With a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, Colleyville City Council denied an application for a proposed RaceTrac at 7015 Colleyville Blvd., which is near Bear Creek Spirits & Wine.

The gas station, which was denied by the Colleyville Planning & Zoning Commission on June 12, required a supermajority vote, or six votes, from council for it to be approved. Council members Nancy Coplen and Mike Taylor voted for the gas station.

Council members voting in opposition said the gas station is not compliant with the vision the city's comprehensive plan has for that area, and therefore they were against it. "I am not opposed to RaceTrac in Colleyville," Council Member Tammy Nakamura said. "Would love to have RaceTrac in Colleyville; hope that they will go somewhere in Colleyville. I'm just not voting for it in this area." However, Taylor disagreed and thought the gas station would work at that location. "It is a prime location for this type of facility," Taylor said. "It's not a suitability issue. As to the comprehensive plan ... I've heard since 1998 that we are going to wait for something better [to put at that location]. There is no perfect plan; there is no perfect project; there is no perfect economic development. ... This is one of those that citizens will use. And the great thing about it is that it exposes that property." At the meeting there were several residents who spoke in favor of the gas station. "I know that we gave $90,000 away last year to keep businesses here," resident Mike Sexton said. "[Development applicant Drew] Cunningham has come here for a year and asked, 'What do you want? What do you need?' Any business that we get to come in is going to cost us money. This is the only business that I know of that's not going to cost taxpayers' dollars. They just want to be here that bad." There were also some residents who were in opposition to the gas station who stated it would be harmful for the environment and bring more traffic.