Five leaders of Texas A&M’s student government call on the College Station city council to delay the June first enforcement of the city’s ordinance restricting rental housing to no more than four unrelated residents.
There was no response from council members during the April 11th meeting because state law does not allow comments regarding an item not on their agenda.
There was also no reply from city staff during the council meeting.
The following morning during a visit on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs, assistant city manager Jennifer Prochazka spoke about the efforts of city staff and Texas A&M’s resurrected office of off-campus housing to educate students and parents about the city ordinance that has been in place since 1939 but has not been strictly enforced in recent years.
On Monday (April 15), a city spokesman told WTAW News that the agenda for the council’s April 25th meeting will include a proposed ordinance change making no more than four a civil offense instead of a misdemeanor criminal offense.
Click below to hear comments from Texas A&M student government representatives during the April 11, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Those speakers are rules and regulations committee chairman Corbitt Armstrong, current student senate speaker Marcus Glass, student body president Andrew Applewhite, vice president of municipal affairs Ben Crockett, and incoming student senate speaker Ava Blackburn. That is followed by comments from College Station assistant city manager Jennifer Prochazka, speaking with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs the morning of April 12, 2024.