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College Station City Council Considering Paid Parking On City Streets And Parking Lots For Kyle Field Events

College Station city administrators hold their first public discussion with the city council about the idea of charging $25 dollars for people to park on some city streets and some city owned parking lots around Kyle Field for the upcoming George Strait concert and soccer game between Mexico and Brazil. A majority of council members had no opposition. Subject to council approval, paid parking would include more than 1,600 spaces in the Southside neighborhood and almost 1,200 in city owned parking lots. Community services director Debbie Eller said city employees would contact affected residents, who would also have to pay to park on streets by their homes. Councilman Bob Yancy estimated that if the paid parking also applied to the upcoming Texas A&M football season, the city would generate gross revenue of almost $1 million dollars. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the April 25, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click below to hear comments from the April 25, 2024 College Station city council meeting.  

Bryan Police Department Brings Back Its Junior Police Academy

Another event is returning after the pandemic. For the first time since 2019, the Bryan police department is offering a junior police academy for high school students. Officer Seth Waller says participants in the two week program will be exposed to BPD’s various divisions. Waller also says BPD uses the academy in part as a recruiting tool. The first day, June 10th, is an orientation day and the last day, June 21st, is a graduation program. Click HERE to be directed to more information from the Bryan police department. Click below to hear comments from Seth Waller, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver: Listen to “Bryan police department bringing back its junior police academy” on Spreaker.

Brazos County Commissioners Asked To Recruit A Mental Health Facility

A local attorney who represents children in the Texas child protective services system asks Brazos County commissioners how he and others can do to get a local mental health facility. Fred Medina said during the public comment portion of the commission’s April 23rd meeting that “the lack of mental health services in this community is staggering.” Medina said “We’ve got these beautiful homes in College Station, we have working class neighborhoods where I grew up in Bryan that are immaculate. Open those doors and it’s a different story. And that’s the hidden thing that we don’t see as great as our community is.” Medina also said “We’re also having foster care children who have mental health problems who are being shipped to Harlingen Texas, who are shipped to San Antonio, Waco, the far reaches of this state. And then the parents can’t go visit them because they’re so far away.” Because the topic was not on the agenda, by state law commissioners were not allowed to respond. Click below to hear comments from Fred Medina during the April 23rd, 2024 Brazos County commission meeting.