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Regular City Council Meeting <br />April 8, 2004 <br />Page 4 <br />with 60 to stay the night. Ms. Early informed the Council that trucks do not <br />stop running at night. Their engines run all night. Ms. Early said they could <br />hear noise from the Loop and she felt that being two blocks away from a truck <br />stop, she would be able to hear those trucks. Ms. Early commented on the <br />statement by Mr. Enloe regarding Collegiate Drive that was also on a four-lane <br />highway with a speed limit of 55, which makes a big difference. She also <br />pointed out that where this truck stop would be located is only a two-lane <br />highway and the speed limit is 60 miles per hour. <br />th <br />Billy Dickens, 745 42 S.W., appeared before City Council and voiced his <br />opposition to the zoning change. Mr. Dickens said he felt there would be a <br />problem with the noise from the truck stop. <br />Standford Thurman, appeared before the Council stating that he is a retired <br />truck driver of 30 years. He informed the Council that he has done research on <br />the median where Ms. Gates is planning to place her truck stop and it is 36 feet <br />wide. Mr. Thurman said they were allowed to have 70 feet of truck at the <br />median. With a truck trying to make that turn, it is going to be dangerous and <br />there will also be a noise factor. <br />Michael Roberts, 3825 Sage Trail Drive, appeared before the council <br />presenting a letter from Linda Butcher objecting to the truck stop. Mr. Roberts <br />said some of the concerns that he shares with his neighbors are traffic <br />problems, security problems, and pollution problems. Mr. Roberts said he was <br />speaking from a job history that includes operating nationwide as a truck driver <br />in the past. He said that safe truck stops are hard to find. He said that many <br />truck drivers look for trusted names such as Petro, Flying J, Truck Stops of <br />America, Union 76, and Loves. Mr. Roberts stated that many truck drivers <br />avoid truck stops that do not carry corporate sponsorship because it is those <br />locations which draw a different type of driver. He said that friends and <br />neighbors are just trying to avoid any type of unsavory element. Mr. Roberts <br />said that the Planning and Zoning Commission, as well as some Council <br />Members, have admonished residents of their neighborhood that they live on <br /> <br />