COLDSPRING — The Coldspring City Council hopes to take over oversight duties for the area that surrounds the San Jacinto County Courthouse.
At the Nov. 2 meeting, the council discussed requiring any renovation, including painting, of the general structures of the buildings that face the Courthouse be approved by the City Council.
Mayor John Benestante said that previously those changes would have to go through a review process from a committee of three people; however, no one had any idea who was on the committee and how to handle that process.
The idea behind approval changes to façade, paint colors, and other items was to maintain the look of the downtown area.
He said that those requirements could be reviewed by the council.
In other business, the council:
- discussed two notices of noncompliance with city code at residences on Highway 150; one for a resident releasing sewer under the house, who was cited, and trailer next door had debris in the yard and was burning during a burn ban. Benestante said the properties are being cleaned up;
- approved a franchise agreement ordinance regarding Sam Houston Electric Cooperative for electrical power in the city limits. Benestante said it was approved it for 5 years and will be revisited every 5years;
- approved closing Highway 150 for Christmas on the Square activities on Dec. 12;
- contracted with the county Elections Administrator for an election to be held in May; and
- approved seeking requests for proposals for administration and engineering services to have those items in place when applying for a flood mitigation grant.
