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City Council Meetrng June 6, 2002 Page 4 Bobby Guest came forward telling the City Council that she lives right behind the Star Car Wash and she has beer bottles in her yard all the time. Ms. Guest said she calls the police all time and she was against another car wash being located there. Ms. Guest also said she has called the city several times about the fence because Star Car Wash does not keep up the fence. Mayor Pfiester called for a show of hands of those present who were against the zoning change. There were eight people against the zoning change. Russell Gifford, 2915 Margaret Street, appeared before the City Council objecting to the zoning change. Mr. Gifford said that the reason they purchased their property was because it was a nice neighborhood and had very little traffic. Mr. Gifford said they paid a lot for their home to have a twenty- four hour car wash put right behind their home. He said it was a disappointment to them to have something like that put in their backyard. Councilwoman Neeley asked Mr. Gifford if he received notification of the zoning change. Mr. Gifford said that he did receive notice, but thought it was a laundry. City Manager Malone told the City Council that Mr. Methven had given him a map showing Mr. Dockery's property is not within the two hundred feet limit. Tony Dale Bowden, Blossom, Texas, came forward stating that he owns the lot that Leann and Jason Sartor would like to purchase. He said he bought the lot a month ago with the intention of putting a strip center there. Mr. Bowden was approached by the Sartor's asking to buy the property and he agreed to sell the lot based on the City Council approving the rezoning. Mr. Bowden told the City Council that what they are proposing to build is really nice. He had never seen anything like this except in the Dallas area. Mr. Bowden stated that developers felt like they were in a catch twenty-two in Paris - the citizens want development, but don't want to cut a tree down, and in the long run, the new development will be landscaped and will be attractive.