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Gunter council approves final plat, hires code enforcement and animal control contractors; considers self‑storage plan
Summary
At its Dec. 19 meeting the council approved a final plat for Valley Church of Christ, hired code enforcement and animal control contractors, authorized a $3,186 payment for bridge guardrail repairs and recorded several ETJ petitions; council also held a public hearing on a proposed self‑storage plan development.
Gunter’s City Council voted on a series of routine land‑use and service agreements at its Dec. 19 regular meeting and received a developer presentation on a proposed self‑storage plan development along Preston Road.
On the consent portion of the agenda the council approved minutes and monthly finance and police activity reports. The council later approved a final plat for Valley Church of Christ — a 10.616‑acre lot at 121 E. College Street — and recorded other minor plat and replat matters. “I believe that we approved the final plat for the Valley Church of Christ, Lotwood, Block A, totaling 10.616 acres located at 121 East College Street, Gunter, Texas,” a council member read during the motion; the council recorded the vote as 3–0 in favor.
The council approved a professional services agreement for code enforcement with Bob Matthews’ firm and an animal‑control services agreement with All American Dogs. Both contracts passed unanimously. Councilmembers discussed coordination among departments and designated a city point of contact for code enforcement operations.
Council also approved a payment of $3,186 to Grayson County to reimburse emergency guardrail repairs performed after a vehicle crash on a city bridge; staff described the work as an emergency response already completed by the county. The motion to pay the county passed unanimously.
Other administrative items: staff reported three preliminary submissions under Senate Bill 2038 seeking release from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction for parcels near McConnell and Pike roads; the council recorded the petitions for the public record and took no action on them. Staff also said the Economic Development Corporation would retain ownership of a school property and that resolution language and funding authorization would return to the January meeting.
On development matters, planning staff presented a proposed plan development (PD) rezoning for a multi‑building self‑storage facility and an accompanying small office/neighborhood services parcel on land west of Preston. The developer presented concept site plans and elevations and answered questions about buffers, landscaping, building heights (the presentation noted the three‑story climate‑controlled building would be about 35 feet tall) and access; a public hearing was opened and closed the same evening. No final council action on the PD was recorded in the transcript; staff said concept review and site‑plan steps would continue.
Why it matters: the contracts formalize outsourced city services (code enforcement, animal control), the final plat clears a church‑expansion project to move forward, and the guardrail payment settles an emergency infrastructure repair. The self‑storage PD remains under review and will return if applicants seek formal zoning action.
Ending: Council gave staff direction to continue due‑diligence work on the plan development and to return final documents and any required resolutions to a future meeting for formal action.
