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Dominik street opinion poll Residents dislike rezoning proposal By GERALD OLIVIER Staff Writer Round two of the Dominik Street residents versus Harry Seaback will be fought before the College Station City Council Wednesday night. Seaback, owner of Plantation Oaks Apartments and a 32-acre tract between Dominik Street and Highway 30, has submitted a new proposal for the rezoning of the Dominik streetland. The first proposal, submitted last year, was refused by the City Coun cil when the residents of Dominik Street complained. The original proposal called for the building of apartments on the entire tract. Seaback has revised this to include a buffer zone of single family residences and duplexes be tween the apartments and the Dominik Street homes. Battalion reporters polled nine Dominik Street residents and found them overwhelmingly opposed to the building of apartments in this area. Arthur Sherwood, 1400 Dominik, calls Seaback’s apart ments “instant slums.” Another Dominik Street resident said, “I guess apartments are neces sary, but I wish they wpuld build them someplace else.” “Property owners have the right to expect that zoning will not be changed arbitrarily,” said Mrs. Lane Stephenson. The Dominik residents contend that when they moved to the area they were told that the land now owned by Seaback would be de veloped into large estates. They re sent the possibility of apartments being built in the site. The residents appear to resent Harry Seaback, sometimes, more than the actual apartments. Bruce Fisher said Seaback keeps “hammering away at this until the people on Dominik get tired of bucking it. At least four other comments Bat talion reporters received concern ing Seaback were not printable under current libel laws. Along with a lack of faith in Sea back, the residents expressed doubt in the City Council and the Plan- PRICE BREAK 1S1VOW. 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I can’t put any v e Jl pr ff what they say.” ^Bieslide “I don’t know what morelB^w, do, said Seaback. “I designeda* l c fer zone so that the apartments even be seen from the Do J " io Street houses. I even offered!. / . i them the property, but they MSC take me up on the offer." Seaback offered to sell 0 pen iui x — i'11, uui 0) the whole tract could be sold l M crr Fart orth„ landi ss ho„il , |]S city s comprehensive plan as tl suitable for apartments. !' 1 ,.r City Planner Bill Koehlersaid! r nvf isting utilities (water and seif lines) in the area are sufficientT handle the high density housf being planned. Approval of the zone changes recommended by the Planning Zoning Commission. Final on the case will rest with the cil. The council will also take ^ on a minute order from the Tea Highway calling for the signals tion of the intersection of Jen Street and F. M. 2154(theWell road). City Manager North BardellsiB’* 1 ' the city must agree to maintain!®? 11 " , traffic light before the highway® f s 1 partment can precede with inst® 1 H, choi tion. ■’ , . In other action the council®^ .. as, dei consider: : Ml . , • eight other zone change® ltu . ■eases quests. - appointments to a commit® . - - ^®P rlc< I but ) to I ^'ith in |i Ma ■ look _ JlBi to a comi set up by the council to studyn sions of the zoning ordinance, • bids for the purchase oft police cars, the paving ofThi Street and the installationofas line on South Texas Avenue. Street light out during construction 0 } Several street lights will beoutj service as a result of constmd work on campus. Street lights out of operational eight on Asbury from Univenij Drive to Ross Street; oneonHogjfclhe woi the old Board of Directors quarte|g to her two between Milner and SbisaHiBdy cam at the Post Office (but across Halm bellii ton Street, four new lights willj burning); all on Houston fromjoi| Street to Bizzell Hall; all on 01 Main from Highway 2154 toHa|J ton Street; three on Lamar inti vicinity of the Grove and one! Jones Street next to Benders Hall. Texas is feeding less cattle now than a year ago AUSTIN, Tex. (AP)—^ 724,000 fewer head of cattle bet fed in Texas for the market t ® year ago, Agriculture Coi® 111 sioner John White said Monday “What this means is thatconsu ers will be eating far less grain beef and more that has been g® fed,” he said. . White said the Amarillo m a news office reports that West feedlots are running at only r cent capacity. He said mostca, are selling for 40-41 cents ap® while it costs 55-60 cents aponn fatten them. 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