HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10554INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10554
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 23, 2021
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SUBJECT: MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
This Informal Report is in response to the City Council’s request to receive a monthly update on
development activity within the City and the measures staff are using to improve the development
process. Staff also generates a monthly report to keep the Council informed of the volume of
development activity, process improvements and staff’s performance in implementing changes and
improving the delivery of plan review and permits. This activity report consists of metrics associated
with building permits, infrastructure, stormwater development, and water development plan review.
It provides updates on continuous development process improvement efforts. The monthly
Development Activity Report is attached for your use and information. The following are highlights
for the month of February 2021:
February 2021 Highlights
Building Permits
Permits Feb 2021 Jan 2021 Mo - Mo
Difference Feb 2020 Yr - Yr
Difference
Total commercial valuation
(incl remodels & additions) $223M $187M 19% 440 49%
New commercial permits
issued 71 89 -20% 120 -41%
New single-family permits
issued 480 601 -20% 526 -9%
New commercial & new
single-family permits issued 551 690 -20% 646 -15%
New commercial permit apps
received 39 46 -15% 35 11%
New single-family residential
apps received 576 427 35% 616 -6%
Development Support Services
• The Overall Customer Service Satisfaction was 81.94% for either Very Positive or Somewhat
Positive for February 2021, based on 59 out of 72 responses. This is up from 73.44% in
January 2021 which had 47 out 64 responses.
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10554
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 23, 2021
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SUBJECT: MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
• Chart A shows survey responses for February 2021.
• Chart B shows commercial vs residential survey responses for February 2021.
56.94%
25.00%
4.17%6.94%6.94%
74.05%
12.59%
6.70%3.04%3.62%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
Very Positive Somewhat Positive Neutral Somewhat Negative Very Negative
Chart A How would you rate the quality of your customer service experience?
*February 2021 survey results
58.97%
23.08%
2.56%
7.69%7.69%
54.55%
27.27%
6.06%6.06%6.06%
74.05%
12.59%
6.70%3.04%3.62%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
Very Positive Somewhat Positive Neutral Somewhat Negtive Very Negative
Chart B Overall, how would you rate the quality of your customer service
experience?
City of Fort Worth Customers (Commercial)
City of Fort Worth Customers (Residential)
SurveyMonkey Global Benchmark*February 2021 survey results
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10554
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 23, 2021
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SUBJECT: MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
• In February 2021, 1 out of 2 customers surveyed thought that our Inspections team was
Extremely Helpful or Very Helpful, which is down from January 2020. In January, 4 out of 4
customers surveyed thought that our Inspections team was Extremely Helpful or Very Helpful.
X-Team Building Plan Review
X-Team Activity Feb-21 Jan-21 Mo - Mo
Difference Feb-20 Yr - Yr
Difference
X-Team Applications 6 10 -40% 11 -45%
Conferences Held 5 4 25% 10 -50%
Building Permits Issued 3 34 -91% 24 -88%
X-Team Activity Totals YTD 2021 CY 2020 CY2019 Total
X-Team Applications 16 100 88 204
Conferences Held 9 32 70 111
Building Permits Issued 37 182 106 325
• As of February 28th, there are 44 pending X-Team building permits.
Building Plan Review
• On February 28th 2021 review times were as follows:
Days to first review Commercial Plans Actual 4 Days Goal 7 Days
Days to first review Residential Plans Actual 5 Days Goal 7 Days
For February 2021, the average departmental review times to first comment were as follows:
Commercial Plans Average 12 Days Goal 7 Days
Residential Plans Average 6 Days Goal 7 Days
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10554
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 23, 2021
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SUBJECT: MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Development Activity Applications
Type Feb 2021 Jan 2021 Mo - Mo
Difference
Total Development Building Permits 1417 1352 5%
Infrastructure Plan Review Center 44 32 38%
Community Facility Agreement 15 7 114%
Platted Lot 752 378 99%
Platting 36 32 13%
Zoning 8 13 -38%
Site Plan 1 3 -67%
Business Process Improvement - New Commercial Building Permit
• The process improvement project for new commercial building permits was undertaken by a
committee made up of staff members, developers and design professionals. The committee
met multiple times in 2018 and 2019 and reviewed the process for issuing commercial building
permits from time of submittal to approval. The committee issued a final report in June 2019
which included 72 recommendations in 6 primary categories: accountability, technology,
process, people, training and standardization.
• All 72 recommendations have been incorporated. The amount of time a new commercial
building permits spends in city hands has decreased 56% since implementing the
recommendations.
New Commercial Building Permits*
Activity
BPI Project
May 2017 -
Annual
Report
Annual
Report YTD
Current
Month
Apr 2018 CY 2019 CY 2020 CY 2021 Feb 2021
Average Time from opened
date to issued permit 96 days 64 days 114 days 134 days 158 days
Average City Time 63 days 31 days 27 days 26 days 25 days
Average Customer Time 33 days 33 days 86 days 109 days 133 days
Average Time to First Review 38 days 15 days 12 days 9 days 9 days
Total Number of Permits 60 76 113 10 4
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10554
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 23, 2021
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SUBJECT: MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
New Residential Building Permits*
Activity
Annual
Report
Annual
Report YTD
Current
Month
CY 2019 CY 2020 CY 2021 Feb 2021
Average Time from opened date to issued
permit 31 days 34 days 31 days 28 days
Average City Time 19 days 13 days 12 days 13 days
Average Customer Time 12 days 21 days 19 days 15 days
Average Time to First Review 11 days 8 days 8 days 7 days
Total Number of Permits 394 491 57 26
*Data is reported in average business days and excludes the miscellaneous permits that are included in the building
plan review section above. Miscellaneous permits: pools, spas, retaining walls, foundations, temporary construction,
and fences. Additionally, the data excludes X-Team applications, walk-in permits and third-party review permits.
• Average City time for new commercial building permits issued during this reporting period was
25 days compared to:
o 63 days in the BPI Project down 38 days
o 31 days in the CY 2019 Annual Report down 6 days
o 30 days in the CY 2020 Annual Report down 5 days
• Average time to complete first review for new commercial building permits issued during this
reporting period was 9 days compared to:
o 38 days in the BPI Project down 29 days
o 15 days in the CY 2019 Annual Report down 6 days
o 12 days in the CY 2020 Annual Report down 3 days
• Average City time for new residential building permits during this reporting period was 13 days
compared to:
o 19 days in the CY 2019 Annual Report down 6 days
o 13 days in the CY 2020 Annual Report no change
• Average time to complete first review for new residential building permits during this reporting
period was 7 days compared to:
o 11 days in the CY 2019 Annual Report down 4 days
o 8 days in the CY 2020 Annual Report down 1 day
• City staff will continue to monitor building permit statistics to make sure they stay on track.
Following this report we will transition to annual reporting on this business improvement
initiative.
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10554
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 23, 2021
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SUBJECT: MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
• In March 2021, we will begin two new business process improvement initiatives on:
o the platting process; and
o the process for obtaining a certificate of occupancy.
Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
• All required applications/permits continue to be available online. Staff continues to work on
streamlining and adding permit processes online.
o Staff has updated the fee schedule in Accela, it us scheduled to go live on April 1st.
o Changed PIR report to pull all Permit Faces (not just from the Development module)
to increase efficiency in gathering PIR documents.
o Add a “document type” to all plat applications so that the developer can upload CAD
files.
• Development Services continues to hold virtual Board and Commission meetings. This will
continue to provide a high level of transparency for City business while encouraging public
participation and engagement.
• Development Services is working to launch an interactive web tool, Open Counter, to help the
public navigate zoning districts and building permit processes. There will be three modules:
zoning, residential, and commercial. Each module will walk the citizen/developer through a
series of interactive questions that will lead to a printed permit guide for a project.
o Open Counter, the project team, and staff are testing the permit mapping and fee
estimator for the zoning, residential, and commercial portals. A naming contest for the
software was completed where the Development Services Department staff submitted
potential names and voted as a department on the Open Counter interface that will be
displayed on the city website and “CFW Permit Assist” was selected. Currently, the
project team is leading staff testing with every department that participates in the
development process.
Please contact D.J. Harrell, Development Services Director, at 817-392-8032 or
Dalton.Harrell@fortworthtexas.gov if you have any questions, concerns or comments.
David Cooke
City Manager
Development
Activity Report
February 2021
INSIDE THIS EDITION
Building Permits ................................................................ 2
CFA and Platting ............................................................... 8
Infrastructure ..................................................................... 9
Stormwater ...................................................................... 13
Water ............................................................................... 15
Development Process Improvement ............................... 16
Development Activity Report 2
Building Permits
New Single Family Permits
New Commercial Permits
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 396 415 468 500 388 385 417 504 491 326 328 557
2020 575 526 612 504 505 482 612 626 732 662 535 616
2021 601 480
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
All data is in calendar year
49.7% Increase4th Qtr 2019 = 1,211 4th Qtr 2020 = 1,813
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 66 142 90 65 141 79 80 45 84 100 135 181
2020 126 120 139 128 69 221 81 84 84 53 105 93
2021 89 71
0
50
100
150
200
250
All data is in calendar year
4th Qtr 2019 = 416 4th Qtr 2020 =251 39.7% Decrease
Development Activity Report 3
Building Permits
Building Permit Comparison
Total Commercial Valuation
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Multi-Family 486 450 409 349 376 349 803 487 421 451 552 53
Residential 7,136 7,101 6,927 8,115 8,471 8,792 9,522 10,562 11,687 11,523 13,920 2,149
Commercial 2,341 2,404 2,481 2,112 2,284 2,179 2,528 2,418 2,609 2,599 1,877 259
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
All data is in calendar year
9,963 11,13110,5769,8179,955
16,349
14,57314,71713,46712,853
11,320
2.461
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $103 $208 $230 $98 $311 $269 $221 $121 $392 $421 $588 $242
2020 $214 $440 $262 $258 $119 $220 $188 $130 $613 $153 $122 $281
2021 $187 $223
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
4th Qtr 2019 = $1251M 4th Qtr 2020 = $557M 55.6 % Decrease
Development Activity Report 4
Building Permits
New Commercial Permits Valuation
Permit Valuation Comparison
Current
Month
Prev.
Month
Difference
M-M
Prev.
Year
Diff. Y-Y
% Year to Date CY20 vs CY21
Feb-21 Jan-21 % Feb-20 Feb 20 vs
Feb 21
Jan-Feb
2020
Jan- Feb
2021 Diff
New SF
Permits 480 601 -121 526 -46 1101 1081 -2% -20% -9%
New SF
Value $89.7M $111.7M -$22.1M $87.7M $2.0M $178.6M $201.4M 13% -20% 2%
New
Comm
Permits
71 89 -18 120 -49 246 160 -35% -20% -41%
New
Comm
Value
$159.5M $138.5M $21.0M $282.2M -$122.6M $449.5M $298.1M 66% 15% -43%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $2 $193 $201 $51 $246 $234 $162 $40 $339 $383 $477 $141
2020 $167 $282 $204 $155 $36 $134 $147 $81 $514 $102 $107 $245
2021 $139 $160
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
* excludes additions and remodels
Development Activity Report 5
Building Permits
Large Commercial Projects
February Large Commercial Projects
Address Council
District Project Name Work Description Valuation
15501 N Beach St 7 Alliance Center North New construction office/warehouse shell
with attached canopies $40,000,000
1550 Pruitt St 9
CCMC - 8th Avenue &
Pennsylvania Parking
Garage
New construction of parking garage for
cook's children hospital to include office
area for staff
$35,000,000
651 Goat Farm Rd 7 Greystar Overture
District
New construction of a multi-family
apartment complex with 182 units $27,500,000
8845 Stallion Ln
Building 1 & 2 7 Presidio IV New construction of a 192 unit apartment
building $19,675,176
1069 Kings Hwy 4 Palladium Fain Street New construction of a 90 unit apartment
complex $14,500,000
5074 Willie St
Buildings B & C 5
Young Men's
Leadership Academy
(YMLA)
New construction of a 2 story classoom
building b, a 600 seat competition gym,
locker rooms, engineering classrooms,
robotics lab and music room
$12,500,000
6101 Campus Dr
Building 2 8 46 Ranch New construction office/warehouse shell $4,600,000
800 W 5th ST 9 First United Methodist
Church Remodel of fellowship hall $3,000,000
5023 Trail Lake Dr 6 Antioch Church
Remodel church to create larger worship
are and classrooms, update painting on
parking and water lines
$2,571,000
9500 Clifford St 3 Wal-Mart
Remodel to add check out areas, install
ap gates and refrigerated cases for
online pickup
$2,310,372
3600 Benbrook Hwy 3 Alliance For Children
Change of use & renovation of an
existing 38,000 sf facility .to include
offices, interview rooms, conference
areas, training area, extended break
room, and a new reception/waiting area
$1,998,864
2627 Tillar St 9 Tillar
Change of use from industrial to office,
remodel existing building to new
commercial office building
$1,500,000
3136 Basswood
Blvd 4 Professional Building New construction of an office building $1,151,922
14100 Park Vista
Blvd 7 QTS FTW -1 Isolation
Transformer
Remodel existing corridors, installation of
transformers in existing data center $1,050,000
6508 Bryant Irvin
Rd 3 Bryant Irvin Office New construction of office building $1,000,000
Development Activity Report 6
Building Permits
February 2021 New Commercial Permits Heat Map
Development Activity Report 7
Building Permits
February 2021 New Residential Permits Heat Map
Development Activity Report 8
CFA and Platting
CFA Project Overview
Platted Lots
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2019 $19.4 $10.4 $25.6 $36.4 $5.7 $18.4 $23.9 $35.0 $8.3 $14.4 $3.8 $1.5
2020 $8.0 $6.0 $17.4 $6.0 $12.0 $9.0 $16.2 $15.0 $12.6 $13.5 $12.2 $14.1
2021 $7.3 $21.4
$-
$5.0
$10.0
$15.0
$20.0
$25.0
$30.0
$35.0
$40.0
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
2021
Feb
2021
Non-Residential 20 32 28 11 21 8 11 11 9 11 14 22 26
Residential 190 873 365 548 604 1307 628 495 312 372 281 356 726
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Number of Platted LotsAll data is in calendar year
2020 Total $142.0 M 2019 Total $202.8 M 2021 Total $28.7.0 M
Development Activity Report 9
Infrastructure
IPRC Overview
IPRC Overview Report 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Cycle Complete 52 52 52 54 8
Total Projects 170 148 181 153 20
Avg. Project Total Per Cycle 3.27 2.85 3.48 2.83 2.50
Total Accepted Projects 156 139 143 136 22
Plan Rev. & Ret w/n 14 days 95% 98% 94% 99% 100%
*All data is in calendar year
IPRC Quarterly Details
Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021
Cycles 13 14 13 8
Total Projects 35 50 32 20
Avg. Projects Total Per Cycle 2.70 3.57 2.46 2.50
Total Avg. Accepted Projects Per Cycle 1.54 2.43 3.07 2.75
Plan Rev. & Ret w/n 14 days 100% 94% 100% 100%
*All data is in calendar year
Development Activity Report 10
Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure Residential Projects
Public Infrastructure Commercial Projects
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $14.0 $7.1 $21.4 $24.4 $3.7 $14.5 $21.0 $23.4 $4.5 $12.9 $2.7 $0.9
2020 $7.1 $0.9 $7.6 $5.3 $7.5 $6.7 $13.8 $13.0 $8.8 $7.3 $7.6 $12.8
2021 $2.6 $19.5
$-
$5.0
$10.0
$15.0
$20.0
$25.0
$30.0
Millions2020 Total $98.4 M 2021 Total $22.1 M2019 Total $150.5 M
All data is in calendar year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $3.7 $0.8 $3.3 $7.5 $0.8 $2.3 $2.9 $4.0 $3.2 $1.5 $0.1 $-
2020 $0.1 $0.5 $3.3 $0.31 $1.0 $2.3 $0.8 $1.4 $0.1 $0.1 $1.3 $-
2021 $-$0.2
$-
$1.0
$2.0
$3.0
$4.0
$5.0
$6.0
$7.0
$8.0
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
Development Activity Report 11
Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure Industrial Projects
Public Infrastructure Multi-Family Projects
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $-$-$-$-$-$1.2 $-$-$0.5 $-$0.9 $0.5
2020 $0.4 $3.6 $3.4 $-$3.5 $-$1.6 $-$3.3 $5.4 $2.6 $-
2021 $4.3 $1.2
$-
$1.0
$2.0
$3.0
$4.0
$5.0
$6.0
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
2021 Total $5.5 M
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $0.7 $-$0.9 $4.4 $1.2 $0.3 $-$7.2 $-$-$-$-
2020 $0.1 $0.9 $0.7 $0.4 $-$-$-$0.5 $0.3 $0.8 $-$-
2021 $0.4 $0.4
$-
$1.0
$2.0
$3.0
$4.0
$5.0
$6.0
$7.0
$8.0
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
2019 Total $14.6 M 2020 Total $3.7 M 2021 Total $0.8 M
2020 Total $23.8 M 2019 Total $3.1 M
Development Activity Report 12
Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure Institutional Projects
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 $1.0 $2.6 $-$0.1 $-$0.2 $-$0.4 $-$-$-$-
2020 $0.6 $-$2.4 $-$-$-$-$0.2 $0.1 $-$0.7 $1.3
2021 $-$-
$-
$0.5
$1.0
$1.5
$2.0
$2.5
$3.0
MillionsAll data is in calendar year
Development Activity Report 13
Stormwater
Stormwater Review Performance
Stormwater Review Performance CY '20 CY '21 Feb 21
Avg. Review Time (days) 6.6 6.6 7.3
Num. Review Completed 1,200 73 96
% completed in 10 business days or less 97.6 94.5 91.6
Avg. PiSWM Review Iterations (City) 3.2 0.0 0.0
Avg. FiSWM Review Iterations (City) 4.2 6.0 4.0
Avg. IPRC Review Iterations (City) 2.7 2.7 2.4
Avg. SWMP Review Iterations (City)* 3.2 4.5 0.0
Avg. Drainage Studies Iterations (City)* 2.5 3.5 2.6
Overall Customer Satisfaction Rating (1-5 scale) 4.6 0.0 0.0
Num. of Surveys Taken ** 41 0 0
* New item tracked as a result of HB 3167
** These items will be discontinued and will be zeroing out
New Stormwater Submissions
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 42 38 57 48 20 38 45 43 28 11 21 40
2020 47 36 34 41 35 34 37 29 30 33 21 33
2021 26 26
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
All data is in calendar year
Development Activity Report 14
Stormwater
Stormwater Pipeline Number of Reviews
Stormwater Pipeline Average Days for Review
Sep '20 Oct '20 Nov '20 Dec '20 Jan '21 Feb 21
Reviews in process 102 108 100 121 124 131
Reviews with City 23 26 24 35 41 36
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Sep '20 Oct '20 Nov '20 Dec '20 Jan '21 Feb 21
Avg. age of Reviews
with City (Days)3 5 5 4 4 3
Avg. age of Reviews
with Developer (Days)57 24 29 24 31 26
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Development Activity Report 15
Water
Newly Submitted Water/Sewer Studies
Water Sep '20 Oct '20 Nov '20 Dec '20 Feb '21
Newly Submitted Water Studies 6 9 13 9 10
Water Studies Approved * 8 7 6 7 9
Total Submittals & Resubmittals 21 19 15 20 20
Avg. Water Study Cycle 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.2
Sewer Sep '20 Oct '20 Nov '20 Dec '20 Feb '21
Newly Submitted Sewer Studies 6 9 14 9 10
Sewer Studies Approved * 14 3 7 8 9
Total Submittals & Resubmittals 39 9 16 22 23
Avg. Sewer Study Cycle 2.8 3 2.3 2.8 2.6
* A study can be submitted multiple times prior to the reported month before being approved
Submitted Water/Sewer Studies
Water Oct '20 Nov '20 Dec '20 Jan '21 Feb '21
Water Study Reviews In Process 16 22 22 25 25
Water Study Reviews In Process With City 6 7 3 6 11
Water Study Reviews In Process With Owner 10 15 19 19 14
Avg. Water Study Reviews In Process With City (Days) 9.2 4.7 7.7 6.7 7.0
Avg. Water Study Review In Process With Owner (Days) 14.3 0.6 4.7 7.5 4.7
Sewer Oct '20 Nov '20 Dec '20 Jan '21 Feb '21
Sewer Study Reviews In Process 16 23 9 28 29
Sewer Study Reviews In Process With City 8 7 4 7 12
Sewer Study Reviews In Process With Owner 8 16 5 21 17
Avg. Sewer Study Reviews In Process With City (Days) 6.6 5.7 8.1 6.6 9.6
Avg. Sewer Study Review In Process With Owner (Days) 3.1 0.5 5.8 9.3 14.1
Development Activity Report 16
Development Process Improvement
Active Development Process Improvements as of February 2021
Task
Department/
Staff
Assigned
Status
Accela Automation/Website/Technology Improvements (1 in progress)
Create shared database for
CFAs, IPRC, inspections and
closeout for developer-led
infrastructure projects
Development
Services, TPW,
ITS
On 3/01/2021, consultant deployed report to Dev (test site) and
requested that the report be moved to Production. On 3/1/2021,
Consultant provided a test report to staff for review. Staff
provided comments to consultant on 3/2/2021.
Open Counter (1 in progress)
Implement the Open Counter
software that will improve the
developer permitting experience
and process in the City
Development
Services, ITS,
Water, Fire, TPW,
Neighborhood
Services
Open Counter, the project team, and staff from every
department that participates in the development process are
testing the permit mapping and fee estimator for the zoning,
residential, and commercial portals. A naming contest for the
software was completed and “CFW Permit Assist” was selected.
Permitting Review (1 in progress)
Complete lean process
evaluation for commercial
building permits
DS - Allison
Gray, Rochell
Thompson, D.J.
Harrell
Several videos are uploaded on the Development Services
webpage and can be found here
https://fortworthtexas.gov/developmentservices/permits/how-to-
apply-online/
Development Process Tree (1 in progress)
Update and republish process
trees for each alliance partner
reflecting changes in their
respective process as a result of
HB 3167. Allowing citizens to
have a clear, transparent and
predictable review of the
submittal & review processes
Development
Services, Water,
and TPW
Staff is now updating the new IPRC process and will be
complete within the month of March.
Park & Recreation Department (1 in progress)
To streamline and improve the
PARD Dedication/ Conversion
Policy by improving process
flows and decreasing total
processing time
P&D, PARD &
TPW
PARD and team is working on placing process in Accela. Team
will meet in March to assess progress
Tarrant County Interlocal Agreement (1 in progress)
Update the 2008 Inter Local
Agreement with Tarrant County
regarding plat approval
jurisdiction in the City of fort
Worth's ETJ
Development
Services, TPW,
and Legal
Staff is waiting on an update to the first draft of the Tarrant Co
Subdivision Ordinance from Tarrant Co and Freese & Nichols
School Site Development Guide (1 in progress)
This guide will provide ISDs,
Charter Schools, and Private
Schools guidance on new school
construction, expansions/
additions, and remodels in the
City.
Development
Services, Fire,
Water, TPW, and
Neighborhood
Services
Project Lead continues to incorporate revisions into the third
draft
Water & Sewer Department (1 in progress)
Completed lean process
improvement evaluation for
Misc. Projects. The process
improvement has been
expanded to include payment
process for Misc. Projects
Water Dept. -
Lawrence
Hamilton and
Homer Garza
Miscellaneous Projects are in Accela. The process is tentatively
scheduled to go live in March
Development Activity Report 17
Contact Information
Development Services
D.J. Harrell, Director
Development Services Department
817-392-8032
Dalton.Harrell@Fortworthtexas.Gov
Building Permits
Allison Gray, Assistant Director
Development Services Department
Development Building Division
817-392-8030
Allison.Gray@Fortworthtexas.Gov
Infrastructure
Victor Tornero, Engineering Manager
Development Services Department
Infrastructure Development Division
817-392-7830
Victor.Tornero@Fortworthtexas.Gov
Stormwater
Tyson Thompson, Assistant Director
Development Services Department
Infrastructure Development Division
817-392-2120
Tyson.Thompson@Fortworthtexas.Gov
Water
Chris Harder, Director
Water Department
817-392-5020
Christopher.Harder@Fortworthtexas.Gov
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City of Fort Worth Development Services Department - Strategic Operations Office
200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, 817-392-1732