HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024/02/20-Minutes-Other-City CouncilCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Macy Hill, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9
Council Member Alan Blaylock, District 10
Council Member Jeanette Martinez, District 11
Absent:
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Charlie Lauersdorf, District 4
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, February 20, 2024, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City
Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION - Pastor Patrick Winfield, The Potter's House Fort Worth
The invocation was provided by Pastor Patrick Winfield, The Potter's House Fort
Worth.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
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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 Mayor Pro tem Bivens, that
Council Meeting of January 30, 2024, and the Work Session and Public Comment
meetings of February 6, 2024, be approved. Motion passed 9-0, Council Member
Crain and Lauersdorf absent.
24-4042 Minutes - January 30, 2024 Council Meeting
24-4062 Minutes - February 6, 2024 Work Session
24-4064 Minutes - February 6, 2024 Public Comment
PUBLIC COMMENTS
24-4068 Public Comments
Bob Willoughby appeared before Council relative to general comments.
Cindy Boling appeared before Council relative to thank you to Visit Fort Worth.
Judy Taylor appeared before Council relative to thank you to Visit Fort Worth.
Torchy White, representing Historic Carver Heights, appeared before Council
relative to thank you to Visit Fort Worth.
George Chiles appeared before Council relative to which record do I believe.
James Smith appeared before Council relative to Atatiana Jefferson and Manuel
Mata.
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Jerome Carlos Johnson, representing Highland Hills Neighborhood Association,
appeared before Council relative to concerns about City services: Police, Code
Compliance, Transportation and Public Works, Parks and Recreations, etc.
Yolanda Battle, representing Highland Hills Neighborhood Association, appeared
before Council relative to Happy -to -Help the City of Fort Worth, Highland Hills
community.
Mar'Tayshia James, representing EHSSEC, appeared before Council relative to
industry verses neighborhood.
Wesley Kirk appeared before Council relative to community engagement about the
redevelopment of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.
David Martinez, representing the Carter Park Neighborhood Association, appeared
before Council relative to the Ciquio Vasquez Park and the Patrick Zamarripa
Baseball Complex.
Teena James appeared before Council relative to zoning.
The following individuals appeared before Council relative to a ceasefire resolution
in Palestine:
Waleed Abdelhamid
Ian Layden (conference call)
Mohammed Farooqi
Faryall Tayyab
Arsalan Jaffery
Raunaq Alam
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 6:59 p.m. in
honor of Bobbie Wygant, who passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2024.
These minutes were approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 51h day of March, 2024.
Attest: 4vd:7nnet,te S.Goodall
Scretary Mayor
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