Friday, September 11, 2026 edition · The record
The Sept. 17 council agenda, posted at 4:48 p.m. today: a potential settlement agreement in the Willow Park suit and a Dean Ranch development agreement in closed session, the golf-cart and e-bike ordinances for approval, an alcohol-sales variance hearing for Aledo Shell, and a work session on food trucks and the FY 2027 fee schedule
By Christopher Weaver ·
The agenda for the Regular City Council Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m., at the Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road, opens with a work session on food truck ordinance updates and FY 2027 municipal fee schedule updates, then a presentation recognizing the Parker County Genealogy and Historical Society. The consent agenda carries the meeting minutes and Resolution No. 2026-R-17 adopting the City of Aledo Investment Policy. The one public hearing is a request for a variance from Article VI, Alcoholic Beverage Sales, Section 14-137 of the city code, which the agenda describes as regulations prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages near a church, public or private school, or public hospital, for Aledo Shell, located at 401 S FM 1187. The regular agenda lists Ordinance No. 2026-O-24 regulating golf carts and ATVs, off-road vehicles, utility vehicles and recreational off-road vehicles within the city limits, and Ordinance No. 2026-O-25 regulating bicycles and e-bikes within the city limits; the council discussed both subjects Sept. 3.
The executive session list, under Section 551.071, consultation with attorney: City of Aledo and City of Fort Worth v. City of Willow Park, Beall-Dean Ranch and Parker County potential Settlement Agreement; Capital Lane Advisors Proposal; Dean Ranch Development Standards; and Downtown Development. Under Section 551.087, deliberation regarding economic development negotiations: Dean Ranch Development Agreement. Item 13 is listed as Action Taken on Items Discussed in Executive Session, if Necessary. Willow Park's Sept. 8 agenda listed the same case, cause number CV26-0175, with the words Mediation Settlement Agreement. Only the agenda is posted; no packet was attached on CivicClerk as of this evening.
Read: The agenda on CivicClerk · Dean Ranch tracker · Sept. 3: golf carts, e-bikes and the water agency · Tuesday's edition: Willow Park's closed-session list
What you can do. To speak on an item not set for public hearing, sign in before the start of the meeting and give the paper to the City Secretary; comments are normally limited to 3 minutes, per the agenda, which also says the presiding officer may ask a citizen to hold comment on an item posted as a public hearing, as the Shell variance is.
The consent agenda should carry the Sept. 3 minutes, which will show the votes on the $932,729 FM 1187 design contract and the sheriff's-office renewal.
Where it stands: Aledo and Fort Worth's suit against Willow Park over the 320-acre Beall-Dean Ranch tract is pending in the 43rd District Court; no ruling on the injunction has been published.
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