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Fort Worth City Council approves package of zoning changes, appointments and project actions; Evans and Rosedale redevelopment advances
Summary
At its May 13, 2025 meeting the Fort Worth City Council approved multiple zoning changes, board appointments, and municipal actions including advancing the Evans and Rosedale redevelopment. Several items were continued or withdrawn by staff; one council member recused on a Cook Children’s item.
Fort Worth City Council on May 13, 2025 approved a package of zoning changes, board appointments and municipal items while continuing or withdrawing several matters for later consideration.
The council voted to approve multiple zoning cases and related amendments, confirmed two district board appointments, carried numerous municipal consent items and moved forward the Evans and Rosedale redevelopment project. Staff withdrew or continued several items for later council action and one council member recused on a Cook Children’s item because of employment ties.
Why it matters: The package of actions moves multiple development proposals and city business through final steps that affect land use, neighborhood planning and city boards. Advancing the Evans and Rosedale project in particular was identified by Council Member Chris Nettles as a major near-term economic investment for the South Side.
What the council did (selected items): - Continued: MNC 25-0427 — staff requested MNC 25-0427 be withdrawn from the agenda and that the public hearing be held with action continued to May 20, 2025. (continued to 2025-05-20) - Withdrawn/revised: M&C 25-0388 — staff withdrew the original item and presented a revised M&C for council consideration. - Approved: Consent agenda — the council adopted the consent agenda in a single vote; listed consent items included multiple M&C matters that were not pulled for separate discussion. - Approved: M&C 25-0399 — city granted the vacation requests and other approvals tied to Cook Children’s campus expansion (see separate article for full details). A council member recused from this item citing employment with Cook Children’s; the motion carried after the recusal. - Continued: ZC24132 — the zoning case ZC24132 was continued by staff to June 10, 2025. - Continued: ZC24173 — the council voted to continue ZC24173 to June 24, 2025 after discussion and a motion to allow follow-up with the applicant. - Approved with amendments: ZC25-022 (District 6) — approved as plan development (PD) with excluded uses and a site-plan requirement as amended on the floor. - Approved: ZC25-008 (Council District 5) — approved following public comment and staff recommendation. - Approved: ZC25-023, ZC25-044, ZC25-046 (including a community theater location for a Shakespeare company), ZC25-048, ZC25-052 and related zoning items noted on the agenda. - Appointments: 25-5061 — Myra Mills Shearhart appointed (partial term) to the Zoning Commission (term ending 10/01/2026); 25-5088 — Jerome Johnson appointed to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (partial term ending 10/01/2026). - Advanced: M&C 25-0421 — the Evans and Rosedale project (described by Council Member Nettles as more than $60 million in investment) was moved forward by council action. - Miscellaneous M&Cs: The council approved multiple M&C items called in the agenda (including 25-0391, 25-0405, 25-0416, 25-0417, 25-0419, 25-0420 and related numbers as listed on the packet), each approved by motion and recorded as carried on the council record.
Public comment and context: During the public-comment portion, speakers raised issues tied to consent items. Adrian Smith addressed agenda items M&C 25-0443 and 25-0446, noting concern about transfers from the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) fund and urging greater accountability for CCPD mission partners; Chris Wood spoke in support of a roughly $500,000 purchase of medical supplies for the Fire Department and highlighted the need for mental-health supports for first responders. Bob Willoughby commented on an appointment (Deborah Peoples) to a nonprofit board and questioned the selection process; council proceeded with the appointment vote.
What’s next: Continued items will return on the dates specified (for example ZC24132 on June 10 and ZC24173 on June 24). Several projects approved or advanced will proceed to implementation steps such as site planning, easement work and contract execution according to the city manager and staff directions recorded in the meeting.
No votes with named tallies were recorded in the portion of the transcript provided; motions that were brought up and seconded were recorded in the meeting as “motion carries.”
