Thoroughfare plan amendment

Urged the court to table the item until the incoming Precinct 2 commissioner takes office, citing eminent domain impacts on homes, the church at Kickapoo and Joseph, and multi-generational families.

Descendant of a 130-year family homestead on Old Joseph Road; pleaded with the court not to adopt the red line, which would take her family home, and noted she already has three pipelines and a power line on the property.

Homeowner on Old Joseph Road who bought there for the quiet dirt-road character; opposed the red line, citing traffic, safety, drainage, and loss of rural character, and asked the county to keep the 2012 plan.

Son of Carolyn, speaking for the whole Hosmer family; said the red route would cut through their century-old working homestead, already crossed by three pipelines, and asked the court to table it and find alternatives.

Lives across from the new Precinct 2 JP office; worried Route C would elevate the road and worsen flooding on his property, and asked why the county can't just fix the existing Kickapoo intersection with a turn lane and signal.

Concerned the yellow alignment would cause flooding on her property near the culvert behind the church; said she's fine with the green line.

Advocated for transparency and more research before any vote; suggested exploring abandoned Trans-Texas corridor land and routing east of the floodway, and asked the court to table the motion.

Pastor of Friendship Church (est. 1888) at Kickapoo and Joseph; described the church's disaster relief history and cited RLUIPA, asking the court not to burden the church's land.

Church member who previously lost land to eminent domain; said the church already lacks parking and taking more land could force it to close.

Pastor's wife and 30-year resident; asked why all three alignments converge on Sheffield Road and said the church would have to close if its land is taken; asked the court to table the item.

Owns property on 1488 where all three lines converge; worried about being sandwiched between two major roads, flooding, and family safety.

Seventh-generation landowner whose property would be split near Sheffield Road and a family cemetery; raised flooding from the Rice property development and groundwater withdrawal concerns.