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College Station’s Housing Action Plan Committee Presents An Update To The City Council

College Station city council members received an update at their last meeting (August 8) from a 13 member housing action plan committee. The group, which began its work in November 2023, is scheduled to present final recommendations to the council in September. During the update, committee member Fred Dupriest said one reason for a shortage of affordable housing in College Station is Texas A&M’s decision to increase enrollment by an average of 1,800 each year for the last decade. Dupriest called on A&M and the city to work together to develop a student housing center, possibly on city owned property at Post Oak Mall. David Brower at the city’s community development office says in six years, College Station is projected to be short 4,000 housing units. Brower said the city needed more duplexes and townhomes. The committee has learned among other things, that 40,000 people commute into College Station for work, and the average price of a home in College Station has risen 73 percent since 2015 while the median family income is increased by 26 percent. The committee’s two goals are creating more housing units and diverse housing types, and to produce and preserve housing that is affordable to current and future community members. The committee continues to ask residents to participate in an online survey. Click HERE to be directed to more information about the city of College Station’s housing action plan committee. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the August 8, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the housing action plan’s draft report to the city council. Click HERE to read and download the housing action plan’s existing conditions report. Click below to hear comments from the August 8, 2024 College Station city council meeting.  

Arrests For An Expensive Shoplifting, A Robbery, And For Possessing Drugs And A Stolen Gun

College Station police responding to a shoplifting call at Post Oak Mall Friday evening (August 9) leads to the recovery of more than $3,800 dollars of merchandise and the arrests of two people. CSPD arrest reports say what was taken from Murdoch’s includes 39 clothing items, 15 power and hand tools, two ice coolers, and one box of gloves. A man and woman from the Austin area remain jailed on felony theft charges. Bond for 47 year old Lonnel Thorton of Del Valle was set at $6,000 dollars. The woman, 49 year old Elizabeth Nance of Austin, is also being held on a felony theft warrant from Hays County. Her bonds totals $12,000 dollars. Three consecutive days last week (August 7, 8, and 9), Bryan police arrest a Houston for disorderly conduct-language. The third arrest, around three in the morning on Friday, included a robbery charge. The BPD arrest report says on Nicholas Petty’s 31st birthday, two people said he threatened them with a knife if they did not give him their phones and money. Petty, who is from Houston according to jail records, remains held in lieu of an $11,000 dollar bond on the robbery charge. Two College Station police officers seeing a car run a stop sign last Thursday night (August 8) leads to a traffic stop where a passenger in the car goes to jail after admitting to possessing up to five pounds of marijuana. 26 year old Patrick Hunter Jr. of College Station was also charged with theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of a gun by a felon. The CSPD arrest report also says officers found more than $10,000 dollars in cash. The driver of the car was not arrested according to online jail records. Hunter remains jailed as of August 12th in lieu of bonds totaling $18,000 dollars.

Bryan Police Investigating More Gunfire

Bryan police are investigating two more reports of gunfire. Last Thursday (August 8) near Navarro elementary school, multiple shots were fired after the victim of their vehicle being damaged confronted the suspects. Officers were told a suspect drew a gun and fired multiple shots in the air. The gunfire struck no one and resulted in no property damage. And Saturday morning (August 10), BPD officers responded to the area of apartments along Wellborn Road where one vehicle was struck by an undisclosed number of gunshots.