Property owners and engineers press council over RV-park process and infrastructure concerns

Kaitton O'Neal, who said she and her husband own the property that had been proposed for rezoning, used public comment to place formal concerns on the record about outreach that took place outside public hearings. "Following the planning and zoning meeting, we became aware that outreach occurred in nearby neighborhoods encouraging residents to oppose our business," she said, adding that outreach included statements referencing sex offenders, criminal activity and "racially charged characterizations" that were not presented in any public meeting.

A resident who identified herself as a lawyer and longtime Quanah resident urged civility and warned that calls for recalls were circulating among residents. She said she was "neither for or against the RV park" but opposed what she described as slanderous conduct. "I was neither for nor against the RV park, but I am against people who bear false witness against a neighbor," she said, citing legal definitions of slander and arguing that statements had caused real distress.

Engineer and resident Tony Alcantar urged the council to reject RV-park proposals on technical and public-safety grounds, offering numerical estimates of likely utility impacts. Alcantar said an RV can use "100 to 200 gallons of water per day" and calculated that a 100‑plus lot park could produce "10,000 to 15,000 gallons of wastewater daily," which he compared to the load of a 30–50 home subdivision. He told the council Quanah "does not have the buffer capacity" in its systems and that approving a large RV park without infrastructure upgrades would be "fiscally irresponsible and operation unsafe."

Why it matters: Council members heard both procedural complaints about how neighbors were mobilized and technical concerns about whether existing water and sewer systems could absorb the additional demand. The comments placed pressure on council and planning staff to clarify public outreach procedures and to test infrastructure assumptions before any zoning decision.

What happens next: No formal zoning action was taken at this meeting during public comment. Council members later discussed training and procedure issues for the planning and zoning commission; the council did not adopt a zoning change at this session.