representing our city the city of Fort Worth to one of our sister cities this spring break or this summer we are very proud to acknowledge we have a total number of ambassadors this year of 75 and a total number of Delegation leaders here tonight as 16 people um we are represented well by the chairman of the sister cities board Mr Greg Jackson who will deliver remarks and then I will proudly deliver the citizens oath um to our student ambassadors that are traveling on behalf to the parents that are here tonight thank you for having faith and for sister cities in the city I know that it's a lot to ask to send your child across the world but I promise you they'll have a life-changing experience that's all the better for it with that Mr Jackson take the microphone thank you mayor mayor council members thank you for having us here tonight and recognizing the importance of Global Connections for Fort Worth Fort Worth sister cities as you know is the only nonprofit solely dedicated to promoting Fort Worth globally and enriching our local community Through International Education Exchange and commerce we're excited to be here this evening to have the oath of Citizen diplomacy administered to the Fort Worth students who will be representing Fort Worth to the world this spring and summer we have 75 students as the mayor said traveling to France Hungary Italy Japan Germany and Indonesia International exchanges give students possibly their first opportunity to travel which is almost always described as a life-changing experience through these experiences the students gain important life skills including cultural competency Global problem solving leadership and resilience I would like to present the 2024 youth ambassadors delegation and Associate delegation leaders please come up these participants were selected through a strenuous application process and represent many Fort Worth ISD schools as well as private schools and we're happy to say that because of the generosity of this community we were able to provide nearly $24,000 in scholarships enabling these students and teachers to participate as I call your names and the leaders names will you and your students of your delegation please raise your hands our Harish and Scholars to nagaoka Japan delegation leaders James gleeton of tarant County College and Julia king of deoe Inc also a sister City's board member to bdab best Hungary our delegation leader Gregory gross All Saints Episcopal School and Alexis gross World languages Institute associate delegation leader bronwin Logan of tarant County College reio Amilia Italy delegation leader Monica marchie Jackson tant County College Khloe Marshall Clifford Davis Elementary School associate leader Marcel Munos University of Texas at Austin our delegation to neem France the leaders Chelsea beninate Fort Worth Country Day Patricia Anderson damble HIll Jarvis High School delegation to Trier Germany delegation leader Sarah Fairley Luna of leadership Fort Worth and Austin Johnson Trinity Valley delegation to nagaoka Japan the delegation leader ho Tran Trimble Tech High School Brandy sap Idea Public Schools associate deleg delation leaders Alicia Flores of SMU and Nina javia Sean Hall University delegation to Bandung Indonesia the delegation leader Courtney up of steart Elementary in Alo ISD and a Melda Dunlap of the young women's Leadership Academy the associate delegation leader Caroline narts University of Texas at Austin mayor Parker I invite you to join us and administer the citizens Diplomat oath I can do that okay students repeat after me I and state your name I have the opportunity have the opportunity and responsibility to improve relations and responsibility relations between the United States and the world between the United States and the world I am a citizen Diplomat appointed I am a citizen Diplomat appointed by mayor Parker the for City par the for city council city council and the for sister cities program and the sister C program I'm committed to do this for I'm committed to do this for my city my country and my world my city my country and my world let this be so let this be so you are for officially sworn in as citizen diplomats [Applause] congratulations now I think we're going to attempt to take a group picture but to all the parents here if you really loved Fort Worth you'd stay for the zoning docket tonight are there suddenly no hand went up I understand how that goes um jokes aside this entire Das I speak for for each of them we are so so proud of your compliment to get to this PL Point your job is simple to represent Fort Worth well um to enjoy yourselves learn um as you become young adults into the world I know this will be a life-changing experience and the last and most important thing is be really nice to your sponsor okay um take care of them buy them treats along the way go to bed when you're supposed to don't stress them out because we want them to come back in the future and take another delegation of students sound good deal okay perfect let's take a picture the is okay if you need to move up there you can then we're going to turn around for parents okay okay for words on three one two three okay turn around and wave your parents they want a picture [Applause] your thank you for com that you plenty of okay so our next item of business will be items continued or withdrawn by staff or I'm sorry items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda we got there we go we have three items to remove from the consent agenda that is MNC 24- 0108 MNC 24- 0113 and MNC 24-0129 okay so we're not pulling 0124 we are not pulling 124 next will be items to be continued or withdrawn by staff we have two items to be with drawn by staff that is MNC 24-17 and MNC 24- 0121 mayor and Council next will be uh item or speakers on consent agenda and we have one I believe mayor Mr David Martinez is David here I didn't see him yet but he may have been clogged up in the people David Martinez I don't think he's here okay Janette we can proceed that is all of the consent speakers next will be uh motion on approval of the consent agenda as amended second a motion and a second Council any other discussion if not please vote next will be MNC 24- 0108 a motion and a second Council any discussion on this item mayor ptim it's not often that we have good news to share and there's good there's good news contained in this item and I'd like for staff to come to the microphone for a brief overview what this means to our citizens there's work coming near you who is doing the honors okay Monty's come down oh okay yes so mayor protim I'm Monte Hall I'm the acting um tpw director right now Lawrence on vacation this week but this is really just giving us more contract capacity to do more pavement markings AC across the city um doing that giving us a little bit more capacity this year and then escalating throughout the out years as we do the renewals so that we can continue to keep the pavement workings in good shape across the city and in English that means people will see more pavement striping maybe buttons they'll be able to tell what Lane they're supposed to be in um you know where they're supposed to be how to approach the intersection the light yes absolutely that sounds better than that engineer e and so with that you know I uh I wanted to move for approval I bet Elizabeth will will pull her motion and let you make it move for approval motion a second Council please vot thank you Monty thank you I'm glad to see Lauren got on actual vacation that's good oh yeah Carlos try again motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0113 any other discussion on this item this contains to the city's home repair program ahead mayor ptim there Amy Connelly is going to join us at the microphone hi Amy Amy for years we have done work trying to help people especially senior citizens make repairs to their homes a lot of times just this help from the city can keep an older person in their home so what does this mean to the average citizen who might need some repair work done yes this is is a budget increase that Council approved of $2 million to our priority repair program um the program has been in place since 2010 we've helped over 3,000 low-income homeowners in Fort Worth with this program and this MNC simply takes the budgeted amount of money and applies it to our existing contracts so allows us contract Authority and I will tell you this money this program has been put to use in every Council District in the city it it may be that you just need roof you might need some repairs that involve Plumbing this is a good thing and with that I move for approval thank you thank you Amy got a motion and a second from council member crane any discussion please vote thank you Amy motion carries next item is MNC 24-0129 council member we got a motion on the floor council member Nettles go ahead uh a second but if the chief is here can the chief come down and um give us overview of this MNC mayor and councel Neil noes chief of police forward PD uh thank you for asking about this MC this is a very important Grant uh one we've applied for and received before what we're asking for here is an additional uh machine that helps us uh analyze evidence related to gun crimes whether that's spent shell casing spent rounds things will help us actually be able to connect various crimes they're all uh entered into a program that's run by the ATF it's a national uh integrated ballistic Information Network and with that system we have the same types of evidence from law enforcement agencies across the country who all put their information here and using the system with the machine that we have have right now we've been able to link various crimes from across the city and even in other jurisdictions that helped us take guns and violent offenders off the street the problem is there's so much evidence that there's a backlog on the evidence that we're processing this additional machine will help us not only catch up on the problems we have with our backlog get quicker leads to our detectives in the field but we're also going to take a regional approach and work with surrounding agencies because we know criminals will cross uh City limits to commit crimes in other areas and in Forth as well so this is going to be a regional approach to help us take him um even more proactive stance against violent crime in the city of Fort Worth there it is can you confirm without any hesitation that this is not a conspiracy to take your guns or anything it's absolutely not a conspiracy to take anyone's guns we support the Second Amendment we're trying to take guns out of the hands of violent criminals well I support the Second Amendment too just come by my house you'll see my garage so move for approval Donn Stewart's back on The Daily Show but Gina Biven is available any Tuesday night you Neer apparently exactly okay thank you Chief notes we're going to vote thank you Council motion carries next will be announcements by city council members and uh including recognition of citizens or approval of ceremonial travel if needed Flores you're up first thanks mayor uh okay we got our first slide up there great minds and stem came by to town uh we had visiting with us uh with myself with uh Estella Martina Stewart and also Stephanie Rodriguez of the convention center uh representatives of stem uh from around the country they're interested in having a future convention here in Fort Worth uh so we showed him the best of Fort Worth and one of the places favorite places of ours was taken with donos in the cultural District next slide please okay February 9th uh attended the Fort Worth Police Academy graduation C for class 156 several is did our very own council member lorf gave a very stirring speech very motivational uh to the class recruits uh congratulations Chief noes and his training staff for getting those officers on the street ready to serve Fort Worth next slide please February 8th uh Northside neighborhood association meeting we attended to give uh updates in addition to uh crime reports neighborhood Patrol uh reports uh co- compliance reports uh and a report from the library provided updates the Grand Avenue drainage project it's part of the Central City River Project also the Grand Avenue sidewalk project that's uh up and coming and the core project of raising University Drive by a couple of feet next slide please all right announcement we have a community open house on Monday February 26th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. that's at Eagle Mountain Sago ISC Administration Building at 1600 Mustang Rock Road uh it's a com and go event so you can uh go ahead and adjust your schule SCH accordingly lots of um opportunity there to stop by different uh uh tables to get information any we're from co- compliance tpw uh police and we're also combining it too with the most recent projects going on in districts 2 and 7 and I think Macy you and I are doing that collaboratively right so good looking forward to that next slide please all right Valentine's Day is upon us literally tomorrow so uh Valentine's dinner in the movie uh we had to change that now it's February 16th at the North triy ethnic Community Center uh from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. it's still going on can RSVP by Facebook or call 817392 5200 next slide please all right Marty G in the air so North triethnic Community Center in collaboration with Kiki's Club invites you to join their Marty Gro dance for all ages for special needs kids and their families Saturday February 24th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. don't forget your masks and Beads you can RSVP February 21st or call 817 357 1484 that's all I have thanks Carlos council member lar dworf well I don't know any french so I apologize in advance uh it's Marine Corps French so probably not appropriate for the group but nonetheless um as my colleague noted I had the opportunity to speak before some some fine men and women just want to let the residents of Fort Worth no it just got a little bit safer out there because uh we have some fining recruits that just turned into newest police officers thanks to Chief and your staff uh and your training your training staff there that put these folks out on the street to mimic what the chief always says he'd rather he'd rather graduate none then graduate the wrong one and by looking out in that crowd at that that graduation uh despite the Cs for everyone to you know put more and more place out there in the streets um it was evident what they started with and then what they ended with how much of a smaller number it was all the confidence in the world that we are in fact putting the right folks out there on the street so congratulations chief for making our streets a little bit safer and thank you ex slide I spoke at the Golden Triangle Rotary Club the reason why this one's up there is because one thing you realize when you're in North Fort Worth and you're around all the other cities you know South Lake Keller cville Ron Oak and you all get in the same room there's a lot of jealousy in the air and a lot of folks wish they were in Fort Worth and a lot of times they think uh their problems are Fort Worth problems come to find out it's not so um for those that are outside Fort Worth hey by all means come on in we'll take you and that's all I got council member Bivens thank you this weekend moer Valley is the place to be moer Valley is the home of the first freed slaves who settled in Texas and we will be planning for how to spend a million dollars for the park moer Valley Park will be at Faith Cathedral Church located at 3500 house Anderson and I have to give a special thanks to Richard Zavala I don't know if Richard is here but Richard Zavala and I had a a a pretty good heated discussion on Christmas Eve in 2013 but that discussion led to us creating this park I also thank commissioner Roy Brooks for helping and the Widow of former councilman Eugene McCrae and so we'll be at house at uh Faith Cathedral at 1:00 this Saturday in moer Valley and for those of you if you're driving out Trinity Boulevard and you see those white crosses you're almost there next slide please oh I had one more I I didn't get the pictures but I can prove to you warrant forgiveness day was a big success in District 5 uh we met at brighter Outlook thanks to Pastor Bruce daer for hosting us and warrant forgiveness day is not a hoax uh we had 97 warrants actually cleared this past weekend uh 444 people had signed up because you can have an appointment for Warrant forgiveness day and in addition to the 197 who had warrants cleared another 140 people were able to check for warrants because we had line Barger there and others to see if you had warrants and the good thing about getting warrants clear it is if you don't have to look over your shoulder you don't have to lie on a job job application you can walk away free and clear and we do this all over the city and so whether you want to admit or not you probably know somebody I can look at this crowd and tell who might have warrants look for the next I'm right I'm looking at this crowd over here and so but you know check the City calendar because you want to share that information with any and everybody and we do this with joy real judges were on the scene there were also uh bankers and other people helping you get your life straight and so Suzanne Richards of our Invision Center a big Kudo to her because she put it all together with help from William rumy whose Department runs it thank you thank you mayor ptim and council member Williams um yes I think I just have one um I just wanted to shout out the 1 second collaborative which is for those those of you who don't know a collaborative that this body as well as Taran County partnered with with for PD um to address and prevent um youth gun violence and retaliatory and cyclical gun violence and had the opportunity to um go to the second day of the two-day Summit um and um I was just really Amazed by all of the youth that were involved um in this Summit um some of which have been impacted by um gun violence and many many of them if not all of them who are actively I'm working in their schools to help reduce um teen gun violence in our in our County and so I just wanted to commend all the students who are involved in the youth work working group um helping the ones that can collaborative create solutions to um um help keep their friends um and classmates safe so I think that's the last one mayor oh that's me yeah yeah yeah yeah y'all I have a 13-month old baby and one on the way so you got to forgive me okay we have adoption on the go event um check my social media for that but it'll be on South huage Street um if you are looking for a furry friend to add to your house please please please uh join us um at that event um and then also um we are participating in the cow toown Great American cleanup as um a lot of folks across the city of Fort Worth are that's on Saturday March 23rd and so um be sure to join in on the fund there and help us keep Fort Worth beautiful I think that's the last one now thank you council member Hill on January the 30th I attended the Chism Ridge Homeowners Association meeting and thank you to Chelsea St Louis who came with me um and got to answer some questions about infrastructure sidewalks curbs and Parks um so I appreciate them having me looking forward on February the 24th um the Fort Worth Animal Control will be holding an adoption event at the community art center at 1300 gindy from 10: until 2 please stop by and help support our animal shelters and adopt a pet um Community open house on February the 26 Commander Kim of the Northwest PD Division I will hold the community Town Hall that Carlos mentioned um it'll be held at Eagle Mountain Sagal ISD at 1600 Mountain Rock and please come by between six and 8 we'll have um several Community Partners for you to come and meet council member Nettles yes I had a a real quick announcement I don't have any slides uh on Tuesday February the 27 we're going to have a community meeting with the police officer monitor uh with bonsia so she's been here for some time now we want to have a candid conversation so if you have any questions for the police officer monitor you can come out February the 27 at Texas Westland at uh believe it's 5:30 5:30 we'll have um a flyer to go out on the social media as well as the website and we'll send out notifications but wanted to put that out there for you Texas Westland on February the 27th thank you council member Beck all right there we go um so we had the opportunity to um dedicate one of our public art um installations on Magnolia it's an acorn it's one of three that will be going on that strip what's really cool about this is that um that bronze part that you see you see around that AC corn is actually community members hands so my my two little fists are in there somewhere and um people from all over the city are part of that and so um you'll see more of the same of that coming to Magnolia next slide speaking of Magnolia we did have the near Southside small business council meeting uh really great to be back in that room um and see really all of the um the people working really hard in the near Southside to make it a unique and successful place for the city all right future events so we've got love it first bark coming up Sunday the 18th I didn't come up with that but it's a good one um Sunday uh this coming Sunday February 18th from 1:00 to 5 at the maple Branch Craft brewery so if you don't know if you want to get a dog have a couple of beers and then you will decide that you definitely want to get that dog um so that was um some strategic planning there all right next slide okay so we have the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth red shoe Society annual chili cookoff and I never say no to judging a chili cook off and so I hope um that you will all come out you'll support this amazing organization um and eat some really great chili next slide okay this is one of the coolest events that uh the city of Fort Worth puts on and um shout out to the folks um Cody and his team for doing this this is the trash show so it will be after the um let's see where we go it's held after the C the great the cow toown Great American cleanup um at the Earth Day party March 23rd and so I had the opportunity to judge last year and all of their um outfits are made out of trash or recyclable material and the level of just quality that these people put together and what is just trash is amazing like come just to see the talent that we have here in Fort Worth and if you think you want to compete entry is free but you have to have it submitted um by March 20th so and that is it Happy Valentine's Day y'all I think that's a conclusion of our Announcement by City Council Members Janette mayor and Council we do not have any speakers on the non-consent items other than the public hearings and Zoning cases so our next item will be 24- 477 board appointments from District 10 council member block thank you mayor so I request your consideration to appoint the following individual to the below listed board with a partial term effect of February 13 2024 and ending October 1st 2024 Ronnie Ramsey to Urban Design commission through respective applicant application is attached in resume the original copy will be maintained in the city secretary's office got a motion a second Council please vote motion carries next item is 24- 478 entertain a motion councel Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is 23- 0613 motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is 24- 479 motion a second mayor go ahead please council member Beck so I just um want to I see our from visit Fort Worth here so I want to make sure that um they get a nod and while we're talking about the convention center um I happen to be attending a meeting there last week and I want everybody to know that one of the coolest things visit Fort Worth has done is there is a Fort Worth vending machine in your Convention Center um I've got my cool Fort Worth branded water bottle here on the DI um so I would highly recommend you all go over and buy some full cool Fort Worth merch I think that's a a really great way to advertise our city so pass off to you and I look forward to seeing more of those thank you Council rebec and thank you all for being here tonight Motion in a second please vote Council motion carries next item is MNC 24-105 with report by City staff Evan Roberts good evening mayor and Council um my name is Evan Roberts I'm assistant director of development services department every three years the state of Texas adopts a new electrical code the most recent version of the national electrical code to reduce conflict and confusion the city of Fort Worth adopts the same we've conspicuously posted the city's amendments the Amendments we're proposing today we conspicuously posted ah I can't talk apologize conspicuously posted the Amendments we're asking seeking to adopt today on the website for the last three weeks we've received no comments excuse me um notice notice of tonight here I'm available apologize I'm available if you have any questions upon conclusion of tonight's public meeting City staff request that the public hearing be closed and city council appr the MC thank you Evan we appreciate that Council any questions for Evan no Motion in a second please vote Evan as your walking off we're voting everyone loves working with you you should know that so get lots of positive comments thanks for your job you're doing you're welcome motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0112 with staff report by Leah Brown Miss Brown good to see you good evening mayor and members of council my name is Leah Brown I'm a neighborhood development coordinator with Neighborhood Services Department and this evening on your agenda is MNC 24112 regarding the adoption of a resolution of no objection supporting a housing tax credit application by FW Hughes House 2 LP for the development of Hughes House 2 a new multif family affordable housing development FW Hughes House 2 LP intends to submit a 4% non-competitive housing tax credit application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs otherwise known as tdhca in order for a 4% housing tax credit application to be submitted to tdhca a municipality is required to hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comments on the project the proposed development will consist of approximately 278 units to be set aside for families earning 80% or less of the area meiting income or Ami of which 85 units will be set aside for households earning 0 to 30% of Ami this number also includes includes 14 psh units or permanent supporting Supportive Housing units the proposed development will be located at 1401 Edis Street in Fort Worth staff has reviewed the request by FW who's house to LP and found that the development is consistent with the quality affordable housing goals and priorities in the city's 2023 2027 Consolidated plan therefore staff recommends that after any public comments are received this evening the public hearing be closed and the city council take formal action to approve MNC 24112 and and the attached resolution of no objection for the development of Hughes House 2 thank you very much thank you Leah questions from Council go ahead Council Bivens I have just a a statement to make we are truly changing the face of rosale in stop 6 if you drive in that direction now you'll already see Cowan Place uh that is a senior citizen apartment complex that's at the corner corner of stal Cup in Rosedale it has a light Tower at the top and when we see Dunbar Wildcats playing it'll Bleed Blue when we are celebrating breast cancer awareness month you will see pink and so this is just another place where people can prove you don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a nice place and I have to give a special shout out to Mary Margaret lemons for her leadership with Fort Worth Housing Authority and I am so glad to see some something named after a living legend while he is still living this is named after coach Robert Hughes and with that I move for approval second motion a second Council please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24- 0114 with staff report by Leah Brown hello again um I'm Leah Brown once again and this evening uh the other MNC on your agenda is MNC 24114 regarding the adoption of a resolution of no objection supporting a housing tax credit application by 450 Marine Creek Parkway Texas owner LP for the acquisition and Rehabilitation of the meridian and existing multif family affordable housing development 4450 Marine Creek Parkway Texas owner LP intends to submit a 4% non-competitive housing tax credit application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs or tdhca in order for a 4% housing tax credit application to be submitted to tdhca municipality is required to hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comments on the project the development will consist of approximately 280 units set aside for families earning 60% or less of the area median income or Ami the development is located at 4 4450 Marine Creek Parkway and Fort Worth staff has reviewed the request by 4450 Marine Creek Parkway Texas owner LP and found that the development is consistent with the quality affordable housing goals and priorities in the city's 2023 to 2027 Consolidated plan therefore staff recommends that after any public comments are received this evening the public hearing be closed and the city council take formal action to approve MNC 24114 and the attached resolution of no objection for the development of the meridian thank you thank you Leah questions from Council counc Flores no questions may just ready to make a motion move to close the public hearing and accept enthusiastically U this item motion a second please vote Council thank you thank you Leah motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 167 Council we're going to move into this item but I was going to offer Mr Martinez a chance to speak I think he was outside with all the people come on down David he was speaking on the consent agend item pertaining to an item we already passed the city's home repair program I think you were for it so you're probably pleased that we voted in favor but I just wanted to offer you those few minutes yeah I just wanted like since I come over here to complain mostly last year I'm coming here to congratulate when you do something right the reason why it's important because there are people who have elected themselves in charge of southide and they gate the community and tell people oh no the city doesn't care they're not going to listen don't vote it doesn't matter throwing your vote just these people are going to take your taxes they're going to do all this stuff and not do anything with it but this is where it helps Community because when I started Car Park neighborhood association it was hot in the summertime and I was going up there after having quadruple bypassed all all that I thought it was important and one of the ladies I talked to I said you going to go to the me she goes what for I can't do nothing and I said what then I told her I said well what's going on with your house she goes well there's a uh my roof messed up it caught a fire and my roof was damaged and and I said really and she goes now I'm staying with my dad but I'm probably going to sell the property I go what's going on well the the we're out there and they and I don't know if they caused a fire but somebody started to fir my house and it was not my problem like that but I didn't have insurance and so it doesn't get fixed so I was like oh are you on uh assisted uh income she's like yeah she like like that I said well you should apply to City we were able to get her some help for her house instead of her house being uh sold for Pennies on the dollar and like that she's able to move back in her house and all that stuff so it matters and so when I tell people and I I'm I'm not for 2 million I'm for five million I'm for yall giving more money for these Home Improvements because these people pay taxes and these people they just get you know get behind payment or they get Elder like she like uh mayor Pro said it's elderly people and they they they un fixed income so they can't do it so it's it's very important that you know we help the Community because these people have paid taxes they paid it to the system it's just that they're elderly and they can't afford repairs and stuff and this goes a long way for the community and because of that she shows up at every meeting she shows up and she's involved and everything like that and and so it's important that I that's the reason why I wanted to speak not to take up everybody's time and hear myself talk but it's important because people from the neighborhood that been on the other side were were complaining these are results right here this is how things happen and how it work so I want everybody who's watching these videos also understand you you need to attend these meetings it's not just showing up and and and complain not complaining on internet or Facebook uh but to show up at these meetings because this is where it counts right here and I wish the young people would hear this because one of these days it might be your grandma or grandpa that need these assistance and it's very important thank you very much God bless thank you David So Council will transition back into zc 23-16 7 and we do have one speaker on this item Council Martinez Michelle Kennedy only if there's opposition to my knowledge there is none but I'll turn to you um I just want to say that uh this zoning uh request was denied by staff and by the commission um but I really wanted to get the input from that neighborhood and actually canvas the neighborhood with Trinity Habitat for Humanity we spoke to six individuals they were all in favor um Michelle would you speak a little bit about this uh zoning request what's going to go there [Music] and who's it going to benefit yes yes yes I turned 60 last week so I'm moving a little slower happy birthday oh okay I'mma move to your District I'm Michelle Kennedy I'm with uh Trinity Habitat for Humanity and uh this was a piece of of property that was donated to us several years ago but it's a it's in a unique situation and it's a very small neighborhood and it's a corner lot and it's zoned uh light industrial when literally every other lot in the block is residential uh so it didn't make sense you couldn't put a Neighborhood Grocery Store on this slot it wasn't big enough for it um so we started the resoning process and there were a lot of steps that were involved in that and we apprec appreciate councilwoman Martinez for her diligence to work with us and to try to find a problem I try to find a solution she and mallerie uh our construction director canvas the neighborhood to answer questions and um just to talk to people and see what they had to say we'll put a new home on that lot uh it's a it will be a three-bedroom two bath home one car garage um I don't know if you I know most of the council I know if anybody else knows most of habitat um not most of all of habitat's products are built to energy energy star standards as well as fortified construction we're building a product that's going to last and that's going to last the family um with as low maintenance as they possibly can to maintain the property in the real estate um we're building with families at 80% Ami and under and anything else nope just um you know everybody you know I can talk on if you need me to nobody opposed um and I did ask if there were any public safety concerns or any environmental concerns and and you know folks there you know really like where they live so I'd like to motion to approve this motion a second thank you Council thank you mayor ptim on situations like this came up often and you really have to listen to people to see what they feel and I applaud our council member Martinez for listening because there are little pieces of land throughout this area where it may already be zoned industrial and for something that people don't think it should be and this is just one of those cases but it takes a council member who is involved enough to drive the area talk to the people to get to the right conclusion and one of our most vocal opponents is supporting your motion tonight and so I applaud you may I say one more word council member bans or mayor proam you laid the groundwork for that with your overlay efforts um in that area it was a lot of hard work and a lot of feet on the ground to get um that overlay in place and we're we're building on that so thankk you thank you thank you guys Council you may vote motion carries next item is zc- 23137 council member block we do have a few speakers on this item um the first is Rick farosh hello councilman thank you hi Miss mayor nice to see you um we are are um at 12650 um Willow Springs road we have a um luxury town home community that we'd like to put in that is going to be more affordable um homes for senior citizens and for young families that are in the area so we believe that since 57 um 57 um uh people are moving into Fort Worth every day and we need a lot more you know opportunity for them to afford a home in the 300,000 to $349,000 range where right now there's not very many in um in our district and so at this time what we' uh like to ask is if um we we speak we've spoken to many of the homeowners that are in our neighboring communities and we do want to work with them from the beginning um they didn't really want to have Town Homes next to their you know million-dollar homes and I could understand you know how that could seem you know U not like what someone would want but um after speaking with several pray um tax assessor companies and Chandler Crouch and um John Hershey they believe that having a different Community next to a homeowner Community will not bring the value of the homes down and it was very similar about five years ago um when spring Ranch uh subdivision um had the spring Ranch Estates subdivision coming in they argued that the smaller homes and the smaller Lots would take away from their home value and um we've had several um we've had several um checks in Spring Ranch and all of their values have gone up every single year even though they have smaller houses and smaller um uh smaller uh Lots in their community so what we ask since we do have to go to the city and ask some more things to help the subdivision we just ask that you please um give this back to Planning and Zoning so we can um have a fair shake with them and finish a couple things that we'd like to help the homeowners with and our Tia which our traffic study thank you Rick council member block there questions for rck this time our next speaker is Chelsea Faxon followed by Heather doto hi Cel I am Chelsea daxon I reside at 11:25 whisper Willows um the Sea of red you see is not in uh congratulations to the Chiefs win on Sunday this is a sea of red of opposition to this case um so first and foremost thank you for the opportunity to speak to you tonight on KCC 23137 I'm not going to stand in front of you tonight to talk about the infrastructure concerns with residents in North Fort Worth recent articles and cases demonstrate these shared concerns of residents I'm not going to stand in front of you tonight to reiterate our continued concerns with the infrastructure traffic safety and Aesthetics of the applicants plan they still exist today and are well documented in the pnz record on this case I am not going to address the two yearlong history that the applic has had with our residents a relationship built on misinformation lies and veiled threats tonight I'm going to talk to you about our story with almost anything to quote Mr farou from his fort wor Star Telegram article we're willing to do almost anything to suffice these homeowners almost anything did not include responding to our questions concerns and recommendations after meeting with the leadership of our three communities on September 1 1 September 15th before bringing this case to Planning and Zoning on October 13th almost anything did not include responding to our questions concerns and recommendations after the 60-day continuance provided by Planning and Zoning before bringing the case back to them on December 13th almost anything did not include responding to our questions concerns and recommendations before the January city council meeting almost anything did not include responding to our questions concerns and recommendations after failing to submit proper notice for that January council meeting before coming before the council tonight I'm sorry almost anything did include providing a traffic study requested months ago to two of our residents this past Friday at 12:13 p.m. 102 hours prior to this city council meeting with a request to get back to him with our thoughts by Monday well Mr farou we've been waiting five months 151 days 3,624 hours for you to come to the table to discuss this case with us that said we reviewed the traffic study it doesn't address our safety concerns for our children waiting for a school bus on streets with no sidewalks it doesn't address the heavy construction traffic vehicles that will use whisper Willows as their access Highway for at least two years it doesn't address this that it doesn't address a backup plan if Nance ranch's developer doesn't agree to your traffic plan and it doesn't address the immediate need for support along to the almost at capacity avendelle Haslet Road thank you Miss Faxon I'm just going to make you pause for a second I think you check you're doing good you check group representative but I don't think we had names just if you'll stand up if you're with Chelsea I'm G let you keep going for three more minutes okay minimum start timeline of the 2027 City Road improvements to the council we we are asking you to deny CZ 23137 with prejudice and hopes that the forc year upon Haslet Investment Group will provide them the time that they have yet to have found to work with our community so we can come together to support sustainable development in North Fort Worth thank you thank you Chelsea our next speaker is Heather doto followed by David [Applause] Greer my name is Heather doto and I am president of the 5 two home HOA in the spring Ranch neighborhood that is affected by this zoning request we come together with my other 247 Neighbors in the surrounding HOAs as you can see by the Sea of red we do not approve of the zoning change some key points that I will address as well as you will as you have heard from Chelsea traffic our teenage drivers dri trying to get out of our neighborhood to go to school we have no traffic light to get out of our neighborhood this is not only affects our kids but also bus drivers adults trying to go to work and take their children to school the light on 287 feeder in Blue Mound Road is no better it already backs up for 30 minutes at heavy traffic times if you go the other route to Avendale Haslet to come around it is no better with this Pro proposed development there is a potential of 600 more drivers in and out of our neighborhood we have no sidewalks in our phase of our neighborhood which puts all at risk when walking the neighborhood with additional cars the investor has changed plans four times for this area he stated the last plan for the 385,000 single family homes will Willow Creek estate wouldn't make any money on last discussion we are the community that takes pride in where we live and how our neighborhood looks connecting rental property will bring down home values this investor has not been transparent with the homeowners they also have this property up for sale so we are concerned that whatever he says he plans to do the property gets rezoned that it will just flip it and move on we thank the council for your time we ask the council to disapprove the zoning requests with prejudice thank you next speaker is David David Greer two years old and he has Down syndrome he's one of our uh one of five of our children all aged 6 years old and younger we moved to our home near the end of a quiet street and a quiet neighborhood where we've watched our family grow the proposed rezoning being considered tonight would almost certainly bring a significant increase in both construction and residential traffic right to the end of our driveway I urge the members of this Council to vote against the proposed rezoning with prejudice please allow the residents of our neighborhood to maintain the safe and quiet community that we love thank [Applause] you council member Bo that's the conclusion of our speakers so I've had more than a few zoning cases now that I've been on Council and I have never seen one that generated so much opposition from so many people I had this is stack of emails I received over 180 emails uh to me personally and my office uh petition with over 700 signatures in opposition so when I look at this zoning case I I just think you I agree with the zoning commission and their recommendation for denial and they uh went back a couple of times tried to get more time tried to get more discussion with the neighborhood uh I think it would have been beneficial for you Mr fou to reach out to my office earlier and maybe we could have helped and and uh managed this whole process a little better uh but we have some reality no uh we have uh just the reality of the situation where it's important for discussion and buy in and agreement you know it's your job to get that with the neighborhood around you and I want to thank the neighborhood and all the residents that came tonight I want to thank you for coming tonight as well uh and all those who spoke out it's important to be involved and be engaged and have a voice on how your community looks in the future now I do think that there's opportunity to uh come back to this in time but also think it needs some cooling off and and we need to start clean slate so I'm going to move to deny with prejudice today got a motion a second Council of course counc Nettles uh thank you mayor uh thank you councilman block I just have a couple of questions I want to ask uh housing is so important to me especially when it comes to a senior and I want to ask Chelsea if you can come back up I had a couple of questions for you you well one question actually um I think in your comment you said um that Mr Rick didn't respond to the question concern and recommendations that you had high level um what was those questions and recommendation that you had if you would agree to have this zoning change yeah so some of the recommendations we made obviously were were safety and traffic related I think that um there's some recent cases terilla that really shows how a developer worked with a neighborhood to address those traffic and safety concerns um as it comes to the housing we were never against and have never said we're just against medium density uh Mr F came to the table and said they may be for sale they may be for rent they're going to be expensive they're going to be affordable he can't seem to decide uh where he stands on that our recommendation was that if he was looking for medium density to increase housing that he look at something like a deed restricted Town Home Association classification which would have given us some aesthetic uh controls in place while still giving him the density that he was looking for that's very helpful thank you so much uh Mr Rick if you can come out I'm really uh impressed that you're sit in the middle of the Red Sea uh so I mean it's pretty bold of you um thank you very much I know I know and wait a minute listen I have Pacific questions sure so this is not uh so uh one question I have well couple of question I have you said this was Senior Living is that correct right is this going to be Senior Living um no it's going to be they're going to be Town Homes but seniors and young families can afford them and that's why we wanted to correct thank you um will it be lease or for sale um it we're open to both okay and what is the value what would be the value 300 to 350,000 okay thank you I appreciate it and that's all the question I had for you I'm sorry you have this question for him oh okay I'm sorry than you thank you thank you um okay um again so um I'm really big on uh housing I think it's important for the city of Ford to invest in housing all over um for work um when it comes when I first initially heard you talk you said seniors and it really alerted me and so when I ask you the question is for everybody and that's fine uh I have not supported council members who Deni um zoning when it comes to residential in district 6 two and other districts and so it's not uh just against district 10 I am I am going to I'm I had some heartburn uh but I am going to support uh Allan on this on this zoning case number one uh because you really didn't do your home I don't think homework was done to this community I think the community was given a a s beings because if you're going to bring uh a Housing Development they should know if it for if it's for seniors or it's for families they should know if it's for lease or if it's for sale and so because of that that is the only reason why I'm going to support normally I always support housing because I think it's important for the city of forart to adopt housing I I have some heartburn on the the whole year thing but I'm going to support you on this this time uh but I hope the next time Mr Mr Rick that you do a little bit more homework and be prepared to provide uh concrete information to a neighborhood and I will give this Insight um there is a house that's in far south forward um past 1197 that is identical to a house in Keller I mean the for plant is the same the housing uh the uh the the um outside of side is the exact same it cost 700,000 in Keller and 300,000 in forward I mean in South for so sometimes the area does determine how much a house cost so I understand half a million dollar homes you you want to be very sure that you have something next to that does not bring the value down so I understand that point I just want to throw that out there so thank you for the opportunity to speak thank you Chris mayor ptim Bivens you're good okay I think that's the conclusion of our comments I've got a motion and a second Council please vote motion carries yep Council BL not regarding this but I want to take a moment of privilege uh to recognize Ronnie Ramsey who's here today that I appointed to the Urban Design commission and who's a resident of far north Fort Worth so Ronnie thank you for being here today I appreciate it hi Ronnie nice to see you glad you're here the next item is sp-23 d014 council member block we do have one speaker on this item Brandon Middleton only if there's opposition to my knowledge there is none thank you I'll move to approve second motion a second y are leaving us bye we're very entertaining I know it's like a standup comedy show here office and please vote Council Charlie try again Marine thank you motion carries next item is sp-23 d015 council member Nettles we do have one speaker on this item only if there's opposition which there is none Brandon Middleton you want him to speak are you good no I he doesn't not have to speak move for approval motion a second please vote Ares next item is zc d23 d173 councilor Martinez we do have one speaker on this item Marcos torado is Marcos here hi Mr Tado Hi how are you guys I'm sorry I am super nervous and never done this never address don't be nervous you're fine welcome we're glad you're here time I address people like you so and I mean it as a compliment by the way so my name is Marcus uh I'm a father of tree I'm uh born and raised in Puerto Rico but I was lucky enough to graduate from uh Ellison High School in clean like 25 years ago and also lucky enough to come back to Texas 14 years ago when I raised my three kids with my wife um and we were requesting this we on because I'm self-employed for the last seven years I got no 401ks no Investments so this is kind of a what I'm trying to build for my daughters and and for me and maybe 10 15 years I can retire and and live a little bit better right so we did our our due diligence we did our homework I came to this Offices here a couple of times uh before we bought that lot it has a house in front and then two lots attached and I and I I did all the I made all the questions that I needed before we buy this Loot and it was almost nobody told me there was going to be approved but uh since the lot is attached to or is close to like about 10 or 12 other lots that are sewn the same way that we want to swn ours then it was it's a likelihood that it would be um I learned that the zoning commission voted to denied and but the staff voted to approve and now we're here and uh we didn't get any reasons I I was I learned that nobody has to give us a reason for the for the denial we did canvas the neighborhood we talked to all the the owners that we could find because most of the homes over there are are leas so so when we talk to the neighbors then they uh they give us the management companies's numbers so we we couldn't get to more owners but with we did anyways turn in like eight or 10 letters that of actual orange that were not didn't have a problem with the with the homes that we want to build there I I have another home that is leas and I I try to be a good landlord I I I I manage it myself and that's the plan with this ones we want to make you know two nice sets of Apartments to kind of have leaves at a reasonable price just to manage myself like I said I'm self-employed and uh hopefully that will benefit me in the future and my kids in the future uh they're still here in Fort Worth two of them and one left for New York but you know uh we're just humbly asking to just reconsider and try to help me just help my family and help stay here in for wor because we love it here and we have to move again we'll move here again so thank you thank you Mr torado councilor Martinez um Mr torado uh I did I had I didn't get a chance to drive by the property but it looks like it's very well made maintained um I am concerned about the size of the lots and I'd like to discuss this further with zoning so I'm going to motion to continue this to out 30 days to March 19th motion a second so we'll see you again in 30 days Mr trado okay okay please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-1 184 C nles move for approval motion a second please vote next item is zc- 23-1 185 we do have a few speakers on this item counc Martinez the first is Rocky Garcia by phone followed by Phyllis Allen who I think was is Miss Allen here there she is hi Mr Garcia uh it's Mrs Garcia go ahead sorry can you hear me yes you can you can proceed oh sorry sorry about that um this is um I'm I'm work for the company that owns the property um we purchased the property that um it we didn't know that it was the zoning issue unfortunately our real estate agent did not um or our real estate the people who helped us invest in it they did not um advise us of this unfortunately um right now um it it is rented as a duplex with the front house and the back house we did some um minor you know cosmetic repairs to it we fixed a yard it was quite ran down um everything is fine there is one driveway the um neighborhood alliance had um um opposed osed it with the zoning commission and um said that it's a traffic issue but um I don't believe that that that is an issue I have been working with code compliance with this and um he had called me from the property just the other day at about 3 o'cl and um to do a followup and I had let him know what the zoning commission had moved to you know had requested to deny it and um you know he's like wow I'm really surprised because there's like no cars out here right now and I was like really he's like yeah it doesn't seem to be an issue not a lot of traffic no cars on the street um also there is um a couple of vacant Lots on the same block on the 600 block of Rea um I think that leaves for a little more parking um when there's no houses in the Lots I think there's three empty lots there is um it does also you know contribute to the housing need as Fort Worth is growing um I think that's important to note that the the neighborhoods can stay visibly somewhat the same without you know changing the visibility of it but also it can accommodate you know more housing for people that that need it with the growing Community thank you Miss Marcia um our next speaker is Phyllis Allen good evening thank you for allowing me to speak on this so I want to start off by saying several years ago my neighborhood worked very hard with City staff to create a comprehensive plan for the way we wanted our neighborhood to look one of the things we specifically said was inside the interior of the neighborhood we did not want duplexes now I find it really interesting that this owner says that they purchased the property and did not know that this was not a duplex on the survey that they provided it specifically says this is a storage facility they also said on their zoning request that they had room to build another that they had two driveways they didn't say they were going to build another driveway they said they had two driveways they do not they barely have one now I'm going to agree with her on one thing if you come through there on a Saturday afternoon you're going to say traffic is not an issue here but come through there at 7:30 Monday through Friday we've got school buses we've got parents who are bringing kids to school we have children who are walking unaccompanied through that area not to mention that on Wednesdays if it's trash day we have trash trucks and trash Cas out there there are they are already parking four cars on the street for that house now I've lived in that neighborhood for 65 years so the people that lived in that house the husband was the only one who drove so they only needed one driveway this this this this owner comes into the neighbor neighborhood Mo rents it's already rented they already rented this with without checking so I am asking city council to uphold the work that our neighborhood association and neighbors did to protect our neighborhood thank you thank you Phyllis Council Martinez is the last of our speakers um I am concerned about the parking situation and would like to see that sufficient parking spots be added If This Were to be approved so I'd like to continue it for 60 days to April 9th motion to continue motion and a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 23-19 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc- 24-1 councelor Williams thank you mood to approve carries next item is MNC 24- 0111 a second please vote motion carries mayor that concludes all of the action items for tonight Council and meeting adjourned Happy Valentine's Day