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East-side residents urge city to remove industrial zoning from residential blocks, cite health and displacement concerns
Summary
Dozens of residents and community organizers told the council that industrial rezoning near the Frost Bank Center and Freeman Coliseum threatens residents’ health and long-term neighborhood stability, urging the city to rescind industrial zoning in affected residential areas and to include neighbors in planning.
Residents from East and East‑side neighborhoods told the City Council during public comment on Feb. 27 that proposed or existing industrial zoning near the Frost Bank Center, Freeman Coliseum and surrounding blocks is harming long-term residents and must be reversed or limited.
Speakers described long-term industrial encroachment, air pollution, truck traffic and worries that rezonings will lead to displacement of longtime residents. Several said the City has repeatedly allowed industrial uses next to homes and that the change in permitted uses has worsened noise, traffic and local air quality.
Jack Finger, who spoke during public comment on rezoning items, asked: “¿Qué van a hacer con todas esas personas? ¿Las van a aventar de ahí?” Clip Cedeño, a…
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