The history in the walls of City Hall – The Navasota Examiner

Navasota City Hall was constructed to resemble that of the late 1903 City Hall that was demolished. Navasota City Manager Brad Stafford discusses with Navasota Examiner Publisher Ana Cosino and Willy 98.7 Radio Personality Kenny Graves how the interior walls were designed.

Stafford discusses everything from the Navasota Public Library to the Texas Birthday Bash and so much more in the weekly edition of Grilling Stafford.

Highlights from Grilling Stafford Episode 39

How many COVID-19 cases does Navasota currently have? I dont know. We didnt get the report this week. Ive said this now for almost a year on Grilling Stafford, we do not get accurate information from the State of Texas, from CDC or anybody else. It is very difficult for us to inform the public with the information we get. Somebody told me it sounded like I was frustrated last week, and it is frustrating. There are a lot of expectations put on us and when you dont receive good information it is pretty hard to give answers. So, sorry about that, but no answers this week.

It would be nice to have meeting or study rooms at the Navasota Public Library, could these be considered? Is there enough room to add an addition on the back? We have a small room in there, of course that is basically the history room where they can go in there and people have utilized that. We have meeting rooms at the Navasota Center. Study rooms, we dont really have one in there. And as far as room goes, Im not sure we have enough room on the backside there before you get to the property line to maintain our proper setbacks. And of course, we all know what it takes to do an addition it takes a little bit of money. But we could look into it if the money was there.

Whats the story behind the beautiful copper paneling in the City Hall lobby? So, thats a good one. I dont mind answering that one. When we were doing public hearings about building this structure, we had an audience member who said he had the old pressed tin that was in the old 1903 city hall that somebody got, and he built a barn out of it. He asked if we would like a piece of that tin. So, an architect went to his barn and took a piece of that tin, put it in his little sports car and drove it back to Houston and found a company that could do a replica of that. So that is our connection to the 1903 building on that wall.

There is a sign on the Northside of town off of Business 6 that reads: Stagecoach Crossing. Can you explain what that will be? Stagecoach Crossing is a proposed subdivision right in front of Stoneridge, where a developer came in, bought that land and he has been talking to us about a subdivision utilizing modular homes.

What is the difference between modular homes and mobile homes? Im going to give you a short version of that because there is a lot to that. Manufactured homes are what a lot of people will call a mobile home or trailer house. A modular home is built under different standards. It is held to the same code that a site-build home is built to, however it is built in a factory setting, so its a controlled setting. There are a lot of other things that go into that and multiple issues that go into what the difference is.

Will the city be utilizing shuttles during the Texas Birthday Bash for people to park at the High School? We will. We have shuttles for the parking lot at the high school and this year we have another addition to that. This year we will also offer parking at the local VFW. There will be shuttles to carry you back and forth from there as well. That is something that Madison Brooks has been working on for us.

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