Warehouse ordinance ZOA 26-005

35-year resident who loves the valley's openness; said the Inland Empire has 8.7% warehouse vacancy and Hemet doesn't need more warehouses or diesel truck traffic ruining the horizon.

Asked why there was no community workshop, flagged the tier-three threshold having no ceiling, warned about parcel segmentation loopholes, and urged keeping business park zoning separate from logistics uses.

18-year resident who appreciates the town's tree-lined streets; said most people don't want warehouses at all and the city should recruit other businesses and develop vacant lots instead.

Lives near the Kirby warehouse and hates it; said warehouses don't provide living wages, roads can't handle trucks, and the valley's air pollution harms seniors with respiratory illness.

President of the Green Coalition board; said the city keeps repeating the Kirby mistake by not engaging the community, and asked the commission to pause and hold real workshops before voting.

Former commissioner who provided history: the MSHCP took 1,010 acres out of industrial play, leaving only about 290 acres; suggested adding point-of-sale incentives to attract sales-tax-generating operations.

Said warehouses are likely a done deal once the freeway connector comes through; can accept small or mid-sized warehouses but opposes the large ones.