The Forney City Council meets tonight, Tuesday, December 2nd at 7PM at City Hall, located at 101 Main Street in Downtown Forney. The Council will be considering a number of items of interest to much of the community, including the City’s Comprehensive Plan, the boundaries of Downtown Forney and amendments to the city’s animal control regulation.

The council will hold a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan, allowing citizens one more chance to comment on the plan, which is a long range plan designed to direct growth and physical development in the city by assisting the city with zoning and land use, with capital improvements and by projecting the direction of growth for the next five to ten years. After the public hearing, the council will consider adoption of the plan, which will be Forney’s first comprehensive plan since 2001.

The Downtown Advisory Committee has made a recommendation to the council regarding the boundaries of Downtown Forney. The council will consider those proposed boundaries and also the committee’s recommendation for a name for the area designated by the boundaries. The committee has recommended the name ‘Forney Historic Town Center’, which will be considered by council at tonight’s meeting. A PDF of the proposed downtown Forney boundaries is available.

Finally, another item of interest are revisions to the city’s animal control regulations. The new, proposed regulations the council will consider include a number of measures, such as:

• Defining dangerous dogs and providing animal services the ability to proactively deal with dangerous dogs
• Clarification of the quarantine procedure and expense when an animal bites a person
• Allowing pet owners to legally select a 3-year rabies vaccine in place of a 1-year vaccine
• Clarification of each pet owners’ responsibility to treat their pets in a humane manner

Check back here at 20PM after the meeting for a story about the public hearing and other agenda items as well as video from the meeting.