Bryan City Council Grants Homeowners Appeal To Block Construction Of A Convenience Store

Residents of a west Bryan neighborhood are successful in their appeal to the Bryan city council to keep a convenience store from being built off of Harvey Mitchell Parkway between Highway 21 and Sandy Point Road. A unanimous council vote at the end of a 90 minute discussion during Tuesday’s meeting (September 10) denied a conditional use permit that the planning and zoning commission approved in August on a 5-3 vote. The council agreed with 13 residents of the Pleasant Hill subdivision who said that the location of the c-store, which would be accessible only from Smith Lake Boulevard, would create more neighborhood traffic by motorists going through as a shortcut to Lake Bryan. Mayor Bobby Gutierrez and councilman Jared Salvato told the residents to expect the c-store to be built at the north edge of the subdivision along Sandy Point Road. The council was told that homes have been built at 600 of the 1,800 lots at Pleasant Hill. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from Pleasant Hill residents, provided by the city of Bryan. Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of Bryan. Click HERE to read and download the city of Bryan staff report. Click below to hear a montage of comments from the September 10, 2024 Bryan city council meeting. Listen to “Bryan city council grants homeowners appeal to block construction of a convenience store” on Spreaker.

Arrests For Threatening A Store Clerk With A Gun And For Stealing Money Meant For Purchasing Vehicles

An employee of a Bryan auto parts store tells police a customer who became upset pulled a gun out of his fanny pack and said “I’m going to shut this place down.” No shots were fired. After the customer left the store, the employee locked the front door and the manager called police. The man who had the gun was found by police near the store. Two days before his 30th birthday, David Wayne Smith Jr. of College Station was arrested for terroristic threat causing fear of imminent serious bodily injury and public intoxication. Smith remains jailed as of September 11th in lieu of bonds totaling $2,485 dollars. Jail and court records show Smith was released August 22nd after serving 18 days of a 45 day sentence for causing a traffic accident resulting in damage. Jail records also show Smith has been in jail four times since February 20th and 14 times since April of 2015. In June 2024, College Station police was contacted by two citizens who gave a man $17,000 dollars earlier in the year for a car and a S-U-V that were never delivered. After $5,000 dollars was returned to the buyers, an officer spoke with the seller. According to the CSPD arrest report, the seller said he never had the vehicles and he needed the cash for a sick family member. 37 year old Julio Cesar Gomez…whose hometown was not listed in jail records…was arrested September 5th for felony theft of the $12,000 dollars that was not returned. He is out of jail after posting an $8,000 dollar bond.

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez on WTAW

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about a citizen’s comments about Bryan’s neighborhoods, new development in Downtown Bryan, Maroon and White nights, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.