for for e okay good afternoon Council I think we can get started with our work session today is Tuesday April 16th all day long I will call us to order and turn it over to City Manager David Cook thank you good afternoon everybody all right let's see first up I'm going to call on one of our assistant city managers Jessica where'd she go there's oh there he is to recognize some employees about our recent job fair J yes and while we're getting started I'm going to show y'all some photos from the job fair which was a huge success I also want to invite our talent acquisition team up to join me as well maybe just right here on the side to block video so mayor and Council I am truly bursting with pride to recognize this team and all of the efforts that went into our Citywide job fair many of you also helped promote the job fair through your social media channels through your uh monthly newsletters and your town hall meetings as well I am standing here with pride to tell you that 24 nearly every city Department participated in this job fair they all had fantastic booths set up they had um materials on all of the jobs that they're recruiting for they were engaged with all of our job Seekers and here's where the real fruits of our success are shown last year at the same job fair we had around 700 job Seekers attend this year we had nearly 1,400 job Seekers attend this event it was a huge success we had two departments both parks and wreck and police conducting on-site interviews in fact I think they did 215 on-site interviews to try to make quick decisions and that is certainly No Easy Task it's a lot of coordination to do that but they're very successful they're they're getting it worked out um our HR team Talent acquisition team I'm going to recognize them in just a minute but they did a tremendous job playing everything from the signage on the roadways leading up to Will Rogers they had people in identifiable shirts spread all throughout the event they also had a team of bilingual speakers spread all throughout the event as well so that we could engage with anybody and everybody there um they provided tremendous guidance and accessibility both to our staff that were there working events but also those job Seekers so leading our talent acquisition team is Mr Victor escabedo uh Victor promoted to HR manager I want to say just under a year ago and he is truly doing a tremendous job in this role so we're very proud of him joining him we have Vanessa hotman Human Resources coordinator uh Vidal Cox senior Human Resources analyst Garrison Ellington senior human resources and analyst Shawn Lynch senior Human Resources analyst IET Zimmerman senior Human Resources analyst Denise granados administrative assistant and finally Daniela Korea Ruiz I'm sorry if I said that wrong uh HR business partner is she up here she is not here with us today but anyway truly they've done a great job and to get literally almost every single Department of the city there I think is a a just a massive success for this event we hope next year to see it even bigger and better so thank you all so much for your efforts thank you Jess quick question for one of y'all if this what's one of the best stories or interactions you had during that day that you want to mention to the group it was probably Molly just walking around I don't know if you'all seen the picture she's kind of behind people as kind of just a participant but not really a participant that was pretty cool that was a little bit different than we did this year yeah what about on the hiring side anybody that comes to mind the hiring side I mean there was a lot of engaging candidates that are just really eager you know for that opportunity so we had a few that have we've been able to kind of just direct to the right Department uh so we've already received a lot of interest from departments just wanting to bring them back and get to start that conversation with them thank you appreciate yall thank you very much thank you and I would just add my favorite was actually walking up to the event about 15 minutes before walking in the door and looking down you know down the stairs and down the escalator at the lobby it was jam-packed shoulder toosh shoulder of people lined up waiting to get into that event um and so I think for people to show up there that early just showed their enthusiasm and excitement for trying to come work for the city of Fort Worth um the job fair you know being just uh not even two weeks ago I guess we're still very early and knowing how many positions we're really hiring for out of this event and some of it may be just getting the word out to people now and maybe they'll apply later but we'll continue to report back as we know real numbers um what it's producing thank you thanks thank you everybody it was a great event I will point out the finance had cookies at at their table just for sweet working for finance all right next we have informal reports the first informal report is on arpa funded streetlight Capital project uh update and Martin Phillips is available if there are any questions I my one question is moving to the uh Martin uh moving to the solar lights is that allowing us to install more to the program is that allowing us to expand the program in any way or is it just a different method it's just a different method but we do plan on um meeting all the requirements uh in terms of the original arpa funding so all of the neighborhoods that we initially had planned would still be the same neighborhoods as just changing that to to solar lighting and do they cost is solar cost the same as the conventional the initial cost um we look took a look at this in terms of life cycle cost for the overall solar lighting the biggest thing in in um the construction aspects if you have on grid lighting you're trenching you're putting in conduit you're putting in wire you have to have uh electrical source for solar you have none of that you can assemble it pretty easily you can stand it up pretty easily and therefore the cost is lower long-term you have um you have electrical savings and I think I put that in the IR just in terms of what that might look like so there's an expansion of that so an individual light for solar might cost more but if you're looking at a a full um array of lighting for a neighborhood now you're you're you're looking at some savings so it's not going to change the number of lights that we repair or replace correct correct in fact with the with what we're looking at doing for year and four we'll probably endend up putting in more lights and what we were doing before um was looking at more the infrastructure that wasn't in good shape okay and so if there was a pole that was in okay shape we might just change the fixture if there was bad wiring we changed the wiring so for the solar lighting it's we're putting up brand new fixtures with brand new LED lights okay thank you thank you Martin before you leave the podium want that you can do this offline I would be curious to see what the those um maintenance costs and replacement costs are for the solar cells you know the panels and uh also performance right say on a full charge overtime how long would a solar powerered light last for right and our expectation is it last at least 10 years they offer a 10 year warranty yeah but I'm also talking about like duration in the night right like say maybe a 5year old solar powered streetlight how many hours of you know performance can we expect on a given night night assuming a full charge that kind of absolutely and I can provide those details to you but we expect there to be no drop off in terms of the performance of the lights okay at night all in fact and I mentioned in the IR we installed these in several locations in the city where we had uh where it was dark and we got residents who made requests and we were able to install this lighting uh and and we've gotten very favorable responses and feedback from residents in terms of the quality of the light in one instance one resident thought that it might be too bright at first installed it and they've been happy with it so our team has done a lot of that internally too in terms of installation and again we're partnering with uh you know fond Ro lighting and and we're very happy with that partnership and looking forward to implementing this project okay good to hear thank you awesome thank you thank you thank you Martin next inform report is a five-year update to our water conservation plan and drought emergency Water Management plan and Chris Harter is available if there are any questions I don't have a question I'll just give a kudos to Chris and his team that we had a water leak at my house that was our responsibility and we're having a lot of trouble figuring it out and one of his people came out to troubles suit with our plumber and now we're no longer leaking water down the street so that's good thank you Chris to you and your team that's a lead into our next informal report which is the the process to investigate seeping water well I was it so there you go you you're good investigators believe me and and Jennifer Dyke Chris Harter Shannon Elder available if there are any questions I have a couple to the mayor's leak all right yes exactly what did you do to cost so the reason I asked for this IR is because I get a lot of phone calls from residents particularly in the Ryan place in Fairmount area where we know our infrastructure might be a little older um about standing water and it's really concerning to them as it gets hotter and we see mosquitoes and it's kind of like year round and um and we call and our office reports it right and it either goes water tpw and it feels like it goes back and forth and everyone says not it but we still have these pools of water hanging out in the streets um and so I appreciate this ir and it does kind of lay it out but what can we do to solve that problem so I let's say first it's a lot of coordination between tpw and water um and so the two big issues is I think it's is it ground water and just natural seepage and that's a natural occurrence across the city um that really happens during kind of the spring and fall rainy season and it dries up during rain events and then there's the issue with the water lying actually like some kind of breakage so so I would say that when when you see some type of a seepage the way we look at it is we're guilty until proven proven innocent okay right uh so you know call it in we will go have an investigation done we will be looking for a source if it's a waterline leak if it's a service line leak the next uh question usually if it is a leak is it on the private side or is it on the public side so we will go through that uh I guess the triage of uh the potential root cause and if we don't see uh that it's a public water supply then we do talk to tpw about uh resolution from a groundwater perspective okay um and side note and um and the topic of uh technolog is creepy I just got a mosquito management email um notification so they're listening um so come fix it whoever's listening no um and so then my next question is um when we have that what can we do to address the concerns of our um our residents particularly around mosquitoes is when we see that can we then work with code and I see um codes up there to um to help really address that cuz that's the that's the concern that I get it really isn't so much about water being there but it's the bugs and diseases that come with them and then another question do we have Springs mapped throughout the city like do we know where they are I would say no to that I mean we know where a few are but a lot of it just it really depends on the weather uh the soils um you know sometimes they pop up out of the ground sometimes they don't so it's it's just really kind of a natural phenomenon okay would it be helpful to know where they were so we could go and share the information for the locations that we've investigated in the past and try to put something together if that's helpful um the big thing with storm water is of course our highest priority is life safety um and flood risks and so we don't want to go out there and spend a lot of money on um projects to mitigate the seeping water when we know that that's why we do the monitoring to see is it provide is it is there a public safety hazard um or is it messing up the road infrastructure or is there really a a hazard reason driving that infrastructure that we're going to have to invest in the the future maintenance of so we're really focused on more life safety infrastructure versus just kind of the nuisance a lot of the the seit is just Nu new and that's why we're trying to make sure we understand if there's a hazard or not okay so can we start in the future um when we have those situations kicking that to code just to make sure that we're putting um eyes on it from a Environmental standpoint definitely yeah we can do that thank you okay thank you thank you Chris don't go far next IR is on a proposed amendments to our industrial pre-treatment ordinance and Chris is available if there's any questions all right we're good next up is our informal report on management diversity and Diana gordano is available if there are any questions we're rolling I do okay I do have one okay I think it'll go quickly uh excuse me yeah I know in the past uh with uh the hiring efforts that we've done for example when it started off with opom the office of opom uh we looked at diversity components and then hired Consultants to give us some uh Direction and perform some of those um efforts to look you know for good qualified candidates uh has there been any change to that approach to date so the Chang has remain the same where we're looking at um diverse candidates just uh casting wider net so that we can get a good variety of candidates in our candidate pools and so those efforts remain I wouldn't say unchanged they are more expansive so whether we're recruiting and just kind of the city hiring board we also have other platforms and job sites where we um post jobs but also with the search firms where we're looking at executive recruitment so that we can have a diverse pool of candidates to to review and choose from so suffice said to say we're still casting a sufficiently large net not just relying on in-house resources but outreaching where we need to to the private sector correct okay all right thank you Gina di I I don't have a definite question just a a request before you came on board I would always ask for the ethnicity and gender of the top three in every department and that was my way of identifying who's in the pipeline and so if you would just continue to pay attention to who's in the pipeline when it comes to diversity I think it'll serve us well okay thank you all right next informal report is our monthly development activity report and DJ harell is available if there any questions all right we're on to neighborhood traffic calming program overview and Chelsea St Louis is available if there are any questions I Chelsea good afternoon Chelsea thanks for coming out good afternoon well you should know that by practice this is one of my more favorite programs I know I send a lot of emails out to you to evaluate streets right as we're seeing and this is an unfortunate Trend some people drive irresponsibly and recklessly on our streets sometimes and uh I know that I look and your department looks for good thoughtful applications of speed cushions and uh you know speed tables to help you know curb you know those type of activities um and I know you look at it you do your evaluations due diligence before you commit to saying yes this is an appropriate thing uh just for the record I'd like for you to step through because I get a lot of questions from this too there's a perception that a council member can just snap their fingers and make it happen right not so especially when streets where say the traffic code doesn't support that kind of thing there is an Avenue you know for consideration right through petition I wonder if you just might briefly step through that so the folks listening in can understand that so um we receive submittals uh through the service request Sy through my Fort Worth app or the call center related to speed related requests um at that time those requests are assigned to a staff member um and once that staff member makes contact with the requestor the requestor is informed about the neighborhood traffic calming program we evaluate the roadway to determine if it's an eligible roadway to consider traffic caling measures um if we do make that determination that it does qualify um we do some data collection we follow up with the resident um to confirm whether we can still move forward um with the application process and at that time we provide the resident with a consent form um and as part of that consent we require 2third property owner or resident support of implementation of uh the traffic calming measures and we require 100 100% support of the property owners um that are directly impacted by the placement of the cushions um so if there is a cushion being installed in front of your property we want to make sure that you are fully uh consenting for us to put that uh in front of your property before we install it and so in a nutshell that's uh the process for getting the cushions installed okay one other question when it comes to roadways um that are particularly favorites of uh drivers who you know drive it responsibly how do we convey that information to your department I know I usually incase it in an email uh maybe provide feedback from the npos uh based on their observations uh what other type of information would you need to have that further insight to make a case for the installation of those devices um we'll continue so you can continue to send those emails we received requests from a number of different Avenues there are the residents who submit them we also um as you mentioned will received um submittal from Council Members through via email um we receive information from our neighborhood police officers um so usually when we receive all of those requests our next step is to work with our customer services liaison to uh generate a service request for that specific request um so all of those requests that we receive even via email still go through the same process okay thank you very much y so for all these what would be the most common that you said are installed speed cushions okay about how much are those on average um it depends so with installation it may range from maybe 3,000 they may be in the 3,000 range it depends on how many cushions the width of the roadway um and the cost of Labor so it can vary gotcha and then who I guess would I need to speak to maybe in your department or maybe it's tpw or whoever about uh temporary speed cushions specifically in um school zones and they have these we bought one because I'm a visual person like to see them um and then talking to crossing guards especially our most vulnerable areas like our elementary schools where they can actually be employed with these portable speed cushions that they roll out they're pretty cool they're in a bag out the show them if you've never seen them they're neat they just roll them out and it's immediate speed bump already talked to fire and police about it and they said since their Pro their protocol is you know even lights and Sirens if they're approaching an active school zone they're slowing down anyway so it's not going to impede them at all um so who can we talk to about rolling that out s life for those areas I would be happy to receive that information I'm actually very interested in the speed cushions Booker is the one that carried it up today like what's that he's like that's what you I was oh I know what you're talking about now so it's really neat but I think it could be very effective um especially in those areas okay thanks hey thanks Chelsea I would just request before these are installed that you let our offices know in time okay um lots of people want these but there are some people that sometimes they don't like change so uh how helping us socialize that with the neighborhood associations that these are going in hopefully we'll have a better positive effect and just letting us know in a couple of weeks time not the day before they go in but a time where we can socialize it okay definitely I see thank you Chelsea uh two quick questions when after the cushions are installed how long do you wait to do the evaluation um so it's been about seven or eight months since uh the initial installations um so we're about to just now start doing some of that data collection and we typically use uh we have a vendor that does all of the um data collection and so it's just a matter of us working those um previous locations into the schedule um again okay and what about what's the threshold of success is it I know in the report it says 20 25% anticipated reduction is that the threshold or what what do you re what do you my question is really specifically about the clever Lane installation and the complaints we're getting about having the speed cushions there but I want to make sure that we're articulating to them that the anticipation level of reducing the speed or whatever the the level of success is yep so um at this time we're looking at the 25% reduction um as the goal as we're developing our vision zero action plan we may refine that Target um because as part of that process we are looking at the speed limits um which you know gives a lot of our residents heartburn about you know the primer fasion speed being 30 miles per hour in neighborhoods so we're looking at methodologies um for how we can potentially reduce that and so obviously that would also um influence the target speed that we are we're um working towards over time as wellbody else Chelsea yeah Chelsea inner city if the applicant is uh required to secure those signatures from their neighbors about how many neighbors would that be I know it says 2/3 but and those impacted but an average number of individuals that would need to sign off on the application um so there aren't a number of um individuals that have to sign off on the application it's really the consent form for when we put the cushions in um on average it's usually maybe 10 or 12 um property owners that are impacted the applications we've received thus far haven't been neighborhood wide so it's usually only you know a block or two yeah okay thank you thank you next informal report is on registration for Community organizations over a period of time from 2018 to 2024 and Michelle gut is available if there are any questions I would like an overview of the findings reflect good afternoon mayor and Council so what the IR um goes over is um how registrations have increased with our neighborhood associations and HOAs over the years um I has a little bit of information about what's included for registration and um the other thing is um I wanted to say that we're we reached out to all of the neighborhood associations in January to do their annual update it used to be staggered where whenever they registered then their an on their anniversary they were registering it was very hard to keep up with that so we sent out um updates to all of them in January we're following up on those to make sure that we have the correct information and um the right contacts in the database so I think that um the numbers could fluctuate a little bit after we get those confirmation but these are the ones we have right now any specific questions yes okay can you discuss the your office's relationship with neighborhood alliances okay and the city's obligation I raise that because there's one Alliance I think it's East Fort Worth Alliance and every time my district director tries to attend a virtual meeting they kick her out and so you know are we what is the relationship there because I find that to be quite rude so talk about that so um we have um 11 alliances right now in the city and what happened in the past is the alliance would turn in their paperwork they would say what organization belong to their Alliance and that would be reflected on the database with a map for the geographic area what we have started doing um based on some of my conversations with you and reaching out to the the neighborhood hoods in the east side um we have started when they send us their list they will list all of the neighborhood associations that belong to their Alliance we then reach out to the neighborhood associations to confirm that they agree that they are part of that Alliance Now One Challenge we still have is that because we're drawing a geographic map for the alliances sometimes it encompasses groups that don't actually belong to that Alliance and so we're looking add some updates to the registration policy that we'll bring back to council and one of the things we're looking at is the way we represent alliances on the database should it be done with a geographic map or should it be done simply by listing the organizations that belong to that Alliance now I I remember I know the John T white group uh rejected the claim that they were affiliated with this is it what's the name is it East Fort Worth uh neighborhoods of East Fort Worth I believe is there official name well I know that John T white said no we're not affiliated as did another Association what I can't reconcile is how can the city Embrace or endorse neighborhood alliances but the Council Office be denied engagement so that that that's a problem so I I don't have an easy solution to that but we every time Sandy would get on the zoom call they'd knock her out service and so my my contention years ago was that neighborhood alliances were too unwieldly anyway for us to be able to manage and the City Attorney at the time agreed uh we we were able to manage neighborhood associations and work with HOAs but when it comes to alliances who claim to have certain memberships that we find out they don't I think that goes that's a stretch but we do need to address what is the relationship because if if you're going to have the city of forwards endorsement as an alliance then you need to have council members that are in that geographic area granted entry and so who do I get to help with that Mr city manager I I just heard that right now so I'm going help you on that we'll figure that out it makes no sense it's rude thank you um Marina is going to take care of them for I do have a question for you regarding um sort of a return to what we used to do in the past uh and and I know well I hope that your department is kind of trending back towards this practice um our council districts are you know replete with a lot of organizations neighborhood organizations and sometimes their meetings occur when we have our formal council meetings or they occur while another organization wants us there Etc so uh being in two places at once is pretty hard still so in the past your department has provided a representative that would go like mny Gibbs you will recall and and attend some of these meetings and report back to us and say hey these concerns were raised you might want to get back to the organization on that I found that really helpful and I've seen I think some semblance of that returning do you anticipate further uh reinforcement on that regard yes um one of the changes that we re recently made was we have now assigned Liaisons to council districts so um we did that so that they could form those relationships with the not only the district directors and the council members but also the neighborhood associations and HOAs and we've seen a big increase in the number of meetings that liaison are being invited to because those relationships are being formed so their goal is to um attend at least one meeting for each organization some have annual meetings and so we have to catch it when they have their annual meeting some have monthly meetings and want is to come every month and we do those as often as we can but um we are trying to get out more into the neighborhoods um to build those relationships with our neighborhood leaders good to hear thank you anything else you just one thing real quick um so I know your team is doing a great great job at getting these uh getting the database updated with all the information as we know information is only as good as what's provided to us we've learned that the hard way numerous times um but as youall look at uh launching this new database and then getting the word out will that also include the potential of having like read receipts for notifications by chance or is that totally separate uh we can look into that I'm not sure if that's a feature we have actually done some research and we're leaning towards one database um that seems to have all the features we want but I can look and see if that's an option too for um from the database but from our um emails we can definitely do that okay yeah I think that'd be great and then um as you're updating those list and getting the information out and you have new joins um registering with you guys are yall um suggesting that they use organ organizational emails rather than single points of failure because that seems to be a constant topic that we're dealing with as well as that person's no longer works there they're no longer the president they're vice president Etc is that something youall are suggesting they do we do we do make that suggestion that they use one that's just passed from president to president um not somebody's personal email some of them use both which is fine but we like to have one that's going to be continuous and one of the things we've started doing with our new associations is take some of our more seasoned neighborhood associations who have a really good um attendance they have a lot of projects and matching them up so that they can work together and they can help to to grow the new associations well Rusty Fuller you know he'll he'll be a great advocate for you there so okay anything else thank you thank you and our final informal report is an update on supplemental efforts to control litter along tex. highways and Cody Wittenberg is available if there any questions I have a few questions for Cody Cody Cody first off thank you so much for you and your team working hard on this um I know we had lots of meetings to make it all happen uh my two questions are what was the cost for the pilot for the city of Fort Worth ballpark ballpark's around 200,000 Mon and do you have an estimate what the MNC may look like on April 23rd cost wise absolutely so it's it's about 38% I think it's around 600,000 overall But it includes expanding those programs throughout the entire fiscal year yeah thank you is it fair to say this was typically a cost that the the state of Texas and text normally would have covered maybe not to our standards but this is where we're trying to fill in the gaps I would agree with that statement yeah so I think this is something for this Council to remember especially when we advocate in Austin that we are willing and able to pick up this cost because it's a priority for each of us and our residents but at the end of the day the highways are the responsibility of Tex do and so I know our local office has been very complimentary and helpful to get us to this point but um we need this to continue I think our residents now expect this of us and it was one of the topics that we all heard about and we wouldn't be in this place for it weren't for the partnership from City of Fort Worth your department of course for upsp fire so keep going but we're going to do our part to try to make sure that we're getting either reimburse in the future or that the state of Texas really does um Don't Mess with Texas so we'll try our best thank you thank you and mayor that concludes my report okay David thank you very much Council any questions regarding memberships on Boards of commissions for April 23rd meeting do I need to read this as what why yall gave this to me okay don't worry about it and then questions regarding City MC log that's coming up for the 23rd third if not we'll move straight into our briefing on Public Safety in the West 7th Entertainment District and I believe Chief Aldridge is going to come up to get us started good afternoon mayor and councel uh Robert Alders executive assistant chief police department uh today we're going to talk a little bit about the West 7th area uh what we have going on we're going to discuss quite a few things going on not only in that area but some of the other entertainment districts so whenever we're talking about the West 7th Entertainment District I want to kind of give the expectation of where we're at so the boundaries are University West 7th Lancaster and the railroad to the east um because a lot of people may believe the West 7th Entertainment District is a lot bigger than that that may go to White Settlement might Encompass Montgomery Plaza but literally this is the area that we're talking about whenever we talk about West 7 so we talk about crime quite a bit and it gets reported quite a bit uh any crime in any area is not good for us not good for the city um but sometimes you know the perception of crime is is not necessarily the reality so whenever we I looked at all four of the entertainment districts that we're going to have the study performed on and I saw how West 7th kind of ironed out compared to the Stockyards downtown and near Southside and as you can see how the numbers kind of play out you know West 7th had the lowest number of uh violent crime uh amongst the four entertainment districts and so I I thought that was pretty telling whenever you look at the numbers uh one of the things that I did look at is year-to date um for 2023 kind of how did we play out so we looked at king2 king2 is the beat that encompasses the Entertainment District but we also looked at the Entertainment District itself if you guys remember from several many many presentations ago I know you guys have slept since then we have 824 p king2 in and of itself has seven Pas the entertainment is district is one p within there so uh but whenever you look at King 12's crimes against persons those are kind of our violent crimes and so overall in king12 went down 8.4% property crimes went down 3% crimes against Society increased 49.4% uh when you look at actually the West 7th area itself uh crimes against person or the violent crimes went down 15.3% crimes against property went down 19% and crimes against Society increase for 47.4% now what's important to note is you see a large number and you kind of get concerned no you shouldn't get concerned because those are our proactive efforts those are some weapon violations those are Narcotics violations those are our officers out on the street actually being proactive to try and prevent some of the incidents that have occurred in the past and we'll look at some of the stuff that happens a little bit later on the presentation so the ENT Entertainment District study as you guys know we kind of did a national search um we had interviews and uh we we settled not settled uh we selected safe night LLC and they're G to they're going to uh conduct a study in the Stockyards downtown near Southside and West 7th they're going to complete uh you know on-site assessments they're going to do risk trrain modeling uh they promote you know proactive Alliance relationship building and uh they're going to try and get the bars to develop a voluntary accreditation program and some training for the bar employees on the left you're going to see the funding breakdown of kind of who helped fund for this study and then the phases are off on the right hand side there's going to be four different phases to this uh we're pretty much in the in the second phase of this the risk train modeling uh The Nightlife assessments going to happen then we're going to kind of roll into the voluntary accreditation model uh the data collection type component then they're going to create you know the training component and then and 25 hours are going to be Consulting I believe Demetrios uh mes is on the line here uh he's a retired Masterpiece officer from Arlington County Virginia uh he was the co-founder and executive VP of safe night LLC and I want to give him an opportunity to speak good afternoon how was everyone uh I'm glad to be here uh thanks to Chief Aldridge and uh we're happy to be part of what you're doing in in Fort Worth uh really when it comes down to it um the the conditions are are exactly what we want to see as far as collaboration goes um when we talk about RTM and I'll break this down real quickly the risk terrain modeling assessment is a spatial data analysis assessment that's going to focus in on microlocs uh specifically into half block sizes we we identify not only high-risk places but the priority places for intervention and that's where we use proactive Alliance relationship approach to bring this multi-component model meaning doing a lot of things and a lot of things well and understanding that this is going to be uh bigger than than just the police uh responding to those those problems uh what we are going to be bringing is not just the accreditation model the accreditation model sets those standards of policy and operation for the businesses but it's more important that the city understands that this is going to take a holistic approach to deal with a very big and complex problem like uh violence and alcohol rated harm in Nightlife districts uh so this model has been used our model uh with proactive Alliance has been used for homeless Outreach uh and setting up an Outreach model in um Arlington Virginia as well as we just uh worked with witch talk Kansas with the Department of Justice um so essentially any complex problem that has lots of uh components and lots of organizations and lots of factors uh you need to bring people together on the same page and that's what we're we hope to do uh make the city understand that you know you need a uh an understanding and support of the businesses uh focused on prevention that's going to be the big the big part of what we do the assessment that we will be delivering uh in the first third of the of the project will lay out uh some things that we see are going well in a city and things that can be improved on but we're not going to just leave you hanging we're not going to leave you uh to say figure those things out on your own the recommendations that we provide we will be with you that's why we're with you for the whole 12 months because we're going to help you put these things into place um this is about empowering the city to do more and with this model you will be able to address other complex issues outside of uh the entertainment districts and uh that's what we'll be talking about long term is bringing staff into this collaborative um stance focused on individual relationships with the most relevant stakeholders uh so that's that's the sum of it i' be happy to answer any questions I think we do have a few questions Council Becca and then Council Flores yeah thank you for being um here with us today I see in phase four that um there'll be a three-day training for City staff which includes uh police fire code Public Health City attorney planning and um TABC uh will that training be will those materials be handed off to um to the city to replicate at um at Future intervals as we get new police fire code Public Health folks in the area great question uh so our model we're going to have each agency uh their liazon essentially the people that do the day-to-day work uh and we're going to recommend one two three four people who are committed to doing this work for at least two years that's going to be um helpful I mean you know the the rate of turnover that uh some City agencies can can experience whether through promotion transfer retire retirements uh we we need a commitment that you're going to do this work because lack of consistency erods trust and legitimacy so um to answer your question they will have a two-year certification and then start applying this so if they plan to leave the multi-disciplinary team that's created to address these issues they have to have somebody in the pipeline who can take their role uh because we're looking for sustainability here this isn't meant to be a one off answer your it did thank you and then my uh next question is training for uh for business staff in the area so um whether it be a bar or restaurant or um a retail store will they'll be any training for them as a result of this particular um effort so we always start with uh having the city and the organizations that are going to be because we're going to be looking for a program lead for this accreditation model um you know we've had uh City agencies we've had business Improvement districts we've had nonprofits run the accreditation uh so whoever the the program lead ends up being uh they will have to put forth a a curriculum of training for the businesses and that includes criminal civil liability uh responsible alcohol Service uh active bystander for sexual assault the list goes on and on if the city can't perform that function as part of the accreditation we do have an online training that can meet that goal uh so for instance in Dallas uh the nonprofit has been able to find providers and work with the city agency to provide the training that was needed but in Norfolk Virginia they weren't able to do that and uh the city didn't uh feel they could meet that that requirements so we've provided that for them so again there are options it's going to be a question I mean our preference here is you're the experts on your city we want it's far more meaningful for uh local providers to provide the training that is going to be meaningful um to them thank you I appreciate it uh since you're on the training piece may I ask this I look at Phase 4 December 1st through March 31st is there a way to engage potential training Partners now Bas especially if you're mentioning the city of Dallas and go ahead and start that process it would certainly be nice to have that training complete before the fall TCU crowd comes back especially in the West 7th District next year so the unfortunately I would I would say no it's not we can't plug and play a lot of what we do we follow a blueprint of success that we've had in other cities we need to lay a foundation um especially the accreditation model if you if you look at that the training is a reinforcement of those policies uh so without having the accreditation model established having um employees understand what they are responsible for and what the accreditation means uh the training really won't mean a whole heck of a lot to be honest with you uh that's that's what makes a little bit different from the hospitality side uh is that there is no account ability there is no uh formal process to legitimize their practices uh so we use training as a reinforcement of the policies rather than the other way around and you think you'll have the voluntary accreditation model in phase three is complete by the end of November and then you move into the training module next that's that's exactly right uh the training will happen throughout the whole second half of I mean the training needs to be available to any business that's coming on once the program lead uh is a established we work with uh all the city agencies as well as uh the bar owners and and operators to understand what this accreditation is going to look like um because we're going to prevent or provide a template but you have to make this your own this has to be meaningful to the city of Fort Worth it has to be meaningful to the community stakeholders so if there's going there's going to be you know standards that are introduced into the model that don't exist in any other city and that's okay you have to work with and make it your own thank you Carlos send then to continue yep thank you all right uh thank you mayor uh Demetrius um assistant chief Al is going attest to this I've been asking about news you know about this program for for a bit ever since it was announced uh in the Stockyards in that Entertainment District I can tell you we've been trying to do uh for some time whatever is best expedient based on stakeholder input and uh the input that we get from police you know we're trying to be as proactive as possible uh I'm looking at that model maybe I share some of the mayor's concerns uh we're we're much further along than what your timeline has here maybe and I understand your model is not a plug and play but I think I would humbly suggest that you start making Outreach Of The Stockyard stakeholders now because I think that that might help at least that Entertainment District to kind of speed things up for you maybe avoid some duplication of effort because we've already been implementing some um you know measures that have begun to I think have some good effects so if you need to know that you know I mean the chief can plug you in to the Northwest division uh we have regular meetings that occur you can Outreach to me and I can you know uh put you in contact you know with that group sure I appreciate that very much um and I appreciate your concern that especially on the Outreach side um we've been very clear since the beginning that the Outreach needs to come from the city um we've heard all the time that we're Outsiders and and we don't really understand what's going on and we acknowledge that there is going to be a level of understanding and expertise and knowledge that we just don't have but that's what we're going to rely on uh not only the city but the stakeholders to provide as well Outreach needs to come from whoever the program lead is and from the city agent IES our goal here with this model is to leave you with something better um we're not here to you know bleed you dry we're here to give you a model that can be replicated over and over and over with with the same results uh so at the end of the day Outreach is going to have to come from the city we are going to provide guidance we're going to provide the language we're going to provide all the support in having successful Outreach to those stakeholders but uh it needs to come from from all of you okay well consider it uh I will make Outreach to you I will ask the chief for your contact information and I'll take the initiative I'll make contact with you and we'll get going you I appreciate that thank you Gina I've got a couple of questions I was looking up safe night LLC and found out that I think in 2021 you came to Dallas and you you referenced Dallas uh I don't know the difference in reality versus perception but when I looked at the stats presented earlier you know I was surprised that uh 7th Street was not as rough and rowdy as I thought it was compared to you downtown really was okay and when when you think about Dallas you know all the time I hear about Dallas these days it's you know from the media and it's never good so when you look at crime and what we're trying to do with safe night is there a public awareness component so that those who are not connected with the city of Fort Worth would be able to engage and furthermore are there any intellectual property right concerns about City staff taking this to the neighborhood level later on so first question to you sir about Dallas and perception and Community next question to you police or city manager sure uh well in Dallas like I said a nonprofit ran uh the program uh they are the ones that pushed a lot of the initiatives that you see at the city level um John Fortune the city manager can talk a lot about that as well as Chief Garcia uh they did not have uh an organized nightlife strategy and they were experiencing some high levels of violence particularly in like um in areas like Deep Ellum um so bringing everyone on to the same page when we did the first training for the city of Dallas uh a a pretty remarkable statement that was made by captain of the fire Marshall's office that was responsible for nightlife operations said you know we're expected to go make relationships or develop relationships with a lot of The Operators and staff and he goes I'm sitting in this room and I don't even know half of you um and we're supposed to be working together on these problems uh so that's what we do we facilitate that and 24-hour Dallas was the Catalyst in and bringing uh Dallas's nightlife um attention they had now have a nightlife um director uh you know that's assigned to the mayor's office they have uh visit Dallas so it's it's about um you know kind of bringing everybody into the fold and and getting a seat at the table to find out where they can help either amplify or participate in this type of work I appreciate that so it appears once again Ford worth will have an advantage in terms of planning when it comes to community outreach compared to how Dallas does are stuff so yeah so when when it comes to you the uh are you going to address that other question Chief could you ask it again please okay yeah um when when you look at news media accounts you know here recently all the crime was occurring on Seventh Street based on what you saw in the media I am a recovering media person I understand I'm not criticizing them but that wasn't the reality based on your stats you know I was surprised to see the stats for West 7 compared to downtown so I think there's going to need to be some type of community outreach to make sure the public is informed of how we're spending their taxpayer dollars and how what they're getting back in return so how I don't want to put you on the spot but think about that because we will need to report to the public so that people will feel safe when they're going out absolutely so and my hope is is that this presentation will help at least alleviate some of the fears that some people have had over the past you know a couple of years so I appreciate Demetrius uh being online with us we look forward to working with safe night uh it's good to get an outsider perspective of you know an expert in the field to see what we can do better so you know my hope is is that we can take a lot of the information that we've received share it with the community and let them understand that we are working on problems that they see in the so in media social media all the time council member was there a question about the um you said something about copyright yeah uh intellectual property rights in terms of if we're able to take what we glean from your training and apply that at the cellular or neighborhood level because there are other entertainment spots but there are not necessarily where you go in and pay they they they just there were people gather so is there a problem with us making it our own at a lower level there there won't be um we've worked that into the intellectual property rights essentially the city's been granted a license to create your own program using the template of our model if that makes sense uh so and that's where we'll be able to help um as you start unveiling it and and and reaching out to different areas I'm encouraged thank you very much okay all right moving on so although the Entertainment District study is just one aspect of what we're doing in West 7 there are quite a few other things that we're doing as well so whenever you look at the pit update one thing that you guys have heard about is trying to establish a pit in the West 7th area uh the blue shaded area is the PID that we're trying the the boundaries of the pit that we're trying to get uh established uh the green dots in the middle of the residential areas uh Lacy Ruiz uh of course City of Fort Worth employee she's out in the audience yeah she's out back there waving uh she's been doing a lot of work on this I mean she has been out there knocking on doors talking to the residents talking with businesses and really she's done a lot of things that are outside of the scope of a normal PID uh because any kind of PID petition is usually run by the residents run by the businesses run by the people that actually would like to have the pit established uh we've been been having some challenges getting somebody out in the community to take hold of this and run with it on their own um but Lacy has understood kind of the importance of this and so she she's accepted the challenge and continued to push this forward uh tomorrow we have a meeting about the petition itself and hopefully we can get some people engaged and get some of those signatures um on that on the pit itself so the further we can get that pushed down the road the better um because once we can get it established there's a lot more things that we can do for that area so the W West 7th ambassador program block by block provides Ambassador Services downtown which everybody's kind of aware of and this program is very similar to that except they're going to work in the late night hours whenever the bars are open uh we look at them as you know eyes and ears uh for our police officers to help them out in that District area uh the board the ccpd board you know approved $315,000 to get that up and off the off the ground uh and again for the West 7th purposes it's the same boundaries that we talked about a little bit earlier where the ambassadors would be located another project we have going on is the Ballard project if you guys are unaware what ballards are they are metal things that come out of the ground that help prevent people driving down the street so hopefully this map you can see the green locations uh of where we would like the ballards installed um and the whole purpose of the ballards is to help prevent traffic coming into the West 7th area at certain times of night to help people get out of the West 7th area what happens now on a Friday or Saturday nights sometimes Thursdays and Sundays is that we place police cars at these locations and whenever you place a police car there we have to place two officers there for their safety and to make sure people do not get hit or hurt and so this would Al alleviate us having to put a police car out there they could be retracted whenever we don't need them in use and those officers could be patrolling the area and so the project to cost approximately $140,000 we've been working with tpnw to try and get this thing established and off the ground Chief do we have these in other locations across the city that's a good question I would have to look okay I don't know off the top of my head Moren shaking her head no you don't think so yeah who controls the apparatus and when it's up or down we would okay so we would basically have access to them because they're only going to be up for probably about an hour right you know and it's just long enough to kind of get the crowd to clear out and and then once we're done with them we would lower them back down okay the the only other place we have in the city is in the Stockyards the entry point from East Exchange into Rodeo Plaza and that's controlled by the Coliseum okay so we are a very different city as mayor proin Bivens has said um we have great Community Partnerships across the city uh we have established those for decades and so um in this area we meet with the Bar and Restaurant Association regularly the neighborhood alliance regularly the culture Alliance and uh the Lynwood neighborhood association which is impacted by this area our Partnerships go far and wide with TABC code the Fire Marshall uh the fire department development services tpnw the list goes on and on so it's not just one group working on an island to try and solve this problem this is literally a team effort to try and solve this complex problem that we've been dealing with for quite a while so on this I just want wanted to kind of show you guys real quick it's a very short little clip of what it kind of looks like whenever some whenever they get pushed out of the bar and so this is on F Street um next to Texas Republic not we're not picking on Texas Republic but uh it's where we have one of our cameras and so you're going to see the time lapse as we kind of go on um and you're going to see how the crowd kind of increases along with the traffic increasing and so that stops at 2:07 but I can tell you whenever you watch the video further it takes about till about 3:15 in the morning till people kind of really clear out and the streets get back to what they were before this happened around 2:30 in the morning um again don't want to bore you with videos but our police officers basically kind of form a line and kind of encourage people to get out of the area because what we've learned when people congregate that's when bad things happen so um they get into they bump into each other next thing you know an argument ensues and then you know some really bad things happen so the quicker we can get them out of this area back to their homes or residents um that helps us out tremendously so current police strategies the officers that work down there do a phenomenal job if anybody has been down there um you can understand for a very small window their job is very challenging outside of that window um they are addressing a lot of the needs that are going on even outside the bar times so they do traffic management they're trying to improve the lighting they do a lot of self-initiated Patrol activity um they we noticed that we had an uptick in homeless issues going on during the daytime so we put a handful of officers on the day shift to try and you know minimize some of those impacts to the businesses that are that are in there so you guys helped us with the open container ordinance that has been very successful uh at least to try and minimize some of the young people that were out on the streets kind of drinking alcohol and then there's a pilot program for a criminal affidavit program it's kind of a global Criminal Trespass warning if you will so that each individual bar does not have to Criminal Trespass somebody if there is a problem so self-initiated police activity we talked about that the proactive Patrol uh the crimes against Society number going up in September of 2022 uh the West 7 learned that instead of St stand Standing back standing on the corners watching things go on um they needed to take a more proactive approach because these violent crimes were occurring and so what they did is they increased the traffic stops they started doing a lot more enforcement of just minor violations which led to narcotics arrests which led to since 2022 182 illegal guns being taken off the street so I mean that's pretty phenomenal in a very short period of time because those are guns that would have been in that area if they wouldn't have been taken off the Stream So upcoming strategy of course we're going to increase the foot patrol and bike Patrol kind of get officers out of the cars and rolling around whenever we need them uh flock we're going to start in installing falling flock cameras within that area uh to help you know monitor the vehicles that are there uh flock approached us uh after a couple of high profile incidents and said hey we want to help out and so they voluntarily said we will give you 10 businesses that will be part of our community um camera program and uh we will pay for it and we'll upfront the cost and you know feed the information to you they're going to propose new pickup and drop off zones uh they're going to be on Curry Street only so our next step is of course execute the contract for block by block get the ambassadors down there they should be in place about two weeks two to three weeks after the contract is signed uh continue work with safe night on the Entertainment District study the installation of the ballards uh and continue the community engagement efforts now you guys are probably wondering why am I looking at this Jaguar that is off to the right hand side of the screen so these officers got dispatched to one of the Street Bar locations there was a guy with a jaguar on the Chain he was allowing people to take pictures with said Jaguar uh an individual did get bit skin was not broken um but of course we got called to the scene we had code um Animal Control come take said J jaguar and was put in a sanctuary um but if it can happen it's going to happen in West 7 way to make it memorable though that was excellent uh question from Council Chris uh Chief I have one question uh you mentioned that I guess in the daytime you're adding more officers for the homeless uh are those officers coming from other areas that they are monitoring or is this coming for uh for overtime or something like that no this is actually it's carved out from the officers that are already assigned to West 7th so four of those officers went from the evening midnight shifts and were working the day shift hours um Elizabeth Chief I have one question for you uh when do we expect the um it says the ambassadors could be in place within two to three weeks after the contract is signed when do we anticipate um signing that contract so whenever we had previous discussions about the ambassador program we wanted a valid petition before we started the program because ccpd funding was supposed to be a pilot program supposed to get it off the ground then the PID was supposed to kind of take it over um the contract's ready to be signed I mean really if you guys instruct us to do it right now we can do it right now like we can't wait I thought we did that actually weeks ago so yeah pertaining to the the contract we don't want to wait on a PID being finalized I thought we went over that like a month ago yeah well I believe it was ccpd funded correct so it would go CP it was it is but I think the holdup is executing it because we're Wai on the pit we don't wait on I think counc be did we may need to go back to the board to amend the action because I believe the action was uh contingent on the the pit being in place so that may just need to be a quick Amendment with that board and then it next meeting is wonderful great okay all right thank thank you Chief um and really this is just um for the benefit of everybody watching um so I did a a quick um back of the napkin um sorry I did a quick back of the napkin calculation and just based on this present alone the city has committed $54 $100,000 to this particular area um as part of that PID Economic Development has brought on two temporary staff members to help us um track down those folks and get that petition signed um it does not account for the previous dollars that we've sent um in tbw and from ccpd adding additional cameras and adding additional lighting to the area and the reason that I say that is because um I think I often um get and maybe most of you at this table people going why aren't you doing enough in West 7th and I think what this shows is that we are doing a tremendous amount to support that area and when you look at those crime stats or just the stats in general um and you can it's working and um and it is not it is a safer place to go and and and be part of the city I think what we're looking for is um how we control and manage that many people because the distinction between the different areas that you saw outlined um is how big it is and when you looked at um near Southside it had Pas correct it had like 26 of them listed um and so when West 7th is one and so um in that geography is what we're looking at and that I think is what creates the issues um but I want to I want people to know that we are proactively working on that and that does not account for the staff time of the two or changes or the meetings that mayor and I have had with um with outside agencies and internal as well and so I don't want that to go lost I really appreciate the work that for wor PD has done down there I know we have had um I can't even count how many meetings we've had internally and with our partners to try to um better understand the situation and uh make it a more enjoyable place for everybody to come visit um so thank you for for everything you've done thank tpw I've made William Johnson walk the area with me once um at like 8:00 in in the morning and we physically walk that area to figure out um what you know from a safety standpoint what we could do to make it better and so um I appreciate the mayor and all my colleagues too um not flinching when we've asked for additional dollars to make West 7 uh safer thank you it's truly a team effort there's no doubt about it yeah um Chief you may have mentioned a it when do you expect the the ballards to be installed so we're still working through the contract um to make sure um you know everything's in place because the initial quote that we got were for different Ballers and so we had to go back get another quote uh now we're evaluating the streets because there's some utility lines that are underneath it so it's I don't have an estimated date I would love to tell you it's going to be on this date but I mean we're actively working on it so that's one of our top priorities and then in some of our meetings with bar owners and the association there was discussion about voluntary wanding at the door yeah do you have a status update on that so we know I think two of the bars do voluntarily W but not all the bars do yeah you know is that a hesitance to do so or do they need the equipment or a dental nudge a nudge in all honesty okay um because I don't I I think if if the ones that want to do it are going to do it right you know um and we've encouraged all of them to WAND their individuals before they come in but as Council woman woman Beck knows not everybody attends the Bar and Restaurant Association meetings right and sometimes it's those people that don't attend are the ones we need to encourage we can work on that together I mean I know you've done quite a bit but yeah i' I've actually asked PD and I I want to reiterate it here today publicly to look at um because we approve all of those off-duty positions um looking into a policy change specific to West 7 that uh for wor PD they can't employ for wor PD Officers unless they're willing to have their staff W and I think that's a um a a stick and a carrot that we need to think about using cuz I can tell you that um the officers that I talk to down there have asked for um a mechanism to require wanding yeah and then maybe this is more of a request for for Leanne's office because there are so many different elements that do include your department especially on the Contracting side you may already have that one person that's assigned that oversees all these um elements but if you don't let's do that so that Chief Aldridge knows he's got one person he can work with I know sometimes that um your staff gets stretched and maybe that would help prioritize some of these to move forward as quickly as possible and chief along thanks to your department they've done an excellent job in a short period of time and it's working so we'll keep keep plugging oh it's the W men and women on the street that are doing the job for sure absolutely Y and hopefully no more Jaguars in Hope is that an actual picture of that Jaguar you just in the back of the car that's in the back of a patrol car yeah don't you know that police officer thought this is not why I went to the academy but I'm G to figure this out maybe it is yes either that or they wanted to take it home one of the two so thank you Chief appreciate it okay Council our next is a park and Rex update Capital update with Richard Zavala good afternoon Richard zala Park and Recreation Department I'm I'm really happy for the opportunity to talk about this with you today uh first of all I thought he was going to say that was a sleeping Panther I didn't tell you that's why I thought was going there with that uh this is I'm I'm really excited excited about doing this because just on Monday we're going to be dedicating the boardwalk at the Nature Center it's a $3 million project there's no bond funding in it there's uh funding from gaswell revenues a state park Grant the friends of the Nature Center the Met are formerly Facebook Foundation a $3 million project that's going to be dedicated and at the end of uh may we will be doing Forest Park Pool on May 24th uh and that is funded from a number of sources including tax notes as well as Bond and gas oil revenues I say all that because one of the things I'm going to talk about is how we cobbled together funding to try to address inflationary factors that we've all seen through out of all of our projects since 2020 uh the other thing is that on May 21st you will have an MC that will award eight playgrounds those playgrounds are the last of the 40 that we were replacing uh the same inflation rate that affected all of our other prod projects is affecting that so we pushed it out but we're finally getting to the near to the end of that project so with that let me just start with your goals this is really about Community investment and infrastructure but really we touch it all responsible growth if it's part of Parkland dedication and investment there Economic Development the botanic garden the zoo so on community safety if we're doing drainage or storm water work as well as Park security lighting when it comes to the manager action plan uh David is really hammered into us take care of what you got and make sure you have a a plan for long-term investment and that has really led us in what we do fortunately for the park Department we've had a 10-year master plan one in 2005 one in 2015 that we're working on and we're working on our 2025 plan now so that guides us as far as cost increases I'll talk a little bit about that how we Cobble to be uh together funding we're addressing projects and then the last are values uh and efficiency is really important in these projects so what I want to do is go over a highlevel view of the capital Improvement program for fiscal 24 which you adopted as part of the budget talk about the things that we've done to improve efficiencies as well of things that we plan on doing really to focus on Communications because I think uh this we had a wakeup call on a couple of projects not real big projects but smaller projects and and we know we can do a better job on that so with that uh I'll walk through this at a 30,000 ft level uh uh for these projects and then I'll make sure we'll make sure that you get your individual uh Council project listings by the end of the day or tomorrow we do that with you on an annual basis and uh we'll get them to your offices so put up your trade tables uh flight attendance prepare for takeoff because I going to go through this quick methodology first how we're structured this is our planning and Resource Management division we got 70 FTE we've got 22 in our development section you'll see that circled in red the the long line is our Park planners project managers that do all the plans and construction but we also have a small capital projects crew that does smaller projects we don't have to pay for plans we can pretty well uh get things like shelters and some playgrounds and and uh sidewalks and things like that done so from a delivery standpoint I mentioned the small Capital uh with a large Capital we look at all options and we work with property management mainly when we go to design bill or uh semar it's it's in conjunction with in but we've done some horizontal projects there so we always stop and say what's the quickest way to get this this done the thing that I tell the staff is inflation is eating up your money so time is money time is money you got a $6 million project 3% interest rate now you're losing $155,000 a month $150,000 a year so we're always pushing for that as I mentioned we'll get you the detail on these projects but we're what we have in play which you adopted in 24 we've got over 80 projects over 200 million the uh pie chart on the left you can see about 60% of that is with Bond program funding other funding a big portion of that is gas well revenues and we've got a number of Grants uh both from Cog Texas Parks and Wildlife uh that we're doing a lot of Trail projects the one on the right shows the the project statuses and where they are this includes the 22 Bond we've got projects already under construction we FastTrack both forse Park Pool and and metab Brook Golf Course uh Northwest Community Center is in there and I'll talk about where they sit in the bond program but we've got about half already in design so we've really jumpstarted the whole process give you a sense of where we are on the last three Bond programs you approved an MC just a few weeks ago the last of the 2014 Bond program was allocated that was 31 million 2018 Bond was 83 million you can see that we're uh 23ds done with all of our projects we have construction projects underway the big one is the Northwest Community Center that's gotten a little bit more complex as we deal with access into the park and we've got some projects in designed if you look at the original schedule we should have been done by the end of 23 we're going to be about a year and a half behind when we complete these we had a little thing called Corona virus that affected our production supply chain demand and those kinds of things that I'm proud of the staff because they've stayed with it and getting these uh to closure and then a 22 Bond program that's 122 million you can see half of them are in design we've got construction projects already underway uh and we've got projects that are planning we finished one and that's can Ridge we did some uh erosion control work out there through a call up so I always like to look and say what have we done and just the last four or five years there's $65 Million worth of work here our service center we thank you so much for that Diamond Hill and North divos those were completed both received an additional million dollars in parks and wildlife grants Chism Trail we completed that added Park dedication fees to expand that and finished the largest skate park I think you could see from Earth uh at that park Rockwood Park golf course that was finished fast $7.4 million project we actually returned about $200,000 back on savings we were able to apply it to other projects Alliance that was a $7.7 million project we got got not one but two State $1 million grants to complete this and we also worked with Hillwood and got a $1.55 million road to access that Park trail mix that was four different Trails it was a state park Grant uh $4.4 million overall $6 million streams and valleys kicked in uh so again leveraging other funding lakor Trails that's a it's a wonderful thing because we're doing it with gas oil revenues coming out of the water department it's all part of the lakew worth plan we've got $7 million worth the trail work there and fire station community park that was completed last year we had $680,000 that came uh from Southside near Southside to help with that project so what's coming what's on the horizon that the big active ones I'm not listing them all but the pool Heritage is a big one Northwest is working that's 2018 bomber sturs gotten funded both out of 18 and 22 we're leveraging a lot of COG funding for that and then fire station Community Center just kicked off uh and you could see the Northwest Community Center there in the photograph the cost went up because we had to have access to State Highway 156 so that's what drove that cost up and longer utility runs and things like that so what have we done to try to improve it's about efficiency remember time is money I sit in on their monthly Capital project meetings I make them a lot longer because I want to know exactly what's going on it's a great team we' reorganized a number of times the main thing is we put a special capital projects officer over that section that Scott pin and he's doing outstanding work um something that good that came out of covid we have seven project managers uh we found out hey we can have another seven under consultant contracts you've approved those so we've doubled our ability to deliver projects with that leveraging projects uh and I made the note of large project insertion the Water Gardens we you've approved mnc's that is going under the convention Center expansion we did the same thing in 2000 we were able to do the Water Gardens project it puts it all under one general contractor so the coordination of the work is good Partnerships outstanding with the zoo primarily and and Brit and working with others I talked about the various uh delivery mechanisms that we utilize and then I think you've understand from what I've said there's a lot of opportunities for us to leverage I was telling uh my boss Jess yesterday I I think we're at advantage of of that as a park department and we should take advantage of it because we have those opportunities that maybe other departments don't have so what have we done to improve uh that that was that what we found out with one playground that said you know what we think we're doing a really good job about communicating this with all the stakeholders and we are with all the larger projects but it's those smaller ones that get lost in the shuffle so we're covering it with monthly Park Board reports you receive copies of those we meet with you on an annual basis with your Park Board member so what we're going to do next is we're going to create an individual project web pages for all these it's an old Legacy system if you pull it up now everybody's under the same thing we've got e-builder coming it'll have that as well so as we build these we're going to look ahead and make sure we can just slide it over remember time is money I don't want to waste any time put these over there and we need your help anything else we can do we've been doing photographs when we dedicated a playground we'll come out to Neighborhood meetings anything that you want us to do to improve basically our communication and keep people up to spe our nose is the grindstone we can do a better job of it but we're focused on getting the projects out so any way we can get your advice or get your direction uh we'll surely take it because we want to do a better job there so with that I'm just going to repeat those eight playgrounds are coming with an m andc in a couple of weeks and we'll get those completed and in all we'll have done 40 playgrounds over a five-year period so I'll be glad to answer any questions that you might have question on the eight playground update and I know this from Dave and your team and Jess but sounds like those smaller projects you bid them out usually as a group if at all possible because of cost savings to the city but sometimes they're more complicated in certain areas and I know this because I have a seven-year-old that's been asking me when his Park gets done and it was a 2018 Bond project but it sounds like within the end of the year we'll have a new park correct it'll it'll probably beit little bit longer than that we award so they'll have eight we don't stage how they decide how they go out but yes you've approved uh two projects for 14 playgrounds that's all pgo funding if we didn't have Pago funding that's our bread and butter it helps us do those we established that list actually back in 2017 and we were projecting on coming but it takes two years once you get the funding and playgrounds at the time were $250,000 they're $320,000 now they've gone up nearly 30% so I applaud the staff we be able to look forward how do we fully fund these without coming back and saying we need more money you know we can just push it out a little bit further we're not going to leave something out there that's not safe obviously but yeah and it sounds like you've sort of refined your process a little bit what I'm what I didn't articulate well is when you have let's say eight projects you dig in you realize four of those are going to be really easy and four are going to be more complicated at what point do you and your team decide we're going to peel these off and not do them as an entire group because you can expedite those projects much faster yeah they'll look at each one of those projects individually do the groupings because we don't want to be do a big package to one contractor it gives them we get obviously we get more bids but it also helps on the scheduling things like that they'll go through every one of them and make a decision if there's a complication then they'll pull it out and either adjust the specs to address that or they'll address it another way thank you any questions for Richard no thank you very much for thank you oh sorry Elizabeth does have one one question for you Richard yes ma'am when's Forest Park Pool going to be done wait wait Splash day is May 25th that's a Saturday May 24th we do dedication at 6:30 that's the Friday of the golf tournament so anybody's hanging out over there can come over to the pool um I think we're going to have a lot of entertainment are that night are I think you're gonna be part of it right I might be part of it and uh other duties as a sign so I'll come in my swim gear I guess should I give him your idea is it synchronized swimming because I've already Council Cannonball I'm down I'm down I'd invite everybody here on this Council to do one with me yes and and I'll just add Miss Beck um I I'll tell you that Brinkley Sergeant steel Freeman Property Management their staff development who has to do the permits uh Scott Penn is leading that project and working with in I know I'm probably leaving somebody out but it has really been a team effort to get us to this point point and uh you know we should be maybe we'll do uh Marco Polo instead of canonball but we'll we ready to go thank you Richard right thank you okay our last update is from Lauren prier transportation and Public Works capital projects update all right good afternoon mayor and Council thank you so much for having me today today I'll be talking about our Capital program project update so today we'll go through our bond program project status so we'll start off with right away in utility relocation improvements our budget challenges talk about the individual programs themselves also cover our non-bond Pro program projects uh then we'll go into some of our other divisions notably pavement management transportation management storm water and then ending with the regional transportation and Innovation team so RightWay acquisition and utility relocation were two major issues in our 2018 Bond program so to improve rightaway acquisition we are using Consultants to help with non-c condemnation RightWay activities we also have an early focus on rightaway acquisition instead of easements so easements aren't critical during the preconstruction phase because they don't hinder our ability to relocate utilities so we're also using uh possession and use agreements on Parcels that are headed for condemnation so puas offer a 10% incentive to Property Owners which allows us the authority and legal access to the property while negotiations and condemnation continue so condemnations are pursued as soon as Allowed by law and concurrent with continued negotiations so while it's difficult to really have a true apples to Apple's comparison here we're generally seeing the RightWay and utility Acquisitions processed move faster than in previous Bond programs so we still have issues with clouded titles Bank leans airships changes in ownership and property limits that are slowing the process so to improve the utility relocation process we've added subsurface utility Investigation Services by Consultants to our materials and select intersection projects so cost increases continue to be a mixed bag bids and cost proposals received over the past 18 months are all over budget real estate costs have increased under in is forcing a workload shift to Consultants which increases project cost and we're still seeing supply chain issues and we continue to compete for contractors within the Metroplex so moving on to the 2014 Bond program one project remains which is mcart mcferson so this has been a RightWay acquisition challenge however lessons learned from this project have been applied to the 2022 Bond program so a condemnation hearing is scheduled for this project in April for the two remaining land Parcels so once the right of access is obtained then we'll then utility utility relocation will begin with construction scheduled to start in January so the 2018 Bond program is wrapping up with 78% of funding spent so this program was primarily delivered through the traditional design bid build we had four arterials Rec scoped to add additional Lanes and currently There are 16 projects in an active or on hold status so the 2018 Bond proposition was broken down into Street Improvement and Mobility Improvement categories the neighborhood street projects are all complete know that the funding listed on this slide includes all funding sources not just the 2018 Bond program so both Golden Triangle and Avendale Haslet were res scoped in 2020 so know that when RES scoping a project you essentially start over uh so not much from the original design is able to be salvaged or reused for Golden Triangle land acquisition was completed in January of 24 through a friendly but overy yearlong condemnation process so utility relocation is currently underway and is anticipated to last six months for Avendale Haslet land acquisition started in the spring of 2022 we are currently pursuing 42 Parcels from 40 different property owners we have 13 properties left to acquire and utility relocation is anticipated to take 18 months for this nearly 2 and a half long mile Corridor for the 2018 intersection projects we have three not yet in construction the north Crowley Road and North Crowley curn Road intersection this had long delays in cordinating scope changes with both Tech do and the new Crowley ISD Sports facility at the norththe corner of this intersection however this project is currently being bid so the 377 intersection improvements for the railroad crossing at Basswood in Kroger drive that's currently on hold we are negotiating with the railroad on maintenance fees for the lifetime of these and other railroad crossings across the city we'll be briefing the mitc on this topic in June so the Northwest Loop 820 and Marine Creek Parkway project this was broken down into two phases uh so that the locally funded phase one improvements could be delivered more quickly so Phase One Construction is complete phase two is with tech stop for final review and bids will be opened this November so this slide represents the programmable portion of the 2018 bond for the TR at halam Riverside Drive and North Beach Street railroad projects so these were delayed because of a funding change from Bond funding to Federal funding the coordination of this change started at the end of 2020 design is complete and now we're advertising and bidding so the 2018 railroad projects at Windsor Park Parkplace mistletoe and Kellis group these are all designed complete and on hold for maintenance fee negotiations however the Kellis group is being negotiated separately with the railroad as to not impact the Tobias Place opening so moving on to the 2022 Bond program 90% of projects are under design RightWay acquisition and utility relocation is moving faster and we're expanding our use of alternative delivery so there are 43 static arterial neighborhood streets and intersection projects in this program so our alternative delivery projects are Everman Parkway wagley Robertson crl Marine Creek and Ray White Cromwell is an upgraded scope carryover from the 2018 Bond while Everman wagley and Ray White have taken time to get their alternative delivery teams in place they are expected to pick up speed from here so this is due to their ability to work with the contractor during the design phase on constructability coordination and potentially early work packages so for bonds Ranch Road rce federal funds were awarded to Tech to design and construct a bridge over the BNSF railroad this is great news for congestion relief and we're working with tech on the sequencing and overlap of our roadway project with their Bridge Project so April 2026 is the worst case scenario for a construction start date however we anticipate it to be sooner we should know more once techto gets into about a 30% design this summer for the Bailey Boswell Road East project our 9-month long negotiations with the developer to design and construct a portion of this project were unsuccessful so now we're procuring Design Services with a designer under contract by this August so all of the 2022 Bond intersection projects are at or beyond the 60% design level most of the projects are actually in their final design phase so four of the projects are anticipated to start construction before the end of this year with remaining seven projects starting Construction in mid to late next year so the neighborhood street names within these projects will be on your Council District specific handouts for year one projects all six projects are under construction with a targeted completion date with the end of this year in 2024 year 2 projects will start by the end of 24 and finish by the end of 25 and year three projects are in design with a bidden award scheduled for 2025 however the is dependent on available budget so right now we're expecting a $20 million shortfall in this category based on prices we've received to date on projects so for the programmable projects in the 2022 Bond we have one project on hold for railroad negotiations so that is your East Berry and East Seminary sidewalk project we have three projects three signal projects in construction two Bridge projects and two traffic sign projects in the bidden award stage and eight projects in design so we have over 38 nonbond funded projects from multiple funding sources so these include Tiff funding intergovernmental funded impact fees and state and federal grants so notable projects include Meandering road so this is 100% federally funded with a bid opening date of September 2025 there's also the North Beach Street in Champions View Parkway intersection so we'll be building this with our unit price contract and expect to order materials this may there are over 10 highway safety Improvement projects in coordination with teot so these project projects are F focused on reducing fatal and serious injury crashes through intersection safety pedestrian safety and reducing speeding there's also two safe routes to school projects in here for AV and am Pate Elementary schools so these are currently in preliminary design and environmental clearance phases with construction expected to start in May of 26 sure go back to the other slide this is for Gina's benefit um the 121 landscape project public art district 11 is that supposed to be the Gateway public art project for city of Fort Worth that's correct it is I will defer to The Experts leet so that is correct you have to go to the microphone microphone yes so we've been working with the public CS department for the last two years to um identify and obtain all the necessary funding for this project and now we're ready to proceed I believe that the AFA which is the advanced funding agreement with text that has been executed and so we'll be going out for procurement uh soon so this is the project that has the for worth letters u with all the landscaping around it and the lighting that is going to be sort of kind of like in that space north of 121 near the Gateway Park uh and so I'm I'm going to get that build before I retired so you have you you you're confident that we'll get that done so we're really looking forward to get that completed in the next year or less just to be clear the artists are designing it not the engineers right mayor protim let me tell you all about this this thing has been in District 8 District 4 District 5 live I am not convinced this mine now and cuz I I think it's going to who knows but it's been like a hot potato but I do want to acknowledge Acme Brick because when it was for sure mine they had offered to help with the bricks and we hope to have a Hollywood entry if you will I don't think it's mine anymore but yeah but it it's I'll just believe it what I see it okay but it it's it's it'll be fabulous if we ever do it thank you Gina Lauren keep going sorry all right moving on to the pavement Management program so the pigo pavement Management program is where all of our pay pavement maintenance activities take place so these are our fiscal year 23 and 24 pgo projects we have four ongoing miscellaneous contracts for various repair and maintenance work so these include joint ceiling brick repairs miscellaneous concrete work such as carbon gutters and concrete panel rep placements so we're also doing maintenance on 14 Bridge locations to replace railing uh concrete joint repair as well as Rip WP repair moving on to transportation management so we'll start off with our pavement markings we will install nearly 3 million linear feet this year in refreshed pavement markings so contractor availability and price increases impacted our ability to meet and exceed our fiscal year 23 goals uh however we've added two two more contractors and increase our quarterly goals this fiscal year to catch up and maintain pace so the street light program continues to exceed my expectations in 2022 we only completed 60% of work orders within 30 days now 100% are completed within 30 days the freeway burn rate has increased from 42% to 80% since fiscal year 22 so it's a 38% increase what does that mean so so a burn rate means how many of the lights are on okay so 80 or 80% of your lights on the freeway are on and burning that's a huge deal Lauren that's a huge deal and there's still more work to be done yeah um on the on our arterials our current burn rate is 82% so we only measure burn rates on arterials in freeways thank you so freeway lighting projects one and two are pgo funded and are now complete projects three four and five are 2022 Bond funded so US 287 from downtown to I20 and I30 from 820 to the eastern city limits are currently designed with construction anticipated to start uh next fiscal year is that U part of the the arpa dollars that we I'll get to that hold on that question nice seg way we did not plan that all right so tpw received $12 million from the arpa program so this was broken down into the four-year plan for 28 neighborhood street lights so work has been completed in year one and year two neighborhoods as mentioned in the IR the scope included LED conversion and the replacement of poor conditioned street lights poles and wiring as needed so overall we replaced 448 street lights and installed over 37,000 linear feet of water wire so year three and four this is going to look completely different we'll have a complete removal and replacement of 3400 street lights with the new solar lighting in 16 neighborhoods so the benefits of the solar lighting include connected technology using renewable energy quick installation reduced vandalism reliable operation during power outages low maintenance requirements cost savings and a wider range of installation location off grid so we'll start removing and replacing street lights this August with project completion by October of 26 our sidewalk program so this is a listing of all of our sidewalk implementation programs pgo sidewalk projects are for the installation of sidewalk gaps projects are typically generated from service requests with the implementation Guided by our active Transportation plan priority ranking safety Ada access MMA locations pedestrian connections to school Transit access and nearby pedestrian demand generators like commercial activity centers public facilities and Parks so pay Pago sidewalk projects focus on locations that really don't require design right away or utilities we save those for the bond program we're also partnering with Trinity Metro to replace or install new bus pads each year we install sidewalks as part of the neighborhood street spawn projects and for pavement management payo projects we replace the Ada ramps as required so we've installed over 78,000 linear feet or nearly 15 miles of sidewalks since 2020 so we'll install over 10,000 linear feet this fiscal year moving on to storm water so storm water projects include Channel rehab flood mitigation hazardous Road over topping mitigation reactive storm drain rehab and Central City projects so notable projects on these lists include the Central City projects for Grand Avenue and green leaf which are in construction as well as Central City Main Street in Viola which are working through their pre-construction submittals and are headed to construction soon so projects in development that are not yet on this list include Lynwood West 7th flood mitigation ation Lao laau flood mitigation and the mcart berry flood mitigation projects so once they they hit the planning stage right uh then they'll start to show up on this list or or the the the the early design stage C member also we have um the stor water group is has been working in identifying alternative funding sources and they have just submitted for two different types of Grants I believe one is from femma and the other one is from Waters of the US I'm not sure but between those two projects we can potentially get um up to 00 million for these projects so we're in the process of uh submitting all those applications uh and so we're and we're very optimistic that we're going to be able to then move these projects forward okay thank you and Lauren that was this program is made possible because of our prioritization this last fiscal year to to do storm drain rehab correct so the the previous um fee increase for the storm water program half went to maintenance and half went to these large flood mitigation projects like laau lywood and Barry mcart thank you these projects on here uh primarily stem from the the previous fee increase all right moving on to Regional Transportation and Innovation so this Regional Transportation Innovation team plans are arterial category and applies for large grants among their many other duties uh so we were recently awarded the smart grant for weather sensing technology to provide up to-the minute weather conditions on our freight corridors we also have the Safe Streets grant funding which provides comprehensive Corridor safety improvements so that can include traffic calming lighting and enhanced pavement markings so everyone always ask me this how do we get more grant funding it's simple just four steps right so to be competitive in our grant applications our projects must show these four things one a regional priority and ability to demonstrate Partnerships two project Readiness so that means having a well scoped and planned project with cost estimates fatal flaws and datadriven benefits three we must have stakeholder and public support and four must also have the ability to show Economic Development benefit so simple so next steps we'll be working on completing the bond programs we're also knee in fiscal year 25 budget preparation as well as starting to prepare for the 2026 Bond so as discussed earlier there is potential for the 2022 Bond projects to be deferred for additional funding we're also working on the city M city-wide Master Transportation Plan update so also known as moving a million so this is going to help us set our project priorities for this Bond program and future Bond programs and will continue to prepare and apply for grant opportunities as they become available thank you do you have any questions Carlos thanks Lauren for the presentation going back one slide to slide 32 uh low altitude weather sensors for uh d24 and 10 could you tell us a little bit about that for example what is considered a low altitude weather sensor not super sure let's that do you know about that we can get you more information on that that's fine thank you any other questions from Council Lauren really impressive update thank you very much your team is wonderful and you are very very busy and I think it's demonstrated in your presentation here so keep up the good work thank you all right Council I believe that's the conclusion of our work session do we have any requests for future agenda items Carlos then to Charlie okay here we go you know I know in the transition from Old City Hall to New City Hall David there are a lot of items that are that we can't use in the new city hall some are being thrown out uh how well do we do say for example aside from Electronics which I know a little bit about that recycling effort what about Metal do I mean I'd like to know what we're doing on that front because I've been hearing and seeing that a lot of it's getting thrown out and there is inherent value in that okay thank you Charlie so my request is for a report from um guess either environmental environmental services and or legal I'd assume it's probably going to be a combination of both um and probably Contract Services so maybe getting uh chrishna Harper involved regarding trash in Waste Management once again um with them being a $21 billion company or at least $21 billion Revenue last year I know I'm tired of it I know Allan is we we got a ton this weekend but nightway Services I'm absolutely ready to declare war on this whole process uh last email that went out from Jim kizel from assistant Environmental Services director it said I again apologize for the service provided by night that was to a uh resident I'm putting that in my signature line now so it's getting really out of hand where we're just hearing like oh we're trying we're trying they're not performing Waste Management they're certain like if they're not provide if Knight doesn't have enough trucks something needs to change and if everyone's being told hey we're going to handle it the highest Levels by the city which is what they're being told we are the highest Levels by the city we need to hold them accountable I understand they're being fined but like they are garbage all punon intended but like we've got to do something about it because it's one of the most basic easiest services and constantly getting missed constantly getting uh meet mean 9:00 at night 9:30 if they're lucky and then they call in a report they're like oh call back tomorrow and then they have until 7 so they're getting frustrated I'm getting frustrated we're all frustrated but at some point we just have to say than but no thanks we're changing the contract because you're not able to meet the requirements in the contract so I know it's a 10- year thing or eight year thing but just let me know how we dumped them legally and the reason why I asked this for at uh work sessions because I want the residents to know exactly what we're doing and know that we got to do something about it so yeah maybe rather than P that to Future J item would be appropriate for David to comment or legal and then also Cody is still here wants to say anything that'd be helpful mayor both men have inspired me today so I'm going to tag on them this morning Charlie and I don't know who it was Val do you have trash pickup or okay today was my Bulky Trash day and I had a death in the family so I was of off and so I'm running to my into the driveway I'm in the driveway with a box as big as I am so it's not that heavy and the truck just keeps all going by and I didn't complain because I was late it wasn't at the curb but there's something about Professional Service and the guy just looked at me looking like some homeless kid with my you know big TV box and just kept on driving again rude is the only thing I can say uh the Carlos when you talk about the giveaways the last time we did a giveaway I think we donated to nonprofits but I know that council members didn't have a chance to participate in determining who those nonprofits would be I know that there are other things that are going to be given away now why don't we do a lottery system and let people sign up for what they might want and draw but I think it was just really favoritism because we didn't get in that Loop but I sure wish I had room for that that sofa the snaky sofa you know I'm I'm a hoarder in Lobby and and I I know I am I had stuff that even people wouldn't even pick up who always pick up stuff now my original ideas before you guys got me off track I had the pleasure of sitting in on a compliance meeting this morning uh detailing Hughes house construction HUD has changed its section three requirements and qualifications and for those of you who don't know what that is it simply means if you're building with HUD money uh you should be able to hire people from that Community who were underemployed underserved what have you I don't know the changes but I do know that there is still a challenge with section three and so I would love to have HR and diversity equity and inclusion to get with Fernando and myself and we talk about how we can help with this section three requirement of Hughes house it's going up quick uh there will be a training I'm told that Christina Brooks has prom promised uh my requirement on that is let's have that training in our near stop six uh there was a desire to combine it with two other trainings but I don't want the population of stop six to be left out because you move us to Hazel hary pce that is not convenient and so I can help find a location I don't know when in June this is going to be but we must do better with section three than we did the last time we were building cow in place and the other thing I'd like for William rumy who is my dear friend to give me a calendar for the rest of the year of Warrant forgiveness activities because the people working with the same firm uh would like to know that they really enjoyed partnering with them before but they only knew about it when they got the flyer I know we schedule these things ahead of time and so if William can just share that with me I'll pass it on and those are my future request thank you Gina Cody if we could go back to Charlie's comments and reest if you don't mind and and first C thank you so much for taking the time we talked a little bit but I'd like for everyone to hear what we talked about yeah AB absolutely so we do have the contract with waste management and their subcontractor is night Waste Services we've had continual conversations about working together to figure out how to elevate that level of service across the city and certainly these comments are not unique to recent months they've gone for several months so I anticipate that we're going to continue those conversations internally with both law and with our city manager's office and those representatives from those two firms to continue to strategize and see what we can do to elevate that we be happy to bring some information back to you okay is there any way we can bring both of those parties to a work session to talk about what they are actually doing to make things better like is that actually getting Mr night here I mean sorry and I just wanted to jump in to say that we are we need to come back to Mayor and counsel with an update because we're nearing the end of the temporary MBE waiver that we provided to way management and night um as a way to help get through some of those Miss pick up pickups and customer service issues if you may recall Waste Management took on some of the routes from night during that temporary period that waiver expires I believe on May 8th and so it's perfect timing for us to come back and make sure there is a service plan in place to ensure that there are not misp pickups and residential garbage is picked up as planned yeah if we could just get Waste Management to take over 100% of those routes then I think we'll all in a better spot so okay thank you yeah yes Elizabeth uh last month the FEMA announced that it was um seeking Grant applications to the tune of $36 million for um fire prevention in um communities and I'd like to know um what our plans are to go after those dollars any other future agenda items for Council if not I believe this meeting is adjourned and we're going to move into our special called budget Workshop