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          GOOD EVENING. 
          [1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
IT IS SIX THIRTY TWO AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, THE, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS HERE AND WE 
          [2. Closed Meeting. The Addison City Council will enter a Closed Meeting pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551-071 through 090 to discuss the following item(s): 	551.071(1)(A) Consultation with Attorney to seek advice on pending or contemplated litigation 	 		White Rock Chapel]
WILL GO INTO THE, UH, SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS A CLOSED MEETING WILL GO STRAIGHT INTO A CLOSED MEETING. 
          THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 DASH SEVEN ONE THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, 5 51 0 7 1 PARAGRAPH ONE, A CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO SEEK ADVICE ON PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          AND IT IS 6 32 AND WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE. 
          [1. Pledge of Allegiance. United States and Texas Flags]
GOOD EVENING. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          IT IS SEVEN THIRTY ONE AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE, THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE'RE JUST COMING OUT OF A CLOSED SESSION AT 7 31, AND THEN THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION. 
          AND AS ALWAYS, WE'LL START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE TO BOTH FLAGS. 
          IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH OF SAINTS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE IN INDIVISIBLE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          WE HAVE ONE 
          [a.  Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow a Religious Institution on 1.28± acres located at the northwest corner of Celestial Road and Winnwood Road (5555 Celestial Road), that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), through Ordinance No. O91-038. Case 1901-SUP/5555 Celestial Road (White Rock Chapel).]
ITEM TONIGHT FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THE ITEM IS ITEM TWO A, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP TO ALLOW A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION ON ABOUT 1.28 ACRES. 
          LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CELESTIAL ROAD AND WYNWOOD ROAD. 
          55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER OH NINE ONE DASH 0 3 8. 
          CASE NUMBER, 1901 DASH SU SLASH 5 5 5 5 CELESTIAL ROAD, WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          KEN, GOOD EVENING, MARON CITY COUNCIL. 
          KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN. 
          THE 1.28 ACRE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF PRIVATELY OWNED LAND, BISECTED BY TOWN RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UH, ON THE PROPERTY, THERE'S TWO EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT TOGETHER COMPRISE 2,700 SQUARE FEET IN FLOOR AREA, AND THERE IS AN EXISTING DECOMPOSED GRANITE PARKING LOT, UH, THAT FRONTS CELESTIAL ROAD. 
          THE SITE IN QUESTION HAS RICH HISTORY IN BOTH ADDISON AND THE SURROUNDING NORTH, UH, DALLAS COMMUNITY, UH, THAT BEGAN, UH, FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR, UH, WHEN A CONGREGATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN THIS AREA, UH, BY FORMER SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
          UH, IN 1884, UH, THAT CONGREGATION, UH, ESTABLISHED ON A PROPERTY EAST OF WHITE ROCK CREEK, WHICH IS IN, UH, WHAT IS NOW DALLAS, UH, A STRUCTURE THAT BECAME HOME TO THE, UH, FIRST CONGREGATION OF THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          UH, THAT CONGREGATION WORSHIPED AT THAT LOCATION IN DALLAS, UH, FOR, UH, ROUGHLY 40 YEARS. 
          AND BECAUSE THAT AREA WAS A LOW LYING AREA, IT WAS FREQUENTLY FLOOD PRONE. 
          SO IN 1918, FOLLOWING A MAJOR FLOOD, THE CONGREGATION MOVED WEST OF THE CREEK, UH, TO THE CURRENT LOCATION. 
          UH, FOLLOWING, UH, THE PROVISION OF LAND BY THE, UH, ADJACENT LANDOWNER SS NOLL, UH, THAT CONGREGATION WORSHIPED AT THAT LOCATION, UH, WITHIN STRUCTURES BUILT AT THAT LOCATION, UH, TO 1958. 
          UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, THE MAIN WORSHIP STRUCTURE WAS DESTROYED BY FLOOD. 
          UH, AND ALSO AT THAT TIME, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, CHANGE IN THE CONGREGATION. 
          UH, THE CONGREGATION, UH, PART OF IT MOVED, UH, TO ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, IN DALLAS, ROUGHLY A MILE AWAY. 
          UH, AND, UH, THE REMAINING FOLKS WHO MAINTAINED THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL CONGREGATION, UH, REBUILT THE WORSHIP HALL, UH, IN 1960, BUT IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOST DUE TO STRUCTURE 
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FIRE. 
          UH, AND, UH, DURING THAT TIME, UH, FOLLOWING THAT FIRE, THE CONGREGATION WORSHIPED IN THE, UH, PARSONAGE BUILDING, UH, WHICH WAS IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE PROPERTY UNTIL A NEW WORSHIP HALL. 
          THE CURRENT WORSHIP HALL ON THE PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1979. 
          UH, THE TOWN, UM, WORKED WITH THE CONGREGATION IN 2000 FOR THE SITE TO BE, UH, UH, RECOGNIZED AS A TEXAS STATE HISTORIC MARKER DEDICATION. 
          UH, IN 2009, UH, THE PARSONAGE THAT NOW EXISTS ON THE SITE TODAY, UH, WAS BUILT, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A TOWN DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, UDR. 
          AND IN 2018, THIS PROPERTY CHANGED HANDS TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, UH, WHITE ROCK TRAP OF ADDISON INC. 
          UH, THIS SLIDE AND THE PICTURE IN THIS SLIDE, UH, IS REALLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE, UH, PAST 40 YEARS AND OF THIS AREA. 
          UM, THE CHURCH, UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, 1981, UH, THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS JUST A YEAR AFTER IT WAS ANNEXED BY THE TOWN IN 1980. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE WITH THIS IMAGE IS REALLY AN UNDERDEVELOPED AREA. 
          MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, AND HOMES THAT NOW EXIST IN THIS AREA TODAY, UH, ARE NOT THERE. 
          AND THE CHURCH HAD BEEN AT THIS LOCATION FOR 60 YEARS. 
          UH, SO REALLY, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, THIS TIME AND OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS IS REALLY WHERE YOU SAW A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOP AROUND THE CHURCH. 
          SO NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS OAKS NORTH, UH, BELLBROOK ESTATES, STANFORD COURT, VILLA CELESTIAL PLACE, NONE OF THOSE EXISTED AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY BUILT OUT AROUND THE CHURCH OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. 
          SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE TOWN OF ADDISON ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USES. 
          UH, THE RELIGIOUS USE THAT EXISTED ON THIS SITE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS PREDATED INITIAL ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AND FOLLOWING ACTION, UH, ANNEXATION ACTION. 
          A ZONING ACTION WAS NEVER TAKEN BY THE TOWN TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL USE. 
          WHEN THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 2018, UH, THEY DID NOT OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN LARGELY DORMANT SINCE THAT TIME. 
          UH, THE CURRENT PROPOSAL ALSO DOES INCLUDE SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT REFLECT A CHANGE FROM THE PAST USE OF THE SITE. 
          SO WITH THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USE. 
          THAT USE IS NOT FORMALLY DEFINED IN THE TOWN'S ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT IT IS DEFINED THROUGH THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST AS A CHURCH, TEMPLE, SYNAGOGUE, MOSQUE, OR EQUIVALENT PLACE FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AND WORSHIP, AND ASSOCIATED ACCESSORY ACTIVITIES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS, FUNERALS, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES. 
          IT ALSO PERMITS THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION TO HOST EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION AND CONGREGATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          AND IT ALSO MAKES REFERENCE TO THE PREVAILING STATE REGULATION, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, UH, TAX EXEMPTION STATUS FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SECTION 1120 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          UH, WITH THIS PROPOSED SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PREPARED AND PROVIDED PLANS BEGINNING WITH A SITE PLAN, UH, WHICH PRESERVES THE TWO EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THE SITE AND PROPOSES TO ADD A 700 SQUARE FOOT, UH, PAVILION, UH, TO THE SITE. 
          IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT, MAINTAINING THE CURRENT DECOMPOSED GRANITE SURFACE, BUT ALSO ADDING PAVED, UM, UH, HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES AND DELINEATING THE PARKING SPACES FOR USERS. 
          UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR, UH, PAVED AREAS FOR PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS NEEDED, RETAINING WALLS, AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE. 
          NO ADDITIONAL INTERIOR FLOOR AREA IS PROPOSED WITH THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT. 
          THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT PROVIDES FOR MINOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WORSHIP HALL, UH, PRIMARILY NEW FINISHES, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RESTROOMS, ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS AND CLASSROOM SPACE. 
          IT MAINTAINS SEATING FOR 54 AND THE WORSHIP HALL THAT, UH, QUANTITY OF SEATING IS TIED TO THE PARKING RATIO AND THE PROVIDED PARKING PROVIDED, UH, IN THE PARKING LOT, UH, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT 700 SQUARE FOOT PAVILION. 
          THE PROPOSED PARKING INCLUDES 18 PARKING SPACES AND A LOADING ZONE, UH, THAT COMPLIES WITH A VERY TYPICAL PARKING RATIO THAT 
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IS APPLIED TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USES IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. 
          THAT'S ONE PARKING SPACE PER THREE SEATS IN THE MAIN WORSHIP HALL, UH, WHICH, UH, ACCOMMODATES THE 54 SEATS THAT I PREVIOUSLY NOTED WITH THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN. 
          THE APPLICANT IS PRESERVING MUCH OF THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY EXCEEDING THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA ON THE PROPERTY BY PROVIDING 72% OF THE AREA AS LANDSCAPE AREA AND THEN ALSO ACCOMMODATING 72 NEW TREES ON THE SITE. 
          AT THE CELESTIAL ROAD FRONTAGE, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING RELIEF DUE TO THE NARROWNESS OF THE LANDSCAPE AREA BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE STREET. 
          UH, THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR A NARROWER BUFFER, BUT ARE PROVIDING FOR SUBSTANTIAL SCREENING, UH, WITHIN THAT BUFFER TO SCREEN THE PARKING FROM THE STREET. 
          THE PROPOSED FACADE PLAN PROVIDES FOR MINIMAL CHANGES TO THE, UH, FACADES FOR THE TWO EXISTING BUILDINGS, UH, WITH THE, UH, MAIN, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO THE WORSHIP HALL. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WITH THROUGH IMPROVEMENT TO THE EXTERIOR ENTRYWAY OF THE WORSHIP HALL. 
          THE PROPOSED PAVILION WILL PROVIDE FOR, UH, LIMESTONE WRAPPED COLUMNS AND A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 17 FEET FOR THAT PAVILION. 
          NO CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE FELLOWSHIP HALL WITH THE PROPOSED PLANS. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT USE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED, UH, WITH, UH, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT IF IT WAS APPROVED BY THE TOWN. 
          WITH THOSE, UH, USE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, IT PROVIDES FOR FORMAL DEFINITION OF THE PROPOSED RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USE, AS I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, AND IT ALSO REQUIRES COMPLIANCE FOR THE ASSO WITH THE ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AS THOSE WILL BE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          AND IF THEY WERE TO DEVIATE FROM THOSE PLANS IN THE FUTURE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMEND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH THE USE CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED SPECIAL USE PERMIT. 
          UH, THERE IS NO, UM, EXPANSION OF THE USE THAT IS PROPOSED TODAY WHERE YOU COMPARE IT TO THE USE THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE, UH, CHURCH, UH, OWNERSHIP CHANGING IN 2018. 
          THE PROPOSED USE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS ALSO ADDRESS PARKING AND LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS. 
          AS I NOTED EARLIER, IT DEFINES A PARKING RATIO OF ONE SPACE PER THREE SEATS IN THE MAIN WORSHIP HALL. 
          UH, IT ALSO, UH, UH, PROHIBITS, UH, PARKING, UH, ON, UH, UNIMPROVED SURFACES SUCH AS GRASS, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES LIMITATIONS ON LIGHTING TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO NUISANCE LIGHTING AND IF ANY POLE LIGHTING IS PROVIDED, UH, IT IS SHIELDED AND NAMED DOWNWARD. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED USE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS ALSO ADDRESS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE. 
          UH, WITH THIS APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT MUST STILL, UH, MEET ALL OF THE TOWN'S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO GENERAL CONDITIONS ADDRESSING, UH, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN THESE CONDITIONS, AND SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING HOW SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS ARE SCREENED AND HOW THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SERVICED WEEKLY. 
          AND IT ALSO PROHIBITS LONG-TERM OUTSIDE STORAGE. 
          UH, THIS SEP ALSO GRANTS, UM, THE OPTION, UH, TO CONSIDER, UH, THE FUTURE EDITION OF A SMALL STORAGE BUILDING, NOT TO EXCEED 100 SQUARE FEET AN AREA AND NOT TO EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT STORAGE BUILDING IF ACCOMMODATED, WOULD HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON THE SITE TO MINIMIZE VISIBILITY FROM THE ADJACENT STREETS, AND IT MUST MEET THE PREVAILING BUILDING SETBACKS. 
          ANYTIME WE CONSIDER A ZONING ENTITLEMENT SUCH AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER AND EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS OF THAT USE, UH, WITH THAT COMMON, UH, ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN THE REVIEW OF THIS PROPOSAL, UH, INCLUDED PARKING, TRAFFIC, UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND NOISE WITH PARKING. 
          THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE IN THAT AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY, IT IS ILLEGAL TO PARK ON STREET ON BOTH WYNWOOD ROAD AND CELESTIAL ROAD. 
          THAT CONDITION WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE AND WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO THIS USE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS SUP WAS APPROVED OR NOT. 
          UH, THAT CONDITION APPLIES TO THIS USE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER USE ON THOSE 
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STREETS. 
          WITH REGARDS TO NOISE. 
          THE TOWN HAS ADOPTED NOISE REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO ALL PROPERTIES AND PERSONS IN TOWN, AND BROADLY, THOSE NOISE REGULATIONS, UH, PROHIBIT NOISE, WHICH IS CLEARLY AUDIBLE AT A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 50 FEET FROM THE NOISE SOURCE MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE NOISE SOURCE. 
          IT DEFINES THAT TYPE OF NOISE AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. 
          THAT REGULATION WOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS APPROVED. 
          TRAFFIC IS A VERY COMMON, UH, UH, ISSUE THAT COMES UP IN, UH, REALLY ALL ZONING CASES, UH, THAT WE ADDRESS AS STAFF, AS COMMISSION, AS A CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND THIS AREA, UM, LIKE MUCH OF ADDISON IS UNIQUELY LOCATED, AND THAT IS, IT IS IN ONE OF THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AREAS IN OUR REGION. 
          IT'S NEAR SEVERAL MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS NEAR SOME OF THE, UH, MORE PROMINENT ARTERIAL ROADWAYS IN THE REGION, AND IT'S ALSO VERY CLOSE TO, UH, MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, RETAIL AREAS, AND SOCIAL AMENITIES. 
          THIS AREA AND THE SURROUNDING ROADWAY NETWORK IS NATURALLY A BUSY, VERY BUSY AREA. 
          THIS CHURCH IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THAT CONDITION. 
          THAT CONDITION WAS HERE WITHOUT THAT CHURCH, AND IT WILL BE HERE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS CHURCH IS APPROVED OR NOT. 
          THIS CHURCH PROVIDES FOR 2,700 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA THAT'S SMALLER THAN MOST OF THE HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD VASTLY EXCEED TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS CHURCH. 
          LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, LIKE THE OTHER REGULATIONS I'VE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, IS ONCE AGAIN SOMETHING THAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY AS WELL AS OTHER SEPARATELY SITUATED PROPERTIES IN TOWN. 
          IF PLANTS ARE DIE, DIE THAT ARE REQUIRED PLANTINGS FOR THIS PROPERTY, THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LANDSCAPE TO IRRIGATE IT, TO KEEP LIVING PLANT MATERIALS ALIVE. 
          THESE CODES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS IS APPROVED OR NOT TONIGHT, WOULD APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN AND STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
          STAFF DID PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITH THAT 15 PROPERTY OWNERS TO INCLUDE THE APPLICANT RECEIVE NOTICES. 
          AND AS OF THE TIME OF THIS HEARING, STAFF HAS RECEIVED 10 RESPONSES, ALL OF WHICH WERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL DUE TO THAT OPPOSITION. 
          THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, SIX VOTES FOR IT TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL FEEDBACK FROM OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          WITH THAT, WE RECEIVED FIVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, 39 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, AND ONE STATEMENT OF NEUTRALITY. 
          AT THE NOVEMBER 15TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE APPLICATION WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION BY A FIVE TO ONE VOTE. 
          STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTS SUBJECT TO THE USE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT. 
          THIS PROPOSAL REFLECTS A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE, AND THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH TYPICAL ZONING PRACTICES FOR THIS USE. 
          THESE ARE PRACTICES THAT WE SEE EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE NORTH TEXAS REGION. 
          THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL HISTORY OF THIS FOR THIS PROPERTY IN ADDISON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          OVER A HUNDRED YEARS WORTH OF WORSHIP HAS OCCURRED ON THIS SITE. 
          BOTH THE TOWN AND STATE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF THAT HISTORY. 
          IN CONSIDERING AND REVIEWING THIS APPLICATION, I DO WANT THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USES ARE GRANTED ENHANCED PROTECTIONS BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF HOW THE TOWN REGULATES THIS USE. 
          STAFF IS HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          QUESTIONS FOR KEN, NANCY? UM, KEN, THANK YOU. 
          UH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO MAYBE, UH, SLIDE, I THINK IT'S NUMBER 11, SGP CONDITIONS, USE AND PLAN COMPLIANCE, THE, UH, THE FOURTH BULLET POINT AND MAYBE EXPAND SOMEWHAT ON THAT STATEMENT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE? SURE. 
          UH, SO WHEN THIS SITE OPERATED AS IT IS THE CHURCH, UH, BEFORE THE CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP IN 2018, THERE WERE NO REGULATIONS APPLICABLE AT THAT TIME THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED OR 
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PROVIDED FOR STRICTER REGULATION OF THIS USE THAN WHAT IS PRESENTED BY THIS SEP THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MARLIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THERE WAS, UM, KEN, THERE WAS ONE, UH, EMAIL THAT WAS SENT IN, UH, FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS ASKING IF THE, UH, APPLICANT PAPERWORK WAS IN ORDER, AND, UM, IT WENT THROUGH THREE POINTS. 
          AND, AND I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THAT. 
          SURE. 
          THE APPLICATION, UH, THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, WAS REVIEWED FOR COMPLETE LIST COMPLETENESS BY STAFF AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTAL. 
          UH, WE LOOKED AT THINGS SUCH AS REQUIREMENT TO SU REQUIREMENTS TO SUBMIT DEEDED RESTRICTIONS. 
          THOSE WERE SUBMITTED, UH, REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WAS LISTED ON THE APPLICATION. 
          UM, ALSO THE CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER CONSULTANTS OR ATTORNEYS CAN APPLY ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THAT IS VERY COMMON, EXTREMELY COMMON, BOTH IN ADDISON AS WELL AS ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY I'VE WORKED IN OR ANY THAT I'VE OBSERVED IN THIS REGION. 
          THAT CONDITION WAS NOT UNUSUAL AND THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE NATURE OF THIS APPLICATION SUBMITTAL. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, A TYPICAL APPLICATION IN ADDISON. 
          THANK YOU, DARREN. 
          I SPOKE TO A LOT OF THE, THE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS WITH CONCERNS, UM, WITH REGARD TO USE. 
          UM, DOES, I'VE GOT SOME SPECIFICS AND I DID SUBMIT THESE QUESTIONS, SO THEY ARE PART OF THE RECORD. 
          YOU GUYS, I THINK WE HAVE PRINTED COPIES. 
          THINK WE WERE ABLE TO GET 'EM UP HERE. 
          IF NOT, THEY ARE ALREADY ONLINE AS ALL COUNCIL QUESTIONS ARE BEFORE OR WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          UM, DOES THIS SUP ALLOW FOR A FOOD PANTRY? DOES NOT. 
          WHAT ABOUT FOR CRIMINAL REHABILITATION OPERATIONS? IT DOES NOT. 
          WHAT ABOUT OPERATING AS A HOMELESS SHELTER? IT DOES NOT. 
          WHAT ABOUT AN EVENT CENTER OPERATION, UH, SUCH AS RENTING OUT FOR WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS FOR PROFIT? IT DOES NOT, HOWEVER, THE SUP DOES ALLOW, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CUSTOMARY FOR CHURCHES, UH, AND WHAT YOU WOULD NOT EVEN TYPICALLY SEE ADDRESSED IN SUVS OR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY REGULATIONS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          THE RIGHT TO HAVE WORSHIP CEREMONIES SUCH AS WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, AND BAPTISMS, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE STATE LAW THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM, UH, CHARGING SERVICE FEES FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES. 
          HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT USE REVENUE RESULTING FROM THOSE SERVICE FEES FOR PROFIT OR TO REALIZE PRIVATE GAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          SO DO ALL, IS OUR PROCESS FOR, UM, OPERATION IN ADDISON, THE SUP, IS THAT, IS THAT TYPICAL OR DO CHURCHES, ARE THEY ABLE TO OPERATE WITHOUT AN SUP IN OTHER TOWNS? IS HOW, HOW DO WE COMPARE THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN SUP FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USES IS BECOMING LESS COMMON. 
          THERE ARE OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION THAT DO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS, BUT THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT HAVE TRANSITIONED AWAY FROM THAT DUE TO THE CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW WITH REGARDS TO THAT USE. 
          SO PLANO, FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS PERMITTED BY WRIGHT SOUTHLAKE, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          IT IS PERMITTED BY SUP CAPEL, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          IT IS PERMITTED BY WRIGHT IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND BY SUP IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. 
          BUT IT INCLUDES A NOTE THAT SUGGESTS THAT IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE AN APPLICATION THAT THE CITY COULD DENY, BUT RATHER TO PLACE REASONABLE REQUIREMENTS UPON THE USE. 
          SO WHAT, WITH REGARD TO THE NOISE? UH, CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE FIVE? SORRY, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR NOISE OR SLIDE FIVE? I THINK I HAD SOMETHING ON SLIDE FIVE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE QUESTION OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO I'LL GO ON TO THE, THE NOISE. 
          ON THE NOISE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WOULD BE A, A NUISANCE OR A DISTRACTION BY A HOUSE OR A CHURCH OR ANYTHING THERE IS, IS NOISE. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE 50 PEOPLE IN THERE AND THERE'S, YOU DON'T HAVE THE NOISE OR THE, UH, DISRUPTION, THEN IT, IT REALLY 
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DOESN'T MATTER, UH, AS FAR AS OPERATION GOES. 
          UH, SO IF THERE'S A NOISE, UH, DISTURBANCE OR, UM, HOW DO YOU, HOW IS THAT REPORTED? HOW DO YOU REPORT A NUISANCE? WHAT'S IT COULD, IT COULD BE REPORTED TO THE TOWNS POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, WHICH IS, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF THERE'S LIKE CONTINUED REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE FEARFUL OF, UH, IN FUTURE OPERATION, THEY'RE FEARFUL OF IT. 
          UM, I DID NOTICE IN THE SUP THAT IT HAS, UH, WHAT THE ACTIONS THAT ARE KIND OF HAVE, WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH CONTINUATION UP TO, UH, UH, REVOKING OF THE SUP THAT'S IN THE SUP. 
          THERE IS AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM IN THE SEP? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          BRUCE, OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE DONE HERE? GQ MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          KEN, I RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS THAT WERE, UM, ALLUDING TO A, REFERENCING A A 2019 RESTORATION PLAN. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THIS SUP OR TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THAT AND TELL US A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THAT, WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? NO, THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION. 
          UH, SO THE RESTORATION PLAN DATES BACK TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 
          UH, I WAS NOT, UH, A MEMBER OF TOWN STAFF AT THE TIME, BUT, UH, IT DATES BACK TO, UH, WHEN THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, THE APPLICANT, UH, ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, THEY, UH, ENGAGED, UH, A CONSULTANT TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING NEEDS FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          AND, AND THAT WAS A OUTCOME OF THAT PROCESS. 
          THEY DID PRESENT THAT PLAN TO, UH, MY PREDECESSOR AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S PREDECESSOR TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, UH, THEY WERE GIVEN DIRECTION THAT THAT WAS NOT, UH, A PLAN THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE, UH, WITH THIS PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. 
          UM, THAT RESTORATION PLAN, UH, WAS, UH, INCLUDED IN SOME INITIAL SUBMITTALS TO MY STAFF, UH, AT THE ONSET OF DISCUSSION ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED, UH, WITH ME, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROPERTY, AND IT WAS NEVER INCLUDED AS PART OF A FORMAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION. 
          SO IT WAS NEVER THANK YOU. 
          SO IT WAS NEVER, UH, NEVER PART OF THIS PARTICULAR OR ANY OTHER, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT CORRECT YOU'RE AWARE OF? HAVE WE ASKED THE APPLICANT IF, IF THERE'S ANY UNDUE BURDEN PLACED, UH, ON THE RELIGIOUS EXERCISE WITH THIS SUP? A QUESTION LIKE THAT CAME UP, UH, IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, A COMMISSIONER ADDRESSED THAT QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT. 
          I BELIEVE, UH, THEY RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT WOULD SUGGEST THERE'S NOT, BUT I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT, SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU, UH, WHEN THE APPLICANT SPEAKS TO THIS ITEM, DIRECT THAT TO THEM. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          MAYOR, OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTION? MAYOR? I HAVE ONE. 
          MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN WE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS THAT WILL BE MADE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING? SURE. 
          UH, SO THE CHANGES WILL BE LIMITED TO THE, UH, WORSHIP HALL, SO THE, THE BUILDING AT THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE SITE. 
          UM, SO, UH, CHANGE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WILL BE PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE, UH, RESTROOMS AND SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS. 
          UM, AND THE EXTERIOR, THERE WILL BE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE ENTRYWAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEN? VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, KEN. 
          SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UH, THAT'S, YOU, YOU CAN SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC, UH, PORTION A QUESTION. 
          IT'S, THIS IS NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, I'LL CALL ON, UH, THE APPLICANT TO, UH, HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND THAT IT'LL BE JAMES GROSSMAN WHO'S THE ATTORNEY FOR DR. 
          WESSON. 
          MR. GROSSMAN, CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS THAT OKAY? DID I TURN IT ON? ESTEEMED COUNSEL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JAMES GROSSMAN. 
          I'M AN ATTORNEY AT THE LAW OFFICES OF MCDERMOTT, WILL AND EMERY I OFFICE AT 2 5 0 1 NORTH HARDWOOD STREET, FLOOR 19 HERE IN DALLAS. 
          I'M ACTUALLY NOT ALONE TONIGHT. 
          TONIGHT WITH ME IS RICHARD SALGADO, WHO ALSO OFFICES WITH ME THERE, AS WELL AS 
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RYAN GARDNER AND, AND JEREMY DICE OF FIRST LIBERTY. 
          AND TOGETHER WE REPRESENT WHITE ROCK CHAPEL, WHO IS THE APPLICANT IN TONIGHT'S SUP. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, OUR REQUEST IS THAT THIS ESTEEMED COUNCIL APPROVES OUR SUP. 
          AND IF I MAY, AT THE BEGINNING OF MY REMARKS, I'D LIKE TO START WHERE I, I LEFT OFF AT THE PNZ MEETING, THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THAT IS, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT A PERMIT TO DO A COUPLE OF ENHANCEMENTS AND DO SOME CONSTRUCTION. 
          THIS PERMIT IS ABOUT EXISTENCE. 
          IT'S ABOUT ALLOWING THIS HISTORIC CHURCH, WHICH IS A CHURCH AND ONLY WANTS TO BE A CHURCH, NOT AN EVENT CENTER, NOT A THRIFT SHOP, NOT A SOUP KITCHEN, NOT A REFORMATION PROGRAM. 
          IT ONLY WANTS TO BE A CHURCH AND TO FUNCTION AS A CHURCH. 
          AND THIS SUP ALLOWS THIS CHURCH. 
          WHITE ROCK CHAPEL TWO EXIST NOW, AND AS PART OF MY FAMILY TRADITION, EVERY YEAR WE READ A CHRISTMAS CAROL. 
          SO FORGIVE ME A LITTLE BIT IF I TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LICENSE FROM CHARLES DICKENS AND TALK ABOUT THREE SPIRITS TONIGHT. 
          THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S PAST, THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S PRESENT AND THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S FUTURE. 
          SO THE FIRST IS ADDISON'S PAST, AS THIS BODY ALREADY KNOWS, ADDISON WAS FIRST SETTLED IN 1846, AND THEN IN 1902, IT CHOSE THE NAME OF ADDISON TO REPRESENT ITS ITS COMMUNITY. 
          IT BECOMES INCORPORATED IN 1953. 
          ALL THE WHILE BACK IN 1884, WHITE ROCK CHAPEL IS ORGANIZED. 
          SO BY THE TIME IT GETS INCORPORATED, WHITE ROCK CHAPEL HAS BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND OR THE FOREGROUND FOR ALMOST A CENTURY NOW, 1990S. 
          AS, AS MR. SCHMIDT, WHO BY THE WAY, HE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT, WONDERFUL JOB, UH, NOT ONLY PRESENTING THE STAFF'S CASE, BUT ALSO IN, IN WORKING WITH US AND TRYING TO GET THIS APPLICATION DONE. 
          SO I REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE MR. SCHMIDT AND HIS REMARKS. 
          TONIGHT, 1990S IS WHEN THE REZONING OCCURS, AND THAT'S OFFICIALLY THE START TIME OF WHEN WHITE ROCK CHAPEL BECOMES OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          NOW, WHAT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE HISTORY AND THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S PAST ONE THING THAT AS I WAS DOING, MY RISK RESEARCH CAME TO THE FOREFRONT THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, KNOW THIS, BUT ADDISON WAS NAMED AFTER ROBERT ADDISON, OR EXCUSE ME, ADDISON ROBERTSON, WHO WAS A CONFEDERATE WAR HERO. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          HERE WE HAVE A TOWN NAMED AFTER A CONFEDERATE WAR HERO, YET IT HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THIS HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH THAT WAS FOUNDED BY FREED SLAVE MEN AND WOMEN. 
          WHAT A HISTORY, WHAT A SPIRIT TO CELEBRATE THAT THERE'S THAT SUPPORT GOING BACK 140 YEARS, AND I HOPE THAT THAT SPIRIT LIVES ON TODAY. 
          NOW, SECOND POINT, THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S PRESENT AS THIS BODY ALSO KNOWS, ADDISON HAS 16,000 RESIDENTS BETWEEN 16 TO 17,000. 
          THERE ARE 170 RESTAURANTS. 
          IT HAS AN AIRPORT THAT TAKES UP ROUGHLY HALF ITS SIZE. 
          IT HAS 4,000 HOTEL ROOMS AND MEETING FACILITIES ROUGHLY AROUND 22 HOTELS. 
          IT'S KNOWN FOR ITS, UH, ALLOWANCE FOR RESTAURANTS TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 
          IT'S GOT A 52,000 SQUARE FOOT RESIDENT ONLY ATH ATHLETIC CLUB. 
          IT ALSO HAS A WATER TOWER THEATER, WHICH HOSTS OUT OF THE LOOP FESTIVALS, THE KAVANAUGH FLIGHT MUSEUM, THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT OVER HERE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE WONDERFUL, I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES, ADDISON'S, KABOOM TOWN. 
          THERE'S ALSO OCTOBER FEST, FORK AND CORK. 
          AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE WONDERFUL VITRUVIAN LIGHTS, WHICH I'VE BEEN TO, BY THE WAY, IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BODY REMEMBERS OR KNOWS, BUT PART OF YOUR MARKETING MATERIAL, TALKING ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S PRESENT, IS THAT IN 2008, TOM LAMBERTH, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF UDR, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPER OF VITRUVIAN LIGHTS AND THE, OR VITRUVIAN PARK, WHICH NOW SPONSORS VITRUVIAN LIGHTS, SAW THAT WHITE ROCK CHAPEL'S MEETING HOUSE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. 
          AND SO IT'S AT THAT TIME THAT NOT ONLY DID HE DONATE THE MATERIALS, BUT ALSO TO LABOR TO REBUILD THAT. 
          AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2008 HERE, SOMEONE THAT WE CELEBRATED, A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE COME TO GO TO WONDERFUL AND BASK IN THESE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS. 
          THAT VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT SAW THE WONDERFULNESS OF THIS CHAPEL AND DONATED IT TO CONTINUE ITS HISTORY AND LEGACY. 
          ALSO, IN 2013, ADDISON DRAFTED A, I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT A MARKETING BROCHURE OR CAMPAIGN. 
          IT'S VERY SMALL, SO FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE TO BRING THIS UP TO MY FACE. 
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BUT IN THAT, IN DISCUSSING AND WRITING ABOUT WHITE ROCK CHAPEL, IT SAYS, THE TOWN OF ADDISON WROTE THAT THE TOWN OF ADDISON IS PROUD OF THE CHURCH AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE NORTH DALLAS COUNTRY COUNTY REGION. 
          THE TOWN HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL PRESERVATION EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE ORIGINAL PARSONAGES AND COMMISSION THE NECESSARY HISTORICAL ASSESSMENTS. 
          I HOPE THAT SPIRIT IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS ROOM TODAY. 
          THIS TOWN HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THIS HISTORIC AND SIGNIFICANT CHURCH THAT ONLY WANTS TO BE A CHURCH AND ONLY A CHURCH, A SMALL CHURCH WITH 18 PARKING SPOTS, AND UP TO 54 PLACES, 54 SEATS WITH INSIDE. 
          THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          NOW, AS I CONCLUDE THE SPIRIT OF ADDISON'S FUTURE, ALL THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT IS A QUESTION, REALLY, MAYBE A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT WILL ADDISON LOOK LIKE IF IT DENIES THIS 100 40-YEAR-OLD HISTORICAL CHURCH, ITS SUP TO EXIST? WHAT WILL THE NEWS MEDIA SAY, WHICH IS WATCHING US RIGHT NOW AND RECORDING ALL OF OUR FACES IN ALL OF OUR COMMENTS? WHAT WILL OUR CHILDREN SAY? I ASK THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW ADDISON'S FUTURE IS BRILLIANT AND BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL, AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT PROMISES AND KEEPS ITS PLEDGE TO EXTREMELY SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL CHURCH. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE MY REMARKS TONIGHT. 
          IT'S TO REMIND NOT ONLY EVERYONE HERE, BUT THIS COUNCIL OF ADDISON'S, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, THIS WONDERFUL BODY THAT HAS ALLOWED THIS CHURCH TO CONTINUE MOVING ONWARD TO SUPPORT IT. 
          AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT BY APPROVING THIS SUP. 
          NOW, I'M HERE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. 
          UM, I ASK THAT YOU ASK MYSELF OR ANY OF MY TEAM MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT AND TO JUST, UH, KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS TO US. 
          IF DR. 
          WESTON IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, WE'LL DISCUSS IT. 
          BUT I, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GROSSMAN. 
          UH, WHO HAS QUESTIONS? NOBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAKING REFERENCE TO THE PRESS. 
          SIR, THIS IS FOR INTIMIDATION PURPOSE, SIR, THIS IS, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GROSSMAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          OH, YES, GO AHEAD DARREN. 
          I WAS TRYING TO GO LAST. 
          YOU ARE LAST, APPARENTLY FIRST, UM, THANK YOU MR. GROSSMAN. 
          THE APPLICANT STATED IN THE PAST THAT, UH, WE JUST WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          AND, AND YOU HAD STATED THAT THEY JUST WANT TO BE, THE APPLICANT JUST WANTS TO BE A CHURCH. 
          UH, THE CHURCH WAS THERE BEFORE THE CHURCH OPERATED, UH, AS KEN'S, UH, SLIDES, UH, HAD, UH, INDICATED. 
          UM, SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AS FAR AS THIS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, JUST AS THE OPERATION OF, OF THE CHURCH, AS WE HAVE, AS WE HAVE SAID, AND AS WHAT WE HAVE WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY INTO THE SUP, IT'S FOR WHITE ROCK CHAPEL TO EXIST THAT HAS ALWAYS EXISTED TO BE WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO OPERATE AS A VERY SMALL CHURCH. 
          WHAT MIGHT THAT, THAT LOOK LIKE? SUNDAY SERVICES, UM, BIBLE STUDY AT NIGHT, WHATEVER IS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 
          THERE MIGHT BE A FUNERAL WHERE ONE OF THE PARISHIONERS MIGHT WANT TO USE IT AS A RELIGIOUS OBS OBSERVANCE. 
          WEDDINGS ARE INCREDIBLY RELIGIOUS, UM, AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE MARRIED IN CHURCHES THAT MIGHT POP UP HERE AND THERE, BUT ACCORDING TO, NO MATTER WHAT THE CHURCH DOES, IT HAS TO ABIDE BY EVERY LAW AND SUP THAT IT'S TIED TO. 
          CAN'T HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THIS PLACE BECAUSE, OR INSIDE, BECAUSE WE ARE REGULATED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED, INCLUDING PARKING SPACES. 
          WE CAN'T PARK ON THE SIDES OF THE STREET. 
          THAT WOULD BE AGAINST OUR SUP. 
          WE'D BE IN TROUBLE FOR THAT. 
          SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? HOW IS THIS GOING TO LOOK? IT'S TO FUNCTION AS A CHURCH, HOWEVER A CHURCH IS NORMALLY AND TYPICALLY FUNCTIONED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. 
          OKAY, MAYOR LAN, GO AHEAD. 
          A QUESTION, MR. GROSSMAN, DOES THIS CHURCH REQUIRE ALCOHOL? REQUIRE ALCOHOL? WELL, UH, DO, UH, DO YOU NEED THAT IN THE SUP? I MEAN, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          UH, UH, LET ME, UH, I'LL ELABORATE. 
          IN THE, 
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UM, IN THE PAST THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, UH, ALCOHOL BEING SERVED AT THE CHURCH AND, AND THE DISCUSSION CAME UP, WOULD, WOULD WINE SUFFICE DURING RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES? UM, BASICALLY NO HARD LIQUOR IN THE CHURCH. 
          AND SO IF EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF A CHURCH, WE DIDN'T HAVE HARD LIQUOR WHERE I WENT TO CHURCH, WHERE I GREW UP WITH. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS CHURCH, UH, WAS ACCEPTABLE TO JUST WINE AT RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          NO, I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE WESTON FAMILY AND AND THE BOARD HAVE, HAVE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE IMMEDIATE RELIGIOUS USE OF WINE, SAY WITHIN A SACRAMENT AS WELL AS A CELEBRATION WHERE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES AT WEDDINGS PEOPLE ENJOY A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING, NOT JUST A WINE. 
          UM, I'D HAVE TO TALK, I'D, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU. 
          WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO GET BACK TO THAT MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION I WASN'T PREPARED TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY, BUT I KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT WE DIDN'T PUT IN IT, WE DIDN'T, WE CHOSE NOT TO INCLUDE THAT REGULATION. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND JUST, I JUST WANNA FURTHER THE THOUGHT IS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHURCH, I GET IT. 
          UM, MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, LET'S HAVE A WEDDING AND THEN LET'S GO NEXT DOOR OUTSIDE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, RECEPTION AND WE'VE GOT ALCOHOL, SOMETHING BEYOND WINE. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'VE GOT HOMES THAT, UH, MAY BE WITHIN 10. 
          WE'VE GOT ONE HOME THAT MAY BE WITHIN 10 FEET OF WHERE PEOPLE MAY BE CONGREGATING. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY BRAIN IS AND, AND A BIG, NOT A LITTLE CONCERN, A MAJOR CONCERN. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, IT, IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO, UM, EVERYBODY'S DEFINITION OF WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY GREW UP WITH OR WHAT THEY'RE USED TO AS FAR AS THE CHURCH. 
          SO, UM, WELL, IF I MAY, I CAN, I CAN ASK YOU WANNA ANSWER AND THEN IF WE WANT TO ANSWER THAT CONCERN, SO PLEASE LET US ALLOW THAT TO ANSWER. 
          YEAH. 
          JEREMY DIES FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO, UH, THE, THE SEP HAS CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED WOULD ALLOW THE USE OF WINE OR, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THE GREATER CONCERN WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT MR. SCHMIDT WITH MR. SCHMIDT AND MR. GAINES, AND THE REST WAS, UH, THE LIMITATIONS PLACED UPON THE CHURCH TO BE ABLE TO USE TO BE A CHURCH PERIOD, THE WAY THAT THE PREVIOUS SEP WAS CONSTRUCTED. 
          NOT EVEN JESUS HIMSELF COULD CONVERT WATER INTO WINE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD'VE BEEN UNLAWFUL UNDER THAT SUP. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT. 
          BUT LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, WHAT ARE THE CONTEMPLATED USES YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF ALCOHOL FOR A CHURCH? UH, I WOULD LOVE IT, UH, AS I'VE CONVERSED WITH DR. 
          WESSON IN THE PAST, THAT, THAT THE CHURCH ONLY SERVE WINE DURING RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 
          CEREMONIES, WELL, WE'RE SEEKING TO BE A CHURCH, AND SO WHATEVER THAT WOULD MEAN WOULD BE WHAT THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO BE. 
          NOW WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE IN MIND IN TERMS OF THE CHURCH USING SOME FORM OF NON WINE, ALCOHOL? I JUST, I DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE THAT. 
          JUST WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU, I WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC OR ANY OTHER CONTEMPLATIONS ON THAT? NO, I'M PRETTY CLEAR. 
          DO YOU HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH CHURCHES USING NON-WINE, ALCOHOL AS A PART OF THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES? I PERSONALLY DO NOT. 
          ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER CHURCHES THAT USE NON-WINE, ALCOHOL CROSS EXAMINATION? IS THIS A CROSS EXAMINATION AGAIN? I DO NOT. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THEN THE CHURCH WOULD BE ENTITLED TO BE A CHURCH AT THIS LOCATION UNDER THIS SEPI. 
          I'D HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. 
          ANYTHING ELSE, MARLON? OH NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF I COULD GET AN ANSWER OUTTA THAT QUESTION. 
          I'M, I'M, I'M GOOD. 
          I'VE ASKED MY QUESTION. 
          SO MY CHURCH USES GRAPE JUICE FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER FOR COMMUNION. 
          UM, I THOUGHT THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO USE ALCOHOL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY OBSERVATION. 
          I DUNNO IF THAT'S A STICKING POINT. 
          WAS THERE A QUESTION IN THAT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GQ? YES. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, MR. UH, JEREMY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY WE HEARD FROM MR. GROSSMAN. 
          GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO LET US KNOW HOW, HOW THE PASSAGE OF THIS PRO PROPOSED SUP WOULD BENEFIT THE TOWN OF AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WHEN THERE ARE NO TAXABLE INCOME, UH, 
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TO THE TOWN, HOW WOULD IT BENEFIT THE TOWN WHEN THERE'S NO TAXABLE INCOME? THERE ARE NUMEROUS LONG-TERM STUDIES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE ENORMOUS IMPACT, NON-TANGIBLE IMPACT THAT HOUSES OF WORSHIP RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS PROVIDE TO COMMUNITIES. 
          EVERYONE FROM HARVARD TO STANFORD AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN HAS STUDIED THAT QUESTION AD NAUSEUM AND CONCLUDED THAT THE REASON WE AFFORD TAX EXEMPT STATUS TO OUR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO THIS COUNTRY IS THAT THEY PROVIDE INNUMERABLE, UH, BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU SEE OF FOR ADDISON? WELL, SPECIFICALLY FOR ADDISON, A BIT MORE ABOUT ADDISON? YES. 
          I'M SORRY FOR SPEAKING OVER YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN? UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR ADDISON, IT WOULD MEAN THAT ADDISON WOULD HAVE A CHURCH. 
          PRESENTLY IT DOES NOT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF ADDISON. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. DODGE OR MR. GR GROSSMAN? I HAVE ONE MORE, SO YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          UM, SO IS, IS THE, IS ALCOHOL GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, THIS OPERATION? NO. 
          A REQUIREMENT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. DICE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU MR. GROSSMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND, UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOLKS IN THE, IN THE, UH, PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL WITH THEIR COMMENTS AND THE WAY THIS IS GONNA WORK TONIGHT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMAILS THAT FOLKS SENT IN AND ASKED US TO READ THOSE AT THE MEETING, UH, TO BE ON THE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          SO I, I WILL BE GOING THROUGH THOSE EMAILS AND I'LL READ THOSE AND ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH THOSE, BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, IT'LL TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE. 
          SO WE, WE, WE'LL BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          UM, BUT ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH THOSE EMAILS, THEN WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND OPEN UP FOR THE UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR FOLKS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, UH, IN PERSON HERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M GONNA READ THE WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD IN CONFORMANCE WITH ADDISON'S PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES, ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS TO BE READ ALOUD MUST BE ABLE TO BE READ WITHIN THE THREE MINUTE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          AS I READ THESE LETTERS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT I'M NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL OPINIONS NOR THE OPINION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE TOWN. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY KAY BEATTY TO BE READ INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          FEAR AND INTIMIDATION SEEM TO BE WHAT THIS COUNCIL IS FACING. 
          THIS APPLICANT. 
          A WOLF HAS SHED HIS SHEEP'S CLOTHING AND IS BEFORE YOU SNARLING WITH TEETH BARRED IN ATTACK MODE. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING, FEAR OF LEGAL COSTS THAT MAY BE INCURRED, FEAR OF ACCUSATION OF RACISM, FEAR OF BEING LABELED ANTI-RELIGION, FEAR OF ACCUSATIONS OF VOTING AGAINST THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION. 
          THE EASY WAY OUT GIVES THE WOLF WHAT HE WANTS THE COST OF APPROVING THIS SUP WILL BE BORN BY THE EAST SIDE OF ADDISON, WHICH ENTERED ADDISON FROM DALLAS 43 YEARS AGO WITH THE PROMISE OF PROTECTION, A PROMISE THAT HAS BEEN KEPT BY COUNCILS THROUGH THE YEARS UNTIL NOW. 
          AS VOTERS ARE VOTERS, WE TAKE A BETRAYAL OF THAT PROMISE VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          AS SHOULD YOU. 
          ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO UNDO 43 YEARS OF PROGRESS IS TO GIVE THE APPLICANT SPOT ZONING, WHICH IS ILLEGAL, AND THE BLOCK BREAKING WILL BEGIN. 
          ASSUMING THAT A CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO WORSHIP ON A CONTINUING BASIS, WOULD MEAN THAT 55 55 CELESTIAL HAS NOT BEEN A CHURCH FOR A GREAT MANY YEARS. 
          IT IS A 65-YEAR-OLD SMALL EMPTY BUILDING ON AN ACRE OF, ON AN ACRE OF LAND. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS HIS WAY. 
          HE WILL BUILD THIS PROPERTY INTO A MAGNIFICENT BUSINESS STRUCTURE. 
          IF SUCCESSFUL, THE VERY NICE HOMES TOTALLY SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY WILL BEGIN TO GO DOWN IN VALUE AND AS THEY GO DOWN, THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SOON FOLLOW THIS. 
          APPLICANT IS A TAKER. 
          IT TAKES PRECIOUS ASSETS AWAY FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE BLATANTLY CONTRIBUTING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 
          IT IS AN INSULT TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON. 
          WE URGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF PREVIOUS COUNCILS. 
          GATHER YOUR COURAGE, STIFFEN YOUR SPINES. 
          DO WHAT YOU MUST KNOW IN YOUR HEARTS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          REJECT THIS APPLICATION AND SEND THE WOLF PACKING. 
          SINCERELY, STEWART BEATTY, FORMER COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO THAMAN P AND Z MEMBER AND KAY BEATTY WIFE, ADDISON RESIDENCE FOR 43 YEARS IN OUR RESIDENCE ON IN WYNWOOD ROAD FOR 52 YEARS. 
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AND, UH, IT WILL, IT WILL ADD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IF WE HAVE APPLAUSE AFTER ANY OF THE LETTERS. 
          SO IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE NOT DO, DO THE APPLAUSE. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THORNTON AND MARY CARPENTER TO BE READ INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          DEAR ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, WE HOPE YOU BELIEVE YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE WELLBEING AND PROTECTION OF ALL THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON AND EVERY ENTITY THAT MAKES UP OUR TOWN. 
          THAT ALONE IS SUFFICIENT REASON TO VOTE NO ON THIS NEW SUP SUBMITTED BY THE WESSON GROUP. 
          WE HOPE YOU BELIEVE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS AND NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THREAT OF A LAWSUIT. 
          IF YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THIS SECOND SUP, YOU WILL BE SHIRKING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING DECISIONS TO ALLOW THIS ISSUE P TO GO INTO EFFECT, WE'LL HAVE PERMANENT NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR TOWN. 
          YOU'LL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX NEIGHBORHOOD IN ADDISON AND THUS NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE TOWN BUDGET. 
          DO YOU WANT OUR PROPERTY TAXES TO GO UP TO HELP COVER THAT LOSS? DO YOU WANT TO DISCOURAGE BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY BROUGHT IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR TAX BASE? THAT AND ALL THE MANY OTHER CONSEQUENCES WHICH HAVE BEEN STATED OVER AND OVER WILL STILL BE HERE WHEN YOU ARE OUT OF OFFICE. 
          IF YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE, YOU TOO WILL PAY, THE WILL WILL PAY THE PRICE. 
          IF THIS PROJECT IS ALLOWED IN TRAFFIC, OVERWHELM, POLICE NEGATIVE PRESS, LOWER PROPERTY VALUES TO NAME JUST A FEW OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OTHER P AND Z MEMBERS AND OTHER TOWN EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE TO COPE WITH YOUR DECISION. 
          WHILE IT MAY SEEM PHILANTHROPIC TO ALLOW A CHURCH TO BE BUILT IN THE HEART OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WHICH IT IS NOT ZONED, THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT GOES FAR BEYOND BEING A SMALL CHURCH. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT VISION, YOU ARE NOT FULLY INFORMED. 
          YOU KNOW, THE SITE IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT WAS NOT CARVED OUT OF THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF EVENTS. 
          PEOPLE, BUSES, AND CARS THAT MR. WESSON ENVISIONS. 
          THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT A PENNY IN TAXES TO OUR BUDGET WHILE ABSORBING OUR RESOURCES. 
          THE SUPO YOU ARE VOTING ON IS LITERALLY UNENFORCEABLE. 
          YOU'LL BE GIVING CARTE BLANCHE TO ANY ACTIVITY THIS GROUP WISHES TO ENGAGE IN BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ACTING AS A CHURCH. 
          HOW CAN YOU DO THAT AND FACE THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL PAY THE CONSEQUENCES. 
          LASTLY, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT ONLY TWO OR THREE RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AGAINST THIS SUP, THEN YOU ARE GREATLY MISTAKEN. 
          AT LEAST 160 PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES, ON BOTH SIDES OF TOWN HAVE SIGNED A, A PROTEST PETITION. 
          PLEASE SHOW WISDOM, FORESIGHT, BACKBONE, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR DUTY BY VOTING NO TO THIS SUP. 
          IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU ANY RESIDENTS OR FOR OUR COMMERCIAL FRIENDS. 
          OUR POLICE ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE FUTURE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SINCERELY, THORNTON AND MARY CARPENTER, THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MERL BRUNO TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I LIVE ON WYNWOOD ROAD AND I'M VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT ZONING LAW FOR THE CHURCH ON CELESTIAL WESSON TOLD US THAT OUR MEETING WITH HIM THAT HE WANTS TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE STORY OF THIS CHURCH NATIONALLY AND HE PLANS TO USE HIS SON'S COMPANY, WHICH EMPLOYS FELONS AND CRIMINALS OUT OF PRISON TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK. 
          THIS WILL ENDANGER EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I IMPLORE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ADDISON CITIZENS IN OUR AREA AND DENY ANY SUP FOR THAT PROPERTY. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE ADDISON TAX-PAYING RESIDENCE AND DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM. 
          AND HAVING A LARGER CHURCH THAN WE ORIGINALLY PROMISED BY ADDISON WHEN ALL OF US BOUGHT OUR HOMES IS ILLEGAL. 
          THE DEEDED RESTRICTION WE WERE PROMISED WOULD BE IN EFFECT FOR OUR LIFETIME IS STILL THE LAW AND IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ADDISON TO HAVE A SPOT ZONING. 
          THE FORCE OF A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING RECENTLY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN A DICTATORSHIP, NOT A DEMOCRACY. 
          YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TERMS THAT EXPIRE AND THIS DECISION WILL NOT AFFECT YOU IN A FEW YEARS. 
          THAT WE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL LIVE WITH IT FROM NOW ON AND IT WILL DESTROY OUR QUIET WAY OF LIFE. 
          AS WE KNOW IT, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WILL BE UNTHINKABLE AND OUR PROPERTY TAXES WILL GREATLY SUFFER. 
          IF THERE IS A LARGE ACTIVE CHURCH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND DENY THIS SUP. 
          SINCERELY, MERLE BRUNER, THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY BLAKE CLEMONS TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU DARREN GARDNER AND DAN CIO FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ADDISON AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE JULY 25TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          BY TURNING DOWN THIS ILLEGAL ZONING APPLICATION, WE WILL STAND FIRMLY WITH YOU AND SUPPORT YOU. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT A MAJOR 
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CHANGE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY DESTROY THE QUIET AND PEACEFUL LIFE AT OUR HOMES. 
          WE ALL CURRENTLY AND RIGHTFULLY ENJOY. 
          I OPPOSE THIS REZONING APPLICATION AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU TURN DOWN THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU MONDAY NIGHT. 
          DUE TO THE MANY ISSUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP AND TOLD TO YOU FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED SHOULD THIS REQUEST FOR REZONING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BE APPROVED. 
          THIS PROPERTY WAS INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN PD RESIDENTIAL ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF ADDISON IN 1991. 
          THE LEADERSHIP OF ADDISON AT THAT TIME CLEARLY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WHILE DEVELOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN AND DELIBERATELY CHOSE TO ONLY GRANDFATHER THE THEN CURRENT LAND USAGE, WHICH FLOWED ONLY TO THE OWNERSHIP ENTITY OF THE CHURCH AND NOT TO THE LAND. 
          THEY WERE CONFIDENT THAT WHENEVER THAT ENTITY CEASED OPERATIONS, THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE WOULD TERMINATE AND ANY LAND USAGE GOING FORWARD WOULD, WOULD BE LIMITED TO ONLY THE ALLOWABLE USES PERMITTED UNDER THE PD ZONING. 
          I BELIEVE THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN PERMITTED USES UNDER THE ADOPTED PD ZONING AND WHAT THE WESTONS ARE PROPOSING IS CLEARLY NOT PERMITTED. 
          THE USE OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SUP TO GET AROUND THE LIMITATIONS THAT A COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN PROVIDES IS ILLEGAL. 
          ADDISON MAY HAVE USED SUVS IN THE PAST TO GET AROUND ZONING LIMITATIONS. 
          HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THE TOWN HAS EVER BEEN CHALLENGED TO THAT CHALLENGE THAT THIS TOO IS ILLEGAL. 
          I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF THIS APPLICATION PASSES ALL LEGAL OPTIONS WE WILL BE CONSIDER, UH, WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS AGENDA ITEM. 
          ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE HERE IS SPOT ZONING, WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW. 
          AND WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS CLEARLY SPOT ZONING. 
          I'M SHOCKED THIS IS THAT THIS APPLICATION IS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED BY ADDISON. 
          AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS RE RECOMMENDING BODY UNANIMOUSLY TURNED DOWN THIS REQUEST TONIGHT. 
          SINCERELY, BLAKE W CLEMONS, THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY DON SHEED TO BE READ INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, AND I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THE NAME CORRECTLY. 
          MY NAME IS DON SHEED AND I LIVE AT 1 4 7 3 7 CELESTIAL PLACE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 5 4. 
          I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR 25 YEARS. 
          I'M VERY UPSET TO THINK THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DID NOT TURN DOWN DONALD WESTON'S REQUEST THE VERY FIRST TIME HE CAME TO THE BOARD FOR A ZONING CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE FOR RESIDENCE. 
          MANY PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONED THIS AND MANY HAVE APPLIED, HAVE REPLIED THAT THE BOARD WAS SCARED OF A CIVIL LAWSUIT. 
          I BELIEVE WESTON'S INTENT WAS TO SCARE THE CITY OF ADDISON TO ALLOW NOT ONLY A COUNTRY CHURCH, BUT TO ALLOW HIM TO USE THE LAND BEYOND ANYTHING IT WAS EVER USED FOR. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO UPHOLD THE ZONING LAWS PERIOD, NOT CHANGE THEM. 
          AT ONE MEETING, A COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL BE WONDERFUL FOR TOURISTS COMING TO DALLAS TO SEE DILLEY PLAZA, WHERE KENNEDY WAS SHOT, THE ARTS DISTRICT NORTH PARK, AND SURELY THEY WILL WANT TO BUST THEIR WAY UP TO ADDISON TO SEE THE EVENT CENTER AT THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          THIS VISION IS MUCH MORE THAN THE CHURCH WE ALL KNEW, KNEW OF BACK THEN WHEN IT WAS IN EXISTENCE. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUS TOUR. 
          MANY ADDISON RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT UNLESS THEY LIVE RIGHT AROUND CELESTIAL ROAD AND ACCESS IT DAILY. 
          THIS DIRECTLY AFFECTS CELESTIAL PARK AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WHEN WESTON SAYS IT IS ONLY A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE OPPOSING THIS PROJECT, HE IS WRONG. 
          WE HAVE MORE THAN 200 SIGNATURES THAT OPPOSE THIS ZONING CHANGE. 
          I WILL END BY ASKING THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK THEMSELVES HOW THIS IS BENEFITING THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND THE CITIZENS. 
          HOW WILL IT MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE? BE HONEST AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. 
          SINCERELY, DON SHEED. 
          AS A REMINDER, I'M READING A LETTER SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, I'M CONVEYING THOUGHTS SUBMITTED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY ED COPELAND TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD MEMBERS OF THE THE TOWN COUNCIL. 
          PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD AT THE MEETING TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023. 
          MY WIFE, MIRIAM CAMARGO, FAIA AND DAUGHTER CATHERINE, LIVE AT 5,600 CELESTIAL ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF STER ROAD ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH AND WITHIN THE IMPACT ZONE. 
          WE HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF ADDISON FOR 20 YEARS. 
          WE OPPOSE THE CURRENT PROPOSED SUP AS PASSED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023. 
          AS I STATED AT THE PNZ MEETING, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE CHURCH OPERATIONS. 
          I SUPPORTED THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED SUP. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE OPPOSED TO ANY ORGANIZED, COMMERCIAL, 
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RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER ACTIVITY GROUP THAT OPERATES WITHOUT LIMITATION WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE PROPOSED SUP DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADEQUATELY ADDRESS POSSIBLE DISTURBANCE ISSUES SUCH AS EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ILLUMINATED EXTERIOR SIGNAGE, NOISE, BOTH AMPLIFIED AND NON AMPLIFIED NOISE, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, HOURS OF OPERATION, DEFINITION OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHURCH IS UNIQUE IN ITS LOCATION WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AS SUCH HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE, PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED SUP. 
          THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL AND RACHEL EMMETT TO BE READ INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          EMMETT. 
          WE WILL, UH, HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, SO WE WILL TAKE THAT ONE OUT. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MARY JO CATERER. 
          TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD DECISIONS ARE OFTEN OVERWHELMING. 
          DOING THE RIGHT THING IS THE ONLY DECISION THAT CAN SETTLE YOUR MIND AND YOUR YOUR EMOTIONAL SELF. 
          LONG TERM, IT IS ALWAYS THE BEST DECISION YOU CAN LIVE WITH YOURSELF. 
          THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL IS A CHURCH. 
          IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHURCH TO HAMPER WORSHIP IN THIS BUILDING IS AN UGLY UN-AMERICAN PROPOSITION. 
          WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO HOLD RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN HIGH REGARD. 
          I URGE THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL AS A CHURCH. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY BOB RA TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS BOB RA AND MY WIFE AND I RESIDE AT 1 4 7 3 0 CELESTIAL PLACE, ADDISON, TEXAS 7 5 2 5 4. 
          WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I OPPOSED A REZONING OF 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD. 
          WHAT SOLD US ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE QUIET AND SOMEWHAT HIDDEN FEEL IT HAS. 
          THE SUBJECT LOCATION IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SERENE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE FOR RESIDENCE. 
          AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THERE ARE ONLY TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS PROJECT WOULD CAUSE EXCESS TRAFFIC AND ADD AN INCREASED NOISE LEVEL TO THE AREA. 
          THE FIRST APPLICATION HAD A RESTRICTION OF A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY RATE OF 90. 
          NOW THE APPLICATION HAS A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF 150 WITH NO EXPLANATION OF HOW THESE PEOPLE WILL GET TWO AND FROM THE CHURCH WITH ONLY 18 PARKING SPACES. 
          THE COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE THIS SUP AT THE MEETING ON JULY 25TH, 2023, AND A NEW SUP HAS LESS RESTRICTIONS WITH INCREASED OCCUPANCY. 
          I HAVE A PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING WHY THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THIS SUP WITH SO MANY RESIDENTS IN OPPOSITION, IT IS CITY COUNCIL'S JOB TO UPHOLD THE CURRENT ZONING LAWS FOR THE RESIDENTS AFFECTED. 
          WHY WOULD THE COUNCIL CHANGE THIS WHEN ALL THE RESIDENTS OPPOSE IT? LET'S KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD QUIET AND SAFE. 
          SINCERELY, BOB RA THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY JJ HARRAN TO BE READ AND DUE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          DEAR MARION COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JJ HARRAN AND I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT 1 4 9 1 4 LAKE FOREST DRIVE AS A TAX PAYING RESIDENT OF ADDISON SINCE 1996. 
          I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF LIVING IN OUR SMALL TOWN. 
          AFTER MOVING TO ADDISON AND BUILDING A HOUSE, I ENJOYED OUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH THAT I MOVED MY COMPANY IN 1997 FROM DALLAS AND DEVELOPED OUR CURRENT OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF AIRPORT PARKWAY AND QUORUM DRIVE. 
          LOOKING BACK AT MY 27 YEARS OF LIVING AND RUNNING MY BUSINESS IN ADDISON, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'VE NOT SEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN SO UPSETTING TO SO MANY TAX PAYING RESIDENTS AS SU 1901 BOTTOM LINE. 
          THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AS OPPOSED TO THE WESTERNS ORGANIZATION THAT IS INSISTENT ON HAVING THEIR OWN WAY. 
          IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE MANY VOCAL RESIDENTS WHO CLEARLY DO NOT WANT TO WANT AN EVENT CENTER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU WILL VOTE NO ON SUP 1901 IF YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE. 
          YES. 
          THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO SO MANY OF YOUR FELLOW TOWN RESIDENTS? I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE NO TO SUP 1901. 
          SINCERELY, JJ HARAN. 
          AS A REMINDER, I'M READING THESE READING LETTERS SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE COMPLETED, INCLUDED IN PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, I'M CONVEYING THOUGHTS SUBMITTED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY ANNA ESTRADA TO BE READ AND DUE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. 
          MY NAME IS ANA ESTRADA. 
          I'M A BUSINESS OWNER IN ADDISON. 
          I HAVE NOTICED THE 
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WARMTH OF THE CITY. 
          IT HAS A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE THAN THE NEARBY CITIES. 
          PEOPLE ALL COME TOGETHER IN A CELEBRATION, MAKING IT BIG AND SOUND AROUND ALL THE CITIES. 
          I'VE COME WITH MY FAMILY TO EVENTS LIKE OCTOBERFEST AND VITRUVIAN PARK. 
          TRULY, EDISON IS A SENSATIONAL CITY WITH A UNIQUE STYLE. 
          I REALIZED THAT A CHURCH WANTS TO OPEN ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE HAVE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THIS OPENING. 
          I HAVE INFORMED MYSELF ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IT SINCE THE SUBJECT IS QUITE INTERESTING TO ME. 
          I WORK IN THE HEALTH FIELD AND THROUGH THIS I'VE LEARNED THAT RELIGIONS AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS MUST BE RESPECTED. 
          I BELIEVE THAT A CHURCH WITH SO MUCH HISTORY SHOULD NOT CEASE TO EXIST. 
          WHO DOESN'T WANT TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF A CITY? THIS CHURCH IS NOT TO BLAME FOR ENDING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I WATCHED THE PNZ MEETING IN NOVEMBER AND I COULD SEE THE SADNESS ON DR. 
          WESTON'S FACE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO HELP THE MEMBERS OF HIS COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM A PLACE TO EXPRESS THEIR FAITH FREELY. 
          FAITH SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED. 
          HUMAN BEINGS NEED IT, NEED IT BECAUSE IT GIVES US HOPE TO CONTINUE IN DIFFICULT TIMES AND THESE RESTRICTIONS SOMEHOW LIMIT THEIR BELIEF. 
          THE NOISE OF A CHURCH IS ALWAYS MUCH BETTER THAN THE NOISE OF A BAR OR AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. 
          THIS CHURCH, HOWEVER, IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE THAT CAN AT LEAST BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          I AM SURE THAT DUE TO THE SITUATION, THE OWNERS WILL BE MORE THAN CAUTIOUS, CAREFUL, AND CARING FOR THE NEIGHBORS DURING THEIR SERVICES. 
          EVERYONE DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY AND WHITE ROCK CHAPEL IS ASKING FOR IT. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORS AND NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK, SO IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY OF ADDISON TO APPROVE IT AND MAKE IT RIGHT. 
          I HOPE YOU CONSIDER OUR OPINION TO SUPPORT THE SUP. 
          THANK YOU ANNA ESTRADA. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY DONALD AND CECILIA MCKAY TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          MY WIFE CECILIA AND I HAVE LIVED IN ADDISON FOR 20 YEARS. 
          IN THE SMALL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE INACTIVE HISTORICAL WHITE ROCK CHAPEL IS LOCATED, WE ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED 19 OH UH, 1901 SUP MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW FULLY DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMES. 
          THE CHAPEL SITE IS QUITE SMALL AND VERY LIMITED ACCESS AND PARKING. 
          FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE NO THROUGH STREETS. 
          THE TIME HAS LONG PASSED FOR THE CITY OF ADDISON TO REZONE THIS SMALL SITE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL USE. 
          THE DISRUPTION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE EXTENSIVE AND WOULD NOT ADD VALUE TO THE CITY OF ADDISON. 
          SURELY THERE ARE MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS WITHIN ADDISON TO MEET THE LONG-TERM GOALS OF THE APPLICANT'S AND THE CITY. 
          RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DONALD AND CECILIA MCKAY. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY TOM BROWN, TOM BROWN TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          DEAR MARIN, DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUP REQUEST MAY PRESENT A TOUGH DECISION FOR SOME OF YOU. 
          I HAD NUMEROUS QUESTIONS WHEN THIS ITEM WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MANY MONTHS AGO DURING THAT FIRST SUP APPLICATION, I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS HAD BEEN ADDRESSED. 
          FRANKLY, I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE INITIAL SUP REQUEST WAS TURNED DOWN. 
          MANY OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LIVING IN ADDISON IN 2006 WHEN WE HAD CONTENTIOUS SUP REQUEST AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CELESTIAL AND MONTFORD IN THIS SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ON THE SITE CLOSED AND THEY WERE SELLING THE LAND. 
          THE LAND WAS ZONED OFFICE, BUT THE APPLICANT WANTED TO BUILD TOWN HOMES ON THE SITE. 
          THERE WERE NUMEROUS RESIDENTS NOT WANTING TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY FEARED ADDING TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND BELIEVED THE VALUES OF THESE NEW TOWN HOMES WERE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS. 
          TODAY, IF YOU ASK THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, I BELIEVE THEY WOULD AGREE THAT THE STANFORD HOMES PROJECT IS FAR BETTER THAN A THREE STORY OFFICE LOOKING DOWN INTO THEIR BACKYARDS. 
          AGAIN, YOU WILL HEAR FROM RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADDED TRAFFIC INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREETS. 
          SINCE THIS FACILITY HAS VERY FEW PARKING SPACES AND STREET PARKING IS PROHIBITED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY ORDINANCE, I DO NOT BELIEVE TRAFFIC GENERATED WILL PRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT HAS BEEN VOICED. 
          AS HAS BEEN VOICED. 
          I ALSO HEARD THAT RESIDENTS ARE WANTING SIGNAL LIGHTS AT THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROVIDE PROTECTED LEFT HAND TURNS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING EASILY ADDRESSED. 
          SINCE BOTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRY INTERSECTIONS ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND NOT IN ADDISON, REMEMBER THIS CHURCH WAS HERE LONG BEFORE THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED AND THEREFORE CHURCH IS A GRANDFATHERED USE. 
          SINCE THIS FACILITY WILL REMAIN A CHURCH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A CHURCH CHURCH USE CAN NOW BE PROHIBITED. 
          IN MY 12 YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I HAD NEVER SEEN 
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AN APPLICANT THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR PROJECT. 
          I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANTS JUST WANTED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, JUST WANT JUST WANTING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          WITH LI, WITH LIMITED PARKING, IMPROVED LANDSCAPING AND SITE CONDITIONS AND OUR CURRENT ORD OR CURRENT ORDINANCES, I BELIEVE THIS CHURCH USE IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THIS SITE AND A URGE YOU TO PASS THIS SUP. 
          THANKS TOM BROWN. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MICKEY MUNI TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ZONING APPLICATION SLASH SUP FOR THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL ON CELESTIAL. 
          IT APPEARS THAT THE APPLICANT APPLICANT HAS RESUBMITTED THE SUP REQUEST WITHOUT ONCE, WITHOUT THE ONCE AGREED TO RESTRICTIONS. 
          IT SHOULD SEEM SOMEWHAT INSULTING TO NOW REQUEST UNLIMITED EVENTS, BUSES, AND LARGE NUMBERS OF OCCUPANTS ALLOWING AN INCREASE OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ONTO WYNWOOD AND CELESTIAL WILL CREATE AN UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP FOR THE NEIGHBORS. 
          IT'S ALREADY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT ON WINDWOOD, LEFT ON ON WINDWOOD ONTO BELTLINE AS IT IS NOW. 
          IT IS UNFAIR TO IGNORE THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE ON WYNWOOD CELESTIAL AND IN BELLBROOK ESTATES. 
          ALLOWING THIS TYPE OF USE IS NOT A POSITIVE DECISION FOR ADDISON AS THERE WILL BE ZERO TAXES PAID TO ADDISON SINCE IT IS THE CHURCH ONLY RESULTING IN MORE COSTS TO ADDISON TO MONITOR AND MANAGE THE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 
          WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO TO THE PROPOSED SUP AS IT WILL MOST CERTAINLY INTERRUPT OUR QUIET ENJOYMENT THAT WE WERE ALL COUNTING ON WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          ANOTHER REASON TO VOTE NO IS THE FACT THAT THE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOW IN A UH, RESIDENTIAL PD DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T ALLOW THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR A CHURCH. 
          ONCE A FORMER CHURCH CEASED TO OPERATE, ONCE THE FORMER CHURCH CEASED TO OPERATE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE DE THE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS CALLED FOR THE PROPERTY TO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR HOMES NOT CHURCHES. 
          THE OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED USE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE OR RELIGION. 
          IT IS SIMPLY TO PROHIBIT USE OF THE PROPERTY BY ANYONE OR ANY ENTITY THAT THAT PROPOSED TO USE IT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR HOMES THAT IS PART OF AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PD DISTRICT. 
          AS YOU REPRESENT THE VOTING POPULATION IN ADDISON, IT'S YOUR DUTY TO RESPECT THE OPPOSITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND VOTE NO RESPECTFULLY. 
          MICKEY AND MICHELLE NIE . 
          AS A REMINDER, I'M READING LETTERS SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, I'M CONVEYING THOUGHTS SUBMITTED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MARLEY MARLEY. 
          I'M NOT, I'M SORRY. 
          I MAY MISPRONOUNCED THE NAME MARLIE MADDEN AND JEFFREY LAAL TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS OER LEE WHO WAS MISSPELLED UP THERE. 
          MARYLEE MADDEN. 
          UH, MY HUSBAND JEFF LAAL AND I PURCHASED THE REAL PROPERTY, UH, LOCATED AT 1 4 9 0 0 WYNWOOD ROAD, ADDISON, TEXAS IN MAY, 2013. 
          WE ARE BOTH ATTORNEYS. 
          WE WERE AWARE THAT THE CHURCH PROPERTY LOCATED ON CELESTIAL DRIVE WAS SUBJECT TO A REAL PROPERTY COVENANT WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME. 
          THAT COVENANT ENCOMPASSES A LEGAL RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY AT ISSUE. 
          THAT RIGHT PRECLUDES TRANSFER OF THE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY OTHER THAN THE REVERSIONARY BENEFICIARY OF THE TITLE. 
          ONLY THE ORIGINAL CHURCH HAD THE RIGHT TO USE THE PROPERTY AND THAT CHURCH HAS LONG SINCE BEEN GONE. 
          IF YOU APPROVE THE SUP THAT IS AT ISSUE AT THE DECEMBER 4TH MEETING, YOU'LL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE REAL OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CITY WILL BE SUBJECT TO POTENTIAL THEFT OF PROPERTY. 
          WITH THE AGGRAVATING FACTORS OF COUNSEL, KNOWING OF THE TITLE DEFECT AND ACTED REGARDLESS, A TITLE EXAMINER HAS REVIEWED THE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY AND CONCLUDED THAT THE COVENANT RUNS WITH THE LAND AND AS A RESULT, THE WESSIN GROUP OR ITS ENTITY INTO WHICH TITLE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED DO NOT HAVE CLEAR TITLE. 
          IT IS LIKELY THAT ANYTHING THAT IS BUILT ON THE LAND WILL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. 
          MY HOME IS SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN COVERING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE RELIED IN GOOD FAITH ON THE PLAN DEEMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL GRANTING THE SUP ALSO EXPOSES THE CITY TO LITIGATION BECAUSE THE OF THE RELIANCE, THE HOMEOWNERS PLACED ON THE PLAN ZONING THAT THE PLATTED, 
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THAT THE PLATTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 
          MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ATTENDED MEETINGS ON THE SUP AND EXPRESSED THEIR RELIANCE ON THE PROP AS THE PROPERTY BEING ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 
          NOW YOU ARE CONSIDERING CHANGING THE ZONING IN SPITE OF THE RELIANCE AGAIN OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE PLACED ON THE ZONING OF RECORD. 
          I ASKED YOU ASK YOU TO THINK HOW YOU MIGHT FEEL IF YOUR PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED AND ADVERSELY IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF A COUNCIL IGNORING WHAT YOU HAD VALIDLY RELIED UPON IN BUYING A HOME. 
          PERSONALLY, I HAVE COME TO THE BELIEF THAT THE COUNCIL IS VIOLATING THE PROMISES MADE TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND TAXPAYERS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE ISSUE OF SPOT ZONING. 
          WE URGE YOU NOT TO IGNORE THE LAW ABOUT SPOT ZONING. 
          RELIANCE ON A FEDERAL STATUTE REGARDING CHURCHES IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS ZONING ISSUE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IT IS SHOUTED. 
          THIS IS SO PRIMARILY, THIS IS SO PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT IN THE ORIGINAL DEEDED. 
          YOU CANNOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE TRUE LANDOWNER'S RIGHTS UNDER A FEDERAL STATUTE. 
          BEWARE THE COURTS ROUTINELY RECOGNIZE AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF A COVENANT THAT RUNS WITH THE LAND, WHICH IS THE HEART OF THIS ISSUE. 
          THERE ARE MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER. 
          AMONG THEM ARE THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC, THE RIGHT TO QUIET ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY AND THE COMMERCIAL USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 
          NO MATTER HOW YOU CONSIDER IT, IF YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THE SUP, YOU ARE DESTROYING THE REPUTATION OF ADDISON AS PRIMARILY SERVING ITS CITIZENS. 
          YOU'LL BE DESTROYING THE CREDIBILITY OF THE CITY BY ALLOWING THE REZONING. 
          WHEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RELIED ON THE APPROVED ZONING WHEN THEY PURCHASED THEIR HOMES, THE THOUGHT THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS DOUBLE HE DOUBLE DEALING. 
          EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUP, THEY WANT TO ERASE WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO EACH OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A RESIDENTIAL OASIS OF PEACE WHERE THE NEIGHBORS COULD QUIETLY ENJOY THE PROPERTY. 
          WHILE I HAVE STRONG DOUBTS THAT YOU WILL FAIRLY CONSIDER THE ISSUES AND THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSIONS THAT WE AND OTHERS HAVE RAISED ABOUT THE SUP, MY HUSBAND AND I URGE YOU AND WE STRONGLY ADVOCATE THAT YOU DENY APPROVAL OF THE SUP. 
          VERY TRULY YOURS, MELEE MADDEN AND JEFFREY AL. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY SHERRY NOLAN TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING REQUEST FOR 55 55 CELESTE ROAD. 
          WHILE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY MAY BE UNABLE TO PRE PREVENT THIS REZONING, PLEASE NOTE THAT IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE AREA. 
          NEARLY ALL RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO IT. 
          THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY ISSUES WITH PARKING, TRAFFIC, NOISE AND THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE ONLY TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CELESTIAL MONTFORD INTERSECTION AT THE START AND END OF EACH SCHOOL DAY. 
          THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN ATTENDING THE ANNE FRANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN AS THEY WALK TO SCHOOL. 
          I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED REZONING AND FROM RECENT MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MY NEIGHBORS. 
          I KNOW MY OPINIONS ARE SHARED BY MANY WHO, WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND EACH OF YOU AN EMAIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          BEST REGARDS, SHERRY NOLAN. 
          THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY DONALD AND DONALD LOWEN TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          THE ADDISON TOWN COUNCIL IS MEETING TONIGHT FOR ITS SECOND TIME TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN 1901. 
          THE ADDISON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COMPLETED ITS SECOND CONSIDERATION OF SUP 1901 BY VOTING FIVE TO ONE IN FAVOR OF THE APPRO PROPOSAL IN SPITE OF 17 SPEAKERS GIVING THEIR REASONS WHY THEY OPPOSED THIS APPLICATION. 
          55 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION AND DOZENS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK BUT FILLED OUT A CARD IN OPPOSITION. 
          THE ONLY PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS IN FAVOR ACTUALLY LIVED IN DALLAS. 
          THE ADDISON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IGNORED ONE OF THEIR SWORN OATHS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND VOTED TO DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVED IN HAVE LIVED IN FOR 31 YEARS, LIVED IN AND LOVED FOR 31 YEARS. 
          MY PRIMARY OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED SUP IS BASED ON MY PERSONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          I SPENT HOURS OVER THREE DAYS WITH A STOPWATCH AND A CLIPBOARD TIMING VEHICLES ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD WITH FOUR VEHICLES ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE AT THE END OF AN EVENT. 
          MY CALCULATED WAIT TIME VARIED FROM FIVE TO 10 MINUTES. 
          WITH EIGHT VEHICLES, THE WAIT TIME INCREASED TO 10 TO 20 MINUTES AND IT KEEPS INCREASING 
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AS THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES KEEPS GROWING. 
          A WAIT TIME OF OVER AN HOUR IS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED. 
          THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD LISTS 128 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SHARE THE TWO AND ONLY TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS. 
          NO HOMEOWNER WANTS TO WAIT AN HOUR TO EXIT HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND NO VISITOR WANTS TO WAIT AN HOUR TO EXIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER ATTENDING AN EVENT AT WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          SO WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING THIS SUP IF NO ONE IS FOR IT? IF APPROVED, BOTH THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE VISITORS WILL SUFFER. 
          DR. 
          WESSON HAS MADE APPROVAL OF THIS SUP ALL ABOUT RACE WHEN IN FACT THIS IS ABOUT SPACE. 
          ONE ACRE OF GROUND WITH LIMITED TWO LANE ACCESS IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO BUILD A MUSEUM SLASH CHURCH SLASH CIVIC CENTER. 
          DR. 
          WESSON NEEDS TO MOVE HIS PROPOSED SUP TO A NEW LOCATION THAT WILL SUPPORT HIS VISION FOR FUTURE PLACE OF WORSHIP. 
          I AM TOLD THAT FIVE MEMBERS OF THE ADDISON TOWN COUNCIL WILL JOIN THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE SUP FOR A SINGLE REASON THEY DO NOT WANT TO GET SUED. 
          THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. 
          THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF ADDISON VOTED FOR THE CURRENT TOWN COUNCIL TO PROTECT THEIR TOWN AND THEIR HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO STEP UP AND DO THEIR JOB. 
          THIS IS THE REASON I IMPLORE EACH OF YOU TO VOTE AGAINST SUP 1901 AND KEEP OUR BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD FROM BEING DESTROYED. 
          RESPECTFULLY, DONALD AND DONALD LOWEN, THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY JUDY ROBBINS TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WHY IS CHANGING THE ZONING THE BEST FOR ADDISON? SINCE THIS IS THE WELL-REHEARSED ANSWER BY MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO ONE HAS SAID WHY THIS IS THE BEST THING TO DO FOR OUR CITY. 
          YOU'RE VOTING TO PUT AN ANYTHING GOES EVENT CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EXTREMELY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU THINK THIS IS BEST. 
          THIS IS THE BEST FOR ADDISON. 
          FOR ADDISON. 
          WHY? WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY SINCERELY, JUDY ROBBINS, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY KEVIN PALET TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD AND I PROBABLY MISPRONOUNCED THE LAST NAME. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, I ASK THAT MY NOTE BE READ ALOUD AND INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD AT YOUR MEETING. 
          ON DECEMBER 4TH, MY WIFE COPIED, MY WIFE COPIED AND I RESIDE AT 55 60 CELESTIAL ROAD, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHURCH AND THEREFORE WITHIN THE IMPACT ZONE. 
          WHILE WE WERE IN FAVOR OF THE PREVIOUS SUP, WE ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS SUP. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE OUT OF TOWN WHEN THE TOWN COUNCIL VOTED DOWN THE PREVIOUS SUP. 
          UPON LEARNING OF THE VOTE, I REACHED OUT TO DON WEST AND TO INFORM HIM, INFORM HIM THAT I WAS WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS IN THE IMPACT ZONE TO GAIN THEIR APPROVAL FOR THE SUP SO THAT HE COULD REFILE. 
          I LATER INFORMED HIM THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT SUPPORT WITH NEIGHBORS IN THE IMPACT ZONE THAT A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO IF HE REFILED. 
          I EVEN SHARED THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE OPEN TO MORE FREQUENT BIBLE STUDY GROUPS TO BETTER MEET HIS NEEDS AND GOALS. 
          DR. 
          WESSON STATED THAT HE WANTED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND I SHARED THAT WE WANTED THE SAME. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, HIS ACTIONS IN FILING THIS NEW SUP CONTRADICT THE SPIRIT OF THAT STATEMENT AND THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAD TAKEN AND AGREEING NOT TO REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE SHOULD HE REFILE THE SUP, WHICH I ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO. 
          NO ONE WOULD WANT THE TRANQUILITY OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISRUPTED WITH COMMERCIAL EVENTS OR UNFETTERED TRAFFIC OR NOISE. 
          WHILE WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRIOR SUP AND ARE OPEN TO A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE PREVIOUS SUP, WE ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT SUP. 
          WE HAVE THREE. 
          WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WALK AND BIKE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS NO SIDEWALKS AND LIMITED INGRESS IN EGRESS MITIGATING THE TRAFFIC INTO AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIMITING THE NOISE IS CRUCIAL TO SUSTAINING A SAFE TRANQUIL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT POSITION OF THE TOWN. 
          GIVEN THE POLITICS AND PUBLICITY SURROUNDING THE LATEST APPLICATION, WE CAN AS THIS APPLICATION IS MATERIAL AS MATERIALLY WORSE THAN THE PREVIOUS SUP HAS VIRTUALLY NO RESTRICTIONS AND HAS FAR MORE OPPOSITION FROM RESIDENTS, WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD RECEIVE FAR FEWER VOTES THAN THE PREVIOUS SUP AND ASK THAT YOU ALL VOTE NO SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WESTON'S BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO ARRIVE AT A WIN-WIN OUTCOME WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FINAL SUP WILL 
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BE MATERIALLY BETTER FOR THEM THAN THE ONE VOTED DOWN IN AUGUST, BUT MATERIALLY BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS THAN THE CURRENT SUP WITHOUT A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE WESTINS. 
          IT SEEMS THIS MATTER WILL BE HEADING TO COURT AND WE'D ALL LIKE TO AVOID THIS IF POSSIBLE. 
          AGAIN, DECLINING THE CURRENT SUP IS THE ONLY VIABLE PATH TOWARDS TOWARDS THE NEGOTIATED SOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND HIS RESIDENCE. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS CURRENT SUP KEVIN AND MAYOR PALATE. 
          THIS IS A BRIEF ONE. 
          UH, THE FOLLOWING BRIT'S STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MAYOR PALATE TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          NEEDLESS TO ADD, I REQUESTED THE COUNCIL VOTE NO TO THIS PROPOSED SUP CASE 1901 SUP 55 55 AND I WANT MY COMMENTS READ INTO THE RECORD AT THE 12 4 23 MEETING. 
          AS A REMINDER, I'M READING LETTERS SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, I'M CONVEYING THOUGHTS SUBMITTED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY LAWRENCE JONES TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ADDISON TOWN COUNCIL. 
          I'VE BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE VARIOUS EVENTS SURROUNDING THIS, THE ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 55 55 CELEST ROAD KNOWN AS WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          I HAVE BEEN, I HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS HELD BY HELD AT THE WRC BY DR. 
          WESSON AND HIS TEAM FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS HELD IN PRIVATE RESIDENCES TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS. 
          IN ADDITION, I ATTENDED THE FIRST PRESENTATION TO, TO THE ADDISON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON MAY 16TH, 2023, THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 25TH, 2023 DURING WHICH THE PROPOSED SUP WAS DENIED AND THE LATEST PNZ MEETING ON NOVEMBER 15TH TO DISCUSS A REVISED PROPOSAL FOR AN SUP FOR FOR A SECOND, THE SECOND SUPI HAD BEEN SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA OF REESTABLISHING THE WRC AS A HISTORIC CHURCH, NOTWITHSTANDING THE STRONG PUSHBACK FROM A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE MOTIVES AND PLANS FOR THE SITE PRESENTED BY THE WESSONS. 
          I HAD FELT THAT THE VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS NEGOTIATED IN THE FIRST SUP PROPOSAL WOULD'VE RESULTED IN A WORKABLE SOLUTION FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          HOWEVER, THE SECOND SUP PROPOSAL HAS GUTTED ANY MEANINGFUL RESTRICTION ON THE APPLICANT'S PLANS AND THEY WOULD BE FREE TO REVERT BACK TO THE OUTLANDISH DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HAD BEEN DRAFTED IN 2019 AND SUBSEQUENTLY DISAVOWED BY THE WESTINS. 
          WHEN CHALLENGED ON THIS POINT IN THE NOVEMBER PNZ MEETING, THE WEINS REPRESENTATIVE WAS CAREFUL TO USE LANGUAGE SUCH AS NOT AT THIS TIME TO DENY ANY PLANS WITH NO MEANINGFUL GUARDRAILS IN A SIGNED AGREEMENT, THE WEINS WOULD HAVE NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR EXPANSIVE VISION WOULD BE CHECKED. 
          I WAS SHOCKED AND APPALLED AT THE DISCUSSION AT THE PNZ MEETING IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION FROM THE LOCAL NEIGHBORS REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF THE EAST ADDISON COMMUNITY WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT MEMBERS OF THE PNZ COMPLETELY DISREGARDED THOSE OPPOSING VIEWS. 
          I READ ALL THESE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE PNZ AND LISTENED CAREFULLY TO THE PRESENTATIONS AT THE PNZ MEETING. 
          MANY OF THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PLAN PRE UH, PRESENTED WELL THOUGHT OUT ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD BE DENIED AT THAT THAT WENT WELL BEYOND THE SIMPLE NIMBY ATTITUDE FROM THE NEIGHBORS. 
          THE END RESULT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A RUBBER STAMP APPROVAL BY THE PNZ WITH NO MEANINGFUL PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE PROS AND CONS. 
          THIS WAS FAR FROM THE SORT OF ADDISON WAY PROCESS. 
          I'D COME TO EXPECT THE TOWN OF THE TOWN. 
          IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY THE TOWN WOULD EVEN BOTHER TO ASK FOR COMMUNITY COMMENTS IF YOU DON'T INTEND TO CONSIDER OR OTHERWISE ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. 
          IN PREVIOUS DELIBERATIONS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, HE USED THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE LANGUAGE IN YOUR CONCLUSIONS WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, TEXAS DOES FIND THAT IT IS A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ZONING CHANGE. 
          THAT THE PUBLIC DEMANDS IT. 
          THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST CLEARLY REQUIRES THE AMENDMENT AND IT IS THE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, TEXAS, AND IT HELPS PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, WELFARE AND SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THIS LANGUAGE APPLIES THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL RECOGNIZES ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZENS TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. 
          THE CITIZENS AFFECTED BY THIS PROPOSED 
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SUP HAVE CLEARLY SPOKEN THAT THIS PROPOSED SUP DOES NOT PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, WELFARE AND SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS TIME THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY LISTENS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY BART TURNER TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          LYNN AND I OPPOSE APPROVING THE SUP DRAMATICALLY CHANGING THE CHURCH'S SIZE AND SCOPE AS WELL AS THE IMPACT ON OUR QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU BOW DOWN TO A DALLAS-BASED ENTITY THAT PROVIDES NO TAX-BASED REVENUE FOR ADDISON AGAINST THE WISHES OF SO MANY ADDISON RESIDENTS THAT DO PAY TAXES IN ADDISON? AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF ADDISON AND THE RESIDENTS THAT RESIDE IN ADDISON? WE ARE NOT ANTI-CHURCH ON THE SITE. 
          WE JUST WANT IT SMALL LIKE IT IS NOW. 
          IT HAS LITTLE PARKING, IT HAS A LITTLE BUILDING, IT IS A LITTLE SITE. 
          IT UNFETTERED OVERREACHING SUP APPLICATION IS WAY OUTTA LINE. 
          PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ADDISON AND VOTE NO. 
          BEST REGARDS. 
          BART TURNER. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MARSHALL ROBBINS TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT SUP 1901 OR ANY REZONING REQUEST FOR 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. 
          ONE, THE PROPERTY IS AND HAS BEEN ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINCE 1991. 
          TWO. 
          ADDISON PDS ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. 
          THREE. 
          A PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER WAS GIVEN A NON-CONFORMING EXCEPTION IN ADDISON'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANS DUE TO ITS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. 
          FOUR. 
          THE PROPERTY CEASED FUNCTIONING AS A CHURCH IN 2016 AND HAS BEEN VACANT UNTIL NEW OWNERS PURCHASED A PROPERTY IN 2019. 
          FIVE. 
          NONCONFORMING EXCEPTIONS DO NOT STAY WITH THE PROPERTY THEY END WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED. 
          SIX SUVS CANNOT BE USED TO GET AROUND ZONING REQUIREMENTS, SPOT ZONING TO ALLOW RESTRICTED USES SUCH AS CONVENIENCE STORES, GAS STATIONS, AND OTHERS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONED NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SEVEN. 
          THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN ADDISON THAT WOULD MEET THE STATED NEEDS OF THE CURRENT OWNERS OTHER THAN THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          ADDISON'S ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT AN SUP MUST CONTAIN STANDARDS AND SAFEGUARDS AS ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT, TO PROTECT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE APPROVAL OF STATUTE USE. 
          THIS SUP HAS REMOVED ALL THESE STANDARDS AND SAFEGUARDS. 
          THE APPLICANT IS USING THE THREAT OF A LAWSUIT TO REMOVE STANDARDS AND SAFEGUARDS FOR ADDISON CITIZENS. 
          THAT SHOULD BE AN OBVIOUS INDICATION THAT THE APPLICANT'S INTENT FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNSEL NOT APPROVE THIS REZONING REQUEST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARSHALL ROBBINS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY RUSSELL AND MARGARET WORKMAN TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          WE ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING COUNSEL TO OPPOSE THE APPLICATION FOR HIS ZONING CHANGE AT THIS LOCATION. 
          AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED TO BOTH THE P AND Z COMMISSION AND TO COUNCIL, THIS LOCATION CANNOT ADEQUATELY HANDLE AN ATTRACTION OF THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL. 
          OUR OPPOSITION IS BASED ON OUR ACTUAL DAILY OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF LIVING ON WINDWOOD ROAD FOR 15 YEARS. 
          WE KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT WYNWOOD AND CELESTIAL AND THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO WERE NOT BUILT TO HANDLE TRAFFIC VOLUME. 
          WYNWOOD DOES NOT EVEN HAVE SIDEWALKS FROM THIS INTERSECTION ALL THE WAY TO BELTLINE ROAD. 
          PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SHARES THE ROAD WITH VEHICLES MAKING ANY INCREASE IN VEHICLE TRAFFIC EVEN MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY ON THIS STREET. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ALREADY HAVE THREE ATTRACTIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WYNWOOD PARK, CELESTIAL PARK AND WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL THAT REGULARLY BRING BOTH VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC INTO AND THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ATTRACTION TO REGULARLY DRAW PEOPLE ACTIVITY OR EVENT TRAFFIC THAT PRIMARILY BENEFITS NON ADDISON RESIDENTS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ADDISON RESIDENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          BY NOW, IT SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR TO YOU THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR NEIGHBORS SHARE OUR CONCERNS AND ARE OPPOSED TO THIS APPLICATION. 
          THIS OPPOSITION IS NOT LIMITED TO TWO OR THREE INDIVIDUALS AS YOU MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY LED TO BELIEF. 
          FINALLY, IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL TO US ABOUT THE RACE OF THE APPLICANT'S SPONSORS OR WHAT RELIGIOUS GROUP THE A, THE APPLICANT CLAIMS AS ITS HISTORICAL HERITAGE. 
          THESE ARE IRRELEVANT FACTORS THAT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED IN THE EVALUATION OF THEIR PROPOSED SUP. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR RECEIPT OF OF OUR LETTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          RESPECTFULLY, RUSSELL AND 
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MARGARET WORKMAN, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE Y'ALL. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL DOUGLAS TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING COUNCIL MEMBERS DAN LISIO AND DARREN GARDNER FOR THEIR COURAGE AND SUPPORT IN VOTING AGAINST THE PREVIOUS SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR REZONING THE ABANDONED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS TREMENDOUS PRESSURE PLACED UPON THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS PROPOSAL AND I'M SURE THAT THERE IS EVEN MORE PRESSURE BEING APPLIED FOR THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. 
          THIS LETTER IS NOT DIRECTED TO THEM OTHER THAN TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS AND THAT'S FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AGAINST THIS NEW AND EVEN MORE DISRUPTIVE REQUEST TO THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AS THE RESIDENT OF ADDISON, I FIND THE TREATMENT OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS DURING THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO BE DEEPLY TROUBLING. 
          IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023, MYSELF AND OVER 50 OTHER RESIDENTS OF ADDISON WROTE LETTERS TO THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSING OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING PROPOSAL. 
          NOT A SINGLE LETTER WAS READ ALOUD AS EXPLICITLY REQUESTED IN THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PLANNING A ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AS BEING A MINORITY OF UNHAPPY RESIDENTS WHEN IN FACT WE HAD ASSIGNED PETITION WITH OVER 160 SIGNATURES, LARGELY RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE STAUNCHLY APPROACHED TO THIS REZONING. 
          INSTEAD OF TAKING THIS FEEDBACK FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS SERIOUSLY, WE HEARD CHASTISING SPEECHES FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL INCLUDING ONE THAT EQUIPPED THAT ONE OF ADDISON'S SLOGANS IS WE'RE HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. 
          THIS MUST ONLY APPLY TO BUSINESS INTERESTS WHO DO NOT LIVE OR PAY TAXES IN THE CITY. 
          THIS IS SIMPLY NOT HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT OF BUY AND FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT A GOVERNMENT THAT TURNS A DEAF EAR TO ITS CONSI CONSTITUENTS. 
          IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW YOU, THE ATTENDEES OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEEL ABOUT THIS REZONING REQUEST, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IF YOU CAN TRULY RELY ON THE ADDISON CITY OFFICIALS TO REPRESENT YOUR INTERESTS TODAY. 
          THE COUNCIL IS IGNORING ME TO PERHAPS NEXT TIME THEY WILL IGNORE YOU. 
          I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ENSURE THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL BETTER REPRESENTS ME AT ELECTION TIME AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THE SAME AS A PARTING THOUGHT, I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE MISINFORMATION AND BULLYING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ENGAGED IN BECAUSE FRANKLY IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME AND THIS LETTER MUST BE READ IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. 
          HOWEVER, ONE THING THAT YOU CAN BE SURE OF IS THAT THE APPLICANT IS THE LAST PERSON THAT I WOULD WANT TO LITIGATE THIS ISSUE AS THE DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS FOR THE COURT CASE WOULD ENTAIL BRINGING THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND, LACK OF CLEAN TITLE, ILLEGALITY OF ZONING, ET CETERA BEFORE A JUDGE WHO WILL CONSIDER THE MATTER BASED ON THE LAW AND PRECEDENT WHICH ARE BOTH AGAINST THIS ZONING REQUEST. 
          RESPECTFULLY, MICHAEL DOUGLAS. 
          AS A REMINDER, I'M READING LETTERS SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN PUBLIC RECORD. 
          I'M NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, I'M CONVEYING THOUGHTS SUBMITTED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY BRIAN WAKOWSKI AND ANDREA JENNINGS TO BE READ INTO PUBLIC RECORD AS A RESULT OF THE CELESTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN ADDISON. 
          I'M STRONGLY AGAINST THE REZONING OF THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL PARCEL TO ALLOW FOR LARGE EVENTS BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WESTON'S PROPOSAL. 
          THERE COULD BE LARGE GROUPS, SOME REQUIRING LARGE BUSES TO DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TO MENTION THE PARKING ISSUE AND NOISE THAT WOULD SURELY BE CREATED. 
          THE STREETS ARE NARROW AND EVERYONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED, NOT JUST THOSE RESIDENTS ADJACENT TO THE CHAPEL. 
          THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET INTO AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEITHER HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. 
          IF YOU VISIT THE MONTFORD CELESTIAL INTERSECTION RIGHT BEFORE THE ANN FRANK SCHOOL STARTS AND WHEN IT, WHEN IT LETS THAT LETS THE CHILDREN OUT, YOU'LL GET A TASTE OF WHAT THAT TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE AND THIS WOULD ADD TO THAT. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN SOMEONE TRY TO TURN LEFT ON THE BELT LINE OFF OF WYNWOOD DURING THE DAY, YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN. 
          ADDITIONALLY, REZONING THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE COVENANT THAT SPECIFIES THE USE OF THE LAND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD OPEN THE LEGAL DOORS TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOING THINGS WITH THE PROPERTY THAT COULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE HOUSING VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 17 YEARS AND THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL HAS BEEN A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO ISSUES THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          I SEE NO REASON WHY WE WOULD CHANGE THIS HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP. 
          YOU WERE ELECTED 
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TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU DO SO PLEASE. 
          HE THE VOICES OF YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS OF ADDISON, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WOULD BE MOST NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THIS REZONING AND VOTE NO ON THE ON THE REZONING REQUEST. 
          BRIAN SAKOWSKI AND ANDREA JENNINGS. 
          THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY KEVIN SHEEL AND TO BE READ INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, I'M NOT SURE IF I PRONOUNCED THAT NAME RIGHT. 
          MY NAME IS KEVIN SHEEL AND I LIVE WITH MY WIFE AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AT 1 4 9 1 2 HHI PLACE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 5 4. 
          OUR RESIDENCE IS PART OF BELLBROOK ESTATES, WHICH IS IMPACTED BY THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL SUP REZONING AT 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN RESUBMITTED AFTER BEING REVIEWED AND VOTED AGAINST ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 25TH, 2023. 
          THE RESUBMITTED WHITE ROCK CHAPEL SUP HAS NOW REQUESTED THE REMOVAL OF ALL PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS IT HAS REQUESTED TO ENTER TO INCREASE THE OCCUPANCY ON SITE TO 150 PEOPLE, NO PARKING OR BUS RESTRICTIONS, UNLIMITED FUNCTIONS AND NO LIMITS ON THE TIMES OF OPERATION. 
          THIS WOULD FURTHER AMPLIFY OUR MAIN, MAIN CONCERN OF INCREASED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO POTENTIAL LIFE-THREATENING SAFETY ISSUES THAT WILL RESULT WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 2016 AND WE'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL AND WELCOMED THE HISTORICAL ICON ON OUR SMALL IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY BASED ON THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS LISTED IN THE ORIGINAL GIFTED DEEDED. 
          WE HAVE NOW RETIRED IN ADDISON AND LIKE MANY RESIDENTS HERE, OUR HOME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET WE HAVE. 
          WE PAY OUR TAXES, SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING PARK CLEAN AND SAFE AS RESIDENTS. 
          WE ONLY ASK FOR THE APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION BY OUR PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBERS AND ELECTED CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP US CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR THE SAME CONSIDERATION THAT YOU WOULD WANT SHOULD ANY FUTURE PROPOSAL NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY HAS TWO ROADS USED TO ENTER AND EXIT THE AREA, BOTH OF WHICH PASSED BY THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          THESE ROADS ARE ALREADY HEAVILY TRAVELED BY RESIDENTS AND OTHER CARS PASSING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHEN CUTTING THROUGH FROM BELTLINE TO MONTFORT DRIVE. 
          EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED TO SAY NO THROUGH TRAFFIC AT BOTH ENTRANCE IS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THERE ARE ALSO NO PARKING SIGNS POSTED ON THE RESIDENTIAL ROADS ADJACENT TO CELESTIAL PARK. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXISTING HEAVY TRAFFIC STILL POSES A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE RESIDENTS LIVING HERE, THEIR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND FRIENDS THAT ARE VISITING AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS ADDISON RESIDENTS THAT USE CELESTIAL PARK FOR RELAXATION AND RECREATION. 
          THE PROPOSED WHITE ROCK CHAPEL SUP AT 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD WILL ONLY INCREASE THE PROBLEM BY SEVERAL ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. 
          THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION MODIFICATIONS, ADDITIONAL EVENT OCCUPANCY, AND NO ADDITIONAL PARKING OR VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS. 
          THE EXISTING ROADS IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT SUPPORT THIS. 
          OUR OPPOSITION TO THE NEW WHITE ROCK CHAPEL SUP IS SIMPLY BASED ON THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION. 
          IT WILL ADD THE POTENTIAL LIFE-THREATENING SAFETY ISSUES THAT MAY RESULT AND IN PROTECTING OUR LANDOWNER'S RIGHT TO USE AND ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY. 
          OVER THE PAST YEAR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO MANY ROAD CLOSURES, WHITE ROCK CREEK REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION, AND NUMEROUS WATERLINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS RESULTING IN SEVERE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. 
          THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL NON PERMITTED EVENTS AT CELESTIAL PARK, LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL WITH ILLEGAL PARKING AT EVERY INTERSECTION AND HUNDREDS OF OCCUPANTS THAT REQUIRED ADDISON POLICE INTERVENTION DURING THIS UNPERMITTED EVENT. 
          I WAS UNABLE TO GET TO MY HOME DUE TO ILLEGALLY PARKED CARS AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. 
          SHOULD THERE HAVE BEEN AN EMS OR FIRE EMERGENCY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENTER TO GET THAT IN, TO GET IN EITHER. 
          I WAS FORCED TO CALL THE ADDISON POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE AS DID OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          PLEASE REVIEW THE UNDOCUMENTED POLICE REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS OF CELESTIAL PARK FROM SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023. 
          I ASK THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL TO SIMPLY DRIVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY BEFORE YOU APPROVE OR VOTE ON ANYTHING, REVIEW ALL THE EXISTING PARKING, RE, RE RESTRICTION SIGNS, THE SIGNS AT THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, THE GENERAL COMMUNITY LAYOUT AND ALL THE EXISTING ZONING CONDITIONS AND CITY ORDINANCES FOR THE REQUIRED PERMITS FOR ALL ACTIVITIES 
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IN AND AROUND CELESTIAL PARK ENCLOS. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER THIS EMAIL AS MY DOCUMENTED AND UNDISCOVERABLE NOTICE OF MY OPPOSITION TO THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL SUP AT 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD AND MY DESIRE FOR OUR ADDISON PLANNING ZONING MEMBERS AND ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL. 
          THANK YOU, KEVIN. 
          SHE THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO READ HERE. 
          THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS SENT IN THAT WAS ASKED TO BE READ. 
          THERE WAS A, UH, IN THE, THERE WAS A PETITION THAT, UH, FOR SUP 1901 AND IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING PETITION, OPPOSING THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD CONTAINS 186 SIGNATURES FROM THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE HOMES IN THE AFFECTED AREA. 
          10 OF THOSE HOMES HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE LOCATED WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 
          IN ADDITION, THERE ARE DOZENS OF SIGNATURES FROM HOMES IN OAKS NORTH ON LAKE FOREST AND EVEN FROM HOMES LOCATED IN ADDISON THAT ARE WEST OF THE DALLAS, THE NORTH DALLAS TOLL ROAD. 
          PLEASE READ ALL THE OPENING IF THE OPPOSING NAMES INTO THE RECORD AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023. 
          UH, I WILL NOT BE READING ALL 186 NAMES INTO THE RECORD. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE PART OF OUR PERMANENT RECORD AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR EMAILS AND I HOPE THAT WE GOT ALL THEM. 
          WE DID OUR VERY BEST TO TO CAPTURE THE ONES THAT CAME IN AND, AND GET THEM PRINTED OUT AND, AND GET, SO WE GET THEM READ INTO THE RECORD WITH THAT AT NINE 16. 
          WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC PORTION OF OUR MEETING. 
          WE'LL GO AND GET STARTED AGAIN. 
          EVERYBODY HAVE A SEAT. 
          WE'LL GET STARTED AGAIN. 
          GOOD EVENING AGAIN. 
          LOTS OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS GOING ON OUT THERE. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AGAIN WITH THE, UH, NEXT PORTION OF OUR MEETING. 
          THE MEETING IS CALLED BACK TO ORDER AND IT IS 9 34. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          THIS WILL BE THE PUBLIC PUBLIC SPEAKING PUBLIC UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE. 
          BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A, A GOOD NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR, UM, SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THOSE FIRST AND I'LL MOVE THROUGH THOSE, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          SO, AND UH, WE HAVE TRACY ROBINSON IS IN OPPOSITION. 
          MARILYN PATRON I THINK IS IN OPPOSITION. 
          LINDA MATURI OPPOSITION LAWRENCE JONES IN OPPOSITION, AND THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR SHEET THEY DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK. 
          IF THAT'S INCORRECT, LET ME KNOW. 
          MCKENZIE BOWLES IN OPPOSITION. 
          DAVID COLLINS IN OPPOSITION, ARJUN PURI IN OPPOSITION. 
          DEREK ANTHONY MARIAS IN OPPOSITION. 
          WILLIAM MULLEN IN OPPOSITION. 
          JOSEPH PEDROZA IN SUPPORT. 
          HARRY TRUE IN OPPOSITION. 
          LIZ OON IN FAVOR. 
          OH WAIT, LIZ IS SPEAKING OF, IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU. 
          HAD THAT IN THE WRONG STACK. 
          ROY STOCKARD IN OPPOSITION. 
          GAIL BARTH IN OPPOSITION ART CORVER IN OPPOSITION, YOUNG YOU IN OPPOSITION. 
          VALERIE COL, VALERIE COLLINS IN OPPOSITION. 
          JOHN FINKIN IN OPPOSITION. 
          MARSHALL ROBBINS IN OPPOSITION. 
          SHERRY NOLAN IN OPPOSITION. 
          HARRIETT MELLOW IN OPPOSITION. 
          JAMES BURKE, BURKHALTER IN OPPOSITION. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT 
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HAVE ASKED TO NOT SPEAK BUT WANTED TO EXPRESS THEIR THEIR POSITION. 
          NOW WE WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR Y'ALL TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL AND UH, AS A REMINDER, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND IF YOU DON'T NEED THOSE THREE MINUTES, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO SPEAK IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. 
          WE DON'T MIND. 
          AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE, TO COME TO THE LECTERN UP HERE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WE WILL START OUT. 
          WELL, SINCE SHE WAS RIGHT THERE, LIZ OON. 
          LIZ OON. 
          MY NAME IS LIZ ELEPHANT. 
          I LIVE AT 1 4 700 MARSH LANE IN ADDISON. 
          SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR COMMENTS AND LETTERS HAVE REFERRED TO THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES BEING REDUCED BY THE OPERATION OF THIS SMALL CHURCH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I SPENT SIX YEARS ON THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD HEARING HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF PROTEST OF OF PROPERTY VALUES AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THERE WAS ONLY ONE INSTANCE AND WHEN ADJOINING PROPERTY OR NEARBY PROPERTY A AFFECTED THE VALUE OF A SPECIFIC LOCATION. 
          SO THAT IS A CONCERN. 
          THERE'S NO CONCERN YOU SHOULD HAVE NO CONCERN OVER THE PROPERTY VALUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU LIZ. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE RUSSELL. 
          RUSSELL AND MARGARET WORKMAN. 
          WE HAVE RUSSELL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL PERSONS, UH, MARGARET AND I LIVE AT 1 4 6 9 4 WYNWOOD AND WE'RE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS SUP PROPOSAL AND AS WAS OUTLINED IN MY LETTER TO COUNSEL AND TO PNZ, WE'VE WATCHED ON A DAILY BASIS THE SMALL AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND THE DRAMATIC IMPACT THAT CAN HAVE FOR VEHICULAR AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THAT'S SHARED TRAFFIC. 
          AND MR. SCHMITZ, IF YOU PUT ONE OF YOUR SLIDES BACK UP THERE, IT'S THE ONE RIGHT AFTER NOISE. 
          I THINK IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF TWO CARS RIGHT THERE. 
          THAT'S THE INTERSECTION OF CELESTIAL AND WYNWOOD. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ONE CAR PARKED ON THE STREET AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THERE'S ONE TRUCK THAT'S A SERVICE TRUCK FOR YARD SERVICE. 
          PROBABLY IF YOU CAME TO THAT INTERSECTION RIGHT NOW ON CELESTIAL AND THERE WAS A CAR COMING ON WYNWOOD, NEITHER ONE OF YOU COULD GET BY THAT. 
          THAT'S THE SMALL AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IT TAKES TO TOTALLY STOP TRAFFIC AT THAT INTERSECTION. 
          AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT. 
          COME SIT ON MY FRONT PORCH WITH ME. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE VALUE OF THIS, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY IN SUPPORT OF THIS TELL US ANYTHING EXCEPT, OH, IT WON'T BE THAT BAD. 
          BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TOLD YOU IN OPPOSITION IS BAD. 
          IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND ENJOYMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU VOTING NO ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU RUSSELL. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE RICHARD LANE. 
          RICHARD LANE, 1, 4, 5, 1 6 WYNWOOD COUNSEL, YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT. 
          YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS OVER 235 FAMILIES AND INDIRECTLY AFFECTS THE ENTIRE TOWN. 
          YOU'VE BEEN PUT UNDER GREAT PRESSURE BY YOUR LAWYERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE ADDISON CITIZENS IN A DILIGENT MANNER, GET THE FACTS, MAKE JUDICIOUS DECISIONS, AND NOT DECIDE THE ISSUES BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF THE MEDIA, THE WEINS OR LITIGATION. 
          BOB, GOOD FRIEND, A LEGAL SCHOLAR AND ATTORNEY HAS RESEARCHED THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND CAME TO SEVERAL CONCLUSIONS, ALL OF WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN AND HOPE YOU HAVE READ. 
          IT IS NOT ON CONSTITUTIONAL TO REQUIRE CONDITIONS IN A SUB FOR A CHURCH. 
          TEXAS LAW DOES NOT PRECLUDE CONDITIONS FOR A SUB. 
          THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR THIS MATERIALLY, THIS SUB IS MATERIALLY DEFECTIVE ON ITS FACE. 
          DR. 
          WESTERN WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR CONCERNS 
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AND AGREED TO A SUB WITH FAIR CONDITIONS ON UNFORTUNATELY FIVE OF YOU VOTED FOR AND TWO AGAINST. 
          IF YOU VOTED FOR CONDITIONS THAT YOU THOUGHT WERE ACCEPTABLE, THEN HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY VOTE FOR THIS SUB THAT HAS NONE? TURNING DOWN THE SUB JULY 25TH WAS A BIG MISTAKE. 
          DR. 
          WESTON SEEMS TO BE A GOOD AND HONORABLE MAN. 
          HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS AS A PHYSICIAN. 
          HIS RESTORATION PLAN IS WHAT HAS BROUGHT US HERE TODAY. 
          IT SHOWED A PROFIT MAKING COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BASED ON WHAT HIS CHURCH CORNERSTONE IS CURRENTLY DOING, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A WONDERFUL WORK BUT NOT IN A SLEEPY RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH LIMITED INGRESS AND EGRESS. 
          DR. 
          WESTON SAID HE DISAVOWED THE PLAN IN A LETTER SENT IN APRIL TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LISTED CONDITIONS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WAS VOTED DOWN IN JULY. 
          I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT RELENTING AND COMING BACK TO THE TABLE, HIS ANSWER WAS, I JUST WANT A CHURCH. 
          IF HE AGREED BEFORE, WHY ISN'T HE AGREEING NOW? HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE DEAL, BUT IT WAS PULLED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE IS HURT AND DISAPPOINTED. 
          WE ARE HURT AND DISAPPOINTED TOO, THEY JUST DIDN'T COME BACK WITH THE SAME REQUEST IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN APPROVED. 
          I ASKED DON TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK TO FORGIVE THE COUNCIL MISTAKE AND MOVE ON AS BEFORE, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT HIS LAWYERS SAID, NO. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU MUST VOTE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND NOT BE BY, BE GUIDED BY WHO MAY SUE YOU. 
          WE IMPLORE YOU TO TURN DOWN THE REQUEST AND SAY NO, BUT ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK IMMEDIATELY WITH A SUP, WITH CONDITIONS THAT ARE AGREEABLE OR POST, POSTPONE THE VOTE FOR A FEW MONTHS, GIVING YOU TIME TO GET ALL THE FACTS AND PERHAPS DR. 
          WESTON'S TIME TO RECONSIDER NEGOTIATING SUPREME COURT. 
          JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SAID, FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO SHOUT FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER SO THAT PEOPLE GET TRAMPLED. 
          LIKEWISE, FREEDOM OF A RELIGION DOES NOT SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE TIME PLACED IN MANIC CONDITIONS THAT ARE REASONABLE OTHERWISE, WE, THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GET TRAMPLED. 
          IF DR WE REALLY WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND, HE COULD TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, GO BACK TO HIS LAST SUBMITTAL, AND WE COULD GO HOME HAPPY AND SUPPORT HIS ENDEAVOR, PLEASE SAY NO OR POSTPONE THE VOTE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU RICHARD. 
          AND FINALLY, I WAS ALL IN FAVOR OF IT, UH, WITH CONDITIONS AND STILL AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP DENISE FANSLER. 
          DENISE FANSLER, 37 25 CHATAM MCCOURT DRIVE. 
          I'VE LIVED IN ADDISON SINCE 1999, SO I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE. 
          MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR TO ME IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION. 
          THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES PRIOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, SO THAT IS NOT A CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO GRANDFATHERING FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS THE USAGE OF THE BUILDING, NOT THE PERSON OR THE PRIOR PASTOR RUNNING IT. 
          MY CURRENT CHURCH IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH I GREW UP WITH WAS NOT IN MY AVERAGE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IN THE EXCLUSIVE COUNTRY CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD, BOTH THOSE CONGREGATIONS ARE OVER 2000 MEMBERS, SO MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED. 
          NONE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN HOME VALUES. 
          SOME ROADS, SOME OF THE SAME TWO ROADS HAVE BEEN ON THESE INTO THE IN AND OUTTA THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          POPULATION STATS FOR THE METROPLEX IN THE 1980S WAS 2.9 MILLION PEOPLE, 1990 3.8 MILLION. 
          CURRENTLY 7.9 MILLION PEOPLE. 
          THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE IN THE METROPLEX. 
          BEING A GOOD STEWARD AND NEIGHBOR, THE APPLICANT AGREED TO MASSIVE LIST OF RESTRICTIONS. 
          MY CHURCH, WHICH IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, HAS NONE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED AS PART OF THE SERVICE AND CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTS AND INSTEAD OF EMBRACING THE APPLICATION WITH ALL THE RESTRICTIONS, PEOPLE FOUGHT IT. 
          PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CHANGE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DECLINE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. 
          THANK YOU DENISE. 
          NEXT UP IS SARAH BROWN. 
          DO I NEED TO STATE MY ADDRESS OR NOT? YES. 
          NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          SARAH BROWN. 
          14 8 1 1 BELLBROOK DRIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE PROPERTY. 
          WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE? WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED DOWN THIS PROPOSITION WESTON'S LATEST PROPOSAL, ABSENT ANY PROTECTIONS IS FAR WORSE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A MORE ATTRACTIVE PROPOSAL. 
          WHY WOULD THE OUTCOME OF THIS MEETING BE ANY DIFFERENT? PERHAPS IT'S THE LEGAL THREATS. 
          WE GOT A GLIMPSE TONIGHT OF THEIR AGGRESSIVE NATURE. 
          WE WILL NOT BE BULLIED APPROVING THIS SU COULD YOU HIT THE BUTTON? DO YOU JUST TURN THE 
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MICROPHONE OFF? SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPROVING THIS SUP IS NEITHER IN THE INTEREST OF OUR CITY NOR WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S LEGAL RIGHTS. 
          THIS SUP EFFECTIVELY CHANGES THE ZONING OF THE LAND SPOT ZONING IS ILLEGAL. 
          SU PS ALSO NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO ENHANCE OR PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE AREA OF REQUESTS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES NOT BE A DETRIMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONFORM IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS TO ZONING REGULATIONS. 
          DESPITE THE STORY OF A LONG RUNNING CHURCH, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CHURCH CONGREGATION AT THIS SITE. 
          THE NEW CONGREGATION THAT WESSON WANTS TO CREATE DOES NOT PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IN FACT, IT DETRACTS FROM OUR WELFARE, WHICH IS WHY NEARLY EVERY ONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STRONGLY OPPOSES IT. 
          THE CHURCH THAT WESSON WANTS TO CREATE, UM, IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE RESIDENCES SURROUNDING IT. 
          FURTHERMORE, IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          GIVEN THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE IT WILL BRING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. 
          NOT TO MENTION POTENTIAL DRUNK DRIVING WHEN ALCOHOL, WINE, AND APPARENTLY HARD LIQUOR IS SERVED AT WEDDING RECEPTIONS. 
          OF COURSE, THE SDP DOES NOT CONFORM TO OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING. 
          FOR THE RECORD, I AM FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. 
          WESSON MAY START A CHURCH IN ADDISON. 
          WE HAVE PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL AREAS. 
          HE MAY NOT CREATE A NEW CONGREGATION ON LAND ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE IN A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO. 
          HOW COULD YOU VOTE YES WITH SUCH STRONG WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION. 
          THANKS, SARAH. 
          NEXT UP, NEXT UP WE HAVE VALERIE VAN PELT. 
          HI, THIS IS VALERIE VAN PELT. 
          HI GUYS. 
          HI DR. 
          WESSON AND YOUR WIFE. 
          UM, I LIVE IN WEST ADDISON AT 1 4 6 7 6 WAYSIDE COURT. 
          WELL, HERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN WITH ALL OF US ANXIOUS AND WONDERING HOW WE GOT HERE. 
          THE ISSUE HAS BEEN IN THE MILL NOW FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          AND WHO'S WINNING? I'M A CHRISTIAN AND I ATTEND BSF AND I'VE PRAYED ON THIS FOR DAYS AND DAYS. 
          I KNOW THAT DR. 
          WESSON IS ALSO A CHRISTIAN AND GOES TO BSF. 
          AND IF HE WILL LOOK INTO HIS SOUL, HE KNOWS WHO IS WINNING THIS FIGHT. 
          IT'S THE DEVIL. 
          WE HAVE BEEN PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER, THE NEIGHBORS AGAINST DR. 
          WESSON AND THE COUNCIL. 
          DR. 
          WESSON AGAINST THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COUNCIL IS IN BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND DR. 
          WESSON THAT SETS IT UP SO THAT NO ONE WINS. 
          THIS MIRRORS WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY, TOTALLY DIVIDED WITH NO ONE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND WORK TOWARDS RESOLUTION. 
          IN THIS CASE, WE ARE DIVIDED, FEELING RESENTMENT AND ANGER TOWARDS EACH OTHER. 
          IT'S SPIRITUAL WARFARE WITH SOME LEGAL REPRESENT REPRESENTATION TO STIR IT ALL UP. 
          WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING GOD'S WILL TO LOVE EACH OTHER AS WE LOVE OURSELVES. 
          FEAR OCCUPIES EVERYONE'S MIND WITH EMOTIONS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THINKING OUR DREAMS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY. 
          THIS IS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          DR. 
          WESSON'S DREAM OF RENEWING A CHURCH WITH HISTORY FOR WORSHIP EDUCATION AND A CELEBRATION OF THE RECONCILIATION OF FORMER SLAVES TO THEIR SLAVE OWNERS. 
          THE NEIGHBOR'S DREAMS OF HOME OWNERSHIP IN A TRANQUIL OASIS. 
          SO WHAT IS TO BE DONE? LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. 
          WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS. 
          IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, EVIL IS THE WINNER. 
          IT'S EVERYONE'S LOSS. 
          THE DEVIL'S GOAL IS TO ATTACK, DECEIVE, AND DESTROY. 
          AND RIGHT NOW 
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HE IS WINNING. 
          THE FIRST APPLICATION BY DR. 
          WESSON WAS DENIED. 
          AFTER MANY DISCUSSIONS IN AN EFFORT TO ARRIVE AT A DOCUMENT WITH RESTRICTIONS EVERYONE COULD LIVE WITH, THERE WAS STILL PUSHBACK BY THE NEIGHBORS. 
          I'M SURE THAT DR. 
          WESSON FELT THIS WAS A SLAP IN HIS FACE. 
          THE TRUTH IS THAT IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO HURT HIM PERSONALLY. 
          IT WAS DONE OUT OF FEAR AND SUSPICION. 
          A REVIS SEP WAS SUBMITTED WITH ALL THE RESTRICT RESTRICTIONS ELIMINATED THAT HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PRIOR SUBMISSION. 
          THIS CAUSED THE NEIGHBORS TO FEEL AS THEY HAD BEEN WRONGED AND IGNORED. 
          I'M APPEALING TO DR. 
          WESSON AND THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER GOING BACK TO THE SUP WITH RESTRICTIONS. 
          UNLESS THE COUNCIL TURNS DOWN THIS PRESENT UNRESTRICTED S WE WILL NEVER GET TO THE RECONCILIATION WE ALL DESIRE. 
          LET'S COMPROMISE AND FOLLOW THE WAY OF OUR LORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, VALERIE. 
          NEXT UP, JACK GARRETTS. 
          MY NAME IS JACK GARRETTS AND I LIVE AT 1 7 1 1 8 KNOTTS LANDING. 
          I HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN OF ADDISON FOR JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS NOW, AND I LEFT DALLAS BECAUSE AFTER 50 YEARS I GOT TIRED OF NOT BEING LISTENED TO BY OUR POLITICIANS AS I TOLD THE P AND Z COMMISSION. 
          I'M STARTING TO FEEL THAT SAME WAY NOW, BUT THAT IS NOT WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WE'VE BEEN IN IT FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          WE'VE ARGUED, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF FACTS. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME FACTS THAT ARE RIGHT, WE'VE HAD SOME FACTS THAT ARE WRONG AND NOBODY WANTS TO TRUE, TRUE 'EM ALL OUT. 
          LET'S VET THE FACTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ACTUAL FACTS THAT THAT ARE LIVABLE. 
          BEING IN EACH OTHER'S THROAT DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. 
          COOLER HEADS NEED TO DO PREVAIL. 
          DR. 
          WETSON MUST DIG DEEP INTO HIS HEART AND HIS SOUL AND REALIZE THAT NO ONE IS AGAINST YOU. 
          IT'S, I'VE BEEN TO JACK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. 
          NOT, NOT THE ALL RIGHT. 
          I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE OPPOSING AND NOT AT ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS WAS RACE OR RELIGION MENTIONED IT WAS ALL ABOUT REAL ESTATE. 
          SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT, AS VALERIE JUST SAID, I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE THAT THE COUNCIL WORK WITH DR. 
          WESSON TO RESTORE SOME, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN THE FIRST SUP I'VE HEARD COUNTLESS TIMES THIS EVENING WHERE PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE OKAY WITH THE SUP THAT GOT DENIED. 
          WHY CAN WE NOT CONSIDER THAT AGAIN? WHY CAN WE NOT JUST ALLEVIATE ALL THIS NONSENSE, QUIT THE LEGAL BATTLES, GET THE LAWYERS OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND LET'S, LET'S DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR DR. 
          WESSON. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, JACK. 
          NEXT UP, ROBERT KENTNER. 
          GOOD EVENING, ROBERT KENTNER. 
          1 4 8 5 3 WYNWOOD IN ADDISON. 
          UM, I ATTENDED ONE OF THE EARLY PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT THE WESSON'S HELD AT THE CHURCH. 
          AT THAT MEETING, DR. 
          WESSON'S WIFE WANDA TOLD US THAT THEY INTENDED TO LEASE THE PROPERTY OUT TO THIRD PARTIES FOR WEDDINGS AND WEDDING RECEPTIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. 
          AND IF THE THIRD PARTY BROUGHT MORE CARS THAN COULD BE PARKED IN THE 18 SPOT CAR PARKING LOT, SHE SAID SHE WAS TOLD BY THE ADDISON POLICE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 
          JUST CALL US. 
          YOU'LL GET AN EX, YOU'LL GET A PARKING EXCEPTION. 
          A PARKING EXCEPTION STATEMENT WAS CONFIRMED FOR ME WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. 
          I CALLED THE CITY OF ADDISON TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PARKING AT WYNWOOD PARK AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD A PARKING EXEMPTION, BUT ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS CALL UP AND ASK FOR IT. 
          AS A RESULT OF THOSE STATEMENTS, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE NE IN THE NEGOTIATION OF THE ORIGINAL SUB-CON CONDITIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ON JULY 25TH. 
          LET MAY BE SPECIFIC, WE NEGOTIATED SUCH LIMITS AS FOUR WEDDINGS PER YEAR. 
          NO ALCOHOL EXCEPT ALCOHOL USED IN CON IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES, HOURS OF OPERATION NINE 
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TO SIX AND AND OCCUPANCY LIVINGS 54 FOR A CHURCH SERVICE, 18 FOR AN ADJACENT OR ANCILLARY CHURCH SERVICE, 90 FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
          NOW, I DIDN'T THINK THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS WENT FAR ENOUGH AND OTHERS AGREED. 
          SOME DISAGREED. 
          SOME AGREED. 
          COUNCILMAN GARDNER'S QUESTIONED THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS AT THE JULY 25TH MEETING AND SUGGEST THAT IF THEY WORK WITH HIM ON THOSE, THAT THAT, THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TO A YES. 
          VOTE. 
          AND WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY HAD A LAWYER SEND AN 11 PAGE DEMAND LETTER THREATENING LEGAL ACTION. 
          THEY DIDN'T WORK WITH COUNCILMAN GARDNER OR ANYBODY ELSE. 
          IN FACT, I'M TOLD THE RECENT INQUIRIES OF DR. 
          WESSON HAS RESULTED IN NO NEGOTIATIONS WHATSOEVER. 
          WHAT SURPRISES ME IS I DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE WORD FROM MR. SCHMIDT ABOUT WHY IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO SAY I WAS OPERATION ARE UNLIMITED. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE WORD ABOUT WHY DR. 
          WESSON'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THE SECOND TIME AROUND WAS 150 PEOPLE TO BE THERE WAS TAKEN. 
          HOW ABOUT MR. SMITH? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S NO LIMIT. 
          THEY CAN HAVE 200, 3, 400 PEOPLE ALL THEY WANT EVEN, THEY'LL PARK IN THE STREETS OR THEY'LL BE BUSED IN. 
          I'M SHOCKED AND AMAZED THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED, AND IT WASN'T PRESENTED BY THE COUNCIL STAFF, BY THE, BY THE TOWN STAFF ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED AND AMAZED. 
          SO I, I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF AS OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE, WHY ARE WE GONNA VOTE FOR A PROPOSAL THAT REMOVED ALL THOSE CONDITIONS THAT DR. 
          WESTON AGREED TO AND ASKED HIS COUNSEL TO APPROVE IT WOULDN'T WORK ANY FURTHER ON WHY? I THINK THERE ARE THREE POTENTIAL REASONS THAT I'VE HEARD. 
          ONE IS LITIGATION. 
          I'M A RETIRED, SOMETIMES I SAY I'M A RECOVERING LAWYER. 
          41 YEARS OF PRACTICE IN DALLAS COUNTY. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING, SOME THREATENED LAWSUITS ARE NEVER FILED, NEVER FILED OVER LAWSUITS. 
          THEY CAN'T ESTABLISH STANDING IF DR. 
          WESSON'S GONNA SUE OR WHITEROCK CHAPEL OF ABSENCE IS GONNA SUE. 
          HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PROVE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY. 
          THERE'S EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, BUT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PROVE THAT HE'S ALSO GONNA HAVE TO PROVE A GOOD CLAIM. 
          AND BEAR WITH ME IF I READ A SHORT EXCERPT. 
          I WANT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA WHAT START TO WRAP UP. 
          BOB, YOU'RE OUT OF TIME. 
          WELL, THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE PROTECTS RELIGIOUS OBSERVERS AGAINST UNEQUAL TREATMENT AND AGAINST LAW THAT IMPOSE SPECIAL DISABILITIES ON THE BASIS OF RELIGIOUS STATUS STATUS. 
          TO STATE A CLAIM UNDER THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE, THE PLAINTIFF MUST PLEAD THAT, THAT THEY HAVE A SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEF THAT MUST PROVE A SUBSTANTIAL BURDEN ON THAT BELIEF TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL BURDEN UNDER THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE. 
          THE ACTION OR REGULATION MUST EITHER INFLUENCE THE ADHERENT TO ACT IN A WAY THAT VIOLATES THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR FORCE THE ADHERENT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SOME GENERALLY AVAILABLE AND NON-TRIVIAL BENEFIT IN THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 
          NO SUCH ACTION AS BEING CONTEMPLATED HERE. 
          IT WAS CONTEMPLATED ON JULY 25TH. 
          PLEASE. 
          THE OTHER TWO THINGS, AND I'LL WRAP UP VERY QUICKLY, ARE, UH, THERE'S BEEN MENTIONED TO BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, SECTION SIX A TO ARTICLE ONE OF TEXAS CONSTITUTION. 
          UH, YOU'RE YOU'RE OUTTA TIME, SIR, PLEASE. 
          IT'S, IT DOESN'T APPLY. 
          AND FINALLY, THE RACE CARD'S BEEN PLAYED AGAINST US, NOT BY US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DON'T, DON'T LET BAD PUBLICITY THREAT DISSUADE YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BOB. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE ROBERT. 
          GOOD FRIEND. 
          UH, I'M ROBERT, GOOD FRIEND. 
          I RESIDE AT 1 4 7 2 5 CELESTIAL PLACE FOR WELL OVER THREE MONTHS. 
          A SMALL COMMITTEE OF NEIGHBORS NEGOTIATED A RESTRICTIVE SUB, WHICH DR. 
          WE WESTON AGREED MET ALL THE NEEDS OF THE CHAPEL AND WHICH I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS WOULD'VE COME TO ACCEPT. 
          HOWEVER, IT WAS VOTED DOWN BY THIS COUNCIL BY ONE VOTE. 
          THAT SUB REPRESENTED A REASONABLE COMPROMISE BETWEEN DR. 
          WESSON AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT MIDDLE POSITION. 
          HOWEVER, THE ONLY WAY BACK THERE IS TO VOTE DOWN THE SUP THAT'S NOW BEFORE YOU. 
          IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT DR. 
          WESSON REACTED TO DENIAL OF AGREED SUP BY HIRING A BUNCH OF GUN SLINGERS WHO REMOVED ALL RESTRICTIONS FROM THE AGREED SUB, INCLUDING THE OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT. 
          AND UNDER THIS SUB, YOU COULD HAVE 200 PEOPLE HAVING A WEDDING RECEPTION WITH ALCOHOL ON THIS PROPERTY. 
          IN ANSWER TO MR. WILLIS'S QUESTION IS VERY, UH, I SPENT THREE DAYS AT THE SMU LAW LIBRARY TO SHOW THE COUNCIL IT NEED NOT FEAR LIT LITIGATION IF IT TAKES THE POSITION THAT ALL IT WANTS TO APPROVE THE SUB ARE REASONABLE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS ON THE CHAPEL. 
          I'VE ALSO SENT A LAYER A LETTER TO THE MAYOR WITH COPIES TO EACH OF YOU THAT DETAILS WHY THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS DEFECTIVE AND VIOLATES ARTICLE 29, SECTIONS EIGHT E AND F OF ADDISON'S OWN ZONING LAWS. 
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WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO YOUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHO IS NOT A LAWYER, HE IS FLAT WRONG IN SAYING THAT THE APPLICATION MEETS THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CITY. 
          YOU CAN AND SHOULD DENY THE SUB ON THAT BASIS ALONE. 
          IT IS ALSO WRONG TO PLACE A WHOLLY UNREGULATED PUBLIC INSTITUTION LIKE THE CHAPEL IN A QUIET, RESIDENTIAL NE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO HOURS OF OPERATION AND NO OCCUPANCY LIMIT SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU MADE A MISTAKE AT THE LAST HEARING. 
          AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO FEAR WHAT THE PRESS MAY SAY ABOUT ADDISON, I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT IF YOU MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT AGAINST THE CHAPEL LOCATING IN ADDISON, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE INT INTIMIDATED INTO APPROVING A TOTALLY UNREGULATED CHAPEL, I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND. 
          IT MAKES NO SENSE. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED AGAINST THE REGULATED CHAPEL TO NOW APPROVE A TOTALLY UNREGULATED CHAPEL. 
          AND TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF YOU ONCE TOLD ME THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE JEWEL OF ADDISON AND THAT HE DID NOT FEAR LITIGATION. 
          BOB, IF YOU CAN PLEASE START TO WRAP UP YOUR TIME'S UP. 
          YES, THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO NOW, UH, TO UNLEASH AN UNREGULATED CHAPEL ON A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN ADDISON. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, BOB. 
          NEXT UP, JUDITH SEGURA. 
          MY NAME IS JUDITH GARRETT SEGURA. 
          I'M A FORMER RESIDENT OF, UM, ADDISON, FIRST IN OAKS NORTH AND THEN AT CELESTIAL PLACE. 
          HOWEVER, I'VE RETIRED NOW AND I NOW LIVE IN SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY. 
          SINCE RETIRING FROM THE DALLAS NEWS CORPORATION, I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING AND WRITING ABOUT EARLY DALLAS COUNTY HISTORY, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HEARING ME TONIGHT. 
          MY RESEARCH INCLUDES THE COUNTY'S VERY EARLIEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES, NEWLY FREED FROM SLAVERY, WHO MADE THEIR HOMES AND ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ALL ALONG UPPER AND LOWER WHITE ROCK CREEK. 
          ADDISON WAS SETTLED IN 1846 AS PETER'S COLONY AND LATER CALLED NOEL JUNCTION, NAMED FOR MR. SS NOEL. 
          IN 1904, THE TOWN WAS RENAMED FOR AN OFFICER OF THE CONFEDERACY, MR. ADDISON ROBERTSON. 
          THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL WAS FOUNDED AS A METHODIST CHURCH IN 1884, AND ITS FIRST CHURCH BUILDING WAS ON THE SAND NEAR THE CREEK. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE FEW AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES STILL EXISTING FROM THOSE DAYS IN ALL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND IT HAS LONG BEEN THE ONLY CHURCH IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          THE FIRST CHURCH AT THE 55 55 CELESTIAL ROAD ADDRESS WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1918 ON LAND DONATED TO THE CHURCH BY ADDISON'S MOST PROMINENT FAMILY, THE WHITE FAMILY OF NONE OTHER THAN MR. SS NOEL, WHO OFFERED THE CONGREGATION LAND ON THEIR FARM SO THE CHURCH COULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          SINCE THEN, THE TOWN OF ADDISON HAS GROWN STEADILY SURROUNDING THE SMALL CHURCH WITH VALUABLE HOMES. 
          ALL WHILE THE CHURCH WAS ACTIVE IN 2018, DR. 
          DON WESSON, HIS WIFE WANDA, AND THEIR SON DONALD WESSON, FORMED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION USING THEIR OWN FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE CHURCH PROPERTY IN, IN A LEAP OF FAITH TO SAVE THE CHURCH. 
          SINCE THEN, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ADDISON HAVE AGGRESSIVELY OPPOSED SAVING THE CHURCH. 
          THEY HAVE DISTRIBUTED A GREAT MANY FALSEHOODS AND THEY'VE MADE THREATS ABOUT WHAT THE CONTINUATION OF THIS SMALL CHURCH MIGHT BRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'VE HEARD MANY OF THOSE CITED TONIGHT. 
          PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL, HIGHLY VALUED NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GROWN UP AROUND THE HISTORIC WHITE ROCK CHAPEL 
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PROVING THE OPPONENT'S ARGUMENTS ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES DECREASING ARE JUST NOT TRUE. 
          JUTH, YOU CAN PLEASE WRAP UP. 
          YES, I'LL WRAP UP. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE MATTER OF HISTORY ONCE AGAIN, AND THE FACT THAT RELOCATING THE CHURCH IS NOT THE SAME AS MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC LOCATION OF THIS CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1884. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, JUDITH. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE GEORGE KING. 
          GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GUESTS. 
          I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN IN TIMES PAST A BEACON OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE, BUT IT STILL WAS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THIS THIS, THIS SITE AT THIS POINT IS DESIGNATED BY THE HISTORIC, UH, AS AN HISTORIC SITE BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN 2000. 
          AND IT REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST A PHYSICAL LOCATION. 
          IT EMBODIES OUR NATION'S JOURNEY TOWARD RACIAL RECONCILIATION AND UNDERSTANDING. 
          YOU SEE, THE CHAPEL'S STORY IS INTERWOVEN WITH THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ONCE WERE ENSLAVED, WHO UPON GAINING FREEDOM BUILT THIS SACRED PLACE. 
          THEY TRANSFORMED THE LAND ONCE A SYMBOL OF THEIR OPPRESSION INTO A SPACE OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. 
          THE CURRENT BUILDING, THOUGH MODERN, ARE TESTAMENTS TO THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
           THE STRANGEST THING THAT I I FIND IS THAT THE FAMILY WHO OWNED THE SLAVES, FREED THE SLAVES, ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE LAND AND THEN BE PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP THEMSELVES. 
          AND I JUST WONDER IN MY HEART, IS THERE AN OPENING FOR RECONCILIATION? NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE FEARFUL OF, BECAUSE FEAR IS OF THE UNKNOWN AND THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW. 
          JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS COMING BACK HOME FROM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND I WAS GOING, UH, HEADING TOWARD MY HOME. 
          WE, I LIVE ON, UH, 1 4 9, 2 9 HAVING SHIRE, AND THERE WERE CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET THAT I HAD TO CAREFULLY GO THROUGH WITHOUT TRYING TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. 
          AND YET I HEAR SO MUCH CO CONSTERNATION ABOUT BUSES AND EVERYTHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE HAVE IT GOING ON ANYHOW. 
          GEORGE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE START TO WRAP UP. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANT, WANT TO GET US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A WAY TO DO THIS AND IT'S THROUGH RECONCILIATION. 
          I'M A PASTOR AND THAT IS MY LIFE IS BRINGING RECONCILIATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, GEORGE. 
          NEXT UP RON WHITEHEAD, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, RON WHITEHEAD, 39 19. 
          BOB AND LANE, AS YOU KNOW, THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL IS TO ACT ON THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU, UH, IT'S NOT TO, UH, NEGOTIATE ZONING ELEMENTS FROM EACH OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES. 
          IT'S TO ACT ON THE REQUEST THAT'S BEFORE YOU. 
          UH, DR. 
          WESSON, 
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UH, HAD BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING, UH, EARLIER AND IT FAILED, UH, FIVE TO TWO AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME THAT NIGHT WERE OPPOSED TO THAT, UH, THAT ACTION. 
          AND SO, UH, IT, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE HAS AN EXPECTATION THAT DR. 
          WESSON WOULD GO BACK AND HAVE ANY TRUST IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, THAT, UM, DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL LAST TIME. 
          I HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT SO YOU WON'T SUBJECT THE WHOLE CITIZENRY TO ALONG AN EXPENSIVE LEGAL BATTLE. 
          AND PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT OR NOT. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S PRETTY LIKELY, IN MY OPINION, UM, I I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE WHOLE TOWN, NOT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ONE AREA OF TOWN, BUT TO THE WHOLE TOWN. 
          AND THERE ARE 16,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER ALL OF THEIR, UM, INTEREST IN THIS ALSO. 
          AND SECONDLY, UM, I HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN TO YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND YOUR STAFF. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          IT'S EVIDENCED BY SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD THIS EVENING. 
          IF YOU'LL LISTEN TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TO THE STAFF. 
          THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPENT THE TIME TO STUDY THIS THOROUGHLY AND TO UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          IN MY 40 YEARS IN ADDISON, THE CHURCH HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF PRIDE IN A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER TOWN CAME THERE AND WORSHIPED AND CELEBRATED. 
          AND I CAN, I BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE THAT AGAIN, GIVEN, GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DO IT. 
          AND I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU RON. 
          NEXT IS MARA PALET AND YOU CAN PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE PRONUNCIATION. 
          I'M SURE I MET. 
          PERFECT. 
          REALLY. 
          WOW, YOU DID. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          UM, I AM MARA PALET. 
          I DO WANNA SAY HELLO TO THE LESSONS. 
          I THINK VERY HIGHLY OF THEM. 
          AND I LIVE AT 55 60 CELESTIAL ROAD, SO I AM THERE A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET. 
          I AM OPPOSED TO THIS SUB, SUB, SORRY, I MUST BE THINKING OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS. 
          I AM OPPOSED TO THIS SUB. 
          UM, I'M GONNA RIFF HERE. 
          I DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN. 
          I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT MR. GROSSMAN TALKED ABOUT HIS FAVORITE BOOK, UM, THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ONE OF MINE, WHICH IS THE ODYSSEY IN WHICH ODYSSEUS IS FINDS HIMSELF STUCK BETWEEN SILLA AND TIS A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WE RIGHT NOW ARE STUCK IN THAT POSITION EXCEPT WE'RE STUCK BETWEEN LEGAL THREATS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
          I AM A JEWISH WOMAN LIVING IN DALLAS, TEXAS, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. 
          HOWEVER, I DO HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE SUP HAS IN IT NOW IN ITS PRESENT STATE. 
          I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE WORK MY HUSBAND KEVIN DID WITH DR. 
          WESSON TO GET THE PREVIOUS SUP APPROVED SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THE WINDOW FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          UM, PROBABLY BECAUSE LAWYERS CAME INTO THE PICTURE. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT ALCOHOL ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AND BUSES COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, LARGE GATHERINGS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AND MY CHILDREN TRYING TO PLAY AS IT IS NOW. 
          WHEN THERE ARE UNSANCTIONED AND UNPERMITTED PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS AND EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT CELESTIAL PARK OR WYNWOOD PARK, THE STREETS ARE PACKED WITH CARS AND PEDESTRIANS. 
          WE ARE ALREADY ARE A CUT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM MONTFORT CUTTING THROUGH THE BELTLINE. 
          SO TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM. 
          I LIVE RIGHT AT THAT STOP SIGN. 
          NOBODY STOPS AT THAT STOP SIGN BUT ME, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND STOP ANYWAY. 
          BUT I WOULD STOP THERE, I PROMISE. 
          UM, I JUST DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING IN THE BEST INTEREST AS IT STANDS NOW FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE RELATIONS, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING BUT THE SAFETY AND THE PASTORAL NATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'D 
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LIKE TO PRESERVE. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME OUT AND THANK YOU TO THE WESSONS FOR EVERYTHING I KNOW THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS. 
          OH, AND I'M OPPOSED. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU, BARB. 
          NEXT UP IS KENNEDY BAUER. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, I'M KENNEDY BAUER. 
          I AM A RESIDENT. 
          I MOVED INTO 41 0 1 POCO LODE LAST WEEKEND. 
          UM, FUN FACT, I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE. 
          MY DAD BOUGHT IT IN 1994. 
          IT WAS $60,000. 
          YEAH, CRAZY. 
          UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES. 
          I DON'T SEE THE VALUE OF MY HOME DIMINISHING ANYTIME SOON. 
          THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH, ESPECIALLY IN ADDISON. 
          I MEAN, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I'VE SEEN SO MUCH BUILDING AROUND WHERE I LIVE, WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF ADDISON. 
          UM, SO I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT MY CONCERN IS IS PRIMARILY, UM, THE FACT THAT A CHURCH ISN'T BEING ALLOWED TO OPERATE. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY SAD THAT WE'VE HAD TO HAVE SO MANY OF THESE MEETINGS AND SO MUCH TIME SPENT TALKING BACK AND FORTH. 
          UM, I I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING, UM, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS CHURCH IS A, A REMINDER TO YOU GUYS. 
          THIS CHURCH IS SMALLER THAN MANY OF THE HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE PRIMARILY AS THE WOMAN BEFORE ME JUST MENTIONED DUE TO PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THE STORES, RESTAURANTS, BARS, THINGS THAT HAVE OPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I BLINKED AND THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIFFERENT, . 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMEM REMIND YOU OF THE VALUE OF THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS BUILDING. 
          I THINK, I MEAN, I WAS A HISTORY MINOR SO I COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT HISTORY, BUT I WON'T BORE YOU TO DEATH. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF VALUE IN THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS BUILDING. 
          AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO TOUCH ON THE COMMENT OF CRIME. 
          I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CHURCH CREATING MORE CRIME FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD . 
          LIKE IT'S JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THE CORRELATION. 
          IT DOESN'T COMPUTE IN MY BRAIN. 
          I, I I'VE NEVER FOUND A STATISTIC THAT SAYS A CHURCH WILL BRING MORE CRIME. 
          WHAT I HAVE SEEN STATISTICALLY IS VACANT PROPERTY, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRIME. 
          AND SO THIS PROPERTY CONTINUING TO SIT VACANT COULD ALLOW FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR VAGRANCY AND CRIME IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT CREATING A USE AND CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO MONITOR IT AND USE IT CONTINUOUSLY, WHERE'S THE HARM IN THAT? UM, THE LAST THING THAT I WILL TOUCH ON, IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED MANY TIMES IS THAT, UM, EVERYONE HERE THAT LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THIS CHURCH WAS HERE. 
          IT PREDATED EVERYONE THAT MOVED HERE AND WHY WOULD WE JUST LET IT SIT THERE AND GO TO WASTE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU KENNEDY. 
          NEXT IS BLAKE CLEMENS. 
          THANKS BRUCE. 
          UH, BLAKE CLEMENS, 1, 4, 7, 5, 4 CELESTIAL PLACE. 
          WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS NOT WHETHER TO APPROVE AN EVENT CENTER DISGUISED AS A CHURCH IN OUR LIMITED ACCESS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS WHO YOU WANT TO, WHO YOU WANT TO SUE. 
          THE TOWN OF ADDISON, DON WESSON, WHO'S NOT A RESIDENT, NEVER PAID A DIME IN PROPERTY TAXES OR EVER WILL, OR THE TAX PAYING RESIDENTS OF ADDISON, SOME OF WHICH HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME LIKE MY MY WIFE AND ME WHO'VE LIVED HERE 25 YEARS. 
          WHENEVER THERE'S A COUNCIL ELECTION, EVERYONE KNOCKS ON THE ADDISON RESIDENCE STORES. 
          WE ALL KNOW THIS AND ASK FOR THEIR VOTE AND TELL US. 
          AND, AND YOU TELL US WHY YOU'RE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL OR MAYOR IN PERSON AND IN YOUR LITERATURE, YOU EACH PROMISE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT OTHER THAN TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE REMAINING FIVE OF YOU HAVE HEARD US LOUD 
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AND CLEAR, BUT HAVE CHOSEN TO TURN YOUR BACKS ON US. 
          I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN LISIO, COUNCILMAN GARDNER FOR HAVING THE COURAGE AT THE JULY 25TH MEETING TO STAND STRONG AND NOT ONLY LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT VOTE AGAINST THAT ZONE REZONING REQUEST. 
          I ASK YOU TO AGAIN TONIGHT FOR YOU, DAN, FOR YOU DARREN, TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          AND AGAIN, VOTE AGAINST THIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME UP HERE, WHICH IS ABOUT A MINUTE, I'M ASKING ANYONE IN THIS ROOM WHO FEELS THE SAME WAY I DO TO RIGHT NOW, STAND UP AND TURN YOUR BACK LIKE BACK. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, SIR. 
          I'M DOING IT. 
          NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. 
          I'M, WE'RE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU BLAKE. 
          NEXT UP, TODD MEYER. 
          TODD MEYER, 6,900 RAIN WOOD AND ANO WITH FIVE PREVIOUS ADDISON ADDRESSES. 
          WE MOVED TO 14,800 WYNWOOD IN 1992 RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE CHURCH. 
          WE KNEW THE CHURCH WAS THERE WITH NO RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS BEFORE WE MOVED TO ADDISON, JUST LIKE THE CHURCH WAS THERE LONG BEFORE ANYONE MOVED TO ADDISON, LONG BEFORE THERE WAS IN ADDISON. 
          THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN ADDISON, I VISITED AND CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH THERE ALONG WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND STAFF, AND CAME TO MORE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT SINGLE PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR ADDISON. 
          DURING ALL MY YEARS OF SERVICE, THERE WERE NEVER ANY LIMITS OR RESTRICTIONS ON THAT CHURCH OTHER THAN THOSE IMPOSED ON ANY OTHER STRUCTURE OF SIMILAR SIZE AS MAYOR, MANY OF US WORKED HARD, INCLUDING MANY OF THE FOLKS SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT TO ADVANCE THE LONG PROMISED DART RAIL TO INCLUDE ADDISON DURING THAT BATTLE. 
          IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE RAIL LINE HAD BEEN THERE SINCE THE 18 HUNDREDS, A FEW DALLAS NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED TONIGHT, A FEW OF THE FOLKS OPPOSED TO THE CHURCH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THE SAME FOLKS THAT CHUCKLED ALONG WITH ME AT THOSE IN DALLAS OPPOSED TO A TRAIN IN THEIR BACKYARD ON A RAIL LINE THAT WAS THERE LONG BEFORE THEIR HOMES WERE BUILT. 
          JUST LIKE THIS CHURCH, NIMBY IS NOT GOOD POLICY. 
          I REMIND YOU THAT YOUR OATH OF OFFICE DOES NOT MENTION NEIGHBORS OR EVEN CONSTITUENTS OR DOING WHAT IS POPULAR. 
          THE OATH EACH OF YOU TOOK, THE PROMISE YOU MADE WAS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          THE GOOD NATURE AND DESIRE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS BY THE WEINS HAS PREVAILED SO FAR. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU TURN THIS REQUEST DOWN AGAIN, YOU WILL BE SUED AND FEDERAL COURT, EACH OF YOU WILL BE SUED INDIVIDUALLY ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AND THE TOWN FOR VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE WEINS AND THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          AND YOU'LL LOSE THE COSTS AND DOLLARS AND REPUTATION WILL BE HUGE, BUILDING A GREAT REPUTATION AND BRAND. 
          AND ADDISON TOOK YEARS OF HARD WORK BY LOTS OF FOLKS, YEARS OF PROVIDING SUPERIOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, BEING INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE, DEDICATED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO SERVE AND EMPLOYED, APPOINTED, AND ELECTED POSITIONS MADE ADDISON EXCEPTIONAL. 
          ALL OF THAT MAY BE LOST WITH ONE HATEFUL ILL-ADVISED. 
          ACTION. 
          YOUR ONE JOB IS TO ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ADDISON, NOT FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TO HELP YOU GET REELECTED, BUT TO ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL OF ADDISON. 
          LOVE FOR ADDISON IS THE REASON YOU SERVE JUST LIKE MANY OF US BEFORE YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I'M SURE EACH OF YOU WILL DO YOUR DUTY, FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION, AND ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL OF ADDISON. 
          UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL'S REQUEST FOR AN SUP. 
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THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TODD. 
          NEXT IS HOWARD FREE. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS HOWARD FREE. 
          I HAVE LIVED AT 1 4 9 3 2 WYNWOOD ROAD FOR 24 YEARS. 
          THE MATTER BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A LEGAL PROBLEM. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE OR RELIGION. 
          SECOND AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT EACH OF US HAS A RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. HOWEVER, IT'S ILLEGAL TO BRING A GUN ON AN AIRPLANE TO A COWBOY GAME OR EVEN TO THIS MEETING. 
          TONIGHT WE GET ARRESTED FOR EXERCISING OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT. 
          WHY? BECAUSE EXERCISING OUR RIGHT WOULD BE THREATENING THE RIGHTS OF THOSE AROUND US. 
          SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 
          SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. 
          WHILE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH YELLING, FIRE IN A CROWDED MOVIE, THEATER IS ILLEGAL. 
          HEARD THAT EARLIER TONIGHT. 
          ALTHOUGH WE MAY BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF RELIGION, THAT DOES NOT MEAN EACH OF US HAS A RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY. 
          IN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WHERE SUCH USE IS NOT PERMITTED, THAT WOULD BE INFRINGING ON OUR NEIGHBOR'S RIGHTS TO A QUIET, PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          FORCING THEM TO TOLERATE SOMEONE ELSE'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE IS EVERY CITY'S DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO GOVERN THE LAND WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION THROUGH ZONING. 
          A CITY CANNOT BE BULLIED, THREATENED, OR INTIMIDATED INTO CHANGING SUCH ZONING TO BENEFIT ANY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS PROTECTED BY SUCH ZONING. 
          THE SPOT ZONING YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING IS ILLEGAL AND TEXAS VOTING FOR THIS WILL NOT ONLY BE BREAKING THE LAW, BUT WILL BE SETTING A NEW PRECEDENT FOR ADDISON. 
          YOU WANT EVERY OTHER HOMEOWNER IN ADDISON TO APPLY TO BECOME A CHURCH IN ORDER TO AVOID PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BRAVERY AND CONVICTION THAT BOTH DARREN AND DAN SHOWED WHEN THEY OPPOSED THE PREVIOUS SUP THIS APPLICANT MADE. 
          SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          MY NEIGHBORS AND I FIND YOUR ACTIONS BOTH COURAGEOUS AND ADMIRABLE. 
          YOU'VE PROTECTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD KEEPING IT 100% RESIDENTIAL, YOU FULFILLED YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON. 
          WHILE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING, THEY WERE ACTUALLY BREAKING THE LAW, VIOLATING MY NEIGHBORS AND MY PROPERTY RIGHTS WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT THE APPLICANT'S RIGHTS. 
          ALTHOUGH NONE OF YOU LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT, I ASK YOU TO PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES. 
          WOULD YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ZONING CHANGE IF THE APPLICANT WANTED TO PUT A RELIGIOUS EVENT CENTER ACROSS THE STREET FROM OR RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOUR HOME? DARIN OPPOSED A PREVIOUS SUP BECAUSE THE OCCUPANCY NUMBERS WERE TOO HIGH. 
          THIS SUP HAS NO SUCH A LIMIT. 
          MARLON REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO PROHIBIT ALCOHOL. 
          THIS SUP HAS NO SUCH PROHIBITION. 
          THE PREVIOUS SUP WAS FULL OF RESTRICTIONS. 
          THIS ONE HAS NONE. 
          HOW CAN ANY OF YOU VOTE FOR THIS SUB? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HOWARD. 
          NEXT IS JANE FRANCIS ROBINSON. 
          HI, MY NAME IS JANE FRANCIS ROBINSON. 
          I RESIDE AT 1 4 7 6 1 BEVERE COURT IN ADDISON. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I FRANKLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND AFTER ATTENDING ALL OF THE MEETINGS, HOW THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CONTINUED TO FAVOR DR. 
          WESSON'S POSITION TO PUT IN A CIVIL RIGHTS SOCIAL ACTION ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION IN THE CENTER OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M IN TOTAL OPPOSITION TO THIS SUP ZONING CHANGE FOR WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          DR. 
          WESSON WANTS IT TO BE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SITE AS HE STATED ON FOX NEWS AND CBS, THIS RECOGNIZED SITE, WHICH WILL CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF OUR QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AND CELESTIAL PARK AREA. 
          IF THIS GOES THROUGH AND ONCE IT HITS SOCIAL MEDIA, IT WILL BE A PARKING LOT ON CELESTIAL DESTROYING THE MAKEUP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          A ZONING CHANGE LIKE THIS WILL OPEN THE DOORS FOR ANYWHERE IN ADDISON TO BE FORCED TO PUT IN A SIMILAR ORGANIZATION OR CHURCH IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. 
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EVERYONE COULD REQUEST ONE THROUGH AN SUP AND NO ONE WOULD BE PAYING TAXES. 
          DR. 
          WESSON PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED HE HAD MADE MANY CONCESSIONS, BUT NOW THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS. 
          A VENUE OF THIS KIND WITH NO RESTRICTIONS WITH ALCOHOL BEING SERVED WITH NO LIMITS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE POLICE DO NOT PATROL ILLEGAL PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN CALLS ARE MADE. 
          HOW ARE WE TO CONTROL THIS? EMERGENCY VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH A PROPER, PROPER TRAFFIC STUDY WAS NEVER CONDUCTED. 
          TRAFFIC IS ALREADY CONGESTED ENOUGH WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON MONTFORT EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON. 
          I HAVE ATTENDED EVERY MEETING IN WRITTEN LETTERS THAT ARE NOT EVEN READ ALOUD, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE REQUESTED TO BE. 
          MEANWHILE, DR. 
          WESSON AND HIS ATTORNEYS WERE GIVEN ALL THE TIME THEY WANTED TO, TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IN EVERY MEETING. 
          THE COUNCIL MEMBERS INTERRUPTED PEOPLE WHO WERE, WERE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT. 
          DR. 
          WESSON DOES NOT LIVE OR PAY TAXES IN ADDISON AND IS NOT ADDING ANY VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHY ARE YOU BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO ACCOMMODATE HIM? IF YOU WANT TO ACCOMMODATE DR. 
          WESSON, FIND HIM A MORE SUITABLE PLACE IN ADDISON SINCE THE CURRENT LOCATION IS NOT EVEN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION. 
          IF YOU REPRESENT ME A TAX PAYING ADDISON CITIZEN AND VOTER, THEN VOTE NO AND LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY THAT HAS SHOWN YOU REPEATEDLY HOW OPPOSED WE ARE TO THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JANE. 
          NEXT IS MICHAEL LEMON. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR HEARING ME. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL EMMETT. 
          UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED ACROSS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHITE ROCK CHAPEL AT 1 4 5 3 OH WYNWOOD ROAD FOR 25 YEARS AS A PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE AT BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER. 
          I'VE HAD A VERY CORDIAL PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH DR. 
          WESTON FOR MANY YEARS. 
          I RESPECT HIM AND I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT HIS INTEGRITY OR HIS HONESTY. 
          WHEN DR. 
          WESTON FIRST PROPOSED HIS ORIGINAL LONG-TERM PLANS FOR THE CHURCH PROPERTY, RACHEL AND I WERE ASTONISHED AND LITERALLY SHOCKED. 
          IN ADDITION TO IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CHURCH ITSELF, THE PLANS INCLUDED LAND EXPANSION, BUT PURCHASING ADJACENT HOMES, A SOUP KITCHEN, COMMUNITY GARDENS, LOW COST HOUSING DORMITORIES, HOTEL MAJOR OUTDOOR EVENTS, AND MANY OTHER FEATURES THAT WOULD'VE DESTROYED OUR BEAUTIFUL QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AFTER MAJOR PUSHBACK FROM A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD CITIZENS, DR. 
          WESSON WITHDREW THOSE PLANS AND SAID THEY NO LONGER REPRESENTED HIS VISION FOR THE PROPERTY, FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          FOLLOWING THE SUBSEQUENT PERIOD OF INTERACTION WITH THE NEIGHBORS, DR. 
          WESSON FURTHER MODIFIES PROPOSAL TO RESTRICT AUTOMOBILE AND BUS TRAFFIC, LIMIT THE NUMBER AND SIZE AND HOURS OF OUTDOOR EVENTS AND MO MANY OF US, INCLUDING MY WIFE AND I, WERE VERY SATISFIED THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS WERE APPROPRIATE AND WE BELIEVE THE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY WERE NOW ACCEPTABLE. 
          HOWEVER, THE ADDISON COUNCIL DID NOT REACH THE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED TO PASS THAT PROPOSAL. 
          DR. 
          WESSON HAS NOW RESUBMITTED, UH, HIS PROPOSAL WITH ALL THOSE PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON RESTRICTIONS REMOVED. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S TAKEN THIS POSITION, BUT I IMAGINE IT'S IT'S A LEGAL STRATEGY AT THE P AND Z MEETING ON, UH, NOVEMBER THE 15TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          WE BECAME ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WHEN MR. BARKER, UH, ASKED DR. 
          WESTON'S LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT POTENTIAL PLANS FOR SOUP KITCHENS, COMMUNITY GARDENS AND HOUSING. 
          HIS RESPONSE WAS NOT A NO, BUT RATHER A QUOTE, NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          UNQUOTE, THAT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE THIS PROPOSAL IS JUST PHASE ONE OF A LARGER PLAN. 
          ALTHOUGH DR. 
          WESTON HAS DENIED THAT TO BE THE CASE, WE REMAIN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LONG RANGE VISION FOR THE PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY AFTER DR. 
          WESTON PASSES LEADERSHIP BRAINS TO YOUNGER COLLEAGUES. 
          THE CURRENT ZONING PLAN IS ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE OBJECTIONS RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORS AT THE ZONING MEETING WERE VERY VALID AND ONLY A SINGLE PERSON AT THAT MEETING SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL AND HE DOES NOT EVEN LIVE IN ADDISON. 
          THEREFORE, WE WERE VERY DISMAYED WHEN ALL THE ZONING COMMISSIONS EXCEPT MR. BARKER VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL. 
          THE SPEED OF THAT VOTE MADE IT OBVIOUS THAT MOST OF THE ZONING BOARD MEMBERS HAD ALREADY MADE THEIR MINDS UP BEFORE THE MEETING TOOK PLACE. 
          WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT UNRESTRICTED SUP. 
          PLEASE HELP US MAINTAIN THE QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE LIVED FOR 25 YEARS. 
          PLEASE STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MICHAEL. 
          NEXT IS AL ANGEL. 
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MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M AL ANGEL. 
          1 4 5 4 0 WYNWOOD ROAD. 
          ONE WORD I'VE HEARD TONIGHT MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER WORD IS RESTRICTIONS. 
          WHEN I HEAR THE WORD RESTRICTIONS, I THINK OF LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS. 
          IN 2021 IN TEXAS, WE PASSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INCLUDING THESE PROPOSITIONS, PROPOSITION THREE, BANNING THE STATE FROM PROHIBITING OR LIMITING RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN CHURCHES AND OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP. 
          THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION WERE APPROVED 62%, 38% AGAINST YOUR OFFICE WHEN YOUR OATH, WHEN YOU BEGAN SERVICE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS I DID, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO HELP ME, GOD. 
          AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PROHIBITING ITS FREE ENTERPRISE. 
          THEREFORE, WHEN I HEAR THE WORD RESTRICTIONS BEING IMPOSED ON A CHURCH, I SHUDDER BECAUSE ALREADY WE'RE MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT WAS PRECLUDED BY THE TEXAS PROPOSITION THREE AND THE US CONSTITUTION FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU AL. 
          NEXT IS COTER DOTY. 
          HEY COUNSEL, MY NAME IS COTER DOTY. 
          I'M AT 1 4 7 8 4 WYNWOOD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT I'VE HAD SO MANY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS AND UM, KNOW IN REALITY IF ALL WE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE THIS A CHURCH, UH, WE'RE DONE. 
          IT'S ALREADY A CHURCH, WE CAN JUST GO HOME LIKE MEETING'S OVER WE'RE GOOD. 
          BUT THIS IS TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING NOT THIS IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS CHURCH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NOT. 
          UH, JUST BECAUSE YOU CALL IT A CHURCH DOESN'T MEAN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOOD. 
          I MEAN, YOU CAN CREATE LITERALLY, UM, A, A SATANIC CHURCH AND CALL IT A CHURCH AND GET THE SAME EXACT TAX ADVANTAGES THAT, THAT THIS IS DOING. 
          NOW, I AM, I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING, RIGHT? THAT I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AT THE LANGUAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, OKAY? AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF SPOILED RICH WHITE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GETTING THEIR WAY. 
          OKAY? I GREW UP POOR IN THE COUNTRY ON FOOD STAMPS. 
          I HAD NOTHING GROWING UP AS A KID. 
          UM, I USED TO GET MADE FUN OF ON THE PLAYGROUND 'CAUSE MY FAMILY HAD NO MONEY. 
          YOU KNOW, I WORKED MY ASS OFF TO GET INTO WHERE I AM AT. 
          I AM TODAY, BUILT MULTIPLE COMPANIES, UH, IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. 
          AND I WAS ABLE WITH MY WIFE TO AND MY FAMILY TO GO BUY MY DREAM HOME. 
          MARLON, YOU, YOU KNOW WHERE WE USED TO LIVE, RIGHT? WE WERE ABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO GO FROM A TINY LITTLE TOWN HOME TO OUR DREAM HOME. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT BEAUTIFUL DREAM HOME, UM, ABSOLUTELY THAT PROPERTY VALUE WILL PLUMMET. 
          AND HERE'S MY CREDIBILITY TO SAY THAT I BUILT A MULTI-STATE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, UH, THAT DID OVER 700 TRANSACTIONS A YEAR BEFORE I SOLD IT AND STARTED MY PROPERTY ACQUISITION COMPANY AND SOON TO BE TITLE COMPANY IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. 
          THIS IS MY WHEELHOUSE. 
          THIS WILL KILL OUR PROPERTY VALUES. 
          AND TO THE TAX ASSESSOR LADY, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAX ASSESS VALUE AND RESALE VALUE. 
          I'M NOT NEAR AS MUCH CONCERNED AS MY TAX VALUE AS I AM WHEN I RESELL THAT PROPERTY. 
          I'VE SOLD FOUR HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE IN THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS. 
          THAT QUESTION OF, HEY, WHAT IS THAT LITTLE BUILDING THAT COMES UP? I'M ON THE FRONT LINE OF THIS. 
          THIS WILL IMPACT OUR, OUR, OUR PROPERTY VALUES. 
          THAT'S A BIG THING. 
          WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO AND BUILD OUR DREAM. 
          AND, AND I AM FIGHTING FOR THAT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THIS TITLE ISSUE THING GO HAVE, GO HAVE THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS VETTED BY THREE INDEPENDENT TITLE COMPANIES. 
          LET THEM SEE IF THIS WAS AN ACTUAL LEGAL SALE. 
          THIS IS HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS THAT THIS GUY EVEN OWNS THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE VOTING ON TONIGHT. 
          IT IS HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS THAT I, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE ESCROW OFFICERS. 
          HEY, HERE'S THE 
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DOCUMENTATION. 
          TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          MY PLEA TONIGHT IS THAT YOU SEE THROUGH THE SH THE SHROUD OF FAKE PIETY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS REALLY IS. 
          THIS IS A WAY FOR THE WES TO CREATE WEALTH UNDER THE GUISE OF A NONPROFIT THROUGH TAX ADVANTAGES IN HIS SHADY TITLE PROCESS. 
          BUT HERE'S THE REALITY. 
          YOU CAN'T FIGHT FEAR WITH, WITH STATISTICS AND THAT YOU HIT. 
          YOU CAN'T FIGHT WITH LOGIC. 
          THEY ARE USING FEAR TO TRY TO LEVERAGE YOU GUYS. 
          I SEE IT IN YOUR FACES. 
          I HAVE WASHED YOUR FACES ALL NIGHT LONG. 
          I FEEL SO BAD FOR YOU 'CAUSE THIS IS, YOU ARE S WELL, EITHER WAY LIKE THIS, A LAWSUIT IS COMING. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS HOW ARE YOU GONNA FEEL WHEN THIS IS OVER? OKAY? AND ESPECIALLY DARREN. 
          I GOT 10 SECONDS. 
          10 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, OKAY, LOOK, HERE'S THE THING. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE TALKING CHURCH. 
          LET'S TALK CHURCH. 
          MATTHEW 7 15 16. 
          BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. 
          BUY THEIR FRUITS. 
          YOU WILL KNOW THEM. 
          THEIR FRUIT IS FEAR. 
          THE WHOLE THING FEAR MONGERING FROM DAY ONE. 
          THEY SENT THAT LETTER. 
          THANK YOUR TIME IS UP PLEASE. 
          OKAY, FIRST JOHN FOUR 18. 
          THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE, BUT PERFECT LOVE CAST OUT FEAR. 
          I'M ASKING THAT YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO CAST OUT THE FEAR FILTER. 
          YOUR TIME IS UP SIR, AND THEY'RE PRO BONO. 
          FEAR MONERS, PLEASE FILTER. 
          YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M IN OPPOSITION BY THE WAY, IN CASE THAT WORKS. 
          CLEAR. 
          NEXT UP, MICHAEL DEVEREAUX, DON'T START YET. 
          MICHAEL DEVEREAUX, 1 5 0 3 2 WYNWOOD ROAD. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 25 AND A HALF YEARS. 
          I RAISED MY FAMILY THERE, GOT THREE KIDS ALL VOTING ENGAGED. 
          WE'RE MARRIED TO A LATIN WOMAN WHO IS BY NO MEANS RACIST, NOR IS MY FAMILY. 
          I'VE HEARD IT ALL TONIGHT AND I KNOW I CAN'T TURN AROUND. 
          DR. 
          WESSON AND MRS. WESSON, YOUR DEAR PEOPLE ADMIT YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          I BELIEVE YOUR INTENTIONS TO BE GOOD. 
          BY THE WAY, I BOUGHT MY HOME FROM A CHURCH ROBERT TILTON 25 AND A HALF YEARS AGO. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, THE MAN THAT SPOKE BEFORE. 
          NOT ALL CHURCHES ARE GOOD. 
          THEIR INTENTIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS GOOD. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, DR. 
          MRS. WESSON AND EVERYBODY HERE, THE SAD THING ABOUT ALL THIS IS WE'RE ALL GONNA LOSE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DECIDE WE'RE GONNA LOSE. 
          PEOPLE ARE GONNA LIKE YOU AND PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA LIKE YOU. 
          THE WESTONS, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE. 
          YOU'RE BRINGING A CHURCH INTO OUR COMMUNITY, INTO OUR FAMILY. 
          AND NO ONE REALLY WANTS IT. 
          I HATE TO SAY IT, THEY DON'T WANT IT. 
          IT'S NOT THE CHURCH THOUGH. 
          WHAT YOU'RE MISSING, AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT HOPEFULLY LATER, IS THAT YOU MIX THIS CHURCH WITH THIS EVENT CENTER AND WHAT IT'S BECOME AND WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT EVENT CENTERS? TWO QUICK STORIES. 
          I LIVE IN BETWEEN, RIGHT NEXT TO TWO EVENT CENTERS. 
          ONE IS THE GAZEBO PAVILION RIGHT ACROSS FROM MY HOME AND THE SECOND HOME DOWN RIGHT ACROSS FROM ERO. 
          I HAVE A GATED HOME THERE. 
          THE SECOND IS MESSER, WHICH USED TO BE A JAKES. 
          I WENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          I GOT AN SUP, I GOT A NOTICE SAYING YOU'LL BE IMPACTED BECAUSE YOU'RE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE NOISE THAT'S GONNA COME FROM JAKES BECAUSE THEY WANT AN OUTDOOR EVENT CENTER AND THEY'RE GONNA PLAY MUSIC THERE THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          I SAID NO, I WENT THERE. 
          THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          I SPOKE TO THEM AND THEY LISTENED. 
          EVEN THE ZONING PEOPLE LISTENED, THE COMMUNITY LISTENED AND THEY ACTUALLY DUMPED IT DOWN. 
          THEY TOOK AWAY ONE DAY, THEY HAD LESS THAN THE HOURS AND THEY LISTENED TO ME. 
          THEY TOOK IN CONSIDERATION THE PERSONAL INTEREST, HOW IT WOULD AFFECT MY FAMILY. 
          IT DID. 
          THE PAVILION THAT'S THERE, IF YOU DON'T THINK THE GAZEBO THAT BRINGS IN HOMECOMINGS ALL KINDS OF EVENTS BRINGS IN TRAFFIC AND CRIME. 
          HOW DO I KNOW? 'CAUSE I WALK IT EVERY DAY AND I'VE WALKED IT FOR 25 AND A HALF YEARS. 
          LIKE MANY OF YOU HAVEN'T. 
          CERTAINLY YOU HAVEN'T. 
          THE LAWYERS HAVE. 
          I WALK IT EVERY DAY. 
          I SEE THE TRASH, I SEE THE CRIME. 
          WHAT IT BRINGS IN. 
          THEY DON'T LISTEN TO THE CITY OF ADDISON POLICE. 
          THEY CALLED IN. 
          THERE'S 25 CARS, THERE'S BUSES. 
          WHAT? OH BY THE WAY, THE NOISE WOKE UP. 
          EVEN THOUGH I GOT APPROVED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE NOISE WOKE MY FAMILY UP FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 
          I HAD TO CALL THE MANAGER AT JAKE'S TO GET 'EM TO TURN THE MUSIC DOWN. 
          THEY WON'T LISTEN. 
          YOU CAN'T ENFORCE IT. 
          SO YOU'RE, IT'S GONNA IMPACT ANYBODY WHO GOT, WHO WAS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THAT CHURCH OR WHATEVER IT IS. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THE EVENT CENTER BY THE NOISE. 
          I PROMISE YOU BY THE CRIME. 
          I'VE HAD STUFF STOLEN FROM MY YARD, MY AMAZON PACKAGES, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DRAWN IN FROM EVERYTHING. 
          IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA IMPACT YOUR LIVES, THEN YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING. 
          I SEE IT EVERY DAY. 
          IT'S SAD THAT ALL OF US ARE GONNA LOSE FROM THIS. 
          I VOTE NO. 
          I SUGGEST YOU LISTEN TO OUR PERSONAL INTERESTS, NOT JUST PROFESSIONALLY WHAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GONNA IMPACT MANY LIVES FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MICHAEL. 
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NEXT UP IS TORIA DOTY. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MY NAME IS TOIA DOTY AT 1 4 7 8 4 WYNWOOD. 
          I'VE BEEN AN ADDISON RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER SINCE 2001. 
          STARTING OUT SINGLE AS A STRUGGLING BUSINESS OWNER IN A STUDIO APARTMENT IN ADDISON CIRCLE. 
          AND THEN WITH A FEW MOVES IN BETWEEN AND NOW MARRIED WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND A FUZZY COCKO HIGH RUN WITH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY MORNING. 
          WE WORKED OUR WAY UP AND MOVED INTO OUR DREAM HOME ON WYNWOOD TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. 
          I WAKE UP SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL EVERY DAY THAT WE GET TO LIVE IN THIS TRULY UNIQUE AND HIDDEN GEM OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND ADDISON IS ABSOLUTELY OUR FOREVER DFW HOME. 
          I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE SITUATION BEING THAT I'M BOTH AFRICAN AMERICAN AND A CHRISTIAN. 
          AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I'M 100% IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING THE INCREDIBLE HISTORY BEHIND THE ORIGINAL CHURCH. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE WESSON'S NEW LEGAL TEAM HAVE CREATED THIS NARRATIVE THAT THIS ISSUE ABOUT RACE, RELIGION, OR UPHOLDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT, IT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE. 
          THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET LEGAL AND MEDIA ATTENTION AND TO SHAME US AS A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NOT BEING IN FAVOR. 
          BUT THIS IS NOT A RACE OR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUE. 
          THIS IS A LEGAL ZONING ISSUE. 
          THE ORIGINAL CHURCH, BUT IT'S RICH HISTORY IS LONG GONE. 
          IN FACT, THE LOCATION IN QUESTION IS NOT EVEN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION, NOR IS THE BUILDING THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE. 
          AND FURTHERMORE, IF YOU WANNA GET RELIGIOUS ABOUT IT, A CHURCH IS NOT A LAND OR A BUILDING, BUT A PEOPLE AND THE ORIGINAL CONGREGATION LET THIS LOCATION DECADES AGO. 
          THE CHURCH IS IN THE PAST. 
          AND MEANWHILE, OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS, WHAT HAS GROWN UP AROUND THIS LAND AND EXIST TODAY AS A BEAUTIFUL, QUIET, PEACEFUL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AS MUCH AS I WISH IT WAS DIFFERENT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FIVE UNIQUE VARIABLES THAT WHEN COMBINED MAKES APPROVING THIS CURRENT STOP COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          FIRST, WE HAVE 124 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FLANKED BY TWO MAJOR AND HEAVILY TRAFFIC STREETS. 
          WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC PARKS WITH NINE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES WITH OUR TINY FOOTPRINT. 
          I MEASURED IT ON GOOGLE EARTH OF 0.15 SQUARE MILES. 
          THAT'S 3% OF THE LANDMASS OF THE 4.4 MILES OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          BUT WE HAVE 18% OF ALL THE PUBLIC PARKS IN OUR IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH ATTRACTIONS. 
          WE HAVE THE FOURTH, WE HAVE THE CELESTIAL PUMP STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE SITE AND CELESTIAL PARK, WHICH CAUSES FREQUENT ROADBLOCK, BLOCKAGES OUT TO MOM FOR BONE REPAIRS ARE NEEDED. 
          AND FIFTH, THE ACTUAL LOCATION AS SOMEBODY ELSE STATED BEING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CELESTIAL WYNWOOD. 
          THE ONLY TWO STREETS IN AND OUT IS THE ACTUAL BOTTLENECK OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          CONSIDERING ALL FIVE VARIABLES APPROVING THE SUB MAKES NO SENSE. 
          I WOULD CHALLENGE THE WESSIN AND LEGAL TEAM TO FIND ANY OTHER 100% RES RESIDENTIALLY ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SIMILAR VARIABLES THAT AS A CHURCH AND EVENT CENTER SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 
          THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF SPOT ZONING. 
          WE ARE NOT RACIST, WE ARE NOT AGAINST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
          WE ARE SIMPLY A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS TO STAY THAT WAY. 
          ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IT WAS CLOSE, THE JULY SEP WAS NOT RESTRICTIVE ENOUGH WHEN IT WAS VOTED DOWN. 
          AND IT'S INCONCEIVABLE THAT YOU COULD NOW VOTE. 
          ALMOST DONE YES ON THE, ON THIS SEP THAT VIRTUALLY HAS NONE OF THE PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND OFFERS NO PROTECTION COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE DON'T LET FEAR OR BULLYING TACTICS INFLUENCE YOUR VOTE TONIGHT. 
          VOTING NO TO THIS SUB DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU'RE AGAINST THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          VOTING NO MEANS THAT OUR VOICES AS TAX PAYING RESIDENTS STILL MATTER, ARE STILL HEARD AND THAT THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WILL. 
          LOOKING FOR OUR HEROES TONIGHT, WE HAD TWO LAST JULY. 
          THANK AND DARREN, NOW IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF YOU TO BE OUR HERO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP ELIZABETH JONES. 
          HMM, DON LOWEN AND DONNA LOWEN. 
          MY NAME DONALD LOWEN. 
          I LIVE NOW AT 15 0 19 BELLBROOK DRIVE. 
          ALTHOUGH WHEN I BOUGHT MY LOT IN 1971, THERE WAS NO BELLBROOK DRIVE. 
          I'M NOT USING THAT AS SOME ARGUMENT AGAINST ANYTHING, IT'S JUST INTERESTING FACT TO ME. 
          BUT I'VE WATCHED THE CITY GROW NOW. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE 30 YEARS. 
          I DON'T WANNA LEAVE 
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MY BEAUTIFUL NE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          MY REAL REASON FOR RISING RIGHT NOW IS TO CHALLENGE THE CITY PRESENTATION. 
          THAT SAID, THE TRAFFIC REPORT THEY PAID FOR AND RECEIVED SHOWS NO IMPACT WITH THE CHURCH ACTIVITIES THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT. 
          IF I WAS GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AS A RETIRED ENGINEER, I WOULD LOOK AT DCAD SAYS THERE'S 128 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT SHARE THOSE SAME TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS. 
          I MIGHT LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, BOY, THERE MUST BE TRAFFIC JAMS IF AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT WHAT, HOW HARD IT IS TO LEAVE ON WYNWOOD AND GET ON BELTLINE OR CELESTIAL AND GET ON MUMFORD. 
          THAT'S WHY I TOOK MY STOPWATCH AND CLIPBOARD AND SPENT THREE DAYS DOING MY OWN TIMING. 
          SO WHAT DID I FIND? THESE 128 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT, BUT THESE PEOPLE, NOBODY GOES OUT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THERE'S GAPS, THEN THERE'S A CAR, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GAP AND ANOTHER CAR TWICE IN THREE DAYS. 
          I SEE, SAW TWO CARS WAITING TO EXIT. 
          SO I PRESENT ON MY SIDE, HERE'S 128 RESIDENTS. 
          SOMEHOW THEY MANAGE TO GO IN AND OUT AND NOBODY HAS ANY PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. 
          NOW I'M GONNA POINT TO DR. 
          WESSON, SORRY FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING TO BE AT HIS FIRST RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY. 
          HONOR IF YOU'LL PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. 
          NOT, NOT MR. WESSON. 
          DR. 
          WESSON, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, NOT THE, OKAY, I'M I WILL DO THAT. 
          LET'S JUST PICK 50 CARS. 
          IF THERE'S 50 CARS WAITING TO GET OUT, I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S GONNA TAKE AN HOUR. 
          NOBODY THAT LIVES HERE WANTS TO WAIT AN HOUR TO EXIT. 
          SO NOW I'M GONNA END UP WITH A MASS STATEMENT. 
          IT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY OBVIOUS TO EVEN THE MOST CASUAL OBSERVER THAT THE TRAFFIC REPORT PRESENTED BY THE CITY STAFF IS WRONG. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          YOUR TIME'S UP. 
          THANK YOU TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A GOOD DAY. 
          ANN ETH. 
          MY NAME IS ANN ETH. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, I KNOW THAT AT 39 19 WINTER PARK IN ADDISON, TEXAS. 
          UH, AND I'D LIKE TO COMMEND A DOCTOR AND, AND MRS. WESSON FOR BEING WILLING TO SIT THROUGH THIS AGAIN. 
          I SAT THROUGH IT IN JULY AND IT HASN'T SEEMED TO HAVE CHANGED MUCH. 
          UM, I'M A TEACHER, THEREFORE I LIKE HISTORY. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT, UH, I I REALLY THINK THAT THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL WOULDN'T BE THE SAME IF IT WAS MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          I MEAN, THE LAND IS PART OF ITS HISTORY. 
          UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, OF FEAR ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND, AND THAT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, DR. 
          WESTON IS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD, MAYBE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE AS BUSY AS EVERYBODY KIND OF THINKS IT'S GONNA BE. 
          UM, I I DO WANNA RESPOND TO SOMETHING HERE. 
          I WAS, UH, SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND, AND PULLED OFF AN ARTICLE ABOUT, UH, THIS AND . 
          AND THIS SAYS THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND FEDERAL LAW PROTECT THE RIGHT OF CHURCHES TO OPERATE FREE FROM UNREASONABLE AND INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. 
          AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, WELL, I THINK I'VE HEARD SOME UNREASONABLE THINGS TODAY. 
          UH, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST KIND OF INTERESTING. 
          UH, ANYWAY, I I, I, I THINK THAT I, I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING ACCORDING TO, TO HOW YOU, UH, YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF IT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT INTRUSIVE. 
          WHEN 
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I WAS ON COUNCIL, WHICH WAS MANY YEARS AGO, UH, IT WAS THE, THE CHURCH WAS THERE AND THE THERE WERE ATTENDED. 
          WE NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF TROUBLE THAT I KNOW OF THAT, THAT CAME FROM IT. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          THANK YOU ANN. 
          NEXT IS DAN CONDOS. 
          DANIEL CONDOS. 
          5 5 4 5 CELESTIAL ROAD. 
          I'M NEXT DOOR TO THE CHURCH. 
          THE, UH, SMALL BUILDING WHERE THE CHURCH IS, THE, UH, I DUNNO WHAT THEY CALL IT, UH, IS EIGHT OR NINE FEET FROM MY PROPERTY LINE. 
          SO WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN SAID YOU'VE GOT 50 FEET, WHERE, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? COULD YOU BRING THAT UP AGAIN, KEN? YOU BRING THAT UP ABOUT THE DISTANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          NOISE, WHICH IS CLEARLY AUDIBLE AT A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 50 FEET FROM THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE. 
          I'M 10 FEET AWAY. 
          THERE'S NOBODY CLOSER THAN ME THERE. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS THAT OTHER PICTURE BEFORE YOU PUT THIS UP. 
          CAN YOU PUT IT BACK? HOW'S A YELLOW BUS? GONNA MAKE A TURN THERE. 
          HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET THESE BUSES WITH CHILDREN? MAKING TURNS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I SPOKE TO THREE REALTORS. 
          I GOT A LETTER FROM ONE OF THEM BECAUSE I ONLY ASKED FOR ONE LETTER INDICATING PROPERTY VALUES WILL GO DOWN. 
          UM, I'M JUST GONNA HIT CERTAIN POINTS. 
          THIS GENTLEMAN INDICATED FAR AND ABOVE EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE WESSIN GROUP TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD. 
          YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS FAR AND ABOVE EFFORT BY ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO STOP IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THE ISSUE OF ALCOHOL'S BEEN RESOLVED AT ALL. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR ANY FINALITY ON THAT. 
          THE LAWYERS GUMMED IT UP. 
          I MEAN, I THINK WESSON'S ATTORNEYS REALLY GUMMED IT UP. 
          UH, WHAT IS IT? UH, MCDERMOTT AND WILL AND THEN FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE, WHAT THEY DID, IF YOU READ THEIR LONG LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023. 
          IF YOU READ IT, IT'S A FORM LETTER. 
          AND THEN THEY PLUG IN A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS CHURCH AND OUR ISSUES. 
          I MEAN, WHERE, WHERE DO THEY GET OFF SAYING A SMALL BUT INFLUENTIAL GROUP OF OPPONENTS. 
          ARE WE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE? BUT THEY'VE GOT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THEIR FORM LETTER. 
          I'M A LAWYER FOR 50 PLUS YEARS AND THIS IS INTIMIDATION. 
          IT'S BAD. 
          AND THEN THERE'S OTHER PARTS IN HERE. 
          UM, NEIGHBORS REMAINED DISPLEASED YET BECAME A SMALL NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS REMAINED DISPLEASED. 
          NOT A SMALL NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF NEIGHBORS. 
          AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I HAVE TO SAY. 
          I SAID MY MAIN THINGS I'D BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE TO PAY THE COST PART OF IT TO RAISE THAT BUILDING UP AND MOVE IT SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
          LET 'EM SELL THE LAND FOR 2 MILLION BUCKS TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT HOMES. 
          DAN, COULD YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR TIME? YEAH, I'M WRAPPING UP. 
          AND THEN TAKE THAT CHURCH, PUT IT SOMEPLACE WHERE IT WILL BE WELCOMED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU DAN. 
          THAT'S YOUR TIME. 
          YEAH, AND UH, THERE'S JUST ONE OTHER THING I'M GONNA SAY. 
          NO SIR, THAT'S YOUR TIME. 
          YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR. 
          I KNOW IT IS. 
          PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. 
          I'M GONNA SAY IT. 
          UH, AND IN THEIR LETTER THEY SAID, HECKLES HECK LESS. 
          WHERE DOES HECKLES COME FROM? WHAT HAVE WE DONE? THAT'S HECKLES, BUT YET THEY'VE GOT IT IN THEIR LETTER. 
          DAN. 
          THEY SCREWED A LOT OF, THAT'S A FEW TIMES UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP IS MERLE BRU. 
          BRUNER. 
          WAIT A MINUTE. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA GET TO TALK TO YOU SAID WE COULDN'T DON'T, DON'T START ME YET. 
          I DIDN'T SAY MY NAME YET. 
          GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED PLEASE. 
          MERL BRENNEMAN 1 4 8 4 8 WYNWOOD ROAD. 
          I'M TOTALLY AGAINST IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS THAT ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP HERE FOR THE CHURCH LIVE NOWHERE NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'VE BEEN THERE 
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FOR 32 YEARS. 
          AND WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IS TRUE. 
          IT WAS, WE WERE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE IT. 
          WE INTERACTED WITH THE PEOPLE THERE. 
          IT WAS SMALL, THE MAIN CHURCH WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          IT WAS SMALL AND IT WAS NOT INTRUSIVE AND THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC PROBLEM. 
          THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THERE'S NEVER BEEN A CLEAR TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY. 
          IT'S STILL OWNED BY NOEL. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 
          AND SPOT ZONING IS ILLEGAL. 
          SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU, BY VOTING YES FOR THIS ARE GONNA BE DOING THAT ARE ILLEGAL. 
          AND THAT'S YOU. 
          YOU CAN'T DO THAT LEGALLY WHAT YOU'RE, IF YOU, IF YOU APPROVE IT. 
          I THINK THAT THE SMART THING TO DO AT THIS POINT IS TO GO BACK TO, UH, WHAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED AND LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO GET IT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S GOT RESTRICTIONS THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH IF IT'S GOTTA BE THERE. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK VOTING FOR IT NOW IS LEGAL OF YOU OR IS RIGHT. 
          AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T REFLECT WHAT 126 HOUSES ARE LIVING WITH ARE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP HERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING IT DON'T LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR IT AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S GONNA DO TO OUR GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST LIFE IN GENERAL THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MORL. 
          NEXT IS, NEXT IS NEXT IS MARY REED. 
          MARY REED, 37 78 VI TRIVIAN WAY. 
          I'M ASHAMED OF ADDISON. 
          I'M ASHAMED OF THE CONTENTIOUS BATTLE OF SOME ADDISON RESIDENTS TO ACCEPT A TINY AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ARE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH CONTROL, THEY CAN'T EVEN CONSIDER BEING ACCEPTING, KIND AND FLEXIBLE FOR THEIR POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR THE ADDISON WAY OF TOWN, STAFF BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PLEASE RESIDENTS AND OTHERS, THAT SAME ATTITUDE IS NOT PRESENT IN THOSE RESIDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO SHORE UP DEFENSES AND GO INTO COMBAT OVER A SMALL CHANGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT ADDISON IS BECOMING KNOWN FOR ITS INTOLERANCE RATHER THAN ITS TOLERANCE. 
          I'M ASHAMED OF THE ENTITLED ATTITUDE OF ADDISON. 
          RESIDENTS WHO THINK TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD JUMP WHENEVER THEY SNAP THEIR FINGERS. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT SOME TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL BEHOLDEN TO SELF-CENTERED RESIDENTS WHO CONSIDER THEIR DESIRES MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYONE ELSE'S. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WHICH USUALLY SPARKS GENEROSITY, SOME ADDISON RESIDENTS ARE ONLY THINKING OF THEMSELVES EVIDENCED BY ONE OF THE GROUP'S REMARKS. 
          WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? I'M ASHAMED THAT THE SELFISH ATTITUDES OF A PRIVILEGED VIEW CAN DOMINATE A TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT THE OVERINDULGED HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN CREATE HAVOC FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE WHO ONLY WANT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN WORSHIP. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT SOME RICH ADDISON RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HEARD THE GOLDEN RULE DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU AND THEIR CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES DON'T PRACTICE IT. 
          I'M ASHAMED THAT ADDISON SEEMS TO BE LOSING ITS HUMANITY. 
          DON'T MAKE ME ASHAMED TO LIVE IN ADDISON. 
          DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT IN YOUR HEART AND VOTE TO APPROVE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE TOWN STAFF WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO RECOMMEND THIS SUP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MARY. 
          NEXT UP IS BOB HECKMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NAME IS BOB HECKMAN. 
          I LIVE AT 1 4 7 7 6 MAIDEN COURT, UH, THAT'S IN OAKS NORTH. 
          AND I BACK UP, WE BACK UP TO, UH, CELESTIAL PARK. 
          THAT WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN MY, UH, RUNNING AND WALKING AREA FOR 31 YEARS. 
          WELL, WE'VE LIVED IN, IN ADDISON, SO I KNOW IT QUITE WELL. 
          UH, MANY OF YOU WHEN YOU CAMPAIGN FOR OFFICE CAME BY OUR, OUR HOME AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, YOU STOP. 
          YOU REALLY EXPRESSED A SINCERE DESIRE TO, UH, HOLD OFFICE AND TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ADDISON. 
          IN FACT, SEVERAL OF YOU, AND WE KIND OF KITTED ABOUT IT. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADDISON WAY AND WE KIND OF DEFINED WHAT THAT MEANT. 
          AND I I TOLD YOU WE LOVE THE SERVICES. 
          UH, WE 
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LOVE THE COMMITMENT THAT THE TOWN HAD PICKING UP THE PHONE COULD GET THINGS DONE. 
          AND THAT WAS TERRIFIC. 
          AND ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN PROMISES YOU MADE TO US WAS THAT YOU WOULD LISTEN TO US AND YOU WOULD ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF BOTH THE TOWN AND THE RESIDENTS. 
          I PERSONALLY ATTENDED EVERY MEETING CONCERNING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL. 
          THOSE THAT WERE HOSTED BY THE TOWN SUCH AS TONIGHT, AND THOSE HOSTED BY INTERESTED PARTIES ACTUALLY AT THE CHAPEL AND IN PRIVATE HOMES. 
          YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND US AS CONCERNED CITIZENS NOW FACE A REAL DILEMMA. 
          AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY HEARD PLENTY OF THAT TONIGHT. 
          APPROVE OR REJECT A NEW SUP, WHICH HAS REMOVED MOST OF THE GUIDELINES IN SAFEGUARDS PRESENTED IN THE SUP THAT WAS PUT FORTH TO COUNSEL ON THE 25TH OF JULY OF THIS YEAR. 
          THERE ARE EVEN THREATS OF LAWSUITS AND SEEMINGLY A GROWING DIVIDE BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL, AND CERTAINLY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT HEALTHY, SIMPLY NOT HEALTHY IN THE SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER AS GOOD NEIGHBORS, AS MANY PRESENTERS HAVE SUGGESTED. 
          I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO REVISIT THE SUP FROM JULY 25TH, FIND SOME COMMON GROUND AND WORK TO HAVE BOTH PARTIES LEAVE, NOT WINNING OR LOSING, BUT AGREEING THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS WORKABLE, MANAGEABLE, AND EFFECTIVE FOR BOTH PARTIES. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TURN DOWN THIS FORM OF THE SUP, BUT TO QUICKLY RE-LOOK AT THE JULY 25TH, SUP, GET THE GROUPS TOGETHER, AND LET'S COME UP WITH A COMMON SOLUTION THAT, IN MY JUDGMENT, IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ADDISON WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BOB. 
          NEXT IS DAVID ROSENFIELD. 
          HI, UM, DAVID ROSENFIELD, 1 4 9 0 9 BELLBROOK. 
          UM, I DO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M NOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CHURCH. 
          I'M SORT OF AT THE OTHER END OF THE CHURCH, UH, FROM WHERE THE CHURCH IS. 
          UM, SO I'M NOT REALLY, UH, GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE ANYBODY'S MIND IN THREE MINUTES UP HERE. 
          SO I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO TRY TO, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT MY WIFE AND I HAVE FOR THE CHURCH. 
          UM, WE THINK THAT, UM, REALLY THE MORAL THING TO DO IS TO SUPPORT, UM, THIS HISTORIC CHURCH AND ITS MISSION AND, UM, SUPPORT ITS HISTORY AND, UM, IT'S THE LEAST THAT WE CAN DO GIVEN, UM, THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH HERE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT I, I DO, UH, REALIZE THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO THE, UH, RESIDENTS AND TO CONSIDER THEIR, UM, OPINIONS, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU NEED TO AGREE WITH THEM AND MAKE A DECISION THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE, UH, RESIDENTS EXPRESS BECAUSE, UH, YOUR OBLIGATION IS TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND TO FOLLOW WHAT'S BEST FOR ADDISON IN GENERAL. 
          AND I THINK, UM, REFUSING TO ALLOW THIS CHURCH TO CONTINUE OR TO BE REESTABLISHED WOULD BE A BLIGHT ON THE REPUTATION OF THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, DAVID. 
          NEXT IS DAVID DILLARD. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, MY NAME IS DAVID DILLARD. 
          I LIVE AT, UH, 43 57 SHIRLEY DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. 
          I DESIGNED YOUR FIRE STATIONS AND I SERVE ON THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          IN GENERAL TERMS, I GUESS I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK PAST ALL THE HYPERBOLE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING TONIGHT. 
          UM, CAN ANYONE THINK OF A REAL EXAMPLE OR REAL EXAMPLE OF A SMALL CHURCH THAT IS SO TERRORIZED, ITS NEIGHBORS. 
          DOES YOUR OWN CHURCH OR SYNAGOGUE, HAS IT RUINED THE LIVES OF ITS NEIGHBORS? DO YOU GO TO CHURCH TO DRINK? JUST ASK YOU TO GET REAL. 
          THIS IS A TINY, TINY NORMAL CHURCH, AND ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO, TO DO, I GUESS A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS IN PARTICULAR, IS TO USE YOUR COMMON SENSE ABOUT THAT. 
          I SUBMIT THAT DENYING THE MOTION, IN FACT, WE'LL HAVE THE LARGER IMPACT. 
          IT WILL BE A PURE VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION, INDEED, FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON AT LARGE. 
          IF THIS MOTION FAILS, UM, 
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IT UNFORTUNATELY WILL TRIGGER A STORM OF LITIGATION, I THINK. 
          UH, AND YOUR TOWN'S REPUTATION, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WILL BE INDELIBLY AND VERY PUBLICLY STAINED FOR ALL TO SEE, NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT ON A NATIONAL SCALE. 
          IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD NOT BE DISMISSIVE OR NAIVE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND FOR WHAT? SO THAT 120 HOUSEHOLDS, PLUS OR MINUS, NOT ALL IN OPPOSITION, LESS THAN 1.5% OF THE TOWN'S POPULATION WILL NOT HAVE TO SUFFER THE CHAOS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, OF 18 CARS TRICKLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. 
          OR MAYBE MAYBE HEAR THE SOUND OF SINGING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IF WALKING BY WITHIN 50 FEET FOR A FEW MINUTES ONCE A WEEK. 
          THAT'S REAL. 
          THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM, SUCH AS IT IS ON TRAFFIC. 
          THE WAY I FIGURE IT, THE NUMBER OF CAR TRIPS TO AND FROM THE CHURCH ON ANY GIVEN WEEK WILL BE LESS THAN THE WEEK OF CAR TRIPS GENERATED BY A FAMILY WITH TWO TEENAGE KIDS. 
          YOU DO THE MATH AND YOU SEE IF I'M WRONG ON PROPERTY VALUES. 
          I GO TO A CHURCH NOT FAR FROM YOUR SURROUNDED ON FOUR SIDES BY ONE TO $3 MILLION HOUSES. 
          WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1954. 
          TODAY WE HAVE A CONGREGATION OF A THOUSAND. 
          WE HAVE HAD ZERO IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES. 
          AND IF PROPERTY VALUES ARE A PROBLEM, WHICH THEY WON'T BE. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER VALUES? THE ONES THAT DON'T INVOLVE MONEY IN EARLIER MEETINGS, THE OPPOSITION IS POINTED OUT CORRECTLY THAT THE WESTONS WILL NOT LIVE FOREVER. 
          IT'S TRUE, BUT THE PRINCIPLES AND THE MISSION OF WHITE ROCK CHAPEL WILL THOSE PRINCIPLES APPEAR IN A BOOK WRITTEN 2000 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TEACHINGS OF WHICH IS, AS SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR ON BEHALF OF THE WEINS AND WHITE ROCK CHAPEL, I INVITE THE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS DEBATE TO DROP THEIR WEAPONS. 
          VISIT THE CHURCH SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, LORD WILLING, AND SEE AND COME TOGETHER OVER WHAT THAT PRINCIPLE IS ALL ABOUT. 
          UM, LET THE HEALING BEGIN TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DAVID. 
          NEXT WE HAVE, NEXT WE HAVE CHERYL SANDBERG. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CHERYL SANDBERG. 
          I'VE LIVED IN ADDISON FOR 24 YEARS, 18 OF THOSE YEARS AT 1 4 7, 1 4 CELESTIAL PLACE. 
          I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. 
          VERY HUMBLE AND WISHFUL. 
          I WISH THE PNZ HAD TURNED DOWN DR. 
          WESSON DAY ONE, BUT AS VALERIE VAN PE SAID, HERE WE ARE NOW WITH BOTH SIDES BUTTING HEADS. 
          I KNOW WITH THE COUNT, I KNOW I'VE HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVER THIS, AND I DON'T LIKE ARGUING ABOUT IT WITH THE COUNCIL OR ANYONE. 
          I WISH WE COULD SIT DOWN AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT TOO. 
          I'M GONNA TAKE A MINUTE AND DEFEND DARREN GARDNER, WHO WAS OUR FINAL NO VOTE IN JULY. 
          AND HE DID SO BY SAYING HE WANTED TO WORK WITH THE CHURCH, BUT WE WEREN'T THERE YET. 
          SO FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS THROWING HIM UNDER THE BUS, NO, HE, HE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING. 
          HE WAS GIVING US MORE TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS AND, AND THINK INTO THIS. 
          I MEAN, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND, WHEN HE PURCHASED THIS IN WHAT, 2018 19, WE WERE GOING THROUGH COVID, YOU KNOW, YES, IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, BUT WE WERE LOCKED DOWN. 
          SHUT DOWN. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2022. 
          IT WASN'T ON MOST OF OUR RADAR UNTIL LIKE A YEAR AGO. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO TO GOOGLE, OKAY? FACEBOOK SAID THE MISSION OF THIS CHURCH WAS TO CHANGE A COMMUNITY. 
          CHANGE A COMMUNITY. 
          OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T NEED TO BE CHANGED. 
          I FEEL LIKE THE DEVIL IS WINNING. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, THE ATTORNEYS SEEM TO BE THE DEVIL. 
          THEY'VE BEEN RELISHING THIS CLIENT'S CASE AND HIGHLIGHTING THE WESSON'S FACES ON THE BANNER OF THEIR WEBSITE. 
          FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE TOLD THEIR CLIENT THEY DIDN'T NEED A SUP WITH RESTRICTIONS. 
          JUST LEAVE IT TO THEM AND REPRESENT THE CASE. 
          SO NOW WE'VE GOT MORE ANIMOSITY AND FEAR. 
          EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL TODAY, ISN'T IT? WE USED TO BE GOVERNED BY LAWS WE COULD TRUST, BUT NOW WE CAN'T. 
          THE LAWS IN PLACE, EVEN ZONING LAWS CAN CHANGE TO FIT THE SITUATION. 
          THAT'S PRETTY SAD. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. 
          THE COUNCIL PASSES THIS UNRESTRICTED S AND THE NEIGHBORS TAKE UP CLIPBOARDS AND BEGIN CALLING WITH EVERY VIOLATION. 
          IS THAT REALLY HOW YOU WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME TOGETHER? I HAVE TO ADMIT, I'VE MET A LOT OF NEIGHBORS GOING THROUGH THIS WITH THE COMMON GOAL OF GETTING THIS TURNED DOWN. 
          BUT, SO NOW WHAT? I WISH I COULD TRUST DR. 
          WESSON AND HIS SON, HIS SON, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WOULD PROBABLY ULTIMATELY 
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BE RUNNING THIS. 
          HE'S ONLY BEEN TO MAYBE ONE MEETING. 
          I I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THEM. 
          AND WHEN I SAW THAT THEY, THE IRS CODE WAS, I HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, I'VE GOTTA READ IT. 
          HERE, IS CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION ADVOCACY, INTERGROUP RACE RELATIONS. 
          DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A CHURCH? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SUSPICIOUS? WELL, MY TIME IS UP. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU VOTE NO TO THIS UNRESTRICTED SUB TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, CHERYL. 
          NEXT IS TIM NELSON. 
          GOOD AND LATE EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          UM, COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS. 
          UM, I I, I ORIGINALLY HAD A STATEMENT TO READ, BUT I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING PROBABLY 15 TIMES OVER. 
          A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE THROUGH GOING TO CHURCH IS THAT WHEN I'M IN CHURCH, THE PREACHER REFERS TO THE CONGREGATION AS CHURCH. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A BUILDING. 
          IT'S AN EMPTY BUILDING. 
          YOU MIGHT CALL IT A CHURCH BUILDING IF YOU CHOOSE, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST AN EMPTY BUILDING AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, I WANT TO BRING UP, I I'M A LITTLE CHALLENGED BY THE HISTORICAL PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD, UH, ABOUT THE CHURCH'S HISTORY, BASED OFF SOME OTHER INFORMATION I'VE SEEN. 
          SO THAT'S WORTH CHECKING INTO. 
          I'M, I'M NOT SURE SOME OF THE DATES CORRELATE. 
          UM, I WAS ALSO VERY CONFUSED. 
          IT LOOKED LIKE THE OLD SUP WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN WHEN WE, WHEN THIS MEETING FIRST STARTED. 
          'CAUSE THE NEW SUB ESSENTIALLY HAS NO RESTRICTIONS. 
          AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU COVERED APPEARED TO BE WHAT THE OLD SUB WAS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION THERE. 
          UM, IF, IF ALL THIS WERE TO GO THROUGH, UH, WHICH I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF, LET'S SAY IN 2, 3, 5, 7 YEARS, THEY COME BACK AND THEY STAND BEFORE YOU, LIKE THEY DID AT THE P AND Z MEETING WE WERE JUST AT, AND THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES SAYING, WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR CHURCH, UH, TO, TO OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND THEY PULL OUT THIS 39 PAGE, UH, PLAN THAT THEY'VE, EVERYBODY HAS, UH, HEARD US TALKING ABOUT IN THE PAST. 
          I WANT WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. 
          SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. 
          ONE OTHER THING I PICKED UP TONIGHT, AND I MADE A COUPLE NOTES OF IS, IS FEAR. 
          UM, IF I COULD GIVE A GOLD STAR TO MR. GROSSMAN TONIGHT, I WOULD. 
          HE HAD A HECK OF A PRESENTATION THE WAY HE SLID IN THAT LITTLE FEAR FACTOR ABOUT HAVING THE TV CAMERA HERE. 
          THAT WAS A SWEET LITTLE DEAL, WASN'T IT? AND THEN I WITNESSED ONE OF OUR STATE COUNCIL MEMBERS CROSS-EXAMINED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT'S SITTING OVER HERE RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. 
          I'M SORRY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          IF THESE ARE THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          AND THIRDLY, WE HAD A PREVIOUS MAYOR APPARENTLY THREATEN EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL WITH LAWSUITS. 
          I'M SORRY, THAT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT, OTHER THAN JUST THE FEAR FACTOR EVERYONE'S BRINGING UP. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT ON THE TABLE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, I GOTTA COMMEND THESE TWO GENTLEMEN FOR WHAT THEY DID AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TOGETHER. 
          'CAUSE IT, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. 
          I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN, IN YOUR SHOES. 
          ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS BASED OFF THE INFORMATION I'VE SEEN, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME, PLACE, OR LOCATION FOR THIS CHURCH OR BUILDING, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, OR THE SUB. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NAME YOUR ADDRESS. 
          UH, TIMOTHY NELSON, 1 4 7 1 4 CELESTIAL PLACE. 
          THANK YOU, TIM. 
          NEXT IS RANDY SMITH. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          RANDY SMITH. 
          1 4 9 3 3 HAVENS SHIRE PLACE 24 AND A HALF YEARS IN THAT RESIDENCE. 
          I'M A RESIDENT. 
          I'M A TAXPAYER AND I'M A VOTER. 
          I JUST WANNA REMIND EACH VIEW, THE APPLICANT HERE IS NONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON, NOT AN OUTSIDE ENTITY COMING IN. 
          WHAT I WANNA SAY IS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR OF SERVING ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNDER ANOTHER COUNCIL. 
          GREAT PRIVILEGE. 
          LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. 
          AND THE CITY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND TREASURE TRAINING, ALL OF US ON ZONING. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT'S THE BEST AND HIGHEST VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY, FOR EACH PROPERTY IN TOWN AND WITH AND WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION. 
          EVERY CLASS WE EVER WENT TO TALKED ABOUT SPOT ZONING. 
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AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE, BUT SPOT ZONING CAN'T BE DONE. 
          AND EVERY TIME IN A CLASS, THEY WOULD CAUTION US SEVERELY AGAINST IT AND WOULD BRING ALL THESE COURT CASES, THE PRECEDENTS UP THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT. 
          AND I AGREE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN HERE. 
          TAKE THE EMOTION OUT OF THIS. 
          IT IS ABOUT THE LAW. 
          IT IS ABOUT PROCESS. 
          NO ONE HATES A CHURCH. 
          WE LOVE THE CHURCH. 
          IT'S PROCESS. 
          AND THE PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN DONE WELL. 
          WE STARTED THIS MEETING OFF WITH A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS STORY THAT MORPHED INTO A THREAT OF NEWS AND, AND BAD PUBLICITY. 
          AND THEN I AGREE WITH THE LAST ONE. 
          THERE WAS A CROSS-EXAMINATION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE. 
          I BELIEVE IF I STOOD UP AND TALKED TO ONE OF YOU ON COUNCIL, I WOULD'VE BEEN GAVELED OFF THE STAGE AND TOLD TO SIT DOWN, WHICH SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THAT TIME. 
          I WISHED I HAD BEEN IN THAT COUNCIL PERSON'S SEAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK I COULD STILL BE GIVING HIM EXAMPLES OF DRINKING AT THAT CHURCH. 
          WEDDING RECEPTIONS, THEY SAY THEY'RE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, BAR MITZVAHS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, SPRING CELEBRATIONS. 
          I CAN GO ON AND ON. 
          THAT'S A TRUE CONCERN. 
          THE THE PARKING ALONG THE STREETS IS A TRUE CONCERN. 
          I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT LIVES AROUND CELESTIAL PARK WEDDINGS COME THERE, I APOLOGIZE. 
          WEDDINGS COME THERE AND THEY BLOCK THE STREET. 
          WE CALL THE POLICE AND TO THE POLICE OFFICER, THEY COME OUT AND SAY, AH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WEDDING. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          SO ALL OF THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS CHURCH, IN MY OPINION, ARE UNENFORCEABLE ANYWAY. 
          YOU PUT THESE BLUE SIGNS ALL THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ASKING FOR OUR OPINIONS AND OUR IDEAS. 
          WE'RE ALL HERE TO GIVE YOU OUR OPINIONS AND OUR IDEAS WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE A BARCODE OFF OF BLUE SIGN. 
          PLEASE LISTEN TO US. 
          PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          AND TURN THIS DOWN. 
          I STAND IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RANDY. 
          LAST CARD I HAVE IS ELIZABETH JONES. 
          GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER GAINES. 
          UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE WRITTEN QUITE A BIT ON THIS TOPIC IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. 
          UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, BEING SOMEBODY WHO IS AN ACADEMIC AND ONE WHO DOES FACT-BASED RESEARCH, I HAVE WANTED TO LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND, TO FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAWS ARE AND WHAT THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS WERE FOR ZONING IN OUR AREA, AND HOW THIS PARTICULAR CASE FITS INTO THAT, UH, SITUATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          THE SECOND THING I HAVE TRIED TO DO WITH, UM, GREAT DILIGENCE AND GREAT FIDELITY, IS TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY IN THE CONTEXT. 
          NOT JUST OF WHAT PEOPLE WANNA TALK ABOUT ITS USE, OR MAYBE EVEN ITS TIME AS CERTAIN THI AS AS A CHURCH OR AS A CHURCH CONGREGATION, OR AS A PIECE OF HISTORICAL, UH, FACT. 
          BUT I'VE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF HOW OVER THE YEARS IT'S EVOLVED AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT HAS EVOLVED AND WHERE IT FITS TODAY BEFORE YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PNZ CASE THAT ESSENTIALLY IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO REGULATE A ONE ACRE PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USE INSIDE OF A HUNDRED PERCENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS ZONED IN 1980 AND CONTINUED TO BE ZONED PAST 1980, INCLUDING THIS PARTICULAR STRIP OF LAND, WHICH IS UNDER PA PD THAT WAS, UH, FORMED IN 1991. 
          THAT PD IN 1991 GAVE NO CONSIDERATION TO THIS CHURCH WHY, OR TO THIS PROPERTY FOR THAT MATTER. 
          IT GAVE ZERO RESTRICTIONS FOR ITS CONTINUED USE OR ITS USE IN ANY OTHER FORM THAN TO CONFORM WITH THAT PD. 
          THE REASON MANY OF YOU MAY NOT WANNA ADDRESS IS THAT PRIOR TO 1980, ADDISON DID NOT ZONE THAT PROPERTY. 
          THAT PROPERTY THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY WAS DALLAS PROPERTY. 
          AND I 
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HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH LOOKING AT THEIR LAWS, THEIR USES, HOW IT EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING THE OWNERSHIP AND EVEN HOW THAT WAS PASSED. 
          AND NONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN HEARING THAT HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED BY A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO'VE STOOD BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, INCLUDING MRS. SRA, WHO I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SIT DOWN AND DEBATE THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. 
          IT JUST DOESN'T REFLECT 5, 5, 5 5 CELESTIAL. 
          AND THEN WITH THAT IN MIND, I'VE ALSO RAISED A NUMBER OF ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH KEY DEFECTS TO THE PROCESS. 
          I KNOW, DAN, WE HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES. 
          I'M A PROCESS PERSON. 
          I WAS TAUGHT VERY EARLY ON TO TRUST THE PROCESS. 
          AND IN MY WORK THAT IS CRITICAL. 
          I'VE ALSO BEEN VERY WELL VERSED IN THE IDEA THAT WITHOUT TRUST YOU CAN'T HAVE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE SUP IN FRONT OF YOU IS RIFE WITH DEFECTS. 
          I CAN LIST THEM OUT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT FOR QUITE A TIME. 
          I'VE RAISED THIS PROCEDURAL ISSUE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND IT DOES NOT CONFORM ON A NUMBER OF AREAS. 
          ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE YOU WRAP UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES IS THE PARKING STRIP THAT IS CONSIDERED FOR, THIS IS NOT EVEN INCLUDED IN THIS SUP APPLICATION. 
          IT DID IT ILLEGALLY AND IMPROPERLY. 
          AND SO THAT PARCEL, WHICH IS ELIZABETH, YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          IT'S A SEPARATE TAX PARCEL. 
          IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED. 
          AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF A, OF A LONG LIST OF ISSUES. 
          THIS IS A DEFECTIVE SUP IT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I, I WILL PUT IT IN WRITING AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU CANNOT VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT IS ILLEGAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? I'M SORRY. 
          1 4 7 4 1 CELESTIAL. 
          AND I AM NEUTRAL, BUT I AM A FACT-BASED PERSON AND THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. 
          THAT IS ALL THE, UH, APPEARANCE CARDS THAT I HAD FOR TONIGHT. 
          WAS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME RIGHT UP? COME ON UP. 
          MY NAME IS, UM, STACY ROURKE, S-T-A-C-I-E-R-O-O-R-K. 
          UM, I'VE RESIDED IN ADDISON SINCE 1993. 
          MY ADDRESS IS 1 4 9 2 OH OAKS NORTH DRIVE, DALLAS, 7 5 2 5 4 IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON. 
          UM, I ORIGINALLY LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE, 37 40 CAMDEN LANE. 
          I WAS SO PROUD OF ADDISON. 
          IT WAS ALWAYS SO WONDERFUL. 
          THE FLOWERS WERE BEAUTIFUL, EVERYBODY COMPLIMENTED EVERYTHING. 
          UM, I COULD BRAG ABOUT MY CITY. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED HERE EVER SINCE THEN. 
          I'VE RESIDED AT SEVERAL PLACES AND MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN APRIL. 
          SHE AND MY DAD BUILT THAT HOUSE AT 1 4 9 2 OH OAKS NORTH DRIVE. 
          UM, I JUST MOVED IN AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN TO THIS MEETING. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT EDUCATION FOR ME. 
          BUT IT'S SO CLEAR TO ME THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DO NOT WANT THIS TO TAKE PLACE. 
          THE VOTE IS RESOUNDINGLY YES, AS THE WAY I SEE IT. 
          MY PROPERTY IS ALL THE MONEY I HAVE IN THE WORLD PRACTICALLY. 
          I INHERITED IT WHEN MY PARENTS PASSED AWAY. 
          AND NOW I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE THING IS GONNA COME CRASHING DOWN ON MY HEAD WHEN I HAVE FOUND, GOT GOTTEN MY DREAM HOME. 
          I'M NOT A SELFISH PERSON. 
          I'M NOT A RACIST. 
          AND FRANKLY, I'M VERY DISTURBED AT THE, THE INFERENCE THAT WE ARE RACIST. 
          WE ARE NOT, THIS IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT RELAY RE RACE. 
          THIS IS ABOUT WHAT DOESN'T FIT. 
          AND SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS THING IS GOING TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER. 
          AND YES, DON'T BE NAIVE IN THINKING OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL NOT GO DOWN. 
          I'VE SPOKEN TO REAL ESTATE PEOPLE AND THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT IT WILL. 
          SO PLEASE VOTE AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND QUIT P***Y FOOTING AROUND ABOUT THIS. 
          IT'S BAD ENOUGH. 
          OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ALL SCREWED UP. 
          THE LAST THING WE NEED IS FOR OUR, OUR OWN TOWN TO FOLLOW SUIT. 
          THE WHOLE WORLD'S ON FIRE. 
          TRY TO MAKE THIS RIGHT, PLEASE JUST TRY TO LOOK AT IT AND TO, TO VOTE FOR WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, WE'RE SEEING NONE THEN. 
          I 
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WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT, THAT WE APPROVE THIS SUP WITH A CONDITION THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SHALL NOT ALLOW ALCOHOL OTHER, OTHER THAN OTHER THAN WINE TO BE CONSUMED DURING RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I DO NOT HEAR A SECOND MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MICROPHONE. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT, UH, DECISION PROCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH. 
          I'VE PRO, I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN HERE IN ADDISON FOR 36 YEARS. 
          THIS IS THE LARGEST CROWD, SECOND LARGEST CROWD I'VE SEEN AN, UH, ISSUE IN OUR TOWN. 
          UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          I I HAVE A FEW NOTES HERE. 
          THOUGHTS OF, UH, THOUGHTS OF, UH, COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. 
          WE HAVE COMMENTS LIKE LARGE, ACTIVE CHURCH SPOT ZONING, LIGHTING ISSUES, BUSES, PROMISES MADE, CHILDREN'S SAFETY, NOISE VERSUS SOUND, FEAR, LIFE SAFETY ISSUES. 
          LISTEN AND CONSIDER FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE, I PERSONALLY AM VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF, THAT WE DO OUR STAFF THAT DOES A LOT OF WORK FOR US. 
          THAT THEY, EVEN WHEN THEY, THEY DON'T LIVE HERE, BUT THEY WORK VERY HARD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT. 
          BEING SAID, MAYOR, I I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S FEAR UP HERE. 
          I THINK THERE'S CONCERN. 
          THE FEAR THAT I HAVE IS NOT LIVING UP TO MY OBLIGATION AND MY OATH THAT I TOOK TO SIT IN THIS SEAT. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ARE FEARFUL. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OATH THAT THEY'VE TAKEN RIDES PREVAILS OVER MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE, WE, WE ARE, UH, THAT ARE BROUGHT TO US. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE TAKE OUR OATH VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          AND WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS, UH, ITEM THAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF US AS IT'S, UH, PRESENTED. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM GQ AND SECOND FROM DARREN. 
          I'D LIKE TO COMMENT IN ADDITION, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO COMMENTS NEXT AS HAVE A SEC. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          A SECOND. 
          GO RIGHT IN. 
          SO I, UH, I SPOKE TO MANY OF YOU GUYS IN THIS AUDIENCE HERE OPPOSED AND FOR, UH, OVER THESE MANY MONTHS. 
          UM, AND I DON'T LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT YOU, I RUN INTO PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME, LITERALLY. 
          UM, AND RIDE AND CYCLE AND DRIVE THROUGH OFTEN BECAUSE THIS IS HYPERLOCAL. 
          LIKE I SAID, IF YOU RECALL MY TERM, I, UM, THIS, I'VE COME TO DETERMINE THAT NO MATTER WHAT'S ON PAPER, UH, MANY PEOPLE JUST WON'T ACCEPT THIS. 
          AND IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE, UH, PLAYED OUT. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PROVEN. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S A, A NEVER WILL CROWD. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          I DON'T BLAME YOU. 
          IT'S FEARFUL. 
          YOU LIVE THERE 24 7 RIGHT IN YOUR HOUSE. 
          SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS MEETING, WE ALL TURNED AROUND TO THE FLAG. 
          AND I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU GUYS TOO. 
          WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S KIND OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
          IT'S KIND OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDED ON. 
          I KIND OF TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THAT. 
          NOW, I DON'T LIKE A A A SLEDGEHAMMER, YOU KNOW, BEING USED. 
          BUT, UH, THE FACT IS, IS IS WE HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. AND WHEN, WHENEVER WE TRY TO RESTRICT THEM CONDITIONS, THAT'S A NICE WAY OF SAYING RESTRICTIONS. 
          DO RESTRICT 'EM. 
          NOW, ALCOHOL. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT A BIG HANGUP WITH ME. 
          UM, I I, I AM GONNA BELIEVE THAT, UH, MR. WESSON'S GONNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          I 
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TRIED, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO FIGHT AND, AND, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO GET THE BEST CONDITIONS ON THE SUP WHEN I VOTED AGAINST THE LAST ONE, I DIDN'T VOTE AGAINST IT FOR THE REASON OF NOT WANTING THE CHURCH, IF YOU RECALL, GO, GO LISTEN TO THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. 
          IT WAS FOR PROCESSING TIME. 
          'CAUSE ALL THE INFORMATION WAS PUT OUT. 
          I THINK, UM, WE'LL SEE THAT WE'LL HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          AND IF WE DON'T, THEN I, I, I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. 
          SO THAT, UH, THAT IS WHERE I STAND. 
          THE, UM, THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          WE HAVE TO STAND BY IT, WHETHER IT'S COMFORTABLE OR NOT. 
          THANK YOU, DARREN. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE MOTION AND SECOND OTHER DISCUSSION. 
          NANCY? YES? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WOULD JUST PULL THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER PLEASE. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS, UH, PARTICIPATED, UH, IN THIS PROCESS, PARTICULARLY OUR STAFF AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, YES, THIS PROCESS HAS HAD AN OBVIOUS EMOTIONAL ASPECT. 
          AND I FEEL THAT IT IS SAD THAT THIS MATTER HAS SEEMINGLY BROUGHT SOME DIVISION TO OUR TOWN. 
          BUT TO DEAL WITH THAT IS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I RAN FOR THIS POSITION AND I THINK MANY OF, OF MY OTHER FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL, WITH THE GOAL OF SERVING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT IS OUR JOB TO LISTEN WITH CARE AND CONCERN. 
          I CAN SAY THAT I BELIEVE FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THAT WE HAVE SPENT HOURS UPON HOURS, UM, LISTENING TO THOSE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. 
          AND THAT WE HAVE LISTENED AND YOU HAVE NOT GONE UNHEARD. 
          THE OATH TAKEN UPON BEING INDUCTED AS A COUNCIL MEMBER INCLUDES A PLEDGE TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THIS STATE AND OUR COUNTRY, AS WELL AS TO KEEP THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR TOWN IN MIND. 
          MY APPROACH TO BOTH OF THESE HAS BEEN TO ATTEMPT TO FOCUS ON THE FACTS AND THE RELEVANT INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE REASONABLE AND LIKELY REALITIES AND EXPECTATIONS THAT WILL RESULT. 
          I BELIEVE THIS CHURCH DOES HAVE A PLACE IN ADDISON, AND THAT THIS CHURCH WILL BE A POSITIVE ASPECT TO OUR TOWN. 
          WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, WHETHER SATISFIED OR DISAPPOINTED, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU WERE HEARD AND YOUR COMMENTS WERE GIVEN CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERATION IN AN EFFORT TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ADDISON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, NANCY. 
          DAN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, DAN LUCIO, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE HEARD MY NAME MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES, REFERENCED IN NUMEROUS LETTERS. 
          UH, LOOKING BACK IN THE JULY VOTE, YOU KNOW, WAS NOT ONE OF EASE. 
          IT WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WHEN THRUST INTO RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          CERTAINLY GREW UP IN, IN A RELIGIOUS PERSON. 
          I ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO BE JEWISH, BUT ALSO RAISED AS A CHRISTIAN. 
          SO KIND OF FEEL FOR ALL PARTIES IN THE ROOM. 
          KIND OF UNIQUE. 
          WE USED TO CELEBRATE HANUKKAH AND CHRISTMAS, AND WE STILL DO. 
          SO HAVING RAISED TWO KIDS, 22 AND 24 YEAR OLDS TRY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLES. 
          THE TERM, NOW, THE WORD PROCESS WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER TONIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE TERM FEAR JUST DON'T MEAN TO COME OVERWHELMED WITH A MOTION. 
          BUT JUST CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WHEN I HAD TO MAKE THE VOTE BACK IN JULY. 
          AND IF YOU GO BACK, AS DARREN HAD SAID, AND REVIEW THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION PROBABLY WASN'T ULTIMATELY OPTIMAL FOR KEN, THE TOWN STAFF, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I KNOW THE HARD WORK THAT GOT PUT INTO THAT. 
          NOW, IN HINDSIGHT, UM, HAVING SPOKEN TO SO MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS OVER AND OVER COUNTLESS HOURS, HAVING NOT BEEN A LAWYER, HAVING NO ONE IN MY FAMILY, UM, IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS LAWYERS. 
          I HAVE EAST COAST COUSINS THAT ARE. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU WEIGH THE OATH AS WE'VE ALL SORT OF BEEN RAISING THAT FLAG AND TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S MEETING TIM NELSON AND, AND HAVING BEEN CONFRONTED ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND WHAT WAS, WHAT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT? WHAT IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT? YOU KNOW, I TOOK THAT TO HEART AS I LOOKED 
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YOU IN THE EYE AND, AND TALKED TO YOU AND CHERYL. 
          SO THE SAME INSTANCES COME THROUGH TONIGHT. 
          I DON'T LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I HAVE WALKED TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 
          I ACTUALLY LOCKED MY KEYS IN MY CAR WHILE I WAS CAMPAIGNING, CAMPAIGNING AND WALKED BACK TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. 
          SO HAVING TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT EMPATHY LOOKS LIKE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, BEING A CHRISTIAN, BEING A MAN OF FAITH, HAVING TO SET EXAMPLES AND PRECEDENTS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OR THE NEXT GENERATION. 
          I WOULD AGREE WITH MOST EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. 
          NO OFFENSE, BOB, ANYONE THAT IS A PROFESSIONAL LAWYER OR IS A RETIRED PROFESSIONAL LAWYER. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A, I DON'T WANT TO SAY BAD STIGMA OR BAD CONNOTATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET LEGAL ADVICE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND TRYING TO LEAN ON CERTAIN PEOPLE, UM, AND HEARING EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY POUR THEIR, THEIR SOULS OUT ONTO THE STREET, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH CHILDREN. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF KIDS BEING RAISED IN ADDISON, WHICH IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO BE HAD. 
          BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS SITUATION AND HAVING FAITH AS I DO, I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A BLESSING. 
          THAT THE CHURCH WILL INEVITABLY BE A, BE A GOOD LANDING SPOT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN. 
          I HONESTLY HOPE AND, AND GOOD FAITH THAT YOUR SON OR THE NEXT GENERATIONS THAT COME ALONG HAVE THE SAME BELIEF STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM THAT YOU DO. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE, I'VE TAKEN THE OATH. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE SAT AND LISTENED AND TAKEN GUIDANCE FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR AND TOWN STAFF. 
          AND IT'S ULTIMATELY, AS TIM YOU SAID, IT'S NOT AN EASY POSITION TO BE PUT IN. 
          THERE IS NO WINNERS FOR TONIGHT. 
          BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS. 
          I'VE APPRECIATED THOSE WHO'VE SUPPORTED ME. 
          UM, I'M NOT A CAREER POLITICIAN. 
          I JUST HOPE THAT I GET TO HAVE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I'M GONNA MAKE THE DECISIONS I WILL HAVE MADE TONIGHT AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU, EILE. 
          UM, FIRST, YES, I WANNA ALSO COMMEND STAFF. 
          THEY HAVE PUT IN COUNTLESS HOURS AND, AND IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE, I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS, MANY HOURS TALKING WITH LOTS OF YOU ABOUT THIS. 
          AND FOR ME IT DOES BOIL DOWN TO A MATTER OF TRUST. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS, BUT I TRUST THE WES AND TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO TRY TO BRING A RECONCILIATION TO THIS CHURCH IN THIS TOWN. 
          THANKS, EILEEN. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS DONE THAT WAY? I'VE GOT A FEW COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE. 
          UH, WE'VE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF, UH, NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, SUP TONIGHT. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF IT. 
          AND, UH, I, I, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE WILLINGNESS TO, TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO. 
          AND I, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT THAT, THAT EVERYBODY HAS, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THERE'S POTENTIAL CHANGE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, UH, IT'S IT'S NATURAL FOR US TO RESIST IT. 
          IT'S VERY HUMAN. 
          AND I, I TOTALLY GET THAT. 
          AND, AND IF ANYBODY THINKS THAT WE DON'T FEEL THAT, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I GET IT. 
          AND, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE DOES TOO. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS NORMAL FOR US TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN OUR, IN, WHEN OUR CURRENT SITUATION IS DISRUPTED. 
          UH, AND, AND PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THE COUNCIL ISN'T LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS AND, AND, OR THAT WE JUST DON'T CARE BECAUSE WE DON'T LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND, AND THAT'S, THAT COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. 
          I KNOW THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL UP HERE, UH, THIS GIVEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION, UH, TO THIS, TO THIS ITEM. 
          AND NO, NONE OF US TAKE ANY PLEASURE IN MAKING A DECISION AND VOTING IN A WAY THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO ANGER SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS. 
          NOBODY, NO, NO NORMAL PERSON WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S PART OF OUR RES, THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDLESS OF THAT. 
          AND IT'S NOT EASY. 
          BUT AS A REM, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT WE OWE A DUTY TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN ADDISON, NOT JUST RESIDENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF ABOUT US, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WE OWE A DUTY TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN ADDISON, AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF 
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THAT. 
          AND WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON HOW MUCH PROPERTY TAX SOMEBODY PAYS OR, UM, OR WHETHER THEY VOTE. 
          AND WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT. 
          WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IS WHETHER THIS SUP IS APPROPRIATE, UH, AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THIS PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS THE ONLY USE THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS EVER HAD AS FAR AS WE KNOW, AT LEAST GOING BACK A HUNDRED PLUS YEARS. 
          IT'S THE ONLY USE IT'S EVER HAD. 
          AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GREW UP AROUND IT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE MATTER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. 
          YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT OWNS A PROPERTY AND THE, AND UNTIL NOW, THEY'VE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO HAVE ENJOYMENT AND USE OF THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH WE ALL WANNA HAVE AS, AS, AS PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE, BE ABLE TO ENJOY AND USE OUR PROPERTY. 
          AND THEY, AND WE, AND WE HAVE NOT ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT. 
          THIS SUP GIVES THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. 
          AND MOST OF THE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THEY HAVE US LOOK, IT HAS US LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WHY WE WANNA APPROVE SOMETHING OR NOT APPROVE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, DOES IT ALIGN WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN OR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? UH, OR DO I JUST LIKE THE PROJECT OR NOT LIKE THE PROJECT? AND THIS REALLY DOESN'T, IT, IT'S PART OF THAT, BUT A BIGGER PART OF IT, YOU'VE ALSO, YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE SPEAKERS OUT HERE, UH, THAT THE, THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT, YOU KNOW, THAT A PART OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THE, THE 2021 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
          AND IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO POKE HOLES AND SAY THAT IT DOESN'T FIT, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS, THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. 
          BUT I BELIEVE IT. 
          I BELIEVE IT CERTAINLY DOES. 
          SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OPINION ON IT. 
          AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NO SHORTAGE OF OPINIONS. 
          UM, BUT AS I SEE IT, IT, IT'S APPLICABLE TO THIS, TO THIS SITUATION. 
          AND, AND YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY COMMENTS ABOUT THE OATH THAT WE TOOK TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. 
          THAT WAS PART OF OUR OATH. 
          AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO FOR ME, THE DECISION IS REALLY, IT'S REALLY CLEAR. 
          IT'S NOT REALLY WHETHER I LOVE THE PROJECT OR DON'T LOVE IT, OR DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL, OR LIKE IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNPOPULAR AMONG A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          BUT, UH, THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? AND WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYE. 
          PASSES. 
          UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          1149.
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