HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7938 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7938
August 3, 1995
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
Xpfi Subject: COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
1873 COMPLIANCE ORDINANCE UPDATE
On May 16, 1995, the Department of Environmental Management began its public review of the
proposed Comprehensive Environmental Protection and Compliance Ordinance Update. As stated
in the May 16, 1995 Informal Report number 7916, the purpose of this proposed ordinance was
not to create additional bureaucracy for the business and private communities of Fort Worth but
to create a more "user friendly" document within the City Code. As designed, the Environmental
Protection and Compliance Ordinance assembled all the environmentally related sections within
the current City Code and placed them into one chapter.
Since submitting this document for public review, the Departments of Environmental
Management and Law have conducted orientation sessions for several groups including the Fort
Worth Chamber of Commerce, Environmental Subcommittee; the Fort Worth Environmental
Symposium; the North Texas Power Washers Association and the Fort Worth Environmental
Advisory Group. Similarly, access to this document has been made available to the general
public via hard copy and computer disk. Hard copies of the document have,been placed in each
of the City's branch libraries for public access. Notices of availability ran in the Fort Worth City
Page in late May and early June 1995.
ror The public comment period is scheduled to close on August 5, 1995. A public hearing is
scheduled for August 7, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. at the Will Rogers Memorial Complex, Amon Carter
Center, South Texas Room. Following the receipt of public input, proposed changes will be
reviewed and incorporated into a final code as soon as possible. This final version of the
Comprehensive Environmental Protection and Compliance Ordinance will then be forwarded to
Council for review and adoption.
For further information concerning the Environmental Protection and Compliance Ordinance,
please contact Kathryn Hansen, Assistant City Attorney (871-7616) or Brian K. Boerner, CHMM
(871-6107).
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