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Home My WebLink About2019/08/27-Minutes-City Council-Worksession CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019 Present: Mayor Betsy Price Mayor Pro tem Dennis Shingleton, District 7 Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2 Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3 (left at 5:06 pm) 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 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27, 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 Council was provided the Service Plan for the Sun Valley PID, #15. b. Upcoming and Recent Events City Hall will be closed Monday for Labor Day. The next City Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. City of Fort Worth Page I Printed on 1011112019 CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING TUESDAY,AUGUST 27,2019 Page 2 of 4 c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s) Mayor Price and Council Member Kelly Allen Gray recognized all the individuals at the back to school event who assisted when a young man had medical issues. d. Informal Reports 19-10308 Amendment to City Code Section 19-17 "Duties of Librarian" - Manya Shorr 19-10309 Environmental Brownfields Program Update - Cody Whittenburg 19-10310 Parking Near Intersections and Mailboxes - Jessica Sangsvang and Chief Ed Kraus 19-10311 Proposed Council-Initiated Zoning Changes for Certain Properties Located in the John T. White area in Council District 5 -Arty Wheaton-Rodriguez 2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members Council Member Byrd will be requesting approval of Ceremonial Travel for September 6, 2019, traveling to McAllen, TX. Council Member Moon will not be at the Council Meeting this evening - supportive of PID 6 and PID 7, opposition to the budget and to the economic incentives for 1000 Weatherford St. City Attorney Sarah Fullenwider briefed the Council on a resolution that will amend the Rules of Procedure related to speaking at Council meetings. 3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting M&C 19-0017 Ratify Application for and Authorize Acceptance of Funds Totaling $25,000.00 from the Cities for Service Fund, Inc. for the 2019 Experience Matters AmeriCorps VISTA Program to Assist in Developing and Coordinating a Financial Empowerment Program for Particularly the Senior Population (Ages 50+) and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS) (Continued from a Previous Week) Moving forward. City oJFort Worth Page 2 Printed on 10/1112019 CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING TUESDAY,AUGUST 27,2019 Page 3 of 4 ZC-19-044(CD9) Speed Racer,LLC, 3111 Race Street, 3020 Murphy Street; From: "MU-1/DD"Low Intensity Mixed Use and"CF/DD" Community Facilities with Demolition Delay To: PD/MU-1 Planned Development for all uses in"MU-1"Low Intensity Mixed Use, retaining Demolition Delay, site plan required, 2.88 acres (Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission)(Continued from a Previous Meeting) Moving forward. 4. Briefing on Approval of FY2020 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Operating and Revenue Budget/Consideration of Commercial Paper Program - Chris Poinsatte,Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Chris Poinsatte, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport presented the FY 2020 DFW Airport Operating and Revenue budget and a briefing on the Commercial Paper program. 5. Presentation and Update on Minority Chamber Initiatives - Robert Sturns, Economic Development, Dee Jennings,Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce, and John Hernandez, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Rober Sturns, Economic Development, introduced this item and turned it over to Dee Jennings, Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce and John Hernandez and Annette Landros, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to provide reports on their initiatives. 6. Presentation on Preventing Opioid Overdose - Ed Kraus, Police, Jim Davis, Fire, and Matt Zavadsky,MedStar Police, Fire, and MedStar briefed the Council on the impacts of opioids on Fort Worth from their various perspectives. There will be a follow up presentation. 7. Briefing on Payday Lending Regulations—Randle Harwood, Planning and Development and Melinda Ramos, Law Randle Harwood, Planning and Development and Melinda Ramos, City Attorney's Office presented an overview of payday lending including background, regulation of lenders, model ordinance form TML, common zoning regulations and some long term strategies. Staff will bring back information on education,potential partners,the TML model ordinance and examples of where we have impacted existing businesses in the past with regulations and the business survived in the community. City ojFort Worth Page 3 Printed on 1011112019 CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING TUESDAY,AUGUST 27,2019 Page 4 of 4 8. Outstanding Items Related to the Proposed FY2019-2020 Budget- David Cooke, City Manager City Manager Cooke discussed the annual impact on proposed utility rate and fee increases and increases in property values on the "average" tax payer in the City. The approval of the stormwater rates will be separate from the budget approval. The stormwater rates will be presented on October 15, 2019, and will not be effective until January 1, 2020. 9. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports Council Member Allen Gray - presentation and update on the towing companies and Auto Return. Council Member Bivens - report on food deserts and grocery stores. Mayor Price - status of the longhorn benches in front of City Hall. 10. Executive Session (CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, ROOM 290) - SEE ATTACHMENT A There being no further business to come before the City Council Mayor Price adjourned the meeting at 5:34 p.m. These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 15th day of October, 2019. Attest: Appro ar J. Betsy Price City SecretaVy Mayor City of Fort Worth Page 4 Printed on 1011112019