1 AGENDA 2 FORNEY CITY COUNCIL 3 Tuesday, March 18, 2025 4 6:30 p.m. Regular Meeting 5 City Hall Annex/Council Chambers, 101 E. Main Street, Forney, Texas 75126 6 7 8 I. CALL TO ORDER 9 10 Present were Mayor Jason Roberson, Mayor Pro Tem Cecil Chambers and Council 11 Members: James Traylor, Jay Weatherford, Zahnd Schlensker, Sarah Salgado, Greg Helm. 12 Also present were City Manager Charles Daniels and City Attorney Jon Thatcher. 13 14 II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - COUNCIL MEMBER GREG HELM 15 16 Pastor Nathan Lino with First Baptist Church Forney delivered the Invocation and Mayor 17 Roberson led the Pledge of Allegiance 18 19 III. PROCLAMATIONS / PRESENTATIONS 20 21 1. Proclamation: National Surveyors Week - March 16-March 22, 2025 22 PRESENTED] 23 24 2. Proclamation: STAMI International Women's Month Recognition Day - March 29, 2025 25 (PRESENTED) 26 27 The item was presented by Dr. Alex Del Carmen from Del Carmen Consulting, LLC, and 28 discussion followed. No action taken as the item was for presentation purposes only. 29 30 3. Presentation: Analysis Forney Emergency Medical Services 31 PRESENTED] 32 33 The item was held to later in the meeting to allow time for the presenter to arrive. 34 35 Later in the meeting at the conclusion of Item V. (Open Forum/Citizen Comments), the 36 item was presented by Mr. Thomas Moore with Fitch & Associates. Discussion followed. 37 38 No action was taken as the item was for presentation purposes only. 39 40 IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 41 42 1. Consider approval of the Minutes of the March 4, 2025 (Regular) City Council Meeting. 43 (Staff recommends approval of the item.) 44 45 Council Member Schlensker moved to approve the Minutes with no changes. Mayor Pro Tem 46 Chambers seconded the motion. Motion carried. City Council Minutes - March 18, 2025 Page 1 47 AYES (6): Mayor Pro Tem Chambers and Council Members: Traylor, Weatherford, Salgado, 48 Schlensker, Helm 49 NAYS (0): None 50 NOT VOTING AS NO TIE VOTE (1): Mayor Roberson 51 52 V. OPEN FORUMICITIZEN COMMENTS 53 54 The following individual addressed the City Council: 55 56 Ms. Million Heir-Williams 57 58 VI. CONSENT AGENDA 59 60 The Consent Agenda, consisting of Item V.1-7, was presented for consideration. No items 61 were pulled for individual consideration. 62 63 Council Member Traylor moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Council 64 Member Schlensker seconded the motion. 65 66 1. Consider approval of a site plan for Burger King, located north of the South F.M. 548 and 67 F.M. 741 intersection. (Staff/Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of 68 the item.) 69 [APPROVED] 70 71 2. Consider approval of a final plat for Costco Forney, located north of U.S. Highway 80 and 72 east of F.M. 460. Staff/Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of the 73 item.) 74 [APPROVED] 75 76 3. Consider approval of a final plat for Forney Fire Station No. 2, located at 980 Reeder 77 Lane. (Staff/Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of the item.) 78 [APPROVED] 79 80 4. Consider approval of the acceptance of public improvements for the Forney Brewery 81 project. (Staff recommends approval of the item.) 82 [APPROVED] 83 84 5. Consider a Resolution accepting grant funding for Police Department 3D Forensic Crime 85 Scanner, System & Software Grant Program. (Staff recommends approval of the item.) 86 [APPROVED; ASSIGNED RESOLUTION NO. 25-13] 87 88 6. Consider a Resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement with Pierce-Murray 89 Land Solutions, LLC, for engineering services related to the Estate Lane Reconstruction, 90 Drainage, and Pedestrian Crosswalk. (Staff recommends approval of the item.) 91 [APPROVED; ASSIGNED RESOLUTION NO. 25-14] City Council Minutes March 18, 2025 Page 2 92 7. Consider a Resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement with Pierce-Murray 93 Land Solutions, LLC, for engineering services related to FM 740 and Pinson Road Turn 94 Lanes. (Staff recommends approval of the item.) 95 [APPROVED; ASSIGNED RESOLUTION NO. 25-15] 96 97 AYES (6): Mayor Pro Tem Chambers and Council Members: Traylor, Weatherford, Salgado, 98 Schlensker, Helm 99 NAYS (0): None 100 NOT VOTING AS NO TIE VOTE (1): Mayor Roberson 101 102 VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS / ACTION ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 103 104 1. Hold a public hearing and discuss and consider approval of an Ordinance amending the 105 City of Forney Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance by adding a definition and regulations 106 for a "Cigar Lounge" and related uses. (Staff/Planning and Zoning Commission 107 recommend approval of the item.) 108 [APPROVED; ASSIGNED ORDINANCE NO. 25-02] 109 110 The item was presented. 111 112 The public hearing was opened at 8:09 p.m.; and with no speakers in the queue, the public 113 hearing was closed at 8:09 p.m. 114 115 No discussion followed. 116 117 Mayor Pro Tem Chambers moved to approve the item as presented. Council Member Helm 118 seconded the motion. The Ordinance caption was read as follows: 119 120 ORDINANCE NO. 25-02 121 122 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORNEY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE 123 COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. 1085, AS 124 AMENDED, BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, "USE REGULATIONS, 19 SECTION 37, 125 "USE REGULATIONS (CHARTS)," BY AMENDING THE DESIGNATION OF 126 PERMITTED, PROHIBITED, AND CONDITIONAL USES; BY AMENDING 127 ARTICLE V, "DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS," AND SECTION 49, 128 "DEFINITIONS.", PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A 129 SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A 130 PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN 131 EFFECTIVE DATE. 132 133 Motion carried. 134 135 AYES (4): Mayor Pro Tem Chambers and Council Members: Salgado, Schlensker, Helm 136 NAYS (2): Council Members: Traylor, Weatherford 137 NOT VOTING AS NO TIE VOTE (1): Mayor Roberson City Council Minutes March 18, 2025 Page 3 138 VIII. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 139 140 Department Reports (Fire, Police, Municipal Court, Finance) 141 Citizen Complaints Actions taken or to be taken 142 o Upcoming Special Events 143 o Personnel Changes 144 o Commendations 145 Public Works/Streets Projects, Repairs or Construction 146 Park Issues 147 Inspection Issues 148 CIP Projects 149 150 Updates were provided with no direction provided by City Council. 151 152 IX. ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS COUNCIL COMMENTS 153 154 None. 155 156 X. ADJOURNMENT 157 158 With no further business to consider, Mayor Roberson adjourned the regular meeting at 159 8:13 p.m. 160 161 162 PASSED ANP APPROVED BY THE, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORNEY, 163 TEXAS, this S6 day of LORL 2025. 164 165 RAM 166 NAK Mg dy 167 ATTEST: Jason Roberson, Mayor 168 169 n 170 Rosa Rios, City Secretary W City Council Minutes March 18, 2025 Page 4