Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - 04/09/2025MINUTES
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
April 9, 2025
PRESENT:
Jeremy Woodward
*Chairman
Blake Haney
*Vice -Chair
Steven Wood
*Member
Noros Martin
*Member
Michael Grassi
*Member
Alan Sizemore
*Member
Brady Enlow
*Member
Doug McCulloch
* Member
Jack Browne
*Alternate No. 1
Richard Milhollon
+ SAFB Liaison
James McKenchie, Acting City Manager
* City Staff
Paul Menzies, Assistant City Manager
* City Staff
Terry Floyd, Development Services Director
* City Staff
Fabian Medellin, Planning Manager
* city staff
Kinley Hegglund, city Attorney
* City Staff
Robin Marshall, Amin Assistant
# City Staff
ABSENT:
Matt Marrs *Member
Aston Pecor *Alternate No. 2
GUEST:
Tom Taylor, Councilman ♦ City Council
Woody Gossom
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jeremy Woodward at 2:00 pm.
11. PUBLiC COMMEN Too
Chairman Woodward asked if there were any comments from the public for
any items not on the agenda. No one from the public had any comments.
111. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
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motion to approve the March 12, 2025 meeting minutes. Commissioner Noros
Martin made the motion, and Commissioner Alan Sizemore seconded the
motion.
'%-.'hairman Woodward asked if anyone from the public would like to make -
comment. No one came forward with any comments. i
Chairman Woodward then took the motion to approve the March 12, 20
meeting minutes to a vote. I
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Chairman Woodward asked if there was a motion to approve the consel
agenda. Commissioner Doug McCulloch made the motion to approve, a
Commissioner Steve Wood seconded the motion.
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the consent agenda, and no one made any comments. I
Chairman Woodward took the motion to approve the consent agenda to vote,
and it passed with a vote of 9-0.
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Mr., Fabian Medellin presented the case and stated that today we have a
petition that was received that's actually going to be a joint presentation from
MAVA, which is the Mexican -American Veterans Association. They met with
city staff in regard to a potential highway dedication. MAVA initially met with
TxDot and some city staff with regard to this dedication. He said the state does
allow for a process to memorialize a state highway, but part of that process
does require a city resolution in support of that dedication. Mr. Medellin
explained that MAVA reached out to us with the request to honor Ray Gonzales
Jr. with the dedication of the southbound US-82 flyover (which was actually
right next to Mr. Gonzales' auto that he worked at for many years and along
with many other accomplishments). Mr. Medellin presented a map of an aerial
view of the location, stating that it is at the Kell 287, 281 interchange, and it's
specifically only the southbound flyover. Working with MAVA and with TxDOT
Representative Shaun Barnes, who is here as well, MAVA submitted that
petition to us, requesting a formal resolution of support to honor Ray Gonzales
Jr. with the dedication of that overpass. Here we have the actual exhibit of the
other petition that was submitted to city staff. Mr. Medellin informed the
Commission that staff does fully recommend that the southbound U-82
Flyover be dedicated in honor Mr. Ray Gonzales Jr. He then asked to have a
representative of MAVA step up, and then Mr. Medellin said after this, we'll take
one more step which will be a presentation to City Council with that resolution
of support of the dedication. The Cityit meeting will take place the first
meetingin May.
Mr. Johnny Villastrigo from MAVA came to the podium and explained that they
are a nonprofit veteran's organization. Their mission is to help all veterans i
the Wichita Falls area, and they also collaborate with other veteran. He
highlighted the life of Mr. Gonzales, his service in the military and his service
to his community.
Mr. Woody Gossom spoke, giving more details of Mr. Gonzales' service and
experiences in the military, sharing that Mr. Gonzales received the purple heart
for injuries sustained while getting shot twice in the same event. He also earned
the Vietnam Service medal, the Bronze Star. Mr. Gossom also spoke a little
more on his community service in which he was a City Councilman, Mayor Pro -
Tern in 2006-2008, and served eight years on the Wichita County
Commissioner's Court.
The President of MAVA spoke about what MAVA does for veterans, and then
presented the Planning and Zoning Commission a statue to show their
appreciation. The statue reads, "Gone but not forgotten" and then he thanked
the Commission for their patriotism to their country, to their fellow man and to
their fellow veteran.
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Following the presentation of the statue, members of Mr. Gonzales' family
came forward with a few words about their father, and showed their
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and bringing to the Commission in the next few months, That are worthy of
discussion and potentially impacting our zoning ordinance, and potentially
necessitating change in the ordinance.
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1) New technological land uses — Battery energy storages or cryptocurrency
mining.
2) Signs — There have been some Supreme Court cases that have affected the
way that we can regulate signs.
3) Manufactured Homes - new and recent trends and definitions and distinct
differences between different types of homes has created a bit of a conflict in
our ordinance.
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