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A«-M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION-APRIL 5
Political ad paid tor by Joe Natowitz
VOTE
GARY HALTER
College Station City
Council
Place 1
April 1, 1975
Stand on Major Issues
Planned orderly growth, strict enforcement of the zoning ordinance
No disruption of established neighborhoods through zoning changes or
street extensions.
Development of City Recreation Center, neighborhood parks and enforce
ment of park land dedication requirements of developers
Improvement of city services and enforcement of present ordinances, ex
panded services for the retired of the community
Background and Qualifications
Native Texas, Former TAMU student, Resident of City for past 7 years, Age
33, Married, Two Children.
Recipient, Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for work with students.
Chairman, District 10, Citizens Advisory Committee for C. S. city plan.
Ph.D. in Political Science with specialty in Local Government and Public
Administration.
Administrative Experience in State and Local Government
Advisor to numerous Texas cities on city management and technology prob
lems. Other cities pay me for advise which College Station can receive free.
Ad pd for by Gary Haller
VOTE
GREG MAGRUDER
CITY COUNCIL - PLACE 5
★
AN AGGIE CONCERNED WITH GOOD
GOVERNMENT FOR COLLEGE STATION
STRONGLY SUPPORTS
■ Total compliance with building codes to
prevent “slipshod” housing.
■ Planned orderly growth to insure an urban
environment.
■ Strict adherence to zoning ordinances to
prevent spot and strip zoning.
ad paid for by Greg Magruder
Dale
(Continued from page 5)
cause it would probably be too
costly for the city. Even so, it’s
probably worth about $100 to sit on
the city council at a meeting for four
or five hours because you’ve already
done eight to 10 hours of prepara
tion anyway.
Do you favor moving the railroad
tracks by the Wellborn Road
beyond A&M’s west campus?
I sure do. It’s imperative now that
we have some type of connection
between the two campuses and
think the railroad is in the wrong
place and it serves no purpose
where it is now. Until it starts serv
ing our community it wouldn’t
bother me if they moved it to Cald
well. But really it should be moved
well to the west toward the airport.
How would you have voted on
the Dominik Drive rezoning
(changing a single-family residence
area to an apartment building dis
trict)? Why?
I voted for rezoning the property
because I thought the people on the
adjoining property had reached a
compromise with the developer. So
I voted according to the people’s
wishes. But then they came back
before the council and had changed
their minds and I thought this was
grossly unfair since it was costing
the developer more money to work
out a solution.
The city has property that must
he developed and several years ago
the people in that area got together
and tried to make it possible for de
velopers to improve on the land. If
the university gets larger there is
going to have to be enough housing
for these people. It’s unfair to the
students and the city for people to
try and dominate 400 to 500 feet of
land behind their houses. Those
people had a chance to buy that
property, but they wanted some
body to give it to them.
On what criteria would you ap
prove zone change requests in gen
eral?
I don’t believe I can answer that. I
would have to view each request as a
separate situation. I would have to
make sure the zone change request
would not jeopardize the rights of
others. Each case would have to
stand on its own.
Should College Station have zon
ing ordinances at all (Bryan has no
zoning)? Would you recommend
changes in the current zoning ordi
nances?
I think all progressive cities in the
U.S. should have some type of zon
ing ordinance. As bad as zoning
might be in certain cases you must
have rules and regulations to insure
orderly development. I know the
zoning ordinance we have is not per
fect but I think it’s better than no
zoning at all.
I think we should reduce the set
back distance required between
commercial buildings because with
15 feet between each building
you’re going to have all sorts of clut
ter and litter between those build
ings. It’s also quite a penalty for
those people to pay from $2.50 to $5
Halter
(Continued from page 5)
land is not developed or is not being
developed after the time limit is up
then the land should be reverted
back to its old zone. I think concent
ration of the business area would be
beneficial to the merchants.
Considering the city’s growth
rate, should College Station gener
ate its own utilities instead of con
tracting for those services from
Bryan?
The city of Bryan is in the process
Bravenec
(Continued from page 5)
three. I don’t think councilmen
should be paid because I feel it’s a
service to the community on my
part. If we were paid I think it might
draw a different class of people to
run for the council.
Do you favor moving the railroad
tracks by the Wellborn Road
beyond A&M’s west campus?
Yes, I do. I’ll try to do my hardest
to get it moved if I’m elected. Right
now I’m concentrating on one of my
campaign promises and that is work
ing for a better parks system. But I
do think the railroad needs to be
moved because it presents safety
hazards and adds to traffic conges
tion.
How would you have voted on
the Dominik Drive rezoning
a square foot for land that’s not going
to be used. We’ve also got streets
coming off of Texas Avenue that
have no provision for a right-hand
turn. I think Southwest Parkway
needs at least three right-hand tum
lanes so that traffic can be diverted
safely off the main thoroughfare.
Considering the city’s growth
rate, should College Station gener
ate its own utilities instead of con
tracting for those services from
Bryan?
Until we get our own water sup
ply I don’t think we could afford to
generate our own electricity. But is
we ever get our own water supply
here we might look to Gulf States
Utilities to furnish our electricity or
else try to get the Bryan rates re
duced to meet our needs within the
city’s budget.
struction is contingent upon Col
lege Station continuing to buy elec
trical energy from Bryan. We need
to consider the effect of our pulling
out and leaving Bryan holding the
bag.
It is possible for us to develop our
own water system which I think we
may very well have to do in the
years ahead. I think we should ex
amine the possibilities of develop
ing our own water production and
supplementing our electrical needs
from another source.
(changing a single-family residence
area to an apartment building dis
trict)? Why?
I voted against the rezoning be
cause I felt the adjoining property
owners probably would have been
annoyed by the increased traffic that
the request would have brought
with it. I think the property values
in the area might have decreased
somewhat, too.
On what criteria would you ap
prove zone change requests in gen
eral?
You have quite a few considera
tions. You got the person who wants
to develop his property and you
have the adjoining land owners. I
don’t think zoning should he used to
create a monopoly. If you’ve got
someone who wants to build a
commercial building and there’s
only one place they can build it,
you’ve created a monopoly. There’s
plenty of apartment land along
Highway 30 zoned for that purpose.
We didn’t have the monopoly factor
involved in the Dominik issue be
cause Seaback could have traded off
that land for another tract. I just
think it’s a good idea to zone areas
along highways for apartment use
because it would probably cut down
on traffic congestion and I don’t
think apartment dwellers are as sen
sitive to road noise as are people
living in single-family residences
and duplexes.
Should College Station have zon
ing ordinances at all? (Bryan has no
zoning) Would you recommend
changes in the current zoning ordi
nances?
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Yes, I do. I don’t think there’s any
real alternative to have zoning ordi-
Wenck
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There are no gymnasiums at the
elementary schools. These are
needed to provide children with
P. E. activities on days when they
can’t go outside. I would support a
bond issue for constructing perma
nent facilities.
Should the district increase its
faculty on both the elementary and
secondary levels in order to expand
the curriculum offered its stu
dents? What courses would you like
to see included in the curriculum?
Should the Community Education
Program be expanded?
More faculty members are
needed. A library coordinator for
the district is needed, as are
specialists in drama, music and art
at the elementary level. These
programs are now required for ac
creditation in the state. The P. E.
program should be expanded to in
clude an intramurals program. A
foreign language, preferably
Spanish, should he taught at the
elementary level. The Community
Education Program is too young to
assess now. More study is needed
before expansion can be proposed.
A report submitted last fall by
the district to the Texas Education
of constructing a multi-million dol
lar power plant. Much of this con-
nances other than deed restrictions.
But they expire after a certain time
period and protect you only to the
extent that other people are bound
by the same deed restrictions in
your area. Zoning, on the other
hand, helps protect property values
and encourages people to build ac
cording to the law. If you’ve built a
nice home you don’t have to worry
about someone building a garage
next to you. I think zoning can he
logically used to plan the develop
ment of a city r in that it can guide the
planning of a city. One major
change I would like to see in the
present ordinance is placing a two-
year time limit in which a developer
could develop his land after being
granted a rezoning request. Other
wise, if he didn’t improve on the
land we could revert hack to the
original district that the land was
zoned for.
Considering the city’s growth
rate, should College Station gener
ate its own utilities instead of con
tracting for those services from
Bryan?
We re looking into the possibility
of getting our own water supply.
But I don’t think it would he
economical for us to provide our
own electricity and the same goes
for Bryan. The arrangement we’ve
had so far, I think, has been mutu
ally advantageous because Bryan
realizes it needs College Station to
meet its fixed charges. If it didn’t
have College Station as a customer
Bryan would have to raise its rates to
meet its fixed charges or costs. This
is advantageous to College Station
because we try to pass on the vari
able and part of the fixed costs to the
customers.
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Bell
(Continued from page 5)
lege Station residents; it was the re
quest of an out-of-town developer,
who acquired the land as single
family and speculated he could get a
zone change approved by the city
council. The petitioning citizens did
not get good representation from
their elected representatives in city
government.
On what criteria would you ap
prove zone change requests in gen
eral?
The criteria are: orderly growth
that is in the best interests of the
citizens. There are areas with good
traffic flow that are more suitable for
commercial purposes or high-
density housing than other areas.
Examples would he Texas Avenue,
Jersey Street, Southwest Parkway
and the two by-passes.
Should College Station have zon
ing ordinances at all? (Bryan has no
zoning.) Would you recommend
any changes in the current zoning
ordinances?
Yes, we should have zoning. We
are changing the zoning ordinances
all the time.
Considering the city’s growth
rate, should College Station gener
ate its own utilities instead of con
tracting for those services from
Bryan?
It should be studied, and if it is
projected that Bryan could not pro
vide these services to College Sta
tion in the future, plans should be
made now.
IT’S ELECTION TIME
Agency listed a limit 25 per cento!
the black students in the districtina
category of “underachievers’ or
“slow learners.” Only 4 per cento!
the non-black students were in
cluded in this category. As a board
member, what would you do loin
and minimize this discrepancy?
The reasons for blacks being un
derachievers are basically social,
Enrichment programs are one war
to help this situation. There should
he free student access to all ac
tivities.
The rental or purchase price ol
uniforms for the high school bandis
one example. There is only one
black student in the band. The
band, music and drama programs
should he free for all students. Stu
dents should he able to participate
in more than one of these, contraiy
to the present system. More coun
seling, and head start programs will
also help the situation.
Have you been satisfied with (lie
performance of Supt. Fred Hopsou
and the present school hoard?
Hopson has done the besthecan
with what is available. Moreinputol
new ideas is needed. The intramur-
als, art, music and foreign language
programs should be expanded.
What do you consider to be the
long range goals of the district?
To give every child the opportun
ity to participate. The vocationalag-
riculture program needs to beer-
paneled. We need to develop the
ability of the student to think and
decide for himself. Self discipline
and the need to make choices
should he stressed.
Jett
(Continued from page 5)
Should College Station have zon
ing ordinances at all? (Bryanhasno
zoning.) Would you recommend
changes in the current zoning ordi
nances?
Yes, we need zoning., It forces
the council to plan and provides!
safeguard against reckless planning.
I woidd recommend no specific
changes at this time.
Considering the city’s growtli
rate, should College Station gener
ate its own utilities instead of con
tracting for those services from
Bryan?
Not at the present time. College
Station should get into a position
where it can bargain freely for its
electrical services.
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