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by Mark Evans
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The College Station City Coun
cil voted 4-3 to accept the bid from
the Construction Resource Group
(CRG) for the construction of Wolf
Pen Creek Phase I.
The $1.5 million bid came in at
$250 thousand over the amount
the Council had originally bud
geted for the park project. It was
the lowest of the bids received last
September when the bidding
opened.
Before accepting the bid, the
City Council added an amend
ment to it. This directs the staff to
negotiate with CRG to reduce the
project cost to at least $1.4 million
and report back at the next City
i Council meeting on Nov. 20.
The project, located at the in
tersection of Dartmouth and
Holleman drives, provides for the
building of a 14-acre park along
the Wolf Pen Creek. The plans in
clude trails, an outdoor amphithe
ater, and a playground.
The issue of whether to accept
the bid or reject it and ask for new
ones in the hope of attaining a
lower one split the council into
two camps.
'The committees have studied
it, the consultants have studied it,
and the staff has studied it," City
Councilman Jim Gardner said.
"We know what we want. Let's
just find a way to finance it."
If the City Council decided to
accept new bids, there is no guar-
antee that they would come in any
lower, said Stephen Beachy, Col
lege Station Parks and Recreation
Director. The process could delay
work on the project because the
bids would not be ready until De
cember at the earliest.
The extra time may allow the
City to get a bid that will better fit
into their budget. Council member
Lynn McDhaney said. This could
save the City as well as the tax
payers money. She serves on the
Finance Committee which re
viewed the bids submitted.
"We felt like we might get
some good, competitive bids if we
go back out and give the contrac
tors some additional time," McH-
haney said. T feel like we can do
better. I think we have to cut the
expense of it(the project) without
cutting its quality."
Other members of the City
Council suggested trimming the
project plans. The project could
withstand cuts of trivial items,
such as minor changes in the types
of building materials used.
"I think we're overlooking
some areas where we can save
money and nobody would be able
to notice a difference from the
original plans," City Councilman
Dick Bird well said.
In other business, the City
Council approved an ordinance
which would allow them to con
sider granting a three-year tax
abatement to C.C. Creations on
Holleman Drive. Currently, the
business plans to expand its oper
ations with an addition to its of
fices.
The addition would create
more jobs in the low-income
neighborhood where it's located.
"It's a win-win situation,"
Mcllhaney said.
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Comptroller
predicts strong
economy for
Texas future
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas' econo
my will expand faster than the na-
, tion's as a whole over the next 20
years, and income will rise, the
state comptroller's office predicted
in a report released Thursday.
"For Texans who weathered
the economic storms of the 1980s,
the future beckons like a welcome
star on the horizon," Comptroller
John Sharp said in the October is
sue of Fiscal Notes.
Texas' economy will grow an
average of nearly 3 percent a year
over the next two decades, com
pared to the expected national rate
of about 2.5 percent, according to
the report.
And average Texans will be
better off financially, the report
said.
Per-capita Texas income, in
1991 dollars, is projected to rise
from about $17,300 to about
$22,500 in 20 years.
Former female employees charge
law firm with sexual harassment
HOUSTON (AP) — Five former female em
ployees have filed a $5 million lawsuit against a
prominent Houston law firm, alleging that a part
ner harassed, assaulted or slandered them and
the firm was negligent in supervising him.
The women filed the lawsuit Wednesday
against Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law.
The only plaintiff named is Hellon Lureen
Hopkins, 29, a paralegal fatally shot Oct. 14 after
intervening in an attempted purse-snatching. The
suit will be amended to name her estate as the
plaintiff.
The suit states the firm fired Ms. Hopkins in
1988, three weeks after she complained about the
conduct of her immediate supervisor, attorney
Pete Andarsio.
Ms. Hopkins and another woman identified
as Jane Doe Two complained that Andarsio
forcibly touched their breasts. Jane Does Three
and Four claim Andarsio forced them to have in
tercourse and oral sodomy, and Jane Doe Five
says Andarsio slandered her.
William Wade, attorney for the five, said the
women, all in their mid-20s, were fired or left as a
result of Andarsio's actions.
But Wade says some of the women found it
easier to look the other way than come forward
because they were living "paycheck to pay-
check." According to the suit, Ms. Hopkins and
two others complained with little result.
Gerald Holtzman, attorney for the firm, said a
month-long, internal investigation showed the
women's allegations are "just not true."
'The firm took these charges very seriously,"
he said.
Randy Schaffer, attorney for Andarsio, said
his client had consensual sexual relations with an
undisclosed number of the plaintiffs, mostly re
sulting from "pairing off" after social occasions.
"Some of tnese allegations are things that oc
curred years ago, and they never complained,"
Schaffer said. 'There wasn’t even a hint of sexual
assault."
Wade has called for senior partner Charles R.
"Bob" Dunn to step down as president of the
State Bar of Texas until the case is resolved.
Holtzman and Schaffer described Wade's set
tlement offers prior to filing the lawsuit as similar
to an extortion attempt.
"It was postured to the firm in such a way
that said, 'Bob Dunn is president of the State Bar
and you don't want his name all over the papers
and on television, so give us a bunch of money,'"
Holtzman said.
No criminal charges have been filed with the
Houston Police Department.
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Radar system gives false alarms
Difficulties cause airplanes
to swerve from flight path
DALLAS (AP) — Some air-
traffic controllers at Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport say
false alarms from a new radar sys
tem being used nationwide have
caused dozens of airplanes to un
necessarily swerve from their
flight paths.
The problems with the Traffic
Alert and Collision System have
not led to any reports of near-colli-
sions at DFW. But air-traffic con
trollers say that the problems with
the system could affect safety un
der extreme conditions, such as
bad weather or heavy traffic.
"We do view it as a serious
problem," said Michael Drennan,
a controller at DFW.
"In a congested environment
like DFW, where you have to run
so much traffic all the time, we
don't think TCAS is effective."
Air-traffic controllers across
the nation are warning Congress
and the Federal Aviation Admin
istration of problems in the new
system, which has been installed
in about 40 percent of the com
mercial airline fleet. The FAA is
requiring that half have the warn
ing system by the end of the year.
The pilot of a plane equipped
with TCAS is warned by the de
vice and told what action he
should take if another aircraft
comes within about 1,000 feet.
However, false alarms have
caused aircraft to divert needless
ly from their flight paths — occa
sionally without warning to air-
traffic controllers. Some con
trollers are worried that an aircraft
that is veering off because of a
false TCAS alarm might wander
into the path of another plane.
"Wehaven't had any real close
calls yet," noted Jeff Beddow, a
spokesman for the controllers as
sociation in Washington. "But it
doesn't take much imagination to
foresee that scenario."
Drennan said DFW has been
experiencing three or four TCAS
incidents a week.
"We are aware of their com
plaints," said Fred Farrar, a
spokesman for the agency in
Washington. "We are trying to
find the cause. We don't believe it
is a threat to safety. What TCAS is,
is an enhancement to safety."
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