HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2926A Resolution
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RELOCATION OF THE BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS
WHEREAS, the Public Health Department is currently located on a tract of land adjacent to the
Fort Worth Botanical Garden, m an area of the City designated as the Cultural Distract; and
WHEREAS, the relocation of the Public Health Department would leave the site at 1800
Umversrty Dnve open to a use m keeping with the Cultural Distract designation, and,
WHEREAS, the mayor botanic gardens of the world are institutions that include both hvmg
plants and specimen plants, both horticultural education and environmental education, both plant
cultivation and plant research, and,
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden includes hvmg plants, horticultural education, and
plant cultivation while the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) includes the companion
components specimen plants, environmental education, and plant research, and,
WHEREAS, relocation of BRIT to 1800 Umversrty Dnve would serve the Fort Worth Botanic
Garden and the City of Fort Worth by providing:
• a world-class collection of specimen plants to complement the living collections of the Fort
Worth Botanic Garden ("Botanic Garden')•
• enhance education and outreach programs to complement the existing programs at the Botanic
Garden,
• unique lectures .and exhibits to illustrate the symbiosis of plants and people, to highlight
botanical art and history and to display rare and significant collections from around the world,
bnngmg a new audience to the Botanic Garden,
• increased v~sibilrty as a center for science and environmental research,
• more state, national, and international organizations meeting m Fort Worth,
• more~obs in research, education, public outreach, and support services,
• a centralized teacher training and resource facility for the Fort Worth ISD•
• a state of the art, environmentally sound, architecturally significant building and grounds,
• an exponential increase m visitors to the Botanic Garden, to BRIT and to Fort Worth,
• the ability to market the Botanic Gardens/BRIT package to national and international audiences,
resulting m significant net gams in visitation, stature, funding opportunities, and the ability to
attract the highest quality personnel,
• another quality institution m Fort Worth s cultural distract; and
WHEREAS, relocation of the Public Health Department would serve to increase accessibility of
public health services to the community and,
~~ WHEREAS, relocating public facilities m targeted redevelopment areas serves to fulfill the Crty
Council Strategic Goal of revitalizing central city neighborhoods and commercial distracts, and,
WHEREAS, the process of relocating the Public Health Department would brang together both
public and pravate interests in a partnership designed to further central city redevelopment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Proclaims its intent to
1 lease the property at 1800 University Dnve to the Botanical Research Institute of Texas for one
dollar ($1 00) per year for ninety nine (99) years, and,
2 relocate the Public Health Department in a central city redevelopment area.
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ADOPTED this ~ day of ~ 2003
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ATTEST
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