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 the consent agenda items will be taken following the announcements of any items being pulled from the consent agenda speakers registered on non-consent items other than public hearing and Zoning cases will be taken following Council announcements speakers will be given three minutes to speak on all items within those blocks that they are registered before you begin your comment please state your name thank you welcome to your Fort Worth City council meeting I'll call us to order tonight's invocation will be by Pastor Matt Oxley from the Creek Church please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of Allegiance humbled that we get to be a part of the Great City of Fort Worth thank you for trusting us with the honor of leading her and being the leaders that you've called us to be and I pray that we would be found faithful stewards of all of our responsibilities in every area of our our city and our community may we lead with your heart and may we set an example for the rest of our nation in the world of a city coming together United for one purpose and we pray that everything we do in this meeting and as we walk from this meeting glorify and honor you to build each other up through love and unity we pray this in Jesus name amen I pledge our first item of business will be special presentations with the first one being a presentation of certificates of recognition for East Side leaders and I'll turn to Mayor Pro Tim Bivins to present these recognitions mayor for Tim thank you as I call your names I'm going to ask you to step into the well now the funny thing is I was doing all that preparations to preparation to tell people how wonderful y'all were and I left it upstairs so we're gonna we're gonna wing this and so if the names are going to be called in no real order but I'll bring them down we'll take a picture and then we'll make sure everybody has the right recognition first is we have Loretta Burns Demetrius dips Lisa McDaniel these are people who take care of children throughout District Five some may have addresses in other cities but their leadership is seen in District Five next I'd like for Jeremy Smith to come down Jeremy Smith is a Dunbar Alum who played basketball under coach Robert Hughes and decided he wanted to move back home and make something of the community that he grew up in when I took office in 2013 a burned out building stood that caught fire in 1985 we demolished it in 2013. jeremis is building a mixed-use development there with a partner from don't don't don't don't cry but from Dallas Don and Wanda this is a dynamic duo and even though everybody knows they live in District eight they are citizens of the entire city these leaders have been with everything east side but what I really want to recognize them for is the start of vision East Lancaster years ago Frank Moss Danny scarth and Kathleen Hicks started this meeting of the three districts together and the only ones that gelled and held were the ones in District eight Vision East Lancaster and now we have the corridor Mary Kelleher Mary Kelleher let me tell you I will never forget the summer of 2018 when Mary Kelleher took video of flood waters that were just ravaging us on the east side because the developer had skipped a step and we just we lost so many clear-cutting trees thanks to Mary we were able to put a stop to that and we're on the path for a master urban forestry plan I've already called Lisa Pastor Kenneth sales is Poppy here there he is come on down his name is Poppy from Dunbar Pastor Kenneth sales and first lady Sally that's another Duo the very first tax foreclosed property to be bought and used in stop six was by this man the church is on what used to be Calumet and before they came it was written with with riddled with crime boarded up buildings and duplexes but the church did what churches are supposed to do they Shine the Light and I can tell you that is truly a very nice community that we have in place there thank you Sandy next Mario Salas come on down this small businessman had purchased property in stop six but could not build what he wanted to build it turns out when I talked to developers to ask why weren't they building in stop six it was the zoning that was restricted and so as soon as the zoning was changed he built the first house in stop six that is 5 000 square feet and now he has a compound he's building for his mother his sister his son I don't know how many people tomorrow thank you Daniel's truth my microphone is acting crazy it's not me it is going crazy oh no I don't have a keyboard oh talking association with a neighborhood association went defucked these two of these guys David James raise your hands please two of these guys and a lady named Dede came together and said we are going to revive the John T white neighborhood association and they did it is now the most effective neighborhood association we have in District Five and people all around the city go to their Facebook changes to get red alerts that means a zoning change is is on its way but it was Daniel ceralde who called me one day when he saw clear cutting taking place and everybody rushed to the scene like MedStar and it turns out it was legal but we still didn't like it few more we have Demetrius I saw Will is Nita with you will Anita Dryden well you can come on I'll let you come down anyway will Anita Dryden are just like Dodd and Wanda and their love for the city even though they live in District Five they travel the entire city and let me tell you what they look for they look for the absence of striping on the roads so all of y'all want to want to thank them for reporting the streets that need striking Cindy bowling is Cindy here come on down Cindy Cindy is tarchy here Cindy and tarchy took it upon themselves to be proactive in dealing with Street the speed racing that was plaguing our city and they've done so much more but they took the lead in that and we now have I'll call them a task force and what they do is meet with our East Side police Commander to talk about ways and strategies to put a stop to it and lucky for us our commander is the daughter of an officer and the first time she staged everybody in place to scare them off her father called and said well your friends are going back to Dallas Commander come on down is there anybody I've left out you know you're supposed to be here if you were invited please that was my first okay Frank and Cliff Cliff I'm saving you for last I want to call my predecessor Frank Moss Frank for whatever reason thought this was an award for a whole bunch of people Christy and come on down and when Jonathan Morrison called and asked is this is this recognition for our neighborhood association I said no this is for Frank Frank and Christine I will tell you just under a hundred crepe myrtles have been planted under his leadership with the neighborhood association setting the theme for what we want to look like in stop six now his neighborhood really is Rosie apart but after we got the the grant money for stop six everybody wants to be in stop six so Frank and Christine and finally this is the drum roll intro many of you heard about a rapper who I was very close to he was killed Eminem was his rapper name and Eminem put on major events that had police from all over the city he put on the biggest Juneteenth parade I had ever seen outside of downtown and when Eminem died I wondered who would pick up that torch there was no stop no pause Cliff Big Cliff yeah come on down [Applause] Cliff Sparks was able to step in and he has been The Gatherer of people party would have what a cause parade to have fun whatever it is Cliff is at the heart of it and everybody calls and asked me now can you put me in touch with cliff I don't give his phone number out and so please salute these these leaders as I bring the certificates down [Applause] okay right here [Applause] foreign I'm going to have Whitney grab Molly pins for y'all if you hear me Gina okay she's gonna grab Molly pins for everybody thank you all very much for coming as our East Side leaders disperse we're going to go ahead and call our next presentation which is Habitat for Humanity and I believe that Fernando Costa and Michelle Kennedy I think Gage is here also are all going to come down and join us um to give us a brief update on the state of Habitat for Humanity we're very proud that you're here to recognize National Housing month in the month of April Gage floor is yours well thank you mayor thank you city council uh look up there and I see friends and that's that's a good thing because I need friends in the affordable housing that we do and as the mayor said not only is it affordable housing month but today 55 years ago LBJ signed into law the Fair Housing Act great effort to try to shove discrimination out of the housing Marketplace which there's no room for that in housing or anywhere else right so we're thrilled to be here uh as you know essential homes for essential workers that's what we do affordable housing is an oxymoron right they don't go together it's very difficult to do what we do so the only way we can do what we do is in partnership with you guys to do it together an intelligent reasonable public-private partnership so we need our brothers and sisters up there I look across and like saying I have projects working in like every District up there uh and that doesn't happen without my commitment and your commitment to doing what we do and working with Fernando and Dana and I can't shouldn't name names I can't stop so anyway 826 homes we've built in the city of Fort Worth 1673 rehabs is what we've done and we have a check here and I'd love to get everybody down for a check because habitat's not a hand up it is is a hand up not a handout when you help us build those families move into the home turn around and they pay their taxes right every every single one of you I'd love to have you come down so here's a check that our families paid last year for 2.79 million dollars in property taxes back to the city of Fort Worth [Applause] yes sir I know we're right here all right guys congratulations thank you so much thank you our next presentation will be a proclamation for the Texas Christian University's 150th anniversary foreign I think before I read the proclamation I may ask Chancellor boshini to come to the mic and recognize this is a big deal for Fort Worth 150 years of the horned frog right huge deal and what an awesome year to get to recognize the university coming off of a national championship and all the wonderful things that TCU is doing with that Victor why don't you speak for a minute and then I'll read the proclamation first of all thanks mayor Parker and thanks to all our great council members we're honored to be here Texas Christian University is 150 years old this year and with me receiving this Proclamation are some of our student leaders I'd like to introduce Brandon Fox president of our student body John Robertson the vice president Jackson Pearson Annie Cowden and Chiara Lombardi from our graduate student Senate and of course super frog I hope all of you realized that it was actually this group in here who got TCU to come to Fort Worth a hundred was actually a little less on her 50 years ago now in 1910 they had a contest in the state of Texas and six cities were finalists Dallas Fort Worth uh Waco and three we don't care about and Fort Worth won the contest and the contest was to get TCU to come here and at that time the people on the console they imagined that our students would stay here and work and raise families and become part of the Fort Worth community and they have they imagined that this sense of community would build a talent pool in Fort Worth and we hope we have and so we just want to say to all of you we are grateful to all of you sincerely grateful for letting TCU be here and for hosting this University because TCU would not be what it is without the city of Fort Worth we brought a small gift our student body president is going to give it to the mayor to commemorate this friendship and we hope we have another 150 years of a great partnership thank you I think rather than read this Proclamation I think I'll ask Elizabeth and Michael to chime in here as well they're both proud and usually fight over who really represents TCU um but that's that's um that's genuine right of how important this University is to the city of Fort Worth and I could think of countless ways just in my short tenure as mayor when I make a phone call to anyone in the chancellor staff room at the university the answer is always yes and then what else can we do for the city of Fort Worth and for that I'm incredibly thankful I'm going to read the second whereas Clause within which I think is most impactful and whereas TCU is a world-class value-centered private university comprised of nine schools and colleges and has a legacy of creating leaders who shape and improve the world for the greater good TCU students faculty and staff offer valuable research scholarly activity artistic and cultural assets a diverse array of talent and significant economic benefit to our region and whereas TCU celebration lead on celebrating 150 years of TCU is a moment to reaffirm and celebrate that shared Spirit values and impact act that connects Horned Frogs to each other and the City of Fort Worth and now therefore this year forward does hereby recognize tcu's 150th anniversary and celebrate the year 2023 as the tcu's tcu's sequence Centennial always messes up that's Quint General there you go celebration just say 150th right thank you all very much for coming this evening this is a big deal for your University and for the city of Fort Worth and I'll present this proclamation to Chancellor rostini and super frog how about that come on [Applause] okay you want to do one group picture that's great thank you thank you thank you thank you all you want to say anything go ahead Elizabeth and Michael sport uh mayor's already said it but I'll say Go Frogs appreciate it our next presentation will be a proclamation for the national Community Development week should have just stayed down here Victor Turner you want to come join me down here where's Victor for those of you that don't know this is Victor Turner who does an amazing job working as our neighborhood services director before I read this Proclamation why don't you get us started sound good yeah before I say any remarks I'm going to ask our chair of Our Community Development Council Miss ebony rose if she'd like to say anything thank you I'm glad to be here I am ebony rose I serve as the mayor's appointee to the Community Development Council currently in my second term and serving as chair of that Council really appreciate the support that we get and helping to ensure that the federal funding that we can provide to our residents in the city of Fort Worth are used well and that we are courageous in ensuring that we have housing and Equitable opportunities for our citizens thank you so much so a few brief remarks thank you mayor council uh for recognizing National Community Development week this week April 10th through the 14th uh National Community Development week was created in 1986 to bring national attention to the cdbg program through Grassroots support at a time when the program was facing scrutiny by Congress one of the main objectives of national Community Development week is to draw attention to the importance of these Federal programs in the Garner Congressional support for their continued funding in Fort Worth over the years these programs have been used to make improvements throughout throughout our community including Ada improvements to our sidewalks and community centers Street and drainage improvements in low-income areas finding to install wheelchair ramps Meals on Wheels for our senior citizens home buyer assistants for first-time home buyers on occupied rehab improvements to our public parks and summer education enrichment programs to our underserved communities during our last annual performance report fy21 the city assisted over 13 000 persons while expending 18.5 million dollars this equates to an average expenditure of a little over fourteen hundred dollars per person we believe those are very good numbers as a reminder over the next few weeks we are holding Community meetings to gather feedback from the community on the use of these funds and we would certainly encourage the public to participate again on behalf of the entire neighborhood services staff thank you programming but these and for these these individuals in our neighborhood services department and across different departments in the city of Fort Worth take their jobs incredibly seriously and then coupled with we have volunteer citizens that are willing to step up and recognize that since 1975 the city of Fort Worth has administered over 400 million dollars in these Grant funds to the federal government I would put our city up against any other in the transparency and wherewithal they put forward every single day so Victor do you and your tire staff thank you very much this is a proclamation to recognize National Community Development week thank you foreign next will be items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda there are no items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda items to be continued or withdrawn by staff and there are no items to be continued or withdrawn by staff mayor that gets us to the consent agenda speakers and I believe we have a couple we do just one moment here our first consent agenda item speaker is Jonathan Morrison who will be followed by Adrian Smith is Jonathan here I didn't see him yet he's out there he's out there okay Adrian why don't you come on up if you don't mind Mr Smith and I'll have Jonathan come after you Mr Adrian Smith will be followed by Jonathan Morrison this is our consent agenda item come on down Jonathan there you go we're on the consent agenda item I think you you cited signed up to speak on MNC 23-0271 pertaining to Transit oriented development my name is Jonathan Morrison 1915 Carlton Drive thank you for having me tonight Mary Council I was just um looking through perusing through the agenda as I was coming to the meeting to celebrate with the East Side leader tonight and there was just a few things that I um they weren't clear to me but because I did sign up um Mr Michael Owen he reached out he reached out to me about that so I'm thankful for the practice of the city for communicating with citizens um in areas of lack of clarification and I do think that we we should just take forward the information of the projects that were canceled and continue and make sure that citizens in the community are aware because I wasn't aware of those opportunities for those different trans and oriented developments and I understand it was about need and just reallocating funds so that's all I I wanted I just wanted clarification and so thankful to the staff for reaching out to me thank you Mr Morrison all right our next speaker is Adrian Smith [Music] well you signed up on MNC sure for the gallery the consent agenda go ahead Adrian your time is going to start you tell me it's your three minutes so you're not gonna you say you send c23-0251 23-0279 and 23-0284. so we can find we combined in all three correct on the consent agenda yes sir everybody pay attention Adrian Smith I am one with the people so the particular agenda item uh two three zero two five one um basically I just sum it up it's just a a waste of taxpayer money four million 533 thousand dollars allocated to a particular company I had information heard before this council is something else put to a particular company basically to take payments on behalf of the citizens of Fort Worth regarding their water payments this is a waste and I'm not with it so let me go to the next agenda item since we playing this game there foreign [Music] zero two seven nine I'll disregard that one I'll let you have that one mayor MMC mmc230284 these are you all uh allocating two million dollars to Texas to Texas A M you know the institution that everybody stuck their chest out for because they decide they decided to build a built a campus or downtown Fort Worth so everybody is who ride who rides Texas A M but what I what I come to speak speak in regards to is Texas Texas A M they don't believe in diversity is anyone aware of the Dei diversity equity and inclusion where the Texas A M Chancellor he's against diversity equity and inclusion our governor Greg Abbott he's against diversity equity and inclusion so I stand here to say this you all took money that was allocated for from the American Rescue app plan which we had received back in May of 2022 and you blew through it you did whatever with it and this is part of it so I'm playing your game mirror this is not right the way y'all changed things but I'll be back thank you Mr Smith am I correct that Carolyn Rodriguez is not speaking Jeanette that is correct that's the conclusion of our contingent item speakers next will be approval of the consent agenda second on the floor in either discussion Council please vote next item will be upcoming and recent events recognition of citizens and approval of ceremonial travel if needed councilmember Flores did you have something go ahead yes thank you mayor I think we have a presentation all right going through the first slides uh back in March 20th Strikers Association I had their monthly meeting at Stark here at station uh we need to discuss things that impact Stockyards business stakeholders and uh discuss any developmental uh you know updates that are coming their way it's a good meeting and the membership continues to grow so kudos to Cheryl West president for growing that membership next slide please okay from March uh 22nd to 23rd and some days Beyond uh several of the sun Council including uh you know mayor Parker attended Tarrant County days at the Capitol during the 88th legislative session in which we discuss uh things that impact and interest Fort Worth with our state elected officials uh noteworthy that the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo was recognized there on the floor so congratulations to them next slide please for March 24th 28th a few of us here on Council attended the General Session for the national league of cities in Washington D.C and again what we do when we travel there is talk to our federal counterparts and representatives on in Congress to discuss those things that impact Fort Worth uh so we tended uh several different sessions including some given by some media that have panels that discuss things that pertain to cities next slide please all right March 28th uh Castleberry ISD is having their CTE advert Advisory Board luncheon they headed to pompacitos with their new superintendent Renee Smith Faulkner uh these recognize again those teachers that make noteworthy efforts to increase education and engagement not just within their school district but with uh their City counterparts next slide please March 30th 10th at the Northwest Alliance meeting new Mount Saginaw ISD administration building tpw was there headed by our newly minted director Lauren Perrier and her staff had a lot of good questions there a lot of explanations of upcoming projects and also uh we had a representation from the Northwest division Sergeant de Leon was there with his officers to discuss things that interest that group Next slide please Saturday April 2nd the annual Cesar Chavez parade in downtown we joined in with several of our Hispanic leaders and other leaders like-minded to increase the membership of that organization and further those goals so appreciation to Fort Worth Police Department bike Patrol City Marshals uh Precinct Constable Pete Munoz for providing traffic control and making it so that everyone had a safe and wonderful time next slide please oh Saturday April 2nd Heroes lunch at Rockwood golf First Tee now this is noteworthy because there was a 17 year old girl who was homeschooled Laura Lee O'Donnell who worked to provide this lunch and she earned a grant and provided the veterans with a lunch to give them recognition and thanks for what they've done in service to our nation so kudos to her we presented her with a certificate of recognition next slide please April 4th Stockyards livestock Exchange building to congratulate the football team Fort Worth Arkansas for 10 years in Fort Worth my predecessor celestino joined in because when he was on Council he actually ushered in the uh Fort Worth Vaqueros to Fort Worth so they had a sponsorship Lottery and a lot of fun had by all next slide please April 6 Fort Worth United Way campaign kickoff celebration here at City Hall uh I'll just go to the chase I found it particularly uh fun and and yet really symbolic that Brandon Bennett made himself a Target right being a great sport taking a few pies to the face including from this council member so Brandon please continue code enforcement in District Two don't take it to heart thank you all right uh April 7th Toddler Time did you have a video there hey why don't you play it that's a very short video of Brandon getting nailed that was by one of his code officers they love him I hear so anyways all right April 7th Toddler Time with North try ethnic Community Center uh had the uh auspicious privilege of reading to the toddlers try to keep their attention but you know what toddlers are followed by an Easter egg hunt fun Hat by all appreciation to Angela Tobias and the staff there all right just a couple announcements neighborhood Improvement block party uh you know the greater North Side areas recipient of a second neighborhood Improvement plan and there it's going to help the historic Marine neighborhood uh get back to where it belongs so that's going to be on Saturday April 15th from 12 to 2 marine park at 303 Northwest 20th Street so come on in for food fun and games all right 8th Annual Northside High School golf tournament all right this is for charity and you can join in as individuals or register as a team that's April 21st this year and for more information go to www.northside hi legacy.org forward slash golf almost done all right coffee with the cop Wednesday April 26th at Casa Azul at 300 West Central Avenue this is an opportunity to meet not just your neighborhood Patrol officers but our leadership and we're going to have uh Commander Jason Kim who's going to be present there to talk to some folks and also the crime prevention specialist doc Kent all right here's one of my favorites Hops and props uh this is the only airplane and Craft Beer Fest in the Metroplex Saturday April 29th from 9 A.M to 5 p.m mayor I think you've checked it out before with your family there's a lot of family-centric events good local Brews good food and learn about planes while you're at it because Fort Worth's history has a lot to do with them and that's all for me thank you thank you Carlos next up is councilmember crane thank you mayor I've got a few slides here yes up there Great American cleanup was a couple weeks ago uh did some fun things there originally North some bomber Heights and as well as showed up because in District 8 where Trinity Metro was doing a Habitat for Humanity build so councilman Nettles and I were there with Rich andreski the new CEO and I guess probably should stop saying no since I've been there for six or new since he's been there for six or seven months but in Benjamin Robertson next slide this is a really great thing Camp Bowie District had their annual meeting uh last week mayor was there uh Leonard Firestone was there uh y'all may not know the name Mark Lewis but you may know uh Hawkeye from kscs 96.3 when he was a young uh newly on the radio uh had been a TC graduate decided that Camp Bowie Boulevard and needed some trees so 25 years ago he put out some of his own money and got other people to donate and the trees you now see down Camp Bowie Boulevard are all because of his efforts so it's really great to recognize the 25th anniversary of that initiative that night next slide this was a great time last week we traveled down with a group of Tanglewood parents that have started Texas against School violence in the wake of Uvalde about they've raised the money themselves to put an armed security officer inside uh Tanglewood Elementary that's Tracy Carter the one of our mpos that runs that program with them but you've got the spurgeons Eric and Amber Spurgeon Terry ogenbach Keaton Monahan Peter Dean and buckwheeler are one of the Deputy Chiefs but we were meeting with that's Charlie Garen there but we met with a Burrows who has a bill in the house that would make this mandatory Statewide and with some funding behind it but just letting them know what we're doing here they'd like to partner with more schools and kind of show them what they're doing as part of that it's a great little thing for them next next slide and this is a great thing really excited about this double eagle headquarter groundbreaking that's in Las Vegas Trail off Glenrock William and Scott Hamilton this is what I've been able to sort of ascertain is probably the first actual commercial development in the last decade outside housing in Las Vegas Trail so it really is a cool thing they have uh it's going to be a nursery but they want to partner with the schools and kind of teach them about uh of bringing an arborist and teach them about lawn care and other things they've partnered with Encore if you know this area there's a lot of of the easement so they'll have their trees underneath that and just really brighten up that area so it's kind of cool to do the groundbreaking with them and and really appreciative of their investment in the community and the last slide uh was went to the um the Islamic Association of Tarrant County and presented for Ramadan uh last week uh recognized Ramadan and it's the spirit of unity with Muslims around the world fasting and looking to be the best they can be about emphasizing the act of good in their everyday lives so I was honored to give them that Proclamation thank you councilmember Bivens thank you I've got a few slides I was honored to speak at the National League of cities Conference held in D.C last month Democrat Republican and libertarian locally elected officials stress the importance of maintaining local control next slide I was invited to a White House briefing where about 40 of us heard from White House leaders like John podesta and others they stressed the importance of how to get training for workers who are who need training we can get money from the inflation reduction act and so I told him I'd come back and make sure our city staff knew how to squeeze more money because of that act next I had a ball over the weekend which is why I can't breathe in my eyes are watering the historic stop six neighborhood association had police had friends had family had everybody at this Easter egg hunt in Rosedale Park next slide and it was and that's the pastor's wife Pastor Moore is the only member of the clergy who was a neighborhood president in District Five and so we were able to take a lot of pictures near the stop six public art display our Jewels there there may be another picture I'm not sure hats off to the newly formed Carver Heights East neighborhood association is Alvin Johnson here I thought I saw Alvin please stand any of your other members here okay the carbohydes East neighborhood association records show that the association had become inactive meaning record keeping had fallen lacks Angela Norwood and Alvin Johnson are President and Vice President of this Association has solved to community engagements Terence Hamilton and my community engagement liaison joycia Johnson for helping with this effort if you are interested in starting or reactivating a neighborhood association please contact my office at District Five at Fort Worth Texas dot gov you have to have a voice of unity and when you are together you are stronger and so we really push for our neighborhood associations to get active again like the John T white neighborhood group they even raise your hand to others who may want to see what it takes to start one he's a man you can see Alvin's been around a long time and I think that's all is that all okay thank you councilmember Williams thank you mayor um just a few announcements this past weekend we had a successful letter day Code Compliance team organized a special litter cleanup event and so it was awesome to be able to tag along to that event we partnered with the South district and met at Columbus child had a great time cleaning my card Columbus Trail West Cleveland Road and portions of Hulen and Risinger it was really fun thank you all for all y'all do um this Thursday we will be hosting our district six open house it will be held at Great Commission Baptist Church which is located at 7700 McCart Avenue um we will have many updates from City departments from Street improvements to safety initiatives Park improvements and how to report issues and so much more this will be a great opportunity not not only to ask questions of these departments but we'll also have other departments and Community organizations there we hope to see you there that's all thank you mayor councilmember Firestone thank you mayor um on March 30th the uh we met at 1300 gendi uh the task force that we've put together and held a public meeting to hear from citizens on the future of the Community Arts Center located on Gandhi in the cultural District it's a great evening the task force heard from multiple residents who are passionate about art in Fort Worth and about the ability for local artists to have a space to share their art whether visual or performance the task force will continue to meet for the next several weeks using this input to in determining the best uses for the city-owned facility uh at 1300 Gandy next slide please So Yesterday judge Rogers and I uh put together a little promotional video for a warrant forgiveness event in district 7 which will take place on April 29th from 9 A.M until noon at the Thomas Place community center this is a Safe Harbor Court for people with outstanding warrants who can come take care of any outstanding outstanding warrants they may have without any concerns of arrests in addition the city of Fort Worth Envision Center and Community Action partners and Goodwill North Central Texas will be on site to provide services for more information please contact the municipal court at 817-392-6700 and again it's at Thomas Place Community Center which is at 4237 Lafayette thank you that's it councilmember Nettles thank you mayor uh the first uh slide here is go career day at Townley Elementary School I had opportunity to read to an awaiting crowd of students uh next slide please uh this is the atatiana Jefferson's Community Center unveiling uh one of the workers that helped us greatly was honored today Mr Cliff Sparks helped put the event together for the community uh so we was grateful that it was a great crowd a great participation great support from this city council and mayor next slide please uh this is the Highland Hills neighborhood park conversation um when I first got into office Highland Hills began to tell me that there was some money that they was due to and so I got with the mayor so again we'll publicly thank the mayor and her staff uh and Jackson Shaw for donating 75 000 to Hillside uh I'm sorry Highland Hills and so we're working to figure out what we can do to improve Highland Hills so it's a great meeting it was packed uh thank you next slide uh this is one of many uh of our Easter egg hunts on Saturday at Mount Olive Easter egg Extravaganza it was a great event the next slide we were at Tree of Life Easter egg hunt they dropped the eggs from a helicopter they had a lot of kids we was actually in District Five at Dunbar High School I believe next slide uh Earth Day pickup cleanup it's gonna be Saturday April the 22nd at 9 00 a.m to 12 p.m in Glenwood park so those of you that come out if you like cleaning up Jared you like to clean up I come on out with your t-shirt on uh Michael crane you know come on guys I'm gonna try to get there uh next slide please we have Garden revitalization uh South Side Community Garden has been putting Gardens in the back of neighborhoods and what they have done now is to go back and check on those Gardens to make sure they're growing and revitalizing and making sure that uh give them education so if you interested please I think the next day is going to be the 12th and the 14th uh you can join them at the Conex building in Fort Worth off of Rosedale and Evans next slide I want to thank our chief uh Communications office has really been working on getting information about the election and so you can hit the QR code to give more information about that that's all I have thank you council member back I will be brief first up so we had a we had our court in the community April 1st and um during that event we processed a hundred a little over 100 people 389 cases and 341 warrants were cleared as part of that event so um it's a a big asset to the community and if you don't know about it I would highly recommend you participating in councilman firestone's District coming up because it um it's a very beneficial program next slide all right we had a ground open a groundbreaking at Palladium Oak Grove this is really exciting for the neighborhood because it took out an old Rodeo Arena that was a quite a nuisance to the folks around it and so instead of a problem we've got a solution which is more Workforce housing going in next slide all right it's that time of year again so put on your comfortable shoes and head on down to uh Main Street for Main Street Art Festival it is April 20th through 23rd I am sure you will see myself and all of my colleagues down there enjoying what we all hope is beautiful weather next slide okay long time coming but I want to make sure everybody knows and everybody's there April 29th at Fire Station Park for the official grand opening of our skate park and dirt bike track um I will tell you a little secret it is open now so if you find yourself mayor if you'd like to grab your skateboard and head on down there and we're looking forward to that and I'm telling everybody it's not true but I'm telling everybody that um Richard zaval is going to cut the ribbon on a skateboard with scissors so come and watch that we really look forward to seeing all of you there it'll be an all-day event but the bulk of the festivities start at about one o'clock thanks awesome I think that concludes Council presentations next item will be non-consent speakers mayor and I believe we have two thank you our first speaker is Bob Willoughby followed by Adrian Smith is Mr Willoughby here it was just someone might check and make sure he's not outside thank you he's coming thank you this is our non-consent items Mr Willoughby I think you've got two included here sure it's 23-0285 and MNC 23 hyphen 0249 okay 285 yes that's a resolution and then the other one is 23 hyphen zero two four nine and that is on the new city council oh man I gotta split these up a half a minute on each one huh you don't know what you're talking about here because I keep that blank that's the one we're talking about which one am I talking about now is that the resolution no this one here's the uh yeah that's I said okay this one's about Carrie Moon being on the board I'm gonna make it quick when Kerry Moon voted our way I write to speak down to city council he crossed a line with me that he cannot that that did it that crossed the line it says that I'm better than you we are better than you you cannot speak here you have three minutes to speak no more that's what he says if he does that I don't think he should be on the board I don't think it should be in my city let's do this one here okay how do you like the way they've done this now no one knows what's going on anymore this is crazy it is totally crazy this here for City Hall another 150 000 for these lawyers outside of here the real reason this is so they can put it in litigation then when you ask a question about the new city hall it's in litigation we can't talk about it same thing with the chief police pitcher I like to use comparisons and I'm not going off track by using comparisons I hope I hope you can agree to that cheapest drills in litigation so you can't talk about him either but the thing about it is there is two council members here that could talk about him before it went into litigation they could say why because it was before litigation but Gina bibmons and it's not an attack Gina bibbons and Carlos or it might have been his his person where he was here I can't think of his name I'm calling him okay it might have been Sal if it was solid then he won't count but Gina bibbons was definitely here before it went into litigation I'd like to know why they even put it in litigations about Chief Fitzgerald he was fired for whistleblowing that's why people don't say anything down here at work here they'll see what happened she made a sample of him she voted a half a million dollars of our money to keep Chief Israel for coming back this here is nothing but 150 000 money type of outside lawyers so that they don't have to talk about the new city hall it's 50 million over budget and you know what they did about that Haltom City asked the people if they want a new city hall they include them our Council doesn't do it they just get what they want and they took the whole Pier One building because they said they dumped it on the city no one else would touch that building the city will it's our money they'll spend it on anything but anyway uh I'm against this because you just want to put in litigation okay thank you thank you Mr Willoughby our next speaker is Adrian Smith Adrian Smith before getting into litigation on this matter we need a fully transparent and independent audit about the historical background on the development of the site we need to know who what when and why this flood plain issue is just coming to light after the city permitted the original development and was passed on to the city after two corporations operated at this site talking about the new city hall this floodplain issue was mapped out in the 1950s why does the city pay six figures to employ engineers and planners to preclude things like this from happening why does it not become an issue until city manager negotiate negotiates a deal with a corporate entity to throw the cost of this era on the backs of taxpayers we need some transparency and accountability place place on this before the city council puts his it puts this issue and the secret closet space of pending litigation we don't pay David Cook over 300 000 a year to get drunk and shoot craps with the taxpayers hard earned money Adrian you can't speak like that so just keep going on the items yeah thank you investigate and have public hearing on what's going on before we go and start playing the same game y'all play with Chief John Fitzgerald and crutches lawsuits the dodgeball game is over we demand that our city leaders explain the whole story on public record Mr blank since I can't say his name needs to stand up and tell the people of Fort Worth what the is going on here if Mr blank cannot that's up then he needs to plead the fifth and go higher in an attorney himself because this whole refer with the new city hall smells like some some people running things at City Hall messed up in their riches and as I take my seat I've come to realize you all who sit on this diet your livelihoods are not affected by the decisions you make so guess what I want to encourage the people of Fort Worth we have an election coming up you sound wisdom you sound judgment get involved and let's make a change in this city because what they're doing is going to affect the livelihoods of everyone thank you mayor I think that's the conclusion of our non-consent agenda item speakers Council first item will be uh approval of two three-0285 motion Council move to approve motion on a second in their discussion please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0288 with report by City staff Sherry Gordon good evening mayor and Council Sheree Gordon Business Development Economic Development the purpose of this hearing is to receive public comment regarding the designation of tax abatement reinvestment Zone number 105. the legal description of the site is attached to the MNC 23-0288 and a map of the Zone may be displayed on the monitors or would it is it available so is also attached with the MNC the proposed tax abatement reinvestment Zone 105 is located on approximately 78.76 Acres at 6 101 wolf crossing in Fort Worth Texas the city of Fort Worth wishes to support new investment and business activity and in particular to support improvements to approximately 1.2 million square foot building to be constructed on property owned by Excel Inc to facilitate the project the city of Fort Worth wishes to enter into a tax abatement agreement with Carhartt Inc and Excel Inc based on a portion of the incremental value of the business personal property at the project site today city council agenda also includes the companion tax abatement agreement which will be considered as a separate action item under MNC 230260286 subsequent to the public hearing in accordance with state law notice of this hearing has been published in the Star Telegram a newspaper of General circulation within the city of Fort Worth and notice was given to each of the taxing entities that Levy taxes on this property following public comments staff recommends closing the public hearing and approving the MNC 230288 which includes the following finding that the improvements are feasible and practical and would be a benefit to the land to be included and the tax abayment reinvestment Zone number 105 and to the city after expiration of any tax abatement agreements and Adoption of an ordinance designating tax abatement reinvestment Zone number 105 adoption of the attached ordinance does not obligate the city council to approve the tax abatement agreement any questions Council councilmember Firestone uh thanks mayor I moved to close public hearing and approve MNC 230288 thank you our discussion Council please vote Bivins everybody please vote Council motion carries thank you next item is MNC 23-0062 with report by Stuart Campbell Mr Campbell hello mayor council members I'm Stuart Campbell planning an annexation this public hearing item we've received a request from the applicant this is an owner initiated annexation request for Timber Hill Arco the applicants requested a 60-day continuance I'm prepared to give a report tonight I'll go at the forge pleasure councilmember Firestone your preference here if you'd rather hear the report or wait yeah we're going to move to close the public hearing and continue MNC 230062 until June 13th thank you great any other discussion Council please vote motion passes thank you Stuart next item is the companion zoning case which is zc-22-192 councilmember Firestone like to move to continue zc22192 until June 13th Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is zc-22-223 councilmember Firestone uh thank you you know what we have a speaker we have a speaker we do I'm so sorry Ray ojeski apologies Ray come on down okay not speaking thank you um so mayor because there was a lot of confusion surrounding the correct address and notifications for this property I moved to remand zc22223 back to the zoning commission and I would like to request that City staff provide the zoning change request notifications for the two addresses in question 7 900 Comanche Springs and 8400 wagley Robertson Road Motion in a second please vote motion to continue passes next item is zc-23-006 we have a few speakers on this item councilman rebecc our first speaker is Robert Petrie who did say wish to speak only the opposition which to my knowledge there is none followed by Michael Thomas and then Anna Alcala Michael or Robert thank you good evening councilman my name is Mickey Thomas I'm Jay Thomas Engineering we're the civil engineer on the project representing the client and we're here to answer any questions if you have any otherwise we don't have much to say tonight thank you Mr Thomas because remember back any questions okay our next speaker is Anna Alcala we have not been able to reach her okay that's a conclusion of our speakers councilmember Beck uh first I just want to thank you all for working with the neighborhood this was a situation where we took a hard no and turned it into a yes and that was really because you took the time to meet with our residents and really explain the situation and and how you were going to operate so thank you for that that's an example of what we need more of in this city so with that I moved to approve Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is zc-22-219 214 sorry we have one speaker on this item councilman councilwoman Bivens miles I was so sorry I butchered that but only there's opposition miles are you here no how do you pronounce it miles you're not miles okay thank you very much councilmember Vince I'll turn to you I want to acknowledge all the parties involved with this case it involved a lot of going back and forth and people worked together and I'm able to proudly move for approval thank you councilman a motion in a second please vote Jared clickers again Alan sorry motion carries next item is sp-23-001 first speaker is Andrew yo followed by Kevin afkami both our wish to speak Oliver's opposition councilmember Williams it's Kevin here I'm not sure if I saw him we have him on the line oh great remember um can you patch him in heaven this is where we need Jeopardy music or elevators or something yeah yeah Kevin are you there I'm sorry hello hello go ahead I believe councilmember Williams has a question Hey Kevin can you hear us yes sir could you guys hear me yes loud and clear uh thank you for joining us tonight um as we discussed earlier would you please just provide a update about what the site plan will bring to the Summer Creek area sure this will be a neighborhood center as this as mentioned it will it will fulfill uh needs of the of the neighborhood and and the area we're looking to have a very walkable area between uh this Center and there's uh you know as you know we're doing the Jeremiah's building ice cream so we're hoping this will be a destination and people can walk about and enjoy a couple of different restaurants one will have a nice outdoor patio space uh other spaces we're hoping to fill uh with um you know any anything that that will help the neighborhood uh be it a uh a personal service like a haircut place or a medical office or a retail shop or uh you know even an insurance agency of sort so we're very excited awesome thank you Kevin I'm equally excited about this project I'm bringing two new restaurants uh to the Southwest Fort area um and thank for all the work that you've done to bring a medical office child care center and Jeremiah's ice cream can't wait to see all the continued progress and with that I moved to approve a motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc-22-178 we have a few speakers on this item councilmember Bivens first is Darren Norman good evening mayor and council members thanks for having me tonight my name is Darren Norman at 3108 West 6th Street I'm here representing the owner demetric Williams of this property that's off of Lake Arlington we've been in the process of uh working through this zoning application since September um trying to better Define what the ask was and to work with the neighborhoods and with the city staff to identify the proper zoning category we feel like we've come up with the protect the correct category this request is for a PD mu1 with some additional uses and some setback requirements we've at the behest of Miss Bivins had an opportunity to speak with and go over the details of our requests with representatives of the adjacent neighborhood associations for uh stop six Edition as well as Carver Heights East and um I don't want to take any more time than is necessary tonight if there's some particular questions about the use I'd be happy to answer to them um in a nutshell they use as an outdoor celebration space kind of a boutique opportunity for birthdays and weddings and the like that aren't allowed currently in the mu-1 zoning there is no exact use for that use oddly if she would to build a building that use would be allowed to host indoors but there is no outdoor use of that size it is co-mingled with outdoor Amusement which also includes things like Six Flags so we've come down and provided a site plan to show how the site would be utilized the desire is to build some support facilities like bathrooms in the middle of the site not up against the roadway hence the request for the setback from the um from the setback requirements of anyone which requires a little longer Road um Carver the road is not on The View side of the property towards the center of the properties where you see the lake from and that's where they want to host the event um I'd be happy to answer any questions if there are any any questions councilmember Miss Williams then thank you Darren yeah Miss Williams okay good evening everyone can you hear me yes my name is demetrica Williams I am the owner of the beautiful 10 acre property that's located at 3801 and 3825 South Cravens in Fort Worth I've purchased this property uh years ago for my children and I to enjoy um since then my daughter has passed away and this is a legacy for her um she loved to be outdoors and for years I could not go out there and at one point when I did go out butterflies swarmed around me and that just gave me the the sight and vision to bring this space and allow other people to enjoy so um I just want to share that I'm here today to request the zoning change for PD plan development in in pu mu1 and voiced my strong support in hosting outdoor events I believe that this change in zoning classification will benefit the surrounding community and Metroplex and is critical to the success of the event business my goal is to create a unique and memorable event venue that can be enjoyed by the diverse Community for years to come by providing a beautiful and unique space to the community by hosting outdoor events we can offer a wide range of Life Experiences celebrations and activities such as intimate weddings Garden parties corporate mixers and Retreats the flexibility of Hosting outdoor events will allow us allow us to con contribute to the local economy by attracting more visitors and creating jobs as well as increased revenue for local businesses do you know that outdoor events or increasingly popular including beneficial in promoting Community engagements now unique and uh versatile outdoor space is us because we would be able to bring people together to celebrate life's special moments in what's needed as far as valuable services in the area in my opinion from the baby showers to listening parties to the family and class reunions and more however the current zoning classification restricts all outdoor Celebrations by allowing this at this ideal location for hosting events the space can foster social connections and strengthen our community um the spaces has a perfect backdrop for the outdoor events with mature trees and make views allowing people to appreciate the beauty of nature a space that allows guests to enjoy the natural scenery while promoting celebrations so you shouldn't have to go miles away to to have an outdoor space to have your intimate weddings or hours away it should be here and I would like to host that for the community thank you thank you Miss Williams our next speaker I believe is Beverly Musgrove by phone good evening go ahead good evening Mary good evening mayor and Council my name is Beverly Musgrove and I reside in District 5 Carver Hills hike East community and stop six and I'm calling this evening regarding the zone change of 22-178-3801 and 3825 South Craven in District 5. I'm calling to respectfully um this evening to uphold the opposition of this and respectfully request the denial of the zoning change my first reason uh respectfully is I was never advised of this letter of this information now the developer was from the past president and did not reflect the majority of the voices of the neighborhood all neighbors must have uh have not been informed so there is a lot of confusion about how this will affect the neighborhood one reason is crime second reason is loud noise that we have traffic now and noise from cars coming from the Arlington lake so this would increase that the third to enter the venue traffic uh would be used from Randy Avenue mainly Raymond Avenue has high traffic now because of Lake Arlington and traffic from the 24-hour store on the corner of rainy Avenue and 820. the venue will bring an increase in population that would affect the safety of our community our children's our elderly these are just a few of my reasons uh that the zoning should not be uh it should be denied uh in my ending public records shows that there will be health problems there is no running water no sewer uh they will be using porta potties safety problems no crowd control uh possibility I'm not sure but alcohol uh noise and there is no set time of closing so I asked you mayor and counsel how would this really benefit the community with the zone changes thank you that's a loss of our speakers councilman rivens thank you and I want to say thanks to those of you who are here this evening I do have a question for the applicant or your engineer you might want to come to the microphone the last caller stated that there would be no running water at this venue is is that is that the plan um no ma'am that is not the plan the plan is to utilize uh City infrastructure for water and sanitary sewer uh there are we had a pre-development conference back in September or early October regarding that matter to identify the infrastructure would be intact um unfortunately we're not able to construct a building for our bathroom to tap into that system until the zoning change occurs so that we can permit the building currently we can't permit the building because the use is not allowable of outdoor use okay let me tell you what I'm going to do and you can take your seat I'm I'm not going to issue a denial but I have heard from members of Carver Heights East and it is not unfortunate but it just so happens that your case comes before this body right after the neighborhood association has been reactivated and I think you heard the caller State you probably spoke with previous leaders from there is anybody from Community engagement here tonight good night okay Renee I had sent a question to staff asking when Carver Heights East became inactive I think it's been an actor for at least two years do you know that okay well thanks to your staff they are active again what I want you all to do I'm going to remand this back to the zoning commission but zoning staff I need you all to make sure you're putting the applicant in touch with all of the associations that are recognized in that area I didn't hear anything from anyone from Enchanted Bay and those would be immediate neighbors because that neighborhood is right at the lake and so I have some language that I have to read to make the lawyers happy so you're not getting denied it's considered a delay and I think your your story is moving to me in terms of the vision for having this this event center there and I'm pretty sure that once we all get together with the various associations I think things can come to a head and so my motion is to remind this to the zoning commission for additional community outreach especially to Carver Heights East their president was here to well their vice president was here tonight and staff should be able to give you the officers there I know two names Angela Norwood and Alvin Johnson and I think Miss Musgrove is is secretary I'm also asking for a re-notice for the cup for outdoor event Amusement now I'm real concerned about the traffic flow what I heard from Miss Musgrove and so I need staff to just really be very very on point as to what this is going to be a cup would allow for the use of the property as an outdoor Event Center and could be time limited as well two to three years if at the end of that time the property owner has not more defined the plans for the land she could make an application for a PD zoning at that time but it's my motion now to remand this to the zoning Commission sorry I I can't have you speak from the audience if you don't mind Gina if you have any questions otherwise I think we've got a motion on the floor in a second let's show the second Council on either discussion please vote I'm sorry I can't have you ask any questions from the floor I apologize Mr eight Mr Smith thank you very much I can't have you speaking from the audience thank you motion passes thank you very much Mr Smith yeah right I think what we could do if you have any other questions my chief of staff is here I don't think Sandy bro from Miss Bivins office is here but Whitney would be happy to meet with you make sure you have all the information that you may need that may be helpful she's standing at Whitney if you don't mind wave your hand real quick that'd be perfect thank you move to the next item next item is zc-22-188 we have one speaker on this item is Tara boam hi Tara hello um my name is Tara bomi and I'm here to represent Kat Investments um k-a-t Investments purchased 3701 Meadowbrook Drive and 2417 North Ayers Avenue last quarter of 2022 a few months after the purchase of the property we became aware that it was improperly zoned it was not disclosed nor discovered that it was improperly zoned at the time of purchased We inherited the problem and simply wished to fix it uh 3701 Meadowbrook Drive is a duplex with a detached one bedroom one bath dwelling unit which has its own separate address of 2417 airs these two properties sit on one lot with three units and are currently zoned as a 7.5 but it's considered a multi-family Triplex dwelling um as to not be in code violation with the city of Fort Worth uh we need to rezone this lot to Planning Development PD for specific use of Triplex all units are currently being rented to low-income families who are clients of the Salvation Army we want to be in compliance with the city code and also continue to provide housing to low-income families and this is the best form of action to be able to do both and I also would like to add when we took over the property we didn't take away any structures and purchase we didn't add or take away we just did a cosmetic upgrade cleaned everything up updated the flooring and paint um we have been in contact with the West Meadowbrook Association um and they were able uh Mr fibs Mike phibs was able to walk all the units and talk to all of our tenants and once he was able to do that he was on board um with allowing the zoning change and he did show up to the Planning and Zoning commission meeting which was held on March 22nd we also reached out to District 8 District 9 and a few other neighboring associations as far as I know we have not received any opposition for the zoning change request so I'm just here today to ask for the city council approval to move forward so that we can be in compliance with the city of Fort Worth code thank you Tara councilmember Nettles any questions no no questions thank you thank you thank you um before I make my motion I did want to I was just informed what they have left we had some Texas Wesleyan students here just visiting and listening to city council so hopefully they get to come out again we'll recognize some I do want to go ahead to motion to approve we didn't get any the oppositional we did get a support letter from meadowbrooks neighborhood association so motion to approve motion a second please vote motion carries next item is zc-22-201 no speakers on this item councilmember Nettles hey um I'm going to deny without prejudice motion to deny what our prejudice Motion in a second please vote Aries next item is zc-23-009 we have three speakers on this item councilmember Blaylock the first is David Gregory followed by Susan Kinney on the phone good evening David Gregory dcg engineering 1668 Keller Parkway Suite 100 Keller Texas 76248 we're here to present a car wash but we've had a lot of uh negative feedback from the neighborhood recently within the last two weeks that we didn't have uh before the Planning and Zoning commission so we're respectfully requesting to be tabled thank you Mr Gregory councilman boylock I'll turn to you and then I can go to the next speakers if that's your preference please call the speakers for okay thank you thank you Mr Gregory our next speaker is Susan Kinney on the phone followed by Russi Russi Russell Fuller Miss Kenny thank you um Kitty good evening mayor and city council my name is Susan Kenny president of the Parkland neighborhood association our board and many uh homeowners and residents ask that the city council and mayor vote no the request for a conditional use permit for a car wash vc-23-009 at 4941 North Tarrant Parkway the noise from this car wash will be able to be heard from nearby homes in park Glenn on the south side of North Tarrant Parkway where the car wash opening will be approximately 360 feet away from the homeowners rear property lined homes in Coventry Hills will even be closer there's another car wash not far away which um when 360 feet away from the um from the building of the car wash you can clearly hear the car wash noise and a video is sent to the city council to kind of show this example um this car wash is not permitted by Wright in the FR zoning District please we ask that you preserve the residence quality of life and use of their properties from this noise encroachment by denying the request for a conditional use permit for a car wash in addition to the noise encroachment from the car wash this car wash works against our neighborhoods adopted Community Vision to have a walkable commercial area at the intersection of Partners at North Tarrant Parkway this Vision was adopted after our residents attended a blue zones Workshop that the city held several years ago this car wash works against the city's adoptive policies from this blue zones project which were set up to encourage residents to walk and bike to nearby uses please deny this request for a conditional use permit for the car for us at 4941 North Taran Parkway thank you so much thank you Miss Kenny our next speaker is Russell Fuller or Rusty by phone good evening mayor and Council this is Rusty Fuller I'm president of the north Fort Worth Alliance and uh we're we submitted comments uh in behalf of uh in support of Coventry Hills HOA and the surrounding residents of the area we just don't want to noise a business impinging on the residential areas we point out that we were successful in uh getting a Car Wash much like this one uh turned down uh up near McPherson Ranch we understand the developers asking for continuance to reach out to the affected neighborhoods uh therefore we reserve further comments until uh the neighbors and the HOAs have a better understanding of the business and its operations I will point out that one of the considerations by the zoning commission is contrary to good development in this in the city of Fort Worth and that consideration is the existing businesses that are located nearby those businesses were allowed by right if we had had if we'd had input they wouldn't be there they this business is not allowed by right as Miss keaney pointed out and therefore should not be considered uh as as part of those as being consistent with those other businesses it should be considered uh on its own lack of Merit thank you it's philosopher speakers Mr Blaylock thank you mayor I'd like to thank Mr Gregory for coming speaking today I'd also like to thank Park Glenn HOA president Susan Kinney and North Fort Worth Alliance president Rusty Fuller for calling and talking with us so we've had many constituents that reach out through email and comment cards expressing opposition uh and the for the zoning case and the request for a conditional use permit I want to reassure everyone that all the emails and all the comment cards have been added to the zoning case record I've discussed this with the developer and they've requested the continuance the reason for their request is simple they have not had the opportunity to meet and discuss with some in the community and wish to do so before a final decision is made while it may not lead to a change of position it ensures that we had a robust process which we can all respect and appreciate like to thank everyone involved their cooperation and patience and as always their commitment to their neighborhood and to Fort Worth I moved to continues on in case 23-09 until the June 13th 2023 meeting Council please vote sorry motion carries next item is zc-23-013 the speakers on this item councilmember Nettles move to approve an emotion on the floor motion is second in their discussion Council please vote foreign motion carries next item is zc-23-014 we have one speaker on the side I'm Bob Willoughby I've got to sign up for this one because I don't ever get a chance to say anything good so okay but here's the problem with this one too we're changing from neighborhood I don't have a neighborhood commercial I have no problem with that but we're changing the a75 that's one house every seven thousand square five it was 7 500 square feet one house that's a lot better than eight fives a5s don't even have enough room for Park two cars in the driveway without being over the sidewalk and everything else uh it's only 1.87 acres and that's what we don't get is a seven five and that's what we used two years ago that makes a city a lot better if you had more a75s the one we're gonna be sticking on a little bit will be coming up it's about 13 acres and they're going to put multi-family there and but this one I wanted to say that we need that's what I would it's not going to happen you know but but that would make Fort Worth a different than all the other cities across the United States because it would be more people friendly people need room to grow out New York I had the pleasure of traveling across Europe and the States and Canada and my business and stuff and seeing areas and Manhattan when I worked at Madison Square Garden New York is one of the top five unfriendliest states there is in the city in the United States and that's because everybody's crammed together the model in New York don't make eye contact walk faster that's true Texas was rated as one of the top five friendliest States because when we built a Burger King in a McDonald's They had a happy block to put it on New York they got to stack them up McDonald's everything's two and three stories high believe it or not they ain't got room to go out they got to go up so it's the crowding people you know horses have more treatment better than we do they won't allow me to put so many horses on my property because it's too crowded for the horses but people they stack them like chickens and coops and apartments and call it affordable living something you'll never own something you'll never pay when I see the kids getting off the school buses at these apartments and going in the apartments I don't think that's that's they need houses and yards so 875 is what I'm for I'm for tearing down a lot of apartment and our growth is extending our income big time in the city that's why we're understaffing police that's why crime is up and I'll tell you since I'm sorry I've been at this for 10 years down here and I've never seen so much change to the city since Maddie since you got here in 24 months you've done more this city than anybody I've ever seen took away our right to speak and this stuff I mean it's just unreal I mean I'm literally really okay I have nothing against you personally okay you're an attorney you're not cut out for this job that's all same way you're not for a doctor anything else you're an attorney get out there and bust someone else's Tails this city needs someone that cares about the city this is crazy but anyway I love the a75 it's the only thing Gina's ever done in eight year ten years in office so far that I can say I prove okay thank you great to see you Bob thanks for coming the last of our speakers Miss Bivins and speaking and speaking and speaking I I am so pleased whenever we get a chance to bring homes in I see my friends from Habitat for Humanity here glad you're here we're going to be having a conversation on affordable housing in my district I know Gage tell you I'm looking forward to it uh with with this I've moved to uphold the recommendation from the zoning commission and move for approval Motion in a second counsel any other discussion please vote Bob was speaking don't y'all forget motion passes next item is zc-23-016 we have no speakers on this item council member Nettles move for approval question in a second please vote carries next item is zc-23-021 we have no speakers on this Adam councilmember Bivens or councilmember Nettles under most circumstances I would hold this because it's going to be in District eight but I know the district 8 councilman likes to see houses coming and so with that I move for approval second Motion in a second in their discussion Council please vote motion carries next item is zc-23-024 council member Beck there are no speakers on this item move to approve Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is zc-23-025 we have one speaker on the side of hence more Nettles but only there's opposition Scott Gibson does anyone have questions for Mr Gibson he is on the line no and I don't believe there's any opposition either so I'm going to motion to move for approval motion on a second in your discussion please vote oh there it goes thank you immersion passes next item is zc-23-028 we have one speaker on this Adam council member Firestone but only there's opposition Rayo Jeske move to approve Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is zc-23-029 councilmember Bivins we have a few speakers on this item our first is Barry Hudson followed by Matthew swedenberg okay good evening mayor members of the council for the record mines Barry Hudson senior planner with Dunaway Associates uh do we have our slideshow in here just make a brief presentation this is a 14 Acre Site on Trinity Boulevard in the Moser Valley area we've had quite a bit of neighborhood Outreach the access is all from Trinity Boulevard with the secondary access off of Moser Valley Road so we have excellent access there's a real need for Quality housing in here what is being proposed is a CPD with a lot of open space this is a multi-family project of 336 units it's a mix of townhouses and apartments uh we've had very good input from the the neighborhood we have a lot of amenities on this particular site uh for some quality housing that's badly needed here the staff report says that the this project is compatible uh staff recommendation was for approval and the zoning commission recommendation was for approval uh the graphic in the upper right is the open space area that's cross hatched so you can see there's an abundance of open space in this area this is in that finger of District Five that goes out to the airport and extends out there we have utilities surrounding the site we will be working with the city of Fort Worth on infrastructure improvements to serve the site as we go forward without turn it over to Matt Matthew swedenberg will be followed by James Hornsby good good evening everyone my name is Matt swedenberg I work for the developers on how Capital Partners um through this whole process we've had the pleasure to meet with mayor Pro Tim pivins at the church group both Jared Hornsby Bishop Hornsby and Dallas rice as well we've had I would say probably four four to five meetings individually with the group um and then a neighborhood meeting following those meetings and we've put together um some requirements that they work together with us to come up with and we've come to a mutual agreement on those a little bit about the developer if we go to the next slide so we developed class a multi-family apartments in Texas we've developed quite a bit in Fort Worth uh two of those being the Jameson at the Bluffs and the Bowery at Southside um we're very familiar with the area we are based in Dallas but here to answer any questions that you all may have regarding our project in any of the neighborhood Outreach and conversations that we've had regarding that I just want you to send me that presentation this is the first class a project that I've had and I've been here about 10 years and so the idea that we're getting a class a complex is quite a compliment and I'll have further comments later but please send me that presentation yeah we can definitely get that over to you and here's a few more renderings of kind of the projects that we've put together in the past um and a few more that are going in in the future in the surrounding area of DFW but uh with that that's all I have um thank you all for hearing that thank you thank you Matt our next speaker is James Hornsby followed by Dallas rice James still here there's the bishop he's a real real Bishop good evening to the mayor and the council my name is James Hornsby I'm a pastor of the Cathedral of Faith which is directly across from this project and I'm also the jurisdictional bishop of Texas Northeast first East Coastal jurisdiction which has been existed since 1954 and there are about 100 plus churches that are part of that summer in Fort Worth in Dallas and other places so I have been actively involved with the council and with the each one of the council members and the and the city Administration in trying to bring in the type of projects that would be good for Fort Worth and are good for us as well and this is a this is the best project I have seen it exceeds the Viridian project which um and we have succeeded in bringing in the bezar project which is just behind us is 20 acres and they brought in 48 single-family homes and the value of those homes now 575 thousand dollars we are a mile and a half from American Airlines Headquarters and so there is the demand for this project that has been offered here this company has worked with us it's a class a project and it will increase the tax value for the city of Fort Worth it will be a blessing for that Community thank you for this opportunity to speak Bishop before you leave how much did your church end up costing you to build 10 million dollars we have 10 million dollars because we when I came to this I've been Pastor there 40 plus years and um as you know mosa Valley was a place with sand and gravel and and so we had to recover some things and just just in the building is is in the foundation is is a half a million dollars tied up and Foundation we have better than 40 000 square feet total on that space and we are planning more but the kind of community that's coming in here uh we're so close to um Six Flags uh at T stadium and Globe stadium that is is an advantage to Fort Worth to continue this type of expansion and I want to appreciate protein mayor pro teams Bivens who has done an excellent job and we work with every council person but in the last few years we've been able to accomplish great things together thank you very much appreciate it thank you Bishop our next speaker is Dallas rice followed by Jared Hornsby no thank Jared Hornsby Danielle Tucker Danielle I didn't know that was you you got your hair up an incognito absent for about two years greetings mayor and Council my name is Danielle Tucker I'm the owner at 11415 11425 Mojo Valley Road and I wholeheartedly welcome this development even though I was not in the planning phase I hope that we can co-exist on the eight acres and we welcome any improvements and we plan on being there another 40 years even though Bishop Hornsby was invited and not other neighbors this land will be used for mainly construction for the future use for my child my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren and we have always been in contact with the Hancock family since 1977 and we've always worked together and support each other and we just wanted to know why we weren't invited to the planning stage but we do approve and and um welcome their development and our new neighbors thank you Danielle I'm I'm going to respond to to that question I'm going to be working closer with staff because they do their contacts and I think it's within a 300 foot radius I need to make sure that people are being contacted we have more property owners in Mosier Valley than people who actually live there and sometimes that makes it difficult but I give you my word I'll be working with staff to make sure the notifications do get out like they're supposed to okay but I'm so glad you support this project because I know that means your family supports it as well exactly whenever new developers come looking at Mosier Valley I send them to the Tuckers which is Danielle's family into the bishop Bishop hornsby's Church is ready to plug in for Daystar Christian Network the technology he has there makes ours looks like Romper Room and it is is it hurricane proof bishop or tornado proof okay so if I get stuck out there and the high winds come I know where to go thank you Danielle thank you can I just say one thing also you know even though we are a sand pit sanding gravel I just don't want to hear the complaints when the Neighbors come in about the banging and the trucks and the noise and the dogs barking because we've been there thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you Miss Tucker our next speaker is Bob Willoughby followed by Tamika Seaton and while Bob is coming I forgot oh no Bob I'm I'm not going to talk before you I'll let Bob finish just for clarification Miss Seton is by phone well let me make it clear for one thing it doesn't matter what I say it won't make a difference okay so don't worry about it I'm not gonna hurt anything but uh most of the people you seem to speak here about this all have an interest in it okay how about General Public you don't see that here okay and one thing I want to correct people and they come down here and say affordable housing this is not affordable housing this is rent you never own it affordable housing would be where you spend time when you grow up with your kids and they have something you never have nothing here okay now I have nothing against Apartments but we're flooded with them I would love to see A5 houses there and yards and that's why we have rolling blackouts here and people have died from that don't y'all understand that just because it wasn't you or your friend or your neighbor that had to suffer point of order I believe he should be talking to the council and not the community now to point an order on the floor on you I'm going to sustain the point of order that's one warning Bob go ahead please thank you very much Adrian please Adrian please thank you very much okay where am I at am I still able to yeah you got two minutes please keep speaking I'm just kind of curious and just want to know and I guess the reason why I want to turn around and talk to them because I've been down here for 10 years these people don't listen to you honestly they really don't they don't care I've seen big groups come down here and they do they vote against them big groups so I've come down here hoping that someone listening for zoning might get a little education what's going on understand we need to get people involved down here to know what's going on and uh but this this here the agriculture here changing to multi-family that's what I see constantly here in the city and I'd love to see us just put the brakes on for a while until we get balanced out somewhat because we're well understaffing police and like I say the people that make these decisions to do this are not the ones suffering same thing as Adrian said earlier it's not y'all that's suffering it's other people that are and you know if you're a pastor you should care about everybody okay oh there we go again I made the mistake again yeah that's I'm sorry I had a crick in my neck I had to turn my neck that's the conclusion of your time Bob thank you so much turned my neck just a little bit it was hurting that's it thank you Bob our next speaker by phone is Tamika Seaton Miss Satan yes ma'am go ahead please good evening I would like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to speak before you this evening I along with other residents who reside in motion Valley and have been told by some of the other company owners that we just need to come up with the dollar amount for our property because we're extreme we're eventually going to lose our property to imminent domain we were told this was going to pass before it even went to the zoning commission for a hearing and it did speak for myself and others in our community develop I was advised to share my contact information with Matt from Stone Hawk so we could get together with others in the community and to discuss this plan the only time I received contact from him was yesterday April 10 2003 advising me of this meeting and if I wanted to attend I must say I do appreciate the info that was passed on to me so that I could attend I requested to speak out in opposition to this during the zoning hearing but was never called on I listened to the representatives of the company about how they have reached out to us which is untrue those of us that live in a dwelling within 300 feet of the property line only stumbled on this CR on this proposed development because of a meeting we were invited to at the church in the community I learned that we had several meetings in the past and did not involve any other residents or businesses in the community we are very concerned about the safety and the security of everyone in the community you hardly ever see the police patrol in the streets in our community that is unless they are called due to an emergency and we're concerned about the crime rate going up as well traffic is one of the main reasons for our opposition this is literally one lane streets with no real shoulder to move over to for passing traffic surrounding the proposed property I live on rodalka Street my grandmother lives on Fife Street I complained numerous times regarding 18 wheelers and tow trucks going up and down all hours of the day and night this is a 24-hour operation of which they're running lots from Earth haulers and then we have Cardinal Towing dropping off wrecked cars all day and night none of these companies are adhering to the no truck signs that I fought to get installed I have gone through numerous hours of therapy for anxiety and only see it getting worse I haven't asked for Speed bumps which I'll even offered to pay for and we're turned down but this does not stop at these two companies these there are others that have managed to get permission to have equipment and then they start the engines at 5am there's also the motorcycles that race up and down Trinity Boulevard between 10 p.m and 4 a.m daily and the police swear that they cannot stop them because someone could get hurt they really can and the injury could be me or my 15 year old son just trying to drive home after dinner or movie or visiting our family can you still hear me this is Gina I can what I want to do is visit with you about the street racing we can address that that has very little to do with the project we're voting on tonight but I do want to visit with you because we've had a task force created because street racing is happening everywhere and let me ask you this did either of these two gentlemen tell you that they were going to take your property by imminent domain because it's not being used here not stonehawk okay okay thank you for your call is that the last speaker yes it is I I will tell you when I graduated from college I couldn't afford to live at home with my mom and dad let alone an apartment I was so excited when I got my very first apartment and when I grew up that was a rite of passage most people couldn't afford to buy a house you know time they got out of college I think Apartments have their place what I learned from Robert Stearns and William Johnson today there's a certain type of demographic that if we bring in it helps us more improve our chances of getting a signature grocery store and so getting a Class A apartment complex is something that I'm excited about and I'm going to put those plans on my Facebook page I'm just so enamored just just excited to see them coming uh Bishop I want to thank you for being a point of contact I want to thank the Tucker Family for being a staple that this entire region looks forward to working with but I also would mention to you I'm also talking to a Habitat for Humanity to talk about affordable housing where this project comes in we have we're right at the Apex of American Airlines corporate headquarters American Airlines integrated operations center that's like air traffic controllers for the I.T functions of American Airlines also Bell Helicopter text roddies are involved and Center for it and so there are people who will be looking for class A apartments and this is what's going to be coming here and so I'm excited about it and with that I enthusiastically move for approval Motion in a second any other discussion Council if not please vote thank you everybody motion carries next item is zc-23-030 we have one speaker on the Sodom councilor Nettles David Gregory but only if there's opposition is he here um is it here Mr Gregory okay I don't think there's any opposition do you want to speak okay uh move for approval Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0249 we've already had these speakers come up earlier Council second Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0250 no speakers on this item Council Motion in a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0252 Motion in a second wait we have a motion I have language to speak on go ahead please Carlos I moved to approve MNC 23-0252 with following changes one increase the amount of 2022 bonds to be sold for Park and Recreation by six hundred thousand dollars resulting in a total of eleven thousand two hundred I'm sorry 11 million two hundred seventy thousand five hundred dollars in Park and Recreation bonds being authorized and make conforming changes and update the chart in the attached ordinance to reflect types and amounts of bonds to be sold to mirror the revised MNC so moved thank you Carlos I've got a motion on the floor substitute motion Motion in a second please vote listen sorry bud motion carries next item is MNC 23-0255 any other discussion please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0274 Motion in a second please vote next item is MNC 23-0278 please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0286 motion a second please vote motion approved next item is MNC -23 Dash zero two eight seven move to approve please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23-0289 the applicant present for this item Kenisha Hill no I don't believe so Gina bringing a very exciting project to District Five and once again I enthusiastically move for approval motion a second please vote rock and roll his thing's not working motion carries mayor I believe that concludes all of the action items that's it thank you very much for attending meeting adjourned foreign entrepreneurship and economic Innovation which is a center that was funded by the state legislature um a couple of sessions ago but is really just getting its legs under it right now so uh there's been increasing emphasis in the university community especially public universities around our role in economic development of the community around us and