HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023/02/21-Minutes-Other-City CouncilCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Present:
Council Member Carlos Flores, Di strict 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain , District 3 (via video)
Council Member Alan Blay lock , District 4
May or Pro tern Gyna M. Bivens , District 5
Council Member Jared Williams , District 6
Council Member Chris Nettles , District 8
Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Council Member Leonard Firestone , District 7
Staff Present:
Dav id Cooke , City Manager
Leann Guzman, City Attorney
Jannette S. Goodall , City Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Pro tern Gy na M. Bivens
called the City Council Public Comment Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council to order
at 6:02 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21 , 2023 , in the City Council Chamber of the Fort
Worth City Hall , 200 Texas Street , Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION -Pastor Helen Collin-Epps, Morning Star Prayer Center
The in v ocation w as pro v ided by Pastor Helen Collin-Epp s, Mornin g Star Pray er Center.
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CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
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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 Nettles, that
the Work Session meeting of January 24, 2023 , the minutes of the Work Session
and Public Comment meetings of February 7, 2023 , be approved. Motion passed
7-0.
23-00 15 Minutes -January 24, 2023 Work Session
23-0018 Minutes -February 7, 2023 Work Session
23 -00 19 Minutes -February 7, 2023 Public Comment
PUBLIC COMMENTS -The City Council may not discuss or deliberate about a topic not
specifically listed on the Agenda, including those presented during the Public Comments
section of the Agenda (Tex. Gov't Code§ 551.042)
23-0088 Public Comments
Bob Willoughby appeared before Council relative to general comments.
Adrian Smith appeared before Council relative to BAU.
Bruce Datcher, representing Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church , appeared before
Council relative to Cares Act funding in diverse and vulnerable communities in Fort
Worth.
Letitia Wilbourn, representing Echo Heights Stop Six Environmental Coalition,
appeared before Council relative to the proposed Comprehensive Plan.
Chris Voigt appeared before Council relative to New City Council Headquarters
Project over budget fifty million dollars.
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CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
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Kyev Tatum , representing New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church of Fort
Worth and the Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas , appeared before Council
relative to the history and legacy of police brutality in the Fort Worth black
community.
Ashley Boylan appeared before Council relative to police brutality against her
family.
Cynthia Flint Crawford, representing Blake Meadows Homeowners' Association
and Surrounding Harmony Hills Community , appeared before Council relative to a
neighborhood gas leak on January 18 , 2023.
Robert Harvey appeared before Council rel ative to the first amendment and the
Fort Worth Police Department.
Carolyn Rodriguez appeared before Council relative to Fort Worth .
Terry Roach appeared before Council relative to justice and good government.
Mary Goodman appeared before Council relative to the Comprehensive Plan for
zoning in Echo Heights.
Charlie Lanza appeared before Council relative to policing.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business , May or Pro tern Gyna M. Bivens adjourned the meeting
at 6:49 p.m.
These minutes appro ved by the Fort Worth City Council
Attest:
City of Fort Worth
Mattie Parker
Mayo r
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