HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/02/28-Minutes-City CouncilCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL BUS TOUR — DISTRICT 5
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
MINUTES
Mayor and City Council Members
Present
Betsy Price, Mayor
Salvador Espino, District 2
Frank Moss, District 5
Jungus Jordan, District 6
Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Kathleen Hicks, District 8
Absent
Zim Zimmerman, Mayor Pro tempore, District 3
Danny Scarth, District 4
Joel Burns, District 9
City Staff
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant 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
Michelle Reynolds, Council Aide in District 5
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL BUS TOUR — DISTRICT 5
February 28, 2012
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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, February 28, 2012, to begin their tour of City Council Member Moss's
District 5.
The bus tour began with a tour of District 5, which is generally bounded by Fort Worth city limits on
the north, east and south, and by Precinct Line Road, Sandy Lane Road, Miller Avenue, US 287, and
Shackleford Road on the west. The District 5 tour included the following streets and districts:
1. Trinity Boulevard
2. Centreport
3. Precinct Line Road, Randle Mill Road, and Eastchase Parkway
4. Brentwood Stair Road
5. Handley Drive
6. Lancaster Avenue
7. Stop Six neighborhood
8. Cravens Road and Wilbarger Street
9. East Loop 820
10. Mansfield Highway
11. Miller Avenue
12. East Berry Street
During the tour, Councilmember Moss pointed out existing neighborhoods, schools, parks, City
facilities, industrial areas, transportation projects, gas wells, and future development sites. Fire
Department staff also provided a brief tour of Fire Station #27 on Precinct Line 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, February 28, 2012.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 6th day of March, 2012.
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