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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Business
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Wichita Falls City Council to take up lake lot lease increases at Tuesday meeting
The Wichita Falls City Council will again discuss lots at lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo during a meeting 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Seminar Room of the MPEC at 1000 Fifth St. The city owns the property around the lakes and leases out lots where people have recreational or permanent homes. In general, lots at both lakes currently lease for $1,000 each year, according to a narrative from the city staff. In a meeting on Feb. 13, councilors discussed raising leases at Lake Arrowhead by 30 percent while leases at Lake Kickapoo would go up 10 percent. The council has also discussed allowing leaseholders to buy their properties. When discussion of raising the rent first came up at a meeting in March 2024, several leaseholders complained that the increases were unreasonable. City property manager Pat Hoffman said the city gets about $440,000 annually from leases at Lake Arrowhead and $195,000 from Lake Kickapoo. Tuesday's agenda calls for an update and discussion of the lots, and the topic will also be discussed in closed session. No action is scheduled. In other business, councilors will: Consider paying Overland Corporation of Ardmore, Oklahoma, $2.5 million for the 2025 Asphalt Rehabilitation Project. Consider designating the southbound U.S. Highway 82 Overpass in honor of Ray Gonzalez Jr. Gonzalez was a Vietnam War Purple Heart recipient who served on both the City Council and the Wichita County Commissioners Court. The meeting is open to the public and can be viewed on the city's Facebook page. More: City Council to tackle controversial lake lot fee hikes again More: 50 years after fall of Saigon, woman forges connections to her past, to Wichita Falls This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Wichita Falls City Council to take up lake lot lease increases Tuesday
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Politics
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Wichita Falls nonprofit aims to rename highway for late Hispanic leader
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A Wichita Falls nonprofit is working to rename the Southbound US Highway 82 flyover after Ray Gonzalez Jr. The Mexican American Veterans Association is in the process of honoring the ground-breaking leader. The nonprofit has support from former Wichita County Judge Woody Gossom and Mayor Tim Short. The Planning and Zoning Commission is set to hear from the group on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the MPEC. If approved, the recommendation will head to city councilors. Gonzalez passed away in July 2021. The Old High and MSU graduate served in the Army in Vietnam. He was the first Hispanic to be elected to the Wichita County Commissioners Court. Serving from 2009 to 2016. He also served on the city council and became the first-ever Hispanic mayor pro-tem. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
