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WORKSHOP MEETING
COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL
JULY 27, 1983
4:00 P.M.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
Mayor Halter, Councilmen Boughton, Prause,
Reinke, Anderson
Councilmen McIlhaney, Runnels
Asst. City Manager/Finance Director
VanDever, City Secretary Jones, City Manager
Bardell, Council Coordinator Jones,
Administrative Assistant Kelly Nowlin, Tax
Assessor-Collector Dickson, City Attorney
Denton, Director of Capital Improvements Ash,
Zoning Official Kee, Asst. Zoning Official
Dupies, Planning Technician Volk, Director of
Planning Mayo, Voe Secretary ~oo~e
VISITORS PRESENT:
See guest register.
Agenda Item No. 1 - Council Concerns.
Councilman Boughton expressed concern over the upcoming 1990 census. She
requested that the city staff begin gearing up for it. She suggested that
the planning staff start now so that the 1990 census will be more accurate
than the previous one.
Councilman Reinke, speaking for Councilman McIlhaney, requested that the
Council designate a weekend for a workshop retreat. After discussing
possible dates the Council decided that the retreat would have to be
sometime in October~
Mayor Halter presented to Assistant City Manager VanDever a Certificate of
Conformance in Financial Reporting given by the Municipal Finance Officers
Association of the United States and Canada (MFOA) for the city's
comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1982. The Certificate of Conformance is the highest form of recognition in
the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.
Mayor Halter expressed concern about the parking situation at City Hall and
stated that he has noticed an increasing number of employee vehicles parked
in the lot between the fire station and City Hall. He requested that City
employees return to parking in the temporary lot located on Francis Drive.
Mayor Halter inquired about the completion date of the new p~rking lot
behind City Hall.
City Manager Bardell stated that completion of the lot would depend on the
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availability of the company laying the asphalt.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2 - Presentation of a Prelimiqary Report from the North
Gate Committee.
Daniel F. MacGilvray, Chairman of the Northgate Citizens' Committee,
presented a preliminary report of recommendations for the North Gate area.
Since November 1982, the committee has been gathering data on the 147 acres
encompassed by the area under study.
Chairman MacGilvray thanked the members of the committee and the city staff
for their cooperation in preparing the report. He recognized Councilman
Boughton, council liaison, for her contribution to the committee.
Chairman MacGilvray stated that he would like to hold a public meeting in
the North Gate area to discuss the report with the merchants. He requested
that a formal meeting be scheduled for September, for presention of a
written document to the Council.
Chairman MacGilvray named five categories of recommended changes, as
follows: parking, zoning, traffic, maintenance, and capital improvements.
He pointed out that actions were to be implemented in three time phases,
and stated that there were no drastic changes proposed but the problems
would be addressed in orderly, well-organized steps. In each of the
categories, problems were identified and recommendations were explained.
Some of the suggestions included new zoning ordinances, city-owned parking
lots, community workshops on commercial property rehabilitation, creation
of a special Tax District, revision of North Gate parking schedule, special
signalization on University Drive, and development of a mini-mall on
Patricia Street.
Mayor Halter questioned whether the use of a satellite parking facility
would perhaps increase the overall problem of automobile storage in the
North Gate area.
Councilman Reinke asked if the merchants in the Northgate area had seen the
report.
Chairman MacGilvray replied that they had not.
After further discussion, City Manager Bardell stated that the staff could
do a preliminary feasibility study on a multi-story parking lot.
Chairman MacGilvray requested that the possibility of a multi-story parking
lot be explored.
Mayor Halter asked for additional comments. When there ~ere no more, he
requested that questions or suggestions be put in his box in the Council
office.
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Agenda Stem ~gt ~ - Adjourn.
Mayor Halter adjourned the meeting.
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