HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024/03/05-Minutes-Other-City CouncilCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6 (via Video)
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 Charlie Lauersdorf, District 4
Council Member Macy Hill, District 7
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Leann Guzman, City Attorney
Jaanette 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 6:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall,
200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION - Bishop Donald Hayes, G.I.F.T. Ministries
The invocation was provided by Bishop Donald Hayes, G.I.F.T. Ministries.
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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 Nettles made a motion, seconded by Council Member Beck that
Council Meeting and Special Called Workshop on Homelessness Issues meetings
of February 13, 2024, the Work Session and Public Comment meetings of
February 20, 2024, and the Council Meeting and Special Called City Council
Retreat meetings of February 27, 2024, be approved. Motion passed 9-0, Council
Members Lauersdorf and Hill absent.
24-4066 Minutes - February 13, 2024 Council Meeting
24-41 12 Minutes - February 13, 2024 Special Called Workshop on Homelessness
Issues
24-4096 Minutes - February 20, 2024 Work Session
24-4097 Minutes - February 20, 2024 Public Comment
24-4098 Minutes - February 27, 2024 Council Meeting
24-4115 Minutes - February 27, 2024 Special Called City Council Retreat
PUBLIC COMMENTS
24-4095 Public Comments
Don Brewer, representing Save Silver Creek Alliance, appeared before Council
relative to landfill TCEQ # 1241.
David Martinez appeared before Council relative to the election.
Bob Willoughby appeared before Council relative to general comments.
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Diana Medrano appeared before Council relative to the Mosier Valley Park.
Dhiran Giri appeared before Council relative to the construction delay of Mosier
Valley Park.
Sue Friberg appeared before Council relative to the medical service budget.
Jim DeLong appeared before Council relative to the best of times and the worst of
times.
Danielle Tucker, representing Mosier Valley, completed a speaker card relative to
Mosier Valley Art and was recognized by Mayor Parker but could not be reached.
The following individuals appeared before Council relative to a ceasefire resolution
in Gaza:
Mohammed Farooqi
Waleed Abdelhamid
Asiya Jaffery
Noor Hasan
Arsalan Jaffery
Rachel Thompson
Aakifah Khan
Adrian Smith appeared before Council via conference call relative to BOA.
Rita Ramon appeared before Council relative to the homeless.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m.
These minutes were approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 51h day of March, 2024.
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