HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 062221 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 229 2021
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, 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 Parker called the Fort
Worth City Council Work Session to order at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in
City Council Conference Room 2020 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
There were no changes.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
City Manager Cooke announced the following:
The Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation will meet at 1:30 pm, Wednesday, June
23, 2021, and the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation will meet at 2:30 pm,
Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Both meetings will be in Council Conference Room 2020.
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City Hall will be closed July 5, 2021 in observance of the July 4th Holiday. The
Council is on break in July. The next meeting will be August 3, 2021.
Mr. Cooke offered tours of the new City Hall building for the new members.
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Victor Turner, Neighborhood Services Director, announced that Neighborhood
Services received the 2021 John Sasso National Community Development Week
Award. IT was presented at the 2021 NCDA Virtual Annual Conference on June 18,
2021.
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager, introduced Dianna Giordano, the new Human
Resources Director.
d. Informal Reports
21-10597 April 2021 - Sales Tax Update - Mark McAvoy
21-10598 FY2022 Budget and Property Tax Setting Calendar and Schedule of
Meetings - Mark McAvoy
21-10599 2021 Summer Day Camp - Kelli Pickard and Sonia Singleton
21-10600 External Financial Audit Services Selection Process - Reginald Zeno
21-10601 Final Results of Pricing and Ratings on Bonds within the 2021 Debt
Plan - Reginald Zeno
21-10602 Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth Summer Earn and Learn Program
(SEAL) - William Rumuly
21-10603 Home Occupation - Private Swimming and Water Safety Lessons -
Melinda Ramos and Sevanne Steiner
21-10604 IT Staff Consolidation and Service Delivery - Kevin Gunn
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21-10605 Management Diversity Update - Nathan Gregory
21-10606 Monthly Development Activity Report - D.J. Harrell
21-10607 Public Mowing by Park & Recreation Department - Richard Zavala
21-10608 Redistricting Software Training for Interested Residents - Michelle Gutt
21-10610 Upcoming Collective Bargaining Negotiations with the Fort Worth
Firefighters Local 440 - Valerie Washington
21-10611 Update on Residential Solid Waste Collection Service Delivery/Contract
Negotiations - Valerie Washington
21-10612 Update on W.A.T.E.R. Emergency Repair Program - Amy Connolly
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
ZC-21-038 (CD 7) ZC-21-038 MJBW RD LLC, 3800 Camp Bowie Boulevard; To
add a Conditional Use Permit for temporary construction office in "ER"
Neighborhood Commercial Restricted.42 ac (Recommended for Approval with a 24
Month Limit by the Zoning Commission) (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
The Council Member will be making a motion to continue to August 3, 2021.
4. Overview of Significant Zoning Cases - Sevanne Steiner, Development Services
5. Update on July 4th Preparedness — Fire Chief James Davis and Assistant
Police Chief Robert Alldredge
6. Briefing on Public Engagement about Budget, Bond Program, and
Redistricting — Michelle Gutt, Communications and Public Engagement
7. Presentation on Education Strategies and 2021 Reading Instruction Program —
Lawrence Thompson, City Manager's Office
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8. Presentation on the City's 2021-2022 Action Plan for Use of Federal Housing
and Community Development Grant Funds — Victor Turner and Sharon Burkley,
Neighborhood Services
9. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Crain - Drowning statistics and how we balance homeowner rights and
drowning prevention efforts in neighborhoods.
Council Member Flores - Regulation of BYOB clubs; Options on Redistricting - other
law firms.
Council Member Williams - Water Meter update.
Council Members Moon and Nettles - 911 Update.
Council Member Moon -
Management processes to avoid
surprises
- recognizing
successes and needs; 5G -
City owing it as a utility; Work
Session
agenda process.
Council Member Bivens
- Programs to deter crime and
how do
we determine
effectiveness; speed humps;
Public Engagement and identifying
partners;
presentation on
the role of the Neighborhood Police Officer.
Council Member Nettles - Juneteenth as a City holiday/Opal Lee Day.
Mayor Parker - Electric grid issues and communication; retaining top talent in a post
COVID world; meeting schedule moving forward; youth focused Community Centers;
coordination with the County and other cities on the use of ARPA funds.
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10. Executive Session (CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL,
ROOM 2020) - SEE ATTACHMENT A
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Parker
adjourned the meeting at 5:46 p.m.
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