Thursday, October 22, 2026

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 5 mph. The NWS alerts feed for the courthouse point carries a new Air Quality Alert from NWS Fort Worth, issued Oct. 21 at 4:05 p.m. and in effect until 7:15 p.m. today.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for the courthouse point (gridpoint FWD 52,104), generated 5:28 a.m. CDT Oct. 22; NWS active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W; read Oct. 22

Heritage Park Estates: the council holds hearings Tuesday on annexing 48 acres at Causbie and Old Airport roads and zoning them for 68 homes, with gated private streets kept up by a homeowners' association

The staff memo says Westoplex Development Group LLC's tract, known as Heritage Park Estates, is outside the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction but touches the city limits, and the owner is asking to be brought back into the ETJ and annexed "for all municipal purposes" through a development agreement. The city's Utility Service Committee recommended approval. Ordinance O2026-37 would annex the land, which would come in zoned Agriculture; Ordinance O2026-38 would rezone it to Single Family 7.5 with a Planned Unit Development overlay, at the northeast corner of Causbie Road and Old Airport Road.

The annexed part would hold about 68 lots: about 34 of 9,000 to 12,000 square feet and 34 one-acre lots. The whole Heritage Park property is about 145 acres and "is currently being developed as a residential subdivision in Parker County"; about 48 two-acre lots would stay outside the city. The plan calls for "gated private streets, private drainage facilities, and a private trail system" owned by a homeowners' association, at least five specified architectural features on each home, main access from Old Airport Road and Lockwood Lane as gated emergency access only. The land was platted through the county and would have to be replatted through the city. Planning and Zoning voted 6-0 on Oct. 14 to recommend the zoning.

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Source: City of Weatherford, City Council agenda and packet for Oct. 27, 2026, staff reports for ANX-26-0002 and ZCH-26-0014 (Granicus), read Oct. 22

Fueling station at 1802 Old Brock Road returns for a new permit, the same plan the council approved in August 2025 minus one driveway

The conditional use permit, CUP-26-0007, covers a 7.341-acre tract zoned C2 Interstate Commercial; the applicant is Tony Rutigliano. Staff says the original permit was approved by the council on Aug. 26, 2025, and "the building dimensions, site configuration, and number of fuel pumps remain unchanged, with the only modification being the removal of one drive approach on the southeast corner of the property." Recommended conditions bar temporary signs and banners and diesel advertising on billboards, except one price sign, and on trailblazers, and require "No Overnight Parking" signs; the permit would be void if construction has not started within six months. Planning and Zoning recommended approval 6-0 on Oct. 14.

Source: City of Weatherford, City Council packet for Oct. 27, 2026, staff report for CUP-26-0007 and Ordinance O2026-36 (Granicus), read Oct. 22

Also on Tuesday's agenda: up to $400,314 for Motorola radio and camera work, $277,655.91 in office furniture, a new five-year Mountain Bike Club deal, and moving a February meeting for Parker County Day in Austin

The consent agenda includes the fourth-quarter investment report (portfolio yield 3.876%, against a one-year Treasury bill benchmark of 4.54%); up to $424,000 with SHI Government Solutions for IT hardware, software and services in FY27; a $11,846.12 change order with DRI Construction on the Service Center restroom and crew facilities renovation; Motorola Solutions public safety radio maintenance, WatchGuard camera systems and equipment, up to $400,314; furniture from Wilson Bauhaus Interiors for the Development Services and Parks administrative office building; a five-year agreement with the Weatherford Mountain Bike Club with a Quanah Hill trail map attached; a sidewalk license at 114 Austin Avenue; and final plats for the North Weatherford Business Park Addition, one lot on 9.434 acres at 1726 North Main, and the one-lot Hook'em Subdivision at East Simmons and Bois D Arc Street. Staff recommends moving the Feb. 23, 2027 meeting to Monday, Feb. 22.

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Source: City of Weatherford, City Council agenda and packet for Oct. 27, 2026 (Granicus), read Oct. 22

The Oct. 13 minutes, up for approval: every vote 5-0, no action after a 53-minute closed session on 'Project Apex,' and a request for an update on single-family home prices

The draft minutes record the council recessed at 6:45 p.m. for an economic development executive session on Project Apex and reconvened at 7:38 p.m., with "No action was taken." Under future agenda items, Mayor Pro Tem Zack Smith asked that the single-family homes presentation from this year's council retreat come back "with updated numbers and information on price points." No one spoke at the public hearings on the 1726 N. Main annexation and zoning or on the impact fee update, and there were no citizen comments on non-agenda items.

Source: City of Weatherford, draft minutes of the Oct. 13, 2026 City Council meeting, in the Oct. 27 council packet (Granicus), read Oct. 22

A second straight Ozone Action Day: the new NWS Air Quality Alert covers Parker and 12 other counties until 7:15 p.m.

The alert says: "The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Thursday, October 22, 2026." It again asks people to share rides, take lunch to work and avoid drive-through lanes.

Source: National Weather Service Fort Worth, Air Quality Alert issued Oct. 21, 2026 at 4:05 p.m. CDT, NWS active alerts for the courthouse point, read Oct. 22

Historic Preservation Commission, Oct. 28: a Texas Historical Commission presentation on design review and a November-December meeting schedule

The agenda for 5:30 p.m. at City Hall lists approval of the June 24 minutes, a presentation from the Texas Historical Commission "regarding design review, the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Design Guidelines," and a meeting schedule for November and December.

Source: City of Weatherford, Historic Preservation Commission agenda for Oct. 28, 2026 (Granicus), read Oct. 22

Unchanged since Wednesday: burn ban on in Parker County; no Oct. 19 outcomes on Weatherford ISD's BoardBook; nothing new in the city's or county's news feeds; the 5-2 Kangaroos play at Aledo Friday at 7

The Texas A&M Forest Service list is still the one stamped 10/21/2026 8:25:52 AM, 146 counties, with Palo Pinto, Jack and Somervell also on.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list; Weatherford ISD BoardBook; City of Weatherford and Parker County news flash RSS; MaxPreps; all read Oct. 22

Ozone Action Day until 7:15 p.m.; 5:30 p.m.: Parks & Recreation Advisory Board; 6 p.m.: Gardens that Flutter; 6:30 p.m.: Twilight Trivia, Antebellum Ale House, 123 Oak St.; 7 to 10 p.m.: Jack-O-Lantern Nights, Chandor Gardens, through Oct. 24

What you can do. The parks board's agenda says Mount Pleasant, 213 Raymond George Way; the city calendar says 303 Palo Pinto Street.

Source: National Weather Service Fort Worth; City of Weatherford agenda and calendar, read Oct. 22

Noon to 3 p.m.: Trunk or Treat, 403 Hickory Ln.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar, read Oct. 22

1 p.m.: Weatherford Public Library Board, 1014 Charles St.; 2 to 5 p.m.: Painting in the Patch at the library

Source: City of Weatherford Granicus and calendar, read Oct. 22

6 p.m.: City Council, 303 Palo Pinto Street; agenda and packet now posted

What you can do. Speaker cards for non-agenda comments are due five minutes before the meeting.

Source: City of Weatherford Granicus, read Oct. 22

9 a.m.: Building and Standards Commission; 5:30 p.m.: Historic Preservation Commission, both at 303 Palo Pinto Street; 4 p.m.: Harry Potter Celebration, Weatherford Public Library

Source: City of Weatherford calendar and Granicus, read Oct. 22

Noon: Municipal Utility Board, 303 Palo Pinto Street

Source: City of Weatherford calendar, read Oct. 22

The Oct. 27 council packet

Heritage Park Estates, the Old Brock Road permit, the investment report and the Oct. 13 minutes.

Burn ban: Parker County's status by day

The Texas A&M Forest Service list as the Ledger has read it.