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Regular Council Meeting February 25, 2015 Page 7 to honor the wishes of those who elected them and they needed to do the right thing for all of the residents of the City. Christy Wendell, 4142 Primrose Lane — she said the whole situation was unfortunate. She said a lot of things concerning Recyclers Depot had been misrepresented whether by intent to deceive, being incompetent, or an honest mistake. She said the Glicks only planned to collect scrap metal and iron and not recycle paper, plastic or glass at Recyclers Depot. Ms. Wendell said the facility was represented as being completely enclosed, but they now knew that was not true. She also said they were not retail, because they were not going to sell anything to consumers. Ms. Wendell said the Glicks said the cornerstone of their business was cleanliness, but their corporate headquarters in Texarkana had been cited for six EPA violations over the last three years. She also said Ben Glick represented himself as their general counsel, but he was not licensed to practice law in Arkansas or Texas, and the Supreme Court listed his admission to the Bar as deferred. Ms. Wendell said the Department of Labor states recycling of metal could be dangerous for workers and that collection was one of the most dangerous parts. She also said recently in El Paso a bomb squad was called to a scrap metal business. Ms. Wendell said after making three attempts to resolve this issue with the City in a professional manner and being told it was a done deal and nothing could be done, she had no choice but to appeal to Dr. Hashmi for help. Ms. Wendell said during this whole ordeal, Dr. Hashmi was one of very few individuals to remember his responsibility to represent the people of Paris and do the right thing. Ken Kohls, 3935 Brandyn Place — he complimented Mr. Godwin on standing up and admitting the City made a mistake. Mr. Kohls told Mr. Godwin that he owed the City an explanation as to how this happened. He also told Mr. Godwin they wanted to know who did this and what course of action was going to be taken to prevent it from happening again. James Price, 1230 Shiloh - he said recycling was dangerous and that it encouraged people to go through trash and he did not want that. Carolyn Patterson, - she said she owned the property at 4225 Primrose. She asked City Council to picture their neighborhood, one which was quiet and with zero lot lines. She said the home she owned had a garage which was only 30 feet from the parking lot of this proposed facility. She asked Council to imagine what it would be like to smell and hear this business every day and that it should be placed in an industrial setting. Council Member Hashmi expressed appreciation to all those who came to the meeting and particularly Mrs. Hagood, who came out despite bad weather and who reminded Council of their duties. Mayor Frierson said he had received e -mails and phone calls and that he appreciated all of those. He said this was about recycling centers and he initially understood this facility was to be a collection point, but the when he received the packet of information he questioned the ability to accept cars and tractors. He said they needed to address this and he thought the best way was to go with industrial and light industrial uses and he favored light industrial with a special use permit. Council Member Hashmi said he was fine with industrial, light with a special