Brookshire City held a town-hall session on Jan. 15 to hear residents and a developer discuss a proposed 175,000-square-foot warehouse along 12th Street.

Residents spoke strongly against the plan during public comment, urging the council to ‘‘opt out’’ of the project. Robert Johnson said he has lived on 12th Street for roughly 50–60 years and called the street ‘‘a one-way, dead end’’ not suited to heavy truck traffic. He told the council he left documents and an exhibit for council review and asked the city to repair the road before permitting heavy commercial use. Another resident said she had learned of the project only that day and asked for more information about the company proposing the development.

A Bridal Stacy Group representative, introduced by the council, presented the site plan and described the project as an approximately 175,000-square-foot concrete tilt-wall Class A warehouse on land along 12th Street. The representative said the developer had included additional right-of-way along 12th Street in the design and would be willing to transfer that right-of-way to the city to enable a future street expansion. On drainage, the representative said the project would ‘‘catch and handle’’ its stormwater on-site using a storm pond of about two acres and that ‘‘both the city and a local drainage district are not going to let us put that stormwater anywhere else than the pond we dig that handles all of the stormwater for our project.’’ The presentation also included illustrative tax estimates based on similar industrial projects in the region; the speaker said the figures covered taxes on the building and did not include potential taxes on inventory.

During a question-and-answer period, residents raised operational concerns: whether the site would have additional access besides 12th Street, how construction would affect residents’ ability to enter and exit the street, and whether emergency vehicles could reach properties during heavy truck movements. The developer responded that access would be maintained during construction, that the road would be built to engineered concrete standards and that they expected municipal and drainage authorities to require containment of stormwater on-site. The representative described the building as speculative and said no tenant had yet been identified.

Other speakers pointed to a nearby warehouse built off FM 1489 that has remained vacant for roughly three to four years and said a similar outcome would leave an industrial building adjacent to a residential area. Several residents also warned that new industrial development could raise property values and taxes and risk pricing longtime households out of the neighborhood. One attendee urged the council to pursue retail or other uses that would serve local shopping needs instead of more warehouses.

A council member said the city has begun work on zoning and had passed a zoning project to the city attorney ‘‘about two months ago’’ for drafting, indicating a broader zoning framework is under development.

The public hearing portion of the town hall closed at 6:25 p.m. No formal vote on the proposed project was taken during the meeting; the developer’s presentation was informational and followed by citizen questions and council remarks.

Next steps: the council did not adopt any ordinance or motion at this meeting; residents and council members indicated zoning work is ongoing and that any future approvals would proceed through the city’s normal planning and permitting processes.