HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 6119-06-2025A Resolution
NO. 61.19-W2025
DESIGNATING THE FAIRHA`'EN NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAiNI 'TARGET AREA FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND SUPPORTING THE USE OF 54,205,000 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;
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;
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;
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;
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) provides strategics
and allocation of resources for neighborhood improvement through deep public
engagement and a project planning process involving almost all city departments where
resident ❑pinions are gathered through a series of events and neighborhood activities;
WHEREAS, since the initial pilot of Cavite 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). Com❑ Neighborhood (FY2021, Resolution No.
5308-12-2020), Las Vegas Trail Neighborhood (FY2022, Resolution No. 5308-12-2020),
Historic Marine Neighborhood (FY2023, Resolution No. 5672-12-2022), and the Seminary
and Worth Heights Neighborhoods (FY2024, Resolution No. 5856-12-2023);
WHEREAS, the adopted Fiscal Year 2025 budget increases the funding rate for the
NIP over prior years and supports revitalizing challenged neighborhoods by allocating
funds for capital improvements, with the allocation for Fiscal Year 2025 being
$4,205,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the census tract and surrounding neighborhood known as Fairhaven,
specifically the neighborhood areas shown in the attached Exhibit "A," has met the NIP
selection criteria and is recommended for designation as the Neighborhood Improvement
Program's Target Area for fiscal year 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE.
CITE` OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT;
The City Council designates the portions of the Fairhaven Neighborhood depicted
in the attached Exhibit "A" as the Neighborhood Improvement Program's 'Target Area for
Fiscal Year 2025 and supports the investment of $4,205,000.00 in capital funds
appropriated in Fiscal Year 2025 for capital 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 24" day of June, 2025.
ATTEST:
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