 Good morning. I just wanted to acknowledge at the start that I do have a mask here this morning Ruth and I are six feet apart So we won't be wearing our masks during this video, but we want to encourage people to wear masks when they're out in public Hello, I'm the district nine city councilwoman and Zeta and this is your community engagement lays on Ruth Ossie We're here today to update the neighbors about the neighborhood improvement program in the Rosemont area Good morning. I just wanted to start by saying that I'm wearing a mask, but while we're six feet apart, I'm not going to wear the mask for social distancing Good morning. I'm the district nine councilwoman and Zeta and I'm your community integration layman Ruth Ossie and we're here today to update the neighbors about the neighborhood improvement program in the Rosemont area Many of you attended a public meeting in February And shared some of the things you wanted to see improved in your neighborhood Unfortunately since that meeting our entire city has been forced to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic And all public meetings were placed on hold But it's still very important to us to keep you informed about the progress of this program During this video city staff from TPW code and parks and forestry will share some of the improvements you should expect to start to see in your community over the next six months After the video, please visit Fort Worth, Texas dot gov Rosemont area to see the project map, view the presentation from the first public meeting and come back to the meeting After the video, please visit Fort Worth, Texas dot gov Rosemont area to see the project map, view the presentation from the first public meeting and complete a short survey about your neighborhood Please welcome staff from the transportation and public works department, Lane Zirotti and Juan Pablo de la Cruz Hi, I'm Lane Zirotti. We have completed an evaluation of the entire Rosemont neighborhood And from this we have selected several poor condition streets that we are going to perform a full depth reconstruction on In addition to the pavement, we have also selected several public road conditions that we are going to perform a full depth reconstruction on In addition to the pavement, we are also going to replace damaged concrete curbs and gutters, driveways and sidewalks If there are missing sidewalks in between existing sidewalks, we will also install those new sidewalks as well We have completed the evaluation of the Rosemont neighborhood and we have selected the worst conditions streets Our plan is to rebuild the streets and this will include benches, benches and street entrances Please welcome staff from the code compliance department, Ken Young and Gina Ambris Hello, my name is Kenneth Young. I'm a supervisor with co-compliance in the Safe Neighborhood Initiative Team Our Safe Neighborhood Initiative Team is working in the Rosemont improvement project area currently at this time Their purpose is to go through the neighborhood and identify all violations that may be at any property contained within those boundaries The boundaries are of the Las Familias de Rosemont neighborhood association We have been sending notices out to people on violations they have found. These are not citations Most of the time we find these violations that people have at their properties are only existent because they don't realize that it is a violation of city code And once most of the citizens are notified, then a larger majority of this is owner abated without any other action from the City of Fort Worth and Code Compliance The Safe Neighborhood Team, their purpose has always been to educate and assist the citizens of Fort Worth and any of the improvement areas One of the big issues right now that has kind of disturbed how we normally do is COVID-19 With COVID-19 we have not been able to do the face-to-face meetings with the neighborhood association and the people to get this education out So we've been sending out more notices than we normally do Our team focuses on violations primarily that affect the health safety and appearance of a neighborhood We also have ways to assist people with special vouchers that they can use at the drop-off centers in case they have extra material that needs to be taken to solid waste And during the project solid waste usually will several times have special pickup days, large bulk set out days that assist the neighborhood in help cleaning itself up The Safe Neighborhood Team is currently participating in the project of the Rosemont area This area is primarily contained in the association and neighborhood of the Rosemont families The initiative team of the neighborhood is currently documenting all kinds of violations and sending out notices to all residents and owners of the properties These are not fines and they are just to make sure that violations were observed This is normal with the Department of Codes and Compliments Working in the area and most cases are corrected by owners without additional intervention of codes and complaints from the city The fines are not the main purpose when the initiative team of the neighborhood is working to improve the neighborhood The main purpose is to educate the residents We usually didn't know that the violation was against the city code Unfortunately our unit lost the important element by doing the fluid process Due to the regulation of non-contact for COVID-19, officials have lost the ability to talk, educate and explain in the process face to face The code is Compliment, it means building relationships and offering assistance where needed The initiative team of the neighborhood has made sure that it has focused on identifying certain violations The unit is focused on issues that affect the safety, health and safety of the neighborhood We are going to invite the residents to take out their trash in the designated week Citizens who need help can get a coupon to take the trash to the collection center Residents who can have the opportunity to participate in other special services that offer solid waste Our main objective is to help them transform the neighborhood of Rosemont Resulting in an attractive and clean appearance where one can live Please welcome Arturo Franco with the Code Compliance Department with Commercial Code Please welcome Arturo Franco with the Code Compliance Department with the Code Compliance Department Hi my name is Art Franco, I'm with the Code Compliance Department and the commercial team As part of the Rosemont project, we take a look at the commercial properties, businesses in the area Most of them are along Hemp Hill and Seminary, there are some businesses scattered throughout But we'll take a look at their property maintenance, things such as debris on their property, trash We'll also check on their zoning, make sure they're compliant with their zoning And their business is approved in their area We'll take a look also at their certificate of occupancies and make sure that the use of their building complies with their business That they're doing what they're allowed to do in that building Most of all we're trying to get compliance, we're there to educate, we're there to see improvement We're not there to give citations out if someone's not compliant but we want to see improvement We do want to help them achieve that and overall help out the neighborhood We do get the right citations if we need to, but we do want to avoid that as much as possible And hope that we can obtain voluntary compliance My name is Arturo Franco, I'm a supervisor with the Commercial Group of Código And in this project by Rosemont, we're looking at the commercial properties, businesses Most of the businesses are in Hemp Hill and Seminary, there are some others as well And we're going to investigate the maintenance of the properties, if there's garbage Also if they're in the right area and also we're going to see the certificate of occupancy If the business or the property is fulfilling that certificate of occupancy And above all we want to obtain, we want the people to fulfill, the businesses fulfill with the law We're there to help and educate the people, the businesses, to get that fulfillment with the law We don't want to give citations, we want the people to fulfill voluntarily And we're there to help and make that business better Please welcome Michelle Bayrod with the Code Compliance Department with Animal Control Please welcome Michelle Bayrod with the Animal Control Department with the Code Compliance Department I'm Michelle Bayrod with Fort Worth Animal Control Fort Worth Animal Control is constantly patrolling the area for stray dogs We're picking up sick and injured animals and addressing complaints from the citizens of Fort Worth We are also out in the area providing information on spay and neuter for your personal pets Spay and neuter is very important for the health of your animal We do have resources available in partnerships where you can get those services done at free or low cost We also promote the Trap Neuter Return Initiative which is to help stabilize and reduce the population of community cats in your area For more information you can contact us through the City Call Center We can provide those resources to trap the cats, spay and neuter them, vaccinate them and return them We also would like to advise residents to be on the lookout with the summer temperatures rising to look out for animals that are in distress from the heat It's very important to never leave an animal in a vehicle alone even for a few minutes with the windows crack The temperatures can rise exponentially and can cause severe problems for those animals Beware of animal control in Fort Worth. They are always patrolling the area for stray dogs Also to pick up the animals with sick and injured animals We are also talking to the residents of Fort Worth about their complaints about the animals We are also giving information about the requests to sterilize and castrate their pets There are services of low cost or free for the residents of Fort Worth to sterilize and castrate their animals We also support the initiative to trap the stray cats and to sterilize and castrate their cats To vaccinate them, to cut their ears and return to the community For more information about this, visit us at the city It's also very important to have the temperature during the summer of this alert If there are animals in the area that are having problems with the temperature Never leave an animal alone in a vehicle because the temperature can rise very quickly and can cause problems with that animal Please welcome Clint Hoover with the Transportation and Public Works Department Hi, I'm Clint Hoover with the City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department In the Rosemont neighborhood, we plan to replace all old existing street lights with new LED street lights We plan to replace 191 residential street lights, 28 arterial street lights, 65 wood poles, and 4 steel poles The city will order equipment at the end of June and it takes approximately 12 weeks to arrive During that time, the city will be visiting the neighborhood and looking at existing street lights When the new equipment arrives, installation is planned to begin in mid-September The project is anticipated to take 4 months and should be completed by the end of the year Construction will begin at Seminary Drive and move north towards Madison Street I'm Clint Hoover with the City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department The city will be replacing LED lights with new LED lights The city will replace 191 street lights, 28 arterial lights, 65 wood poles, and 4 steel poles The city will be ordering new lights at the end of June and it will take 12 weeks to arrive During that time, the city will be inspecting lights around its neighborhood The project will begin at the end of September and it will end at the end of the year Construction will begin south towards Seminary Drive and will arrive north towards Madison Street To see the project map, view the presentation from the first public meeting and complete a short survey about your neighborhood Thank you for watching