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Bryan Police & Fire Respond To Two Crashes That Sends Three People To The Hospital

Three people went to the hospital following two crashes in Bryan Tuesday morning (July 16). A Bryan police spokesman says on Highway 21 near Coulter Field airport, a westbound vehicle left the road, struck a parked vehicle, and flipped. A passenger who was ejected and the driver were taken to an emergency room for treatment of undisclosed injuries. The other crash closed the northbound freeway exit ramp to William Joel Bryan Parkway. That’s after a tire blew out on a pickup hauling a trailer, causing the truck to roll over. One passenger was taken to the E-R for treatment of minor injuries.

Former Bryan Resident In The Brazos County Jail After Her Arrest On 23 Warrants

A Houston area woman who used to live in Bryan remains in the Brazos County jail following her arrest last Tuesday (July 9) on 23 warrants. One of the warrants accuses 32 year old Imari Oliver of child endangerment. The Bryan police arrest report says Oliver’s 12 year old son, who was left alone with his nine and five year old sisters, wound up in the hospital after eating chocolate containing T-H-C. The arrest report does not say who has custody of the children. Online jail records show the woman also had 21 warrants from Bryan municipal court. A BPD spokesman says 20 of the city warrants were from 2021. 16 of those 20 warrants were related to citations issued by a Bryan animal control officer. Jail records show in all of the municipal court cases, she was released to either community service or to pay a fine at a later date. The warrant list also includes owing a fine and/or court costs from a 2021 district court case involving a traffic accident involving property damage of more than $200 dollars. She remains jailed as of July 16 in lieu of an $18,000 dollar bond on the child endangerment charge that took place March 15th, 2024.

Bryan City Council Overrides A Planning & Zoning Commission Administrative Recommendation

The Bryan city council overrides a recommendation by the planning and zoning commission on an administrative matter. In June, P and Z voted five to three to give staff the authority under a new state law to take final action on subdividing plats, which is dividing land into smaller parcels. During the council’s July 9th meeting, six council members, five who previously served on P and Z, voted to keep that authority with planning and zoning. The city’s director of development services Martin Zimmerman says in his 19 years with the city, there have been maybe one or two controversial requests to divide land. Zimmerman also said this speeds up the development process. Marca Ewers-Shurtleff, who was one of the council members who previously served on P and Z and who voted against transferring authority to staff, confirmed with Zimmerman that the three current P and Z members who were opposed were the most veteran members of the advisory body. Other former P and Z members who supported the P and Z minority to maintain authority, were mayor Bobby Gutierrez and councilmen Paul Torres, Jared Salvato, and Kevin Boriskie. Councilman James Edge also voted to keep authority with P and Z. Councilman Ray Arrington voted with the P and Z majority to transfer authority to city staff. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the July 9, 2024 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the proposed ordinance that was defeated by the Bryan city council and minutes from the Planning & Zoning Commission endorsement. Click below to hear comments from the July 9, 2024 Bryan city council meeting. Listen to “Bryan City Council overrides a Planning & Zoning Commission administrative recommendation” on Spreaker.