With upcoming filings for local positions maybe it's a good discussion topic.
I'll start off with:
At a bare minimum, Professionalism.
I'll start off with:
At a bare minimum, Professionalism.
Some of that isn't "wasteful". Station 6 is actually a pretty decent building in what is otherwise a nice corridor, it boggles my mind how people complain how Station 6 is "wasteful" yet they decry the old Albertsons building sitting empty. Also, what's wrong with separated police and fire headquarters? They're different departments, and no one combines them unless they're smaller towns or part of some mega municipal building. And Lick Creek Park, while a pavilion may not be the thing it needs, it has become increasingly suburban since the city first approved the Lick Creek Master Plan twenty years ago.prymetyme07 said:
Officials who don't vote to spend money on wasteful things like:
- Gateway signs (we have a giant water tower to the South of town that is the indicator you are in College Station)
- Enormous Fire Stations (Looking at you Station 6)
- Separated Fire/police Headquarters that would double operating expenses, as opposed to having both out of the same buildings. (moving Fire administration to the old PD building that floods notoriously during bad storms and has a plethora of other issues)
- Pavilions at places like Lick Creek Park (Was the perfect place to go before that monstrosity was introduced)
- A study on the feasibility of making University Drive a Double-stacked Highway (seriously? We just finished the redesign of University)
As well as:- Officials who would work with Texas A&M but not bend over backwards for Sharps good graces
- Officials who don't cry to the media because they can't screw over people with extortion level property taxes (voting for anything over 3.5% should've been in place already)
- Officials who ACTUALLY LISTEN to the needs of the citizens
prymetyme07 said:
Officials who don't vote to spend money on wasteful things like:
- Gateway signs (we have a giant water tower to the South of town that is the indicator you are in College Station)
- Enormous Fire Stations (Looking at you Station 6)
- Separated Fire/police Headquarters that would double operating expenses, as opposed to having both out of the same buildings. (moving Fire administration to the old PD building that floods notoriously during bad storms and has a plethora of other issues)
- Pavilions at places like Lick Creek Park (Was the perfect place to go before that monstrosity was introduced)
- A study on the feasibility of making University Drive a Double-stacked Highway (seriously? We just finished the redesign of University)
As well as:- Officials who would work with Texas A&M but not bend over backwards for Sharps good graces
- Officials who don't cry to the media because they can't screw over people with extortion level property taxes (voting for anything over 3.5% should've been in place already)
- Officials who ACTUALLY LISTEN to the needs of the citizens
If the city bought the Albertsons building, we'd all sorts of people clamoring in here about the city shouldn't be its own developer, just like how it bought the Chimney Hill shopping center.prymetyme07 said:PS3D said:
Officials who don't vote to spend money on wasteful things like:
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Some of that isn't "wasteful". Station 6 is actually a pretty decent building in what is otherwise a nice corridor, it boggles my mind how people complain how Station 6 is "wasteful" yet they decry the old Albertsons building sitting empty. Also, what's wrong with separated police and fire headquarters? They're different departments, and no one combines them unless they're smaller towns or part of some mega municipal building. And Lick Creek Park, while a pavilion may not be the thing it needs, it has become increasingly suburban since the city first approved the Lick Creek Master Plan twenty years ago.
Thank you for adding Albertsons to my list of things future leaders need to get right.
In regards to the joint Public safety building:
McKinney has one and it works fine. The current Police station is in a location, that as stated above, floods heavily during heavy rain events. This causes people to have to go and move vehicles and equipment to higher ground. The current police department building also has internal issues including malfunctioning or frequently inoperable elevators.
You take two services in two different buildings and it causes you to double such things as:
Janitorial supplies
Building upkeep and maintenance
Landscaping services that public works provides
As well as other operating expenses