Urban development
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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1975
Page 3
By HORACE GRANT
Contributor
The city of College Station in
March accepted a Comprehensive
Development Plan for proposed
improvements to the city.
Pinnell, Anderson, Wilshire &
Associates, Inc., an urban plan
ning firm, has worked on the plan
for three years and has made rec
ommendations to the city regard
ing sanitary sewage systems, major
thoroughfare and water distribu
tion systems, police and fire sta
tions, city hall and the organiza
tion of the city’s administration.
Plans determining land use in
implementing these recommenda
tions evolved from individual
studies that have been made, Wil
lie Koehler, College Station city
planner, said. But none of these
studies are independent of the
others, he said.
“Land use depends on the
city’s capacity to serve it and the
needs of the private market in its
development,” Koehler said.
One thing of immediate im
portance is capital improvements,
he said. The city council has to
determine where they will get the
money to implement these pro
grams and which ones have the
highest priority.
The council will appoint on
Monday, a Capital Improvements
Committee. City manager North
Bardell said this committee will
do two things.
“They will determine the prior
ities of the proposed development
recommendations and also the
starting dates of capital improve
ments projects.”
The project funds are derived
from bonds and other sources
such as the Environmental Protec
tion Agency and the Economic
Development Administration, Bar
dell said.
One particular problem that
the council runs into is time.
“The city, just like any busi
ness, has to have some idea of
where we are going in future
years,” Koehler said.
For instance, the sanitary sew
age system plant takes anywhere
from three to four years from the
time you start the design until the
time it’s in service, he said.
“You can’t wait until you are
at capacity or over capacity be
fore you start doing something.
During the period of design, ad
justments have to be made to
keep pace with needs of that par
ticular time,” Koehler said.
In a long range program, prior
ities will also have to change to
keep planning flexible, he said.
Some of the proposals have
been implemented long before the
study was completed and the plan
presented to the council. Koehler
said the city made some changes
in ordinances and some review
processes in other ordinances in
accordance with these recommen
dations.
“We did not wait for the tab
lets to come down from Mount
Sinai before we started imple
menting things that needed to be
done and were worthwhile to do,”
Koehler said.
The city works independently
of the university in its expansion
programs. Both are, for the most
part, unaware of each others’ ac
tivities until some conflict of ex
pansion presents a critical prob
lem, Koehler said.
“We have very little infor
mation as to what’s going on out
there,” he said. “It’s not terribly
essential that we do have that in
formation because the university
provides so many of its own serv
ices.”
Even though the city operates
independently, both the city and
university cooperate with each
other, he said.
“We cannot dictate to the Uni
versity nor them to us,” Koehler
said.
With all the proposals sub
mitted to the council, and the
committee on capital improve
ments working at its best to adopt
the proposals, the people of
College Station should see some
changes in their city in the near
future.
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John the Baptist never looked
sharper in his tails and high-
topped tennis shoes and J.C. him
self caused quite a stir sporting
red, white and blue overalls and a
“Superman” t-shirt.
As for the rest of the cast of
“Godspell,” traditional togas and
sandals were discarded for long
underwear, multi-colored suspend
ers, basketball knee pads and a
wide array of headgear as the
Aggie Players took on their first
major musical.
Never were there so many smil
ing faces and honestly happy per
formers on the stage at A&M, and
what the cast lacked in experience
it made up in sheer enthusiasm.
Twelve of the actors were making
their first appearance with the
Players, but without a program in
front of me I couldn’t point them
out.
The musical numbers were
elaborately choreographed, every
song rating “production number”
status. Several vocalists stood out
as being extraordinary singer-
performers, including Jean
Fischer, Russel Harris and Jo
Montgomery.
When you go to see “God
spell,” which I recommend you
do, prepare for the unexpected—
unless, of course, you don’t think
Jesus and John the Baptist doing a
softshoe complete with canes and
straw skimmers is unusual. Maybe
you expect to see a group of dis
tinguished philosophers ranging
from Socrates to Buckminster
Fuller singing and dancing in a
boxing ring. I didn’t.
Nor did I expect to be invited
down on the stage during inter
mission by J.C. for wine. And
even though the pagan pink Rip
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Hawaiian Punch, it was the first
time I had seen an audience danc
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The music for “Godspell” was
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On the technical end, the imag
inative lighting and set construc
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areas of the stage and the aisles to
bring the audience closer to the
actors.
The Players heartily deserved
the standing ovation they re
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dropped cues and dialogue that
dragged didn’t keep the evening
from being time well spent. Open
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looked when it’s obvious that the
actors are excited about what
they’re doing.
Several other members of the
cast deserve recognition for out
standing performances, including
Neil Badders as John the Baptist
and Celina Ellington who played a
convincing “lady of the evening”
type. Philip Hafer, Cheri Lind
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Michele McCormick also turned in
excellent performances.
It looks as though the Aggie
Players have hit upon a style of
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likely to appreciate, if Thursday
night’s group is any indication.
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