HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 120319 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 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 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3, 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
There were none.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
There were none.
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c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
City Manager David Cooke called on Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager, to
annuounce that Mike Crum, from Charlotte North Carolina, has been hired as the new
Public Events Director and will start in February.
Mr. Cooke gave an update on the Police Monitor process. Three candidates will be
coming in for final interviews - Edward Harness, Kim Neal and Denise Rodriguez.
d. Informal Reports
19-10344 Implementation of Compliance Guidelines for Construction in
Downtown Fort Worth - Sevanne Steiner
19-10345 Sales Tax Rate of Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District -
Denis McElroy
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
There were no questions or comments.
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
ZC-19-061 (CD2) H. S. Churchill Trust, Gary Sibley, 806 & 816 Churchill Road;
From: PD 1023 Planned Development for all uses in "C" Medium Density
Multifamily; site plan approved To: Amend PD 1023 Planned Development to
increase height to three stories and increase unit count to 45 units; site plan included,
1.92 acres (Recommended for Denial by the Zoning Commission) (Continued from a
Previous Meeting)
Moving forward.
SP-19-015 (CD9) John K Williams, 1852 E. Northside Drive; To: Amend PD 399
site plan to increase the height and overall square footage of attached signage site plan
included 8.13 acres (Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission)
(Continued from a Previous Meeting)
Moving forward.
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4. Overview of Significant Zoning Cases - Arty Wheaton -Rodriguez, Planning
and Development
Mr. Arty Wheaton -Rodriguez, Planning and Development Department, provided an
overview of significant zoning cases. He also noted that a floor amendment would be
coming for ZC-19-180 to the definition of Small Box Discount Store as follows: dedicate
k-s-s at least than 15% of floor area or shelf space to fresh foods and vegetables.
5. Presentation of Open Space Acquisition Program - David Cooke, City
Manager and Jennifer Dyke, Transportation and Public Works
City Manager David Cooke and Jennifer Dyke, Transportation and Public Works
presented the Open Space Acquisition Program. They covered 1) why preserve open
space; 2) planning and potential acquisition areas, and 3) how to fund acquisitions. Next
Steps include: contract with Trust for Public Land; building a tool to identify and prioritize
open space, develop policy; engage the public; and begin process to utilize funding from
Gas Well Trust Funds.
6. Presentation of Solid Waste Budget and Fee Update - Brandon Bennett, Code
Compliance
Brandon Bennett, Code Compliance Director, reviewed policies, fees and revenues
related to the Solid Waste Fund and what actions are currently underway. Next steps -
complete operational and financial audits with consultant (Operational December 2019
and Landfill April 2020) and report back to Council in second quarter FY 2020.
7. Update on Potential City Charter Amendments for May, 2020 Election - Sarah
Fullenwider, City Attorney and Mary Kayser, City Secretary
City Secretary Mary Kayser and City Attorney Sarah Fullenwider provided an update on
potential items for a Charter election in May 2020. They reviewed items that were
brought forward by the Charter Review Task Force for the 2016 Charter Election but did
not make it on the ballot. Three potential items suggested by Council Members were
also presented and discussed. The consensus of the Council was to not go forward with
a Charter Election in May of 2020.
8. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Jordan - Presentation on Park Fees
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Council Member Bivens - Street Lights - it is dark on the highways and neighborhood
streets
Council Member Allen Gray (from Legislative and Intergovenmental Affairs Committee) -
housing vouchers
Staff from Neighborhood Services reported that we are not allowed to swap or use
another jurisdictions unused vouchers, is that true?
Arlington is not using all of their vouchers and are sending them back, can we find
a way to swap with them?
Is there a way to create a regional partnership via Tarrant County so Fort Worth
and Arlington could work together, and vouchers stay in the assigned region?
Council Member Moon - 1) Centralizing Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable
and 2)Platting at the end of a project
Council Member Flores - Dispatcher training and pay information.
9. 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 5:16 p.m.
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