Dallas city leaders say they’re going to start the process of closing an industrial site in Joppa that residents say has been polluting the neighborhood for decades.

District 7 City Council member Adam Bazaldua told attendees at a budget town hall Tuesday evening at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center that the city is taking the first steps toward shuttering the TAMKO shingle batch plant.

“I can say confidently that I am prepared to start the five-signature memo process so that we can at least start with an appraisal of TAMKO in Joppa,” Bazaldua said, “which is the very first step for us to be able to revisit the non-conforming use of that property.”

He made the announcement alongside City Manager Kimberly Tolbert and Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland.

The news was met with

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