This podcast contains comments from the April 27, 2023 College Station city council meeting.

The College Station city council changes direction on how to spend a $500,000 dollar grant from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to benefit low and moderate income neighborhoods.

College Station mayor John Nichols thanked city staff and the Texas GLO for granting additional time to change the application.

The changes include adding an emergency generator at the Meyer senior and community center. The application previously included a generator for the Lincoln center.

Two generators were supported by College Station's emergency management coordinator, Tradd Mills, who says that will mean not having to rely on Texas A&M to shelter people during extreme cold or heat.

There was no council opposition that was expressed during their meeting on April 27 to the changes.

During the council's April 13 meeting, the vote was four to three. The divided vote was due to spending grant money on flood warning alarm systems at 20 locations. The revised grant application calls for flood alarms at three locations.

And the state grant will fund a study to assess flood hazard areas in College Station.

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