pray gracious father from whom every good thing cometh who po out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and supplication deliver us when we draw not to thee from a cold heart and wondering a mind it is our desire to every steadfast thought encounter affection to edify and worship representing spirit and truth the world knows our motto by the way we live and by the choices and decision we make our way of life reflects our philosophy of life god you speak clears to those when we are receptive to your voice and available for your service heavenly father we pray for the city of fort worth in god we trust in god we trust in god we trust god we trust you for guidance of hope flame of faith changes that will impact wisdom to make a difference unconditional love and safety for all father we understand real security is found when man faith and trust meet your love and mercy because coming together is beginning keeping together is progress working together is success we continue to pray and show our appreciation for our leader of this city mayor maddie parker chief of police the police department city council officials community leaders and all the residents of this great city lest we do not forget those who have prepared the way for us we are grateful and we are thankful realizing the past can teach us the present can test us the future can reward us faith in the goodness of god is the anchor that can stabilize us in life theory storm god we in a storm it is the foundation to solid rock on which we can confidentially build that a life that no flood or adversity can undermine it is the tabro that give us strength and doubt that it cannot destroy and god we trust in god we trust amen tomorrow items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda let's see we have three items to withdraw from the consent agenda the first one is mnc 22-0123 the second one is mnc 22-0132 and mnc 22-0133 items to be continued or written on by staff there are no items to be with to be continued or withdrawn by staff consideration of the consent agenda as amended motion carries mmc 22-0123 authorized acceptance of the donation of gear cleaning extractor system and installations from the fort worth fire service resource network to be installed at six fire stations council we have two speakers our first speaker is carol del rio hello i'm carol genevese still real i live here in fort worth and in 2015 [Music] the fort worth fire department chief rudy jackson formed a cancer committee and in that group of fort worth firefighters was craig trojack robert webb mark ware steve collins cameron brown and troy clark and that was the first year that committee started teaching and training our fire department on cancer pertaining to firefighters in 2019 i joined um their cancer uh symposium committee for a cancer symposium event that actually got canceled because of our unprecedented um covet however in that committee i met deanna stewart from cancer care services on that committee and i found out that her son is a firefighter in euless and the city of euless provides extractors in all their fire departments i had no idea and so i started going back to the committee to question about these extractors i found out that in 2018 chief rudy gave battalion chief mark ware and firefighters steve collins the the green light to go to every single station to get the requirements um they took the vendor the plumber the electrician everything to determine what needed to be done that was in 2018 they determined through this that the uh with all the research over the years that the extractors having these extractors cleaning the bunker gear routinely would have a huge impact on cancer prevention through that mayor mike moncrief and rosie encouraged um that committee to form a non-profit to be able to accept donations in this endeavor oh well okay that's left you're good carol okay anyway through that i met with fire chief last year jim davis and have really wanted to push forward on getting these extractors in these stations we've now lost firefighter steve collins to occupational cancer and unfortunately the city has denied every firefighter benefits um on occupational cancer so you have handouts and i really care right you would read it thank you care we will thank you very much for providing we appreciate it our next speaker is mark ware hi mark mayor council thank you so much for uh taking the time to hear a few words from me and then thank you for everything that you've done for fort worth fire i know that cancer and firefighter cancer is is at the top of y'all's minds you understand it you realize that it's a real problem so i just want to thank you for all the funding the support the advocacy that you all have that you all have had for us we're people who don't like to stand up and ask for things we like to take care of ourselves we're proud we should be the job that the fort worth fire department does for its citizens is beyond compare literally laying down their lives on a daily basis for the residents of this city i'm a 24-year veteran of the fort worth fire department a board member of the fort worth fire service resource network 501c3 our group has been working to reduce firefighter cancer since 2015 through education policy prevention through early detection and assisting firefighters with worker compensation claims it's volunteer work people i know you all know about it and your jobs don't stop council meetings just a very small portion of what y'all do the phone rings at 10 pm what do you do that's what we've been doing since 2015 in regards to firefighting and cancer we've done the research we've done the work we've done the legwork and we haven't asked for a whole lot because it's an intrinsic reward intrinsic rewards for us taking care of each other while i believe that we can agree that cancer in the fire service is not going away we must provide firefighters with the safest working environment possible they must have the power and the resources to have clean firefighting gear and gear extractors are part of that in 2017 the survey that i sent out with the approval of chief jackson it identified [Music] different tools and resources that firefighters would like to see at their fire stations extractors were the number one thing that they asked for so that that was a priority for them so that's directly from them last and definitely most importantly we wouldn't be here we wouldn't be able to benefit from this without the donors and our 501c3 the fourth fire service resources network would like to recognize uh former mayor mike and rosie moncrief for their remember beck we have a history in our community in our country of sending people off to serve only to find out uh years maybe even sometimes generations later that they were exposed to a chemical or a substance that created irreparable harm for not just them but their children and in some cases their grandchildren we've seen that when we've sent soldiers off to war and now we see that when we send firefighters into fires often time that work of discovery takes too long the damage is done and unnecessarily unnecessary life is lost i truly appreciate mayor and rosie for your generous efforts the genovese family and every person in fort worth who has made that generous donation to keep our firefighters safe but we shouldn't be relying on residents to take care of those that take care of us and it's why i hope to work with mayor and council to to ensure that we don't wait too long to follow those trails and to do the necessary studies to have a accurate reflection of the the dangers that we're sending all of our first responders into when they keep us safe and so with that i would like to move to a proof got a motion in a second i've got comments from councilmember flores yes thank you mayor back in december mayor mike rosie and others were gathered there at station 12 including fire chief davis where he had a small little you know humble ceremony with a lot of meeting behind it that equipment is very much appreciated by our fort worth firefighters and by the community that they serve so my personal thanks to you because again this doesn't just hit at a departmental level it hits at the community level so thank you for your efforts they are very valued and appreciated here councilmember williams yeah i just wanted to also express my deepest gratitude for the work that all of you all are doing really on this important issue of in how we mitigate cancer for our first responders and our firefighters specifically i know chief davis knows that this is a really important issue to me um you know our firefighters like you said mark put their lives on the line and are exposed to some really harmful chemicals while doing that and so i just want you to know that you have my commitment to continue to work on this issue and ensure that we continue to expand how we think about cancer mitigation here in the city of forward so thank you all for what y'all do and thank you for this generous donation councilmember firestone jeremiah reef and rosie and uh reiterate a bit of what others have uh said here from the diocese um but i just wanted to note that um you know mayor your commitment to firearm police has been steadfast from day one as your time in the office and rosie of course by your side supporting those folks and we can't thank you enough for that legacy that you've provided in support of them and so we're going to continue that on thank you thank you leonard uh remember tim bivens thank you mayor and i just want to remind mayor moncrief of something that he said even before i came to this council and i'm going to paraphrase but you said we will stand by our first responders and that was in spite of what the rules dictated and you did that and we were able to stand by one specific officer who comes to mind i want you to know that fire chief jim davis is carrying the banner to do everything he can to give us the information we need to push forward sometimes the science comes late but we should be able to notice what we see on the grounds and when we see firefighters suffering from illnesses that the industry may say you shouldn't pay here we've got to have the heart to be able to do that and chief davis i know from time to time you feel like you're on your own but i support you and i'm not the only one on this council so keep pushing because we don't need to wait to lose firefighters waiting on the stats to show what we ought to do and we need to do what's right and so thank you all for your contributions chief davis thank you for the fight don't give up we're in there with you thank you gina um i'll reiterate thank you mayor mike and rosie for being here and being such good friends to everybody on council um it's not lost on me how difficult this last two years have been for everyone but especially for our first responders and you've had to really pivot in a variety of different ways and for that we're incredibly grateful and i think you've heard very clearly from this council we take the responsibility very seriously to weigh the science and the personal impact to our first responders our firefighters and our police officers that are serving our community so valiantly so thank you for being leaders in that space and for stepping up in such a significant way to make sure we fill the gap whenever necessary and and it has already been said city management and jim davis are working together right now on real solutions um not just for this department but across the country we want to be um really leading in fort worth and what this looks like in the future so very very exciting day thank you all for taking the time to be with us and with that we can vote council thank you motion carries mmc 22-0132 authorized execution of a contract with the fort worth hispanic chamber of commerce to assist business equity firms certify minority and women business enterprises for the period of october 1st 2021 through september 30th 2022 we have one speaker council bob willoughby well the reason i'm speaking on this in denial is because i did contact the hispanic chamber of commerce and i did inform them that the public presentation was moved from the city council agenda we're not allowed to speak tonight we're off the agenda they voted zero to nine i mean nine to zero to remove the public presentation so if the spent when i call and talk to them they've not reached back i told them what i was doing i said we need americans when your first amendment has been taken away now we're going to find out does the money mean more than the first amendment all right it's also it's 100 percent on subject try again one more time okay i didn't i did not i i informed them that they do not need to take this money unless they take a stand to put back our rights to speak that they were not they were false advertising the chamber of commerce on their website it says for a better fort worth well if they mean a better fort worth they would be down here immediately they'd be calling our officers asking this mayor why did you take away the public's right to speak why did you keep yours on the agenda on top and take away the puppet you know i think we're entitled to that answer you take our tax money so i told them i said you know if you're not real you know money means more then you're going on the list we want to start exposing the people in this city that don't care about our first amendment they shouldn't take money from us taxpayers and they don't care about our rights so as far as my concern the hispanic chamber of commerce has failed they're not real this cash means more to them than our first amendment so when they say they're doing good for our city that's a lie respectfully he's not on topic thanks jared i'll take care of it okay we got lots of speakers after that one who wants to go first elizabeth you know last week we heard from uh mr willoughby and he once again uh chose to focus on someone's national origin as his his discussion point and last week i reminded him that his not so thinly veiled racism is not welcome in these chambers nor is it welcome in this city so you can keep it at home you sway no vote on this council you pick up not a single ounce of public opinion when you come in here with that mess the hispanic chamber does an amazing job for this city it does an amazing job lifting up a group of people that have historically been marginalized so to come here today and to demand that they need americans is disgusting i cannot wait to vote in favor of not just this one but i know you're up next to speak to about the black chamber and so i would remind you to keep your to keep your racism outside of this chamber and i'm going to let my colleagues make this motion but i have said what i needed to say and i'll be back if you do it again i've still got lights on i think uh councilmember nettles was next sure thank you i want to also talk about the hispanic black hispanic chamber minority and women business entrepreneurship they have supported the city of fort worth and we are grateful for their partnership and so i second the motion i also am excited that we are um i know i know but i'm so excited that we are giving this money to the hispanic chamber and i will say this and it may be me or maybe the council here but if we take the right away from you to speak you would not have the opportunity to speak like you just spoke so i don't know if i missed that in english or in speech but every week we give you an opportunity to speak and i thank the mayor and the council for allowing him to speak again today even if it's awful topic that's my comments thank you chris so i got a second for chris you want to make that a motion chris and we'll get a second in a minute yes motion for approval perfect go ahead jerry second second that perfect gina and most people know i very seldom if ever speak directly to mr willoughby i speak to the public who is listening so that they know what this council stands for it is unfortunate but although mr willoughby knows nothing about the hispanic chamber of commerce i can assure you this entire city does before i came to the council whenever there was a need to help small business people understand how to read plans how to submit plans i would refer them to the hispanic chamber and on occasion the black chamber and so for those of you who hear that the hispanic chamber gives no contributions that is not true and i will be voting in support of this and the black chamber and if we ever get an asian chamber here i'll support that as well so those are my remarks thank you gina councilmember flores thank you mayor business equity is central to the american spirit of business [Music] in the comments that i just heard that's not reflective of the american spirit supporting our chambers of commerce in this case the hispanic chamber of commerce is based on their established record of supporting and establishing minority and women businesses and their enterprises that is firm that's established anybody with a motocrom of interest can research that and find that out on their own so what we're doing here today is more than well deserved because it is factually accurate to look at their track record of our chambers of commerce of the hispanic chamber of commerce and vote to support this absolutely thank you carlos councilmember crane yeah i just want to make a comment that clearly mr willoughby does not know the chamber at all hispanic chamber does not know annette soto and what they do on a daily basis supporting our hispanics here and our hispanic businesses across the board and so with this i'll say i i wholeheartedly support this and uncomment silly people make silly comments i'll leave that thank you councilmember crane um i don't know if annette lenderos or anybody that team is here but just thank you for what you do this is really a public private partnership between the city of fort worth to make sure we are focused on mwbe businesses and business equity in the city of fort worth i'm remarkably impressed by her team even during covid the growth that they've had so we are so lucky to have annette and by the way her all-female team leading the hispanic chamber of commerce just had to throw that in so thank them for making this opportunity available to us at the city to make sure we're doing our jobs better as well um we've got a motion by councilman nettles in a second by councilman williams we can vote motion carries authorized execution of a contract with the fort worth metropolitan black chamber of commerce to assist business equity firms certify minority and women business enterprises for the period of october 1st 2021 through september 30th 2022. our we have one speaker this evening or morning mr willoughby thank you thank you uh let me start by saying that i said nothing about racist not at all that's a politician thing okay secondly i agree with jared action speaks louder than words and i'll never apologize for offending the first amendment you people clap all you want you can throw stuff in me but i'll never stop offending the first amendment okay now i did not say racist that was them okay let me put another point out here to mr chris's nettles talking about our lives being taken away no bob we're just going to stick to this no we're going to stick to this item make a point they can call you out but you can't talk you can't defend yourself that ought to show you right there something's wrong the black organization i call them too the woman is real nice but they never did reach back or talk anymore about it she didn't come back talking anymore she should have when our first amendment was tooken away that is raising eyebrows everywhere with a lot of people and i'm getting calls left and right and people are finding out all across the city that they didn't know i'm small i don't have the money to put it out there it's taking time but it is growing rapidly these people just say what they say it's not right it's not right to call your name out and not allow you to and i've seen other people get their name called out and they come back mr willoughby do you have any other comments related to this item well anyway once again our first amendment was taken away by these people you do not speak at city council yeah we're done i'm so sorry we just wanted to talk about this item thank you so much for coming um councilmember williams was first you're here for a second okay i had i had had my light on the no way it is with the same enthusiasm that i move for approval of this motion thank you councilmember williams for a second any other discussion council please vote motion passes special presentations the first one is by mr vincent b adams to sing a verse from the black national anthem mr adams come on down good morning morning timing is everything i'll be singing the negro national anthem this morning in the spirit of inclusion and equity thank you for all the people if you would stand would greatly appreciate it lift every voice [Music] sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us singing a song full of the faith that the present has brought us facing the right zing sun till our new day be gone let us march on till victory won thank you very kindly the next presentation is by miss addy indy's christian academy to present who am i in black history mia parker and council i'm sue crosby with miss indy's christian academy which is nestled in the heart of the lake como community we've been there for 40 years with me this morning is third grader carter alyu and fourth grader sanad davis who would like to challenge or perhaps complement your black history knowledge and recall we're doing it just for fun so when you are asked the question who am i please feel free to verbally id the african-american trailblazer that these two young people chose to impersonate today thank you we will begin with carter i was born 1831 in philadelphia i died july 28 1892. my father was reverend john raymond a runaway slave from virginia and abolitionists on july 28 18 9 1871 i became the first black fire chief in u.s history i was in control during the great fire of boston i advocated for stronger fire prevention coasts i was the fire chief eight years over the cambridge fire department in boston massachusetts who am i patrick i am patrick h raymond a black man great job carter i was born into slavery in hickman county tennessee in 1832 my mother's name was suzanne fields but my father was unknown after the civil war ended i was emancipated i had one of the most dangerous challenging job as the first african american female male carrier in the united states for years i traveled the balance with my pet eagle protecting milk from outlaws and wild animals never losing one single horse or package in 1914 i died from liver failure in great falls montana who am i that's right i am mary phil known as stagecoach mary a black woman that is right i am mary phil's known as dave's coach mary a black woman [Applause] while the mayor is going down to take a picture with councilman nettles what i want the audience to know is every year this city has put on a black history program but never before has a council member gotten actively involved with that program and the timing was perfect because as it turns out the the staffer who usually puts the program together is no longer with us and so i salute councilman nettles for his engagement and giving us black history every tuesday of february so that should give you all enough time to get that picture ready did i give you enough time and mayor mike as as the mayor who i know to have always been a champion for our diversity i think was very appropriate that you would just happen to be here today and vince i wanted to say one more verse one more verse one more verse can we get the fire chief down too come on chief davis okay we're all going to go down and crashes full let's go let's go wait well what i wanted to say is chief while you're going down there to take a picture i noticed that young man's hat says mesquite fire department on that we need to get that fixed i got a whole foot on two three one two three wonderful thank you and mayor uh we also have a certificate of recognition to give to them as well that was great thank you thank you i wish bob had seen this be good for him okay so uh good luck to our next groups um our next presentation is from tech stars fort worth perfect and as cameron cushman is coming up to the podium cameron i heard it's your birthday today is that right yes so we're going to send you a happy birthday because we're just going to do that right because i know how much you hate the attention so we're going to so ready everybody go ready go happy happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear god happy birthday to you and you get to spend it with council what more did you want right all right i'm now officially embarrassed so thank you for that you're welcome of course but i'll turn it back over to you go ahead yes thank you uh was hard enough to follow these guys uh yes so uh cameron cushman from the unt health science center i'm so excited to be here today to announce that fort worth is no longer the largest city in the country that does not have an early stage accelerator program because today we get to announce that techstars is coming to fort worth and yes that is a big deal [Applause] what is tech stars you might ask i'm gonna let my friend trey bowles uh uh update us on that but a few of you may remember when techstars came to town last august a few of you were in a meeting with them and we talked through what a techstars model could look like for fort worth and we also had the county involved and the city of fort worth and tarrant county both jumped in to uh to help us jump start this program that you approved last october and today is the day that applications are opening for this program the website is up to announce techstars fort worth and i wanted to introduce the brand new managing director of techstars fort worth and physical health trey bowles good morning thanks for having me here today i'm going to run through this really quickly but i want to remind you what techstars is what we do and what to expect in fort worth in this year can you afford it for me thank you um so techstars doesn't just do accelerators we do a lot of different things we help uh people with ideas all the way to getting funding and eventually one day an exit or an ipo so we have programs that you will see across the city and across the region that are focusing on whatever point a startup or entrepreneur is at next slide this is what techstars has done since its founding back in 2007. more than 289 accelerator programs total funding going into those companies of almost 20 billion dollars with a 69 billion dollar portfolio market capitalization and 18 unicorns if you don't know what a unicorn is a unicorn is a company that is worth more than a billion dollars needless to say fort worth has made a good decision to part with with tech stars they are one of the best in the world at what they do next slide so cameron talked a little bit about the partners we appreciate everybody's been involved the only thing i'll say about this is in my experience i've had the opportunity to be a part of building ecosystems around the country and what i will tell you is that there's no better thing for a startup for entrepreneurs or for small businesses than to have different stakeholders from different parts of the community come together so you have private investors you have educators you have municipalities in the city and the county this is going to continue to transform what fort worth is already doing for entrepreneurs and for small businesses and make it even more valuable today finally what's going to happen next next slide this is what the next 12 months looks like for us applications open today they will go on for the next 12 or 13 weeks at that point we'll start to make decisions about the companies that we're going to bring into this program there will be 10 companies that go through this program that program will start in september and go through december and then end the second week of december there will be a demo day you are all invited where you get to come and watch these companies that we believe will come from all over the world to fort worth to come and show what they've learned what they've done they'll have gotten to meet with mentors they'll have gotten to meet with funders though gotten to meet with companies and hopefully customers this is an amazing opportunity for this region and i'm really excited to get to be a part of it and get to spend more time over here in fort worth so finally what i will do is i will ask you for your help you've done so much already but what we need now is we need companies to apply we need mentors and subject matter experts people who have built companies people have exited companies people who understand this the space of physical health and rehabilitation to participate so please reach out to me at any point i will be around here often and i look forward to working with you and the other great people in fort worth to make this the most successful accelerator that we possibly can thank you and mayor we have a tech stars t-shirt for you oh that's right you want me to come down there and take pictures out the right yeah thing to do okay don't feel bad that not everybody else wants to come down and take our picture yeah we do accept t-shirts too my size is 2x thank you so much okay y'all come up with me thank you so thanks guys thank you thank you for having us thank you the next presentation i just want to say thanks cameron cushman and robert stearns for sort of putting this program on our radar making sure that uh we are um have one here in fort worth and trey it was great to interview yesterday as part of fort worth forward the next episode and appreciate what you're doing welcome to fort worth and thanks for bringing this program here i appreciate it leonard uh yes one last comment guys welcome um cameron thank you for your leadership here uh and uh we're excited about techstars and we are gonna do our best to help in whatever way we can i did want to underscore uh one thing that was in the presentation and that was uh the participation of golf capital and that's just such a great example of the private sector in fort worth coming to support a new initiative that is all about economic growth entrepreneurship innovation in some incredibly important and distinct ways in physical health and that i think is uh really going to put us on the map so thanks to john goff and his team and the the plan that you all have put forward thank you all very much just right now from people asking what is this and so if there is any type of website or any way you can link the council we can help because we all conduct meetings in our districts all over town all the time you've got the perfect contact with robert stearns but he will tell you the council can help you as well we want everyone to know what you're doing congratulations and thank you yeah thank you council thank you gentlemen for being here we appreciate you next presentation is a presentation of proclamation for the 75th anniversary of westmore manufacturing and i think i'm going to turn here to councilmember flores who's going to help us with this proclamation and presentation marine council i have no song i have no costume i have no t-shirt but i do have a proclamation plaque so hopefully that suffices all right and i will thusly read whereas in 1946 ernest and martin hockster started their own shirt company westmore manufacturing company and began putting pearl snaps on their popular gambler style shirt they came up with a brand name that personified texas cowboy panhandle slim in the past 75 years westmore manufacturing has grown to include four successful apparel brands that represent the western style that fort worth is known for and a look that continues to personify texas culture and whereas the long-standing family business was founded on the principles of individuality intelligence and style these principles fell into place with designs passion and marketing put forth by the brothers and the employees whom they welcome to the company like family it's for it's the fort worth way and whereas westmore manufacturing has remained in the hoxter family for 75 years and is now run by second and third generation family members jeff lenny jameson they continue to be actively involved in the fort worth community they consistently produce clothing that celebrates western tradition while cultivating a unique style that is inherently texan and whereas westmore manufacturing designs are worn by the top cowboys and cowgirls an equine sport representative of the western heritage in fort worth texas they have pioneered western design in fort worth as the makers of panhandle slim western ware rock and roll cowboy and rock and roll cowgirl now therefore it's my pleasure and honor that the city of fort worth does hereby recognize and celebrate may 1st 2021 and that is the correct day 2021 we're a little behind we're catching up as the 75th anniversary of westmore manufacturing thank you carlos would you like to send a few things please all right it's really an honor to be here today i remember 47 years ago when we relocated to fort worth from nebraska and my father and my uncle chose a site up on the north freeway with the help of the city uh also the chamber of commerce to establish that location and we've been there ever since um it's been a great marriage between fort worth and our company and we're very very proud to be here thank you all for coming it's a perfect example of a quintessential fort worth based business and we're lucky to have you in our community yes next is the upcoming and recent events recognition of citizens and approval of ceremonial travel travel if needed by council members and staff thank you i think i've got to start with councilmember flores thank you mayor okay melissa i think we have a couple slides to show whenever you get that up all right with the support of mayor council uh cecily came back from a visit with our fort worth delegation of fort worth sister cities international to toluca mexico we met with our counterparts down there had the pleasure and honor of addressing their legislature we had deputa monica alvarez de mer who is very accommodating very helpful very welcoming introducing us to key members of their legislature we're seeing doing a press conference there on the bottom left uh picture in the middle uh you know behind the or in front of the mexican flag the banners and standards we all met there in their chambers the purpose of going down to taluka aside from strengthening our sister city's ties is that we also went to see the annual migration of the monarch butterflies very critical you know to agriculture and what we did we all contributed of our own money and went to a municipal garden and planted plants that are pollinators so that or to attract pollinators to the garden and encourage that migration so thanks to our uh toluca delegation and thank you for sister cities international becky and may who headed that delegation down there including beth libel next slide all right on the community front uh there's some great news going on in the diamond hill area construction for the new community center has started i want to commend staff park staff here or see joel mcelhaney there flanked by community members including the architects representatives of the general contractor we were talking about the traffic impacts since in that particular area there are a lot of schools involved so it causes some disruption to traffic with the construction so we're uh trying to speed up in certain areas so that we can alleviate and mitigate some of those uh effects but appreciate uh them being there and also to our npos in the area that have to manage those traffic patterns so appreciation to all thank you that's all i have thank you councilman flores council member crane is next great i have a few slides i think up there um this this weekend we had an lbt block party where our third party vendor uh that we've hired to come in and do the revitalization plan uh came in and did some fun stuff uh around you see some where people are able to identify the parts of their neighborhood what they like about their neighborhood and this will be all part of the metrics that we uh put forth in the revitalization plan next slide there may be more pictures nope so we also had silver creek materials which is in district three the zupru product they have a a relationship with the dallas zoo to uh take their poo from various animals and i brought my my six-year-old because she just wanted me to say poo or poop as many times as i could with me but i'm glad to have my colleagues carlos forrest there elizabeth beck chris nettles and jared williams but it was a great day as we celebrate that partnership and would love to see it here in fort worth too with our fort worth zoo i think that's the end of the slide but a couple other announcements oh i did a lot of fourth isd school visits uh they're uh at uh uh with the the principal at monagh and then there may be a few more there too nope but i there are a couple others out there that we visited this week i went to trinity valley and to uh to leonard and i thought there were going to be some kids pictures up there but we'll get those next week of who i visited one last announcement too we may cover this another way but i want to shout out to como for the fourth pride award in our neighborhood awards for their revitalization of the combo cemetery and ridgely north in their newsletter yeah there you go that's a big but uh shout out i know there's a project undertaken by a lot of people there to clean up that cemetery and keep it clean and i know it's a matter of pride for that neighborhood thank you very much thank you into mayor pratim bivens or does kerry have something too yes go ahead carrie real quick this past saturday we had neighborhood awards for city-wide fourth and i'm proud to say that district four cleaned house so we are proud to announce neighbor of the year for the second time in a row was brenda sanders wise from our garden of eden community uh daniel guido won that uh last time also from district four so congratulations brenda sanders wise she does burn up the district four phone lines to uh for for the uh citywide needs and then the neighborhood of the year heritage hoa so congratulations to all the heritage folks uh heritage is a um started in 2001 it's a it's a neighborhood of 3 000 homes i will say uh it's represented by myself and councilmember firestone i will regularly say that it's a it's a very engaged community between its hoa and its pit it has a budget bigger than some cities in tarrant county you've also got regular regular engagement with them as well and then our neighborhood patrol officer of the year out of our woodhaven community officer mcneil and then our mayor's health and wellness award went to the heritage hoa and then our fourth pride award went to heritage so congratulations to all the district 4 recipients gina i guess i'll clap for kerry nobody clapped congratulations uh this weekend we had the first district five leadership meeting of the year and i want to say thank you to the bridgewood church of christ for giving us that that meeting site usually the first speaker is the city manager but he came in second fiddle because crime is such an important topic and i want to thank assistant chief aldridge for standing in for chief notes because chief i told them you were ill we didn't know what you had you didn't know what you had but we didn't want it and so you were very well represented you can go to the next slide uh city manager david cook gave us an overview of the bond election coming up uh he was able to sidestep one of the preachers who tried to talk him into giving another park but thanks to richard zavala i know how you get parks and it's because you got to be 10 minutes walking from a park and we were able to quiet that down quite a bit but uh thank you city manager david cook the next slide shows brandon bennett wearing several hats uh brandon spoke on all things covet and he brought rapid tests to give away two people who were participating and if we have another slide or two just let me know yeah we had a real good crowd that that's one of the most famous npo's there that's we call him lloyd his name is cook same email address as the city manager and he continues to get your email david so you can use that as an excuse but i'm so glad to see the neighborhood and homeowner association leaders show up for the leadership meeting uh we will do the next one in the next quarter and that's going to be where we hope to do speed dating with the npo's chief and so i hope to have every npo there so that all the neighborhoods active and inactive can meet their npos and they can have this exchange that will help us fight crime so that's all i have thank you gina i just lost my who's next who has speaking thank you councilmember williams it's stuck here how do you get to that here all righty thank you mayor i think we have a few slides um we took donuts and the world famous swans burritos to our firefighters and um had a really good time at our two fire stations in district six and also had a really good time eating tons of breakfast burritos so i just want to give a major shout out to our firefighters again i know i did it earlier um and just we're really grateful for what y'all do for the residence of district six next slide please we also had the um privilege of going to my alma mater north carolina high school aka the best texas and um we got to celebrate black history with their black student union um they had a panel discussion um from elected leaders including um mayor evans from the great city of mansfield and it was a really awesome time spinning with the seniors and all the students of north carolina high school to talk about the importance of civic engagement in our city and also on state and federal issues so shout out to north crowley and the black student union for inviting us next slide we also got the chance to go to southwest they had an amazing tournament for basketball unified that unifies all of our students of all abilities to celebrate relationships and community and basketball and so it was such an amazing event we saw high schools and unified teams from all over the city of fort worth and tarrant county i mean southwest did an amazing job including number four in the background charlie who coach gave him a green light to shoot whatever he wanted and he hit most of the team's points so um charlie is amazing basketball player and amazing student at southwest next slide um these are some more pictures we got the chance to hang out with the trustee and dar and trustee quinn phillips from fort worth isd um and also we got a tour of all the amazing things that they're doing in their career center they took us into their gina you'll love this their media center where they broadcast where they broadcast news for the school and they also have a podcast um and they're also introducing our kids some amazing careers um that are available to them in media and giving them for real world and hands-on experience next slide and that's it thank you mayor thank you councilmember williams and councilmember firestone thank you thank you mayor is that on yeah uh real quickly uh just wanted to give a shout out to the fossil creek estates hoa for winning the mayor's civic engagement and community collaboration category at the recent neighborhood awards luncheon on on february 12th that they did a great job uh they were awarded that uh really for bringing the bonds ranch area together to uh actively oppose a zoning case for a large development up on the bonds ranch road area so they were very pleased of course with that result last thursday just wanted to mention and give a thank you to the lake country property owners association for having me out at their annual meeting it was a great visit out there we discussed road improvements that will be coming to the northwest area thoughtful development for the area as well as talked in some length about the 2022 bond proposal and the need to get out and vote so thanks very much thank you leonard councilmember nettles thank you mayor uh before i get into my slides i just want to again thank uh city staff the mayor and all those that participated in making sure that we celebrated black history month i am grateful and excited for the india academy i've been knowing miss sue crosby ever since i was eight years old at the church of philadelphia and she has continued to do good work in the city of como michael crane and so we we're grateful for her also thank you vincent adams for also doing that today and pastor g with the invocation uh truly you guys have made forward proud so our first slide here is the neighborhood workshop awards we also got some awards kerry is not here but district 4 was not the only district who received wards so we got some words today for the west meadowbrook neighborhood association next slide then we have the greenway neighborhood association they also do great work in the city of fort worth and we were excited about them next slide i had opportunity to participate in the family empowerment zone giveaway in the heart of south side morningside and you will hear me always talking about the south side because that's where i was born and raised on evans avenue and it's so important that we support that community and so i was there handing out food with them as well on this past saturday and so each of the different groups in the historic south side are participating in making sure that we may be in a food desert but there are people who want to lend a helping hand next slide so that is a good picture she said it's a bad picture so that's my friend elizabeth also fellow councilmember she met us at the rebirth of food this is one of the what we have done in district 8 is make sure that we support our small businesses and rebirth food opened up doing the pandemic and so we went and um showed her some love and invited everyone to go out so if you have not been she has a restaurant that's vegan but also serves other foods uh and it was it was tasty so i encourage you to go 404 uh oakland it's right at the corner of oakland and lancaster so please go out and support uh we had a couple people come out alex jimenez came out and opened up a tab councilman beck was there myself and others that came and supported thank you for your support next slide please also i had an opportunity to go to the community food bank which is in riverside they was awarded a check from bank of america and i believe was 75 000 and when i tell you they have a true operation in riverside and i was just grateful to be a part of the operation miss opalie was there i mean she's just a star here in the city of fort worth but we're grateful for the bank of america and any other banks that want to support our communities we're grateful for them as well next slide i believe that's all i have thank you again have a great day thank you chris and councilmember beck i thought it was a good picture of you by the way lesson learned don't let chris uh catch you eating for the record that was some of the best greens and sweet potatoes i've ever had so i would recommend getting over there as well so have the opportunity to attend a special event with mayor and several colleagues at the cowgirl hall of fame to celebrate an exhibit that highlights some of the costumes and props from the 1883 series if you haven't watched it it's it's a great little piece that starts here in fort worth and kind of harkens back to um to the days that we were in fact cow town next slide we did have the community awards i will say that rick herring lives in council moon councilman moon's district uh but we share him in the riverside alliance and i know this slide says that um he was neighbor of the year he was one of the finalists and so hopefully that's some foreshadowing for next year because of all the hard work that um that he does with the riverside alliance and to do that he has to work um with not one uh not two but three council members and that is no easy feat i also want to congratulate both berkeley and oakhurst for winning uh newsletter of the year awards next slide we have a big event coming up here in district 9 this weekend weather permitting i hope that we yes everything will be good okay all right and so we are opening a new library and what is really unique about this and hats off to our the folks at the library department for really sitting down and looking at how our libraries serve our community and that doesn't mean that every community utilizes them differently and so what we have done here is we're moving into le grand plaza which is huge because it is a it is absolutely a hub of latino culture in the south side and so now when when families do shopping or they go to community events there they'll also be able to engage in our fort worth library so i hope you will join us this weekend for that saturday next slide okay so in honor of black history month big brothers and big sisters is doing a push to recruit uh black mentors they are really hurting right now uh for mentors across the board but specifically for those um in our in our black communities and so i would encourage you if you have the opportunity to access your networks and let them know that there is a mentorship opportunity available for them to really strengthen our communities and make fort worth a better place and that's it thank you and that's all yes i don't think i have anything looking at staff i don't think yeah we're good keep going okay next item is resolution 22-20-53 amending resolutions 5375-04-2021 5488-10-2021 [Music] and 55 12-12-20-21 to amend certain redistricting procedures thank you we have two speakers our first speaker is bob willoughby is bob's still here then my next speaker is thomas sterling cossey mayor parker uh council members i wanted to uh make a point in and remind you to be mindful of how the public perceives some of the things that you do for example this particular resolution i saw the slide about monarch middle school when it reminded me that the football coach in 1973 would tell us what the rules were and what the procedures were at every practice and at the end of the practice he would add something one of the things would be run to the elementary school and back and then practice will be over but the little fast guys like me got it done too quickly and he would add another lap to the elementary school last week i mentioned that the council might be meddling a little bit too much in the redistricting process and here you are adjusting a few resolutions the difference is that my football coach in 1973 had the power the prerogative and the permission because he had leverage over the people that he managed on the football team we had a stake in the outcome here the roles are actually reversed and one of the things that it looks like to the public although there aren't very many speakers here this morning to point this out is that the thousands of hours that the task force put in every neighborhoods associations volunteer hours independent advocacy groups the particular communities of interest put in hundreds if not thousands of hours following the rules and following the procedures that you established we've already seen a number of changes including completely dropping and ignoring the core recommendation of the task force and yet again you're tweaking it eliminating some things and adding some extra hurdles or barriers i don't know how much political capital each of you individually can surrender and what it appears as far as the optics to the public or to the people that serve on your boards and commissions but how many times can you call on citizens to help with the process and then just crash it and do it the way you want to that's the last of our speakers council i've got um i need a motion a second and then i'll turn to council members for comments motion to approve and the second council second perfect any other discussion let's go ahead um and i just want to add i appreciate your comments uh mr thomas and um in the process of what we have really been doing at the city of fort worth and we have said this on numerous occasions that if you look across the united states and if you come closer look across the state level the congress level the county level that the city of fort worth has been the most transparent process of redistricting and thank you because certain maps i got drawn that had no uh communication with with the city no communication with the residents but we have made sure that we have heard and listened to the residents and i for one and i would tell you if you watched the videos i did not necessarily agree at first to change these resolutions but in the sake of our communities and to make sure that we get it right the first time because when we vote on this map it is going to be set for the next 10 years so we're voting for how the city of fort worth is going to progressively move for the next 10 years and so i for one are excited that mayor parker stepped back and said well let's just make some revisions so that we get it right the first time and i know other people think that council or elected officials should not meddle in this process but i tell you that we have worked hard day in and day out to make sure that each district is intact as well as bringing another minority opportunity district in the city of fort worth so i appreciate all their comments and i want those those that have been watching those that have been emailing we get the emails we hear you we're making conversation we're making sure that we get the best map that supports the movement and the foreignness of the city of forward so thank you for your comments be patient with us work with us as we continue to move this process forward and fernando can tell you once we vote on this map we're going back to the community so guess what it may be some more tweaking once we get to the final map but we're doing that to make sure that you have been heard so that is what this resolution i feel like is doing today thank you thank you chris any other discussion council please vote motion carries mmc 22-0114 consider and adopt a resolution of support for the gala at ridgemar 2022 competitive housing tax credit application approve a commitment of the develop of development funding in the form of fee waivers and make related determination thank you emotion council mccrain yeah i moved to april and i just want to say with that motion thanks to developers here for working with the community there with the base and with ridgemar especially and also with our own staff bringing this forward and keeping push it because it helps us in a lot of different ways so with that i make a motion to approve and a second council second any other discussion please vote motion carries mmc 22-0120 authorized execution of a construction contract adopt attached appropriation ordinances and amend the fiscal year through 2022-2020 capital improvement program got a motion from councilmember beck to approve in a sec second for councilmember crane in their discussion please vote motion passes mmc 22-0128 authorized execution of amendment number one to an engineering agreement authorized execution of a contract with landmark structures to appropriate this project for a portion of the waters contribution to the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 capital improvement program adopt a resolution expressing official intent to reimburse expenditures with proceeds of future debt and adopt attached appropriation ordinance motion principal crane a second second another discussion please vote no button there we go motion passes mmc 22-0129 authorized execution of a contract with crescent constructors provide for project costs for the total pro project total and adopt attached appropriation ordinance to affect a portion of the water's contribution to the fiscal year's 2022-2026 capital improvement program motion councilmember crane second second any other discussion council please vote motion passes mmc 22-0130 authorized execution of amendment number one authorized execution of a contract provide for the project cost for the total project cost appropriate this funding as the portion of the water's contribution to the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 capital improvement program adopt attached resolution expressing official intent to reimburse expenditures with proceeds of future debt and adopt attached appropriation ordinance motion from councilman crane yeah i'll just say another great day for the citizens of district three so without a move to approve in a second thank you thank you chris any other discussion council please vote motion passes mayor that concludes all of the items thank you and i believe that's the end of our agenda council meeting adjourned trish you got all the presentations i got executive session i need to load up here i gonna have to wait to read this routine no i need to i need to go into the windows file to pull up the executive