HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 102919 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
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 3:03 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 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
M&C 19-0266 will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and from the Agenda entirely. Council will
act on M&C 19-0269.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
None were announced.
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c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Mayor Price and Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager, recognized all the
departments that responded to assist the City of Dallas after the tornadoes that
occurred on Sunday, October 27, 2019.
Assistant City Manager Valerie Washington also recognized employees from TPW,
Solid Waste, and the Call Center who assisted a woman who was lost and confused
and needed assistance.
Update on Third Party Police Policy Review
City Manager David Cooke noted that City Manager staff are reviewing the back
ground of dozens of professionals and firms who are nationally known for work
related to police policy development and reviews. Specifically policies involving
police stops, searches, arrests, use of force, implicit bias, de-escalation and
procedural justice and implementation of those policies. Plan is not final yet. The
panel will be from 5-7 members. Presented no later than November 19, 2019.
d. Informal Reports
There were no Informal Reports.
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
Council Member Bivens requested detail on M&C 19-0274, paving on Ramey.
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray requested that the Mayor Pro Tem be discussed in
Executive Session.
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
M&C 19-0266 Apply for and Accept, if Awarded, a 2019 Urban Outdoor
Recreation Grant from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, in an Amount Up to
$1,500,000.00 for the Design and Construction of the Fort Worth Nature Center &
Refuge Boardwalk, Phase II, Authorize City's Grant Match in an Amount Up to
$1,500,000.00, and Adopt Resolution and Appropriation Ordinances (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 7)
M&C 19-0266 will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and from the Agenda
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entirely. Council will act on M&C 19-0269.
4. Presentation on Medical Innovation District Capacity Analysis, Success
Factors and Growth Vision - Shima Hamidi, University of Texas at Arlington and
Brenda Hicks -Sorensen, Economic Development
Brenda Hicks -Sorensen, Economic Development and Shima Hamidi, University of Texas
at Arlington provided a presetnation on the Medical Innovation District, including the
recommendaitons from the Project for Public Spaces. This incldues the new brand for
the district "iter8 health innovation community" and next steps.
5. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Allen Gray - Update on the Grant for Procedural Justice.
Council Member Bivens - Report on work force diversity for the City in the top 5 levels
Council Member Shingleton - Fort Worth Chamber Briefing
Council Member Moon - Centralized process for payroll and paying bills to reduce errors
and how do we do a plat at the end of a project
Council Member Zadeh - Report from the Fort Worth ISD on their Diversity and
Inclusivity work and successes
6. 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 3:58 p.m.
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