BRENHAM COUNCIL EXPECTED TO APPROVE ZONING REQUESTS
The Brenham City Council is expected to approve on second reading the re-zoning of four parcels of land when they meet Thursday afternoon.
Three of the pieces of property are off Old Mill Creek Road near Blinn College and would be used for an apartment complex. The fourth is at the corner of Ewing and Rucker Streets and would include construction of a new Burger King restaurant.
The four re-zoning requests were approved on first reading at the last council meeting, and are part of this week’s consent agenda.
The council will also hold a work session where they will hear a presentation from a company regarding digital billboards within the city limits.
Sign Ad Outdoor made an earlier presentation to the Board of Adjustments and will now address the city council. Billboards defined as “spectacular” – an outdoor advertising display with flashing or moving parts – are not currently allowed inside the city limits.
Also at Thursday’s meeting, the council will discuss concrete for the library parking lot project; discuss leasing office automation equipment from Ricoh USA; authorize improvements in the Ralston Creek Subdivision; and approve a noise variance request from the Washington Co. Juneteenth Association for the Juneteenth celebration, June 17th and 18th at Firemen’s Park.
The City Council meets Thursday afternoon at 1:00 at City Hall on North Vulcan Street.
There seems to be no doubt. Rubber stamp comes to mind. No matter what the drainage and safety concequences might be.
Rubber stamping is right, especially when it practically adjoins your commercial property, as it does for one of our councilmen. Mr. Goss should’ve abstained from voting at the first reading as this positively affects his property. The State Attorney General should investigate these proceedings of the planning department and city council.
Hogwash, this zoning change has little to no effect on Mr. Goss’s property, if anything it increases traffic making it more of pain to get to his office. The council did what they were supposed to which was to consider the case and make a good decision. None of these issues are really that consequential except to a very small few who don’t like progress.
It is HOGWASH straight from farm on top of the hill called CITY HALL. We the citizens are catching it all at the bottom of the hill. If you don’t believe it …..come off the top of the hill and see what we will wee now. It was WRONG for GOSS to VOTE. But you don’t live here either. It was WRONG for the DEVELOPMENT MANAGER to FLUSH this HOGWASH on the CITIZENS. Now the elected officials have joined in. Your so called PROGRESS is ruining our small town and you are doing it one neighborhood at a time. You did this across the street from my home and to my neighborhood.
I hope you don’t ever plan to repaint or remodel your treasured home; by your logic I think we ought to let each ‘of age ‘ Brenhamite vote to approve or disapprove such momentous decisions, and if even a single voter disagrees, such changes will not be approved. Better hope your neighbors like you. I’m not sure whether you live along Old Mill Creek rd., or near the 577/Business 36N intersection, but regardless, please note both Blinn’s historical location along with the rr spur and 290 bypass, vis a vis OMC, and the location of the Rucker St. neighborhood — sandwiched between Advanced Urethane, HDL, the railroad tracks, and BUSINESS 36. Maybe both OMC and the Rucker St. neighborhoods should be rezoned commercial, as that use predominates.
More traffic means more visibility for Goss’ business, which is good for him. Rubber stamp it is!
It is business as usual for council on the everyday matters. When will our council begin to plan for how this community will deal with the Zika virus? Our local state representatives say nothing, our federal representatives say nothing, what are they waiting for? Must the only thing they can comment on be strictly related to presidential actions? Will any of these elected officials whose salaries we pay step up and protect the public? The virus is in Mexico, our back door and yet not one word from our officials. Make no mistake, this threat is real, and the Center for Disease Control is begging congress for funding to combat this disease as well as many other public health organizations. And our congress is doing NOTHING.
This is not a sudden onset illness like ebola, which needs direct contact to infect. This is spread by something that bites all of us several times in a long season, our children on playgrounds or ball fields, the back yard, anyone who works outdoors or steps outside however briefly. It only takes one bite, just one. Some people contract the virus and have no symptoms, others are hospitalized for weeks, unborn babies suffer horrific deformities, and yes, some people die. Please, please, contact your public officials on any and all levels, urge them to address this serious issue.
Thought we already have a number of these signs around town schools, Brenham produce, State Farm insurance & the city’s own at holt park?
Those are LED signs. They are different than digital billboards
They’re different signs according to the Municode, or according to your opinion?