HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 012621 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
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 (Virtual 5:05)
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 3:17 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, 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
M&C 20-0907 - Rock Creek PID #17 - final Service and Assessment Plan documents
were emailed to Council Members and updated on the City's web page.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
City Manager Cooke introduced Neil Noakes as the new Fort Worth Police Chief.
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d. Informal Reports
21-10537 Monthly Development Activity Report - D.J. Harrell
21-10538 Upcoming Amendment to the Current Contract between the City of Fort
Worth and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show - Michael Crum
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
Council Member Byrd indicated that he was waiting on some information on item
21-1317.
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
M&C 20-0907 (CD 6) Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider the Amended and
Restated Service and Assessment Plan for Fort Worth Public Improvement District
17 — Rock Creek Ranch and Adopt Ordinance Approving the Amended and Restated
Service and Assessment Plan for the Fort Worth Public Improvement District 17 —
Rock Creek Ranch, Which Includes Amended Assessment Rolls (Continued from a
Previous Meeting)
(PUBLIC HEARING - a. Report of City Staff. John Samford; b. Public Comment; c.
Council Action: Close Public Hearing and Act on M&C)
This item is moving forward.
4. Update Related to COVID-19 Response and Recovery
a. COVID-19 Updates and Data -Brandon Bennett, Code Compliance
b. CARES Act Funding Update - Reginald Zeno, Financial Management Services
c. Fort Worth CARES Emergency Household Assistance Program
- Victor Turner, Neighborhood Services
5. Update on MyH2O Implementation and Water Meter Installation — Chris
Harder and Kara Shuror, Water
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6. Presentation of the Annual Report from Human Relations Commission —
Kimberly Porter, Human Relations Commission Chair
7. Update on Pier 1 Building — Jay Chapa and Dana Burghdoff, City Manager's
Office
8. Briefing on Community Action Partners — Victor Turner, Neighborhood
Service
This item will be moved to the February 2, 2021, Council Work Session
9. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Mayor Price and Council Member Bivens - Report on Water rate and tiers and
jurisdictional authority.
Council Member Allen Gray - Update on Southside Community Center renovation and
any other incomplete renovation projects.
Mayor Pro tem Jordan - IR on gas leak procedures and responsibility between Atmos
and the City.
Council Member Bivens - prioritization of Police calls for service including street racing
Mayor Price - Electronic meetings improvements.
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 Price adjourned
the meeting at 6:09 p.m.
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