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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1982)
etc Battalion/Page 12 August 18,1 Parks (continued from page 1) “Given that there is a great teed for softball and soccer faci- ities, and knowing that there re 50 acres out there in north Iryan, I am inclined to say that developing) it might be a good >lan, but I want to see how it elates to the overall compre- icnsive plan.” Is in fact north Bryan the nost appropriate place? he isked. And, if the land does fit nto- the plan, is it fair for the itizens to have to develop it? “Are we willing to come up vith the bucks to have a plan, to lave engineers go out there and urvey and lay it out correctly?” le asked. “Or are we going to ■nd up with another Travis ’ark? We’ve got a bunch of lelds over there that are useless ind we did that makeshift — pur of the moment kind of hing — and that’s exactly why a )lan is important.” Travis Park’s oftball fields are too short to iatisfy softball regulations. Blatchley said he is happy hat the citizens are willing to >ive up their time and energy, >ut he doesn’t think that is the nost appropriate way to ipproach the problem. That same citizen support, Vlike Reuwsaat said, is the most mportant aspect of the master planning process., “The advisory board can idvise the council to act on re commendations, but if there sn’t any public support, if the .pecial interest groups aren’t ;here, if the board is not there at including bathrooms that were not working and a fire ant problem. Connie and Doug Weedon presented their plan to the council on July 6, and again to the advisory board on July 21. At the same time as the dis cussions about poor mainte nance and facilities and the pub lic presentations calling for the problem to be solved, Reuwsaat said he and Recreation Superin tendent Roy Ross were discus sing the possibility of a master planning process for the Bryan parks. At a meeting of the council and the advisory board on July 6, a comprehensive plan was dis cussed publicly for the first time. Mayor Richard Smith said at that meeting that he felt it would be a mistake to spend large amounts of money — for the Weedon’s plan, for example — without stepping back and look ing at the entire parks and re creation program. It was after that meeting that Reuwsaat was enlisted to suggest a possible master planning pro cess. At the July 21 meeting of the board, Reuwsaat outlined sug gestions for a possible compre hensive plan. Reuwsaat used as examples the plans from the Au stin and Waco parks, and a study done on the Bryan parks in 197/ by a Texas A&M University parks and recreation class. “Everything has to be evalu ated,” Reuwsaat said, “not only in quantity, but in quality and level of development as well.” In money is only for the plan, not implementation. “A master plan is a policy plan,” he said. “We have to come up witlh the policies to guide an action or implementation plan. The end product to all of this is a bond issue.” The last bond issue passed was in 1980 which provided $100,000 for the renovation of Williamson and Bonham parks. “I assume that we would have to pass a bond issue to do what we’re talking about,” Blatchley said. But, he said, the problem that arises could be one in which a facility is temporarily con structed to take care of the im mediate need. He said once that happens, it’s very difficult to make a change. , “What happens is we get a council that is not quite as in terested in a bond issue because we’ve satisfied — as temporary as it may be— that need,” he said. What he said he would like to see done is an evaluation of ex isting parks and construction of temporary facilities on those, rather than tying up new lands. “I was at Thomas Park the j other night and there’s plenty of | area out there for two or three soccer fields,” he said. “That’s | our park already. J “Now, it may not be the most ideal situation, but we can put up with that until we can come up with a plan to do it right.” Jan Winniford agrees that a bond issue is the end product of the master planning process. “To really get things going — to develop a comprehensive park plan — we’ll have to try to pass a bond issue,” she said. But, Blatchley said, bond issues are usually controversial especially for parks. “A very small percentage of the people are interested in parks,” he said. “Most people ha bond money on dilapidated sew er and water pipes, not the parks. In 1981, College Station pas sed a bond issue worth $3 mil lion. Steve Beachy, director of the College Station Parks and Recreation Department, said that $1 million of that would be used for acquisition of new land, and $2 million would go toward maintenance and development of old land. Blatchley said he hates ti compare Bryan and CollegeSls lion parks because there is a4 tinct difference in clientelewi in the two cities. tave no interest in parks what soever.” He said that most people in Bryan are concerned about spending millions of dollars in Top Drawer m from Basics to Designers Levis - Sedgefield - Lee - Bill Blass - Calvin Klein - Ocean Pacific - Jockey - Stanley Blacker - Esprit - Jordache - and more. - Free Apartment Locator Service •Apartments •Houses •Duplexes •Fourplexes Don’t drive all over town, let us do the work. We’re fast, friendly and FREE Walking and Biking distance to TAMU. Shuttle bus route. Directly across from TAMU. FREE RENT HOMEFINDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 696-1006 1055S. Texas. C.S. Ln N 50 tO; *.e> (S)SAFIWAY SUPER SAVERS SAVE YOU MONEY! (SjSAFEWAY SUPER SAVERS SAVE YOU MONEY! (S)SAFEWAY SUPER SAVERS SAVE YOU MONEY! :he council meetings, then stuff . other words, he said, what is the will get cut out and it will go level of development now, corn- mother year,” he said. Jan Winniford agrees that it s through citizen input that steps are being taken to alleviate :he problems. “It’s input like the softball association showing up at city :ouncil meetings and other kinds of complaints and con cerns that is having an impact,” she said. “It helps people to see that there is a need for allocation in that area.” The citizens have been vocal for the last few months, attend ing both council and board meetings. At a meeting of the council on June 28, members of both the soccer and softball associations jammed the chamber to ask for better playing fields and facili ties. Buddy Haney, a spokesman for the Bryan Softball Associa tion, voiced complaints to the council about lack of facilities. Bryan has four softball fields, in cluding the two at Travis Park which are not regulation size. Linda Martin, spokesperson for the Bryan Soccer Associa tion, told the council that there are only eight soccer fields in Bryan, three of which are on school property, and there are 800 children who play. She also said adults must go to College Station to play because the ex- j isting fields aren’t large enough. : Both Haney and Martin com pared with what it could be or should be? i Reuwsaat said the plan would break the city into zones and an inventory would be taken to find out what property the parks de- parment currently owns and what the department’s current responsibilities and services are. Then, a needs assessment survey would be done, he said. The needs assessment would establish priorities in each zone to determine what is needed in that zone. The assessment, he said, would be done through a community survey. 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