HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020/03/19-Minutes-City Council CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern Jungus Jordan, District 6 (Video)
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2 (Video)
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3 (Video)
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4 (Video)
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5 (Video)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (Video)
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9 (Video)
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Fort Worth
City Council Special Called Meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2020,
in City Council Chambers of the Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth,
Texas.
The following individual submitted comment cards in opposition to M&C 20-0187:
Mr. Greg Hughes, View Street, Fort Worth
Mr. Robert Horton, 9104 Autumn Falls Drive
Mr. Cary Clark, 3217 West Biddison Street, spoke via conference call undecided relative
to M&C 20-0188.
Mr. Brandon Bennett, Code Compliance Director, Fire Chief Jim Davis, Police Chief
Edwin Kraus, Dr. Veer D. Vithalani, MD, FACEP, FAEMS Interim Medical Director for
the Emergency Physicians Advisory Board, provided an update on the current
COVID-19 situation in the City of Fort Worth.
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CONSENT AGENDA
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member
Bivens,that the Consent Agenda be approved. Motion passed 9-0.
A. General-Consent Items
1. M&C 20-0186 Adopt Resolution Authorizing Partial Cash Defeasance of Ad
Valorem Tax Supported Obligations and Water and Sewer System Revenue
Bonds; and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
Motion: Approved. Resolution No. 5203-03-2020 and Appropriation Ordinance
Nos. 24085-03-2020, 24086-03-2020, and 24087-03-2020.
2. M&C 20-0187 Authorize Execution of an Economic Development Program
Agreement with Omni Fort Worth Partnership, L.P., or Affiliate for an Expansion
of the Omni Fort Worth Hotel by Developing an Additional 400 Rooms in a
High-Rise Building Generally Located on Property Bound by Houston St., W.
14th St., Throckmorton St., and Lancaster Ave. and Authorize Execution of a
Related Room Block Agreement(COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
Motion: Approved.
3. M&C 20-0188 Authorize Application for Reimbursement of Disaster Assistance
Expenditures Related to the COVID-19 Virus from All Appropriate Federal, State,
and Local Government Sources and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance Providing
Interim Funding in the Amount of$1,000,000.00 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
Motion: Approved. Appropriation Ordinance No. 24088-03-2020.
RESOLUTIONS
1. 20-0702 Continuation of Declaration of Public Health Emergency
Motion: Council Member Byrd made a motion, seconded by Council Member Allen
Gray, that Resolution No. 5204-03-2020 be adopted approving the
Declaration of Public Health Emergency as amended, and extending
Declaration until May 15, 2020. Motion passed 9-0.
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ORDINANCES
1. 20-0703 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Contracts and Any Other Legal
Instruments Necessary for Conducting City Business for the Duration of the
Declaration of Public Health Emergency Ordered by Mayor Betsy Price on March
13, 2020, As May Be Continued, Amended or Renewed; Temporarily Suspending
Section 2-9 of the City Code and Providing that this Ordinance Shall be Cumulative
of All Ordinances; Providing an Effective Date and an Expiration Date; and Providing
a Severability Clause
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member
Bivens, that Ordinance No. 24089-03-2020 be adopted. Motion passed 9-0.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business,Mayor Price adjourned the Special Called meeting at 4:06 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 7tn day of April, 2020.
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