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WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF TYLER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE. AND THE DATE IS JUNE THE 2ND. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND INTERESTED PARTIES COME TO SEE CITY GOVERNMENT AT WORK, ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE IN PUBLIC, AND WE WELCOME THOSE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENS HERE AND ARE WILLING TO TAKE THEIR TIME AND COME DOWN AND AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ROLL CALL. JAMES NGUYEN HERE, SCOTT WILLIAMS HERE. PHILIP HUMBER PRESENT. CHRISTINA DAVIS. MICHAEL CARMICHAEL PRESENT. ROY MARTINEZ PRESENT. DAVID HUDSON PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM OF
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MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. AND I WANT TO STOP JUST FOR A MOMENT. AND WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT BRAND NEW TO A CITY GOVERNMENT. ONE IS JAMES NGUYEN, WHO'S SITTING SITTING TO MY RIGHT. THIS IS HIS FIRST MEETING AT PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT IT'S NOT HIS FIRST MEETING IN CITY GOVERNMENT. HE'S BEEN ACTIVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND TO MY LEFT IS SCOTT WILLIAMS, WHO IS ALSO A NEW MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. SCOTT'S I, I, I DON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE, BUT BUT HE HE'S AN IMPORTANT RESTAURATEUR IN TYLER. AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HIM OR, OR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ONE OF HIS BUSINESSES. AND BECAUSE HE'S IN BUSINESS HERE, HE KNOWS SOME THINGS ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING. ALREADY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ANY ITEM APPROVED TODAY WILL BE HEARD BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2026, COMMENCING AT 9 A.M. IF YOU RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING, YOU ALSO HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IF ANY ITEM IS DENIED, THE APPLICANT HAS TEN CALENDAR DAYS TO FILE A WRITTEN APPEAL WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE APPEAL WILL THEN BE ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST AN ITEM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. COMMENTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS, ALTHOUGH EXTENSIONS OF TIME MAY BE GRANTED BY THE CHAIR UPON REQUEST. AND. AND THOSE COMMENTS SHOULD COME FROM THIS PODIUM UP HERE WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP TO PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, AND THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING. AND LIKE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT WILL BE HELD ACROSS THE STREET AT THE TYLER DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT 423 WEST FERGUSON, IN THE LARGE[CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING OF]
CONFERENCE ROOM. AT THIS TIME, THE AGENDA CALLS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING. COMMISSIONERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MINUTES. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 5TH MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE AYE.ANY OPPOSED? THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. IT'S NOT THE COMMON THING FOR MOST PEOPLE TO COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS, OR FOR CITY TO CITY HALL, UNLESS THEY HAVE AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS OR AN INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENS HERE. AND SO THIS PROCEDURE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR
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TO EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE ROOM. AND SO TODAY, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, KYLE KINGMA, TO GIVE A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS, AND I'M SURE THAT I'LL LEARN SOMETHING FROM HIS COMMENTS, WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL TO ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, OR JUST AN INTERESTED CITIZEN, MR. KINGMA. RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.SO THE THE ZONING REQUESTS THAT ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA WERE INITIATED BY THE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. WHEN AN APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES REVIEW THE REQUEST FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. STAFF THEN PREPARES A. AN ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. DURING THE HEARING, THE APPLICANT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS. YOU HAVE
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THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS, THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE FACTS, THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, AS WELL AS THE RIGHT TO A DECISION BASED ON THE RULES. WITH THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL THEN CONSIDER THE APPLICATION, ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT TO THE PUBLIC, ALSO TO STAFF IF THEY IF THEY NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION. AND ULTIMATELY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION AT A LATER DATE.AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANNA LUNA, THE SENIOR PLANNER. SHE WILL PRESENT THE FIRST ITEM, THE. THE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS Z26-011. TYLER I AND METAL AND C BANKS CONSTRUCTION LLC. ANNA. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYBODY PRESENT TODAY. THIS IS A ZONE REQUEST. IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED C ONE AND R1A. AND THE PROPOSED ZONING WOULD BE M TWO WHICH IS OUR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING. IT IS ALONG WEST NORTHWEST LOOP 323 AND THE 30 WEST 34TH STREET. AS YOU CAN SEE, A MAJORITY OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ARE ZONED RESIDENTIAL. AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE WEST, SOUTH AND SOME TO THE EAST.
THERE IS ALSO SOME M2 AS WELL AS SOME C ONE, WHICH IS OUR LIGHT COMMERCIAL. THE FUTURE LAND USE WOULD BE AMENDED FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL TO MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS. AS YOU CAN SEE, ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE UNDEVELOPED. LIKE I STATED BEFORE, THEY ARE ZONED RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE IS AN OUTREACH CENTER AND MAJORITY OF THE. TO THE SOUTH. TO THE NORTH THERE IS AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USE. THIS IS THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW THE YOUTH FOR THE USE OF A METAL RECYCLING OPERATION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING TYLER IRON AND METAL SITE. IT IS REQUESTING THE REZONING OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING METAL RECYCLING OPERATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED C ONE, WHICH IS OUR LIGHT COMMERCIAL, WHICH SERVES AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE EXISTING NON RESIDENTIAL USES AND SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. WHILE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE INCLUDES BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS, THE PROPOSED REZONING TO A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING WOULD INTRODUCE A LAND USE THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA. OF THE 30 NOTICES THAT WERE MAILED, THREE NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION AND NONE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. THIS RESULTING IN A PROTEST CALCULATION OF 2.51%. AN ADDITIONAL 14 OPPOSITION LETTERS WERE RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE 200 NOTIFICATION AREA AREA, CITING CONCERNS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND QUALITY OF LIFE. STAFF HAS PERFORMED A TECHNICAL REVIEW AND FINDS THAT IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVAL CRITERIA. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REQUEST. THANK YOU. ANY COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IF NOT, I HAVE A AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PERSONS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. AND THE FIRST NAME ON MY LIST IS LORI STIMPSON ORTEGA. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY, WHILE I WISH TO SPEAK IN PROTEST OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE REQUESTED BY TYLER IRON AND METAL OPERATING UNDER THE LEGAL UMBRELLA OF M LIPSITZ AND COMPANY OF WACO, TEXAS, MCCLELLAN COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO CONVEY A POSSIBLE FEASIBLE SOLUTION. MY CONCERN IS THAT ONCE THE M LIPSITZ COMPANY, OPERATING AS TYLER IRON AND METAL, RECEIVES AN M2 ZONING CHANGE, THAT SINGULAR CHANGE WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE RAW AND UNDEVELOPED LAND CURRENTLY FOR SALE AROUND TYLER IRON AND METAL ON THE NORTH LOOP. TO BECOME. TO BECOME SPECIFICALLY FOR M2 BUSINESSES, THEREBY AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUTURE COMMUNITIES PROPOSED BY THE CITY. THIS ZONE CHANGE WILL LIMIT ONCE AGAIN MUCH NEEDED ACCESS TO FUTURE PARKS,
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FUTURE NEIGHBORHOODS, FUTURE SCHOOLS, GROCERY STORES, ETC. THERE WILL BE NO LARGE SCALE HOUSES OR GATED COMMUNITIES THAT MIMIC THE SOUTH. FOR THOSE WANTING AN ALTERNATIVE ON THIS SIDE, A ZONE CHANGE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS THIS AREA OF REAL AND VIABLE CHANGE, AND ITS LANDSCAPE WILL LOOK LIKE THE CURRENT BUSINESS LOT OF NOT ONLY TY TYLER IRON AND METAL, BUT THE OTHER 13 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WHILE TYLER IRON AND METAL HAS A STAFF OF 6 TO 10 GENERALLY NICE EMPLOYEES, IS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ENOUGH TO GO AGAINST THE 30,524 RESIDING IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF TYLER. THIS LIMITED EMPLOYEE FOR PROFIT COMPANY WITH 103 YEAR HISTORY, 13 LOCATIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ONE IN OKLAHOMA, HAS CREATED NO DOCUMENTED SCHOLARSHIPS, CHARITABLE DONATIONS, PLEDGES, OR COMMUNITY DRIVES IN ANY OF THE AREAS IT OPERATES, LET ALONE IN THIS AREA OR COUNTY. THE MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES WITHIN THE M2 STATUS IN OUR CITY ARE LOCATED TO THE OUTER PERIMETERS OF LOOP 323, OR IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT RECEIVE M2 STATUS BY BEING GRANDFATHERED IN. AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL VACANT AND FOR SALE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES ON BOTH THE OUTER AND INNER LOOP. CURRENTLY ZONED FOR M2 STATUS THAT COULD BE PRESENTED TO M LIPSITZ AS ALTERNATIVES FOR EXPANSION UNDER TEXAS. UNDER THE STATE OF TEXAS ORDINANCES, A CITY CAN OFFER A COMPANY TAX BREAKS ON THE PURCHASE OR DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPERTY IF IT FEELS IT WILL LEAD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES OR STIMULATE LOCAL GROWTH. THE MARKETING BY THE CITY, IN TANDEM WITH COMMERCIAL REALTORS, AND ULTIMATELY THE SELLING OF THOSE PROPERTIES IN THE NORTHEAST SECTOR, COULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO RID THE NORTHEAST SECTOR OF SOME OF ITS LARGE SCALE EYESORES, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING LABOR ORIENTED JOBS. SO I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE EXPANSION OF TYLER IRON AND METAL. THANK YOU. MISS ORTEGA, COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE? I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? I. I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT AND NOT REPEAT IT, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S OKAY. PROTOCOLS. I LIVE AT 6020 SUTHERLAND DRIVE IN TYLER. AND YOUR NAME IS LAURIE STIMPSON. ORTEGA. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS ORTEGA? IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE HERE. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON THE LIST, MY LIST IS NORMA KENNEDY. MISS KENNEDY IS NORMA KENNEDY. OH, THERE WE GO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NORMA KENNEDY. I'M AT 13713 MARK DRIVE THERE IN TYLER, TEXAS. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN QUESTION. I'M LOOKING AT IT AS NOT ONLY A DEVELOPING AREA, BUT IT ALSO HOLDS A HISTORICAL CEMETERY THERE IN PART OF THAT PROPERTY IN WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED. AND THAT HISTORICAL CEMETERY IS THE HARTSVILLE CEMETERY. IT ALSO IS PART OF DEVELOPING WHERE WE CAN REZONE AND PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.THAT WILL ALSO HELP THAT AREA THAT YOU SAID IS VACANT. SO I'M HERE TO GO AGAINST THE REZONING OF THAT AREA. AND ALSO TO SPEAK OF REZONING NORTH TYLER ALTOGETHER, BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE HAVE PROPERTY OVER THERE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME INTEREST IN IT, THAT IT'S NOT DEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE REZONING, EXCUSE ME, THE REZONING OF IT, WHERE WE CAN DEVELOP A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NOT ONLY COME OUT OF SOUTH TYLER INTO OUR AREA, BUT TO BEAUTIFY US AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ORDER TO MAKE NORTH TOWER A BETTER PLACE TO COME IN AND OBSERVE. OTHER THAN THE ZOO. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THE REZONING OF ALL OF THAT. MISS KENNEDY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS LADY? IF NOT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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AND PRESENCE. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON MY LIST IS STEPHANIE MURPHY. MISS MURPHY, IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRPERSON, PLANNING COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE MURPHY AND I AM A RESIDENT OF 1907 NORTH GLENWOOD BOULEVARD. I AM HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE FROM C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO M2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON A PORTION OF LOT 47 AND LOTS 39A39B OF NC, B773-G, LOCATED SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WEST LOOP 323 AND WEST 34TH STREET FOR THE USE OF METAL RECYCLING OPERATION. THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN ONE BUSINESS EXPANSION. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, STABILITY AND FUTURE OF NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BROADER NORTH TYLER COMMUNITY.INDUSTRIAL ZONING INTRODUCES A LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AND EXPOSURE THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM COMMERCIAL USE. RESIDENTS NEAR THIS PROPOSED SITE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC, NOISE POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY IMPACTS, LIGHTING, STORM RUNOFF, AND THE LONG TERM EFFECTS INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS COULD HAVE ON NEARBY HOMES AND FAMILIES AND BROADER NORTH. TYLER MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY INCLUDE CHILDREN, SENIORS, WORKING FAMILIES, CHURCHES, AND LONG TIME HOMEOWNERS. THESE RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO ABSORB THE BURDEN OF INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT SO CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE, SLEEP, WORSHIP AND RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. ONE OF MY GREATEST CONCERNS IS THE INCREASE IN HEAVY, HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC AND INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS THAT COULD OCCUR DAY AND NIGHT. INDUSTRIAL ZONING OPENS THE DOOR TO USES THAT ARE FAR MORE INTENSE THAN THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL DESTINATION. INCREASED DIESEL EXHAUST MACHINERY, NOISE LOADING ACTIVITY AND INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YEARS TO COME. FOR EXAMPLE, BREATHING IN TOXINS AND IRRITANTS, BABIES AND KIDS DEVELOPING ASTHMA. PREGNANT WOMEN AT RISK, THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE ASTHMA AND THE ELDERLY POTENTIALLY DYING FROM PNEUMONIA, INCLUDING CANCER. WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THIS ZONING WOULD SET IF THIS INDUSTRIAL ZONING IS APPROVED, FUTURE INDUSTRIAL USES MAY BECOME MUCH HARDER TO RESTRICT. THIS COULD PERMANENTLY ALTER THE CHARACTER AND SAFETY OF NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTING THE HEART OF NORTH TYLER. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK, HAS A FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING HOW THESE TRUCKS MOVE THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IMPACTING OUR STREETS? NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF MULTI-TON TRUCKS. WHAT IS THE LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR THIS AREA? HAS AN INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEEN CONDUCTED? WHAT PROTECTIONS WILL EXIST FOR NEARBY HOMEOWNERS? WHAT GUARANTEES CAN BE MADE REGARDING NOISE EMISSIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION AND FUTURE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSIONS? WHY IS THIS LOCATION APPROPRIATE FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONING WHEN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LOCATED SO CLOSE? ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PROFITS OVER PEOPLE. THIS. THIS REQUEST APPEARS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING LONG TERM COMMUNITY PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND PUBLIC WELFARE. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS IMPORTANT. BUSINESSES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT GROWTH MUST BE RESPONSIBLE, BALANCED AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY IT IMPACTS. WE, TOO, WOULD WELCOME DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS TO VIEW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, THE SAME AS THE WEST LOOP IN SOUTH TYLER EXPANSIONS, AND NOT AS THE PROPOSED REZONING TO EXPAND SALVAGING METAL AND IRON. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK TITLE METAL AND IRON TO CONSIDER RELOCATING
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ITS CURRENT SALVAGE OPERATION TO A MORE SUITABLE INDUSTRIAL LOCATION. THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OF TYLER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLORE FUTURE USES OF THIS PROPERTY THAT ARE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH NEARBY RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND THAT BETTER ALIGN WITH THE LONG TERM VISION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE, ENCOURAGES INVESTMENT AND BENEFITS NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF TYLER. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO GIVE UP THEIR HEALTH, PEACE, SAFETY OF PROPERTY VALUES TO SUPPORT INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION SO CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES. WITH THAT SAID, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DENY THIS REZONING REQUEST AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE, SLEEP, WORSHIP, RAISE OUR CHILDREN AND ENJOY NATURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MURPHY, FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MURPHY? IF NOT, THE NEXT NAME ON MY LIST IS MARIAH BROOKS BURKS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM GOING TO BE SPEAKING. I'M SORRY.STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. SORRY. MY NAME IS MARIAH BURKS. MY ADDRESS IS 2707 NORTH CONFEDERATE AVENUE, TYLER, TEXAS. I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING AS A 77.5 YEAR OLD LADY WHO'S LIVED IN NORTH TYLER. THESE ARE MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT MY COMMUNITY. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NORTH TYLER FOR OVER 60 PLUS YEARS. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED MY COMMUNITY, MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE FRESH AIR, THE TREES, THE QUIETNESS, AND NOT A LOT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC FROM BIG TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL TRUCKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. MY GRANDCHILDREN USED TO VISIT ME FROM DALLAS, TEXAS YEARS AGO, AND THEY WOULD CALL MY HOME THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF ALL THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL, TALL TREES THAT WERE SURROUNDING MY HOME AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, WITH THIS PROPOSED REZONING, ALL THE TREES WILL BE CUT DOWN. THINGS WILL NEVER, EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. WE WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH AIR POLLUTION, POSSIBLY WATER POLLUTION, HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE NEXT TO OUR HOMES AND OUR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS. I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSING THE REZONING OF MY COMMUNITY. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE WHOLESOME, CLEAN, POLLUTANT FREE AS POSSIBLE. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AS CLEAN AS OUR NEIGHBORS IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN TYLER, TEXAS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS LADY? IF NOT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON MY LIST IS PASTOR BRIAN LIGHTNER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BRIAN LIGHTNER. I'M THE PASTOR OF SAINT JAMES CME CHURCH, LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND US HERE AT 48 NORTH BORDER AVENUE. AND I'M REPRESENTING THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF MY CHURCH AND LIVE IN THE AREA. MY PERSONAL ADDRESS IS 2508 MEADOW GLENN COURT, TYLER, TEXAS. I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED BY YOUR STAFF, WHICH IS TO DENY THIS REQUEST AS IT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING ZONING. BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST THE ADDITIONAL FOUR ACRES THAT TYLER IS LOOKING TO, TO PURCHASE. IT'S A DECISION WHETHER INDUSTRIAL USES SHOULD CONTINUE EXPANDING INTO ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL
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NEIGHBORHOODS. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ALREADY LIVE NEXT TO INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, THOUGH IT IS TITLED LIGHT ZONING, BUT APPROVING ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING WOULD MOVE THAT BOUNDARY CLOSER TO HOMES AND CREATE A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID OF.MY CONCERNS ARE PRACTICAL. IT'S NOT EMOTIONAL. I DIDN'T LIVE IN THE AREA AND GREW UP THERE, BUT I DRIVE THERE ALL THE TIME. AND RIGHT THERE AT THAT CORNER OF 323 AND YOU TURN DOWN 34TH, IT'S ALREADY AN EYESORE. AND WITH THAT SAID, I'M IN FAVOR OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY FOR NORTH TYLER IN PARTICULAR. YET INCREASED INDUSTRIAL LAND TYPICALLY MEANS INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC, MORE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, MORE NOISE, AND GREATER PRESSURE ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS THAT WERE NEVER DESIGNED TO FUNCTION AS AN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. I'M NOT ALLEGING WRONGDOING BY ANY BUSINESS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR. BUT BY APPROVING ADDITIONAL THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, RESIDENTS DESERVE CLEAR ANSWERS REGARDING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, RUNOFF DUST AND LONG TERM IMPACTS OF NEARBY HOMES. QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, AND I. I WANTED TO JUST REITERATE IT. WHAT. WHAT SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS ARE BEING PROVIDED TO NEARBY HOMEOWNERS? IF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY EXPANDS IN THIS AREA? WE SHOULD ALSO ASK WHETHER THIS REZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, I BELIEVE IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS NO, IT'S NOT. PLANNING DECISIONS SHOULD PROTECT EXISTING RESIDENTS AS WELL AS SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. GROWTH, YES IS IMPORTANT, BUT GROWTH SHOULD OCCUR IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS AND WITH APPROPRIATE BUFFERS. IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED TODAY, WHAT PREVENTS FUTURE REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TOMORROW? SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL DENIES THE REZONING REQUEST OR AT A MINIMUM, REQUIRE INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMPATIBLE COMPATIBILITY STUDIES BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. IF THAT'S NOT ALREADY BEEN DONE, IT NEEDS TO, BUT MY VOTE IS NO. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. THANK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. LAUTNER. ANY ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN? IF NOT, THE NEXT NAME ON MY LIST IS CYNTHIA MASON.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO THIS BOARD. I. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DONATING YOUR TIME TO THIS CITY. HOPEFULLY, WHEN THE EFFORTS TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. I LIVE AT 1707 WEST 29TH STREET. I WAS BORN AND RAISED AT 816 WEST 27TH STREET. MY NAME IS DOLORES MASON. I AM A PROUD TYLER ROSE, HAVING GROWN UP AND STILL LIVE IN THE NORTH TYLER AREA. WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD IS REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO INDUSTRIAL, IT TRIGGERS A CHAIN REACTION THAT RESHAPES THE COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENT, THE ECONOMY, THE LONG TERM LIVABILITY. AND WHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS A BLACK COMMUNITY, THE IMPACT TENDS TO BE SHARPER AND MORE DAMAGING BECAUSE OF THE LONG STANDING PATTERNS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND POLITICAL UNDER-REPRESENTATION. HERE'S WHAT THAT SHIFT USUALLY MEANS.
WAREHOUSES, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, TRAFFIC, OUR ROADS, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, IT ALREADY TORN UP. YEAH. EVERY TIME THEY BUILD SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GROWING, BUT OUR STREETS ARE SINKING AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? STORAGE YARDS, LOGISTICS, IN OTHER WORDS, HEAVY TRAFFIC, NOISE POLLUTION AND A HIGHER DEMAND,
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MAYBE FOR EVEN MORE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL LIVING. AND THE PLANNERS KNOW THIS. THE MOMENT A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS REZONED, HOME VALUES FALL. BANKS ARE HESITANT TO GIVE LOANS TO US, RIGHT? INSURANCE RATES HAVE A TENDENCY TO RISE, AND INVESTORS SWOOP IN TO BUY HOMES CHEAPLY SO THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WISH TO DO WITH THAT LAND. RIGHT. I LIKE MY FRIEND MR. BANKS, SO I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST HIM. I AM HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I LIVE.BLACK COMMUNITIES ALREADY FACE HIGH ASTHMA RATES, CANCER RATES DUE TO HISTORIC LIFTING OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AND REZONING INTO OUR AREAS. I HAVE LIVED IN THIS. I'M 73. LET ME SAY IT WITH PRIDE. I HAVE LIVED IN THIS AREA ALL OF MY LIFE. IT'S TIME TO SEE MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND LESS OF THESE ZONINGS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC THAT IS CAUSING OUR STREETS TO BE DESTROYED, AND IT'S THE DANGER TO OUR CHILDREN.
AS A CHILD, I USED TO WALK OVER TO THAT AREA AS CHILDREN. THAT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LOVED. LET'S KEEP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD A WONDERFUL PLACE. LET'S DON'T DETERIORATE OUR HOMES. I KNOW FOR A FACT WHEN PEOPLE CALL AND WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD BUY A HOME, THEY DON'T CALL OUR AREAS. AND THE MORE THEY HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND AND THE LESS OF THE BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENTS, I BELIEVE IT WOULD JUST CAUSE AN ISSUE THAT WILL NOT BE VERY PROUD OF. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME DURING THIS TIME. I AM NOT FOR THIS REZONING. I AM FOR ZONING, FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR MASON? IF NOT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE HERE. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON MY LIST IS BEN HARTSFIELD. AND WHAT I SUPPOSED TO SAY AFTER ALL OF THAT? MY NAME IS BEN HARTSFIELD. I'M A PROPERTY OWNER AT 1403 WEST 34TH STREET. I RECEIVED NOTICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN 200FT OF THE ZONING CHANGE. RECEIVED NOTICE ABOUT THE HEARING AND I RECEIVED NOTICE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THAT'S THAT'S MY INTEREST JUST IN THIS PART NOW. OKAY. THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN IN THE ZONING FROM FROM THE CURRENT C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND R R1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO M2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL. THAT'S WHY WE'RE I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. NOW. THE TYLER UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THERE. THEY HAVE A TWO PRONG TEST. THEY LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO TO CHANGE THE ZONE OR ENTERTAINING THE CHANGE IN THE ZONE. THE ONE THING THEY LOOK AT IS THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EXISTING, WHETHER THE THE NEW ZONE COMING IN, WILL IT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING ZONE? AND WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR THE M2 TO BE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL. AND THE QUESTION IS WILL THIS BE COMPATIBLE? THE SECOND THING THAT THEY LOOK AT THE SECOND PRONG IS WILL THIS THIS CHANGE IN ZONE BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE PLANS THAT THE ZONING, ZONING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING HAS FOR THE CITY ITSELF? SO THE TWO PRONG TEST ISN'T COMPATIBLE? AND IS IT CONSISTENT NOW, AN M2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS FUNDAMENTALLY INCAPABLE. IT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND EXCEEDS THE INTENDED TRANSITIONAL ROLE OF THE EXISTING C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL BUFFER. THE CURRENT C1 ZONING FUNCTIONS AS A TRANSITIONAL BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND MORE INTENSIVE USES. REPLACING THAT BUFFER WITH M2 DESTROYS THE YEN. THE LAND USE COMPATIBILITY STRUCTURE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY ZONING CONFERENCE. THIS HEARING IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE APPLICANT'S INTENDED USE. REZONING RUNS WITH THE LAND. ONCE PROPERTY IS ZONED M2,
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FUTURE OWNERS MAY ESTABLISH ANY USE PERMITTED WITHIN THE M2 DISTRICT. APPROVAL WOULD ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT FOR INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT IN THE. IN THE. INTO RESIDENTIALLY BUFFET AREAS ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. NOW, THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE INTENTIONALLY PLACES C1 DISTRICTS AS TRANSITIONAL LOW INTENSITY BUFFERS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.M2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL IS EXPRESSLY INTENDED FOR MEDIUM AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING NOISE, DUST, ODOR, LIGHTING, TRAFFIC AND I DO. OPERATION REPLACING A TRANSITIONAL C1 BUFFER WITH M2 ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE STATED PURPOSES OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY ITSELF. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE PARTIES THAT'S MAKING THE REQUEST. NOW. TYLER. IRON AND METAL. AS ONE SPEAKERS ALREADY SAID, THEY ARE OWNED BY THE PARENT COMPANY M, LISTED OUT OF OUT OF WACO. NOW ENLISTED OWNS ABOUT 14 DIFFERENT COMPANIES LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER, I STUDY HAVE SHOWN THAT THAT CURRENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEM THAT'S BEEN DESIGNATED AS M2. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW IF THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY IS DESIGNATED AS M2? THOSE OTHER THOSE OTHER 13 LOCATIONS, THEY ARE SHIPPED THEIR HEAVIEST METAL AND JUNK TO THE TYLER LOCATION. IF THE IF THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS DESIGNATED AS M2. NOW SEE BANKS CONSTRUCTION. MR. BANKS, HE'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE AND BUSINESSMEN. HE HAS BUSINESSES HERE IN TYLER. HE HAS A PRIMARY. HIS PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATIONS IN IN IRVINE, BUT HE HAS BUSINESSES HERE IN TYLER. AND HE'S JUST A BUSINESSMAN TRYING TO DO BUSINESS. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT IS. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE THE PROPERTY ITSELF. MR. BANKS OWNS 398 AND 39. B TYLER TYLER IRON AND METAL OWNS 47. NOW THOSE THREE THOSE THREE SECTIONS TOGETHER NOW IT MAKES ABOUT. AND THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE PETITION THAT THEY FILED.
IT MAKES UP ABOUT 7.1 ACRES. NOW THIS THIS LET'S LET'S DO IT IN OUR MIND'S EYE. WHAT IS 7.1 ACRES LOOK LIKE? NOW EVERYBODY'S GOING TO CALL A LEAGUE GAME AT ROSE STADIUM ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE ROSE STADIUM FOOTBALL FIELD? THAT'S 7.1 ACRES EQUALS OUT TO ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF. FOOTBALL FIELDS. THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S 7.1 ACRES. SO THIS THIS IS GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THEY INTEND TO HAVE A MASSIVE A MASSIVE OPERATION GOING ON THERE. 7.1 ACRES IS GOING TO GIVE YOU FIVE AND A HALF ROSE STADIUMS. NOW ALONG WITH THAT, WITH THAT, WITH THAT, THAT, THAT LARGE SECTION OF THE ACTION GOING ON THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE INCREASED TRAFFIC. AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS, I HAVEN'T EVEN READ THIS IN MY NOTES, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY. WHEN YOU HAVE THE EIGHT, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE 18 WHEELER TRUCKS, THAT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING IN THE SMASH CARS.
AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THOSE. WHEN YOU 18 WHEELER BRINGING IN THOSE SMASH CARS, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MANEUVER ON 34TH STREET WITH THE SCHOOL BUSSES TAKING THOSE KIDS BACK AND FORTH FROM SCHOOL? HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW'S THAT GOING TO STAY SAFE? THEN WE HAVE THE THE NOISE AND THE NOISE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THE VIBRATIONS COME ALONG WITH THAT. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE WATER, THE WATER IN THE AIR, THE AIR, THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE WATER AND THE AIR. A LOT OF US MAY NOT BE AROUND TO SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE WATER. AND YOU, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR INTEND TO AND PLAN TO BRING ALL THAT ACTIVITY INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WON'T BE AFFECTED BY IT. RIGHT. NOW. THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT APPLY FOR TYLER AND MEL AND AND AND BANKS CONSTRUCTION. LET'S LOOK AT THE RESIDENTS. MR. JUSTIFIED, WOULD YOU STAND, PLEASE, SIR? WHAT IS IT FOR YOU? NOW? HE DOESN'T HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT. MR. JESSE MAN IS SIX YEARS OLD. HE'S 96 YEARS OLD.
HE LIVES AT 1310 34TH STREET. ONCE YOU LEAVE THE SCRAP YARD AND START COMING BACK UP 34TH, YOU'RE GOING TO PASS THE CEMETERY. YOU'RE GOING TO. THEN THE NEXT LOCATION GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO PRIVATIZE 1330 FOURTH STREET, 96 YEARS OLD, LIVING THERE FOR 70 YEARS, MARRIED FOR 60 YEARS, RAISED FOUR KIDS THERE. AND YOU WANT TO PUT THIS, THIS FACILITY NEXT TO HIM AS A BUFFER. THIS IS WHO YOU WANT TO BE. AS MR. MAY SIT ON THE FRONT PORCH DRINKING COFFEE EARLY IN THE MORNING. SOMETIME YOU SEE HIM SHAVING, GETTING READY TO GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING,
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AND THEN HIS GREAT GRANDKIDS COME ABOUT. THEY'LL COME BY AND THEY'LL PLAY WITH HIM. YOU'LL SEE. YOU'LL SEE HIM RUNNING AROUND PLAYING IN HIS LIFE. HE'S STILL, HE'S STILL. HE'S STILL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BUSINESS THE OTHER DAY. AND HE GAVE ME A RELATIONSHIP ADVICE. HE SAID, READ, YOU CAN'T DO IT AND YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT. SO. SO WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE? IS IT IS IT COMPATIBLE TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES? AND THE VERY FIRST, THE VERY FIRST NEIGHBOR THAT THEY THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED UP WITH IS GOING TO BE MR. CROWDER. IS THAT COMPATIBLE? THE NOISE, THE TRAFFIC, IS THAT COMPATIBLE? NO. SO THEY ONLY TOLD ME, THEY TOLD ME I ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER IT. BUT SINCE I GOT A LITTLE TIME, I CAN WORK WITH IT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO BUT BUT BUT BUT JUST THINK ABOUT IT NOW. SO THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THIS. SO SO FIRST PRONG WE KNOW THAT COMPATIBLE IS INCOMPATIBLE. WHETHER WHETHER A GRANTING THIS APPLICATION FOR THE ZONING CHANGE ISN'T COMPATIBLE. THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. SO WE'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT. THAT QUESTION IS WHAT NOT COMPATIBLE. NEXT QUESTION IS THIS. IS IT CONSISTENT. AND THE QUESTION IS IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE PLANS THAT THE PLANNING ZONE HAS FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND THAT PERSON THAT GOES TO THE PLANNING ZONE? WE NEED TO ASK THEM THAT QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR US? WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR US? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT NEED TO BE ASKED TO THE PLANNING ZONE. AIN'T NO FRIENDS IN HERE. NO. WE GOT WE ALL WANT TO OWN ON THIS. SO THAT'S THE TWO PRONG TEST. WHAT IS COMPATIBLE. AND WE SAID IS IT COMPATIBLE.NO. OKAY. SECOND PRONG TEST IS INCONSISTENT. AND WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE PLANNING ZONE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR US. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? BECAUSE IF TITLE IF THEY'RE COMING, GUESS WHAT? IT'S GONNA BE SOME MORE COMING. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME MORE COMING IF I DON'T HAVE ANY. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T READ IT. THAT'S US.
BECAUSE WE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT. WE CAN ALWAYS FIND, WE CAN ALWAYS FIND. AIN'T NONE OF THESE. YOU BETTER KNOW. NOW. SO WE'VE ANSWERED THE. THE QUESTIONS REALLY ANSWERED THEMSELVES. IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE. AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SECOND QUESTION YET. THEY'RE STILL KIND OF FUZZY. BUT WHAT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE CONSISTENT? AND WE WE GOTTA HAVE A SIT DOWN. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR US NOW? BUT NOW LET ME JUST JUST THINK ABOUT THIS THOUGH. TYLER AND MEL IS ON THE CORNER OF 323 AND THE AND A AND A AND 34TH STREET, JUST IN YOUR MIND'S EYE. GO TO 323, GO ACROSS THE LOOP AND THAT LAND THERE THAT'S GOING TOWARD TYLER PIKE. THAT'S GOING GO FARTHER NORTH. YEAH. WHY DON'T HOLLOW LOOK, PAY FOR THAT LAND, BUY THAT LAND AND GO AWAY INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF BRINGING ALL OF THAT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIKE THE KIDS SAY, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. HOW HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT? INSTEAD OF PUTTING THIS, PUTTING ALL OF THIS IN THIS PROBLEM THAT HE WANTS, HE WILL ENJOY HIS HOME. HE WANTS TO SIT AND WATCH HIS KIDS AND GRAND KIDS GO OUT AND PLAY. AND YOU WANT TO BRING ALL OF THAT IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIS DAUGHTER, HIS FIRST THING MAKES SENSE. DOESN'T MAKE ME THINK YOU PICK HIM. MISTER. MISTER HARTSFIELD COULD I COULD I COULD I HAVE JUST A MOMENT? YES.
YOU KNOW, I COULD STAY HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND LISTEN TO YOU TALK. YES, SIR. AND BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH TODAY. AND I, I, I, I AM LOATHE,
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LOATHE TO IMPOSE ANY TIME LIMITS ON ANYBODY, BUT IF WE COULD SORT IN IN CONSIDERATION OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS, IF YOU COULD KIND OF ROUND UP, I, I THINK I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AND MAYBE THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT TOO. YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. BUT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THOUGH. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THAT QUESTION IS THIS. BEFORE THE APPLICANTS FILED THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE REZONING, DID THEY TALK TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS? DID THEY GO UP TO 1310, SAY, MISTER, DO YOU HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE? I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS TIME WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DID HE TALK TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS? NOW MISS MASON CAN PREACH. I LIKE TO JUST SEE THE HANDS OF ALL THE OTHER PREACHERS THAT ARE IN HERE RIGHT NOW, MISS MASON. SEE ALL THESE PREACHERS IN HERE? DID DID DID THEY DID THEY TALK TO ANY OF THE PREACHERS? I WOULD JUST BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. JUST BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS TALK TO US. WE CAN WORK. WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING Y'ALL. DID THEY TALK TO ANYBODY BEFORE FILING THIS PAPERWORK? DID THEY TALK TO ANYBODY? DID THEY GET ANY ANY IDEA AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BE RECEIVED? LIKE YOU SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE IN HERE, EVERYBODY GOT SOMETHING TO DO. I, I LIKE TO TAKE A NAP IN THE AFTERNOON. MY NAP IS BEING INTERRUPTED. OKAY, BUT I'M OUT HERE, THOUGH.I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME AND LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. AND AS YOU MAY VERY WELL BE ABLE TO DISCERN. DISCERN. I OPPOSE THE APPROVAL. MR. HARTSFIELD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR COMMENTS. HE NEEDS TO TALK SOME OTHER TIME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW. IN THIS CASE, THE NEXT NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE ON MY LIST IS CYNTHIA JOHNSON. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA MELANIE JOHNSON. I LIVE AT 1708 NORTH RIDGE DRIVE, TYLER, TEXAS. I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NORTH TYLER. ON MARCH THE 25TH, 2026. OUR CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY ADOPTED THE TYLER TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT ERA OF GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. I AM HERE TODAY ALONG WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS. WITH THE TYLER TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ONE HAND AND REZONING REQUEST Z26-011 AND THE OTHER HAND TO EXPRESS STRONG COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND TO RECOMMEND THE COMMISSION DISAPPROVE THIS REZONING REQUEST BASED ON THE TYLER TAMARA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE COLLECTIVELY MUST PROTECT THE NORTHERN GATEWAY TO OUR CITY. THE DECISION TO REZONE LAND LOCATED WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD NOT BE MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OR ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. RATHER, REZONING DECISIONS MUST BE EVALUATED THROUGH THE LENS OF LONG TERM COMMUNITY IMPACT, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION, AND THE BROADER STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT OF NORTH TYLER.
AS TYLER CONTINUES TO GROW, THE NORTHERN GATEWAY CORRIDOR FROM INTERSTATE 20 SOUTH ALONG U.S.
HIGHWAY 69 AND NORTH BROADWAY AVENUE INTO INTO DOWNTOWN. TYLER REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY. THIS CORRIDOR SERVES AS THE FRONT DOOR TO NORTH TYLER, AND THE FIRST IMPRESSION VISITORS, INVESTORS AND PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS RECEIVE WHEN ENTERING THE COMMUNITY. EVERY ZONING AND LAND USE DECISION MADE WITHIN THIS AREA SHOULD SUPPORT A UNIFIED VISION OF ECONOMIC VITALITY, NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY, BEAUTIFICATION AND SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT. REZONING LAND NEAR RESIDENTIAL
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NEIGHBORHOODS FOR HEAVY, INDUSTRIAL OR INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THIS VISION AND COULD CREATE LASTING ADVERSE IMPACTS ON RESIDENTS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. ONE OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE CONCERNS IS THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRUCK TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES OFTEN GENERATE FREQUENT MOVEMENT OF LARGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING SEMI-TRUCKS, DELIVERY FLEETS, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE VEHICLES, INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC CAN CREATE CONGESTION ON LOCAL STREETS, ACCELERATE ROADWAY DETERIORATION, RAISED SAFETY CONCERNS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND DIMINISH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, REZONING INDUSTRIAL LAND NEAR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION. ONCE INDUSTRIAL ZONING IS ESTABLISHED, IT BECOMES EASIER FOR ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL USES TO LOCATE NEARBY, CREATING INCREMENTAL PRESSURE PRESSURE ON SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. OVER TIME. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE GRADUAL ENCROACHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR GENERATIONS. SUCH EXPANSION MAY FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND WEAKEN EFFORTS TO ATTRACT NEW HOUSING INVESTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION. THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES IS ANOTHER CRITICAL CONSIDERATION. HOME BUYERS GENERALLY SEEK NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OFFER SAFETY, STABILITY AND ESTHETIC APPEAL, AND COMPATIBILITY OF SURROUNDING LAND USES. THE INTRODUCTION OF HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS MAY DISCOURAGE INVESTMENT, REDUCE MARKET DEMAND AND LIMIT APPRECIATION POTENTIAL FOR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS. FOR MANY RESIDENTS, THEIR HOME REPRESENTS THEIR LARGEST FINANCIAL ASSET, AND LAND USE DECISIONS SHOULD PROTECT RATHER THAN JEOPARDIZE THAT INVESTMENT. THE FUTURE OF NORTH TYLER DEPENDS ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO REDEVELOPMENT. THE NORTHERN GATEWAY CORRIDOR SHOULD BE ENVISIONED AS A VIBRANT, MIXED USE CORRIDOR THAT PROMOTES QUALITY HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING RETAIL, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, RESTAURANTS, COMMUNITY AMENITIES, GREEN SPACES, AND ATTRACTIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS VISION SHOULD CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ATTRACTS RESIDENTS, VISITORS, BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT WHILE ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. THEREFORE, ALL FUTURE REZONING DECISIONS WITHIN THE NORTHERN GATEWAY CORRIDOR SHOULD BE EVALUATED AGAINST A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES SHOULD DEMONSTRATE CLEAR ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT GOALS, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION OBJECTIVES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, AND LONG TERM LAND USE PLANNING PRINCIPLES. REZONING DECISIONS SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN ISOLATION.THEY SHOULD BE GUIDED BY A SHARED VISION THAT BALANCES ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION, ENCOURAGES INVESTMENT WITHOUT SACRIFICING COMMUNITY CHARACTER, AND ENSURES THAT NORTH TYLER'S FUTURE REFLECTS THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CALL IT HOME. BY PRESERVING COMPATIBLE LAND USES AND PROMOTING THOUGHTFUL REDEVELOPMENT, TYLER CAN TRANSFORM ITS NORTHERN GATEWAY INTO A CORRIDOR THAT SERVES AS A SOURCE OF PRIDE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THEREFORE, WE WE WE ARE IN OPPOSITION. YOU KNOW, OF THE OF THE REZONING FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL IN THE NORTH TYLER COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS LADY? AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON THE LIST IS VERNON HENSON. HENSON. VERNON HENSON. I'M SORRY. YOU PASS. OKAY. THE THE
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THE NEXT NAME IS AFTER. THAT IS CHANCE. MAX. MR. MAX. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHANCE BANKS. I LIVE AT 2228 NORTH MOORE AVENUE, AND I'M THE OWNER OF SEA BANK'S CONSTRUCTION LLC. AND FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING AND PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE REZONING OF MY PROPERTY, I. I PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY MAYBE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AND AT THE TIME THE PROPERTY WAS ON THE MARKET, MAYBE TWO YEARS. AND IT DIDN'T. NOBODY WANTED THE PROPERTY. AND ONCE I TOOK POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY, A COUPLE OF THE ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HERE TODAY TOLD ME THAT THE. FOR YEARS IT WAS USED AS A LANDFILL, AS A COMMUNITY LANDFILL. SO. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKING POSSESSION, I. I WENT IN AND CLEANED OUT OVER 20 TONS OF TRASH, ABOUT 40,000 POUNDS OF TRASH THAT I HAULED OUT PERSONALLY BY MYSELF AND ABOUT OVER 300 DISCARDED TIRES THAT THAT, THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED OVER THERE LOOKS LIKE FOR OVER ABOUT 30 YEARS, TRACTOR TIRES, ALL TYPE OF TIRES. SO IT'S ABOUT 40,000 POUNDS OF WASTE AND 300 TIRES.AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT, THAT MATERIAL WAS NOT DONE BY TYLER, AND IT WAS DONE BY THE COMMUNITY. MOST SOME OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND, AND TO AND I AND I, IT WAS ACCUMULATED OVER MANY YEARS BY RESIDENTS. AND DESPITE THAT, I CLEANED IT UP WITH MY EXPERIENCE AND WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM ANY OTHER COMMUNITY. AND I SAY THAT NOT TO CRITICIZE ANYONE, BUT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT TIME AND EFFORT ON MY PROPERTY WITH MY RESOURCES TO IMPROVE MY PROPERTY. SO THE PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE TODAY IS NOT THE PROPERTY THAT THAT THAT I PURCHASED. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT TODAY AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
HOWEVER, IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE INFORMED ABOUT THE ISSUES WE ARE SUPPORTING, BECOMING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION HAS BEEN CIRCULATING REGARDING THE REZONING. LIKE I'M I'M TAKING THE PROPERTY THAT THAT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I CAN'T TAKE THE PROPERTY. MY PROPERTY DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH THE PROPERTY. BUT THIS IS WHAT THESE MEETINGS ARE FOR EVERYBODY TO VOICE THEIR OPINION AND THE DECISION BE MADE ACCORDING TO THAT. BUT ANOTHER CLAIM WAS THAT THE MY ACTUAL PROPERTY WAS BEING REZONED FROM R-1, WHICH IS NOT MY MINE IS ALL M2, AND IT'S JUST THAT THINGS. A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE BEEN BEEN MISSTATED. AND AND I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND SPEAK. AND I MEAN, LIKE, IF IT'S IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES. I'M, I'M ALL FOR IT. I'M, I'M, I'M FOR IT PASSING. BUT I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS FOR. I'VE, I'VE BUILT OVER 25 HOMES IN TYLER, NEW HOMES. I MEAN, SINCE 2018, MAJORITY OF THEM BEING IN NORTH TYLER. AND I, MAYBE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN HERE I'VE SEEN DEVELOP SOMETHING IN NORTH TOWER. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M I'M I'M ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS IN NORTH TYLER THAT ACTUALLY CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CITY. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE VOICED THEIR OPINIONS, BUT THEY DON'T. IT'S VOICES WITHOUT ACTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND, AND THESE I JUST THESE ARE THE FACTS THAT AS IT RELATES TO MY MATTER AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THEY BE CONSIDERED AS YOU EVALUATE THE REZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. BANKS. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BANKS? MISTER. I'M SORRY. A DIALOG LIKE THAT IS AWKWARD IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. ANY QUESTION FOR MR. BANKS? YES, PLEASE. MISTER, YOU STATED THAT YOUR PROPERTY IS IN TWO. IS THAT WHAT YOUR APPLICATION SAID? C ONE? MY MY MY MY PROPERTY IS C ONE. IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S NOT BEING ZONED FOR MARIJUANA. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. OKAY. NOW THEY KNOW THEY SAY THAT YOUR PROPERTY. MY PROPERTY IS NOT OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT IN TWO. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY. YOUR PROPERTIES IN TWO. I ANYBODY THAT I HEARD. YOU KNOW THAT THIS GENTLEMAN'S. THE ISSUE IS THE ZONING CHANGE. AND IF IF MR. BANKS IS PROPERTY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS CHANGE OR IS IT THEN THEN THEN IT'S IT'S FOR HIM TO SPEAK ON THIS ON THIS ISSUE. MY PROPERTY IS C
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ONE SO IT'S PROPERTY. THIS GENTLEMAN SAYS HIS PROPERTY IS C ONE AND I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THAT. AND THAT'S FINE. I JUST I, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY TWO. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO CARRY ON THAT. AND WE AND WE APPRECIATE IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING. I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY. THESE QUESTIONS HAVE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. OKAY.MR. BANKS AND MR. BANKS, JAMES HAS A QUESTION. OKAY, SO YOU OWN LOT 39 A AND 39 B? YES, SIR.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO LOTS YOU PURCHASED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO. AND YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME CLEANING UP. I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THE AREA, LOOKED AT THE LOTS, AND YOU CAN TELL YOU'VE CLEANED UP SOME, SOME WORK'S BEEN DONE. OLD BOATS, TRACTOR TIRES. I HAD ALL TYPE OF STUFF ON THE PROPERTY, MAN. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY. AND YOU'VE HAD IT PROBABLY ON THE MARKET FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND NOT HAVE REALLY ANY INTEREST OR. NO, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T EVEN LISTED FOR SALE. YOU HADN'T LISTED FOR SALE. OKAY. WELL, JAMES, THANK THANK YOU FOR, BUT THE, THE, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES BY ME, I MEAN, IF I, I HAVE PICTURES, I MEAN, I CAN SHOW YOU THE PICTURES OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AROUND ME AND IF THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING AFTER I'VE CLEANED UP ALL THAT LAND, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WE HAVE TO. BECAUSE I KNOW MR. HARTSFIELD HAS ABOUT 35 CARS ON HIS PROPERTY AND IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA, SO I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL JUNK CARS. SO I MEAN, SO I'M JUST I MEAN, WE'RE MR. BANKS. MR. BANKS, PLEASE, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM FOR THIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN FROM FROM THE FROM THE COMMISSION. FROM THE COMMISSION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MR. BANKS? THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND AND PRESENTS. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON THE LIST IS OTIS WEBSTER. MR. WEBSTER. DOCTOR WEBSTER.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A PRETTY GOOD WHILE, BUT THINGS ARE GOING WELL. I JUST WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS TO MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THOSE OF. SEE SO MANY FOLK HERE THAT I KNOW SO MANY FRIENDS OF MINE. AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AN ENTERTAINER ALL MY LIFE. AND IN FRONT OF THIS MICROPHONE, I FEEL LIKE DOING A LITTLE SINGING. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. I'VE JUST GOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH THAT I CAN SAY OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD. BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. YOU KNOW, TYLER, TEXAS, TO ME IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO AS A STUDENT OF WILEY COLLEGE, I WOULD COME OVER AND VISIT SOME FRIENDS OVER HERE, AND I KNEW AT ONE POINT I WOULD LIVE IN TYLER, TEXAS. WHAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME ABOUT TYLER, THAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN A CHARACTERISTIC COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE HUMAN CONDITION. BOY, THAT JUST APPEALED TO ME. I SAID TO MYSELF, THEN, THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO LIVE. NOW. I'M A NATIVE OF FLORIDA. I WAS BORN IN THE TAMPA LAKELAND AREA.
MY WIFE IS A NATIVE TEXAN, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES SOMEBODY WOULD COME TO ME AND SAID, WHAT YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE FROM, SCOTTY? NOW, I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID, I'M NOT A SCOTTY, BUT I'M MARRIED TO A HOTTY. DID YOU GET THAT WRONG? ALRIGHT, BUT THE POINT BEING, IT'S GLAD TO BE HERE. AND SOMEBODY TOUCHED ON IT A MOMENT AGO. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WHO'S AGAINST INDUSTRIALIZATION OR DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE POINTS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WHEN YOU WHEN IT COMES TO INDUSTRIALIZATION, YOU GOTTA BE VERY SURE THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH LOCATION AND THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION AND LOCATION ARE COMPATIBLE WITH CIVILIZATION. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIVE. THAT'S TRUE. NOW, I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE THE DECISION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU NOW IT IF IT WERE LEFT UP TO ME, THIS REQUEST WOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID IT
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EARLIER, NEVER PUT PROFIT AHEAD OF PEOPLE, NEVER, NEVER. WE ARE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS. AS I SAID, TYLER, TEXAS IMPRESSED ME YEARS AGO AND STILL IMPRESSES ME BY BEING COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HUMAN CONDITION. THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, GUYS. SO I SAY TO YOU, IF WE CANNOT IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION, AND WHY IN THE HECK ARE WE HERE? ALRIGHT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP. BUT ANYTIME WE DEVELOP AND THAT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OR CONGRUENT WITH HUMAN NATURE. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR, FOR OUR PEOPLE, THEN SOMETHING'S WRONG. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYING GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT SAYS ANYTIME GREED BECOMES THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED THAT YOU FEEL YOU'VE GOT TO FEED, YOU'RE BOUND TO COMMIT YOUR GREATEST DEED. NOW I SEE SOME HEADS BEING SHAKEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU. NOBODY HEARS AGAINST INDUSTRIALIZATION. JUST WANT TO BE SURE IT FITS WITH THE LOCATION AND IT FITS WITHIN THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF CIVILIZATION. AMEN. SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL SAID. YES, SIR. I ALSO THINK YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. DOCTOR WEBSTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR WEBSTER? IF NOT, THE NEXT NAME ON THE LIST IS RAYMOND ALLEN. MR. ALLEN. GOOD EVENING. HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. AFTER SITTING HERE TO LISTEN TO EVERYTHING EVERYBODY SAID, I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY ANY MORE. THE DECISION SHOULD ALREADY BE MADE. I COULD SIT HERE AND TALK LIKE YOU SAID, POWERS, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE SAYING NOTHING THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID. SO MY THING IS TO SAY I'M AGAINST IT. MR. MR. ALLEN, MR. ALLEN, WOULD YOU COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? RAYMOND ALLEN, 2317 CALDWELL BOULEVARD, TYLER, TEXAS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALLEN? IF NOT, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. THE. LET ME LET ME JUST DO A LITTLE PROCEDURAL WORK HERE. WE WE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING PROCESS AND AN IMPORTANT PROCESS. THERE'S. AND BECAUSE THIS IS POSTED, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO CAN SPEAK. AND WE'RE WELCOME. THOSE COMMENTS. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY. NOW THE COMMISSION HAD MADE A DECISION YET WE'LL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT. BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE NAME THAT'S LISTED ON MY LIST HERE.AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO CUT ANYBODY OFF. I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT PEOPLE'S SPEECH. THAT WOULD NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROCESS. BUT IF YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SOMETHING SAID AND YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN SAID, WELL. CONSIDER YOUR YOUR SELF REPRESENTED. BUT AGAIN, I AM NOT GOING TO LIMIT ANYBODY'S SPEECH. AND THE LAST NAME ON THE LIST IS MARSHA CLAY, WASHINGTON.
ON CLAY, WASHINGTON. I LIVE AT 3100 NORTH GRAND, AND I AM AGAINST THIS COMING TO OUR
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COMMUNITY, AND MAINLY BECAUSE MY HOUSE, WHERE IT SITS, THAT'S WHERE TYLER SCRAP METAL IS.IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIC IN MY BACKYARD. IT'S RIGHT THERE. AND SO WHERE I LIVE, EVEN ON GRAND, WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BIG TRUCKS COMING ON 32ND STREET COMING BACK AND FORTH. SO I GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC ALREADY. AND SO IF YOU PUT ANOTHER, IF THEY EXPAND AND ANOTHER BUSINESSES COME IN LIKE THEM, THEN THAT'S GOING TO EVEN GIVE ME MORE TRAFFIC. AND THEN I THINK ABOUT THE ERA OF THE POLLUTION. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT COME AND SPEND TIME WITH ME BREATHING IN THAT AIR. AND THEN WHAT CAN THEY DO TO ME? I ALREADY HAVE HEALTH ISSUES AND I DON'T NEED ANY MORE ADDITIVE HEALTH ISSUES. AND I'M JUST SAYING, THE ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE OTHER CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE GO AGAINST THIS. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR US. YOU WOULDN'T PUT IT IN SOUTH TYLER. I DON'T SEE NOTHING LIKE THAT GOING AROUND THE LOOP OVER THERE. BUT YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN NORTH TYLER WHERE WE LIVE, WE PAY TAXES, WE PAY TAXES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. SO IT SHOULD BE FAIR. IT SHOULD BE EQUALLY DONE.
THANK YOU, MISS WASHINGTON. ANY QUESTION? MR. QUESTIONS? MR. MISS WASHINGTON, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. I PROMISE NOT TO LIMIT SPEECH. ARE THERE PERSONS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR OR AGAINST? YES. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS DOCTOR NANCY NICHOLS. I WANT TO SAY THAT AIR DOESN'T KNOW BOUNDARIES. WATER DOESN'T KNOW BOUNDARIES. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT INDUSTRIALIZATION. THAT HAS TO DO WITH BRINGING IN HEAVY METALS, BRINGING IN FOREVER CHEMICALS. I DO NOT LIVE IN THIS QUOTE AFFECTED AREA, BUT I DO LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE AIR AFFECTS THE WATER, AFFECTS MY LAND, MY FARM, MY NEIGHBOR'S CATTLE, ALL OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, AND WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IT IN A MUCH BIGGER SENSE. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT WE KNOW HISTORICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HEAVY METALS AND INDUSTRIALIZATION LIKE THIS COMES INTO AN AREA. WE KNOW THE LEVELS OF CANCER AND HOW IT GOES UP, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, DEATH RATES, LENGTH OF LIVING IS DECREASED. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT AIR AND WATER KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. THE AIR BLOWS SOUTH, TOO. THAT BEING SAID, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU BRING IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION, AND IT'S EXACTLY THAT WHEN WE SEE THAT OTHER SATELLITES FOR THESE KINDS OF INDUSTRIES OR THE SPECIFIC INDUSTRY COULD COME IN AND DUMP DUMP THESE FOREVER CHEMICALS, THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS FALLS UPON THE CITY OF TYLER WHEN TYLER MAKES THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT CLASS ACTION SUITS, AND WE KNOW THIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE CANCER RATES GO UP BECAUSE WE KNOW HISTORY. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS IN TYLER. WE ALSO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN TYLER PIPE DUMPED FOREVER CHEMICALS INTO THE WATERWAYS AND HOW THAT AFFECTED EVERYBODY.
IT JUST WASN'T THAT LITTLE STRIP OF WHERE WHERE TYLER EXTENDS UP 69. IT WENT RIGHT ON DOWN THE WATER. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS ALLOWED AN OUT OF STATE COMPANY COME IN AND SPRAY CARCINOGENIC PESTICIDES ALL ALONG OUR WATERWAYS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT JIM HOGG BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I KNOW. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT WAS A LOT OF ROADWAYS THAT WERE IN THE CITY OF TYLER. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN JIM HOGG ROAD, YOU DON'T SEE WILDFLOWERS. THAT BEING SAID, JUST KEEP IN MIND IT'S ALL OF US. WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER AND IT'S ALL OF US WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MONEY BEING PUT OUT FOR CLASS ACTION SUITS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR. NANCY NICHOLS 11650. COUNTY ROAD 4215. TYLER THANK
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YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR. NICHOLS. ARE THERE OTHERS? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KAREN NORMAN. I LIVE AT 3017 LAKEWOOD DRIVE HERE IN TYLER, TEXAS. AND I AM NOT A NATIVE NORTH OF NORTH TYLER PERSON. I GREW UP IN THE EAST END. AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO BRING UP THE EAST END, BECAUSE WE GREW UP DOING. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS INDUSTRIALIZATION BECAUSE I GREW UP NEAR THE WHAT IS NOW DELL. THAT WAS THE GLORIA OIL AND LIVING BY THE GLORIA OIL.WE WERE ALWAYS POLLUTED WITH THE AIR, THE SMOKE, THE DUST THAT CAME FROM THE GLORIA OIL.
IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAD HIGH INSTANCES, INSTANCES OF ASTHMA, WHICH I HAVE. WE HAD HIGH INSTANCES OF CANCER AND OTHER AND SKIN DISEASES. SO I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THAT IT IS ALWAYS IN A MINORITY COMMUNITY. I DON'T HEAR THOSE THINGS HAPPENING SOUTH WHEN WE WALK. COME IN ONTO TYLER TODAY IN SOUTH TYLER, WE SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOPPING CENTERS AND MALLS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. I WONDER IF ANY OF YOU EVER GET A LETTER IN YOUR MAIL AND I AND HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER GOTTEN THAT LETTER THAT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO PUT SOME TYPE OF WASTE INTO THE SOIL? I'VE GOTTEN THAT LETTER IN NORTH TYLER SINCE I MOVED TO NORTH TYLER IN 1990, IN 1995. THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO POLLUTE THE THE SOIL WITH SOME TYPE OF CHEMICALS OR SOME TYPE OF CHEMICAL WASTE, AS IF THE GROUNDWATER WILL NOT COME DOWN TO MY AREA AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, IT'S FIVE MILES AWAY. AS IF THAT WON'T AS IF THAT THAT GROUNDWATER WILL NOT DO THAT. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS INDUSTRIALIZATION, LET ME LET ME OFFER A SOLUTION. HOW COME WE CAN'T RELOCATE IT OUT TO CUMBERLAND? WHY CAN'T WE RELOCATE IT OUT BY OUR BY LINDSAY PARK, THERE'S A PART ON GRAN BIG EXPANSES OF LAND. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT RELOCATING OR PUTTING THIS TYPE OF THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS OUT THERE, BUT WE TALK ABOUT DOING IT IN NORTH TYLER AND AND CYNTHIA TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU COME IN THE NORTH, TYLER, WE SEE TYLER PIKE, WE SEE WE WALK IN, WE COME INTO TYLER AND I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVE OUT THERE, WE SEE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSED, A LOT OF CLOSED STOREFRONTS. AND I REMEMBER TYLER TALKING ABOUT ONE TIME, TYLER TODAY AND, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE REVITALIZATION OF TYLER. WELL, I DON'T SEE ANY REVITALIZATION.
I SEE A LOT OF CLOSED BUSINESSES. I SEE A COMMUNITY THAT USED TO BE MORE THRIVING YEARS AGO. AND, AND, AND BECAUSE OF, LET'S SEE, PROGRESS, WE HAVE THE MODEL. WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE FURTHER SOUTH. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER ON THE LOOP, AND I KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU JUST GOT A FEW MINUTES. DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER ON THE NORTH, ON THE NORTH PART OF THE LOOP. OKAY. AROUND THE LOOP OR PAST? PAST THE CEMETERY WHERE THE SIGN USED TO SAY FUTURE HOME OR THE NORTH TYLER MALL AFTER THEY BUILT THE BROADWAY SQUARE OR TYLER, THE THE SOUTH TYLER MALL, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NORTH TYLER. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT MALL FADED AWAY JUST LIKE THAT SIGN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE WANT TO PUT IN MORE INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION.
AND IT'S ALWAYS IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. LET'S JUST TELL THE TRUTH. EVERYBODY'S BEEN NICE. I CAN'T BE NICE ABOUT THAT. I HAVE ASTHMA, MY GRANDMOTHER HAD CANCER. THE PEOPLE AROUND ME HAD CANCER. SO I AM A DEFINITE NO BECAUSE I KNOW THE EFFECTS. I KNOW THE EFFECTS OF WHAT THIS THIS COMPANY WANTS TO DO. AND SO I AM AN ABSOLUTE NO. THAT'S A TRAVESTY AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. I'M I'M HESITANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT I WILL. ARE THERE OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE'S A GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK. YEAH. THERE'S A GENTLEMAN COMING FROM BEHIND. I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE HAD A QUESTION. OH, SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TREY LIPSITZ. I'M AN OWNER OF M LIPSITZ AND COMPANY. I CAME HERE TODAY TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT OUR COMPANY IS TRYING TO DO IN THIS TOWN. I KNOW I'M NOT THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 130 YEARS. I'M FOURTH GENERATION IN
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A FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED TEXAS BUSINESS, AND OUR FAMILY HAS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD OVER DECADES AND GENERATIONS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE OPERATE IN. TYLER IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO US, AND WE CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. WE ARE A VIABLE ECONOMIC DRIVER, AND WE PROVIDE A VERY SERIOUS RECYCLING NEED IN THIS TOWN. AND THIS TOWN HAS GROWN, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW WITH IT. WE HAVE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THE PROPERTY AND THE BUFFER ZONE AROUND IT, AND THE LAND IS NOT DEVELOPABLE WITH RAILROAD TRACKS. WITH THE CEMETERY TO THE SOUTH AND THE 200 FOOT LINE BARELY TOUCHES. AND THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT HAVE PROTESTED, AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO IT, AS DOES EVERYBODY HERE. AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINION, BUT I DO THINK OPINIONS NEED TO BE BASED ON FACTS. AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS TODAY THAT ARE NOT BASED ON FACTS. ALL WE ARE WANTING TO DO IS EXTEND OUR PROPERTY TO CONDUCT THE SAME BUSINESS WE'RE DOING TODAY. WE'RE NOT ADDING TRUCKS. WE'RE NOT ADDING PROCESSES. WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING. WE'RE NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN BUILDING BUILDINGS, PULLING, PULLING PERMITS, OR IMPACTING INFRASTRUCTURE. FROM A UTILITY STANDPOINT, WE SIMPLY NEED RAW LAND TO PUT MATERIAL DOWN TO PROCESS BECAUSE THAT IS THE DEMAND. WITH TYLER'S GROWTH, WE WE DEVELOPED TYLER IRON METAL IN 1974, AND WE'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR 51 YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY VIOLATIONS. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A THRIVING, VIABLE DRIVER FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND I UNDERSTAND THE OPPOSITION, I REALLY DO. BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, BUSINESS HERE IN TYLER IS GROWING AND THE COMMUNITY DOES NEED RECYCLING MORE THAN EVER. THERE ARE MORE BUSINESSES MOVING HERE AND MANUFACTURING'S THAT NEED OUR SERVICES, AND WE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, AND WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH THAT OUR REPUTATION PRECEDES US, AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABOVE BOARD, AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THE RIGHT THING. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 130 YEARS IF WE DID THE WRONG THING, IF WE DIDN'T RESPECT COMMUNITIES. OUR TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, AND YOU CAN FACT CHECK THAT. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMMITTEE COMMISSION, EXCUSE ME, LOOK FAVORABLY AND CONSIDER FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ZONING CHANGE, PLEASE. LET LET LET'S LET'S LET'S LET'S LET'S RESPOND WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN? FROM THE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY, ANY. JAMES. MR. LIPSCOMB, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP IN A AS YOU SAID, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU'RE NOT THE MOST POPULAR INDIVIDUAL. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON YOUR OPERATION. IF I'M JUST IF ARE YOU LOOKING AT TRYING TO PUT ANY CURB CUTS ON 34TH STREET INTO THE PROPERTY OR WITH ALL OF YOUR ACCESS INGRESS EGRESS, COME OFF THE LAKE WHERE, WHERE YOU. CURRENTLY ALL TRAFFIC COMES. WE HAVE NOT DECIDED THAT RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE INGRESS EGRESS CLEARLY OFF OF THE THE LOOP. OKAY. BUT THAT HAS NOT EVEN BEEN LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT. AND THIS ZONING CHANGE WAS THE FIRST CRITICAL PIECE. OKAY, HOW MANY TRUCKS A DAY CAN YOU HAVE A NUMBER THAT THAT DROP OFF? WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG TRUCKS, 1 TO 2 LOADS A DAY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS BRINGING US MATERIAL. YOU HEAR WHAT HE'S SAYING, OFFICER? LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT MORE. LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING IN ON THIS. WE CAN'T LET IT GET OUT OF CONTROL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, OFFICER FOR THAT. BUT LET ME LET ME WE'RE ALL HERE TO LISTEN WITH RESPECT TO EVERY COMMENT THAT'S MADE. JAMES, DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED? IT'S MORE PICK UP TRUCKS, 1 TO 2 LOADS OF OUR LARGER TRUCKS CARRYING LARGE LOADS OF MATERIAL. THAT'S NOT CUSTOMERS TRUCKS COMING IN, THAT'S OUR TRUCKS. SO THE SCRAPPERS OR THE LARGE SCRAP TRUCKS? YES, SIR. AND THEN MOST OF YOUR OTHER TRAFFIC ARE THE WHAT GUYS THAT I CALL SCRAPPERS THAT YOU SEE THAT WILL COME ON TO JOB SITES, CLEAN UP JOB[01:25:01]
SITES, CLEAN UP THE METAL AND BRING IT IN AND RUN IT ACROSS THE SCALE FOR, FOR MONEY AND, AND ALSO OUR ROLL OFF TRUCKS. SO WE PROVIDE ROLL OFF BOX SERVICE FOR ALL THE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN TYLER AND SURROUNDING AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU, JAMES, FOR YOUR AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. IF THERE IF THERE, IF THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MIC. I CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE YELLING AT ME FROM THE AUDIENCE, COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND, AND, AND SPEAK AND, AND LET'S DO THIS WITH SOME DIGNITY AND RESPECT. THIS LADY, THIS LADY IS FIRST, I'D BE GLAD FOR YOU TO SPEAK. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS HIS QUESTION AS TO, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT AREA ARE YOU COMING OUT OF? AND HAVE YOU RESEARCHED THE AREA IN WHICH YOU LIVE THAT YOU HAVE TO COME INTO AN AREA THAT YOU DO KNOW THAT WE ARE A RETIREE AREA, MA'AM, THAT SPEAK SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE. WE ARE A RETIREMENT AREA AND NOT BEING A RETIREMENT AREA. FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO KNOW HIS HEALTH AND WHAT WAS GOING ON AS FAR AS THE SITUATION WITH CANCER AND HOW THE HEALTH SITUATION IN HIS AREA IS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BEFORE HE MOVED THIS FAR, I'M PRETTY SURE THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPING LAND THAT HE COULD HAVE FOUND BEFORE COMING UP IN HERE WITH US. AND YES, HE'S BEEN HERE 50 YEARS, BUT 50 YEARS HE'S BEEN LOW PRO WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH HIS SITUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF. SO THAT'S WHY HE'S BEEN THERE 50 YEARS. I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR QUESTIONS. IT REALLY IT GOES BEYOND THE QUESTION OF ZONING. AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN BEHIND YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.ASK QUESTIONS. THAT WE'RE NOT ADJOURNED. BUT THIS THIS GENTLEMAN IS NEXT. LET'S ADDRESS THIS THIS OFFICER, OFFICER, OFFICER, LET ME DO THIS. LET ME DO THIS. THIS GENTLEMAN IS NEXT. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHARMIS AMY. I AM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AT 309 MARTIN LUTHER KING. WE ARE I HAVE KIND OF SEVERAL FACETS THAT KIND OF FITS THIS SITUATION. WE ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE'RE ON OUR THIRD PROJECT OF TRYING TO BEAUTIFY AND ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY ON THE IN THE NORTH END ZONE. ONE, I ALSO MY FATHER OWNED OVER 91 PIECES OF PROPERTY IN NORTH TYLER. SO WHERE I DIDN'T GROW UP HERE, MY FAMILY OWNED LAND. AND SO IT'S BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO US AND WHERE IT WAS IN THE 70S AND 80S AND WHERE IT IS NOW IS A TREMENDOUS DROP OFF. I ALSO WANT HAT. THIS IS MY COMPANY. I'M A MEMBER OF THE ESRI INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND AN INTERNATIONAL SCRAP AND RECYCLING INSTITUTE OF AMERICA. I GO TO CONVENTIONS AND CONFERENCES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I MANUFACTURE DEMO DUMPS, THE 40 FOOT TRAILERS THAT THEY PUT, SCRAP CARS AND ALL THAT IN. MY TRAILERS WEIGH ABOUT 24,000 POUNDS EMPTY. SO TO TAKE THEM UP AND DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREETS IS GOING TO WREAK HAVOC. YEAH. AND ATTENDING THOSE CONFERENCES, I'VE MADE FRIENDS AND I'VE VISITED RECYCLING FACILITIES IN HIALEAH, MIAMI AREA OPA-LOCKA IN TAMPA AND IN INDIANA. AND IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS. THEY ARE THE WORST COMMUNITY IN THE CITY FOREVER BECAUSE ONCE YOU MAKE THIS DESIGNATION AND YOU GOT ALL THESE HIGH METAL FENCES, IT JUST IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM. THERE IS NOT A A CHURCH THAT'S COMING.
THERE'S NOT GENERALLY IT'S THAT GENTLEMAN'S CLUBS. IT BECOMES A PROBLEM FOR THE COMMUNITY. MY HEART IS TO REDEVELOP. I THINK THESE PEOPLE ECHO THE SAME POINT. SO FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE, I KNOW WHAT SCRAP IRONS AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THAT MANY ACRES. AND THEN YOU START BRINGING CAR CRUSHERS AND CAR SHREDDERS AND AND IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER. I'M NOT AGAINST ANYONE MAKING MONEY AND HIS COMPANY BEING SUCCESSFUL, BUT AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS GENTLEMAN AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I JUST WANT TO
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GIVE MY $0.02. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HELLO. MY NAME IS CHERYL ROCHESTER. I LIVE IN 105 EAST HILLSBOROUGH STREET HERE IN IOWA. I HEARD THE YOUNG MAN TALK ABOUT HOW HIS FAMILY, HOW THEY HAD INVESTED AND HOW THEY HAD GROWN FROM ALL THOSE YEARS. THAT IS NOT THE STORY OF MY PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT THE STORY OF MY PEOPLE. AND I ONCE HEARD SOMEONE SAY, NO ONE OF US HAS IT ALL TOGETHER. ALL TOGETHER. WE HAVE IT ALL. YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING THAT. NO, MA'AM.MA'AM, MA'AM, FOR WHAT YOU'RE FEELING. MA'AM, YOU DID NOT MENTION. HEY, THIS IS FOR YOU ALL. THIS IS HOW WE WILL BENEFIT. IT WAS ALL ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. ALL ABOUT YOUR GROWTH.
WELL, WE ARE ABOUT. AND IT IS TRUE. I AM BLACK. EVERY CAT, EVERY DOG, EVERYTHING IS DUMPED IN NORTH TOWN. AND I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN'T. IT IS SO AMAZING. WE CAN'T GET A CHICK FIL A OVER HERE. BUT YOU CAN BRING THIS. REMIND ME OF THE STORY OF HOW THEY SAID HOW WHITE PEOPLE WOULD BRING DRUGS INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ISSUE IT OUT. WELL, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE NOT BRINGING DRUGS. YOU'RE BRINGING UNCLEAN AIR. YOU ARE INTERRUPTING OUR LIFESTYLE. SO AGAIN, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BENEFIT? DO YOU HAVE A GOAL AND WALK AND TALK AND SIT, MA'AM, MA'AM. OH, WE WANT TO KNOW. HELLO. I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP. OH THAT'S OKAY. JUST REMEMBER WE WANT TO BENEFIT TOO. MA'AM, COME TO THE MICROPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS DIANE JACKSON. I STAY AT 620. SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. MY NAME IS DIANE JACKSON. I SAID 620 NORTH GRAND AVENUE. I KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I'M GOING THROUGH IT TO MYSELF. WE HAVE A PENNZOIL COMPANY THAT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE THESE BIG TRUCKS COMING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL TIMES A NIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY TEAR DOWN THE THE ELECTRIC, THE ELECTRIC LINES AND STUFF. THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW THAT IS DEALING WITH CANCER. THEY ARE DEALING WITH CANCER. WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL. WE JUST HAD A HAZMAT WILL COME OUT AND CLEAN UP SOMETHING THAT WENT OVER IN THAT PENNZOIL COMPANY OVER THE ALPHA PALACE, THE PENNZOIL COMPANY. Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE JUST HAD A HAZMAT COME THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR US. THIS IS WHERE YOU BRINGING IN ALL OF THIS STUFF IN FOR US TO BREATHE, DEALING WITH OUR HEALTH. WHY YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS STUFF SOMEWHERE ELSE. THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL THIS HAZMAT STUFF AND BREATHING THE AIR, THE TRUCKS, THE NOISE, ONE, TWO, 3:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M LISTENING TO THIS. I JUST GOT OVER 30, AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO HEAR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, SO I JUST WISH THEY WOULD GO. I HATED GOD PUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT SOMEBODY. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REAL. SOMEBODY HAD SOME MONEY THAT I KNEW WHO. THEY PAID OFF AND PUT THAT PENNZOIL COMPANY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REAL. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS WHERE CARS HAVE ALMOST WENT THROUGH THAT COMPANY, THAT THEY GOT FENCES, THERE WERE CARS HAD ALMOST GO THROUGH THAT PENNZOIL COMING. JUST THINK, IF THAT THING BLOWS UP, WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO GET IT'S GOING TO GET US. SO YOU KNOW THEY NEED TO PUT THIS STUFF SOMEWHERE. IF IF THIS AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING I DIDN'T THINK I HAD TO. QUESTIONING THE INTEGRITY OF THIS GROUP. IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WILL TOLERATE. ARE THERE OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING ITEM? YES, MA'AM. YES. YEAH. HELLO. I USUALLY DON'T SPEAK IN FRONT OF A CROWD.
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MY NAME IS ANITA GARDNER. I LIVE AT 1619 NORTH RIDGE. I TRAVELED BY TYLER MIDDLE TO WORK TO SHREVEPORT. I'VE CALLED TYLER LOTS OF TIMES AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE NAILS THAT I GET IN MY TIRES WHEN I GET TO SHREVEPORT. AND I HAVE FOUR NAILS AND ONE TIRE. AND THEN I CARPOOLED WITH A PERSON AND WE TRAVELED BY TYLER ANIMAL, AND HE HAS THE SAME NAILS IN HIS TIRES. SO I CALLED AND I ASKED HIM, Y'ALL DON'T DO Y'ALL HAVE A METAL DETECTOR? THEY SAID, YES, WE DO IT EVERY DAY. NO YOU DON'T. I GO THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THE NAILS AND THE THINGS ARE THERE. AND ALSO I HAVE A CONCERN. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN TOO. I SIT OUTSIDE A LOT AND I HEAR THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO. I HEAR THEM AND I'M THINKING, OKAY, THE ZOOS HERE, Y'ALL GOING TO PUT THIS HERE IN OUR AREA. WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE KIDS THAT COMES TO THE ZOO BY MY HOUSE? AND WHAT ABOUT ME AND MY NEIGHBORS? I JUST I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD EXPAND OR PUT ANYTHING ELSE BY BY MY NEIGHBORS OR ME WITH THE LIKE THEY SAY, THE AIR. IT'S JUST NO, I JUST OPPOSE IT, I SAID. I SAY, NO, THANK THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENCE. AND DID I HEAR YOUR NAME? NAME? DID YOU DID I HEAR YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? PERHAPS I, I ANITA GARDNER, 1619 NORTHRIDGE DRIVE. YEAH, I DID HEAR IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHERS? IF NOT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THIS APPLICATION. IS THERE A COMMISSIONER WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE DENY Z26-011. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO DENY THIS APPLICATION. IF IF IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL WAIT TILL THE PROCESS IS OVER. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO DENY THIS APPLICATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I ANY OPPOSED? IS THAT A UNANIMOUS VOTE? BY UNANIMOUS VOTE THE COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS DENIED THIS APPLICATION. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME.[01:40:15]
THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU DOING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PD 26-006. BELLWOOD. 323, 2019 LP.
ALRIGHTY. THIS. THIS IS A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. IT IS LOCATED BETWEEN A LONG SOUTH SOUTHWEST LOOP 323 AND ROBERTSON ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ZONED P, C, D. NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ARE WITHIN R-1, A INDUSTRIAL C TWO. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER. THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2022, INCLUDING RETAIL USES AND A ROUNDABOUT AT WHITE SIDE ROAD AND ROBERTSON ROAD. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT REVISES THE LAYOUT TO INCLUDE FOUR RETAIL BUILDINGS, FOUR RETAIL BUILDINGS AND ONE QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT LOT, AND REMAIN REMOVES THE ROUNDABOUT. THE AMENDMENT IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. OF THE FIVE NOTICES MAILED, NO NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF? IF NOT, ARE THE PERSONS HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST? IF NOT, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS IS TO APPROVE. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PD 26-06.
SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM IS APPROVED. NEXT IS C26-001 STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GROUP. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CLOSURE OF AN UNIMPROVED STREET RIGHT OF WAY FOR ROW STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE CLOSURE TO REPLAT THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO THEIR ADJACENT PROPERTY. APPLICANT IS REQUESTING. SORRY ABOUT THAT TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE PORTION THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CLOSE IS IS UNIMPROVED AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EVER BEEN UTILIZED AS A RIGHT OF WAY. THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE UTILITY EASEMENTS AND DRAINAGE AS NECESSARY. AS OF FRIDAY, MAY 29TH, 2020, SIX. OF THE 17 NOTICES MAILED, NO NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUESTED CLOSURE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CLOSURE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY BEING REPLATTED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY ANY PERSON HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF? IF NOT, ARE THE PERSONS HERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST? GREG? GREG, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? MY NAME IS GREG ORTIZ AND I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE WITH THE CLARK FAMILY TRUST. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THAT RIGHT OF WAY. AND WE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSURE OF THAT THAT COMES IN EFFECT.
I'M SORRY, GREG, SAY THAT AGAIN. IT'S A LITTLE LOUD OUTSIDE. SO, I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW THESE
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PEOPLE. NEITHER DOES MY WIFE JENNY, BUT THE CLARK FAMILY TRUST HAS LAND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ON THAT ROAD THAT BUT THEY SUPPORT THAT CLOSURE OF THAT. NOBODY'S USING IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GREG. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE FIVE LOTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NEXT DOOR DOWN THE STREET. IS THAT. AND Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ALLEY BEING CLOSED, THE STREET BEING CLOSED. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST IT? IF NOT, THE THE MOTION IS, DID I GET A MOTION TO GET A NO. CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE C26-001 SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. AND IT'S A IT'S A ACTUALLY A CLOSURE OF AN UNIMPROVED STREET. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT'S THAT'S IMPROVED. I HOPE IT BENEFITS YOU ALL IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. NEXT IS Z 26010. MANUEL HERNANDEZ 2023 ROSE STREET. HUNTER. YES, SIR. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM R1A TO R1D. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE LOT. THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST ARE ZONED R ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND PMF PLANNED MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND WEST ARE ZONED R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND ARE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TYLER TOMORROW FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS MIXED RESIDENTIAL.THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE SO THEY CAN BUILD A LARGER HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
THE LOT DOES NOT MEET R1B MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 6000FT■!S, BUT DOES COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM R1D LOT SIZE. THE AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED WITH MANY DIFFERENT SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ZONE CHANGE ALIGNS WITH THE TYLER.
TOMORROW'S OBJECTIVE TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH END.
AS OF FRIDAY, MAY 29TH, 2020, SIX OF THE 20 NOTICES MAILED, NO NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE.
THANK YOU. HUNTER, CAN I SEE THE ZONING MAP? YES, SIR. ARE THE PERSONS HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF. STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
YES, MA'AM. WOULD YOU COME TO THE. COME, COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. AND STATE YOUR NAME. STATE YOUR NAME. LANISHA WHEELER. I LIVE AT 1007 BRITTON AVENUE. THAT'S AROUND THE CORNER FROM ROSE STREET. THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY. IT'S MY COMMUNITY. I WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT ARE ONE A TO ONE B? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT ENTAIL? LIKE WHAT? WHAT'S THE. IF IF IT'S IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO BUILD BECAUSE MY MYSELF, I'VE EXPERIENCED. MY PROPERTY BEING I DON'T WANT TO SAY TAKEN, BUT. A PARKING LOT OR WHERE, WHERE THE CHURCH PARKED PEOPLE, THEY BUILT A HOME LITERALLY WHERE IT WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM. AND I HEAR I HEARD THEM SAYING, OH, WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A UPGRADE IN THE SENSE OF FROM ONE B TO ONE D OR WHATEVER. I WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE DIFFERENCE? HUNTER YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT OR LET. KYLE. SURE.
SO CURRENTLY THEY CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BUILD THE HOME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ON THE LOT. AS FAR AS THE LOT SIZE, IT,
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IT DID NOT MEET THE 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR AN R1A, BUT IT DOES MEET THE 3000FT■!S LOT SIZ. SO YEAH, ALSO THE THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS THE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR THE THE TWO DISTRICTS. SO THE R1D HAS SMALLER SETBACKS WHICH ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT LARGER OF A HOME. SO BOTH DISTRICTS. ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT WITH THE ZONE CHANGE THE THE OWNER WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD A SLIGHTLY LARGER HOME, SINGLE FAMILY HOME. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. SO THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE TAXES, RIGHT. WELL, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO BUILD A THIS THIS IS THIS IS NOT A, A TAXING COMMITTEE. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'M SAYING THE THE ZONE IS GOING TO CHANGE AND EVERYBODY THERE IN THAT COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED. AM I CORRECT? IT'S IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO ONLY APPLY TO THIS ONE LOT. BUT IF THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. IT'S ONLY GOING TO APPLY TO THIS ONE ONE.
AWESOME. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER PERSON WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS. IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION FOR Z26-010. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. THE ZONING CHANGE ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ITEMS APPROVED. NEXT IS Z 26008 UNITED CONSTRUCTION OF EAST TEXAS, LLC.
SHIELD. THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE FROM RMF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO R1 B SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF NORTH GLENWOOD BOULEVARD AND WEST OAKWOOD STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONE CHANGE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST ALL AROUND. AROUND THAT SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED RMF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND ARE DEVELOPED WITH A MAJORITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND UNDEVELOPED LOTS. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES. THIS PROPERTY AS MIXED RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TYLER TOMORROW. FUTURE LAND USE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS PROPERTY WITH TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND THE REQUEST REPRESENTS A DOWN ZONING FROM A HIGHER INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO A LOWER INTENSITY SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. THE GENERAL AREA IS DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UNDEVELOPED LOTS. SO THIS ZONE CHANGE ALIGNS WITH TYLER THE TYLER TOMORROW & OBJECTIVE TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH END AND ADVANCES INFILL DEVELOPMENT BY SUPPORTING REINVESTMENT WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT ADDING DENSITY OR CREATING LAND USE CONFLICTS. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY BOTH ALONG GLENWOOD BOULEVARD BOULEVARD AND OAKWOOD STREET. ALSO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, AS WELL AS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THERE. OF THE 13 NOTICES MAILED, NO NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND ANTICIPATE ANTICIPATE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON SERVICES AND FACILITIES BY PROPOSING THE REZONING REQUEST. STAFF HAS PERFORMED A TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE REQUEST AND FINDS THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVAL CRITERIA AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF? IF NOT, OTHER PERSONS HERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST? IF NOT, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE D26-008. SECOND.
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MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM IS APPROVED. NEXT IS Z26-009. REGINALD JENKIN JENKINS, 1026 BRIGHTON AVENUE, SHIELDS. THIS IS ALSO A ZONE CHANGE FROM R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, TO R1 B SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SHORE STREET IN BRITAIN AVENUE, WHERE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONE CHANGE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST ARE ZONED R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND ARE DEVELOPED WITH A MAJORITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND UNDEVELOPED LOTS. THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS ZONED R-2 TWO FAMILY DUPLEX DISTRICT. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH THE TYLER TOMORROW FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS MIXED RESIDENTIAL. THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THIS PORTION OF BRITAIN AVENUE FEATURES A MIX, A MIXTURE OF LOT SIZES AND. THE REQUESTED ZONING WOULD REDUCE THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE NARROW CONFIGURATION THAT YOU SEE THERE OF THE LOT. THE REQUEST FACILITATES REINVESTMENT IN AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE INCREMENTAL SINGLE FAMILY INFILL IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND VIEWS ALONG SHORE STREET AND BRIGHTON AVENUE AND BRIGHTON AVENUE. OF THE 24 NOTICES MAILED, HERE'S A. ALSO AN IDEA OF WHAT THE APPLICANT IS INTENDING ON THAT NARROW LOT. CHANGING THE DOWN SIZING TO R1B ALLOWS THE APPLICANT THE FLEXIBILITY TO. TO BUILD A HOME, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THAT LOT AND MEET THE REQUIRED DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS OF THE R1 B SINGLE FAMILY. ZONING. OF THE 24 NOTICES MAILED, NO NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND ANTICIPATE NO. ANTICIPATE POSITIVE IMPACT ON SERVICES AND FACILITIES BY THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST. STAFF HAS PERFORMED A TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE REQUEST AND FINDS THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVAL CRITERIA, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. AND WITHOUT THIS CHANGE, CHANGE THE LAW WOULD BE UNBUILDABLE. IS THAT CORRECT AT THE CURRENT ZONING CLASSIFICATION? YES, SIR.AND YOU STILL HAS A 25 FOOT SETBACK. STREET SETBACK? YES, SIR. I THINK THE BECAUSE OF THE NARROWNESS OF THE THE THE SIDES WERE THE ISSUE. WHAT DOES THAT CHANGE THE SIDE SETBACKS TO R1 B SIDE SETBACKS. INTERIOR SETBACKS ARE SIX FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. OKAY. IT GOES FROM 7.5FT TO SIX FEET. SO THREE FEET OF ADDITIONAL BUILDABLE AREA. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF? NONE OF THE PERSONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. YES, MA'AM. COME. SO I PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE COME. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. WE WANT TO HEAR IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. YOU WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU SAY.
YES, SIR. AGAIN, THIS IS MY COMMUNITY. I, MY MY HOME IS ON BRIGHTON AND AND I GUESS MY CONCERN. GO BACK GO BACK TO THE MAP. I WANT TO I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHICH HOUSE IS YOURS.
WELL, IT'S THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE MAP. YOU SEE ME ON THERE? I'M. I'M DEMETIA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A. I'M RIGHT THERE LIKE I, I WAS IN IN THE CIRCLE FOR THE 200. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THERE. SO I, I, I THINK AND I UNDERSTAND, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY I WAS HERE. I MEAN, ALL THE OTHER STUFF PREVIOUS TO NOW I WAS HERE, BUT. AGAIN, I GUESS MY CONCERN BECAUSE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO MUCH CAN BE DONE THERE. IT'S, IT'S AND IT'S
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CHANGING THE DYNAMICS IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENTIAL PART OF IT. SO BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE BUILDING A HOME. SO I GUESS ULTIMATELY, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THAT. IT'S JUST. THANK YOU. NO, NO THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ARE THERE OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WELL, ON THE ON PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.IS THIS YOUR IS THIS YOUR PROJECT? YES, YES, WE WE BUILDING A LOT OF HOUSES AROUND THAT AREA. AND WE DO REALLY GOOD. WE JUST TRY USE A LOT. AND WE JUST PURCHASED THE ONES ON THE SIDE WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD THERE. SO FOR HER, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU SEE, I KEEP MY HOUSE CLEAN AND EVERYTHING. SO SO IT'S GOING TO BE NICE PLACE TO LIVE. I PROMISE NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. OKAY. AND TELL US, TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OH, MY NAME IS JOSE MARIA SALCIDO. I'M ON OVER HERE ON MAIN STREET. OKAY.
AND WE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND ME AND MY SON BUILDING HOUSES AROUND WEST TYLER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN? WHO'S THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE? HE'S A GOOD GUY. HE'S HAD A CAN THAT BE IN THE RECORD? YEAH. YEAH. LOOKS LIKE A NICE PROJECT. YEAH. YEAH WE ARE.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IF NOT, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE. IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE Z26-009. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AT THIS TIME? WE'LL STAND IN RECESS AND GO INTO OUR WORK SESSION
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