, parents, and spectators. The Texas Games will be staged for the first time next year in San Antonio, during the Texas Ses- quicentennial celebration. The games will consist of cham- pionship events in 10 amateur sports. The championship matches of all 10 are now played at different times in different cities. For the Sesquicentennial, the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation will bring together the cham- pionships for all 10 in San Antonio at the same time. The 1987 Texas Games will be in Fort Worth. Robison emphasized after the press conference that three - cornered cooperation was required to bring the games here. The events will use the athletic facilities of Bryan, College Station, and the university, he noted. Repre- sentatives of all three made the suc- cessful bid to TAAF. Among the points in the pitch to TAAF was that 72 percent of the Texas population is within 200 miles of Bryan- College Station, that the city has adequate restaurants and hotels, and that all events could be held within 12 miles of each other. Robison said the coordinating committee for the games plans to raise $75,000 to $100,000 to finance the program. Any surplus, he said, will be divided between the two cities and Texas A &M University. to B -CS, A &M E 01 The 1'exas Games are the biggest prize ever snared by the chamber's Convention and Visitors Bureau. "The importance to the commun- ity will continue far beyond this event," CVB Director Ann Bell said, "in establishing Bryan- College Sta- tion as a leader with wonderful facili- ties, and with the spirit of the people being behind an event like this." The championship events that will be included in the 1988 Texas Games and the local sites are: ■ Youth baseball, Olsen Field at A &M and Travis Park in Bryan. ■ Youth boxing, G. Rollie White Coliseum at A &M. ■ Youth Golf, Bryan Municipal Golf Course. ■ Men's fast pitch, North Bryan in 1988 Athletic Complex (now in the plan- ning stages). ■ Men's open slow pitch, North Bryan Athletic Complex. ■ Women's open slow pitch, Cen- tral Park in College Station. ■ Youth swimming, Adamson Pool in College Station's Bee Creek Park. ■ Youth tennis, Omar Smith Ten- nis Center and intramural court com- plex at A &M. ■ Track and field, track and field complex at A &M, now under con- struction. ■ 10,000 meter run, probably from a point in Bryan to a point in College Station. In addition to those events, exhibi- tion sports also are expected. The Battalion/ September 20, 1985, Friday 0 Frederick Rohia cs negotiating with railroad By TAMARA BELL Staff Writer ►n Sept. 20, 1984, Katherine ssley was killed at the intersection Luther Street and Wellborn Road ten a Southern Pacific train struck to car she was riding in. The next night, Lynn Cash Mc- )onald was killed when his car col - ided with a Missouri Pacific freight rain air same intersection, One`,.r later, the railroad cross- rig remains the same. For about four years the City of College Station was. negotiating with the Missouri Pacific and the South- ern Pacific railroads to close the Lu- ther Street crossing as a public cross- ing, said David Pullen, College Station city engineer. " T he close of the Luther Street crossing has been an on -going pro- ject for the last three or four years, when development in the Woodway Village area, south of Luther Street, began," Pullen said. One of the problems with the clos- ing of Luther Street, he said, was the amount of time a train can block ca public crossing as opposed to a pri- vate crossing. "A public crossing is very re- stricted as to how long the tracks can be blocked with a train," Pullen said. "Only for a short period of time, may five minutes, can a train block a public crossing such as Luther Street. A train stops to either add trains or disconnect them. "In a private crossing a train can block the.tracks for 30 minutes. The railroad didn't want a public cross- ing at Holleman Drive and at South- west Parkway. "Two years ago, we began to come to agreements about the closing of Luther Street by agreein¢ not to open a public crossing at Southwest Parkway. It usually takes two years to get a signal crossing because the railroad puts in many signals across the coun- try, Pullen said. Because of the accidents, the rail- road has moved up the time commit- ment to complete the Holleman Drive crossing to February 1986, hf said. At that time the Luther Stree crossing will close, he said. "It shows concern on the part o the railroad to change priorities an( to say to other people in the countr that they're not as important as C • The Battalion /September 20, 1985, Friday Berton annuunces grant By DAVID NUNNELEE tending the Easterwood north -south Staff Writer runway from 5 200 feet to 7 000 feet for hasterwoOl Easterwood Airport has snared an 1 , and making other improvements. inexpected $694,090 grant for leng- Barton said he and Sen. Phil hening the main runway to 7,000 Gramm have an agreement with the eet. FAA to provide A &M with approx- The Federal Aviation Agency imately $700,000 for airport im- ;rant, announced by U.S. Rep. Joe provements in fiscal year 1986. 3arton Friday, will be on top of one "There is a possibility to obtain , rant of $722,488 already received additional funds on top of that, but at and another of similar size expected this point in time the only thing I can next year. say with some degree of certainty is Approval of the grant came as a that we expect to get another surprise to Texas A &M officials. $700,000," Barton said. A &M owns and operates Easter- Charles Cargill, A &M vice presi- wood. The money, added to the ear- dent for operations, said the universi- lier FAA grant, raises the amount of ty expected to receive about federal funds to $1.4 million. $700,000 from the FAA in both 1985 ibly get another grant," he said. Barton said the FAA - approved and 1986, but was surprised to re- Cargill said the federal funds are funds are taken from a dedicated trust ceive the additional $694,090. He actually going to reimburse the uni- fund and must be used exclusively on said money left over in the dedicatee versity board of regents, which in airport improvement projects. The trust fund made the unexpected loar April awarded a $6.4 million contract $649,090, which will be made avail - possible. for airport improvements with the ex- able before the federal government's "What we're hoping is that at thi; pectation that federal assistance fiscal year ends Sept. 30, will be put same time next year there will be , would .be provided. Cargill said the toward the $6.4 million cost of ex- similar situation and we might poss runway, which is being extended to accommodate larger aircraft, is ex- pected to open in February or March. Cargill said the $694,090 surprise grant will not affect the university's request that Brazos County join the cities of Bryan and College Station in pledging $100,000 for improvements at the airport next year. He said that money is earmarked for the planned expansion of the north terminal. "We'll still be considerably short," Cargill said. "The project is considerably more expensive than what we're going to havq." Local governments, including Brazos County, have contributed $230,000 for improvements at Eas- The Eagle /Saturday, September 21, 1985 terwood over the past five years. runway extension and terminal pansion projects are part of the versity's $24 million master pla improvements at the airport. "It's a great pleasure to re( this official notification and money," A &M President F Vandiver told Barton. "You Sen. Gramm have done marve work for us." Friday's press conference also attended by Bryan Mayor Ms Tate, College Station Mayor 1 Halter, and Bryan - College St; Chamber of Commerce Presiden! Cargill. "We in the city of Bryan feel the contributions that we make it airport are not a contribution, bi investment," Tate said. Barton said that he and Gramn that local officials were instrum, in securing the additional fund the airport. 0 IL " IT! College Station conducted another Load Mangement Program. Reside customers, commercial customers the city worked together to help keep electric costs down. 7 It lanks to your help we made a difference. C'1 City of COLLEGE STATION The Eagle /Saturday, September 21, 1985 C? 0 20 2 22 23 24 252627 26 ZVJUJI ' ' � ' August September This is the amount of electricity, in megawatts, used daily by the eitr of Gullege Station during its load management program Aug. 20 to Sept. 20. Load program successfu By EUGENE COX JR. Staff Writer College Station's load management grogram, which ended Friday, may have ;aved the city as much as $482,200 this Lear, energy specialist Charlie Shear ;aid. Shear said there was a decline this year in the consumption of electricity during 4 and 8 p.m., unlike last year, when consumption peaked during those hours. The city's goal had been to keep its leak electrical consumption below 86 megawatts daily between Aug. 20 and ;ept. 20. 'lire highest use during this time was 3.5 megawatts on Sunday, Sept. 1, , hen the temperature soared to 106 de- grees and repeal of the state's Blue l.aw took effect. The lowest use was 49.5 megawatts, when rainy weather and cooler temperatures blanketed the area. Shear said the load management program helped the city to save $450,889.12 in 1984. The city won't know the exact savings for 1985 until August 1986. Shear said the residents will receive the savings in the form of lower utility rates, which will be adjusted monthly for a one year period. Shear added that the load manage- ment program was a major endeavor for the city and that the residents of College Station should be proud of themselves Shear said the 1984 peak, 82 mega watts, occurred on Aug. 29, the firs Wednesday after Texas A &M starter classes. The Eagle /Saturday, September 21, 1985 (9 Zoning: a promise kept or broken? By JOHN READING n reply to your Sept. 10 editorial, I should like to point out some objective bases for denying a conditional use permit for the teaching/health/geriatric /sports club complex that it is proposed should be built at the end of Dominik Drive under the guise of a church. Take a walk down Dominik Drive. Look at the 25 year old homes, the manicured lawns, the mature trees. Notice the grass verges opposite, lit- ter -free and often lovingly mowed on a spring Sunday morning. This is not a collection of houses, this is a neigh- borhood; a fragile, beautiful and ob- jectively valuable (i.e. taxable) entity. Now walk around Humana Hospit- al and see what you want to turn this into. How does a community protect its neighborhoods? A sensible one like College Station has zoning laws. When I bought my house in College Station I checked at the City Hall that the land surrounding my investment was zoned residential. I had already refused to buy anything in Bryan be- cause I was told Bryan had no strong zoning laws. But in College Station I found the community I was looking for, and I paid a premium price to become a part of it. Not only in money but in commitment. I planted trees where before there were none. 1 grew roses where old timers told me no roses would grow. And when they died I planted some more. And every year I paid my taxes to keep the roads in good order and the garbage col- lected. 1 got a good deal living in College Station. But College Station 'got a good deal, too. Now the City as represented by the Zoning Commission wants to ao back 0 co LL:I i C� J Proposed Site College Heights 0 000 Assembly of God Church . 0 0 Ln co C) N N A N rd Q) Fagle graphic hN Rulanda Wamn 4 on that deal. You tell me I am lucky to get a "church "; it might have been a gas station. That is like a mugger tell- ing you you are lucky he is taking only your money and not your life, Please do not tell me that there is no profit in building single family dwellings this year. Please do not tell 'me that the City needs land for commercial use. That is why we have a planning com- mittee in the first place. They are sup- posed to intelligently set aside land in proportion to the needs of the com- munity BEFORE the neighborhoods are built NOT AFTERWARDS. That High�,I,aY 6 (East B YPas Glenhaven Drive is what zoning laws are all about to protect the long term investment from the anticipated pressure of the short term expediency. In the end it comes down to this: a promise kept or promise broken. I am sure our elected council will do its duty and save this one. But in future, much greater attention should be paid to the way we zone newly acquired land so in the City's future expansion this problem is not constantly arising. Right now the default option is to zone land residential. This is what is wrong. If a large percentage of newly ll acquired land were zoned commercial', instead, the land owners would lose money when it was changed to re- sidential. Then only the most une- quivocal case for community need would pressure the required realloca- tion permission. But this is the pur- view of the Planning Committee, not mine. I wish they would get on with their job and leave me to my roses. Dr. John Reading, a professor of physics at Texas A &M University , lives in the area of East Dominik Drive. C NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals addressed to the City of College Station, Texas will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATER- LINE- CONTRACT "A" AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE-CONTRACT "B" ,Intil 2:00 P.M., Thursday, Oc- tober 10, 1985. 01 roposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital improve- ments, City Hell, College Sta- tion, Texas 77840. Bidders must subfhit with their bids a Cashier's Check or a Certified Check in the I amount of five (5 %) percen. of the maximum amount of b d payable without recourse to the City of College Station Texas, or a proposal bond in the same amount from a Sur- ety Company holding permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety, and acceptable ac- cording to the latest list of companies holding certifi- cates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S., as listed in latest Re- vision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him Bids without checks, as statec above, or proposal bond wil not be considered. In accordance with Article 5160, Revised Civil Statutes o Texas, 1925, as amended, the successful Bidder will be re quired to furnish not only e performance bond in the amount of the contract, bu also a payment bond for the protection of all claimantE supplying labor and materialE as defined in said law. The bonds must be executed by an approved Surety Company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to the latest list of companies holding certificates of author- ity from the Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S., 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 consider the most advanta- geous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreasona- ble or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient causefor rejection of any bid. Bidders are required tc in- spect the site of the work and to inform themselves regard- ing local conditions under which the work is to be done. Attention is called to the pro- visions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159x, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applica- ble in municipal construction. A PREBID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL AT 2:00 P.M., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1985. Contract Documents, Pro- posal Forms, Specification and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improve- ments, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1701 Southwest Parkway. Suite 100, College Station Texas 77640, upon the pay. ment of Fitty (550.00) Dollars. Gary M. Hatter, Mayor Dian Jones, City Secretary 09-22- 85,09 -23 -85,09 -29-65 09 -30- 85,10-01-85,10-02 -85 The Eagle /Sunday, September 22, 1985 0 CS trying to break powerpaci CITY HALL By Eugene Cox Jr. It is no secret that the city of Col- lege Station is trying to get out of its to -year electrical power contract with Gulf States Utilities Company. If College Station can successfully relinquish the Gulf States Uti- lities' contract, the city can a z negotiate a new contract for its Power supply with the Lone Star Municipal Power Agency. Members of LSMPA include Col- lege Station and three smaller cities, Caldwell, Kirbyville, and Newton. The smaller cities consider College Station the ring leader of LSMPA because they do not have as much clout in negotiating a contract to obtain cheaper electrical rates for their cities without the assistance of College Station. At Monday's LSMPA board meeting in Huntsville, board mem- bers were very concerned about whether Gulf States Utilities would release College Station from its con- tract. David Rydman, a board member from Newton, said the existence of LSMPA depends on College Station and that a LSMPA contract with Gulf States or another power company might not come about if Gulf States Utilities won't let the city out of GSU's contract. J.D. Teague, city manager of Caldwell, added that LSMPA would not be able to negotiate a contract without College Station. Cun-ently, all four cities receive electrical power through Gulf States Utilities. Even though the city has a 10 -year contract with Gulf States Uti- lities, the city has limited options on alternate sources of power available to LSMPA. "The three smaller cities are paying a lease charge (a wholesale distribution rate) to Gulf States Utili- ties," North Bardell, College Station :ity manager, said. "The sooner we wt the lease charge off, the more advantageous it'll be to have it off." Teague said that the three smaller cities operate on a wholesale distribu- tion rate with Gulf States Utilities. Teague added that the cities are `having to pay Gulf States Utilities, which owns the power substations in Caldwell, Kirbyville, and Newton, to transform high voltage electricity to a smaller wattage. If a LSMPA contract is negotiated and passed "we won't see the effects of lower electricity rates until the 1990s," Teague said. "And that's what we're concemed about — the rate of future electricity cost.- The Eagle /Monday, September 23, 1985 L-91 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS iealed proposals addresses :o the City of College Station Texas will be received for the construction of: GRAHAM ROAD WATER- LINE- CONTRACT ''A'' AND GRAHAM ROAD SANITARY SEWER LINE - CONTRACT" B" intil 2:00 P.M., Thursday, Oc- :ober 10, 1985. proposals will be received at the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improve- ments, City Hall, College Sta- tion, Texas 77840. Bidders must submit with their bids a Cashier's Check or a Certified Check in the amount of five (5%) percent of the maximum amount of bic payable without recourse tc the City of College Station Texas, or a proposal bond it the same amount from a Sur ety Company holding permi from the State of Texas to ac as Surety, and acceptable ac cording to the latest list of companies holding certifi- cates of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S., as listed in latest Re- vision of Treasury Department Circular 570, as a guarantee that Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guarantee forms provided within five (5) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without checks, as stated above, or proposal bond will not be considered. In accordance with Article 5180, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, the C successful Bidder will be re- quired to furnish not only a oerformance 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 a permit from the State of Texas to act as Surety and acceptable according to :he latest list of companies folding certificates of author ty from the Secretary of If- Treasury of the U.S., or oth surety acceptable to tf s-- 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 consider the most advanta- geous construction thereof or to reject the bid. Unreasona- ble or unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid. Bidders are required to in- spect the site of the work and to inform themselves regard- ing local conditions under which the work is to be done. Attention is called to the pro- visions of the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970 and Article 5159a, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, concerning the prevailing wage rate applica- ble in municipal construction. A PREBID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL AT 2:00 P.M., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1985. Contract Documents, Pro- posal Forms. Specification and Plans are on file and may be examined without charge in the office of Mr. Elrey Ash, Director of Capital Improve- ments, and may be obtained from Riewe & Wischmeyer. Inc., Consulting Engineers. 1701 Southwest Parkway. Suite 100, College Station Texas 77840, upon the pay- ment of Fifty ($50.00) Do l lars. Gary M. Halter, Mayor Dian Jones, City Secretary 09 -2 85,09 -23- 85,09 -29 -85 09- 3 0 - 85,10 -01- 85,10 -02 -85 The Eagle /Monday, September 23, 1985 • Council wiYl hold a pug ,_ hearing to consider a petition appealing a decision of the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion to grant a Conditional Use Permit for a church facil- ity with a daycare center, a Christian scho0!, and an out- door recreational area to be located on a 10.357 acre tract bounded by Glenhaven Drive, Dominik and the S.H.6 East Bypass Frontage Road. Ap- plicant for the Conditional Use Permit is the College Heights Assembly of God Church. The petition appealing the de- cision was filed by "Certain Residents of the City of C01- lege 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, October 10, 1985 nor additional information, ,ontact the City Planner's Of fice, (409)764-3570. James M. Callaway 4ssistant Directorof Planning )9 -25 -85 ouBLIC SALE --Ant will The Eagle /Wednesday, September 25, 1985 *4. CS council to ponder bike restrictions An ordinance restricting bicycles to bikeways on streets where they ex- ist and a contract to extend Holleman Drive and Dartmouth Street are on the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the College Station City Council. The council also will conduct pub - lic hearings on two Wellborn Road rezoning requests, beginning at 7 ,p.m. in City Hall. The bicycle ordinance was sug- gested two weeks ago by Mayor Gary Halter, who complained that bicycle - riders are not using marked bike lanes. The ordinance prohibits the "use of bicycles outside of desig- nated bikeways on city streets where bikeways are designated." The penalty for violating such an ordinance is a fine not to exceed $200. The street contract would link the existing portions of Holleman be- tween Texas Avenue and the East Bypass, and the existing sections of Dartmouth between Harvey Road and Southwest Parkway, at a cost of $1.4 million. City officials estimate construction would be complete by the fall of 1 QRA. The Eagle /Wednesday, September 25, 1985 C BID NOTIGt The City of College Station . accepting bid(s) for: 3.25 CUBIC YARD TRACK TYPE FRONT END LOADER - ONEEACH until 2:00 p.m., October 11, 1985, at which time the bids will be opened in the office of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Agent. All bids re- cieved after that time will be returned unopened. The City of College Station reserves the right to waive or reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities in said bid and to accept the offer considered most advantageous to the City. These items may be pur- :hased with Revenue Sharing Funds. 'ID #86 -18 The Eagle /Wednesday, September 25, 1985 BIL. ­1 e City of College Station is cepting bid(s) for: TON PICKUP TRUCK -ONE ACH ntil 10:00 a.m., October 11, 985, at which time the bids will be opened in the office of the Purchasing Agent at the City Hall. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Purchasing Agent. All bids re- c ft ieved after that tir will be returned unopened.'Ihe City of College Station. reserves the right to waive or reject any and all bids or any and all irregularities in said bid and to accept the offer considered most advantageous to the City. These items may be pur- 1 chased with Revenue Sharing Funds. BID #86-1 `- 09-25- 85,10 0 -02 -85 The Eagle /Wednesday, September 25, 1985 By JANN SNELL Staff Writer The Scott and White Clinic announced the opening of a small in- terim clinic and held a groundbreak- ing for a new 46,900 - square -foot cli- nic for 30 doctors Tuesday. "We're off and running in the Bryan - College Station area," said Dr. Kermit Knudsen, president of the Scott and White Clinic of Temple. Scott and White received the bles- sings of College Station Mayor Gary Halter, Bryan Mayor Marvin Tate and the Bryan - College Station Cham- ber of Commerce at the Tuesday groundbreaking. The new multispecialty clinic will be at 1600 University Drive East in College Station at the intersection of Glenhaven Street. The clinic is scheduled to open with 20 doctors next July and expand to 30 doctors within a year or two, Knudsen said. Seven doctors have already been recruited for the clinic, including loc- al doctors Mark Sicilio and William Cocke Jr., a plastic surgeon. College Station pediatrician Sicilio a- ' Dr. Kathy Stienstra, a family pr ioner recently from Corpus Christi, began practice Monday in an interim Scott and White Clinic at 2402 Broadmoor St. in Bryan. In addition to pediatrics, family medicine and plastic surgery, the planned College Station clinic will offer specialities including, der- matology, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics /gynecology, opthalmology, orthopedics, otolary- ngology, psychiatry, radiology and urology. St. Joseph administrator Sister Gretchen Kunz attended the ground- breaking ceremony and said she hoped Scott and White would fulfill its promise to use local hospitals when it opens its clinic next year. "We're all here to give quality car- e; that's what our motive is after all, isn't it ?" asked Kunz. Humana Executive Director Pat Cornelison did not attend the cere- mony. But Dr. Fred Anderson, the presi- dent of the Brazos - Robertson Coun- ties Medical Society and a critic of Scott and White's move into Bryan- Co Station, did. erson and many of the com- munity's 100 doctors are skeptical that the area can absorb 20 to 30 new doctors. The medical society doctors also question whether the Scott and White clinic will actually use the two local hospitals despite assurance, F „,, Q — tt ­1 White nfficialc_ "We recognize their right to be here, but we have not supported their move into town because we think that, economically, it might be taken by them toward us, and vict versa,” Anderson added. "We're not interested in open con frontation — that is non- productiv — we're all grown men and we wil conduct ourselves accordingly." Sicilio, who has practiced in Col lege Station for a year and is one c the charter graduates of the Tex A &M College of Medicine, said h will continue to send his patients 1 the local hospitals. Sicilio said he believes good do tors, whether in individual practice or with the clinic, will fare well. He admitted that he had been givt a cold shoulder by some local do tors, but added: adverse in every way. But time will "Th Yents are delighted tell," Anderson said. "We're hopeful that there will be a very pleasant but comnetiti— auitude_ my patients. "Scott and White has a long -time commitment to treatment in the area," Sicilio added. "I view the cli- nic as simply an extension of the ser- vices they've provided for many years. " Gary La ndry, who will administer link e pa i understand why the physicians in tt community aren't delighted and thr led bu mY main commitment is the College Station clinic, said he has received a warm reception in the community since he came two weeks ago. Landry previously was the outpa- tient services director for the Uni• versity of Michigan Medical Centei in Ann Arbor. The Eagle /Wednesday, September 25, 1985 Scott and Whit holds iiroundbrea�Cing for new c Artist's rendering of the proposed Scott and White clinic building