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Martin Luther King Drive Gas Drilling Permits

At a glance

  • What: Two gas drill sites along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive: the Stoner Drill Site (SUP08-15R1, 4151 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) and the Landing Drill Site (SUP07-17R1, 4801 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, plus use of an existing temporary frac pond at 4301). Each needed an amended Specific Use Permit (ordinance) and then one gas well permit (resolution).
  • Where it stands: All four actions approved on June 23, 2026. Both well permits passed 8-1, with Shelton voting no.

Details

  • Ordinances, final reading (consent items 11.22 and 11.23): SUP08-15R1 designating a drilling zone at the Stoner site became Ordinance No. 26-033; SUP07-17R1 for the Landing site and its frac pond became Ordinance No. 26-034. Both passed on the consent agenda (9-0, with the rest of the consent items).
  • Opposition on the ordinances: Ranjana Bhandari, Keegan Dees and Tammie Carson (Arlington) appeared in opposition on the Stoner ordinance; Bhandari and Carson on the Landing ordinance. Five individuals registered in support and one in opposition on each. The packets included petitions and emails of opposition and plans for the transportation route, landscaping, water source, dust mitigation and site restoration.
  • Gas Well Permit GW26-005 (Flight Path 7H, Stoner site), item 14.4: public hearing 8:52 to 8:57 p.m. Gincy Thoppil introduced Leslie Garvis (Fort Worth), who presented. Clayton Waters (Arlington) opposed; five registered in support and three in opposition. Galante moved, Gonzalez seconded. Ayes (8): Mayor Ross, Galante, Gonzalez, Hunter, Ware, Garcia-Dumas, Pham, Hogg. Nay (1): Shelton. Resolution No. 26-238.
  • Gas Well Permit GW26-006 (Landing 7H), item 14.5: hearing 8:57 to 8:58 p.m. Garvis presented; six registered in support, two in opposition. Ware moved, Galante seconded; same 8-1 vote (Shelton no). Resolution No. 26-239.
  • Shelton had just been sworn in that evening (see District 8 Runoff Election), so these were among his first votes.
  • The minutes do not record the substance of the opponents' remarks.

Sources

Log

2026-06-23 - City Council

Ordinances 26-033 and 26-034 passed on consent; gas well permits GW26-005 and GW26-006 approved 8-1.