HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023/03/07-Minutes-Other-City CouncilCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Alan Blay lock, District 4
Mayor Pro tern Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9
Staff Present:
David 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 Parker called the City
Council Public Comment Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council to order at 6:03 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall,
200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION -Priest Murali Krishna, Hindu Temple of Greater Fort Worth
The invocation was provided by Priest Murali Krishna, Hindu Temple of Greater Fort
Worth.
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 Unite d States of America and the State of Texas were
recited.
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CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
Motion: Council Member Crain made a motion , seconded by Council Member Nettles , that
the minutes of the Council Retreat meeting of February 10 , 2023 , the minutes of
the Council meeting of February 14 , 2023 , the minutes of Work Session and
Public Comment meetings of February 21 , 2023 , be approved. Motion passed 9-0.
23 -0216 Minutes -February 10 , 2023 Council Retreat
23-0020 Minutes -February 14, 2023 Council Meeting
23 -0021 Minutes -February 21 , 2023 Work Session
23 -0022 Minutes -February 21 , 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 -0089 Public Comments
Bob Willoughby appeared before Council relative to general comments .
Adrian Smith appeared before Council relative to NOYB.
Jim Delong appeared before Council relative to heart of the matter.
Lasandra Huggins appeared before Council via conference call relative to Fort
Worth Mitsubishi 2022 Outlander Sport metallic brown, Forena Revelstoke
apartments Fort Worth, JPS audit, and parental address fencing .
Jeralynn Jackee Cox appeared before Council relative to public comments and
environmental racism in Fort Worth 's 2023 Comprehensive Plan.
Marialina Tilman, representing WaterVue Tenants Association, appeared before
Council relative to solutions for Council members representing districts.
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Mary Goodman, representing Sierra-Club , appeared before Council relative to the
Comprehensive Plan and Echo Heights.
Spencer Dickinson appeared before Council relative to 2023 Comprehensive Plan.
James Smith appeared before Council relative to Manuel Mata, agenda
requirements, and the City 's honoring of Atatiana Jefferson.
Carolyn Rodriguez appeared before Council relative to TBA.
Manuel Mata appeared before Council relative to Police Funding .
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 6:41p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 4th day of April , 2023 .
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