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Lake Arrowhead resident urges council to provide land to volunteer organizations; requests future agenda item
Summary
Lake Arrowhead resident Bill Combs asked the Wichita Falls City Council to consider providing land at no cost to three long-established community organizations— the volunteer fire department, a church and the neighborhood association—saying sale of lots would harm those groups’ finances.
Bill Combs, a Lake Arrowhead resident for more than 50 years and self-described founding member of three local organizations, used the council’s public-comment period on April 15 to urge the council to consider providing land at no cost to three community organizations: the Lake Arrowhead Volunteer Fire Department, Arrowhead Baptist Church, and the Lake Arrowhead Community Association.
Combs said the three groups provide “vital” services—fire and emergency response, spiritual and benevolent support, and a forum for community problem-solving—and that “the sale would present a huge financial challenge for all three organizations.” He asked the council to place an agenda item at a future meeting for discussion and to meet in executive session to deliberate, then vote in open session to provide land for the organizations “at no cost.”
The request came as public comment; there was no formal council response or action recorded at the meeting beyond the mayor’s acknowledgment and a note that the item could be placed on a future agenda. Combs referenced historical practice in Texas giving land for schools and public buildings but did not cite a specific local ordinance or current statutory authority requiring such a transfer.
