Following a nearly two-hour discussion in a City Hall that was standing-room only, Pflugerville City Council approved a rezoning request for a 93.5-acre tract of land related to Project Charm, a proposed 3.8 million-square-foot distribution center off Pecan Street. Council voted 6-1 in favor of the rezoning request at its Jan. 28 meeting, with Council Member Jeff Marsh voting against the motion.
Dozens of residents—largely from the Bohls Place neighborhood adjacent to the proposed development site—submitted public hearing letters in opposition of the rezoning proposal and spoke before council during the public comment portion of the meeting. Residents also cited a petition that had circulated the Bohls Place neighborhood and received 222 signatures opposing the proposal, accounting for a majority of neighborhood residents.
“There is no other issue that will matter to me more than my family and my home," Bohls Place resident Erin Snider said while speaking in opposition to the proposal. "Tonight is your opportunity to prove who you represent.”
Bohls Place resident Jeff Lopez, also in opposition to the proposal, said the entire notification process had been disingenuous to residents living in the site's surrounding neighborhood. According to city of Pflugerville's Planning Director Emily Barron, homes within 200 feet of the proposed development received rezoning request notifications—but, as residents reiterated, many neighboring homes lie approximately 1,000 feet from the proposed distribution center, outside of the required notice boundaries.
