HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 5856-12-2023 A Resolution
NO. 5856-12-2023
DESIGNATING THE SEMINARY AND WORTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS AS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TARGET AREAS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND SUPPORTING THE USE OF $8,086,000.00 IN CAPITAL
FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth ("City") values its diverse neighborhoods as core
building blocks of a great city; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that some of its neighborhoods face certain
economic and social challenges that impact the City's overall livability and cause
vulnerability for some of its residents: and
WHEREAS, the City has engaged its residents and other stakeholders as equal partners
in creating and sustaining thriving neighborhoods that are safe, healthy, attractive, and
economically stable; and
WHEREAS, the City's Neighborhood Improvement Program is a comprehensive
community initiative led by its Neighborhood Services Department ("NSD") that utilizes a
data- driven selection process to identify the highest need census tracts and targets funds that
improve the quality of life and overall health and well -being of residents in targeted
neighborhoods by utilizing a percentage of the City's pay-as-you-go capital funding; and
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) provides strategies and
allocation of resources for neighborhood improvement through deep public engagement and
a project planning process involving almost all city departments where resident opinions are
gathered through a series of events and neighborhood activities ; and
WHEREAS, since the initial pilot of Cavile Place and Stop Six in Fiscal Year 2017
(Resolution No. 4722-12-2016), the NIP has gone onto benefit the following target areas :Ash
Crescent Neighborhood (FY2018, Resolution No. 4901 -01-2018), Northside Neighborhood
(FY2019, Resolution No. 5031 -01-2019), Rosemont Neighborhood (FY2020, Resolution
No. 5181-01-2020), Como Neighborhood (FY21, Resolution No. 5308 -12-2020), Las Vegas
Trail Neighborhood ( FY22, Resolution No. 5308 -12-2020), and Historic Marine
Neighborhood (FY23, Resolution No. 5672-12-2022).
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WHEREAS, the adopted Fiscal Year 2024 budget increases the funding rate for the
NIP over prior years and supports revitalizing two challenged neighborhoods by allocating
funds for capital improvements, with the allocation for Fiscal Year 2024 being
$8,086,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the census tract and surrounding neighborhood known as Seminary,
specifically the neighborhood areas shown in the attached Exhibit "A," has met the NIP
selection criteria and is recommended for designation as one of the Neighborhood
Improvement Program's Target Area for the current fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the census tract and surrounding neighborhood known as Worth Heights,
specifically the neighborhood areas shown in the attached Exhibit "B," has met the NIP
selection
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criteria and is recommended for designation as one of the Neighborhood Improvement
Program's Target Area for the current fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT:
The City Council designates the portions of the Seminary and Worth Heights
Neighborhood depicted in the attached Exhibits "A" and "B" as the Neighborhood
Improvement Program's Target Areas for Fiscal Year 2024 and supports the investment of
$4,043,000 in each neighborhood for a total of $8,086,000.00 in capital funds for capital
f projects to improve public safety and attract private investment in order to promote economic
revitalization and improve quality of life and overall health and wellbeing of neighborhood
residents.
Adopted this 12t" day of December, 2023.
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