Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about Texas Municipal League, development at Midtown Park, Downtown Bryan, the Ice House on Main building, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
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Brazos County commissioners agree to divert the county’s portion of future property tax money in the north section of downtown Bryan. That is associated with an undisclosed economic development project from the Bryan city council. County judge Duane Peters provided information about the county’s involvement during the commission’s October 1st meeting, in response to a citizen’s question about the county paying for a new parking garage. County documents say the creation of 300 parking spaces would serve a new development along Bryan Avenue between 22nd and Martin Luther King, Jr. Street. The Bryan city council during its October regular meeting, approved without public comment the interlocal agreement with Brazos County and an eighth amendment to the tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ) where this development will take place. Click HERE to read and download the interlocal agreement approved by the Brazos County commission and the Bryan city council. Click HERE to read and download the Bryan city council’s approval of the eighth amendment to the TIRZ that is associated with the city-county interlocal agreement. Click HERE to read and download Bryan city council background information about amendments to the downtown Bryan TIRZ. Click HERE to read and download the city of Bryan’s document establishing the downtown TIRZ in August 2009. Click below to hear comments from Duane Peters during the October 1, 2024 Brazos County commission meeting. Listen to “Brazos County commission joins the Bryan city council in an economic development project in downtown Bryan” on Spreaker.
A 73 year old Bryan man now has ten convictions for felony theft with prior convictions. Last Friday (October 4), James Oliver Ross and the district attorney’s office reached a plea agreement for thefts that took place in November 2022 and in November and December of 2023. Ross was given a prison sentence of seven years that covers all those cases. Two of the convictions involve the thefts of steaks. A College Station police arrest report says six were taken from the College Station Walmart, valued at $126 dollars. And a Bryan police arrest report says four packages of skirt steaks were taken from the Walmart on Briarcrest, valued at $54 dollars. Online court records shows Ross’s ten felony theft convictions with priors date back to 1989.
The city of College Station has 32,000 rental housing units. The last couple of years, the College Station city council has received multiple complaints from Texas A&M students about the condition of rental housing. Monday night’s council meeting (October 7) included 90 minutes of comments about a proposed voluntary rental housing inspection ordinance. On a four to two vote, the council delayed action until their next meeting on October 24th. That would allow A&M students another opportunity to speak and the council to get a report from Texas A&M’s off campus housing office…both in an effort for the council to gauge if improvements in the city’s See, Click, and Fix reporting app is enough that a voluntary inspection ordinance is not needed. Joining Elizabeth Cunha, who made the motion to delay a vote, were Bob Yancy, Mark Smith, and Linda Harvell. Opposed to delaying the vote were John Nichols and Dennis Maloney. William Wright was absent from the meeting. Click HERE to read and download College Station’s proposed voluntary rental inspection ordinance. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the October 8, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click below to hear comments during the October 7, 2024 College Station city council meeting from members Mark Smith, Elizabeth Cunha, Dennis Maloney, Bob Yancy, and John Nichols, along with the director of College Station’s community services office Debbie Eller. Listen to “Proposed voluntary rental inspection ordinance in College Station is discussed by the city council before delaying a vote” on Spreaker.
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