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Residents urge council to delay annexation tied to proposed 500‑truck facility over flood and school‑safety risks
Summary
At a public hearing on a pending annexation, multiple landowners said the proposed developer plan—marketed as a large truck stop—would place impervious surfaces and up to 500 trucks in a FEMA Zone AE floodplain and endanger students and daily traffic on Spur 10; council voted to table the annexation ordinance to the next meeting.
At a public hearing on the annexation of a roughly 34‑acre tract, four nearby landowners urged the Rosenberg City Council to delay or block the ordinance, citing flooding, drainage easement changes and traffic risks near a new LCISD school.
Matthew March, who said he is a fifth‑generation resident of the family farm adjacent to the tract, told the council the majority of the site “resides in Zone AE according to FEMA” and warned the proposal would be “hazardous to flooding, traffic safety on Spur 10.” Theresa March, whose family has lived at 727 Hartledge for generations, said she was “concerned about the flooding impacts, traffic, and safety concerns of the proposed truck stop, which will include parking for 500 trucks.” Pat Holkamp, a landowner to the south and a retired school‑bus driver, described recent accidents on Spur 10 and said mixing heavy truck traffic with students “is a recipe for an accident.”
City staff and the council clarified the evening’s action concerned annexation only. The city attorney explained that if the land remains outside city limits “there’s no zoning,” while annexation would bring the property under city permitting and code enforcement. Mayor said that if developers comply with city codes, “we can’t stop them just because somebody wants them stopped,” underscoring that annexation creates regulatory authority but does not by itself prohibit uses that meet the city’s standards.
After residents spoke and council discussed the legal and planning implications, Councilmember Hector moved to table the annexation ordinance to the next regular meeting on June 2; the motion was seconded and carried by voice/green vote. Council offered to hear the developer’s formal submittal and staff analysis at the later meeting.
