HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 020221 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 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)
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
Leann Guzman, Deputy 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, February 2, 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
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
City Manager Cooke announced that the Redistricting Task Force will be meeting on
Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 3:00 pm and the City Council will have their Planning
Retreat on February 9, 2021, beginning at 8:00 am in the new City Hall building.
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c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Mayor Price announced the media event and flag raising at the new CIty Hall. She
also recognized Fire Chief Davis for his work with Denton County on the drive
through COVID-19 vaccine site at Texas Motor Speed Way.
d. Informal Reports
21-10539 Migratory Birds - Lights Out/Dark Skies Initiative - Brandon Bennett
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
There were no items continued.
4. Overview of Significant Zoning Cases - Arty Wheaton -Rodriguez,
Development Services
5. Briefing on Community Action Partners — Victor Turner, Neighborhood
Services
Steve Cooke, Director of Property Management, addressed to updates and construction
at the Community Centers.
6. Briefing on 2021 Competitive (9%) Housing Tax Credit Applications - Amy
Connolly, Neighborhood Services
7. Briefing on Airport Operations and Capital Program Update - Roger
Venables, Aviation
8. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Mayor Pro tem Jordan - additional information related to water meters (up sizing meters,
new meter calibration, is the program accelerating?).
Mayor Price - Virtual meetings and technology.
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9. Executive Session (CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL,
ROOM 2020) - 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 4:44 p.m.
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