HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) 042021 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 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
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 8:31 a.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 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
No changes were announced.
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b. Upcoming and Recent Events
Early voting began on April 19th and will run through April 27th.
The Opening of the North Animal Campus, 351 Hillshire Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76052
will be Saturday and Sunday, April 24th and 25th from Noon - 6:00 pm. There will
be a VIP Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting on Friday, April 23rd at 10:00 am.
There will not be a Council Meeting on April 27, 2021. The next meeting will be
Tuesday, May 4th.
c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
There were no updates or recognitions.
d. Informal Reports
21-10574 COVID Incentive Payments for General Employees - Jay Chapa
21-10575 Assistance to Apartment Tenants Displaced by the February Winter
Storm - Victor Turner
21-10576 Economic Development Strategic Plan Refresh - Robert Sturns
21-10577 Monthly Development Activity Report - D.J. Harrell
Jennifer Roberts, Assistant DevelopmentServices Director, provided a
demonstration of the new Permit Assist tool.
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
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
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b. Schedule for Expanding Access to City Facilities
- Victor Turner, Neighborhood Services
- Manya Shorr, Library
- Richard Zavala, Park and Recreation
- Judge Danny Rodgers, Municipal Court
- D.J. Harrell, Development Services
5. Presentation and Update on 2021 Fire Department Recruiting - Chief James
Davis and Thad Raven, Fire
6. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Mayor Pro tem Jordan - Briefing on all the tools we have to enforce the just adopted
Street Racing ordinance.
Council Member Bivens - Update on how we address loud/excessive noise.
7. 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 9:38 a.m.
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