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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10265
May 7, 2019
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
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SUBJECT: ICMA / U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION COMMAND FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM
During the week of May 12-18, the City of Fort Worth will be hosting Ms. Allison Long, Director of Family and Morale,
Welfare and Recreation for U.S. Army Garrison Alaska as part of a program sponsored by the U.S. Army and the
International City/County Management Association (ICMA). This program, known as the Installation Command
Fellowship Program, provides the civilian managers of selected Army garrisons with on-the-job training in city
management and community relations on the premise that managing a military installation is much like managing a city.
The City of Fort Worth is one of twelve local governments eleven cities and one county that ICMA has selected to
participate this year in the Installation Command Fellowship Program. Fort Worth served as a pilot for this program in
2015and was one of ten local governments hosting Army installation managers in 2018.
During her week in Fort Worth, Ms. Long will be meeting directly with many City officials and civic leaders, observing
other business meetings, touring various City facilities, and participating in other activities that are relevant to her work in
the Army. The following are some of the items on her schedule:
Mayor Betsy Price
Councilmember Dennis Shingleton
Councilmember Jungus Jordan
Meeting directly with
City Manager David Cooke
City officials and
Assistant City Managers Susan Alanis, Jay Chapa, Fernando Costa, and Valerie Washington
civic leaders
Eleven department heads and five assistant directors
Captain Jon Townsend, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
TD Smyers, President, United Way of Tarrant County, and former JRB Commanding Officer
City Council work session and regular meeting
Observing other City M
staff meeting
business meetings
Cross-section of approximately 25 C
Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex
Joint Emergency Operations Center
Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility and Rolling Hills Water Treatment Plant
Meacham International Airport
Touring City facilities
Fleet maintenance facility at James Avenue Service Center
Central Library
Rockwood Golf Course
Dinner hosted by Robin Akin (Brigadier General, USA, Retired)
Participating in Bike ride along Trinity River Trails with Mike Brennan, board member, Fort Worth Bike Sharing
Tour of Stockyards National Historic District with Dana Burghdoff and Brandon Bennett
other activities
Meeting of Rotary Club of Fort Worth
If you have any questions about this program, please contact Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa at 817-392-6122.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS