HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 060821 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 89 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
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
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 3:03 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, 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 21-0368 will be removed from consent for a speaker.
M&C 21-0365 is an approval not a ratification.
M&C 21-0370 is in Council District 7 not Council District 9.
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b. Upcoming and Recent Events
City Manager Cooke called on Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Christina Brooks,
to update the Council on the various Juneteenth activities for this year.
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
City Manager Cooke called on Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa to brief the
Council on the CLIDE awards the City of Fort Worth received at the North Central
Texas Council of Governments Annual meeting. Additionally Mayor Price was
awarded the William J. Pitstick award for regionalism, the Texas Motor Speedway
Vaccination Clinic won the 2021 Regional Cooperation Award, and Council Member
Kelly Allen Gray was elected to the Executive Board as Vice President.
d. Informal Reports
21-10590 Accept Donation from the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation
of a Portion of Net Proceeds from Sale of Blue Mound Road Complex, Fort
Worth, Texas to Further Fund the Economic Development Fund and Adopt
Appropriations Ordinances - Robert Sturns
21-10591 Amendment to Economic Development Agreement with Wesco Aircraft
Hardware Corp. - Robert Sturns
21-10592 Gateway Monument Signs - Mark McAvoy
21-10593 MyH2O Communications Update - Chris Harder
21-10594 MyH2O Field Deployment Update - Chris Harder
21-10595 Update on Clearing ROW and Minimizing Lane Closures from
Construction Work - Michael Owen
21-10596 Update on McLeland Tennis Center - Richard Zavala
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
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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
b. American Rescue Plan Act - Jay Chapa, City Manager's Office
5. Botanic Garden Update — Patrick Newman, Fort Worth Botanic Garden -BRIT
6. Update on Development of Permanent Supportive Housing — Tara Perez, City
Manager's Office
7. Update on University Drive Improvement Projects — William Johnson, Transportation
and Public Works
8. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Before the Council discussed Future Agenda Items Council Member Flores asked a
question about M&C 21-0388, involving the Tarrant Area Food Bank's use of a bus to
deliver fresh food and provide other services for residents of food deserts throughout the
city. Victor Turner, Neighborhood Services, showed a picture of the bus and recognized
Tarrant Area Food Bank staff who were present.
Council Member Bivens - 1) fine structure in states that touch the Cross Timers, Texas,
Oklahoma, and Arkansas, for tree ordinance violations; 2) HUD Section 3 Registry -
briefing to HFC on how the Business Equity Ordinace is going to effect the construction
of Cowan Place; 3) Presentation from Police and Fire on how they will address the
fireworks in the neighborhoods this Fourth of July.
9. 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 5:11 p.m.
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