HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 187 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 22-187
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council December 6, 2022
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SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC WORKS (TPW) DIRECTOR
1875 RECRUITMENT PROCESS
The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the City's hiring process to recruit for the vacant
Transportation & Public Works (TPW) Director position. Human Resources (HR) is committed to hiring
talented and diverse individuals and desires a workforce that reflects the community we serve. The City's
recruitment efforts seek to be inclusive so that all individuals have equal employment opportunities. The
City's goal is to conduct an extensive and nationwide search for the organization's next strategic individual
to lead the TPW department.
Recruitment Process
The HR department sought proposals from multiple executive recruitment firms to conduct the search for
the TPW Director position. HR extended the opportunity to twelve (12) executive recruitment firms and
received five (5) proposals. Following, the HR department submitted all proposals to the respective Assistant
City Manager for review and consideration. In partnership with HR, the City selected Strategic Government
Resources (SGR) to conduct the recruitment and search.
During October 2022, the City and SGR discussed the overall recruitment strategy, ideal candidate qualities,
key departmental projects and initiatives, advertisement sources, including the job boards to advertise the
position that would attract a diverse applicant pool of qualified candidates, and agreed upon a tentative
timeline for the recruitment process, as noted below.
Tentative Timeline
• November 8 —Job Posting Opened
• December 8 —Job Posting Closes
• December 16 — SGR meets with FW Team to review the applicant pool and select semifinalists
• December 17 through January 11 — SGR screens applicants
• January 12 — SGR and FW Team meet to review semifinalists and facilitate the selection of finalists
• February 6 — Start of interviews including Meet & Greet
The SGR screening process includes a thorough review of the candidate's demonstrated work experience,
including questionnaires, social media review, and a background check for the top candidate(s).
Attached is the SGR brochure for the TPW Director recruitment.
Dianna Giordano, Human Resources Director, is available for any questions.
David Cooke
City Manager
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THE COMMUNITY
Fort Worth is one of the largest cities in Texas and the 13th largest city in the U.S., but it's better known
for its inviting neighborhoods, rich culture, and welcoming hospitality. While it began as a humble
outpost on the Texas frontier, Fort Worth has become a magnet for major corporations and one-of-a-
kind enterprises, culture and the arts, and unforgettable attractions and events — all while maintaining
its status as the quintessential "Texas” city.
Once an essential stop on the legendary cattle drives from Texas to Kansas and home to cattle barons
and oil wildcatters, today this city of more than 900,000 seamlessly blends its cattle and oil heritage with
a vast array of businesses, industries, and entertainment. Known for a commitment to preserving its
history, this modern city proudly celebrates the famous Stockyards National Historic District, home to
twice-a-day cattle drives, Billy Bob's Texas — the world's largest honky-tonk — and Mule Alley, formerly
the horse and mule barns utilized during World War I and now home to restaurants, shops, western
heritage brands, and creative workspaces.
The city's downtown, known as Sundance Square, is a 35-block business and entertainment district
featuring architecture from the Victorian, Art Deco, and modern eras. And the city's cultural district
boasts world-renowned museums, galleries, and public gardens. Major events include the Main St Fort
Worth Arts Festival, Mayfest - Fort Worth, and the iconic Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. In fact, Money
Magazine once proclaimed that "Fort Worth offers big city arts and entertainment without the attitude
or high prices of comparable metros."
The city's proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, located midway between the two cities,
has enticed some of the best-known names in commerce and industry to locate their headquarters in
Fort Worth, including American Airlines, BNSF Railway, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, and
Bell Flight.Transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing are driving factors behind employment in the
city and, as Fort Worth has emerged as a popular tourist destination, the hospitality and travel sector
has become a significant economic generator.
Other significant employers include jPS Health Network, Cook Children's Health Care System, Naval Air
Station Fort Worth joint Reserve Base, Texas Health Resources, and Alcon, as well as city and county
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governments and the Fort Worth Independent School District. In addition, the City of Fort Worth has
several significant projects underway, including a future city hall and the continued development of
Panther Island, a mixed-use development north of downtown.
It's no surprise that the city's list of accolades is long. It includes a place on U.S. News &World Report's"25
Best Places for Young Professionals," Travel & Leisure's "50 Best Places to Travel," and
RetireBetterNow. com's "21 Best Places to Retire." Fort Worth has also been ranked among the
"Best Cities to Raise a Family" by SmartAsset.com, the "Best Place for Working Parents" in 2022 by
bestplace4workingparents.com, and the city's zoo was named the V2 Zoo in America" by USA Today
behind the renowned San Diego Zoo.
The median annual family income in Fort Worth is $65,351. Average home values are in the $360,000
range.
Access to health care and education are important quality-of-life factors, and Fort Worth offers an
abundance of both. The city lays claim to one of the finest medical communities in Texas, including
Cook Children's Health Care System, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center, Texas Health Harris
Methodist Hospital, UT Southwestern Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center, Medical City Fort Worth,
JPS Health Network, and the TCU School of Medicine.
As to education, Fort Worth's Texas Christian University (TCU), one of the state's most prestigious
universities, offers more than 100 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, fine arts,
communications, education, engineering, and nursing. Texas A&M School of Law, Texas Wesleyan
University, and the UNT Health Science Center draw students from around the country and beyond,
while Tarrant County College District serves the community across multiple campuses.
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GOVERNANCE
AND ORGANIZATION
The City of Fort Worth operates under a council-manager form of government.The City Council comprises the
mayor, elected at-large, and eight City Council members who represent single-member districts, all serving
two-year terms. The City Council adopts municipal ordinances and resolutions, makes proclamations, sets
the tax rate, and approves the budget. Positions appointed by the Council include the City Manager, City
Secretary, City Attorney, City Auditor, municipal court judges, and City board and commission members.
The Fort Worth City Council's goals and objectives include:
Making Fort Worth the nation's safest major city
Improving mobility and air quality
Creating and maintaining a clean, attractive city
Strengthening the economic base, developing the future workforce, and creating qualityjob opportunities
Promoting orderly and sustainable development
City Manager David Cooke, who was appointed to the position in 2014, oversees the day-to-day operations
of the organization and is responsible for leading the City's 7,872 authorized positions in implementing
the policies set forth by the Mayor and City Council, as well as managing an annual operating budget of
approximately$2.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2023. Fort Worth's ad valorem tax rate is$0.7125 per$100 of valuation.
Before becoming Fort Worth City Manager, Cooke served more than 13 years as the County Manager, plus
four years as Deputy County Manager in Wake County, NC, and a dozen years with the City of Charlotte,
NC. His experience also includes working for a private-sector engineering and consulting firm, teaching
economics at a community college, and serving as a presidential management intern in the Department of
Defense. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a master's degree in
public administration.
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ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT
The Transportation and Public Works Department strives to improve the condition of the City's infrastructure
by effectively managing the city street system, traffic signals, drainage structures, street lights, street signs,
street pavement, and pavement markings. The Department is funded through five different funds — the
General, Crime Control & Prevention District, Stormwater Utility, Municipal Parking, and Capital Project
Services funds — and this year, the team of 492 authorized positions is working with an operating budget
of approximately $170 million.
In addition to the department's annual operating budget and a five-year Capital Improvement Plan of
approximately $348 million, there is $375 million from the 2022 Bond Program and $71 million from the
Tarrant County Transportation Bond that the department is responsible for delivering.
The department consists of six divisions, each led by an assistant director:
The Business Support Division manages and coordinates the department's business-related activities,
including capital and annual operating budgets, capital project fiscal support, fleet management, human
resource coordination, information technology administration, and workplace safety.
The Capital Delivery Division is responsible for delivering over $375 million in capital improvement
infrastructure. It oversees most horizontal capital projects encompassing street, stormwater, and mobility
improvements, managing their design, construction, and inspection — both new infrastructure and
rehabilitation of existing systems. The division also provides inspection services for citywide construction
activities, material testing, and survey services.
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The Regional Transportation and Innovation Division is the department's long-range planning
and project development arm. The division is responsible for bringing a variety of activities together,
including regional coordination with the North Central Texas Council of Governments and other local,
state, and federal agency partners, including the Texas Department of Transportation. Other activities
include comprehensive multimodal corridor and area project development, monitoring, updating and
implementing the Master Thoroughfare Plan and Active Transportation Plan, and serving as staff liaison
to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee.
The Transportation Management Division is responsible for various safety functions broken into
three unique categories: Traffic Engineering, Transportation Operations, and Transportation Planning.
Traffic Engineering is mainly accountable for traffic signal timing and design. This team ensures that
the city is safe and intelligent by implementing an Advanced Traffic Management System, which
integrates technology to improve the flow of vehicles. The team works in the new state-of-the-art Traffic
Management Center, where over 200 pan-tilt-zoom cameras and communication with over 770 out of
930 traffic signals are monitored.
Transportation Operations is responsible for maintaining infrastructure, including about 9 million
linear feet of pavement markings and nearly 65,000 street lights. Transportation Planning proactively
addresseswaysto enhancesafety,specifically establishing and overseeing the Vision Zero, Neighborhood
Traffic Management, and Safe Routes to School programs and implementing the sidewalk gaps program
identified in the City's Active Transportation Plan.
The Stormwater Management Division is responsible for managing program resources to protect
people and property from harmful stormwater runoff by prioritizing and monitoring drainage system
maintenance and rehabilitation programs, planning and programming construction of projects to
mitigate flood and erosion hazards, warning the community of flood and erosion hazards that cannot
be mitigated in the short-term, and developing and updating regulatory standards to mitigate the risk
of private property development creating or aggravating flood risk. This division also provides oversight
for the City's Open Space program.
The Streets and Stormwater Operations Division is responsible for street infrastructure, network
maintenance, and stormwater conveyance system maintenance. The City's street system includes
over 8,100 lane miles of streets and over 400 bridges. Its stormwater system has over 1,000 miles of
underground pipe, approximately 230 miles of engineered drainage channel, roughly 30,000 drainage
inlets, and numerous other drainage facilities such as detention basins and bar ditches. Permitting
and inspecting work by private entities in the City right-of-way, leading the department-wide asset
management program, coordinating updates and improvements to design standards and construction
contracting processes for City infrastructure projects, and the City Engineer function, report under this
group.
The Transportation and Public Works Department strives to improve the condition
of the City's infrastructure by effectively managing the city's transportation and
drainage systems, which consist of:
_ 8,100 lane miles of street surface 204 rail crossings
Q 2,680 miles of sidewalks 30,000 storm drains/inlets
Q 930 traffic signals 230 miles of engineered drainage channels
65,000 street lights 1,000 miles of drainage pipes
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ABOUT
THE POSITION
The City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Director will oversee the planning, design,
construction, maintenance, and operations of the City's street and stormwater systems, transit plan, and
natural area and open space conservation program.
They will lead the City's efforts to recover from historic delays in upgrading infrastructure where rapid
growth and development have outpaced the delivery and capacity of transportation infrastructure, as well
as the department's strategic investment efforts to accommodate growth rates and facilitate the continued
expansion of residential and commercial communities.
The successful candidate will plan, coordinate, administer, and evaluate programs, projects, processes,
procedures, systems, standards, and service offerings, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and
local laws, regulations, codes, and standards. And they will lead the development and implementation of
departmental goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for each assigned service area, establish appropriate
service and staffing levels, monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods
and procedures, and allocate resources accordingly.
This position will supervise staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance
evaluations; ensuring staff is trained and following policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe
working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions and recommendations.
They will also lead the development and administration of the department budget, approve the forecast
of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies, oversee expenditures, and implement
budgetary adjustments as appropriate and necessary.
Beyond their internal responsibilities, the new director will represent the Transportation and Public Works
Department to other departments, elected officials and outside agencies and coordinate assigned activities
with other departments and organizations. They will also provide executive-level staff assistance to an
Assistant City Manager, participate on various boards, commissions and committees, and prepare and
present staff reports and other correspondence as needed.
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CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES
The new Transportation and Public Works Director will have the opportunity to significantly impact Fort
Worth residents' safety and quality of life, tackling various challenges in the years ahead. Top priorities will
include the implementation of an aggressive, four-year $370 million bond program focused on transportation
infrastructure, guiding the stormwater team to move effectively from analysis to construction and mitigation
of identified local flooding issues, and enhancing response times for the repair/replacement of street lights
and repainting of traffic markings throughout the community thanks to new crews and resources included in
this year's budget.
Looking ahead at key FY 2023 initiatives, the director will be responsible for ongoing challenges with outdated
technology and aging infrastructure, addressing rising costs on design and construction services, achieving
long-term sustainability and improved design, materials, operations, and maintenance, and ensuring safety
culture and programs are aligned with OSHA for quality assurance and control. Other areas of focus include:
Q Delivering in-house maintenance for aging street Infrastructure with limited resources to minimize the
deterioration of the street network
Q Ability to adequately maintain storm drainage channels to keep them from needing more costly
restoration
Q Acceleration of street light repair and upgrades
Q Acceleration of pavement marking maintenance citywide
Q Traffic and congestion mitigation plans and project implementation
Q Mobility and safety improvements for pedestrians and motorists
Q Equity in maintenance, upgrades, and new investments in the transportation network
Q Technology integration for operational efficiencies, data collection, and communications enhancements
Q Ability of stormwater regulations to balance growth and development with flooding and erosion
protection
Q Implementation of the inter-departmental Open Space Conservation Program
Q Aging storm-drain system infrastructure, unknown condition of-90% of the system, lack of easements in
older parts of town, and discovery of high-priority rehab needs through a conditions assessment
Q Ability to mitigate significant flooding problems within the inner-city core
Q Updating and Maintaining GIS/Asset information to address the backlog and to improve decision-making.
Q Ongoing system support for Accela and configuration for VueWorks
Q eBuilder implementation
Q Establishing policies and procedures for citing and enforcing private utility contractors who strike
existing city facilities and having resources to inspect and enforce
Q Increasing the percentage of operational arterial street light fixtures
Q Maintaining the response time to critical regulatory sign knockdowns
Q Incorporating/expanding the School Crossing Guard Program within TPW and alignment with
Texas Code Title 11
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IDEAL CANDIDATE
The City of Fort Worth is seeking a dynamic, outgoing, and strategic director who is passionate about
transportation and public works performance and dedicated to public service and continuous improvement.
Fort Worth is a multicultural community, and an honest appreciation and respect for diversity are essential.
The successful candidate will be an innovative problem solver and consensus builder who will analyze
problems, identify alternative solutions, project the consequences of proposed actions, and implement
recommendations that support established community goals.They will be politically savvy—able to navigate
multiple interests and balance the needs of various stakeholders — and have the ability to think strategically
in implementing policies that best serve the organization and the city as a whole.
The director will be skilled at blending traditional TPW management with the demands of a rapidly changing,
high-tech, digital environment, and they will have considerable knowledge of transportation and public
works, regulatory trends, and best practices.
They will be collaborative, able to learn from others and build and maintain close and highly productive
working relationships with employees and stakeholders. And they will bring a customer-centric approach to
developing policies and strategies sensitive to the community that ensures customers believe that the City
of Fort Worth is a premier Transportation and Public Works Department in all interactions.
The ideal candidate will be hard-working, decisive, optimistic, possess the utmost integrity, and lead by
example. They will have a collaborative management style that motivates and engages personnel and be
comfortable exercising independent judgment and making difficult or unpopular decisions, overcoming
barriers as needed without becoming discouraged.
The selected individual will maintain a culture of accountability and motivate and mentor employees to take
on new challenges and perform to their highest potential. They will also proudly represent the department
and City to the community, staying active in professional associations and civic organizations to nurture
relationships built on mutual trust and respect.
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EXPERIENCE
AND EDUCATION
This .. responsible
professionalexperience in .. d public works,
including four years of administrative and supervisory responsibility.
projectSignificant experience with understanding . budgeting capital
fieldimprovements and annual operations, skill in managing both ad min istrative/professional staff and
crews, and a working knowledge of traffic engineering will serve candidates well. Professional
and/orsuch as being a registered Professional Engineer (PE) licensed to practice in Texas, Project Management
Professional (PMP), preferred.
COMPENSATION
AND BENEFITS
The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $195,000, dependent upon qualifications and experience. In
addition, the City offers a benefits plan that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability
insurance, a pension plan (Fort Worth Employees' Retirement Fund), and a 457 deferred compensation plan.
Partnering with Southwestern Health Resources, the City provides access to three employee health centers
exclusive to Fort Worth employees, retirees, and their enrolled dependents.
APPLICATION
PROCESS
Please apply online
For more information on this position contact:
Mark McDaniel, Senior Vice President SGR
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817-773-6558
The City of Fort Worth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity in its workforce.Applicants
selected as finalists for this position will be subject to a comprehensive background check.
RESOURCES
City of Fort Worth Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
fortworthtexas.gov fortworthchamber.com
Fort Worth Comprehensive Plan Visit Fort Worth
fortworthtexas.gov/departments/ fortworth.com v ® 0
planning-data-analytics/planning/
comprehensiveplan Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
dfwi.or
Fort Worth Economic
Development Fort Worth ISD
fortworthtexas.gov/ecodev fwisd.org
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