HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019/05/07-Minutes-City Council-Worksession CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
MAY 7,2019
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Fort Worth City
Council Work Session to order at 3:02 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in City Council
Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
1. Report of the City Manager—David Cooke, City Manager
a. Changes to the City Council Agenda
There were no changes to the Council Agenda.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
There were no announcements.
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Fire Chief, Jim Davis recognized Miguel Brito and Ryan Bader from MedStar for their actions at
a car on fire incident and presented them with a Fire Chief s Award of Recognition.
d. Informal Reports
1. IR 10263: Amendment to M&C C-29029 to add Wachovia Service Corporation
as a Party of the Tax Abatement Agreement
2. IR 10264: How Citizens Should Respond in Case of a Tornado
3. IR 10265: ICMA/U.S. Army Installation Command Fellowship Program
4. IR 10266: Marshals and Police in Terms of Equipment and Resources
5. IR 10267: Outline of Development Updates
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6. IR 10268: Traffic Signal Timing
7. IR 10269: Update to Series 2019 Tax Note Issuance
8. IR 10270: Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility Digester Gas Contract
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
Mayor Price asked that M&C C-29105 be removed from the consent agenda for individual
consideration.
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Week
a. ZC-19-018 - (Council District 6 — Jungus Jordan) - Jerry Savelle Ministries,
Inc., 1450, 10301, 10601 W. Cleburne Crowley Road, 10700 Old Cleburne
Crowley Road; From: Unzoned To: "A-5" One-Family 45.55 acres
(Recommended for Denial W/O Prejudice by the Zoning Commission)
(Continued from April 9, 2019 by Council Member Jordan) This will be acted
on at the Council Meeting.
b. ZC-19-028 - (Council District 3 — Brian Byrd) - Grace Brown Development,
LLP, 5500 & 5504 W. Vickery Boulevard; From: "A-5" One-Family To: " E"
Neighborhood Commercial 0.22 acres (Recommended for Approval by the
Zoning Commission) (Continued from April 2, 2019 by Council Member Byrd)
This will be acted on at the Council Meeting.
C. ZC-19-036 - (Council District 5 — Gyna Bivens) - Steve W. Robinson, 11432
Mosier Valley Road; From: "AG" Agricultural To: PD/I Planned Development
for all uses in " I" Light Industrial plus animal processing with no outside
storage, stockyards, or animal pens; site plan included 5.74 acres
(Recommended for Denial by the Zoning Commission) (Continued from April
2, 2019 by Council Member Bivens) This will be acted on at the Council
Meeting.
d. ZC-19-037 - (Council District 6 — Jungus Jordan) - Lukarh Investments, LLC,
9605 Old Granbury Road (located at the intersection of Brewer and Risinger
Road); From: "G" Intensive Commercial To: PD/G Planned Development for
all uses in "G" Intensive Commercial plus self-storage facility; site plan
included 5.49 acres (Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission)
(Continued from April 2, 2019 by Council Member Jordan) Case will be heard
at the Council meeting. This will be acted on at the Council Meeting.
4. Overview of Significant Zoning Cases — Dana Burghdoff, Planning and
Development
Ms. Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development Department, provided an overview of
significant zoning cases.
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5. Presentation on the State of the Vaqueros - Michael Hitchcock, Playbook
Management International
Michael Hitchcock gave an overview of the Vaqueros and the 2019 season. May 11, 2019, is
Opening Day.
6. Briefing on Response to Health, Housing, Transportation and Governance
Recommendations of the Task Force on Race and Culture — Fernando Costa, City
Manager's Office, Cody Whittenburg, Code Compliance Department, Barbara
Asbury, Neighborhood Services Department, and Chad Edwards, Transportation
and Public Works Department
Mr. Cody Whittenburg, Code Compliance Department, Ms. Barbara Asbury, Neighborhood
Services Department, Mr. Chad Edwards, Transportation and Public Works Department, and
Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa, City Manager's Office, provided responses to the
Health, Housing, Transportation and Governance recommendations of the Task Force on Race
and Culture. Statuses and next steps were provided for all recommendations.
7. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Allen Gray — Time frame on quiet zone approval from the railroad; mowing
schedule for parks and alley ways and update on sidewalk policy
Council Member Byrd—Opioid overdose prevention and coordination with other agencies.
Council Member Moon—City's policy on ROW acquisition and utility relocation.
Council Member Shingleton—Update on Air B&Bs and enforcement for golf carts driven on the
street.
Council Member Flores - update on the noise ordinance related to low frequency disturbances.
Council Member Bivens — update on mobile food vendors and who can file a complaint on
homeless sleeping at a business.
There being no further business to come before the City Council Mayor Price adjourned the
meeting at 5:50 pm.
These minutes were approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 21st day of May,2019.
Attest: Approved:
Nfar�J. Kay etsy ce
City Secret Mayor