\u201cWe cannot let them erase our community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just want to preserve our story.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mosier Valley, an early Texas all-Black community, is between Euless and Arlington in far east Fort Worth. (Screenshot | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n
Russell Newton, who lives in one of the first new homes built in Mosier Valley in decades, said he was opposed to the project because of noise, disturbances and congestion that come from nearby industrial sites.<\/p>\n
Among the ongoing complaints are large tractor-trailers left parked near homes, disturbances from vehicles doing \u201cburnouts\u201d and large gatherings that continue until early mornings, Newton said.<\/p>\n
If a large vehicle parks near a home, \u201cyou\u2019re stuck until somebody comes and moves the truck,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Tammy Pierce said the city should deny the application because \u201cwe need to maintain the quality and historic value\u201d of Mosier Valley.<\/p>\n
Pierce said the community opposition showed that delaying the application is not needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy wait 60 days?\u201d she asked, adding that the community residents deal with what she termed \u201cdisrespect\u201d on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n
Andrade\u2019s other application \u2014 to rezone a 1-acre tract at 3201 House Anderson Road from agricultural to one-family residential \u2014 was approved.<\/p>\n
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Jeff Pointer attended Fort Worth\u2019s Feb. 26 groundbreaking for Mosier Valley Park. He leads the community\u2019s neighborhood association and has advocated for the park\u2019s revitalization. (Nicole Lopez | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n
Pointer asked commissioners to delay the case so residents could hear from Andrade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no idea what\u2019s going to go there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Zoning Commission chair Jeremy Raines said the rezoning application would protect land for housing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis would start you down that path,\u201d Raines told Pointer. \u201cIt locks up residential zoning. The application does give you what you\u2019re asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only one home can be built on the land, Raines said. Otherwise, Andrade would have to file a new rezoning application for additional structures.<\/p>\n
A zoning application was also approved for 12 acres at 3550 Euless South Main Street, not far from Mosier Valley.<\/p>\n
Applicant Coleman Hands told commissioners that the request to rezone land to light industrial for petroleum supply distribution and truck transport storage was intended to make zoning uniform for the site.<\/p>\n
That request was approved by commissioners.<\/p>\n
Eric E. Garcia is senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n