HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 040621 Work Sessiion Minutes - use this oneCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 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
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
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, April 6, 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 21-0232 will be removed from Consent for a speaker.
Council received an updated Resolution for M&C 21-0243 removing the Pipeline Rd.
project.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events - none
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c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Assistant City Manager Dana Burghdoff announced that Library Director Manya
Shorr was named Library Director of the Year for Texas. Ms. Shorr announced that
the Amplify 817 project was also given an award by the Library association.
Kelli Pickard, Park and Recreation announced that the Log Cabin Village received the
Lone Star Legacy award for 2021.
d. Informal Reports
21-10557 2021 Debt Financing Plan Overview - Reginald Zeno
21-10558 City of Fort Worth Critical Load Facilities - Steve Cooke
21-10559 City's Response to Apartments Following the February Winter Storm -
Victor Turner
21-10560 Egrets in the Candleridge Neighborhood - Brandon Bennett
21-10561 Enforcing Ordinances and Remediating Campsites on Private Property -
Brandon Bennett
21-10562 End of MetrOPAC Consortium - Manya Shorr
21-10563 Fort Worth Sports Tourism Soccer Complex Update - Jay Chapa
21-10564 Gambling Facility/Poker Room Regulations - Arty Wheaton -Rodriguez
21-10565 Gaming Machine Regulations - Chris Mosley
21-10566 Heritage Park, Paddock Park and Associated Street and Streetscape
Improvements - Sevanne Steiner
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21-10567 Project Manager Selection for New City Hall and Other City -Owned
Buildings - Dana Burghdoff
21-10568 Update on Fiscal Year 2021 Mid -Year Adjustments for Operating and
Tourism PIDs - Robert Sturns
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
(Council Member Moon out at 3:56 pm)
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting - NONE
4. Update Related to COVID-19 Response and Recovery
a. COVID-19 Updates and Data - Brandon Bennett, Code Compliance
5. Briefing on Water System After -Action - Chris Harder, Water
6. Presentation on Communications, Outreach and Alerts in Preparation for
Future Emergencies - Michelle Gutt, Communications and Public Engagement
and Maribel Martinez, Office of Emergency Management
(Council Member Moon returned at 5:00 pm)
7. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Allen Gray - update on how departments get ITS services for new
employees and why it took 90 days for an NPO to get a city cell phone.
Council Member Bivens - Traffic study/report on the 3300 - 3800 blocks of E.
Berry. How can safety be improved to prevent another fatality accident.
Council Member Moon - requested that the city pursue an opportunity to obtain fill dirt
for the old landfill site near Gateway Park so that the site can be developed.
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8. 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 5:09 p.m.
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