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Council postpones vote on quarry SUP amendment after traffic, hours and truck‑route concerns
Summary
The council postponed action on an amendment to a quarry specific use permit that would have extended operations through 2034, revised acreage and increased daily truck trips; council members, staff and the applicant asked for more information on truck routes, peak‑hour impacts and enforcement before taking a final vote.
The Missouri City Council voted 7–0 to postpone consideration of an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 143 (a quarry/sand extraction operation), after staff, council and the applicant raised questions about truck trips, hours of operation and traffic impacts on Sienna Parkway and adjacent corridors.
Planner Stora (staff) said the amendment would update the acreage subject to the SUP (reducing acreage inside the city limits) and seek to extend operations through 2034 while increasing the maximum daily truck trips to 300; staff noted the operator currently holds a TCEQ permit to disturb approximately 52 acres of the overall 836‑acre tract. Staff recommended a restricted operations window of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to reduce impacts on peak traffic, while the applicant asked for a 6:30 a.m. start and argued that the truncated timeframe would make it infeasible to reach higher trip counts.
Alvin San Miguel, representing the operator (DeWalt Sand Company), told council that producing 300 truck trips in the narrower hours would be difficult and that trucks deliver to construction sites across a region that includes Sienna, Stafford and Sugar Land. Council members raised enforcement and monitoring concerns — including whether the city can meaningfully enforce truck routes day to day — and asked about options such as random counts or documentation (trip tickets) from the operator. Police said they could respond to complaints and could perform spot counts but not continuous monitoring.
Council members also debated the length of the extension and whether to require contributions from the operator toward future road improvements. Mayor Pro Tem Brown Marshall suggested shorter renewal terms and keeping the existing truck cap (250) if the city is unable to obtain operational guarantees. Following discussion, Council Member Boni moved and the council voted to postpone the item to allow staff to work with the owner for clarification; the motion carried 7–0.
