Barnabas Anglican Church to give the invocation please rise and remain standing for the invocation and pledges of Allegiance let us pray almighty God our heavenly father sin down upon all those who hold public office especially Gina and the members of our city council gathered together this morning Spirit of wisdom charity and Justice that was steadfast purpose they may carry out their offices to promote the well-being of all people we ask those the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ Our Lord amen thank you congratulations of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all on society indivisible in case you're wondering what's going on on the Deus I will tell you our mayor is out of town on official business and I am joined by a young future leader who has already proven her leadership you will hear from her shortly it's Casey in the in the building Casey come on down good to see you in that plaid jacket again and I think you're going to give us a presentation from the 2023 Charles Schwab challenge at Colonial Country Club yes or Tim members of the council Mr city manager members of the staff on behalf of the Charles Schwab Invitational Colonial committee I want to welcome all of you and invite you all to join us for the 77th annual Colonial tournament Charles Schwab challenge this is one of the greatest worldwide advertisements for our city that you all are aware of we are broadcasted over 200 countries uh there'll be between 15 to 20 million viewers in this country alone and there'll be 42 000 at least visitors uh to the city during this week more than eight million dollars in economic impact will be generated uh and that money will be put largely back into charity last year we did over 13 million dollars investing in local charities here we have a great field this year several of the top tens are here and perhaps most importantly Michael block is here those of you who are golf fans know the story of the club pro that finished in the top 15 last week in the PGA and got a sponsors exemption to join us this week I also want to mention next year as you all know this is our last year in this course uh beginning next Monday our course will shut down for a year we will do massive Renovations led by Gil Hans who is the number one golf architect in the world he will recreate the Hogan era Golf Course the 1941 U.S open is the model and it will be done within a year and next year's tournament will be played on the new and improved golf course that's a remarkably quick timeline and it would not have been possible without the help of so many people including all of you here at City Hall uh Frank Cordero who's here along with our tournament chairman Jim Witten asked me to thank City Manager David Cook Dana Bergdorf Richard Zavala DJ Harrell Carlo capio and really all the department heads who have been involved getting this approved and getting this on the road so that construction can start next week so it's exciting times for our tournament exciting times for Colonial and this is a great week for all of us and for the city we hope you'll come and join us and with that Jim if you'll distribute the badges and we hope to see you out there this week thank you all very much good to see you yes [Applause] he's okay David Cook yeah we we have to make room for more people next will be a presentation of proclamation for the guitarist Studio 40th anniversary we can go back to the original format if you will okay our lone firefighter has made it every once in a while something happens you know along the Journey of life that makes people forget all the things that cause anger angst frustration and recently we had a young lady 11 years old I believe 12 years old yeah she corrected me real quick she had a key role in what we believe saved the lives of her family members and so I'm going to ask Josiah to take my seat because I wanted her to tell you all what made her call 9-1-1 and after you hear from her I'm going to ask councilmember Nettles to talk about all those firefighters you see here and why they're here and he will join us all down in the well is that okay and so if you will please welcome 12 year old Josiah Parker and Josiah take my seat and tell us what happened that morning that made you call 9-1-1 please foreign [Applause] okay so what made me call 9-1-1 I saw my mama and my siblings acting weird so I called 9-1-1 and was telling them what was going on and stuff and when you called 9-1-1 what did you say I told them my mama was acting weird and then they was like what was she doing and I was telling them well you're gonna get a chance to meet a few more firefighters who helped you save your family's lives and I think they brought some presentations if you will councilmember Nettles desire and I will go down and wait for you in the well and you can invite the other firefighters to join us in the well thank you Josiah [Applause] thank you would you rather than thank you mayor Pro Tim and Council today and city of Fort Worth today is a great day it's a great honor to show our love and appreciation to this family as well as to the fire department before I give the presentations today I do want our fire chief to come up quickly and give us a information about carbon monoxide good morning mayor protem members Council Mr cook carbon monoxide is a colorless odorless gas that is the occurs due to the incomplete combustion process from your furnace your hot water tank or any fuel fired equipment including your car when it's not properly ventilated and on the 27th of March we experienced that issue in um there was a near miss and what I mean by a near Miss is that frequently what happens is that the illness creates an environment or conditions and symptoms that are very similar to the flu Headache nausea vomiting lethargy and a lot of times people go to sleep thinking they have the flu and they don't wake up there is you know just like we promote um the smoke detectors and the fire alarm systems in your home we there are smoke or uh CO detectors that we also recommend but in this particular situation 12 year old Elijah she made a difference she recognized that the family was Ill she recognized that Mom was not in a position to make the 911 call herself she recognized that her siblings her four siblings were not acting appropriately either and over the course of 11 minutes she spoke to a 9-1-1 dispatcher from both the city of Fort Worth and from MedStar and collectively between the fire department the police department and MedStar there was a response sent to her house and with the equipment that is given to the fire department through folks supporting the fire department in our budgets such as yourselves at the 11 minute Mark when the fire department walked through the door you could immediately hear the equipment and the alarms going off that were notifying them that there was a colorless odorless gas and that there was a problem in this house and so these folks behind me were immediately able to evacuate the family from the home get come into the MedStar vehicles in order to get them to the hospital to appropriately get them taken care of so I stand before you council member thank you for the opportunity we are here celebrating life today and the reason we're celebrating life today here is because of a 12 year old but it also is a message to the public about the importance of carbon monoxide the understanding of carbon monoxide and carbon monoxide detection in your homes and businesses so councilmember thank you for giving me the opportunity thank you thank you chief for that I tell you when we talk about our tax dollars and how we support those who support us our tax dollars was well spent in our fire department so we want to thank our fire department for acting quickly and doing your job can we give them another hand so we have a couple of recognitions and I would do the the one for the family first um it is signed by mayor Parker in her absence mayor Pro tem is here to stand in her presence and myself Fort Worth city council certificate of recognition the office of Mayor in the office of city council District the city of Fort Worth is honored to recognize the action and bravery of the mother Ariel and some great names Josiah jalila Paul Irma is that Junior okay uh and Dave Young the baby okay which is seven months in their battle against carbon monoxide on March the 27 2023. only 20 only only 12 year old Jayla realized that her mother was acting strangely and called 9-1-1 thanks to her young woman's intuition and quick actions her four siblings and her mother are alive with us today in a position when most grown adults would be paralyzed with fear Jayla saved six lives with just one call that night this I'm sorry Josiah all right if I say that wrong one more time I'm gonna get hit Josiah all right um call Lady J you got a new name lady J all right this Carriage Act of Love by choosing to fight not flight goes to show her supportive I'm I'm bringing and remarkable education instilled by her mother and her siblings the certificate is presented to Lady J Parker and the family in recognition of their bravery and pursuance on March the 27th 2023 signed on this 23rd day of May we also want to recognize uh our uh Fire Department the city of Fort Worth certificate of recognition Office of Mayor and office of city council District 8 the city of Fort Worth is honored to recognize the action of several Fort Worth firefighters including Lieutenant Robbie and taking Swift and selfless actions to render Aid to a family experienced carbon monoxide poison on March 27 2023 when present with a life or death situation where every moment counted Lieutenant Leon made the decision to enter the house without wavering and protective gear to save lives of six people this great Act of service by this individual saved the lives of five children and their mother and truly showcase the caring Spirit of the city of Fort Worth and the community and the fire department holistically the sis this certificate is presented to the fire department in recognition of the life-saving efforts on March 27 2023 signed on this 23rd day of May 23 by mayor Parker and councilman Chris Nettles hahaha from the fire department I just want to make sure that you also have our appreciation our appreciation for your your dedication to the family and your calm and common sense in the communication with our folks that really helped make a difference so thank you [Applause] here Starbucks thank you thank you for being here Council Nettles thank you and firefighters thank you for the people you know you all are thank you so much [Applause] I'm sorry I forgot thank you and forget who that is bear with me for a minute yeah now we have a presentation of proclamation for the guitar studio 40th anniversary and once again councilman Chris Nettles thank you thank you uh there are some significance in reading this um this individual or this studios in District Seven but also they went some schooling in at Texas whistling so I'll Stand before you and read this so thank you again mayor and Council for this opportunity to read this Proclamation from Fort Worth do we have a representative that's here okay all right thank you come on up foreign so Fort word Proclamation Office of the mayor and city council whereas the city of Fort Worth recognized the late Metro uh Michael Daley 1956 through 2021 who contribute greatly to the classical guitar it's music and the culture of Fort Worth and founding the Guitar Center the guitar studio in 1983 and whereas the guitar studio became the first place in Fort Worth dedicated to classical guitar education specializing in the sale of fine concerts classical guitars and offering community and Outreach to bring guitar music to a new audience as well as a young student in need and we're asked the good talk Studio under the leadership of its founder began a tradition of training the next generation of classical guitarists and fostering and continuing the love of classical guitar music in our community and tradition now stretches across four decades two generations and five colleges and whereas in the new generation of good Taurus and the City of Fort Worth honors the achievements of the founders of the guitar studio and the professor of guitar and and at Texas Westland Michael Daly and and celebrates the continuation of this great legacy of love for the guitar it is students and the community for which it cares so deeply now and therefore the city of Fort Worth does hereby Proclaim and celebrate on May the 27 2023 the 40th anniversary of guitar studio sealed and signed by Merrick Parker and all the council members this day thank you City Council Members mayor Pro Tim thank you all for uh for for this honor I I really I hadn't prepared any remarks um but I wanted to share with you um uh Michael Daly who uh I'm joined here by his his son and uh a number of his students long time students and friends um we're so grateful for for for for for all of you and for the for this honor um and there's something very special about about being here also with the head of the music department Dr ilka araujo uh at Texas Wesleyan um uh who is a Pianist but her father was also a classical guitarist in Brazil um and uh there's something very special about the location of of both places um the guitar studio is on Camp Bowie there at Camp Bowie and Hulen right down the street from all of our wonderful art museums and the UNT Health Science Center and there's something really remarkable about that part of town where there's a place dedicated to to making life possible surrounded by places that make life worth living and it's it's a very it's a great honor um to be among among that group of artists and and doctors and Specialists and Texas Wesleyan which has been dedicated not only to the education of its students but the Health and Welfare of the surrounding neighborhood and that's really what our founder was all about was about reaching into the community uh and and helping give people like myself Direction Through the classical guitar so we thank you very much thank you those that are here and support what you stand so we can recognize you as well [Applause] thank you for coming to your Fort Worth City council meeting thank you thank you very much thank you next will be items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda we have two items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda the first one is MNC 23-0417 and the second one is MNC 23-0422 items to be continued or withdrawn by staff and we have one item to be withdrawn that is MNC 23-0421 [Music] Council we only had two speakers register for the consent agenda items and both of those indicated only if there was opposition and there is none so next item would be approval of the consent agenda as amended councilmember Blaylock and seconded by councilmember Beck council member Beck okay you're doing the board great please vote thank you that emotions approved next will be MNC 230422 sorry skip to page MNC 230417 council member abundance of caution I'll be recusing myself from this vote for my service on the Clayton guest board thank you is there a motion by council member Crane and seconded by council member Nettles with that all in favor and with that motion passes next item is MNC 230422 councilmember Williams thank you mayor Pro tem I'll be recused for this item due to my employment with the terrenair food bank I also have a affidavit filed with the city secretary which is required by state law I mean so I'll be abstaining from this discussion and vote thank you okay is there a motion to approve oh yeah remarks I'll be abstaining from this vote for my service on the Clayton yes board motion to approve it's been moved and seconded by council members Flores and crane all in favor please cast your vote and what that motion is approved next will be Announcement by city council members I'm going to make an announcement on behalf of the mayor because if I don't do it I'll forget but if you take a look in the rear you'll see a big Hollywood board with a QR code on it that's the library giving you that and I hope before everyone leaves here today you will copy that QR code and participate in the mayor's summer reading Channel what's happening is Fort Worth Public Library launches the 2023 major summer reading challenge for all ages and runs June 1 through August 12th it's a great way to keep kiddos reading during the summer to prevent or slow down summer slide it's a great way for adults to connect with the community by earning badges related to the Arts Juneteenth Community engagement and more you can learn more at the library's website now if you're in Chambers right now the mayor wants you to scan that code on the banner to sign up now what that means is if you scan the mayor's QR code she's going to write you a whole lot of times about some real good stuff too so I hope you all will sign up and that is it on behalf of Mayor Parker uh council member Flores thank you mayor Pro tem uh if we can get the presentation up please all right thank you on April 26th he'll day coffee with a cop or as we say in Spanish and an effort to encourage relationships between residents and the communities that the police officers patrolled something that the city promotes something that I support wholeheartedly uh Commander Jason Kim fairly new to Northwest division is still making his rounds getting to know the communities and encouraging his officers to do the same so thank you and also uh we have our crime prevention specialist Kent dot who just joined uh those ranks next slide okay the Fort Worth Aviation Museum had its annual uh uh I can't speak today hops with props uh event uh this raises money for the museum it's uh Fort Worth's uh you know only City Aviation Museum it's near and dear to my heart uh go out there every year it's very well attended you have local breweries that present uh you know their craft there as well and then you also get kids exposed to things that are Aviation related Fort Worth has a very rich aviation history you see my boy there and I don't know uh well the backside uh there of my daughter also trying out the F-35 simulators and I got to see a lot there and appreciate the great attendance and I believe the museum told me it's their greatest attendance to date next slide please okay uh we had a recognition and an event over at River Ranch in the Stockyards uh that's for the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame and at their reunion induction they went ahead and welcomed into their hollowed ranks a lot of folks that have uh not just embodied the cowboy Spirit but have done a lot for the art of roduing and we recognized them that day thank you next slide okay and then something else that's uh personal you know with me Father Stephen haaso tuition assistance banquet at Joe T Garcia's once again the lancardi family uh went ahead and hosted that event at the world famous Joe T Garcia's to raise money for tuition assistance for the children that attend All Saints Catholic uh church and school next slide please okay we honored our First Responders specifically uh the Fort Worth Police at their memorial and we had some uh remarks given by Chief notes and mayor Parker and others uh it's a annual event but I think it always emphasizes the importance of acknowledging our First Responders our Police Department for what they do on a daily basis it should not be ignored next slide please okay we had another annual event Raiders on the Run that's for All Saints Catholic School and it supports the school as well as the parish and you see some of the Leading Edge folks taking a run and um I sponsored that event as I always do and again I went there when I was a child children there too next slide please okay then we had a big event sonidos Del Verano sounds of the summer and this is a tight end with another grant program that we're doing with Main Street America and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce we had a big celebration to kick things off at Marine Park and you can see a lot of City staff there police a lot of City departments like Neighborhood Services were there in force the Fort Worth library Department many others we had uh you know performances done by you know artists Academy we also had a performance from a band that was that Marquee performance that they did a Selena you know performance of her favorite hits thanks to everyone for making that a success next slide please all right over in the local school front at Kirkpatrick Middle School they celebrated their one-year anniversary of their food bank and that's something that really when you stop to think about it that need for supporting families with Quality Foods produce is not subsided I know that council member Williams can appreciate this they continue to do that and I think they've arrived at an arrangement where they can do this it's sustainable they have a lot of parents and volunteers that come in on Saturdays I think it's twice weekly and make that happen for them so we had you know visits by their mascot and we also had a visit by the lacrosse mascot as well so you know celebrating them supporting them and their staff next slide please all right leadership Fort Worth invited all of council to come by and uh check out their next graduating class uh you know also as a graduate of that leadership program it's very important to see and I think it's a telling to see the next slew of Future Leaders that are going to come and shape our city so I got the opportunity to speak to them many thanks to Jennifer Trevino and her staff for uh doing yeoman's work to make these classes happen next slide please all right Corazon de Plata which is you know a silver heart I was invited to join uh the Mexican Consulate from the city of Dallas and also some local advocacy groups here in Fort Worth to welcome 14 families that are reunited specifically from Veracruz Mexico who came in and through the efforts of the Consulate in Dallas that were able to get 14 immigration visas and it was just a wonderful thing to see families reunited after being in a park for so long next slide please okay we celebrated Adrian Montoya who has served for 15 years as the coach and president of the Sabine Jarvis Little League over in the Diamond Hill area so small token of our appreciation for all he's done how he's touched children and through sport to make them better uh you know civic-minded uh you know residents in Fort Worth appreciate his efforts that all came from the heart he was born and raised there in the Diamond Hill area so Adrian we appreciate you very much next song okay Fort Worth graduating class 154 uh we had council members Blaylock myself and crane they were present to again see what the Fort Worth Police Department is doing in terms of increasing not just our ranks but the diversity of our ranks or remarks by councilmember crane thank him for doing that and again congratulations to the 154 class thanks a lot okay this weekend was pretty busy we had two events going on we recognized Adriano Morris who is a 10-time champion for the professional bull riding uh you know Association and he was recognized by myself the Chamber of pardon me the Chamber of Commerce and besita Fort Worth there at the American pain Horse Association headquarters followed by a PBR parade through the historic Stockyards thanks everybody for coming together and celebrating Adriano thanks a lot okay also now this past weekend Northwest division held a safety fair in crime prevention Fair there at Walmart off Jacksboro Highway very well attended event and appreciate having uh good attendance from PD and also the fire department from our Fair city as well as river oaks fire department and MedStar so thanks everybody for coming together to make that happen and that's all I've got you had enough for us all it's because I held back on my presentation I thought about that during a time when he could have but fortunately everything was worthwhile significant and well attended and intentioned anybody else councilmember Williams okay thank you mayor Pro tem um just to Quick highlight um let's see here you don't have to be quick the first announcement I want to make is I just wanted to thank the River Tree Academy for inviting me to come speak to the young scholars at Rivertree Academy of course going to schools is one of my favorite things to do especially with both my parents being teachers I remember spending a lot of days in the classroom watching them grade papers and so this is always one of my most favorite things to do it was really awesome to interact with the young kids they're so bright and I'm just super grateful for that they were wearing these awesome t-shirts that said learn well love well work well lead well um and that really resonated with me I know that there are so many things that we can learn from having conversations with our young leaders and this trip was certainly a highlight for the month so thank you again to the leaders and Scholars at Rivertree Academy next slide please and then one announcement um we the city of Fort Worth is actively in a search for the office of police oversight Monitor and the city is hosting a public forum it's on Wednesday May 31st at the Como Community Center please please please if you have that date available come attend that event and help the city find its new leader for the office of police oversight Monitor and with that mayor Pro tem those are all of my announcements thank you for the time thank you councilmember Hill okay y'all hear me um sound Saturday May 20th had the opportunity to go um to the Lake Worth Marshall's office into a water drop off with cleat who dropped off 25 cases of water and they gave me a tour of their new Boathouse and a general overview of their operations and the tremendous amount of work that they do to keep our residents safe on the lake and the officers present were Chris Morgan Kevin Salters Mike Ford Butch Daniel and Sergeant James Wade and I know that water and Gatorade will be much appreciated during the heat of the summer councilmember Nettles yes thank you mayor Pro tem good morning again I had opportunity to be with Anna Katrina at a mental health um organization that she did at uh botanic garden it was attended nicely she's going to plan another one um it was a really great event talking about mental health next slide please Trinity habitat at outcome Bill day this beautiful family a mother of two daughters one daughter is a senior the other is 10th grade is going to have a beautiful home built actually planted in District Five but I had the opportunity to go out at Alcon and um well that we didn't cut the ribbon we actually saw the wood uh so uh it was a great event uh and so Trinity habitat is doing great uh work in all of our council districts next slide where is that going to be what's the street I do have the street but up top my head I don't remember I'll get it to you it's probably going to be around the corner from you [Laughter] oh Bob uh so career day uh at Opportunity career day at um at Briscoe Elementary uh I went to three different classrooms and the I'm telling the last classroom was real live and so and that was actually was a third grade yeah third grade they had they were very interesting uh and so they had a lot of questions um I think they asked me if I met some famous singer rap about I didn't know who it was uh but it was a great event uh next slide please Uplift Education decision day I believe it was 900. 900 um students from all over the DFW that attends Uplift Education received either a scholarship uh to what school they were going to or they was going to force the Army the Navy our son was going right into the workforce and so each senior got a chance to walk across that stage and say what they were going to do um I didn't stay the whole time because it was 900 again it was at the Israel so but it's a great event education is truly a pathway to success next slide please uh safe swimming programs is going to be happening all over uh Fort Worth uh it's happening now in District 8 then it'll be happening this week it'll be happening in Camp Carter coming up marine park pool and Ryan YMCA in District Six uh and so if you do not know how to swim please uh send us information out to people who don't know how to swim we lose too many lives through uh drowning we want to prevent that and so we think we're grateful for the YMCA partnership on that next slide Cosmo camp we did this last year CC the great and myself uh did it in District hey this year I believe we're going to be at Western Hills is that District three in District 3 Michael Crane's district and so Mike crane supported last year he's supporting it this year and so we're grateful for all the different speakers that's going to be coming out uh you still can sign up uh for Cosmo Camp uh again entrepreneurship is also a great Pathway to success next slide please uh went to the job fair at um off of Camp Campus Drive at TCC I'm sorry not TCC um no not Goodwill there's so many places in District 8 I'm telling you uh I don't know where I was uh and so I had opportunity to go into the photo booth uh with a resident from Highland Hills and a beautiful young lady who's uh uh Jerome Johnson from Holland Hills and the another young lady who's also uh set up her own entrepreneur booth and so I believe that's my last slide thank you and councilmember back I will be brief first up last week was Marshall appreciation week and I want to thank everybody that came out they had a little ceremony where they unveiled a memorial to the three Fallen Marshals um from the city of Fort Worth they also got some cool badges to new badges to Mark the 150 years of the Marshall service here in Fort Worth so as you walk out today I would recommend you all check them out next slide right it was a career day the career day circuit we've all been on this is Seminary Hills and that photo on the left is um their student council so it was really neat to get to hear what their platforms were as opposed to to those up here on the diocese next slide all right South Hills we also attended their Elementary School career day and it was a lot of fun next slide all right so this Saturday May 27th is the Fort Worth rally for carry the load it will start at the Amon Carter Stadium at approximately 10 45 and there's about a Four mile walk down the Trinity to the police and fire Memorial and I would encourage you all to either attend or sign up to walk it honors not just the veterans that have lost their lives to the service of our country but also First Responders as well and I look forward to seeing you all out there on Saturday thank you Council we had no registered speakers on non-consent agenda items so our next item is 230335 been moved and approved by council members Crane and nettles please cast your votes wow motion approved next item is 230338 motioned by council member Nettles and seconded by council member crane please cast your vote emotions approved next item is 230339 moved and seconded by council members Crane and who did the Second and councilmember Flores please class your votes motion approved okay and MNC 230421 was withdrawn without objection by staff and mayor Pro Tim with that that concludes all of the agenda items on the city council agenda we are out of here meeting adjourn have a wonderful rest of your day we'll see you next week foreign [Music] [Music]