HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0005) 02042020 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
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 Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Pro tem Jungus Jordan, District 6
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 3:02 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 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 no changes.
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b. Upcoming and Recent Events
City Manager Cooke announced the following:
City Council Planning Retreat on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at the Meacham
Airport Conference Center, 2019 American Concourse.
Como Community Center Grand opening on Saturday, February 15, 2020, 4660
Horne St.
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
City Manager Cooke called on Mike Crum, Director of Public Events, to introduce
Andrea Wright as the new Public Events Assistant Director of Administration and
Finance.
d. Informal Reports
20-10362 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress - Tara Perez
20-10363 Management Diversity Review - Brian Dickerson
20-10364 Street Sign Topper Program - Catherine Huckaby
20-10365 Texas Enterprise Zone Nomination for Miller Coors LLC - Robert
Sturns
20-10366 Update on Competition Fields Upkeep and Repair - Richard Zavala
20-10367 Update on Ongoing Efforts to Improve City -Wide Revenue Collections -
Reginald Zeno
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
Additional information was provided on M&C 20-0054 and M&C 20-0059.
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
There were no continued items.
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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.
5. Briefing on Housing Tax Credit Applications - Victor Turner, Neighborhood
Services
Victor Turner, Neighborhood Services, provided a briefing on the 2020 Competitive 9%
Housing Tax Credit Applications. 11 projects will be recommended. Council will act on
the Resolutions at their February 28, 2020, Council meeting.
6. Briefing on Local Consultant and Contractor Capacity — Lauren Prieur,
Transportation and Public Works and Gwen Wilson, Economic Development
Lauren Prieur, , Transportation and Public Works and Gwen Wilson, Economic
Development Briefed the Council on local consultant and contractor capacity. THey also
provided information on upcoming activities to increase MWBE contractor capacity.
7. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Bivens - Responsibility for lights on the highways.
Council Member Allen Gray - Code Officer staffing.
8. Executive Session (CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL,
ROOM 290) - SEE ATTACHMENT A
There was no need for an Executive Session.
There being no further business to come before the City Council Mayor Price adjourned
the meeting at 3:50 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 18th day of February, 2020.
Attest:
Approved:
Mary J. Kayser Betsy Price
City Secretary Mayor
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