HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0003) 021522 Public CommentCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9
Absent:
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Laetitia Brown, Interim City Attorney
Jannette Goodall, City Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Parker called the City
Council Public Comment Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council to order at 6:03 p.m.
on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City
Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION - Pastor Parish Lowery, Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist
Church
The invocation was provided by Pastor Parish Lowery, Friendship Missionary Baptist
Church.
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PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE
OF TEXAS - (State of Texas Pledge: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance
to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.")
The Pledges of Allegiances to the United States of America and the State of Texas were
recited.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
Motion: Council Member Beck made a motion, seconded by Council Member Crain, that
the minutes of the Work Session and the Public Comment meeting of February 1,
2022, the minutes of the Regular meeting of February 8, 2022, and the minutes of
the Special Called Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council Public Hearing on
Redistricting Map Proposed by the Redistricting Task Force on February 8, 2022,
be approved. Motion passed 8-0, Council Member Moon absent.
22-1970 Minutes - February 1, 2022 Work Session
22-1971 Minutes - February 1, 2022 Public Comment Meeting
22-1972 Minutes - February 8, 2022 Council Meeting
22-2044 Minutes - February 8, 2022 Special Called Meeting of the Fort Worth City
Council Public Hearing on Redistricting Map Proposed by the Redistricting Task
Force
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
1. Black History Month - Council Member Chris Nettles
Council Member Nettles read a poem about Rosa Parks by an anonymous author.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
22-1961 Public Comments
Mr. Bob Willoughby, 617 Fay Boulevard, appeared before Council relative to the
City Council and elections and provided a video.
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Ms. Barbara Brewer, 12340 Dogwood Springs Drive, completed a Public
Comments card relative to Fort Worth Proposition F, crime, cross walks, and
redistricting and was recognized by Mayor Parker but was not present in the
Council Chamber.
Mr. Thomas Torlincasi, 1515 6th Avenue, appeared before Council relative to City
Council, police reform, and the Police Officers' Association.
Mr. George Chiles, 74, 2901 Travis Avenue, appeared before Council relative to
freedom of speech.
Ms. Dena Ashton, representing Lake Como NAC, 5725 Geddes Avenue, appeared
before Council via conference call relative to the redistricting map.
Mr. Wendell Campbell, 5325 Bonnell, appeared before Council requesting that
Lake Como be included in District 6 from District 3.
Ms. Katie Crum, 3801 Arundel Avenue, appeared before Council relative to the
Fort Worth Police Department's gross incompetence. Mayor Parker directed her
to speak Police Chief Noakes after the meeting.
Mr. Kenneth Bowens, 300 South Hulen Street, Suite 124, completed a Public
Comments card relative to community action issues and was recognized by Mayor
Parker but did not wish to address Council.
Mr. Bruce Miller, 3932 Weyburn Drive, appeared before Council via conference
call relative to redistricting.
Ms. Byrwec Ellison, 4600 Briarhaven Road, appeared before Council via
conference call relative to redistricting.
Mr. James Smith, 1208 East Allen Avenue, appeared before Council relative to a
perplexing narrative.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 6:34 p.m., in
memory of Mr. Sal Espino, Jr., who passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.
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