Friday, September 27, 1991
The Battalion
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JAY JANNER/The Battalion
Fun in the sun
Company L-2 Corps of Cadets members Todd Fry, a junior history major from soak in a portable swimming pool on the quad. The two were enjoying the
Houston, and David Faulk, a junior political science major from Richardson, warm, sunny weather Thursday afternoon.
Restaurant faces parking difficulties
City council pushes back decision to approve additional lot
By Mark Evans
The Battalion
The College Station City Council voted to
delay a decision to build a parking lot which
would hold the overflow from the new Chili's
Grill and Bar during its Thursday night meet
ing.
After listening to representatives of Chili's
and local residents, the City Council voted to
push the decision back 90 days.
Tim Fox, director of Regional Construction
for Chili's Restaurants, said the restaurant
needs an additional 32 spaces to handle their
high volume of business.
Patrons presently park in College Station
Municipal Building parking lots or in front of
nearby houses when the Chili's lots fill.
When Chili's opened last month, manage
ment considered the number of parking spaces
adequate. The restaurant, however, received
more business than expected.
"We have a parking problem," Fox said,
"we'd like to do something about it."
He said he believes an additional parking
lot, built behind the restaurant, will solve the
problem.
The proposed parking lot would border
Foster Avenue.
Chili's would build fences along the
perimeter of the lot to cut down on any noise
disturbing nearby residents. Fox said.
Lighting would discourage loitering and
any vandals.
The restaurant would spend approximately
$5,000 on the project which would include
landscaping the property.
Local residents objected to the plan. They
expressed concerns over late-night noise, in
creased neighborhood crime and invasion of
privacy. Many do not see a need for another
parking lot.
"I see open parking spaces quite a bit dur
ing the day," said Robert Meyer, owner of a
home at 1024 Foster Ave. "What concerns me
is the noise generated by the staff and pa
trons."
Meyer said he does not believe fences will
solve any problems.
If anything, Meyers said, he envisions peo
ple throwing things over the walls, having no
regard for the'property of others.
Typically, restaurants have a three month
honeymoon period after opening, said City
Councilman Dick Birdwell.
A higher than usual boom of business
marks this period. Eventually, the level will
drop about 20 percent down to normal levels,
he said .
"I'm a little concerned that we are dealing
with a problem that may not exist in three
months," Birdwell said.
Council members Nancy Crouch and Lynn
Mcllhaney supported setting aside time for a
more thorough evaluation to be made.
The City Council voted to delay a decision
until next January.
Vice chancellor helps
TAMUS communicate
effectively with public
By Melody Dunne
The Battalion
The Texas A&M University
System's new vice chancellor for
communications can claim the dis
tinction of being the highest rank
ing woman ever in a statewide
teaching, research and public ser
vice institution.
Penny Beaumont, who previ
ously served as assistant deputy
chancellor of engineering and as
sistant director of the Texas Engi
neering Experiment Station, coor
dinated the external relations and
public affairs activities in the
Texas A&M System's Engineering
Program.
There she served as the engi
neering program's primary liaison
to the federal and state govern
ment.
Dr. Herbert Richardson, who
assumed the TAMUS chancellor
ship Aug. 29, appointed Beaumont
to this position on Sept. 6.
Richardson said that the position
to which Beaumont was appoint
ed is needed to help TAMUS be
more effective in communicating
with the public.
"Effective communications are
essential to an organization's suc
cess," Richardson said. "Ms. Beau
mont will bring much-needed fo
cus to the system's communica
tions, both internally and with our
various publics."
Beaumont said she looks for
ward to working with her col
leagues in all the institutions and
agencies.
"We are fortunate to have ex
perienced, professional communi
cators in all the components.
Their specialized expertise will be
invaluable as we work together to
strengthen our image's system,"
she said.
At a meeting of the Interna
tional Association of Business
Communicators, Beaumont spoke
on "The Importance of Communi
cation in Legislative Affairs."
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