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Residents press council on development transparency after concrete plant and removed 'boycott' clause questions
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to ask why a 'boycott of Israel' clause was removed from a proposed development agreement and to raise alarm about a temporary concrete batch plant and future industrial uses near private homes in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).
Several residents addressed the council during public comment about development transparency and land-use decisions, asking why a recently proposed development agreement omits a clause banning contractor participation in a government-designated boycott of Israel and asking how a concrete batch plant and other industrial frontage were approved near existing homes.
Wendy Mattingly asked specifically why "section 4.22 boycott of Israel per government code 22 71 has been requested to be removed" from the development agreement and whether the city has authority to remove such clauses when prior agreements included them. A city speaker replied the…
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