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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.[Public Hearing]
THIS IS A MEADOWS PLACE.CITY COUNCIL JOINT PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2022 AT 6:02 PM.
UM, UH, AUTOMATE ASKED ME TO CALL TO ORDER AN ANNOUNCED QUORUM IS PRESENT ON CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WE'RE MISSING, UH, KEL MILLS, UH, ON THE P AND Z SPEAKING FOR THEM.
UM, THEY HAVE A QUORUM AS WELL.
ITEM B IS TO CONDUCT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTS FROM ANY INTERESTED PERSONS REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MEADOWS PLACE COORDINATOR CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 1 53, SECTION 1 5, 3 0.98 IN SEVEN B UH, REGARDING SIGNS COMMERCIAL OFFICE, UH, ADVERTISING TO ALLOW REQUEST THE CITY AND MINIMUM SIX MINUTES OF ADVERTISEMENT PER HOUR.
DO I HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC OF WHICH IS TO ADJUST THIS ISSUE? THEY NEED TO GO VISIT IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY GOT HERE TO VISIT.
SO WE HAVE NOBODY WHO WISHES TO, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO VISIT ON ITEM B ABOUT THE ADVERTISING.
ALRIGHT ME TO STEP UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND COMPANY
UH, I'M AT THE FIRST ROUND ABOUT IN CASE ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
UM, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THE, UH, ROTATING ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE, JUST AS A MATTER OF PRESERVING THE QUAINTNESS OF OUR VILLAGE.
I SOMEHOW DON'T THINK THAT I ROTATING ELECTRONIC SIGNS IS GOING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ANY OF US.
GIVE ME YOUR FIRST NAME AGAIN, DAWN DON.
AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE DULY NOTED, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS HAS A MORE SPECIFIC TARGET ON THE EXISTING SIGN OVER STERLING MCCALL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, THIS IS A CLEANUP AND WE'RE CHANGING LANGUAGE.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND SAYING SOMETHING.
COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE SHALL CLOSE OUT AND BE MOVE ON TO ITEM C.
UH, THIS HAS CONDUCTED JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY MEADOWS PLACE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTS FROM ANY INTERESTED PERSONS REGARDING A SPECIFIC USE APPLICATION FROM, UH, SEVEN MULTI-STATE SOLUTIONS PER MEADOWS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES, 1 53 0.094 B TO THE THREE, ALLOWING FOR RML BILL SERVICE STATION JIFFY LUBE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1, 1 7 2 0 WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD, MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS.
AND WE HAVE A, AT THIS POINT, AMY PEARSON WITH JIFFY LUBE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.
YOU WANT TO TALK TO US AND SEE IF WE CAN HEAR YOU? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK UP.
JUST PULL YOU, PULL THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU OR MAYBE YOU CAN'T OKAY.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
I'M WITH SEVEN MULTI-SITE SOLUTIONS AND OUR CLIENT JIFFY LUBE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES AT 11 7 20 WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD.
AND I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
FIRST, A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUSINESS.
JIFFY LUBE INTERNATIONAL IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 2000 FRANCHISES ALL OVER THE U S UM, JIFFY LUBE ALONG WITH SHELL IS A VERY RISK AVERSE COMPANY.
THEY'RE DESIGNED BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND SAFETY RECORD IS EXEMPLARY.
THEY REALLY PUT A BIG EMPHASIS ON SAFETY.
THE SITE WILL BE OPERATED BY A PREFERRED FRANCHISEE WHO RUNS FACILITIES NATIONWIDE, AND THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN
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A JIFFY LUBE FACILITY TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS.THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS FACILITY ARE OIL CHANGES, VEHICLE INSPECTIONS, FILTERS, FLUIDS, BATTERY, REPLACEMENTS BREAKS, AND SOME TIRE REPLACEMENT.
AND THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON OIL CHANGES AND QUICK IN AND QUICK OUT SERVICES.
UM, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANY FULL SERVICE, ALL DRAWN OUT THING.
THEY JUST WANT, UM, TYPICALLY IT'LL BE LIKE HALF AN HOUR TO AN HOUR SERVICES, SOMETIMES A LITTLE LONGER, DEPENDING ON THE VEHICLES.
UM, THERE WILL BE NO OUTDOOR STORAGE OF ANY MATERIALS, PARTS, TIRES, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OPERATE BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 6:00 PM DAILY WITH REDUCED HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS.
THEIR PEAK HOURS ARE TYPICALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND THEY HAVE ABOUT FOUR TO SIX EMPLOYEES PER SHIFT.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE MANAGER ON SITE AT THE TIME, AND THAT THEY WILL ONLY SERVE AS PASSENGER VEHICLES.
THE BIGGEST THING THEY COULD FIT IN THERE IS PROBABLY MAYBE A DOOLEY OR
SO YOU WON'T HAVE BIG TRUCKS THERE.
UM, AND THE LOCATION WILL NOT BE, THEY DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE A BIG TRIP GENERATOR, MAYBE AN ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 CARS PER DAY ON A BUSY DAY, UH, FOR THEIR PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL SHOW THE PLANS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE WAY THE BUILDING'S LAID OUT THE VEHICLES WILL ENTER THE FACILITY FROM THE NORTH SIDE AND THEY'LL ENTER THE BASE THERE.
AND THE CARS WILL NOT BE IDLING WHILE THEY'RE WAITING.
UM, THEY'LL SHUT THEIR VEHICLE OFF, GO INTO THE CUSTOMER LOUNGE.
AND THEN BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS SERVICED, IT WILL BE MOVED INSIDE.
I WONDER THE EMPLOYEES AND THE VEHICLES WILL EXIT VIA THE SOUTH BAY DOORS WHEN THE SERVICE IS COMPLETE.
UM, FOR, I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WILL BE THE WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE.
UM, THE GENERAL A NON-REGULATED WASTE WILL BE REMOVED DAILY AND DISPOSED OF IN A COMMERCIAL DUMPSTER, USED OIL AND FLUIDS ARE STORED IN ABOVE-GROUND TANKS IN THE BASEMENT.
THEY ARE PUMPED AND REMOVED BY AN APPROVED HOLLER.
AND IT'S PUMPED FROM WITHIN THE, THEY DRIVE INTO THE SERVICE BAY AND PUMP FROM WITHIN THE FACILITY, NOT FROM OUTSIDE.
UM, THE TRANSPORTER THEN RECYCLES THE USED OIL ACCORDING TO STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE BASEMENTS WHERE THE FLUIDS ARE STORED IS COMPLETELY WATERPROOF AND COMPLETELY CONTAINED IT'S.
UM, IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN TO SPILL DOWN THERE, THEY HAVE SPILL CONTAINMENT AND THAT ENTIRE AREA WILL HOLD ALL OF THE FLUIDS AND UNTIL IT CAN BE CLEANED UP SO THAT THERE IS NO RISK OF IT ENTERING THE SOIL OR THE WATER OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY, UM, AN OIL AND WATER SEPARATOR WILL BE INSTALLED, BUT JUST FOR MOP SINKS AND CLEANING PURPOSES, UM, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU'LL GET SOME GRIT FROM A CAR AND MAYBE A LITTLE OIL HERE AND THERE THAT JUST NEEDS TO GET MOPPED UP.
AND THAT WILL BE DISPOSED OF THROUGH THE MOP SINK THAT GOES THROUGH THE OIL AND WATER SEPARATOR SO THAT IT DOESN'T END UP IN THE SEWER SYSTEM.
AND THAT WILL BE SERVICED BY AN APPROVED COMPANY AS WELL, THAT WILL COME AND PUMP THAT OUT OCCASIONALLY AND DELIVERIES AND WASTE RECLAMATION.
IT ALL HAPPENS DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO SIGN THE MANIFESTS FOR EVERY PICKUP AND EVERY SERVICE OF EITHER THE OIL, WATER SEPARATOR, OR THE FLUID PICKUPS, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT WILL BE DURING THE DAY, UM, SOUND, I KNOW WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED WITH SOUNDS THAT MAY COME FROM THE FACILITY.
ALL WORK IS DONE WITHIN THE BAYS.
NOTHING'S DONE OUTSIDE, UM, THE SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY OVER ON BROOK MEADOWS LANE.
WE'VE GOT A 60 FOOT, UM, CLEARANCE THERE PLUS ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 FEET, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE BAYS, OUR SETBACK FROM THE LOUNGE AREA AND THE CUSTOMER IN THE OFFICE AREA.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A FENCE THERE THAT WILL HELP ABSORB SOME OF THE SOUND AND THEY ALSO INTEND TO PUT IN, UH, SEVERAL TREES AND SOME SHRUBBERY TO KIND OF ABSORB ANY SOUND THAT WOULD TRESPASS FROM THE BUILDING.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE AS QUIET AND, UM, NICE TO THE NEIGHBORS AS POSSIBLE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS PROBABLY A CONCERN AND WILL COMPLY WITH ALL LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AND NOISE ORDINANCES, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND, UM, ALSO A NOTE THAT THE SOUNDS THAT, UM, ARE BEING GENERATED ARE NOT CONTINUOUS IN NATURE.
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MIGHT BE LIKE A AIR COMPRESSOR COMING ON FOR MAYBE A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME, OR PERHAPS AN IMPACT WRENCH, JUST A VERY, VERY SHORT BURSTS OF SOUND.SO IT'S NOT A CONTINUOUS, UH, CONTINUOUS NOISE ALL THE TIME.
UM, FOR LIGHTING, THE BUILDING AND YARD LIGHTS ARE INTENDED TO BE THE MINIMUM NECESSARY FOR SAFETY AND ACCESS TO THE SITE.
UM, THE LIGHTING WILL MEET, UM, ALL THE COUNTY AND, UH, CITY OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCES, AND THEY ARE DARK SKY COMPLIANT FIXTURES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TRESPASS INTO THE NEIGHBORING YARDS, UH, THE SITE AND BUILDING OVERVIEW, ESSENTIALLY.
WE'RE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF, UH, THE STRIP CENTER AT SOUTH KIRKWOOD AND WEST AIRPORT.
SO THE BAY DOORS ON THE NORTH IS WHERE THE PEOPLE WILL ENTER AND THEN EXIT THROUGH THE SOUTH.
AND WE ARE THE ACCESS TO THE SITE IS WE'RE USING EXISTING ACCESS.
NO MORE DRIVEWAYS WILL BE ADDED.
THEY'LL JUST BE THE ONE OFF OF SOUTH KIRKWOOD.
AND THEN THE ONE OFF OF WEST AIRPORT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE, UH, LET'S SEE SETBACK THE SETBACKS ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING TREES THERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY NICE TREES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEM, UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD SOME LANDSCAPED AREAS AROUND THE TREES WITH SHRUBBERY AND FLOWERS, PLANTINGS, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEN ALSO, AS I DISCUSSED EARLIER, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUFFER OF TREES ALONG THE NORTH SIDE, BETWEEN THE FACILITY AND THE RESIDENCES, THE SITE CIRCULATION, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE VEHICLES GOING AROUND TO THE NORTH TO ENTER THE BUILDING AND THEN EXITING THROUGH THE SOUTH.
THE EMPLOYEE PARKING WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOT, AND THERE IS A CURB THERE AND A SEPARATION BETWEEN THIS SITE AND THE JIFFY LUBE PARKING AND THE PARKING THAT WOULD BE FOR THE DAYCARE OR THE OTHER, UH, BUSINESSES IN THAT STRIP CENTER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING A NUISANCE OR A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN LITTLE ONES CAN BREAK FREE.
UM, LET'S SEE, THE BUILDING IS OKAY.
WE, YOU TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT 60 FEET PLUS AWAY FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS WHERE THE HOUSES ARE.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO BUFFER OURSELVES FROM THE HOUSES SO THAT WE CAN BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, PROPOSED LANDSCAPING.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING THERE'S SEVERAL LARGE TREES THAT WILL BE PLANTED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE, ALONG WITH SOME MEDIUM AND SMALL TREES AND SOME SHRUBBERY JUST TO PUT IT IN A NICE BUFFER SO THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT A JIFFY LUBE, BUT IF YOU DO, YOU'LL HAVE TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE TREES IN THE WAY.
UM, WE'RE REQUESTING TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING MATURE TREES ON THE EAST SIDE AND ADDING PLANTING BEDS TO THAT.
AND THE REMAINING AREAS WILL BE SEEDED OR SODDED TO MATCH THE EXISTING GRASS.
AND THAT IS AN ARTIST RENDERING OF THE FACILITY AND THE PROPOSED COLORS.
THAT IS ONE OF THEIR NEW COLOR SCHEMES THAT THEY ARE ROLLING OUT.
AND, UH, PERSONALLY I THINK IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN STARK WHITE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OPINION.
UM, THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE WILLING TO LOOK AT GOING TO WHITE OR, UM, CHANGING SOME OF THE COLORS SCHEME IF OKAY, THIS THING THEY'RE PROBABLY OPEN TO MAKING SOME CHANGES IF NECESSARY.
UM, THE SIGNAGE, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS SIGNAGE ON ALL SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SHORT ENDS OF THE BUILDING HAVE VERY LITTLE SIGNAGE AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT A MONUMENT SIGN ALONG SOUTH KIRKWOOD, AND ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL, ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS, PUBLIC, ANYBODY HAVE, YES.
PLEASE STEP UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AGAIN AND YOUR ADDRESS, AMY.
IF YOU'D STEP ASIDE AND LET THE PUBLIC UP THERE AND APPRECIATE IT.
I NOTICED THAT THE BUILDING STATED IT HAD A BASEMENT.
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THE BUILDING STATED IT HAD STORAGE TANKS IN THE BASEMENT.AND THEN IT SAID THAT THESE TIRE STORAGE TANKS WERE ABOVE GRADE ARE THE STORAGE TANKS UNDERGROUND OR THE AT LEVEL WITH THE PARKING LOT.
SO IT WOULD BE LIKE HAVING A CONTAINER IF YOU HAD, I WOULDN'T SAY GAS CAN CAUSE THAT WOULDN'T BE SAFE, BUT JUST HAVING A CONTAINER, IT'S NOT AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PER SE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT BURIED IN THE SOIL AND THEN IT CAN FLOOD, BUT IT'S ONLY MAINTAIN IT'S MAINTAINED WITHIN THE FACILITY.
I IMAGINE THERE'S SAFETY
YEAH, WE, WE, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THAT FLOODWATER BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THAT.
UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE THE SAME CONFIGURATION THROUGHOUT FORT BEND COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY.
THEY'RE VERY ADAMANT THAT THEY WANT THE TAKES ANY STORAGE.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY TANKS PER SE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY SMALLER STORAGE CONTAINERS, BUT THEY WANT THEM TO BE WHERE THEY CAN SEE THEM NOT BURIED UNDER DIRT BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN THEM AND LOOK FOR LEAKS.
AND IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT AWAY.
INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE DIGS IT UP WHEN IT'S A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO IT'S A DEFINITION ISSUE WITH WHAT, IN ORDER TO BE CALLED AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK.
IT DOESN'T REFER TO BASEMENTS.
IT REFERS TO BEING BURIED RIGHT NOW, PEDESTRIAN OR EVERYONE, AS OPPOSED TO THE DOCKING AREA ALONG THE WALKWAY.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BYPASSING YOUR DRIVEWAY IS EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY THAT ALL YOUR CHILDREN AT DAYCARE, UH, PERHAPS PUTTING IN, I PSYCHED THE ELENA'S
WAIT, WAIT TILL YOU GET THERE AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
HE'S NORA PAUL IN RA P A U L IN MY, IN THE ADDRESSEES 1, 1 703 BROOK METALS LANE.
AND, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE IS WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THAT RIBS? NORA? WHAT IS THE, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS THIS? MAYBE SHE MENTIONED IT AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT.
YOU NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE END OF THAT.
SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT, HE'S THE HEIGHT OF THAT RED SIGN MARQUIS.
YEAH, BUT YOU MEAN THE MONUMENT SIGN? THE ONE THAT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, THE HYPE OF THAT.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DIMENSIONS AND NOR I WILL SAY THIS, WE HAVE REGULATIONS ALREADY ON THOSE ON MONUMENT SIGNS.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS ALL THESE BUSINESSES HAVE ALSO A DUMPSTER AND I WANTED TO SEE ON THE DIAGRAM WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE SHOWN.
ARE Y'ALL TALKING? WE COULDN'T TELL BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T TALKING INTO THE MICROPHONE.
I WAS JUST EXPLAINING THAT THE DUMPSTER IS GOING TO BE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE, BEHIND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN ENCLOSURE PER CITY REQUIREMENTS SO THAT, UM, IT'S ALL NICE AND NEAT AND WRAPPED
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UP AND THEN HIDDEN BEHIND SOME TREES.YOU PULL IT BACK UP THERE SO WE CAN TAKE A QUICK LOOK.
DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AND DUMPSTER ARE UP IN THIS NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITES AND IT KNOW THE BATHROOMS ARE INSIDE.
THERE'S, UM, A SEPARATE RESTROOM FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THEN FOR THE CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR THAT TRASH.
WELL, I'M GOING TO INTERJECT, UM, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, UM, THERE MAY BE RESTRICTIONS ON THE NUMBER OF SIGNS AND THE HIGHTEST SIGNS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AS WE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE, I KNOW, I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THIS IS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS, AND IF YOU COME UP AFTER THE MEETING, AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE GOT YOU THREE MINUTES AND THEN GET OUT RIGHT NOW.
CAUSE ANYTHING YOU MAY ASK OR BRING UP MAY BE ASKED OR THOUGHT OF BY SOMEONE ELSE.
WELL, I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED MY LETTER, MY OPPOSITION TO THESE PROJECT IN WRITING.
MY MAIN CONCERNS WERE OF COURSE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, WHICH WAS BROUGHT OUT BY THE OTHER GENTLEMAN TOO.
AND THEN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NOISE.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE AIR QUALITY, THE RUNNING ENGINES, YOU KNOW, THE HAZARD OF WASTE THAT THESE BUSINESSES PRODUCE AND THE IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, LOWER OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AND NOT JUST MINE THAT IS CLOSE, BUT MAYBE THE WHOLE CITY, YOU KNOW, I WISHED THIS LETTER THAT HE SENT TO THEIR HOMES THAT ARE 200 FEET AWAY.
WISH SHE WAS SENT TO THE WHOLE CITY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THEM TOO.
IT'S THE ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW? UM, AND, UM, THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS I LOOKED AT OTHER OIL CHANGE FACILITIES AND THERE IS A LOT OF TWO BLOCKS SOUTH.
WE HAVE, THE QUICK CAR LOOP IS TWO BLOCKS, REALLY LITERATELY.
AND THEN THERE IS ON THEIR YARD FOR MISERY CITY ON ELDRIDGE MURPHY, OR I'M SORRY, I GUESS I'M HEARING MY ECHO.
I FELT SOMEBODY WAS INTERRUPTING ME.
SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE IS A NEED FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THIS.
UM, IN, IN CLOSING, I'LL SAY THAT MY MAIN CONCERN WAS ABOUT PASSWORDLESS IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO I WENT TO THE WEBSITE OF THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUIDELINES ABOUT WHAT THESE FACILITIES, HOW THEY HAVE TO OPERATE.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT ALARM BECAUSE THEY HAD THINGS IN HERE THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT OF.
NOW, I KNOW THE REPRESENTATIVE HAS ADDRESSED SOME OF THIS.
AND I KNOW SHELL IS A REALLY GOOD COMPANY.
MY DAUGHTER HAPPENS TO WORK FOR THEM, MY TENURE, TRYING TO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.
SHE WORKS IN THE IDEA DEPARTMENT.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS IN THESE GUIDELINES THAT THEY WROTE FOR THESE BUSINESSES ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, STORAGE DISPOSAL OF THINGS LIKE THE USED OIL, THE, THE USE FILTERS, ALL FILTERS, YOU KNOW, THINGS I HADN'T THOUGHT OF LEAD ACID BATTERIES MIGHT BE SCRAP TIRES.
I'M NOT SURE IN THIS CASE, ANTIFREEZE, TRANSMISSION, FLUIDS, BRAKE FLUID, POWER STEERING, FLUIDS, YOU KNOW, WASTEWATER SOLID WASTE.
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE TOXIC.
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE CORROSIVE IN THERE IS GOING TO BE WASHING AND DECREASING OF THESE AUTO PARTS.
AND THEN IF THE REESE'S PILLS, OF COURSE THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF CARE FOR THESE NOT TO GO INTO THE SURFACE WATER OR THE GROUND WATER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, UM, THEY HAVE THE STORAGE ALSO TANKS ABOVE OR BELOW THE, I CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT SAME ISSUE HERE AT THE CITY.
I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT IN THE PAST AS WELL.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING CONTAINERS INSIDE OF A CEMENT CONTAINER.
AND IF ALL OVER EVERY FLUID THAT THEY HAVE LEAKED, IT WOULD STAY WITHIN THERE AND WOULD BE SELF-CONTAINED.
AND THOSE ARE ALL ADDRESSED AS PART OF THOSE TCEQ REQUIREMENTS.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING THOSE UP.
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AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEM HERE AS WELL, AND WE GET TCQ INSPECTIONS COMING OUT HERE.AND SO, UH, I WANT YOU TO REST ASSURED THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABIDING BY THEM HERE IN THE CITY.
I MADE SOME NOTES FROM THE WEBSITE.
WOULD THE CON THE COMMISSION BE INTERESTED IN THIS? OR YOU CAN HAND THIS RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU'LL HAND IT TO THIS, UH, SOMEBODY IN FRONT OF ME OR JUST HANDS.
AND MS. PAUL, WE'VE ALL GOT YOUR LETTER.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
I'M WAITING FOR THE MADELAINE OR SOME LITTLE RESTAURANT TO APPLY FOR A BUSINESS IN THIS AREA, BUT WE KEEP GETTING THESE AUTOMOTIVE REQUESTS OR I WILL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. PAUL, GO AHEAD.
YOU WANT TO GO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE H GEAR OFF? I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH U OF H IT'S JUST A SHIRT.
I LIVE AT 11 AND 7 0 7 BROOK MEADOWS.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS, I TOLD MARRIAGES WHERE THERE'S A MONTHLY THING WITH, WITH AUTO PLACES IN THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY.
AGAIN, UH, I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE COMING INTO OUR NICE CITIES WITH YOUR ROUNDABOUTS, WITH THE PRETTY FLOWERS AND WE ARE ALL, AND I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THEM.
AND NORA SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF AUTOMOTIVE PLACES AROUND THE CITY THAT DO OIL CHANGES.
I KNOW YOU'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE STRICT ON COMPLIANCES WITH THEIR WASTE AND ALL, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A FRANCHISE.
SO SHELL AND THE MOTHER COMPANY HAS TO PUT OUT THESE GUIDELINES THAT THEY GO BY, BUT WE, WE WILL BE ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWED.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR REPERCUSSIONS IS TAKE CARE OF IT, MOVE IT, DO IT, GET RID OF IT AND MAKE IT RIGHT.
BUT IN THE MEAN MEANTIME, IT'S NOT FOLLOWED.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH ME ALSO, THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.
I THINK IN THE LONG RUN ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE GETTING MORE POPULAR.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ESTABLISHED OIL CHANGE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
UH, THIS PLACE, HE, SHE SAYING 50 OR 60 CARS A DAY.
WHAT IF IT'S 10 OR 15? WHAT IF THE FRANCHISE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE TO SURVIVE? RE-PURPOSING THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE REAL HARD TO DO IF IT IS A JIFFY LUBE GARAGE TYPE FACILITY.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WANTED AS A VACANT AUTO PLACE SITTING VACANT FOR A LONG TIME, UH, NOT BEING USED.
AND I MAY BE A LITTLE BIASED BECAUSE I'M RIGHT BEHIND, I AM THE NEIGHBOR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT 60 FOOT RIGHT SPACE.
AND I, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY LEASED, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT JIFFY LUBE IS WHAT I WANT RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE AND WHAT WE WANT ENTERING THE CITY OF THE MEADOWS PLACE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE GROCERY STORE IS CRATE.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED THERE? I'VE LIVED THERE 30 YEARS.
NOW MY WIFE WAS THERE WHEN Y'ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY.
UH, AND I ASSURE YOU IN THAT 30 TO 37 YEARS, THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT CORNER ALL THOSE TIMES.
I CAN'T ADDRESS THE, UH, THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF IT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY THAT SHELL OIL COMPANY OR ROYAL DUTCH SHELL HAS A BUSINESS GROUP THAT WAS SAYS THAT THIS'LL BE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, WHETHER IT IS OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IFS.
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TO HAVE TO GO WITH THE FACT THAT FOR THIS DISCUSSION, THAT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS MODEL THAT SHOWS IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.WELL, I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY GYPSY, SEE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECAUSE I ALSO SHARE SOME OF THOSE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO, IF, OKAY.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT NOBODY'S BROUGHT ANYTHING TO THIS.
I'M SAYING THIS, I'M USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS.
YOU GOT A GUY NAMED BOB GRAFF OVER HERE THAT TOLD ME ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YEARS AGO, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME PUTTING SOMETHING IN THAT CORNER.
UM, AND IT'S PROVEN TO BE, AND I, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN HEB IN THAT CORNER.
NO, WE'RE NOT RESTING, BUT SHARED ON THAT.
AND WE HAD A RE MEADOWS PLACE RESIDENT BRING A KELLY'S INTO THIS CITY.
AND SO, BUT WHAT'D YOU, WHAT DO YOU AND I NEED WHERE JOSEPH IS A HEALTH FOOD.
KELLY'S CHICKEN FRIED CHICKEN IS WE DON'T NEED KELLY'S TICKET FRIED STEAK.
WE NEED A, YOU'RE SITTING THERE SAYING LET'S NOT PUT SOMETHING IN.
HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING? NOT PUT THIS IN.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO PUT, REPLACE IT? HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING IDEAS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S IN MY MIND THAT I, IT SLIPPED OUT.
I WANT TO SAY, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT, HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE GROCERY STORE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED.
IT IS BASICALLY A RESTAURANT THAT'S IN A, AND THEY'VE OPENED A COUPLE ONE IN THE WOODLANDS AND ONE IN RICE VILLAGE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE ONE OF THOSE TYPE DELIS THAT SERVE, UH, HEALTH FOOD.
AND I'M REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT IN THAT LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
AND I FORGOT WHAT IT'S CALLED, NOT MY EATS, BUT LOCAL FOODS.
BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THERE, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY POPULAR, VERY NICE, VERY HEALTH, FOOD ORIENTED PLACE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT I PICTURE THERE.
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STARBUCKS ACROSS THE STREET AND THAT'S DOING REAL WELL WITH THE BUSINESS AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD DO THAT TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT WOULD DO REAL WELL.
YOU COULD THINK THAT GENTLEMEN SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE FOR BOTH ALL THESE AND FOR STARBUCKS.
AND HE, ISN'T SITTING NEXT TO THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY AND HE'S BEEN TRYING FOR 28 YEARS OR 30 YEARS TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT BACK CORNER.
AND SO UNDERSTAND LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN, UH, A SEPARATE, IT'S NOT BEEN A, UH, AN EASY TASK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE A RIGHT CHOICE.
NOT A CHOICE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 37 YEARS.
ANYBODY ELSE? CHRIS RIVERS? UH, BROOK MEADOWS LANE 1 1 6 0 2.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE ACTUALLY LIKE RUNNING OIL CHANGE AROUND HERE.
UM, IF YOU'RE PROPOSING AND DOING 40 TO 60 CARS A DAY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY EVERY SIX WEEKS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND SAFETY CLEAN, OR ANOTHER COMPANY COMING IN.
WHAT'S COMING IN ON A HUGE TRUCK TO EMPTYING OUT ALL THE PITS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER TRUCK OF SHELL ROTELLA FILLING UP YOUR FIDO, YOUR THIRD AND YOUR FOUR MAJOR OILS THAT YOU USE.
SO ONE CHUNK OF EACH, UH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER LOAD.
EVERY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, PROBABLY.
THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE BARRELS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO STORE ON THOSE LINES THOUGH.
SO ALL YOUR SYNTHETIC OILS AND EVERYTHING THAT AREN'T STORED BELOW, THEY'RE USUALLY STORED ON TOP.
I KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOP IS A GREAT COMPANY, I POST A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, MANAGERS FROM PTFE LOOP IN MY TIME.
BUT, UM, BACK INTO ME BECAUSE I PAID MORE, UM, PREVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR AREA, BECAUSE IT DOES FLOOD AND EVERYTHING.
UM, THAT'D BE MY BIGGEST THING.
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HAVE, YOU KNOW, BATTERY SERVICES COMING IN, THEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT OIL FILTERS.SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TRUCKS COMING IN AT ALL TIMES, ESPECIALLY AT THAT LOCATION, IT COULD BE PROVIDED TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT GOING IN.
I DIDN'T SEE WHAT KIND OF FUEL INJECTION SERVICES DO Y'ALL OFFER THOSE AS WELL OR NO.
UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THOSE IN A BAY, UH, AND THAT'S A LOT OF SMOKE AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOING ON.
I MISSED WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
OH, SO YOU CAN'T DO THOSE INSIDE OF A BAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SMOKE AND EVERYTHING.
AND I WORKED IN THE WOODLANDS A LONG TIME.
AND SO PEOPLE IN THE WOODLANDS DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
AND I KNOW OVER HERE AT BROOK METALS LINE, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE 13 MONTHS, BUT, UH, YEAH, SIMILAR TYPE OF PEOPLE OVER HERE AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? IN THIS PROPOSAL? OKAY.
I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WAS JUST, MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS, IS NOT JUST ONE OR TWO TRUCKS BRINGING IN THE ONE, TWO TYPES OF DIFFERENT OIL.
IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OILS, BARRELS, DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND EVERYTHING.
LIKE I SAID, I WOULDN'T MIND IT DIFFERENTLY BEING IN OUR AREA.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THERE.
UH, WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY BACK IN 2018 AND IT WAS DISTRESSED.
UH, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT 30% OCCUPANCY.
UH, WE CAME IN AND WE BROUGHT DOCUMENTARY UP TO ABOUT 88%, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT JOURNEY FOR US TO BRING GOOD BUSINESS IN THERE.
UH, NOT ONLY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE COME UP WITH THE PROPOSAL, OBVIOUSLY WE GIVE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING IT UP TO THE MAYOR AS WELL AS BOB AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ONLY HAVE GOOD TENANTS THERE.
UH, EVEN, UH, JIFFY LUBE, WE LEASED THE LAND TO THEM.
SO WE STILL HAVE FULL CONTROL ON THE PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SELLING THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
THEY WANT TO, UH, I GOT TWO KIDS, LITTLE KIDS, UH, AND YOU KNOW, I'LL CHANGE.
UH, WE ALL HAVE CARS, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, JIFFY LUBE, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A JIFFY LUBE HAD A PROBLEM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OR ANYWHERE IN THE STATES, AT LEAST, UH, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I BELIEVE THEY TAKE SAFETY AS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS IN ENSURE THAT WHATEVER THEY PUT THERE DOESN'T AFFECT THE CITY, THE FRONT, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE SOIL AND SO FORTH.
UH, UH, I BELIEVE ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UH, UH, BRINGING JEFFY LOOP THERE IS ONLY GOING TO ATTRACT OTHER BIG, UH, ENTITIES TO LOOK AT THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT'S STILL, UH, AWAKENED.
SO WE CANNOT, UH, WHAT DOES HELPS US, BUT THE CITY AND MYSELF IS, UH, IT, IT BRINGS, UH, IN A GOOD VALUE TO THE CITY BRINGING GOOD TENANTS, GOOD NATIONAL TENANTS REALLY BRINGS GOOD VALUE TO THE CITY.
UH, AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO SAY IS THE, CITY'S BEEN GREAT TO US.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN 2018, UH, WORKED THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CITY REQUIREMENTS.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS THERE, AND THIS WILL HELP BRING GOOD BUSINESS TO THE CITY AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL.
IT WASN'T NOSE BEING SMART DELI.
SO THAT'S THE POWERHOUSES TO BE.
I'VE SEEN NO REASON TO KEEP THIS GOING ON.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, OOPS.
WHERE AM I AT? AH, HERE WE GO.
I, UH, I WAS, I HAD A REQUEST TO READ AN EMAIL FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS AFRAID TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE OF COVID.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE THAT EMAIL READ RIGHT NOW ABOUT CITY SECRETARY.
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THIS IS FROM DIANA AND PABLO DID NAUGHTY 1, 2, 2, 3, 9 MONTECITO.THEY SAY WE WRITE ONCE MORE TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED.
IF WE LOSE OIL THAT SEEKS A PERMIT TO OPEN ON KIRKWOOD AND WEST AIRPORT.
ONCE AGAIN, AS DEATHS, AS DECADE OLD RESIDENTS WHO KNOW OUR CITY, WELL, WE WRITE TO EXPRESS OUR FIRM OPPOSITION TO ANY CAR REPAIR OR MECHANIC SHOP AT THAT LOCATION.
ANY CAR REPAIR SHOP WILL BRING TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRATION NOISE POLLUTION, AND DO UNTOLD DAMAGE TO THE CORNER, TO THE CITY.
AND SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT WILL BE FORCED TO LIVE NEXT DOOR AND WE'LL SUFFER THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED WITH THE INCREASE OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC, CARS, IDLING, AND WORSE.
AS A REMINDER, IT IS EXPECTED THAT A MAJORITY OF THE CARS SOLD IN THE FUTURE WILL BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
MEANING THIS IS ALSO A DYING BUSINESS.
IF NOT TODAY, SOON, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE PLACES INEVITABLY CLOSE IN A FEW YEARS, THE CITY SHOULD PLAN AHEAD WITH A LONG LENS, LOOKING AT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF DECADES, NOT YEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK HAS SUCH NEGATIVE IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
LOOKING BACK, WE THINK OF ROOM IN HINDSIGHT, MOST OF US WAS THE CITY HAD NOT ALLOWED THEM TO COME GRANTED THEM.
THE COMMERCIAL OPTION WERE MORE LIMITED ON DORRANCE NEIGHBORS ON THE SIDE OF DORRANCE, BLOOMINGTON, ET CETERA.
NOW HAVE TO LIVE WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR EVEN LOUD ALARMS THAT GO OFF AND WAKE EVERYBODY UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU CALL 9 1, 1 CAR BUSINESS INEVITABLY MEANS INCREASED ROAD WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC JAMS, INCREASED RISKS OF ACCIDENTS.
MEADOWS PLACE WILL BE FORCED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS, NOT ONLY TO THE ROADS, BUT ALSO THE ROUNDABOUTS LANDSCAPING IN MORE KIRKWOOD AND WEST AIRPORT IS OUR SMALL TOWNS, PRIME COMMERCIAL CORNER AT PRESENT.
WHATEVER COMES IS NOW GOING TO SET THE TONE FOR DECADES TO COME.
AS WE SAID BEFORE, ROUNDABOUTS LOOK, GREAT.
STARBUCKS BRINGS IN VISITORS, VISITORS THAT WILL LINGER AND SHOP NEARBY.
AND IT IS A SOURCE OF ENJOYMENT FOR MEADOWS PLACE RESIDENTS.
WHY BRING A POLLUTING EYESORE THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A DESCENT JUST CENTER FOR ANY OTHER NICER BUSINESSES TO COME TO OUR CITY AND WILL HURT NOT ONLY OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT WEST BELFORT AND 59 TO SEE WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
AND FOR THOSE WORRIED ABOUT SERVICING THEIR CARS, THERE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL PLACES ALMOST WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
WE CAN GO TO, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM CAN EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS.
THERE'S NO RUSH TO BRING BUSINESS TO THIS LAST RESORT AS ALWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS, UNFORTUNATELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS EMAIL IS ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET THEIR READ.
IT WAS A REQUEST TO BE PUT IN AND PUT IN A MINUTE.
SO I WANTED EVERYBODY TO DO THAT.
I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS AND I, AND BOY, IF I COULD WRITE A LETTER LIKE THAT, I'D GO INTO WRITING BUSINESS.
THAT'S MAN, THAT'S A GOOD DEAL.
UM, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IT'S GOING TO INCREASE A LITTLE S THE 50 TO 60 A DAY? HOW MANY WOULD GO BE THROUGH IN THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT I COULD.
COULD I EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE IN 50, 60 DAY? I DON'T THINK SO.
WHAT MY CONCERN IS, WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO TO MAKE MEADOWS PLACE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO FOLKS ON THE OUTSIDE AND HAVING FACILITIES THAT WILL SERVICE US IN HOWEVER MANY AREAS IS PART OF IT.
I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE ONE ON THE OTHER END, UH, THAN I AM HERE BECAUSE THIS THING'S TUCKED THE BAY IN THE CORNER.
UH, AND MY, FOR AGAINST THIS, I'M NOT FOR, OR AGAINST THIS SPECIFIC THING, I WOULD JUST FORCE SOMETHING THERE.
AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME, WELL, I WANT A WHOLE FOODS.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN WANTING FOR 25 YEARS.
HOW MANY EVIAN AND NOT CERTAIN SOUND TO PEOPLE IN THIS CITY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT HAS A BUSINESS THAT CAN COME OPEN.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT CAN BRING A BUSINESS IN, THEN I SUGGEST YOU NEED TO GO FIND SOMEBODY OR AT LEAST CUT US A LITTLE SLACK WAS WE TRY TO GO OUT AND PUT BUSINESSES IN WHETHER THIS ONE COMES BACK WITH A COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE ON OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT PLEASE I'M SERIOUS.
SOMEBODY WALKED UP TO THE OWNER OF KELLY'S AND SAID, YOU NEED TO PUT A KELLY'S HERE IN METAL'S PLACE.
HIS NEXT RESPONSE WAS WHERE'S THAT, WELL, WE'RE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT WE'RE OVERCOMING A LOT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS WE'RE BRINGING IN BUSINESSES LIKE STARBUCKS, WHICH BRINGS A WHOLE
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LOT MORE THAN 50, 60 CARS A DAY IN, AND WE DO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE ALL OF THOSE.I WANT TO PUT ONE THING TO SAY, WE DO WORK THOSE BUSINESSES.
WE WALK, WE DO A BUSINESS CHECK ONCE A WEEK WITH THE COPS.
IF NOT MORE OFTEN, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WALKS IN EVERY ONE OF THEM AND MANAGES TO PUT THEIR EYEBALLS ON IT.
AND IN SOME PLACE THAT'S TCQ RELATED, WE'D GET OUR, UH, QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY OUR, UH, ROD HANEY.
OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD OVER FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS IN WRITING THEM ALL A PERMIT.
SO THOSE ARE ALL LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THOSE, I THINK ARE NOT A CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE WE CAN MANAGE AND HANDLE THOSE.
WHETHER THAT'S THE BUSINESS WE WANT THERE, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT COMES IN HERE, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL OVER IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TOP OF IT IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE'RE ONLY ONE SQUARE MILE.
IT DIDN'T TAKE US A LONG TIME TO CHECK THIS STUFF OUT.
UH, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND I WANT TO THANK PNC WHO IS NOW UNDERSTANDING, GONNA GO DELIBERATE.
AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, PERVADE AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, WAS AMY PIERCE WITH JIFFY LUBE AND EVERYBODY WHO GOT UP AND SPOKE.
AND WITH THAT, MOST SOMEBODY OBJECTS ON THIS MEETING ADJOURNED, ALL RIGHT, JESSE, UH, FOR THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU DO WANT TO OBSERVE P AND Z, YOU CAN, THAT IS AN OPEN MEETING AS WELL.
AND THEN IT'D BE HELPFUL IF, IF, UH, AMY YOU'D GO WITH, WITH THEM AS WELL.