Finally, she's right here. What's going on? Good evening everyone and welcome to your city council meeting before Mayor Parker calls the meeting to order. We ask that you please be s seated and silence all electronic devices. For those of you requested to speak, when your name is called, please come forward to the center podium. The countdown clock is displayed on the chamber monitor wall and will indicate how much time is remaining. A bell will sound when you have 30 seconds left. Speakers registered on consent agenda items will be taken following the 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. Each speaker will be given three minutes to speak on all of the items within those blocks that they registered. Before you begin your comments, please state your name. Thank you. Thank you, Janette, and good evening. Welcome to your Fort City Council meeting. My name is Mayor Maddie Parker, but I'm joined tonight by Brian Williams, who's our special guest, and who's going to gavvel us in. How's that sound? You gonna say your name? Hi, my name is Brian and welcome to the council. Go ahead. Great job. Good job, honey. Good. Great job. Good job. Thank you. You can continue, Janette. Thank you. Tonight's invocation will be provided by Reverend Hazel Thomas from Texas Health Harris Methodist. Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance. Creator of all things, you have placed us in this beautiful and historic city of Fort Worth. We look forward to the Main Street Arts Festival in the coming days and ask for your spirit to envelop those in attendance with creativity, laughter, and enjoyment. This evening, we give thanks for the opportunity to join the city council to celebrate events and voice concerns for our unexpected city where the west begins. We enter this moment seeking you and trusting that in your presence there is real peace. Oh giver of life and breath, we live because of you. We hope because of you. Forgive us when we are too preoccupied to notice your presence in our lives. As we walk through this world, help us to see the wonder of you upholding us and all creation. And when we experience life's hardships, may we trust you are redeeming all things, including us. Increase our faith, oh God of love, that we may lean on you more and more each day. We ask that you give to those present this evening listening ears, helping hands, and caring hearts, so that all that happens or is spoken will be pleasing in your sight. Amen. Amen. United States of America and justice for all indivisible. Mayor and Council, our first items tonight will be special presentations with the first one being recognition for autism awareness month. Mayor PM, Gina Bivvens, this first one belongs to you. Thank you so much. And I would like for Dr. Rhonda Brown Crowder to stand and join me shortly. [Applause] How do you like our new digs, everybody? body. I certainly got my steps in. Yes. And I got lost on the way. So that's why I look kind of wind blown. But this is a very serious topic for me. And so if you will allow me to read this recognition. Whereas Fort Worth is a community of compassion dedicated to being a wonderful place to live and raise a family. And whereas in the United States, one in every 36 children has been diagnosed with autism and more than 5.4 million adults today have some form of autism, including many families within our own city. And whereas it is known that with proper education, training, and living options, individuals with autism can lead distinguished and productive lives. And whereas while there is no single known cause of autism, early diagnosis, early intervention, and therapy programs can help people with autism lead successful lives. And whereas each year the month of April is dedicated to educating the public about autism, highlighting the need for early diagnosis and intervention, encouraging continued research, and emphasizing the important contributions of our fellow citizens with autism. Now therefore, the city of Fort Worth does hereby proclaim April as Autism Awareness Month, and you may applaud the city for this recognition as I present this. We'll do one more. Yes. And I want to thank you for being with us today. Thank you for educating the public on the struggle. And I also want to thank Tanya Carter who just made you the star of KOMO Action News. So thank you very much. Good evening. I am Dr. Rhonda Brown Crowder and my son Caleb is here uh sitting on the second row. He has autism and he is my inspiration and reason for being here. Uh to Mayor um Parker and to Mayor Pro Tim Bibbons. I just wanted to say thank you and also to the the council and uh citizens of the um excuse me, citizens of Fort Worth. I just want to say thank you for taking this time to recognize our autism families, to let us know that we are valued, that we are seen, and that we are supported. Thank you so much. We appreciate you, and we thank you very much. Thank you. Oh, yes. We're gonna take a picture with her son. I'm right here. Thank you. Good evening. In addition to our recognition um for autism awareness month and thank you Dr. Brown Crowder for coming tonight. We really appreciate your advocacy. Um we're also recognizing it's child abuse prevention month and I'm also wearing my pin well from our event this past week we had at AC. Um, I had the opportunity today to to be joined with some friends that are here today from Alliance for Children on a tour of their wonderful facility. So, if Julie Evans and your team could come come stand behind me, that would be great. As well as Sergeant Arnonado. Where'd he get there? He is looking nice in your suit today. Today is an important opportunity for us to recognize Tarant County's Child Advocacy Center, Alliance for Children, which works in direct in direct partnership with the City of Fort Worth Police Department in response to child abuse investigations as a part of a multi-disiplinary team. Alliance for Children provides investigative services, case management, trauma focused mental health services, and prevention education to the children and families in our community. Whereas children are our future and our greatest resource. And whereas every child deserves a nurturing family and safe environment to grow into a healthy, productive member of our community. And whereas child abuse is one of our nation's most serious public health problems and threatens the safety of our community. And whereas in Tarant County, 4,719 children were confirmed victims of child abuse or neglect in 2024 alone. And whereas Alliance for Children provided trauma-informed services to 3,025 children in 2024. And whereas finding solutions to prevent child abuse is a community responsibility and depends on the involvement of all citizens. Whereas effective child abuse prevention, investigation, and treatment programs succeed because of partnerships among public and private agencies, schools, religious organizations, medical services, and the business community. Now therefore, I, Maddie Parker, mayor of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, do hereby proclaim the month of April 2025 as child abuse prevention month in the city of Fort Worth, and urge all citizens to work together to help reduce child abuse and neglect significantly in the years to come. The men and women standing behind me are a huge part of this effort. They are leaders in our community. We are all safer and we're incredibly thankful for their leadership. And let me just say on behalf of the city of Fort Worth, specifically our Fort Worth Police Department, thank you so much to AC, excuse me, thank you so much to Alliance for Children for your important partnership. Um, if you have not had an opportunity to understand what Alliance for Children does, please take tonight as an opportunity to be your first interaction and understand how vitally important they are, not just to our families, but to the children that are most vulnerable. To Julie, I'll give the microphone to you if you'd like to say a few words. Good evening. Thank you, Mayor Parker and council. Um it is an honor to stand before you. It's an honor to be trusted with your kids. Um as your children's advocacy center, we are a nonprofit organization that's directly involved in the investigation and partnership with so many of these um men and women in blue in the black in the back. I see great friends and thank you for trusting us. uh with your kids. Thank you for uh believing that they have the amazing ability to heal from every trauma they walk through. Um and I'm so proud to um be a part a small part of their story. Um child abuse is preventable and we um see a Fort Worth where Alliance for Children is no longer needed. And man, will that be a good good day when we can say job well done and let's move forward and know that until then um we stand ready for every child that needs us. Um so thank you for your trust. Thank you for believing in our kids. Um and Fort Worth PD, you are an amazing amazing partner every day. It's a joy to work alongside you despite what our um subject is together. So thank you for your trust. [Applause] I offered the sergeant an opportunity for the microphone. He turned it down, chief. He didn't want to do it. Thank you very much. Our next recognition will be the recognition to the Fort Worth Police Department, Fort Worth Fire Department, MedStar, and Sansom Park Fire Department for above and beyond work. And that will be presented by Council Member Flores. Good evening, folks. And sorry I'm walking slow, learning to walk again, but I'll get there. I'm really pleased to address you tonight because I have the occasion of presenting this recognition. And I think it is very deserved. But a day out of our first responders life often times is very typical. But they do deserve recognition. So I'm going to give you a brief synopsis of what happened. At 3:35 a.m. on Sunday, October 27th last year, Fort Worth Emergency Services responded to a major accident on westbound Loop 820 near Marine Creek Parkway. A two vehicle collision occurred believed to be caused by a vehicle traveling the wrong way. One of the vehicles caught fire and the occupants were trapped inside. Paramedic Guy Ringon and EMT Joshua Cresselius immediately jumped into action and began saving passengers while Fort Worth uh PD and Sam I'm sorry when Fort Worth and Samson Park fire departments they arrived on the scene. Fort Worth Police Department, Fire Department, EMS, and Samson Park fire departments worked together to mitigate the damage and go above and beyond in that moment that saved one of the passengers within the car. And I'd like to read all those persons that were there and responded. Under Fort Worth PD, we had Officer Dustin Lamb, Officer Emanuel Perez, Officer John Martin, Officer Evan Ranio. For MedStar, we had Guy Ringon and Josh Cresselius, Yseph Badawi, Claire Morris, Dakota Ives. for the Fort Worth Fire Department. For the engine number 15, we had Donnie Gray, Chris Davis, Jose Monreal, Jos Turbush. For Quint 13, we had Carlos Garcia, Chris Wooden, Matthew Tran, Jake Sodto, and under Battalion three, Tony Hackley, and medic one, David Griffin. So, I believe they're all hugging the wall back there. I believe now you're more than welcome to come up as I read this proclamation. It's your choice, but I think everyone would like to see you up here if possible. Thank you for joining me up here. And I'll read the proclamation. Whereas the Fort Worth Police Department, Fire Department, and MedStar are city's leading heroes, selflessly prioritizing the safety and well-being of Fort Worth citizens above their own. And whereas this is showcased through their constant response to calls of every citizen in need within the limits of Fort Worth, especially those facing issues along Fort Worth's many freeways and highways and anywhere within their own vehicles. And whereas this response is showcased through the work of paramedic Guy Ringon and EMT Joshua Cresselius for their outstanding work on October 27th, 2024. Frinkon and Chriselius responded to a car fire with victims trapped inside fearlessly jumping into action and worked on life-saving passengers while the fire department arrived on the scene and started to extinguish the fire completely. And whereas this above and beyond behavior in line with that of Sergeant Billy Randolph serving the city for almost 30 years who was always known to invest everything within his job for the community and make the city a better place. And whereas the city of Fort Worth is incredibly grateful to all the personnel involved in EMS, fire, and police who exhibit this behavior on a daily basis. The work is the foundation for what makes Fort Worth what it is today. And therefore, the city of Fort Worth does hereby commend these individuals behind me for their hard work, dedication to the safety of our community. [Applause] folks. I work with the best people in the world and this is just one example of the incredible work that they do every single day. I was not there that day, but the work's being done whether I'm there or not, because of the incredible people we have on the Fort Worth Police Department, because of our incredible partners, the brothers and sisters who are firefighters in our areas the paramedics. I could not be more proud of them for the work that they do. I want to thank Council Member Flores for making this recognition. And please know that this is just one example of what we've done and what we will do as first responders to protect everyone in this room and everyone whose path brings them brings them into the great city of Fort Worth. Thank you so [Applause] much that we all got supportive nods that uh the chief's words I think encapsulated what everyone is feeling up here. So, thank you again one and all. Appreciate y'all. You want to get a picture? Okay, great. That's fine. I think I All right. [Applause] Our ne next rec recognition will be the recognition of the 50th anniversary to Latin Express Band. All right, Miss Carlson and uh Leo Signs are making their way up here to the podium. Let me tell you a little bit about Latin Express. They have a legacy of 50 years of wonderful musical entertainment. They're a product of the historic North Side. They're my neighbors. I'm proud to call them friends as well. And they also deserve recognition for the beauty and soothing music that they have provided through the years. 50 years, folks. Think about it. You know, it's hard to get along as brothers and brothers have to get along and play as part of a band. So, I mean, that's a testament unto itself. They're joined here by their family, extended family members. Uh, and I want to read the special recognition for them in their honor. And it reads, "Whereas Carlos SCS, born and raised in Fort Worth Northside, began his musical journey in 1968 at the age of 12 by joining his father's band, Nicho Signs, Elos Allegres El Norte, laying the foundation for a career marked by dedication to music, membership, and community service. And whereas in 1975, Carlos Science founded the Latin Express, blending Tahano music with jazz and rock influences, creating a unique and enduring sound that has captivated audiences for 50 years. And whereas with Leo Science joining the group in 1980, the Science Brother duo with the Latin Express has celebrated remarkable milestones over the decades, including performing 53 consecutive New Year celebrations cementing the band's status as a Fort Worth institution. And whereas the band's contributions to Fort Worth's cultural landscape have been recognized through numerous accolades, including performances at a presidential inaugural wall in 2001 and a congressional tribute by Congressman Mark Bezy in 2016 honoring the Latin Express for 40 years of musical excellence. And whereas in addition to its musical achievements, Latin Express Band has served as a platform for mentorship and musical education, inspiring generations of young musicians through the signed music for the performing arts program in the Fort Worth Stockyards. A legacy that highlights the lasting importance of preserving and promoting musical heritage. Now therefore, the city of Fort Worth does hereby recognize 50th anniversary of Latin Express. [Applause] Congratulations. We love Fort Worth, Texas. It's our town. And yes, we've had many students that have gone through our school, have gone through and proceeded going to college, going to college and graduating and and teaching and and that's what that's what truly makes America great. Truly just the fellowship of music and and everybody just loving each other more so than anything else. I'm here because of my my dad, of course, and my mom, but my brother who is a fighter who's been fighting these past six years with leukemia and he's still doing it every day, the daily struggles, and he gets up every morning and he puts that smile and we eat breakfast together every day, you know, every day. and my sister, my family. And and when I say you don't necessarily have to be blood to be family because I tell you what, if you see what we do on Facebook and what we do and how we actually share our music because that's God's gift more so than anything else. I mean hundreds of events that we've done that we've presided over not just not just through through music but through raising funds for all kinds of things and yes like in the the words of my brother yes we're the most famous nobbodyies you know we've recorded over man with everybody in our industry all kinds of stuff but I tell you this Fort Worth we love you we love Fort Worth Texas this is our town we love this city we love everybody from everywhere and every walks of life. And yes, I know forth is a melting pot of nations and cultures and we just all love each other. And this is proof right here just seeing it right here. And so one thing I'd like to do before I check out, I just want to say one thing. Let's all just love each other and and remember yesterday's not tomorrow's not promised, but yesterday is over. So, let's let's just move forward. Let's just love each other. God bless you guys. God bless you guys. And thank you for I have quite a few of my students here today. Would y'all please stand if I if you're one of my students? I have educators in music now. Uh we started I started my little school of music because there wasn't enough scholarships going out in the north side for uh students in music in the past I think it was like 35 years there was zero scholarships in music at my alma mater North Side High School. So 15 years ago, I started a school in the Stockyard. And I'm glad to say that I have over 20 students that graduated from Pascal High School, Arlington Heights High School, Southwest High School, Nolan High School, Northwest High School, and all 20 of them got full scholarships for music. So when I tell my brother we are the most famous nobbodyies, we have a little school right there in the stockyard right next to Billy Bobs. Everybody makes a big deal about Billy Bobs and we're only two blocks away from them. And it's a little u it's a building that my mom and dad left me in charge of. And uh Fort Worth is my home and I love Fort Worth. always will love Fort Worth. I love all the high schools in Fort Worth. And um I want one person to stand up. Johnos stand up. He is the music director of Mariachi at Northside High School. My son-in-law. I want my daughter Marisa to stand [Applause] up. She's graduating in May. My keyboard players graduated in May from TCU with her master's program. And I want my son to stand up. JC is now the one that runs my school. JC Reels from Diamond Hill. Give it up. Two more of my two more of my students. Stephen, would you please stand up? and Rosie. Both of them have their bachelor's degree and Rosie is studying to be a nurse and she says she's going to she's going to be my next doctor also. And Cecilia, stand up, please. stand up, Cecilia. And this is my sidekick for 36 years. She's my drummer, but she's the one who talks me off the ledge all the time. I love you guys. I love My daughter's in from New York. Thank you guys. I love you. Compare Charles Jay, little Hercules, I love you. Thank you for Thank you. Thank you. So, so, so Latin Express had the honor to play the very first Main Street Arts Festival when it first happened. And we played there for consecutive almost 20 years. Before we check out, we'd like to play the Main Street Arts Festival one more time. Let's see if we can make that happen. Fort Worth, you think? I just joked that our main mistake tonight is we didn't let them play any music. major fail. So, you all have to come back and listen to this amazing these amazing musicians and thank you all to friends and family for taking time to come tonight. It's very special and I think it is a reflection of who Fort Worth is. So, thank you. [Applause] I got a new place to walk my dog. Good. Carlos, we got to get you some Ray-B bands. Apparently, I need one, right? Or some ways. You could pull it off. without amigos. Thank you. Our next rec recognition will be for the 10th anniversary of the Texas Blossoms. Um, so that's mine. It mayor and council, it's a true pleasure to welcome the next organization to the front. Will Angela, Ruth, and Paul join me at the podium please? Okay, so this evening we are recognizing Texas Blossoms on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. For those who are not familiar with Texas Blossoms, they are a nonprofit organization solely focused on plantain planting and maintaining blossom trees in underserved communities. I want to start by thanking Angela Goodwin, executive director of Texas Blossoms, for all that you and the organization has done to beautify not only our city, especially on the east side. Um, and so I will now read the official uh special recognition. The city of Fort Worth special recognition presented to Texas Blossoms in recognition of a decade of growth, impact, and dedication. Whereas Texas Blossoms has spent 10 years planting and nurturing blossom trees, transforming roadways, parks, and public spaces into symbols of life and connection. And whereas the organization carries forward the vision of Anne and Charles Tandy, whose dream of a blooming Fort Worth has inspired a movement to beautify underserved communities. And whereas through partnerships with volunteers, libraries, neighborhoods, and local businesses and organizations, Texas Blossoms has fostered community pride, environmental stewardship, and lasting connections. And whereas their work has provided cleaner air, cooler streets, and safer public spaces, creating meaningful, lasting benefits for generations. Now, therefore, we, the city of Fort Worth, commend Texas Blossoms for a decade of dedicated service and a legacy that will continue to bloom for years to come. Congratulations, Angela. Do you want to say a few things? [Applause] Thank you, Janette. And uh thank you, Mayor Parker, and all of council for honoring us. For those of you that don't know, we planted 2,000 trees on the east side of Fort Worth and painted the two murals. So, if you've driven down Randall Mill and East first from 820 to downtown, we're the ones that have done that in the medians and along uh the the sides of the streets and the rideaways. So you miss the red buds right now, but if in about two or three weeks the vitex will start to bloom and so just take a drive. Um the murals are amazing. The artist Jimmy Jenkins helped us do that. But um we have tremendous support from the city. We get city uh trees from the tree grant and just thank you for the recognition and enjoy the beauty of on the east side of driving down the street. Thank you. Angela, do you want to invite them to the event next week? Is there still space? Sure. And if you're bored, next Saturday on the 19th, our fundraiser, which helps us take care of the 2,000 trees, um you can go on our website, www.t texasblossoms.com, and buy two tickets. It's only $50. What? Sorry. Whoops. Um we are honoring Commissioner Rory Brooks with the K Granger Award for outstanding community service. And it's a real good casual event. Helps us raise money to take care of the trees. So, we'd love to see y'all. [Applause] Thank you all for coming. Our next rec recognition will be for Global Volunteer Month. Thanks, Janette. Uh, mayor, I think it's going to get a little awkward here for a second because a bunch of this chamber, y'all going to help me and come down here as we do this uh recognition. Okay, so y'all start moving this way month. So, let's celebrate everyone taking action around the world. Volunteering is critical to strengthening communities, but it's on the decline, which means now is the time to jump in. You can make a difference every day. It just takes that first step to get involved. It's easy to join the movement. Pledge your support and get actionable steps when you visit pointsoflife.org/gvm today. All right, y'all. Keep moving. Good news for y'all standing on the wall. We're going to free up some of these seats so you can sit the rest of the meeting though. And also I uh point of personal privilege, Council Member Williams, I see a lot of KOMO, Lake Ko folks. I know y'all volunteer a lot and you're up next. If you want to come up too, you can and be a part of this. But I'm not going to read the recognition that these organizations have received. Um I'm going to speak quickly and and we'll keep moving the meeting. But mayor, I've heard you recently say there's a lot of cynicism and negativity swirling about point pointing to social media, clickbait news, and even right here in this own chamber some nights. U last year I read an article Bloomberg talking about volunteering and that it is dwindling um across the country and that got me sad and I had a recent conversation with where's Rose Bradshaw? I know she's here somewhere. thanks for coming and we had a great conversation just talking about this um and all the work she's doing with Ner Texas Community Foundation. There's a lot of unknown unknowns of why volunteering is dwindling, but I know that there's so much good out there in the world. And so tonight, that's why I want to highlight global volunteer month and this is really a call to action to all Fort Worthians. Um I paraphrase President uh George HW Bush who said every successful life should be defined by its service to others. So, as part of global volunteer month, I want to say we've got great examples back here. We've got Taste uh uh Taste Project that does food insecurity, Stones Throw Farm, which is offering opportunities for those with special needs, Fort Worth Community Collaborative, Clothing Needs, Meals on Wheels, providing food for our vulnerable, Saving Hope Rescue, Animal Welfare, Presbyterian Night Shelter, homeless support and academy for education. The there I could have invited a thousand groups here in Fort Worth, Texas. We have so many nonprofits doing so much great work, but these are a few examples making a difference right here. And let's give them a big round of applause. They're really a po They're really representing something much larger. That's the spirit of service that defines Fort Worth. In times of uncertainty, it's natural to feel hopeless. But by volunteering, we take control of our ability to make a difference. We become active participants in shaping the future of our city and the lives of our fellow citizens. As we serve, as I have found, we often find that we're the ones who benefit the most, gaining perspective, gratitude, and a renewed sense of purpose. But volunteering is not just about giving time. It's about transforming lives. For those thinking about the economic impact, which we have to think about all the time here, um the impact uh economic impact of their efforts, consider this. Every volunteer hour equates to $33 of paid time for a nonprofit organizations. That means when you give your time, you're not just offering your skills and energy. You're providing tangible financial support to causes that matter. In essence, I think all these organizations would agree that their volunteers are really the lifeblood of their nonprofit itself, enabling them to extend their reach and impact far beyond what their budgets would otherwise allow. I'll just use this as an example of what we've been able to pull together from the the charities and from uh AI. I'll tell you that uh these organizations here have probably over a million hours of volunteer hours which equates into about 40 33 $40 million like 1.2 times that 33 almost $40 million of volunteer hours are represented by these organizations alone. I think that's a big round of applause too. So to all the volunteers here tonight and across our city, thank you for your dedication. Your work is the backbone of our community, providing hope, support, opportunities for those in need. But we need more. We need more people to join in to give their time to make a difference. Whether it's mentoring, serving meals, or simply being there for someone, every action counts. As President Bush also wisely noted, every problem this country faces is being solved in some community, by some group, and by some individual. Here with us tonight are examples of those type of people. Fort has always been a city of dreamers and doers. People who roll up their sleeves and get to work when they see a need. Today, I'm calling on everyone to rekindle that spirit. Let's once again engage, give back, and find purpose in helping others. Whether you can spare an hour or a week or a day, a month, your contri contribution matters. Together, we can build a stronger, more compassionate community, one volunteer hour at a time. Thank y'all. Thank you'all for being here. I think I think Terrence Butler wanted to say something on behalf of the group. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Crane. And to everyone being recognized for uh global volunteer month, congratulations. Uh Mayor Maddie Parker, thank you for what you do. Mayor Pro Tim Bivvens and all of the council people. I just wanted to read a quote. We had a wonderful event on last Friday and a gentleman by the name of Drew Dick uh spoke and he said, "We live in a world that's forever telling us we have to do something big and splashy to matter." But I can promise you that when you come to the end of your life, that's not what you'll care about. You won't worry about how successful you were or how much money you made. You won't care about the news. The macro stories won't matter. The micro ones will. You'll remember who invested in you. You'll be thinking about how well you love the people God placed in your life. And you will be glad that you are faithful. And that's what y'all are all accomplishing. So, thank you. [Applause] [Applause] Thank you'all all for coming. No one wants to stay for counsel. You could volunteer to stay for council. Get it? No. No takers. I understand. Thank you'all very much. Good to see you. Council Williams, I know these next two are yours. First, we've got KOMO community organizations and individuals. Our friends from KOMO can stay up here. We can each organization. So, I have a three um different recognitions, mayor and council. Um the first group um if my um KOMO neighbors would come on down. We're going to celebrate the 120 years of the Lake Ko community. Um our historic Lake Ko Cemetery, the Twilight Civic and Cultural Club, uh the WH Wilborn Lake Ko Day parade. Um if you represent any one of those um recognitions, please come on down and stand with me. And as they're coming down, um out of all of the things, um that we do that are exciting in the chamber, this by far is um one of the most special moments um to be able to recognize um our neighbors, incredible neighborhoods and neighborhood organizations um that do so much good um and that make our city so strong and vibrant. Um and so I'm um we have certificate of recognitions for each one of these um special um honors. Um and for the sake of brevity I won't read each of the recognitions but I will give just a few beef brief remarks on each of these. Um so first you know in celebrating 120 years of the Lake Ko community um I just want to um take a moment to honor um our Lake Ko community who has stood um as a symbol of pride and progress and purpose in Fort Worth. um from its um roots as a historic black settlement to recent national recognition as neighborhood of the year, back-toback city neighborhood of the year. Um KOMO continues to lead with um with a big heart um and a deep commitment uh to love and unity. Um, and so tonight, um, we want to honor, uh, this milestone anniversary and the generations who have made Komo a thriving and inspiring, uh, neighborhood. Um, Dina, would you like to say a few remarks? Good evening. We just want to thank the mayor, um, the councilman, all the councilmen, everyone here. Uh, KO celebrating 120 years is a milestone to us. we were born and raised there. The pride, the richness, the history that we have um for the love that we have for each other that's kept us as a community. So, we're looking forward to continuing our legacy and being a better community. So, thank you guys for this award. I'm next. I'd like to take a moment to honor our historic Lake Ko Cemetery. Um the Lake Ko Cemetery is more than just a burial ground. It's a sacred place of remembrance um and a power powerful symbol of our rich heritage um in the Lake Ko community. Um it was established in 1925 by Reverend George Washington Burton II. Um and it honors the lives of those who built uh the foundation of this neighborhood. Um and so tonight I wanted to recognize the Lake Ko Cemetery Association um for their leadership in preserving and restoring this historic site. And uh we celebrate the community's work to ensure these stories and memories are never forgotten and always remembered as we continue to become. Um so at this time um I'm I saw Eloise Burrell, but if Kesha Burke and Gregston Campbell here um please come up on behalf of the cemetery. Good evening. Uh to the mayor and to the council and to everyone here tonight, we would like to thank you for this honor. Thank you for supporting us. Thank you for being there for us and thank you for always continuing to help us to grow. Thank you. Um next I'd also like to highlight the Twilight Civic and Cultural Club for their 80th anniversary. Um, for 80 years, the Twilight Civic and Culture Club has led with grace, purpose, and service. Um, living out their motto, not for ourselves alone, but for others. Uh, from scholarships to community outreach, these women have, uh, quiet quietly but powerfully shaped Lake Ko and Fort Worth for generations, and I personally want to honor their legacy of leadership and celebrate the extraordinary milestone of service. Um, Vanell, would you come up and say a few words? [Applause] Good evening. Good evening. Twilight Civic and Culture Club would like to thank you for this beautiful honor. We are getting ready in June to celebrate our 80th anniversary. Our club was founded in 1945 and uh we're just so honored to have all my most of my Twilight sisters here today and we just thank you for this honor. Thank you. Um, and uh, last but certainly not not least, I want to recognize the WH Wilburn Lake Como Day parade on their 75th anniversary coming up. Um, y'all know for, uh, 75 years, uh, the WH Wilburn Lake Ko Day parade has given, uh, the community uh, specifically the KOMO community a stage to celebrate freedom, family, and heritage. uh founded by Doc Wilburn uh to create a space of belonging and pride. This tradition has grown into a cornerstone of our community's identity and an occasion that this city looks forward to celebrating each year. Uh tonight we celebrate the legacy of this parade and the generations who have kept it going with love and lots of joy. Um with the uh Lake Ko uh planning committee come up and whoever y'all would like to speak on behalf, please come on. Marcus, Marcus, you have been summoned. What's up, bro? Um to um Mayor Parker and u Councilman Jared Williams and the rest of the city councilman. Um I stand before you by standing on the shoulders of Doc Wilburn and also my father. Uh my father will be 80 years old come Sunday. Um, he's been in como all his life. When some of his friends can pull up on me in the community and they can tell me I went to kindergarten with your pops, that's how long our bloodline has been here. 42 years after child slavery, 1905, our ancestors sand settled on that land and they called it Lake Como, Texas. Here we are 120 years later and we still pushing and we still trying to preserve the community and that's what the Fourth of July parade is all about. It's a celebration of that history. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. At this time we'll take a picture. And while we're doing that, Officer Nicholson, um I'll be recognizing you next. So if you come on down. Oh, he's already here. Tell us where to look, y'all. [Applause] Um, I just wanted to um just recognize um our our amazing neighbor police officer who also serves in the Lake Ko community, Officer David Nicholson. Um I have a recognition here for you, brother, but I'm not going to read it. But I I just want to share a few remarks that uh you know I've personally been inspired by the way that you have uh served um the city and especially the Lake Ko community with dedication and heart um working every day to build trust um to mentor um our next generation of youth in our community and showing what it means to serve with purpose. Um you have worked with a number of organizations in our community and have always been on speed dial for our neighborhood whenever we needed you, especially when we need you most. Um, and all the while you found time to empower our young people in our community, uh, to build confidence, to take pride in their community, and to engage productively in making our community even stronger. Um, and so I know you're moving on to a new exciting opportunity that I was just informed I can't share yet because it's not public. Um, but I'm glad you're still staying within Fort Worth PD and it's welld deserved when that news is public. Um, I also would like to just take a point of personal privilege to thank you for inviting me to um, dust off the cleats uh, and play football with you and several of our members of uh, Fort Worth PD. Um, I know we never got that football game against North Crowley scheduled. I'm glad because I probably would have tore an Achilles tried to play them. Um, and just the as a testament to your character. Um, I literally didn't have cleats because my football days are long behind me. Um, and to this day, I still have the cleats that you let me borrow in my trunk. And so, before you leave today, I'm gonna get those cleats back to you. That was two years ago. For y'all who may or may not know, um, that's just a testament to, uh, the men and women who serve um, and all of our departments, but especially our forward police department. Um, when we are without um when we're down and out, uh, they're even willing to take off the cleats off their own feet uh, to make sure that those in the community have it. And so, um, from the bottom of my heart, I thank God for, uh, you waking up every day to show up to this work that is often times dangerous, um, and to do it with a servant's heart. Um, God bless you and congratulations on everything that you've done for our community. I'm going to keep this super short and brief. I didn't prepare a speech or anything, but first, I'd like to thank God. Uh, I want to thank the KOMO community. Um, I want to thank the command staff for putting me in position to thrive and seeing my talents and putting me over there. Um, it really helped my career. And last but not least, uh, last but not least, I want to thank my wife Jodie, um, my daughter Avery, my daughter Bailey, and my son Boston for their support. And I just want to last, oh, also thank the community, everybody here. It's a blessing to be amongst everybody tonight and receiving recognition like this. Um, just very exciting. So, thank y'all. I love y'all and have a nice night. Okay, mayor and council, last one for the evening. Um, the last one is for our great hearts Lakeside JV girls basketball team. They are the regional champions with our Lakeside uh great hearts come down. There y'all [Applause] are pass. Um so as they're coming down, if you haven't ever seen uh basketball that's better than all the March Madness going on right now, you got to watch these young ladies play basketball. Um, I had the privilege of watching them play um, uh, last season and I just was completely amazed and I was so into the game that I was jumping out of my seat for joy. Um, so I I just want to recognize this amazing accomplishment, our our final recognition for tonight. Um, it goes to none other than the championship team um, that has certainly made Fort Worth and District 6 proud. Um the Greyharts Lakeside JB girls basketball team had an outstanding record of 16 and two. Uh they went undefeated in league play and brought home the North Texas regional title under the uh leadership of coach Brian Bou. Uh these student athletes demonstrate teamwork, discipline, and e and a whole lot of excellence. Um and so um from the bottom of my heart, I celebrate each of you for your many accomplishments. Um, I can't wait to see you all on the professional court here locally or somewhere um near or far. Um, and whether you go um all the way in sports, we know that you'll accomplish great things for our city. Um, I tell all of our athletes and student athletes in particular um in our community. I grew up in our neighborhoods. I played sports. I went and got a degree. Um, but the most important thing that I could ever have done is to come back and start my family right in the community that raised me. Um, so never forget about home and never forget to come back and to support uh the city that raised you. Uh, many blessings to you and congratulations. [Applause] Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Uh, it's been a privilege and blessing to coach these young ladies behind me. Um, they're hardworking, dedicated, and uh, kind of like coach said, I mean, Mr. Mr. Williams said, you are coach. You be coach. Uh, don't let their looks deceive you. If you step on the court, you better watch out. But, we appreciate everything. But special thanks for everybody here, council members. Thank you so much. It's a privilege and it's a blessing. So, thank you all. [Applause] Thank you. Congratulations, girls. Thank you for coming tonight. [Applause] Next will be items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda. MNC250293 will be withdrawn from the consent agenda so that Mayor Parker may recuse items to be continued or withdrawn by staff. MNC250288 will be withdrawn and brought back at a later date at the request of the developer. Mayor, next will be the consent speakers. Thank you. Our first speaker is Bob Willoughby, followed by Justin Wells. Mr. Willsby followed by Bill Bergen. All right. This is the MC. And uh before I get started here, I'd like to ask if we could uh keep the uh camera off of me on the website. I will not be seeing it. Ought to be on y'all up there. That's what people need to see if you're watching or reading a book or what you're doing. Also, I don't want to embarrass embarrass the other candidates running for office because they don't do their civic duty like that. Order, not Germaine. What's the matter? Did I do something wrong? Okay. Well, then let's get down to this thing here what we're talking about. All I asked was just not to be on the camera. Is that something wrong with that? Okay. Um, here's this is another CCPD fund. This whole thing's been going on for quite a while now. And at the bottom of it, it says it's a program that benefits Fort Worth residents. You not shown us one thing. We can't audit the people. There's millions of dollars at going out. Carlos will not have a meeting and open. He only wants it behind closed doors. I won't have it in closed doors behind there. Carlos, if you can't say to me and puppet what you're going to say behind closed doors, I don't want to hear it, Carlos. Okay, now you know several organizations got million dollars more and you not never answered that. Okay, that's a lot of money and I think we have a right to know but we can't get an audit on these people. You put good names on here but a lot of these people I don't know if they're good or not. It'd be nice you know big brothers and big sisters that's fine but who knows what they are if we can't audit them and see where the money's going. Just cuz you got a nice name like mayor doesn't mean she's a mayor anyway. Point of order. Whoa. point order. I'll take that myself. Reverse it. Port order. Um, but anyway, what I'm asking is that uh, you know, maybe be more open to this and let's see where it's at. Let's let's have an open audit where you see where all these funds are going and explain why, you know, you gave a million dollars to the ISD. You gave a million dollars to ISD. You're only allowed 300,000. I don't know why you won't answer those questions. You got any reason why? Okay. Well, no, you don't, do you? I've got a new video out. You got to go see it. You know my website. A lot of y'all on there, okay? You got to go see my new video. I've got a billboard 820 and 30. I can't say the the website in here because they won't let me. But if you go to 820 and 30, you'll see my name up there. Will it be on the billboard and the website? You go that, you'll really learn about Fort Worth. Thank you. Our next speaker is Justin Wells, followed by Bill Bergen. Good evening. Good evening, Mayor and City Council. My name is Justin Wells. I'm with Dunaway Associates, 550 Bailey Avenue, Fort Worth. I am here to speak in favor of the case that was actually withdrawn off consent, uh, MNC25-0293 on behalf of Cook Children's Medical Center. Um, we're excited for what's coming for the community and for the medical district with what we have planned here. Uh the request is to vacate a portion of West Canon Street. That is to allow for a new daycare facility uh in direct support for the medical center and the staff uh the medical staff so that they can have proper child support when they're on shift. It also helps uh really pave the way for their future expansion plans uh towards our main campus. And so we're we're hoping uh that all of y'all are in support and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Uh I also would like to mention that we have discussed all of these plans, our vacation with Mike Brennan with Near Southside. They are extremely supportive not only when we went through the resoning cases earlier before you a few months back, but also here with the rideway vacation. Um, again, I thank you for your time and your continued support for the community, but also Cook Children's Medical Center. Thank you, Mr. Wells. Our next speaker is Bill Bergen, followed by Chris Wood. Good evening, Mayor Council Jay. Have you been uh going on visitation, homeless visitation with Carlos or you were arm wrestling with Charlie? I see you. Oh yes, there we do have two injuries up here. And uh I got a little confused a minute ago. This is the Vietnam. It's on our consent agenda. I wasn't sure if I was on the right topic or not. Great. I'm going to read something really quick. Uh October the 5th, 1965, Captain James Havner's F4 was struck by enemy aircraft over Southeast Asia. With his cabin filled with smoke, he continued his target rather than aboard his mission. Due to the fire and the damage to his aircraft, he was unable to return and was forced to eject. Captured almost immediately, he was held as a P until 1973. I'll do the math for you. That was seven years. Uh there are hundreds and hundreds of stories uh like Colonel James. Colonel Jim is personal to me because I knew him. Um Vietnam to a lot of people is just a little section in your history book. Uh to me it was part of my life. Um I myself was drafted. I did not serve in Vietnam. I served with a lot of men that served in Vietnam. Uh, our attitude about the war was a little mixed until I attended that first funeral. That first flag drape coffin changed my attitude really quick. It's estimated that there are 500,000 Vietnam veterans in the state of Texas. The amount of money that we want to spend is nothing to honor and remember these people. So, please, please let loose of the purse strings and do this. Thank you very much. Our next speaker is Chris Wood, followed by Adrien Smith. Yo, what's good? I'm Chris Wood from District 9. I support weight management programs for city employees. Weight loss programs can benefit employees by improving employee health, reducing health care costs and boosting productivity. All the three companies selected have good success rates for losing weight. However, the success rate for maintaining the weight loss varies. Intermittent fasting is a tool which will help employees maintain their weight loss. It is important to consult with a doctor before undertaking any diet or fasting regimen. Coaches for the top ranked company selected food RX encourage intermittent fasting. N the second ranked program complements many intermittent fasting regimens and can help overcome common challenges associated with intermittent fasting for sustained weight loss. The third ranked company, Form Health, offers personalized support from registered dietitians who understand intermittent fasting. Personally, since 2021, I went from 219 pounds to 163 pounds. Intermittent fasting helps me maintain this weight loss. I currently fast for 18 hours each day and have an in an eating window of six hours. During my fasting window, I am extremely productive as I focus on staying busy. It quiets the demons in my mind because during the fasting time I do not worry about what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat, etc. I do not torture myself with worries like was that food healthy enough for me? Did I eat too much? Do I need to go exercise off to burn what I just ate? And the scale is much kinder to me, keeping me from blowing my healthy eating plan because I'm frustrated by that number on the scale and I'm scared that I'll gain the weight back. Plus, fasting reduces sugar cravings by improving insulin sensitivity, promoting blood sugar control, and influencing hormones like leptin and ghrein, which regulate appetite and hunger signals. I have gone from drinking this much Coke every single day to drinking this much Coke. Huge improvement. And I credit uh intermittent fasting with being a great help. So these programs selected can be enhanced by intermittent fasting and the weight maintenance success rates will increase for real. Thank you for your time. Our next speaker is Adrienne Smith followed by Rick Irving. Rick, I believe you're up. I don't see Mr. Smith. Rick will be followed by That's it. Mr. Irving is our last consent agenda speaker. Middle Lake. Mayor Parker and city council. My name is Rick Irving. I live in district three. Have the world's greatest councilman right here. And I just appreciate all y'all. Uh whether you know it or not, I have taken everyone's picture at one time or other at events you've attended. So I'm a photojournalist and I'm also a co-host of a podcast called Hometown Heroes. I'm very involved in the veteran community, the military community, and Fort Worth around around the state, around the nation, and around the world has a reputation for supporting our military, our veterans, our first responders. And this monument that we're going to build on Camp Buouie is very important because Vietnam was a very uh cruel war, a very unpopular war. I got drafted. I was a uh in the army. I was a Vietnam era veteran. I didn't have to serve in the country. My wife is a Vietnam era veteran. But it's important to our community to show not just the veterans that we respect and honor those that have died, but also to show the families, the gold star families. Because of the 20 22 service people that were killed in Vietnam from Tarant County, there's thousands of gold star family members still in our community. And everyone here in this room has either served in the military, has had family or friends that have served in the military. So I just would like to encourage everybody to honor those that have died. Thank you. Thank you, Rick. Council, that is the conclusion of our consent agenda speakers. I can entertain a motion on the consent agenda to approve. And and then at this point, I'd like to recognize council member Jared Williams. Uh thank you, mayor. Just wanted to just take a quick second to honor um Charlton State University. I see uh Dr. Capo here and also Travis Kle and our um TBW team including Kelly Porter um for um just all the amazing work that went into MNC25-0307. Um we will be changing the name of Worth Creek Parkway to Charlton State Parkway and this will be one of the newest exits on the Chisum Trail uh Parkway. So, um, thank y'all for being here and thank you for, um, bringing the amazing idea to us and we're happy to see this through. Um, bless y'all. Thank you, Jared. Council, I have a motion and a second. You may vote. Motion carries. Our next item is MNC25-0293. Thank you, council. And due to my employment at Cook Children's, out of abundance of caution, I will be abstaining from this vote. Motion a second. Please vote. Michael takes care of district. Motion carried. Our next item will be upcoming and recent events, recognition of citizens and approval of ceremonial travel if needed. Thank you, Council Flores. Thank you, Mayor. Get the presentation up, please, as we brief. All right. It has some egg sighting news over there at the North Triathnthic Center. Hey, hey, hey. I'm trying here, y'all. At the North Triathnic Community Center, we had uh our Easter celebration there. We were joined by a variety of folks and organizations there. Among them, uh you know, our marshals unit, the lake patrol was there. We did have rain, but not enough to get that boat floated. The Easter Bunny made an appearance. Uh we had Artisar Rosa and their uh youth academy there and we also had Fort Worth PD and a host of other city departments that also joined in. So thanks one and all. Next we have exciting news over in our affordable housing sector. We had NFL Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson who helped establish through his foundation a learning center at the residences of Diamond Hill. Uh those residents were recently renovated and they looked spectacular. I appreciate Mr. Dickerson for giving of his time and of his energy to help improve our affordable housing complexes. Next slide, please. As we say in Spanish, CEO, we celebrated Cesar Chavez Day over there at Worth Square in downtown Fort Worth. we had a a march uh to go ahead and acknowledge the continuing contributions for our Hispanic community in honor of our civil rights leaders. And the last item I have, I want to acknowledge a student, very deserving student who got a scholarship and she attends uh Chrissy attends the Marine Creek Collegic High School and so it was a big surprise. Uh Girls, Inc. surprised her with that uh scholarship as you can see her surprise there in the first uh frame. And uh she was joined there by her grandparents. Great student, great attitude. We wish her the best. And that's all I have except for one announcement ro and libr. Uh we're going to celebrate this vibrant annual spring festival celebrating children literacy and Latino culture at Rosemarine Theater and Mikava Plaza on Saturday, April 26 from 1 to 5:00 p.m. So see you there at 1440 North Main Street. And that's all I have. Thank you, Carlos. Councilor Larsdorf. Yeah, we just have just one announcement is our district 4 fairs coming up this weekend from 11 to 3. Uh we promise it will not suck. Uh, we're going to have a bounce house, some police demonstrations, like K9 demo. Um, we're going to have some pet adoptions out there as well, so you can not leave empty-handed. Uh, free cone ice for the first hundred kids, and of course, we're going to have a city resources out there set up, uh, getting information out. Um, still looking for some volunteers for our K9 demonstration. So, if you want to volunteer to sign up for that, uh, please let me know. We be glad to get you taken care of. And that's it. Thank you, Council Member Bibbons. Thank you, Mayor. I don't know if you guys know this or not, but there's going to be an eight lane swimming pool in Stop Six, Texas. Thank you, Dr. Williams. Eight lanes. It's a real big deal coming. It's all part of the new recreation center, which will be called the new MLK center at the hub in stop six. We met yesterday to talk about those plans. And every once in a while, we all gather to see who wants to come to the hub. So pretty soon if you live in stop six you will get an opportunity to weigh in and this is all going to be at Stalup near Rosedale near the Cowan Place senior living complex. Next slide please. This will be the last workshop I conduct on how to buy a tax foreclosed property. Uh for those of you who are watching, you might drive through neighborhoods that may be kind of questionable and you wonder what's that building doing there. It's just collecting dust, dirt, and vagrance. Well, it could be a tax foreclosed property. If you have someone in your neighborhood who dies, passes away, whatever. You can pick your neighbor if that property goes into tax foreclosure. I know people who've done that. But you have to know how it takes place. And so I encourage you to join us on April 19th. We will be at Yatari. That's the research institute for UTA on Randall Mill. We'll be there at 1:00 7300 Jack New Boulevard and you will have to RSVP. All you do is email us at district5ex.gov how to buy a tax foreclosed property. Thank you. Mayor Williams. Uh thank you, Mayor. Just a few announcements. Um first of all, I want to um thank uh KOAC as always for um the the amazing meetings that they um organized for our our neighborhood. Um I was able to attend our recent meeting and um was just um really inspired by the great engagement as always and um was just really um excited about the important conversation that we had on key issues um uh here in the city. Um, and also just wanted to announce just a brief uh recap for those who didn't make the meeting that we'll be having a meeting um with um the community as well as with our parks department about the future of Goodman Park and um seek input um on our community's um vision for the park going forward. Um that meeting will be on April 21st uh from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Komo Community Center. Um secondly, we had a amazing uh time together as uh in Lake Ko for the cowtown cleanup and I believe we had over 150 um participants for that cleanup to clean up the lake. Um I was not surprised um and was certainly amazed by uh the ongoing um engagement that we have each year for this important event to make sure that we continue to keep Lake Ko um park and our community um beautiful. And then lastly, um um this week we had a traffic safety community meeting um and we gathered at the Chisum Trail Community Center for a very important discussion about um transportation and pedestrian safety, particularly um along our traffic circles and especially the traffic circle at McFersonson and Summer Creek. Um I want to thank Martin Phillips and the entire TBW team as well as Tracy Edwards um for helping to organize this important discussion so quickly. Um, for those of you who may not know, we had uh two Crowley ISTD students within the past month or so um that were um unfortunately hit by vehicles in the traffic circle. Um and so this was um needless to say not an easy conversation, but an important one to have. Um, thank you TPW for hearing all of the feedback from the community, including the need for um important short-term infrastructure improvements, um, long-term improvements that probably has implications um, citywide. Um, as well as um, um, the need for education in Fort Worth. We're not used to navigating roundabouts uh, just yet. So, um, I'm just really grateful for that. Um the other thing that I just want to honor um is um in this meeting we had a a really um tragic and sad moment um one of the neighbors who attended um lost her young niece um to a car accident on Risinger Road um in the stretch that we were just talking about last week that needs to be improved on the 2026 bond. Um three people lost their lives and several were injured. Um, and if you were there, um, you would know the importance of this, um, necessary improvement. Um, as a council member, I never like to make these kind of announcements, and I'll certainly don't like, um, sitting in the conversation in those moments. But nonetheless, um, as a community, we cried together last night. Um, and more importantly, um, we committed to remembering, um, the lives that were lost on Risinger Road and committing to our remembrance, um, not only the lives, um, but also to carrying their legacy forward in action, uh, to make sure that we make, um, bold investments to improve infrastructure all across the city, especially on Risinger Road. Thank you, Jared. Thank you, Council Member Beck. Okay, council Nelson, that's fine. You can go first. Thank you, mayor. I do have one announcement. Um, this Thursday, Seammens will be hosting the job fair together with District 8, April the 11th, as well as April the 25th. Uh, times will vary once you apply. The list will go live on uh social media and on their website tomorrow. We'll post it on our city website as well. So, I look forward that coming out for SEMA's job fair. Thank you. Thank you, Council Beck. All right. Uh, next slide. Great. So, first up, um, had the opportunity to speak at a graduation for the Texas Construction Career Pathways Graduation. It's an apprenticeship program that works to get um, folks into um, construction careers and uh, we need more of that here in Fort Worth. So, I was excited to be part of that um, statewide graduation. Next slide. All right. For those of you that don't know, um, currently available on the Fort Worth Chamber website is our small business homelessness toolkit. Um, if you own a small business or medium business or largesiz business or if you're just a resident that wants to know more about um, how to um, deal with a homeless uh, individuals when you encounter them. U,, this toolkit is live and I'd highly recommend you go check it out and um, utilize the resources in it. Next slide. Applications are open for um arts goggle for artists, uh musicians, volunteers, and food vendors. So, get your application in today. It's one of the biggest events in the near southside. Next slide. Okay. Tomorrow in person from 5 to 7:00 at Hazel Harvey Peace Center, we will have the um citywide Vision Zero open house. If you cannot make it in person and you really want to learn more about the program, um you can attend virtually April 10th from 5 to 7 and you can go to www.mmovingamillion.org to learn more. Next slide. We have the Easter egg extravaganza at Greenbryer Park April 19th at 12 with games, food, and an Easter egg Easter egg hunt. We hope to see you out there. Next slide. All right, this is a big week for downtown Fort Worth and Fort Worth in general. It is the Main Street Arts Festival and Fort Worth Art Fair weekend. So, um the weather is beautiful. Take advantage of it while you can. Get out there and um don't just look at some art, buy some art because um we love your tax dollars. Next slide. Okay. Um this one is uh certainly near and dear to my heart and it's always an honor to help um put it on each year for the city of Fort Worth or in the city of Fort Worth. But May 24th at 10:30 um we will be meeting at Aean Carter Stadium. It's the TCU Stadium and walking to the Fort Worth PD and Fire Memorial as part of the um Fort Worth relay of Carry the Load, which is an organization that seeks to um help us remember fallen um members of the military and first responders. Uh City of Fort Worth employees, you will be seeing an email soon if you have not already received it with a link to sign up and walk with our team. I hope that this year is the biggest team that the city of Fort Worth um puts on. So, if you um care to walk for a fallen service member or a fallen uh member of Fort Worth's um first responder family, we'd invite you to come out and um walk with us on the 24th. And that is all I've got. And Council Martinez. Thank you, Mayor. So, uh, District 11 has partnered with UTA, uh, Worth Heights Neighborhood Association, TAD, and Chander Crouch Realtors to put together a series of, um, estate planning, uh, workshops. And so, uh, we had the first, uh, event. It was virtual last week. So, we'll be sharing that link, um, on the, uh, District 11 social media pages. So, please, uh, look for those in the coming days. There is a second event, protecting generational wealth. It's going to be this Saturday, Victory Forest Community Center from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. It's going to offer one-on-one assistance for protesting property taxes and filing homestead exemptions. So, please join us if you can. Next slide. We have upcoming spring and Easter events in District 11. So, I wanted to help to promote these free uh family-friendly events. Uh this Saturday, Mercy Clinic of Fort Worth is having their Mercy in the Community event at Caps Park from 10:00 a.m. to 2. Uh Central Division Fort Worth PD is having their Easter extravaganza. Also, Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. So, this is going to be at um 12:01 East Maddox and forgive me, oh, Hillside Community Center. So, if you'd like to join that event and also Riverside Community Center is hosting their event on April 16th next week. I think that's Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Next slide. Up. So, we had one of those twice. So, that's Riverside again. And so, uh, Eugene McCrae is hosting theirs next Saturday, um, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Uh, so that's Eugene McCrae Community Center off Woolberger and Andrew Doc Sessions is hosting theirs also Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. So, lots of really great events throughout the district that are free and familyfriendly. And, uh, we did not get this one added, but Oakhurst Neighborhood Association is also hosting theirs, I believe, next week. I sent myself the note, but I don't know if Here it is. Yes. Saturday, April 19th, 10 a.m. at Oakhurst Park. Thank you. Thank you, council. I believe that's the last of our announcements. Council, next will be non-consent speakers. And mayor, I believe we have one. We have one. Bob Willoughby. Okay. resolutions here. I'm not sure if I understand this correctly or not, but what I understand what it looks like is that the audit committee that you want to keep it the same as it is in other cities, constant with other cities. Okay? Other cities could be just as crooked as this city. I really don't care about other cities. And if you're talking about y'all being an audit committee, well, we just seen how that works. CCP funds, there's no, we can't find out anything. You don't you know and that's what's wrong. CCP funds was under independent over advisory and y'all council put themsel there and that's wrong. You put yourself in charge of too many things that you shouldn't be in charge of because it affects elections and your outcome and that and it betters you and it's wrong. But uh that's what I think it is about and I don't think you should be auditing anything or be over anything really. But uh when it comes to auditing that's what we need. We need an audit of the CCPD funds, but if you're the people that's supposed to audit, it's never going to happen. Thank you, council. That's the conclusion of our non-consent agenda speakers. We can move to 25-5033, which is a board appointment for council district 6. Thank you, Mayor. I request uh the mayor and council's consideration to appoint the following individual to the board listed below with a partial term effective April April 8th, 2025 and ending October 1st, 2026. Uh Dena Ashton, partial term for the park and recreation advisory board. Uh the respective application and resume are attached. Original copy will be maintained in the city secretary's office. Second. Got a motion to second. Council, please vote. Motion carries. Next will be item 25-5035. Okay. Entertain a motion. Council second. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next up we have 25 hyphen 5036. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is 25-5037. Motion a second. Please vote. Next we have 25 hyphen 5038. Got a motion and a second. Council Crane was the motion. Motion carries. Thank you. Next will be MNC25-0284 with report by Beth Knight. Good evening, mayor, members of the council. Uh my name is Beth Knight and I'm a senior planner with the development services department. Tonight we are holding a public hearing for an alcohol distance variance because a restaurant would like to sell alcohol less than 300 ft away from a church. The restaurant is located in a shopping center um at 3005 Lackland Avenue and the church is located in the same shopping center to the south approximately 80 ft away. The applicant is requesting a variance from the 300 ft requirement. We have received no comment from the church at this time. The council does need to hold a public hearing on the matter and vote whether or not to allow the alcohol distance um variance in this location and I believe the applicant is here to speak next. Thank you, Beth. Council, we have one speaker on this item. Mah M audi. Hey, mayor. Um, Mr. Dani, you're more than welcome to come speak. I am going to approve this. So, if you want to go ahead, you can speak. I just want to let you know that. Yeah, totally up to you. Do you want me to talk? It's I It's up to you. I didn't want to shortcut. If you want to speak, I'm just letting you know. I will move to close the public hearing and approve. So, that's a good thing. Approve. It's a good thing. I think approve is a good thing. Yes. Yes, you're going to get what you want. Yeah. We got a motion from Council Member Crane. Second. Motion and a second. Any other discussion? Not. Please vote. Motion carries. Motion's approved. Next will be ZC-24-140. We have one speaker on this item, Council Martinez, Brian Ramirez. Mr. Mr. Ramirez, I know you're here and and we've had conversations and um you know, this is a case that we've continued twice, but um if you want to speak, um I know you spoke at the last council meeting. Um and I know there's opposition to this, you know, that there's opposition to your zoning case. I think although I think it's admirable that you understand um the importance of investing. No, that came out wrong. I think it's admirable that you understand the importance of investing in your community. This is especially true knowing that your parents live next door to this property. I see you brought your mom today. Um, thank you for working with my office to find a compromise with this case. Uh, the narrowing of the street uh of Bird Street, it truly is a concern. Um, and the congestion is real. And it is for this reason that I move to approve ZC24140 with the following amended motion. PDB plan development for all uses in B2 family excluding community home boarding home facility and government office with the development standard for a minimum of three parking spaces per dwelling unit site plan required. Got a motion to second. Council, please vote. Try again, Chris. It didn't pick up. Thank you. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-00005. We have a few speakers on this item. Council member Nettles. Um, only if there's opposition, and to my knowledge, there is none because I do not believe Mr. Smith is here. Correct. First speaker is Josh Edy, followed by Travis Click. You only wish to speak if there opposition. I figure if I walk slow enough, you guys will stop me. Yeah. Yeah. You move to approve. Got a motion a second. He did that to you on purpose. He let you walk all the way down here. Got a motion and a second. Council, please vote. Sorry Travis. Try. There you go. Motion carries. Next is SP-25- Z003. Council Williams, same story on this one. Andrew Yay or And no opposition other than Mr. Smith and he's not present. Um, yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, I move to approve. Motion in a second. Please vote. Try again, Elizabeth. I didn't pick up. Thank you. Motion carries. Next is SP-25-00004. We have no speakers on this item. Council member Beck. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-014. No speakers on this item. Council member Beck. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-018. No speakers on this item. Council member Bibbons. Second. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-025. No speakers on this item. Council member Williams, I mean Council Member Martinez. Thank you, Mayor. I'm really excited about this uh Bat Mitten facility that's coming to United Riverside and I enthusiastically move to approve. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-026. Council member Blick. There are no speakers on this item. Just wanted to take a moment and thank uh Mr. Ojeski and Mr. Jones uh for their outreach to the community. Uh I'll just note that we had several letters of support from the surrounding area and no opposition to this case. And I move to approve. Second. Got a motion and a second. Please vote. Just wait. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-030. No speakers on this item. Council member Lock. Mayor, thank you again. Uh in this instance, we had a tremendous neighborhood outreach. There was some uh initial discussions and the developer went back to the neighborhood and uh significantly worked with them and and I think they came up with a great solution. Uh we ended up with multiple HOAs and over 35 close residents all uh signaling and and writing in support. So I wholeheartedly move to approve this motion a second. Council, please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-034. No speakers on this item. Council Nettles. Move to approve. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-00004. No speakers on this item. Council member Martinez. Thank you, Mayor. Um, this development has had great public support and it will not only increase housing options, it will improve the walkability on a stretch of beach where there is where it's currently non-existent. So, I uh wholeheartedly move to approve. Got a motion, a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is ZC-25-033. No speakers on this item. Council member Williams. Um, thank you, mayor. Um, uh, we've had a chance to meet as a community, um, at the last Lake Ko, uh, Knack. Um, and I just wanted to um flag this as well for our um development services team um that um I know currently we're working on an overlay and so um this is not the right time for this kind of development until we complete that project. Um so with that I move to deny with prejudice. Got a motion. Thank you. Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Next is MNC25-0308. Council Hill. No speakers on this item. Okay. Um I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt a resolution authorizing use of the power of intim imminent domain to acquire 426 acres in the right-of-way easement from real property owned by Boaz Holdings LP whose general partner is Boaz GP LLC. The property interest is needed for public use. The West Bailey Boswell Road Street and Transportation Improvement Project for an easement to widen existing undivided roadway to divided four lane roadway with dedicated turn lanes to support vehicle safety. The property rights in the subject property are needed for the construction operation, maintenance, replacement, upgrade of a divided four-lane roadway with dedicated turn lanes as needed. The property is located at 6250 West Bailey Boswell Road in the Robert Whitley Survey Abstract 1672 tract 1EE Tarant County, Texas. The property interest is to be acquired as described by the meets and bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication. Thank you. Council member Hill got a motion, a motion, a second. Please vote. Motion carries. Mayor, that concludes all of the action items. Thank you, council. And meeting is adjourned.