has a countdown clock located to the speaker's right that will indicate how much time is remaining a bell will sound when you have 30 seconds left speakers registered on consent agenda items will be taken following the announcement of any items being pulled from consent speakers registered on non-consent items other than public hearing and Zoning cases will be taken following Council announcements each speaker will be given three minutes to speak on all of the items within those blocks that they registered to speak on before you begin your comments please state your name thank you good evening and welcome to the fort city council meeting call us to order tonight's invocation will be provided by Reverend Hazel Thomas from the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of Allegiance creator of all things you you have placed Us in this beautifully diverse and historic City of Fort Worth a delightful array of your creation is on display during the annual Stock Show and Rodeo we are grateful for the many visitors to our city for this event and enjoy hosting them each year this evening we give thanks for the opportunity to join the city council to celebrate events and voice concerns in this unexpected city where the West Begins we enter This Moment seeking you and trusting that in your presence there is real peace oh Giver of Life and breath we live because of you we hope because of you forgive us when we are too preoccupied to notice your presence in our lives as we walk through this world help us to see The Wonder of You upholding Us in all creation and when we experience life's hardships may we trust you are redeeming all things including us increase our faith oh god of love that we may lean on you more and more each day we ask that you give to those present this evening listening ears Helping Hands and Caring Hearts so that all that happens or is spoken will be pleasing in your sight amen States of America to the Republic for it stands one nation andice indis mayor and Council our first item will be a special presentation presentation of proclamation for the Dallas Fort Worth international airports 50 anniversary thank you Janette and I'm going to come to the podium if KY Canon can join me there it' be great you know I won't put Ken on the spot but we should ask him if he likes com to Fort Worth or Dallas more just kidding Ken I wouldn't do that to you um we are Rec recognizing an unbelievable 50th Anniversary since DFW Airport began operations and its numerous contributions that they've made to Fort Worth and the north Texas region growing and supporting our entire community and this recognition is being received tonight by one of DFW Airport's finest Mr Kim Buchanan who serves the Executive Vice President of Revenue management and customer experience and so much more I'm going to read this Proclamation tonight and I would love for my council members to join me for a photograph with Mr Buchanan our CEO Shan Donahue extends his condolences he couldn't be here this evening it's not because this is an important night it just schedules did not align to allow him to be here whereas DFW airport is celebrating the 50th anniversary of receiving its first commercial flight marking the airport's opening and whereas on January 13th 1974 an American Airlines flight from Little Rock Arkansas brought the first passengers to DFW airport and in its first year of operations DFW saw over 7 million passengers and whereas DFW first opened with four terminals three runways 56 Gates and nine Airlines today DFW operates with five terminals seven runways 171 Gates and 28 passenger Airlines to over 250 destinations and whereas the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas create a DFW Airport envisioning a grand airport that connected North Texas to the world and would become an economic engine bringing prosperity and incredible contrib tions to the region and whereas DFW Airport contributes an estimated $38 billion in direct to indirect payroll supporting over 634 th000 direct and indirect jobs 24 billion in visitor spending and about 5 billion dollar in state and local taxes and whereas over the last half century DFW airport has become a leader in the aviation industry setting the bar for customer service experience at an airport through Innovative approaches that embrace the diversity of its customer customers and Community Partners and now therefore the city of Fort Worth does hereby recognize and celebrate January 13th 2024 as the 50th anniversary of Dallas for Worth International Airport congratulations K thank you uh mayor Parker and thank you city council members for this recognition you know DFW airport is only a successful because of the investment and continued support of our owner cities the city of Fort Worth and the city council have been steadfast in supporting DFW Airport during the past 50 years helping make DFW the second busiest airport in the world and not only the second busiest airport in the world it's one of the top airports in the United States and globally when it comes to customer experience and customer satisfaction as we continue to celebrate our past we look forward to our future and we will continue our mission of transforming travel together DFW Airport would not be what it is without the support of this Council and without the support of the citizens of Fort wor so thank you very much for this recognition she's good thank you so much app next will be items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda we have one item to be withdrawn from the consent agenda that is MNC 24-5 items to be continued or withdrawn by staff four items to be withdrawn the first one is mnc2 24-7 and that'll be continued to February 13th MNC 24- 0057 MNC 24-58 and MNC 24009 will be withdrawn okay and city manager can I just confirm that that was mnc2 24-17 yes great mayor and councel before we take consent speakers there is one item on consent agenda that I'd like to read in a correction and that is for MNC 24- 0 65 the council District should be hled adjacent to council district 10 rather than Council district 7 and with that mayor we can take the consent speakers and Janette just for clarification of our consent speakers are there any of those items that we've removed to vote on separately no our first speaker is Brian Dunaway followed by John winrich mayor I believe both of them just were wanting to speak Brian's here okay you're okay thank you Brian is John here by phone no okay just okay yep Adrien Smith by phone Adrien Smith I am one with the people mmc2 40023 24 and 27 why should this Council be entrusted to do the right thing when both present and past behaviors says otherwise remember May 19th 2021 June 6 2022 and I quote for and I quote flush flush with federal funds Fort Worth spends 146 million in six months the Fort Worth report uh reporter Rachel B Bernard May 17 2022 for those who don't know what funds I speak of it's the American Rescue act Opa funds $173 million plus designated by our federal government in response to the covid-19 pandemic money that could have served a far greater purpose that could have served far greater purposes to communities of disinvestment which to this day are still suffering the most now we have $1,400,000 in federal money being designated for the purpose of helping those who continue suffering the most within our city in the in the S communities that I just referenced will his current Council again repeat past Behavior or doing otherwise remember what said by Insanity insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results in closing MMC 2429 authorized acceptance of $4 million from Teran County previously allocated to its emergency rental assistant program for the purpose of purpose of developing two affordable housing projects Mr Nettles why should the constituents of District 8 continue to trust your judgment will you recently allowed for Worth to council a $70 million development contract that was designated for the historic Southside Community and that article again came out December 18 2023 Again by a great reporter from the fort wor report Miss Rachel and this decision was made while thank you Adrian you all were our next speaker is John Lions is John here hi John uh good evening my name is John Lions I'm a school crossing guard here in the city of Fort Worth uh I currently am one of the three guards that protects the children the little 5 to 11 year olds that walk to and from school at Parkview Elementary up in North Fort Worth um I've been doing the crossing guard job now for the last 5 years but I'll tell you I'm not your normal crossing guard uh I'm a 28-year retired law enforcement officer here in Dallas Fort Worth so I don't do it for the money because I've got my full law enforcement pension I do it because I have a passion to protect children uh I look at every one of these little kids that I see every morning and every afternoon they're my children so um I know that you have a resolution in front of you to increase the pay for the contract with all City Management Services and I would ask each and every one of you to vote for that when I came to Crossing Gard in 2019 I was making a whopping $9 an hour I currently make $12 an hour and I can tell you that we have had hiring events and we cannot fill the vacant positions that we have because nobody wants to stand out in front of cars and try to do this job for $12 an hour so I hope that all City management services will take the money that the city of Fort worths gives them and I hope that they will use that money effectively and that they will give the crossing guards of this city a significant pay raise so that we can fill the vacant positions that we have so we currently have intersections in the city of Fort Worth there's 14 school districts in your city my school is a Keller ISD school all my school's lucky we've got all three guards there but we've got other intersections where we don't have guards because we can't get people to come to work for us for $12 an hour I think our pay needs to be increased but that's not my decision I think that decision is made by All City Management Services two months after I started I saved a 7-year-old boy's life in my intersection when a car failed to you right away to me in the 28 years I was a police officer I could have died five times I have totally lost I cannot tell you how many times I've almost been hit by a car or I've seen my kids in the last two weeks I've had three children that have almost been run over by cars so I'm imploring upon the people that drive in the city of Fort Worth please use caution especially when you get around the crosswalk these are little children and I'm out there trying to protect them and I need everybody's help in order to do that thank you thank you John Janette that's the last of our consent speak next will be approval of the consent agenda item agenda as amended any there discussion Council please vote motion carries next item will be MNC 24-5 a second Council any other discussion please vote motion carries next will be announcements um by City Council Members thank you Janette um I'll start with council member Flores thank you mayor you have a presentation we get it up please 16th I join Park staff at the Marine uh Park uh new playground site uh we ushered in new playground equip very much needed by the children around that area and it's very much appreciated thanks to Richard Savala our par director Dave Lewis who is also there in attendance uh director mono aayi who is a superintendent as well his daughter Grace Karen stumer public education program coordinator Parks Advisory board members are also intend sivia aala and Jason Baldwin as well as Sharon Warner who is president of the far greater Northside historical Association so thanks to all next slide please all right December 10th in partnership with Presbyterian nightshelter Fort Worth municipal court and the Fort Worth Marshals Association accepted donations uh of needed personal items for cold weather season they also collected uh you know children's toys and uh many of these donations went the Presbyterian night shelter and true worth place and to needy children so thanks and appreciation to them next slide please December 22nd uh join the senior citizens for the best years club for their Christmas celebration at the North Side Community Center uh so I brought in some uh treats and some other food items uh appreciate the staff there Daniel Lupe and all the community center staff Monita Vera also and thanks to Gil Loza for dejing the event next slide please okay December 22nd Fort wor Police Department Northwest division they spread Christmas cheer at the North triethnic Community Center so thanks to Commander Kim tenant Lawrence Sergeant Bonnie Kira who did a lot of the organizing Sergeant Isaac Martinez the kids even received an extra toy so thanks to them next slide please December 24th special thing for me emergencies don't take holidays and often times neither do our First Responders so one tradition that I've had ever since I've been a council member is to deliver tamales to all our Fort Worth police officers District 2 and the Fort Worth Fire Department stations as well as mstar so just a little token of our appreciation thanks next slide all right the Stockyards is turning along we have the toric armor building that's being totally renovated it's part of an $8 million renovation project led by Bennett Partners uh whitning Turner and KRS realy advisors uh it's going to be the new home for US Energy Development Corporation they're going to move from Arlington and uh transfer 60 employees there into the stockyard so uh they're looking to open up next year sometime it's incredible the rate of remodeling that they're doing so good wishes to them can't wait to see what they got next slide all right all right the stock shows in town in case you haven't heard and in case you haven't gone uh many of the council members including myself we were there for the opening day uh for the rodeo had a great time riding down the grand entry along fiddle council members Martinez B Crane and nettles next slide please all right related to that uh January 13th enjoyed in seeing the for wor Stock Show and Rodeo 2024 Invitational Mariachi competition with Schoolboard truste an Lanos and Dora Tovar appreciation to Brad Barnes for setting them up accommodating the competition at Will Rogers Auditorium next slide please January 14th picks from the best of Mexico G Fort Worth Stock Show on Rodeo our very own Northside High School mediai play traditional songs for the grand entry thanks for Rachel who's buzzing around here taking pictures for the great uh photos that she takes next slide okay January 19th took my family we had a wonderful time there uh as part of Fest night uh sponsored by the Fort Worth Hispanic chamber of commerce and uh wrote out again the grand Intrigue with other fellow council members it's always you know a privilege to do that and appreciation to Anette sto uh you know for organizing that uh she and our council member Martinez rote out Sid saddle very impressive thanks for doing that and thanks to all the chamber members that's all I have thank you councilwoman Bisons okay uh hats off to the parents teachers and students of rocket ship Explorer that's a new school that rocket ship opened in the woodh Haven area they wanted to start the year off with a better understanding of what it takes to get involved with city government I told them how to report street light outages potholes and all kinds of problems but I got real excited Wanda and Don when they asked me how do you get to serve on a board or a commission my answer was I'm glad you asked I have two openings right now and so that's us at rocket ship and thanks to joyia Johnson for taking pictures next is a very important announcement for those of you who have relatives friends in-laws Outlaws you never know who you know who may have outstanding warrants and so I want you to Mark February 10th as the date we're going to practice warrant forgiveness in Fort Worth in District 5 we will be at the brighter Outlook Annex of Ebenezer Baptist Church and that's at 1901 Amanda when you have outstanding warrants you walk around wondering who's going to turn me in you can't get a real good job because you got warrants you may get arrested so tell those people you know tell everyone you know you don't know who has them but if you have outstanding warrants there's a good chance to get them cleared on February 10th at 9:00 at Ebon of Baptist Church and the guy that the courts told me to let you know it's a wonderful way to kick off your Valentine's Day weekend that's all thank you okay right before Christmas hosted a lunch um for the police department's mounted Patrol which is in district 7 um I really enjoyed the time learning with the officers do and thank you to Chief noes and his Command Staff for attending as well um the past few weeks have had the pleasure of touring both the silcox Animal Care control as well as the North Animal Care and Control facilities to see how their systems work and how city council can best support their operations moving forward and a special thank you to Brandon Bennett Chris McAllister Valerie Washington and the management and the staff of both these facilities for not just taking the time to show me around but to really do a deep dive and answering my questions um these employees have a really thankless job and I am so appreciative to the care that you do um and take with these animals and especially working with the public to get them adopted so thank you so much for that next thanks and finally I want to thank Eric Fox Becky Redmond and Kevin McCormack at loed Martin for welcoming me on site um I got to do a very thorough tour and um get to watch the manufacturing um line for the F35 so thank you guys Council back our May sorry Chris let me skip you C my uh we had opportunity to do the um MLK parade on the east side uh in spite of the cold weather so we was there um I um Nicole call you State Rep Road with us uh to greet our constituents next slide please um the F the fraternity omegas uh went to Walmart on mcard and gave out free groceries and paid for people meals during the holiday season so they gave me an opportunity to participate with that doing a phenomenal job here in our district next slide Tory Drive giveaway with Cliff Sparks um the YMCA also the executive YC is he still here he was here earlier AJ uh but gave away free toys into our community VIP for worth and um our district 8 next slide had the opportunity to do the color Cowboys of color Rodeo first night is on the left opening night you see Elizabeth in the back really waving uh next to on right is Cowboys of color with Nicole Kaa riding out on Smokey I believe that's the last slide thank you Council be okay so first up we have um December 14th we were invited to sendan square to light the manora for the last night of Hanukkah um I really appreciate that opportunity and a little fun fact for those of you looking forward to next year the first night of Hanukkah will actually be on Christmas day so for anyone that wants to skip their traditional meal and come eat Chinese food with me let me know no I'll be ready to do that with you um next slide please okay we had the ribbon cutting of the Guarantee Bank and Trust opening downtown right here in downtown Fort Worth um you can see myself and my district director Mia came prepared with our Guarantee Bank Green for that photo uh next slide all right January 11th I had the opportunity to tour a business here in District 9 it's kind of tucked away it is a about a $5 million business that um here located right here in Fort Worth that custom D yarn so if you are in the yarn business um we have got the place for you right here in Fort Worth next slide all right later that day we got to do another ribbon cutting myself and mayor at panthera bio Solutions off of 35 um they are really innovating the way that we do R&D and allowing people to come in and um rent lab space so that they might not have the resources they need to get up and going but we provide that space they this now provides that space for them to do that and they also um are looking to train future employees um in that industry and partnering with our um our school district so it's a really great partner to to bring here to Fort Worth next slide okay I don't know if you know this but January 18th was Mary Kay day here in Fort Worth um myself and councilwoman Martinez got to present that Proclamation and as you can see um we had a lot of fun in their um in their Convention Center it was it was quite pink and um lots lots to see and do next slide okay so this is a challenge to my colleagues here and everyone in the room as well if you don't know we have an adult um basketball league may may proin Bivens I see you want to do it with me okay great I'll look forward to it um so I encourage you those of you that are interested please uh sign up um you can go to our Parks website for more information next slide this Thursday um the everyone counts point and time count will look I believe they are still looking for volunteers so if you are so inclined to put on warm clothes and head out from 5:30 to midnight um on a Thursday we would sure love to have you next slide okay coming up January 27th our Fort Worth library is uh putting on the um uh American witness exhibit um they will focus on um this particular day will'll focus on Holocaust Remembrance Day so I hope you can all join us for that as well next slide okay if you don't know our zoo is having a little baby boom and you can see we have a new lion cub moja and a new um giraffe corbel and I encourage you all to go out and check them out before they get too grown too fast just like our kids do um and if you you can see the picture em mojia there um it is really worth a visit to go see that little playful baby and that's all I got um just want to highlight our metab Brook neighbor Association and clean McLean initiative group um you know just went out to speak with them earlier this month on different issues and a lot of good stuff that's coming in the works but um it's a great group and and very proud to represent them uh next slide congratulations to those Fort Worth Police Department officers that promoted this month next slide and so uh council member Flores touched on it congratulations to Anette landos and for wor Hispanic chamber of commerce on their 4 41st annual Fiesta night at the rodeo it was a wonderful event um but we uh Annette and I also serve on the Hispanic advisory count committee for the cowgir museum so if you go to the next slide um there will be an exhibit opening in March during women's History Month so it's going to be really great and we'll share more information as as the dates are finalized so please um follow me on social media and we'll be sharing that more information there thank you thank you Janette it's conclusion of our presentations mayor next will be uh speakers on non-consent thank it um our first speaker is Bob Willoughby is Bob here okay you don't mind grabbing Bob outside Mr Willoughby thank you ex I think this is about the 3% pay raise that's the only thing I signed up for so quickly I had a video and uh they wouldn't let me you wouldn't let me play the m i got to F I got to focus to you I can't talk to them I forgot in the video it had Mr cook saying he would take questions anytime and that and uh yes it's true Mr cook will take questions the only problem is Mr cook will not answer the questions we had a one hour meeting until today he's not answered the questions and what they and this he's going to get a raise again you know he was he was moved from sunnd Square I understand we're $50 million over budget on the new city hall I think that'd be manager I don't think he deserves another rage he gets enough money as it is now okay plus he doesn't answer questions now what they did they shot down my video because I had John T white NE Association is corrupt that's in the paper it was in the Fort Worth Weekly out here I put a half page out here but they wouldn't let me play in the video here because videos have more effect than me talking that's why they shut down my video and I'm fighting that okay now uh you know we get to City News oh I love this Michelle Guk uh she put you know three things that may should know every time I see that think oh God you should know important for the mayor well I got three things that she doesn't put in there that the should tell you yeah when they ask for this race here where they don't ever tell you how much the person's making how much they've been making and I don't think they deserve it because the jobs aren't being doing right and plus all three of these people they all were brought in from out of town two of them have the highest paid positions in the city of for even a marish r town so we don't hire people in the city and when we do look at this uh city manager gets over you know $398,000 a year if you can't what do you do with all that you can't take it with you okay plus a $600 car allowance if you can't afford to buy your own car with $398,000 a year I mean police officers get five times less of that okay and they they Dodge bullets all he does is Dodge my camera okay look at what 3% is that's $1,940 I don't hard make that a year I'm in probably I'm going tell you and then look at lean you know she gets 271,000 and and I've asked her some questions she hadn't answered you know I asked why was I banned give me the stuff to use in court I got zero back so I was banned without a reason without a hearing we'll see about that when we go to court I have out of charges okay and the secretary I don't have nothing against secretary $183,000 and that's just too much money okay so anyway they're going to do it no matter what I say and I used say anything short of Jesus Christ coming through that door would stop them I'd almost say even Jesus Christ walking through the door is not going to stop this race going through thank you Council our next speaker is uh Michael Moore I think Michael has a group Pastor MO is that correct yes he does if you're part of Pastor Moore's group just raise your hand you don't have to stand up if you don't mind I see one anybody else here with Pastor Moore that's okay come on down Pastor good to see you Miss W Harden do I have to announce that Miss W Harden hi Miss Harden hello my name is Wanda Harden and I'm here to speak on behalf of renaming histo uh Rosedale Park Plaza Park to Historic stop 6 Park and uh I live in the neighborhood I've lived there I've grown there I've gone to Dunbar High School um I graduated from the old school which is on will Willie Street U my family Built Homes there my uncles had several homes there and uh we just need to pres Preserve that park because rosale has nothing to do with historic stop six it's just the name of a street so we need to preserve the Legacy the Heritage uh and make it a permanent Landmark for uh uh this uh it's a black developed uh neighborhood thank you Miss Harden appreciate you Pastor Moore did you want to add anything else no go ahead Miss Gina go ahead Pastor Moore I have a question for you if you'll come to the microphone yes ma'am can you tell me how the idea of the new name came about and what type of support have you heard or received about changing the name um I think the the real reason for the the name change is because historic stop 6 has no marker that identifies the community we just know that it's stop six nobody knows where the original stop was for the inner urban uh train so everybody kind of talks about it's here there but the opportunity to change the name of the park to Historic stop 6 will in essence give historic stop 6 a birth certificate it gives it a place to uh put a marker down so that for generations to come this community will be identified as a community that was founded by Miss Amanda Davis by uh Mr and Mrs cwin and all the other people who invested in that Community who um made a sacrifice for that community and they struggled uh to create this community and so their marker um doesn't exist without us making this park the name change identifying the community and I think for the rest of the the history of this City Historic St six will have a home makes sense I want you to look to your left and I want Michael Moore to just wave at you Michael Mars wave at Michael Moore I want you to invite him to your neighborhood association meeting and he will tell you how we now know for sure how the name and where the stop six in urban was and Michael you will have a good time with this Michael thank you Pastor thank you very much and thank you counsel thank absolutely thank you yes sir our next speaker is Jonathan Morrison followed by Adrien Smith um good evening to the mayor and Council my name is Jonathan Morrison I live in Historic rosale Park I actually serve as the president of the neighborhood association right now and I just want to Echo what um Pastor Mo said and I didn't think I would be emotional but you right um I've been in a lot of places and even at times when my life was threatened and I told told people that I was from stop six it made them reconsider whose I was and who they were messing with um and that um as we've been working this past um 15 10 years Historic rosale Park is celebrating our 10th anniversary this year um to redefine the identity of stop six as um and to take away a lot of the negative connotations that have um been laid upon us because of some of the um unintended consequences of mismanagement or um decisions that were above our head to um not invest in our community um now that the investment is being made and we are um want to be um an additional Shining Light in the city I think that it brings Great Value to the investment that's being made by all the partners that there is a place um that that is identified as a park as a green space as a as a space and um for the past maybe since 2005 um people have been uh meeting there for something called stop Six Day on on the sixth day of the six month whether it was on a Saturday or during the week and a lot of times that that Gathering is not seen as something positive because of the people and the reason why they're Gathering but I think this is the beginning of even to educate those people and remind those people um why stop 6 even exists and how to that they can be a part of the betterment of our community so I came as an individual we did not vote on this in our neighborhood association meeting we did discuss it there was not a lot of negative descent I think some people may have been taken the back because they may not have been directly notified in a certain type of way but I think that it is a a true um identification of The Changing of the Guard that we we will no longer be identified as a negative place but a positive place so thank you Pastor Mo thank you Jonathan Council our next speaker is Adrien Smith by phone Mr Smith Adrian Smith yes Adrien Smith uh this is going to be in reference to MMC 2421 one of the last agenda items to be brought before c tonight uh fol Worth to vote on measure that could impact affordable housing for years to come and this was a report done by nbc5dfw reporter Alana quillin published four hours ago updated for 46 minutes ago and I want to take a quote from this particular uh article if I could no developer that has applied for tax bment has opted to do the set aside since 2015 Sarah Odell Fort Worth's neighborhood development coordinator she said there have been five developments each op to pay the fee instead of setting aside affordable units now hopefully you all before you make this vote tonight we we will hear from each of you why this vote is important yourself included mayor because this Council so basically the developers who've done business within the city of Fort Worth desire a profit over people now this mayor and Council wants to put on a facade that they are somehow the champions of affordability when again their behavior both present and past says otherwise so you all have opportunity to hold developers to a higher standard of accountability I'll say no more tax abatements if you are truly about this idea of affordability and these neighborhood empowerment zones you know what basically the areas that have been disinvested from for years you all got to do better so hopefully we will hear from each one of you on this di why this vote is important and to the developers you are winning because of the individuals that are in place but when we get the right people in place trust me there will be greater accountability and greater transparency for the decisions that are made as it relates to the city and as it relates to the money that that's allocated for various things in the city when the righteous are in Authority the people Rejoice but when the Wicked Man rules the people gran 30 days you all 30 days Council that's the last of our consent speakers for the moment non consent Excuse me yes we're going to recess for just two minutes we've got a little electrical glit glitch here looks like before I make the motion yeah just wait a second GL when we get to the new [Music] place okay looks like we're back at it council member crane I believe this is a board appointment 24-4 yep that's what all right um I'll make a motion request your consideration to appoint the following individual with the partial term effec of January 23rd 2024 ending October 1st 2025 Chelsea Griffith Parks and Recreation Advisory Board the respective application is attached and resume provided um the original copy will be maintained in the city secretary's office a motion a second Council please vote motion carries next next item will be resolution 24- 424 a motion Council move to approve second a motion in a second please vote motion carries next item will be 24- 4025 please vote motion carries next item will be 24- 428 motion a second please vote next item will be 24- 429 and mayor we have speakers on this item thank you our first speaker on this item is Wanda Conan followed by Judy Taylor mayor and council members I'm Wanda conin and I live at 1755 Martell Avenue in District 11 uh I had a bunch of stuff that I was going to tell you how wonderful East Lancaster Avenue used to be but we don't care about that tonight we're looking at moving forward and seeing what his lanaster can be in the future um and around 2004 I'm not real good with years but in 2004 kirvy Hawkins who was a planner with the te at the time uh now Trinity Metro brought us a plan he presented it to a room full a standing room only full of East Fort Worth citizens he outlined the plan he called it brt um bus rapid transit and explained to us how this could if the plan came into fruition that um it could create a new East Lancaster Avenue uh it showed the bus lines going along curb and coming to New wonderful bus stops with lighting and um U loading platforms so that the the people people could get on and off the bus in a comfortable way it had Landscaping the bus stops had Landscaping they were really pretty attractive uh modern and wonderful we all accepted the plan we loved it and we're ready to go unfortunately there never was any funding for it so it lay there fellow for all these years it's not we we've wished for it and it hadn't happened well tonight thanks to wonderful Michael Morris we have funding for a plan for E lankaster Avenue uh what I just told you is essentially the same plan you're looking at tonight the LPA that you're looking at tonight is U almost like a mirror of of what we looked at before so my ask for you tonight is to move forward to vote for this accept it and and and let's get on with let's get on with with shining up this old dusty street thank you thank you Wanda our next speaker is Judy Taylor followed by Cindy and Mark bowling I'm Judy Taylor I live at 26 604 Stark Street I'm very much in support of everything good and happening I hope that someday I will see another grocery store another department store another jewelry store another sto shoe store that I have seen in the past right now we'd just love to have positive impact on our East Lancaster but then you go to 8:20 no way am I in support of anything that they're planning to expand and East Lancaster to six Lanes in East Fort Worth there will be a great impact Upon Our historic district in the 6,400 and 6500 block of East Lancaster we will leave very treasured Pro possible lands there's also uh problems with the downsizing of our Caboose Park there's an impact on our Rose Hill Cemetery there's increase speed on East Lancaster which does not need speed we already have too many Speeders and too many accidents there's a great impact on our Green Oak St ly entrance which is historic area for Indian campgrounds and Indian HRS we just do not need to destroy things that are there and support things that just are not really helpful to us they talk about a bus going to meet a bus in Arlington there is no such thing bus does not happen in Arlington and will not happen in Arlington please be very thoughtful of things you look for as you expand anything positive for East Fort Worth thank you thank you J Judy Cindy and Mark bowling thank you mayor Parker my name is Cindy bowling and I'm speaking for myself and on behalf of my husband Mark bowling also known as Mr Cindy bowling hi Gina um he loves that we live in District 11 one city block North of East Lancaster as I've told yall before we love our neighborhood we love where we live Mark and I support the East Side Transportation plan we believe it's a huge step forward for economic development we initially had concerns about the talk about development east of 820 and expansion to six Lanes but after further comp apprehension of the plan our concerns are alleviated we believe what we're being told I believe Kelly Porter I believe all of y'all yeah I I believe you and we're going to see really good things with this development um and although it hasn't been as far as I know a topic of any discussion The Bridge Street and britwood stair development we support that too as part of growing a premier and premium transit route as you all have said Thank you thank you Cindy our next speaker is Bill schwi Swinson you have to correct me Bill followed by James Sims mayor Parker members of the council my name is Bill Schon I live at 501 Green River Trail in District 5 and I am a member of the board of directors of the East Fort Worth Business Association during our board meeting on Thursday January the 11th the board in a unanimous vote following a motion by member Gary cby and seconded by member Toby Owen adopted the following position regarding the resolution concerning the East Side Transportation plan locally preferred alternative the officers and directors of the East Fort Worth Business Association wish to go on record with our support of a locally preferred alternative for the Redevelopment of East Lancaster Avenue we have significant concerns regarding the public safety aspect of any plan that you utilizes the existing median for any sort of vehicular traffic additionally we understand that the city will be submitting environmental commitments with the LPA to the Texas Department of Transportation and that those commitments are still under discussion however we feel that the concept that is currently presented in the LPA is the best alternative for a worldclass redesign that will re Revitalize and enhance the Avenue and hopefully lead to increased Economic Development opportunities for the East Lancaster quarter we appreciate the opportunity to present our input to you on this generational opportunity for the Avenue and for East Fort Worth and we would ask you to not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any assistance with the planning process as it moves forward now I believe that that a copy of this was emailed to you but I have individual copies to present to you as well we thank you for your time and attention thank you Bill and our NE thank you we'll receive those our next speaker is James Sims followed by Julie leadford good evening mayor Parker and City Council Members my name is James Sims my wife and I are longtime East Side Fort Worth residence and have lived at 6935 Craig Street in the old town of Hanley for the past 51 years I'm here tonight to express my concern regarding the possible impact that the Eastside Transportation plan may have on the Hanley historic district on located on the East Lanas Avenue and you've heard of people speaking about that tonight as well although I am aware that tonight's resolution and support of this plan specifically addresses the city's concern for the plan's possible effect on this historic district I fear that the proposed increase in the present 79 ft wide rway in front of those structures planned expansion to 113t width in the same area is Illustrated on page 10 of the resolution you're about to vote on tonight will not be honored as time passes between this resolution and the actual construction I thus request that going forward the city stick to its guns and insist that both Tex do and the North Central Texas of government honor the resolution in this regard for our historic district as set forth in the resolution you're about to vote upon thank you Council our next speaker is out of my I go hold on Julie leadford followed by Paul kpo Julie new sorry about that Julie go ahead good there it is um I forwarded a copy of um the information from Justin newart in the preservation and design Department about section 106 just wanted to mention that and every rendering that I've seen includes the six lines and this is current historic Hanley right here this could potentially negatively impact the old historic Handley feed building the Caboose Museum the art installation that's currently outside the museum and hhdc and hna beautification efforts there which include lamps bricks and uh these were funded by the Hanley Street Festival and other fundraising efforts there are historic buildings throughout this area and uh historic Hanley Development Corporation and Hanley neighborhood association have both been instrumental in um helping with our area and the beautification efforts there and although it was a collaboration with the city it was funded through Handley and their fundraising efforts I just want to look at a couple of the things on my slides here's the Gazebo right there in Hanley this is an example of the lamp post and the banners that are on the uh lamp post throughout this area uh here's a clock restored clock and there's public artwork and local Landscapes and making it six Lanes would impose on a lot of this area here's part of the landscape this is right near that intersection where it would be six Lanes um it's there's a lot of other examples in our community here's our uh historic street signs that are throughout um some of our offices and businesses there's some landmarks right around in Hanley but this is a strip that we're talking about right here and as you can see the lamp posts are already right next to the street and then there's the brick work so it seems impossible to have the drawing on page 10 and not POS on this and as it was mentioned earlier there's a lot of dangerous traffic accidents that already happened there and we've had at least four or five where the cars smashed directly into the businesses and went into the plate glass windows knocked over planners right here this intersection has had four or five accidents and as you can see this building um has um petrified wood throughout so it's a very Innovative and different unique property and making it six Lanes would bring it right up to that doorstep um again here's some brick work in the lamp post I think we saw that one already there's a close-up of the Petrified Wood and uh again here's the section that would possibly be negatively impacted so I just implore you our city council thank you for listening to me tonight but I implore you to really consider the negative impaact for future Generations I'm a lifelong resident of east side and I really want to make sure we honor our his historic efforts and also the efforts of our neighborhood association and the residents that live in the area to keep us um historic and looking our best thank you thank you Julie our next speaker is Paul kpo followed by Julie West Paul Caro Fort Worth Madame mayor council members I appreciate the extra work that staff has done in reviewing the impact on Handley and some some of the changes they're suggesting I would ask you to give them more time to do a little bit more work towards that they uh overwhelmingly I think the presidents and the business owners of Handley are concerned that six Lanes through our district will be detrimental forever to our community I'd also like to point out that while the me uh staff says that graves will not be necessarily moved they indicate they need 111 ft for RightWay by my measure there's 107 ft at the widest part and that tapers down to 87 ft again I think a little more review is in order thank you thank you Paul our next speaker is Julie West followed by Dan Hayes thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening my name is Julie West and I represent my business paper planet and on behalf of my peers in the Hanley wedding District also known as historic Hanley I've been closely following the Eastside Transportation LPA plan since it was brought to my attention in late 2023 I'm here to voice our concerns about the proposed and possible expansion of Lancaster east of 820 to6 Lanes we have cultivated our unique and thriving destination shopping location on the east side of Fort Worth drawing customers from all over the Metroplex and Beyond each of the businesses in the Hanley wedding district is owned and operated by local hardworking entrepreneurs we want growth that reflects historic hanley's needs and it's plan with the area's best interest in mind our Collective of businesses has spent almost two decades investing time and Sweat Equity into the buildings neighborhoods and associations in historic Hanley we want to see our model nurtured by our city and state significant changes to our section of Lancaster would negatively affect our community with unnecessary traffic noise pollution loss of safe parking loss of historic buildings and lack of access to our economy we understand that the latest discussion does not include funding or a fully realized plan to expand the east side of 820 to six Lanes we are very very hopeful that this is true and appreciate the thoughtfulness given to any decisions to come my colleagues and I would like to be included in future discussions regarding our area as we could provide invaluable feedback regarding the continued growth of the East Side into even more of an economic and Retail destination we as a collective want to see some of the following things happen improve safety for our pedestrian and motor traffic slower well planned traffic with pedestrian Crossings and traffic lights advancement of the Urban Village concept that has been pitched as the future for Handley for over a decade facilitation and consideration for the homeless along our Corridor improved and expanded Mass public transit to tie the length of the east side to the downtown Corridor and enrichment for the local business economy through funds and projects I understand there's is much interest in building up the East Side through improvements in this area Fort Worth we would love for the city of Fort Worth to be an intrical partner investing in the growth of the Hanley wedding district and historic Hanley it would prove an excellent Venture for the city to have a vested interest in its thriving and historically underserved part of Fort Worth by investing time and some effort into this part of East Fort Worth you can show that we are worth building up and make us an example for other underserved non-traditional areas of Fort Worth I again would like to invite you and any members of the city council or Representatives across the city to come to our open house on February 29th where you can individually see all these businesses I appreciate your future consideration and all of your time this evening thank you thank you Miss West Dan Hayes good evening my name is Dan Hayes and I live in District 11 uh in my view the three main goals of this LPA should be to maximize the economic development potential of the corridor minimize the potential for pedestrian vehicle encounters and Do no harm in handly I don't understand the disconnect between what you're saying mayor Parker and what this LPA shows in Handley you say you and presumably most of the council don't support six Lanes but that's the detail in the LPA you can't rely on your wishes known making your wishes known to text dotter putting it in the notes they are a big bureaucracy and I believe we need to just spell it out four lanes as for the portion of this roadway inside the loop we don't need six travel Lanes there either instead of a center running Transit and travel Lanes reduced to four such as my poor printed diagram here shows uh we're going to expect the transit to needlessly contend with traffic in the right-and lane and we have way more traffic capacity than we have needed since the 1950s when Lancaster was the road to Dallas and we'll continue to maim or kill a half dozen pedestrians every year as they have statistically for the last decade something that looks like the diagram on the screen makes more sense to me we need Economic Development to be the priority not the roadway in any discussion about what East Lancaster needs folks undoubtedly mention grocery stores and other goods and services nobody ever talks about the roadway condition or complains of traffic congestion and a center lane bus based bus Rapid Transit would distinguish the Lancaster quor from others in the city and could prove transformative from an economic development perspective as it has in other cities Transit design right draws developers new writers and new residents it would move Fort Worth a little closer to Transit anyone might use not just those with Transportation challenges instead we have a safe plan that will draw no scrutiny from State decision makers and ignores Trinity Metro's Center running Transit recommendation so although I'm thrilled about this I really hope that there will be a little bit more discussion maybe a pause maybe to think about this much like you might with the Museum District West 7th the Stockyards or other prominent areas just taking a little more time to dig into the details thank you thank you Dan Council that's a conclusion of our speakers um I'm gonna ask Michael Morris and Lauren prier to give some clarity to what we're voting on this evening I think looks like Mr moris is going to go first Michael thank you for joining us this evening Madame mayor uh members of the council Mr city manager for the record I'm Michael Morris I'm the director of Transportation at the North Central Texas council governments I'm the staff director to the regional transportation Council under a federal rule uh the regional transportation council is responsible for transportation matters in the Dallas Fort Worth region um your mayor protm is the current chair of the regional uh Transportation Council so Madam chair it's nice to see you today uh today you have to mark your uh today on your calendar this is a big day I've stood in in this Council chamber for several Transportation events over the last four decades today's event today is one of the biggest ones I can think of and I'll take a second uh Madame mayor and lay it out first thank you City staff for taking a leadership position on the locally preferred alternative I think it'll help expedite uh needed Transportation improvements uh there is no need or necessity necessity for a pause it's time to hit the gas pedal we have won a lot of federal funds in this part of the region and I'm going to lay that out to you number two three major transportation projects are advancing into design into the environmental clearance process construction does not start tomorrow will be in design for several years but because we won Federal grant money that we are now on the clock we cannot afford to do this design twice we only can do it once or that money gets returned to Washington D DC and on my watch I'm not returning money that we have won competitively and returning it to Washington DC highspeed rail is being planned on the Interstate 30 quor connecting downtown Fort Worth Arlington Dallas Houston Austin and San Antonio that High-Speed Rail is being designed in conjunction with a brand new freeway facility from Cooper Street in Arlington all the way to downtown Fort Worth um I give credit to techto to uh let us Advance major uh design considerations uh through different types of scenarios of both highspeed ail and freeway third we're going to toggle East Lancaster East Lancaster probably last U amount has $100 million we won a competitive Grant against our colleagues and States across the country we plan to have $182 million in place for the construction of East LAN Caster west of a20 we have no Transportation funds for improvements east of a20 I have no idea why contemplation is occurring with regard to a six Lane facility on Lancaster east of a20 we're responsible for the Mobility plan and we don't even have any additional Lanes slotted for East Lancaster east of a20 I believe Hanley is is a great example of a place I think we can learn from the historic place of Hanley and the whole purpose of an East Lancaster project is to create Place West of a20 doesn't have to be just like Hanley but that same Spirit of the speakers that you saw today we need repeated along different locations um to create PL Place West of 820 Rosedale was the first Transportation Pro project we ever built that wasn't a transportation project it was an economic development project it went through stop six we understand stop six this Transportation project on East Lancaster fully funded west of a20 is for the people the citizens the economic development the opportunities The Hope and spirit of those individuals on East Lancaster similar to that uh brought to that on rosale what's happened on Rosedale juneth mus the other developments now occurring there's no way you in this Council would take me serious to create a new vision for East Lancaster if we totally didn't rebuild East Lancaster it just doesn't have the momentum it doesn't have the public sector investment to create the private sector response there's a lot of reasons uh that we need to move forward at this particular point in time largely because of these funds Interstate 30 West of Cooper I speed rail and East Lancaster west of 820 Transit I've spent two years in my of my life debating Transit you need to focus on transit in the total system of Transit that's occurring in Fort Worth let me just give you a quick review Point number four we're now out in public meetings to purchase four additional Transit vehicles for the Tex rail line because we don't have enough vehicles to extend the rail service into the hospital District two we just finished funding the regional transportation council did try Metro did to fund the 820 station uh on the triny Railway Express third the RTC is inventing a new mode of transportation called guaranteed Transit we we get people in the Central City of Fort Worth that need jobs in this case in Alliance we have guaranteed Transit on our express lane that goes to Alliance if we don't get you there in time will pay your Transit Fair what a great opportunity to have dedicated transit to Alliance to create job opportunities for all of us in the Fort Worth uh community and lastly we got to get the rail extension fully funded into the hospital District so the last thing I think we need is to deter triny Metro uh in a center running Transit investment when next Generation TR uh Transit signals and we operate Transit Vehicles like we will our ambulances uh to Speed cars along the particular curve so our citizens can sit in air conditioning with restrooms coffee and lunch um and not necessarily have to sit in the hot median waiting for their Transit vehicle East Lancaster used to be the Bankhead Highway Bankhead Highway was a highway from White House to California the roadway no longer today after today if you vote for this resolution will no longer be the roadway to California it'll be a place in East Fort Worth for the citizens of East Fort Worth to create the vision that they want on this Transportation project similar to the historical elements of Hanley you now have the historic elements of East Fort Worth to be be able to develop that particular Vision on a new Clean Slate Transportation project called e East Lancaster it's about placemaking it's about people yes it's a transportation project but the only thing I'm asking of this council is to engage all of your departments from planning to zoning to housing to homelessness so we can create a vision and respond to the people's need of a new East Lancaster project that can Inspire uh generations to come all voices need to be heard it's not just about Transportation it's about technology it's about Broadband for everyone the elimination of food deserts equal access to jobs equal access to Medicine equal access to education today is a big day today we are asking you to move forward on a vision that's bringing probably $5 billion uh west of a20 uh to the citizens of the Fort Worth area Madame mayor I'll I'll give time to my colleague and stand uh ready for any questions any of the member members of the council have thank you Michael Lauren mayor and Council I'm Lauren prier the director of transportation and public works and thank you for the opportunity to come speak with you and the community tonight Michael thank you for explaining the vision for the region in the corridor tonight what I want to talk about is the Tactical of how we get to that vision and achieving that so right now what we're doing tonight is proactively working as a community with tex. inth Cog on creating the best design Street possible so understand we're very early on in this process and that is why Community engagement matters so much there is still time and more to be done and discussed on this Corridor as a team we are focused on creating a walkable Place oriented traffic calming noise mitigating and safer street so all cross-sections as noted in the executive summary are subject to change based on the Metropolitan Transportation plan and environmental and design phases so I understand there are concerns about the cross-sections proposed proposed is the key word know that this resolution supersedes the draft executive summary and the conceptual six Lane cross-section as seen in that draft summary so I'd like to call everyone's attention to the requested environmental commitment documents exhibit B so like I said we're now moving into the environmental phase so this is attached to the resolution for Cog and tex doots consideration in the Design Elements so it's reflective of the public and council's comments and our city initiatives what we've asked for them to do in consider in their design is to stay within the RightWay to preserve historic and cultural resources stay within the RightWay on the North side within the historic Hanley area avoid impacts to Native American and other cultural historical sites including the feed store in the Hanley Area Preserve sufficient rideway between the railroad and the roadway to accommodate future infield development in the Hanley historic district stay in the right of way to avoid cemeteries and maintain on street parking in the historic district so the Cog will continue to work with Community to gain consensus on the best path forward for us as a community and for traffic mov moving forward any questions thank you Lauren any questions appreciate you both being here there's quite a bit of concern understandably from constituents which is why I asked you both to attend maybe this question for is for you Lauren how do we think we got some confusion out there into the community especially pertaining to this section of East Lancaster well you know I think Engineers we can always do a better job of communication uh my joke is that I know numbers not words my apologies um but you know I think when when you see uh conceptual designs uh people you know these are really good-look drawings and they take that as truth understand that we haven't entered design yet we are in the public engagement process right now we are gathering um people's comments to incorporate into the design and we will be doing that throughout the environmental process thank you and I think Mr Morris go ahead mayor the only thing I would add is we're laser focused on a20 and West Hanley is East if Hanley wishes to create a nice walkable Community with safety and other types of elements that don't necessarily include the additional uh construction of lanes we're more than happy to work with Hanley on a vision for that particular community and I believe as we get into the details of the design with Tex do I think you're going to see attributes of the historic Handley not necessarily copied but integrated in The Vision West of a20 thank you Michael Council any questions or comments council member Bivens thank you Lauren and thank you Michael I have a this portion that we're talking about is in the council District that I represent for those of you who spoke and those of you who didn't speak but you are in this community I need to check your your temperature right now and so my question to you all is if you see us vote in support of this document on the agenda tonight please raise your hands if you think that's voting to put in six Lanes okay next question for those of you who the same group of people if we approve this tonight do you see us at odds with Trinity Metro's plan raise your hands if you do okay Lauren what what I need I'm G tell you what I think not until Judy Taylor mentioned to me six Lanes I I said where are you getting this six lanes because we were focused on making sure that we understood what was going to happen down the middle of Lancaster and I would not be supporting anything in the middle got to be at the curb and I knew that we would be able to get funding and support from the Cog if we did that six l threw me completely off so Lauren in what we are voting on tonight does it endorse six Lanes no ma'am it it does not endorse six Lanes as we have stated all along that East Lancaster uh including the number of lanes will be determined by Cog and teot however what this resolution does is it says we are not in support of this in terms of taking the ride away from Handley or really you know allowing them to build out to six Lanes again it's not our call and I think a lot of the the confusion comes from the the draft conceptual cross-sections this is something we show people to give them an idea of what we're talking about gather comments and then reflect those comments in our in our submitt to text Dot now I I will tell you mayor you were on a panel discussion I think you were in DC I forget where you were but we kept bugging you all last week and you kept responding that was good we we made it very clear that we will not be supporting six Lanes Michael has made it very clear he will not be endorsing anything with six Lanes so if you could just get six Lanes out of your mind and if you could make sure we never see any kind of plan that has six Lanes maybe we can gain credibility again but I hate the moment I looked at that illustration that's not happening now finally what I will say to the shop owners of Hanley for those of you who have your shops here but don't live here the best way for you to stay plugged in into what's going on is to subscribe to City News you know the the newspaper a lot of people don't take the Star Telegram anymore we don't always make the top of the news for Bap and krld but there is a thing called city news and if you go to the city of Fort Worth website you will be up to dat on what's Happening that's the best advice I can give but I can tell you I will be supporting you know tonight's vote because I know Hanley is not going to be changed like we feared it would be I didn't fear but it's just crazy that we got so off course but what I will ask you is as engaged as you are this evening stay engaged throughout the process because as as you've heard we are at the very beginning of it right now but don't even say the number six unless it's in your phone number your birthday or your address because it's not happening and well okay the six is okay that six is okay but I'm just trying to make sure you you know this council is not lying to you we are not fooling you we are not playing a shell game we do not want to see Hanley Disturbed or the image destroyed people come to that wedding district from all around the country we don't want to bother that we want to enhance that and so just know that what you see us focusing on now is west of 820 yes ma'am and so those are my remarks and it's important to note nothing has been designed yet this project is about two years away from a shovel going into the ground so we have time we're at the point where where Community comments are absolutely welcome and needed to shape the design and so we don't want no more pictures Lanes loud and clear four lanes okay and and that has already been reflected in our comments and we continue to be reflected in our comments to text that thank you thank you thank you celer Martinez I just want to speak to the portion of Lancaster that's funded west of 820 and just thank you to all the speakers that came out this evening um to speak on this resolution just very excited about this Transportation project and the economic development that's for sure to come and hopefully it will bring us a grocery store on the east side that's very much needed thank you uh thank you mayor I just wanted to speak to the fact as far as Trinity Metro Metro goes I do serve on the Trinity Metro board alongside with Michael Crane and Trinity Metro is on board with Cog and with Michael and so there's no division uh we are all ready to move forward with East Land Castle so I want to make sure that was uh publicly stated tonight thank you about that have a future gen item we were handling if there are no more questions again thank you to Michael and to Lauren and to all of the participation we've had from the community I think it's very clear that we're not doing six Lanes we're focused on this section of 820 me on Lancaster and we will welcome additional input and try to mitigate any more Engineers communicating Lauren jokes aside I think you did just fine tonight for an engineer thank you Council if that's the last of our commentary I can take a motion in a second Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item next item is 24-4 30 Council I can entertain a motion here thank you motion a second please vote motion carries next item is 24- 431 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is 24- 432 we missing Jared try again Jared motion carries next item is public hearing MNC 24- 0086 report by Dan Mir Miracle mayor Parker members of council good evening my name is Daniel Miracle I'm a senior Environmental Specialist with the Environmental Quality division in the Environmental Services Department the purpose of today's public meeting or hearing is to rece receive comments to establish a municipal setting designation or MSD 33 for the bip Brandon property located at 2201 Brennan Avenue Fort Worth Texas 76106 in Count Council District 2 the proposed property consists of approximately 3.39 acres and is owned by biip Brennan property LLC the property is currently zoned K heavy Industrial the chemicals of concern identified in groundwater are chlorinated Vol volatile organic compounds Benzene total petro and total petroleum hydrocarbons the subject property has historically been used for bulk oil storage and non-specific industrial activities which are believed to have contributed to the groundwater impacts the groundwater is shallow perched and discontinuous and occurs a depths of approximately 11 to 19 ft below the ground surface the affected shallow groundwater is underl by several confining Limestone layers that serve as a regional aquatard preventing the vertical migration of the chemicals of concern to underlying poble aquafers a public meeting was held on December 19th 20223 at 6 pm at the Northside Community Center at 1100 Northwest 18th Street two representatives of the applicant and three City staff were present two individuals from the community attended the public meeting questions and comments received regarding MSD 33 do not adversely impact staff's recommendation to prove this MSD in advance of the public meeting at today's hearing written notice was sent to property owners and municipalities within 1 half mile of the MSD boundary and to owners and public water supply utilities with groundwater Supply Wells within 5 miles of the proposed MSD bound boundary City staff from multiple departments have reviewed this application no comments or concerns were made the Environmental Quality division is satisfied that this MSD will be protective of human health and the environment as the ordinance would prohibit the use of the designated groundwater for potable water and irrigation purposes following any public comment staff recommends closing the public hearing adopting MNC 22 md-3 I and the attached resolution and ordinance thereby establishing CFW MSD 0033 thank you Dan appreciate that Council take a motion council member Flores go ahead all right before I make my motion just want to say briefly thank you for your attempted Outreach I know that the attendance was weak but uh the neighborhood association in the area did receive notice and information about it so that move for approval motion a second any there discussion councel please vote thank you Dan there we go Motion carries next item is MNC 23-10 31 with report by City staff Stuart Campell hi Stuart good evening mayor council members uh my name is Stuart Campbell and I'm a development services department this is a continuation of the public hearing that we opened up on December 12th for terraa uh it's an owner initiated annexation request it's Jason to council District block Council District um 10 uh I'm not going to go into if it's acceptable to the board I won't go into the staff report that I made at the at the public hearing when we opened it on the 12th uh I would like to just merely add that uh staff has been working with the applicant the resident and the developer in terms of uh mitigation measures related to the development and how the impact the surrounding communities I think we're uh very um happy with the progress has been made I think you're going to hear from some speakers today that will Echo that account and I think commissioner block has some comments to make uh so the purpose of the two-step process is one is we're going to take action request you to take action on an annexation case first uh that would be to close the public hearing uh if there's no citizen comments and act on the MMC the second would be consideration of the companion zoning case that would be heard next thank you Stuart any questions for steuart Council not council member block mayor we do have a couple speakers so mayor go ahead think he has a few things sure Stuart thank you so much for your efforts during this uh we have uh this and the companion zoning case are tied together so I'm going to ask that Rusty speak now as well as Bobby and the other representative of the community uh so so it's all at the beginning and not after we've made V on both them that sounds good so our first speaker will be Bobby Samuel followed by Daniel Betton and then Mr Fuller good evening mayor remember a council um I'm speaking actually on behalf of myself and Daniel uh Daniel's with LJ our Consulting engineer that's helping us out with the project um as Stuart mentioned you know since the last uh public meeting that we had you know we had some additional coordination efforts with both staff and council member block as well as some communication with North Fort Worth Alliance and hopefully we've kind to come to a resolution of addressing the concerns that were brought up at the prior meeting and happy to address any questions this evening didn't have anything formally prepared but I'm here to address any question question so counc block so Bobby if you'd just take a moment and uh share your commitments towards the surrounding infrastructure construction that'd be appreciated yeah no worries so as part of our recent meeting uh we kind of discuss Regional connectivity across multiple developments kind of in that North for Worth area surrounding travella we control terella as well as a deal next door called Madero uh within the travella development one thing we've committed to doing as part of the coordin efforts recently was to actually sort of expedite a collector road that runs East West within terraa and pull that timing forward um and tie that to actually a specific number of lots that we would be developed um as part of a green sheet process as the city forworth calls it for uh calls it for actually accepting that infrastructure so that was one of primary commitments that we made as part of the coordination efforts it's something that we didn't have to do but we thought just based on communication and feedback that we were getting from public Outreach as well well as staff and council member block that that would be a good thing to just make a commitment to do just to show our you know committed progress to all the development we have going on forward all right thank you Bobby I really appreciate thank you and it looks like Dan is not speaking correct so I'll move to Mr Fuller Rusty going I get the print big enough to read hi I'm Rusty Fuller and I'm president of the north for worth the Lions um uh we came before you a month ago uh to point out the difficulties with the ter development tonight we want to report back uh we want to recognize and thank staff councilman block and the representatives of uh green brick LLC whom you just heard earlier for their efforts in recent meetings these folks came together to see what remedies they could Implement to relieve the congestion that would be contributed by this extensive undertaking we have confirmed the commitments by developers to finish Cera Ranch Boulevard to the northern way and uh and thus create a second way out of the community by uh uh late 2025 greenbeck committed to significantly move up the construction date uh of the court of the connector to John Day which he's he just described and this will allow more flexibility to the people to move around the area they also agreed to rezone property associated with the the gaswell property to uh quarter acre lots which will give us a little bit of variety in density finally in a late fix there was there will be a signal and a turn lane to facilitate left turns for those having to take their children to the schools and send there a ranch which are all left turns from that from that development you know such action and such concern for the community is important and it needs to be recognized as the way to do business in Fort Worth we are grateful to all the parties to having taken our our our uh comments into consideration and come up so quickly within a month over the holidays with a solution so thank you very much folks thank you Rusty C this the last of our speakers on this item thank you mayor so I will just say you know my office along with nor North Fort Worth Alliance and others you know are working very aggressively to get get roads built and help with the mobility issues in the north I really want to extend appreciation to the north Fort Worth Alliance to Rusty Fuller specifically for his time expertise and leadership in the north I want to thank green brick Partners Bobby Brad for their willingness to collaborate with the Council Office the city of Fort Worth and tackling the challenges in this area and I want to give special thanks to our dedicated staff members that worked hard over the holidays and early earlier this month to to make this happen Dana berdoff DJ harell Ty Thompson Stuart Campbell Leandra Stringfellow Steven Murray Shad Ron clay Pearson Eric fliger laurren prier and Kelly Porter and with that I move to close a public hearing and act on the MNC second please vote motion carries next we be the companion zoning case zc [Music] 23127 I don't think we have speakers on this item since we just handled that I think we're safe moving forward with a motion to approve vote you're slow down here crane motion carries next item item is zc- 23-15 we have one speaker on this item council member Nettles but only if there's opposition and to my knowledge there is none move to approve motion a second please vote Council BL lock try again sorry motion carries next item is sp- 23- 013 no speakers on this item council member Bivens second motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 161 council member CR we have one speaker only opposition to my knowledge there is none that's great I'm going to move to approve with the site plan waved motion a second please vote Elizabeth do you want to vote on that one sorry motion carries next item is zc- 23164 no speakers on this item Chris move for approval motion a second please vote next item is zc- 23167 we have a few speakers on this item council member Martinez um I do want to goad mayor if I may um make a note before uh our speakers come forward that I do plan to continue this zoning case to 30 days to to February 13th thank you our first speaker is Laticia Wilburn is this Wilburn here seen her there she is hi good evening first I want to say Happy New Years to each and every one of you and I want to say I did try to reach out to Habitat for Humanity but I did not get a call back we are I'm with Echo he High stop 6 environmental Coalition and the environmental Coalition of communities that sprang from Echo Heights and that's the Citywide Coalition and we are in favor of the home being built by Habitat for Humanity I uh went by the I went by the neighborhood I drove by the street and the address it looked as though a home was once there so it looked like it should be Zone for a house and not industrial also um I am the unfortunate recipient of having industrial right in my backyard so when I looked at this location one of the first thing I noticed is that this land is just like a home a piece of lot right next door to a home so there's no buffer there's no anything there so it seems like the lot is not even feasible for industrial to even be at that location so that was one of my concerns um I also looked at the zoning cases that you all have on this deal and most of the ones that are similar are actually uh set for approval so I'm not sure what this particular one for Habitat for Humanity was uh set for denial I know I read that said it's not uh compatible or whatever but when you look at it it's not compatible for industrial is actually compatible for a home to be built there so that's pretty much all I wanted to say is that Echo High stop six environmental Coalition is in support of Habitat for Humanity building a home there and not for industrialization to be right next door and right up on homes that's not right and so that's what I had to say I just want to be sh thank you miss wurn our next speaker is mallerie Han okay Michelle Kennedy good evening mayor and Council it is always a pleasure to have an opportunity to to speak with you guys um I would like to uh just make a really quick reference to something that was um said earlier I just wanted to say that I find this Council to be very supportive of affordable housing and home ownership in our city um across the board and I appreciate that I find you to be solution oriented and um I appreciate that I appreciate that leadership I we've been working and had a conversation with councilwoman Martinez just yesterday on this issue um everything that miss Wilber said is true it's a corner lot it's an odd little neighborhood 4200 Brady is located on um three streets uh it's it's Brady it's nms it's good shepher I'm sorry it's um Country Estates there are 22 houses and 67 mobile homes on these um on this little area and it in in terms of the future use plan it's it's designated as mixed use um I very familiar with the stop six overlay and I I looked at it and thought it was compatible with the stop six overlay because we're going to be putting a A5 single we're asking for A5 single fames zoning and so we were trying to retain that um single family zoning within this area where I mean look I could stand here all night y'all know that and talk about affordable housing I'm passionate about it passionate about affordable home ownership we all know the city needs it and this was um this was another opportunity for us to pursue that but we do our leg work and we try to make sure that there's compatibility um when when we're doing that when we're requesting this zoning and that's that's all that I have to say I we be glad to answer any questions um mallerie is our senior director of construction she'll be glad to contribute anywhere if we have any questions or any anything that we need to to address thank you Michelle Council Martinez any questions no just that I had a conversation with Michelle and um would like a little bit more Outreach to the immediate neighborhood uh on their feedback for this potential zoning change so that's why I'm continuing it for for another month yeah and I'm going to um work with her office we're going to try to schedule there's 22 houses um 12 of them are renters and 10 of them are homeowners um on these two streets and just see if we can get them to come together and let's have a little bit of a conversation so everybody knows what's going on that's the way we like to do business um and most of you who I've worked with in the past know that that's the way we like to do business and so um look forward to continuing our work with councilwoman Martinez thank you Michelle appreciate it thank you got a motion to continue in a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 169 council member Bivens we have one speaker on this item but only if there's opposition to my knowledge there is none such a fantastic company may I move for approval second motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23175 council member Bivens again no opposition I just want to know if the owner of the applicant is here is that you Mr arck Yes we finally get a chance to see face to face thank you for what you're going to be doing and I move for approval of this case motion a second please vote you got an unanimous vote motion carries next item is zc- 23- 176 council member Nettles we have a few speakers on this side I'm not sure how much opposition but the first one just to be sure is Brian Cotter want to speak or no only okay very well Travis Nile same thing and Jim May back so I'll turn to you council member nles all right thank you move for approval motion carries next item is zc- 23- 178 council member lorf this one's yours only if there's opposition to my knowledge there is none motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23- 179 few speakers on this item council member Hill um not sure about opposition or not the first one is Carolyn Herer wants to speak only there's opposition but the second one is Kirk Presley is Kirk here no you're good okay council member Hill I move to approve and a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 180 council member block only if there's opposition there is none motion to approve second motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 181 council member crane this one's yours I do not think there's any opposition commission a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 183 council member Martinez no speakers really excited about this plan development um it's going to bring uh build a community in this in the Met Brook neighborhood and uh and will take place of a property that has been F that had burned down many years ago so just motion to approve Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-197 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24-21 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0089 mayor ptim this one's yours motion a second please vote motion carries just as a reminder MNC 24009 was withdrawn next item is MNC 24- 0052 council member block so forgive me I'll I have a small no to read uh I move that the fort wor city council adopt the resolution authorizing the use of power of imminent domain to acquire 4.3 78 acres in rideway easement from real property owned by beaten path development the land rights and the subject property are needed for the aend Del hasset Road Project a public use that will reconstruct and widen avendelle hasset Road from Willow Creek Drive to the eastern city limits of the city of hasset at John Day Road the property will be used for widening and reconstructing the existing two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane divided concrete Urban arterial the property is located at and depicted by the survey exhibit attached to this mayor and Council communication thank you Alan got a motion Council motion a second please vote Yes Jared try again motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0082 council member block a move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of imminent domain to acquire 3.85 acres in the right of way easements for real property owned by Hall n ranches LTD located at 400 to 640 avendelle hasset Road 0.437 acres in rideway easement from real property owned by Daniel Lewis n located at 540 Avendale hasset Road and 3364 Acres in rideway easement from real property owned by David e Nance located at 900 Avendale hasset Road the subject properties are situated in the bramlet and Ryan survey abstract 227 and MEP and prr Co survey abstract 1132 city of hasset tarant County Texas the first record vote applies to all units of the property to be condemned for the avendelle hasset road project a public use that will be reconstructing and widening Avendale hasset Road from Willow Creek Drive to the eastern city limits of the city of hasset at John Day Road the land rights and the properties will be used for widening and reconstructing the existing two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane divided concrete Urban arterial the property interests to be condemned are described by meats and Bounds and depicted by the survey exhibits attached to this mayor and Council communication and the minutes of this Fort Worth City council meeting reflect the first vote applies to all of those units described herein motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0083 council member crane yeah mine's only about half of what council member blck has had to read but I move that the for wor city council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of imminent domain to acquire 01 acres in permanent sanitary sewer easement from real property owned by Judy butts the land RS and the subject property are needed for the sanitary sewer Rehabilitation contract 107 project of public use that will repair damage sewer lines allow better flow within the sewer pipes and help prevent sewer backups on l3100 the property is located at 7309 Davenport Avenue and the Wesley ridgley West Edition block 12 lot 9 City of Fort wor tant County the property interest to be acquired is described by meets and Bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and Council communication motion a second Council please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0084 council member Hill I move that the fourth city council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of imminent domain to acquire .17 acres in the right way easements from real property owned by the Dugen Family Trust the subject property is located at 8001 her and drive and the de Norton survey abstract 1174 Taran County Texas the land rights in the subject property are needed for the Las Vegas Trail project a public use that provides for roadway improvements including pavement reconstruction with carbon gutter drainage improvements street lights and shared use paths it also includes increasing the capacity of the Culvert between her and drive and Shore View Drive the property interest to be acquired is described by meets and Bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and Council communication motion a second please vote jar motion carries next item is mnc2 24-85 CC Hill I move that the fourth city council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of am minute domain to acquire 0.135 acres in the rway easements from real property owned by Cheyenne Ridge limited partnership a Texas limited Texas limited partnership the sub property is located at 6399 and 6398 alache Trail and the Cheyenne Ridge Edition in addition to the city of Fort Worth block I and J lot 1X tarant County Texas the land rights and the subject property are needed for the WJ Boaz Road widening improvements project a public use that provides for roadway improvements including pavement reconstruction with with carbon gutter drainage improvements street light shed pass and reconstruction of the existing roundabout at Bowman Roberts Road the property interest to be acquired as described by the meets and Bounds and depicted by the survey exhibits attached as mayor and Council communication motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0081 a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0088 counc member Bivens motion a second please vote councel motion carries may I believe that concludes all of the action items for tonight thank you council tonight we are closing the meeting in honor of Mr Burl Hampton Jr who passed away on January 11th 20124 after a brief Hospital stay at the age of 76 Mr bur Hampton Jr was born on December 31st 1947 in Buckner Arkansas and later migrated to Fort Worth becoming a resident for many decades for over 20 years Mr Burl Hampton Jr worked for General Motors and was a long serving me member at Mount Neo Missionary Baptist Church in District 2 Mr Burl Hampton junr was an exemplary Community leader and friend he served his community as president of the far greater North Side historical neighborhood association for over 15 years Mr Hampton was a very patient and friendly person he always made the time to share his wisdom and life stories he would always greet you with a warm smile on his face his kind and N giving nature touched many in the community we send our deepest condolences and thoughts to the riving family his daughter Rashana and two sons Pete and Renard during this difficult time thank you Council and meeting is adjourned