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CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL BUS TOUR – DISTRICT 7
APRIL 24, 2012
Mayor and City Council Members
Present:
Betsy Price, Mayor
Zim Zimmerman, Mayor Pro tempore, District 3
Salvador Espino, District 2
Danny Scarth, District 4
Frank Moss, District 5
Jungus Jordan, District 6
Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Absent:
Kathleen Hicks, District 8
Joel Burns, District 9
City Staff:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary Kayser, City Secretary
Gleniece Robinson, Library Director
Richard Zavala, Parks and Community Services Director
Dana Burghdoff, Deputy Planning and Development Director
Sandi Breaux, Council Aide in District 3
Sami Roop, Council Aide in District 7
With a quorum of the City Council members present, the Council and staff boarded a bus at the
northeast corner of Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102,
at 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, to begin their tour of City Council Member
Shingleton’s District 7.
The bus tour began with a tour of District 7, which is generally bounded by Fort Worth city
limits on the north and west, by the cities of Haslet and Saginaw on the east, and by I-30 on the
south. The District 7 tour included the following streets:
1. Silver Creek Road and Watercress
2. Loop 820
3. FM 156 / Blue Mound Road
4. Bailey Boswell Road
5. Boat Club Road
6. Jacksboro Highway
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APRIL 24, 2012
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During the tour, Councilmember Shingleton pointed out existing neighborhoods, schools, parks,
City facilities, industrial areas, transportation projects, gas wells, and future development sites.
Parks and Community Services Director, Richard Zavala, provided a brief tour of the new
Northwest Community Park. Library staff also provided a brief tour of Northwest Branch
Library on Cromwell Marine Creek Road.
With the tour completed, the City Council returned to Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton,
Fort Worth, Texas 76102, at 3:45 p.m., on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 1st day of May, 2012.
Attest:
Apploved: ....
Mary J. Kays 7 ( Betsy P= -
City Secretary M. s
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