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Regular City ('olillcil :V1l'ctlllg May (¡, 2004 Page 7 Stan Thurman, 3945 Sage Trail, appeared stating that he was opposed to this rezoning. He said he made a statement to the Council about a slow pul1out and fast impact and it actually happened. He explained that a sand truck came over the hill by Kimberly-Clark on the corner of 19th and Loop 286. The sand truck was heading towards 271 and a flat bed was coming from Kimberly-Clark and it took his whole nose off. It could have kil1ed two drivers, but it put one in the hospital. It actually happened what he said would happen. Mr. Thurman said a slow move out and loaded truck and it is over. He said if that had been a school bus, lord help us, 42 children. Debbie Burks, 3935 Sage Trail, came forward telling the Council that she has worked hard for her home, and she knew that we talked about going through the ballot period as a retirement center. I fthe Council does not have respect for the homeowners and residents, they are not going to want to come here to retire. Ms. Burks said this is not the only spot for a truck stop. If she wants a truck stop, there are other places. Ms. Burks said just move away from the residential areas. She said they built, they bought and paid. She urged the City Council to respect that because without citizens, if you only have businesses, what is your city without the people. Again Ms. Burks asked the City Council to respect their req uest. Rick I Iawthorne, 121 Rue Calle Drive, appeared before the City Council stating that he was against this zoning change. He said he would like to see who the neighbors are that live in the area that are in favor of this. He said he has not really seen any. Mr. Hawthorne said if the City of Paris majority of the population wanted to vote on this as it has been stated here, we could al1 move to Dal1as if that is really what we want. This is a nice little town and it is a pleasant place to live and he did not want it to grow too much, but a few things would be nice. Mr. Hawthorne stated that it has been brought up that this is really not a truck stop. He said it is a truck stop if trucks stop there. He felt that i I' the Counci 1 spoke to the residents who live in the area and not sell diesel, there would not be a problem, so that is the problem, because there are going to be trucks there. He said the last thing that he would like the City Council to