HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0003) 102720 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5 (Virtual)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (Virtual)
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9 (Virtual)
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 3:01 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 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
City Manager Cooke will withdraw M&Cs 20-799 and 20-0814 for a speaker. M&C
20-0805 will be continued to November 10, 2020.
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b. Upcoming and Recent Events
City Manager Cooke announced that Council will not meet again until November 10,
2020.
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Assistant City Manager Dana Burghdoff introduced Faye Beaulieu, United Way Senior
VP, to kick off the 2020 United Way campaign.
Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa introduced Lawrence Thompson as the
Education Strategies Manager.
Victor Turner, Neighborhood Services, announced that the City's Envision Center
was recognized as a Google Partner of the month. Suzanne Richards, Neighborhood
Services was recognized.
d. Informal Reports
20-10496 Cold Weather Overflow Sheltering During COVID-19 - Tara Perez
20-10497 Fire Department Community Risk Reduction Status Report - Chief Jim
Davis
20-10498 Clearing ROW and Minimizing Lane Closures from Construction Work
- Michael Owen
20-10499 Financial Advisor Services Procurement - Reginald Zeno
20-10500 Master Thoroughfare Plan Minor Update - Chad Edwards
20-10501 Near Southside ZIPZONE Service Area Expansion - Chad Edwards
20-10502 Update on Stormwater Bond Sale and Capital Improvement Program -
Jennifer Dyke
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2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
M&C 20-0697 (CD 3) Authorize Execution of a Five -Year Tax Abatement
Agreement with Taylor Hurd Taylor Jr. and Shavina Desha Taylor for
the Construction of a Single -Family Dwelling of Approximately 1,929 Square Feet
and Having a Cost of at Least $342,772.00 on Property Located at 5112 Bonnell
Avenue, in the Como Neighborhood and Within Neighborhood Empowerment Zone
and Reinvestment Zone Area Three (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
Moving forward
4. Briefing on Consideration of the City of Fort Worth's 2021 Federal Legislative
and Administrative Agenda — Scott Corley and Kasey Pipes, Corley Pipes
Consulting
Kasey Pipes with Corley Pipes Consulting provided a briefing on the CIty of Fort
Worth's 2021 Gederal Legislative and Administrative agenda.
5. Briefing on Consideration of City of Fort Worth's 2021 State Legislative
Agenda - T.J. Patterson, Jr., Government Relations
T. J. Patterson, Jr., Government Relations, briefed the Council on the City of Fort
Worth's 2021 State Legislative Agenda.
6. Update on Tarrant County College — Eugene Giovannini, Tarrant County
College
Eugene Giovannini, Tarrant County College provided an update to the Council on the
College.
7. Las Vegas Trail Community Center Update — Fernando Costa, City
Manager's Office and Willie Rankin, LVT Rise
Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa and Willie Rankin, LVT Rise provided an update
on the Las Vegas Trail Community Center.
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8. Review of City Council Calendar for January - December 2021 - Mary Kayser,
City Secretary
City Secretary Mary Kayser brought forward the proposed Council Work Session and
Council meeting calendar for 2021. There will be a Resolution on the November 10,
2020, Council Agenda to adopt the 2021 calendar and to cancel the December 8, 2020,
Council Work Session and Council Meeting.
9. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Jordan - allowance for food trucks in meighborhoods
Council Member Zadeh - incremental development
Council Member Bivens - Presentation from Neighborhood Services and NCTCOG on
gentrification
The Mayor announced that 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
5:09 p.m.
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