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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 8366 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8366 ` To the Mayor and Members of the City Council December 4, 2001 J Subject: DAY LABOR CENTER PURPOSE This Informal Report presents an update on the status of the Day Labor Center. DISCUSSION The Day Labor Center is almost ready for operation. The lessor estimates he will have the building ready for occupancy by December 4, 2001. If this happens, we intend to open the center Monday, December 17, 2001. Stakeholders Committee The Stakeholders Committee has been meeting monthly. Exhibit A is a list of the members. They have been kept informed and are pleased with the progress. The committee grew once the site was selected because area business owners and the St. Paul Lutheran Church Administrator were added as members. Two of these business owners participated in the selection interview panels for both the Day Labor Center Coordinator and the Day Labor Center Specialist positions. Center Staff Job offers have been extended to the top candidates for the positions of Day Labor Center Coordinator, Day Labor Center Specialist and part-time center aide; however their background checks are incomplete. We estimate that this process will be completed by December 7, 2001. Transportation The Transportation Authority has agreed to run two express buses to the Day Labor Center in the morning at approximately 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. These busses will pick up passengers at the Night Shelter first and then pick up other laborers that have congregated at the Downtown Bus Stops and take them directly to the Day Labor Center. The workers will be picked up by the various employers at the Day Labor Center and at the end of the work day the employers will be responsible for dropping off the laborers near a bus stop or transport them back to their homes. Starting at approximately 11:30 a.m. the laborers that remain at the center because there was no work for them will be transported back to the downtown bus stops and the homeless shelters in a fifteen-passenger van driven by center staff. The van is to be funded by a $19,000 grant from The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs secured by Willa Lister and Richard Zavala in Parks and Community Services on the center's behalf. ir ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8166 Gy%,RTEI¢cb ' To the Mayor and Members of the City Council December 4, 2001 a Page 2 of 2 ' Subject: DAY LABOR CENTER Ordinance (Exhibit B) The solicitation ordinance is pending your approval. The ordinance is written to take effect January Is` 2002, however, it would be beneficial to our education and marketing efforts to have it adopted as soon as possible by City Council. Without objection, it will be placed on the December 11`h 2001 City Council agenda. If you have questions, would like additional information or perhaps would like to tour the center,please call Assistant City Manager Libby Watson teary W. J�- (son City Manager Attachments ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS Exhibit A N Fort Worth Way Labor Project Stakeholder Advisory Council (Please verify information and make corrections in blank space.) Name/Title/ Contact Attendance/ Address Information Initial Charles Campau Phone: 817-781-1775 Carpenter's Local Union #429 Fax: 3206 Pleasant Valley Lane E-mail: Arlington, TX 76105 Pager: 817-425-9395 David Cowley Phone: 817-215-8636 Fort Worth Trans. Authority Fax: 817-215-8902 1600 E. Lancaster Avenue Mobile: 817-875-6997 Fort Worth, TX 76102-6720 E-mail: dcowley @the-t.corn Mike Doyle, Chair Phone: 817-595-0274 Homeless Coalition Fax: 817-595-0275 6924 Glenview E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76180 Mdoyle @CHNETWORK.org Rita Farrell, Administrative Asst. Phone: 817-215-8712 Ft. Worth Trans. Authority Fax: 817-215-8709 1600 E. Lancaster Avenue E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76102 Janie Hermosillo, Director Phone: 817-338-0774 Immigration and Consultation Fax: 817-335-9749 Services E-mail: Catholic Charities 1216 W. Magnolia Fort Worth, TX 76104 stakeholders Council, P. 2 Attendance/ Initial Todd Holzaepfel, Vice President Phone: 817-870-1692 Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. Fax: 817-335-3113 777 Taylor Street, Ste. 100 E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76102 James Hopkins Phone: 817-336-2023 Hopkins Co. Wholesale Florist Fax: P. O. Box 503 E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76101 Roland Johnson Phone: 817-921-6243 3716 Wyndale Ct. Fax: 817-333-1199 Fort Worth, Tx 76109 E-mail: rolandjohnson @hfblaw.com Patricia Kneblick, Deputy Chief Phone: 817-877-8022 Fort Worth Police Department Fax: 817-877-1020 350 West Belknap St. E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76102 KnebliP @ci.fort-worth.tx.us Debra Kratky Phone: 817-531-6760 Welfare to Work Manager Fax: 817-531-6754 Work Advantage/Development E-mail: Board 2601 Scott Avenue, Suite 400 Fort Worth, TX 76103 Stakeholders Council, P. 3 Attendance/ Initial Ms. Judy McDonald Phone: 817-531-6760 Executive Director Mobile: 817-300-8251 Work Advantage Fax: 817-531-6754 2601 Scott Avenue, Suite 400 E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76103 Warren Moody Phone: 817-926-9994 3612 Brighton Fax: Fort Worth, TX 76109 E-mail: Debra Morrow, President Phone: 817-335-1373 Witherspoon Fax: 817-332-6044 1000 West Weatherford E-mail: Fort Worth, TX 76102 Jill Navarrete Phone: 817-531-6760 Director of Employer & Mobile: 817-683-3971 Community Services Fax: 817-531-6754 Work Advantage E-mail: 2601 Scott Avenue, Ste. 400 Fort Worth, TX 76103 Gerald Ragsdale Phone: 817-531-5682 Program Director Fax: Texas Workforce Commission E-mail: 2601 Scott Avenue, Ste. 201 Fort Worth, TX 76103 jagLunN auogd ssoippv OLMN Exhibit B ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 TITLED "'MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION OF SECTION 22-179 " SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN AN OCCUPANT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A PEDESTRIAN"; PROVIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of Fort Worth ("City Council") finds that the solicitation of employment between an occupant of a motor vehicle and a pedestrian causes distraction of motorists; WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such distraction from the solicitation of employment causes the safe and orderly flow of traffic to be impeded by motorists stopping unexpectedly, lingering at traffic control devices and failing to attend to driving; WHEREAS, the City Council finds that distracted drivers pose a significant risk of physical injury to motorists and pedestrians; WHEREAS, by enacting this ordinance the City Council desires to promote the safe and orderly traffic flow in areas in which the safe and orderly traffic flow is impeded by the solicitation of employment between an occupant of a motor vehicle and a pedestrian; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS,AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 22 'Motor Vehicles and Traffic" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth is hereby amended to add a new section, Section 22-179, "Solicitation Between an Occupant of a Motor Vehicle and A Pedestrian", to prohibit the solicitation of employment between an occupant of a motor vehicle and a pedestrian as follows: "Section 22-179 Solicitation Between an Occupant of a Motor Vehicle a Pedestrian" (a) This section applies (1) in the area defined by a boundary beginning at the intersection of Pine and Vickery, proceeding north on Pine to Lancaster, then proceeding west on Lancaster to Commerce, then proceeding north on Commerce to 5t' Street, then proceeding west on 5h Street to Throckmorton, then proceeding south on Throckmorton to Lancaster, then proceeding west on Lancaster to the east bank of the Trinity River, then proceeding south along the east bankk of the Trinity River to Vickery, then proceeding east on Vickery to the point of beginning; and (2) on the streets and pedestrian rights-of-way that bound the areas described in this subsection. (b) In this section "private parking area" means privately owned property for vehicle parking, and adjacent driveways, walkways, setbacks, and landscaped areas. (c) A person who is in or next to a street, on a sidewalk, or in a private parking area commits an offense if the person solicits, attempts to solicit employment or business from an occupant of a motor vehicle. (d) A person in a motor vehicle commits an offense if the person hires, or attempts to hire a person who is in or next to a street, on a sidewalk, or in a private parking area. (e) This section does not apply to: (1) at a facility operated by or for the City, and designated by the City Manager as a place where the solicitation of employment is permitted; (2) at a facility primarily operated as a employment agency and where the solicitation of employment is permitted; or (3) a private parking area unless the owner of the parking area has permanently posted a conspicuous sign at each entrance of the parking area, in both English and Spanish, stating that it is a misdemeanor to engage in solicitation for employment. (f) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00)." 2 tvibw SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas(1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,paragraph or section. SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be finned not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each time a person violates this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 5. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of the ordinances amended in Section 1, which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance and as to such accrued violations and all pending 3 litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Section 4 of this ordinance for two(2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 2, Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas and by Section 52.013,Texas Local Government Code. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on January 1,2002 and it is so ordained. 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