 item has a countdown clock located to the speaker's right that will indicate how much time is remaining. A bell will sound when you have 30 seconds left. Speakers registered on consent agenda items will be taken following the announcement of any items being pulled from consent. Speakers registered on non-consent items other than public hearing and zoning cases will be taken following council announcements. Each speaker will be given three minutes to speak on all of the items within those blocks that they registered to speak on. Before you begin your comments please state your name. Thank you. Good evening and welcome to the Fort Worth City Council meeting. Call us to order. Tonight's invocation will be provided by Reverend Hazel Thomas from the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital. Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. You have placed us in this beautifully diverse and historic city of Fort Worth. A delightful array of your creation is on display during the annual Stock Show and Rodeo. We are grateful for the many visitors to our city for this event and enjoy hosting them each year. This evening we give thanks for the opportunity to join the City Council to celebrate events and voice concerns in this unexpected city where the West begins. We enter this moment seeking you and trusting that in your presence there is real peace. O giver of life and breath, we live because of you, we hope because of you. Forgive us when we are too preoccupied to notice your presence in our lives. As we walk through this world, help us to see the wonder of you upholding us in all creation. And when we experience life's hardships, may we trust you are redeeming all things, including us. Increase our faith, O God of love, that we may lean on you more and more each day. We ask that you give to those present this evening listening ears, helping hands and caring hearts so that all that happens or is spoken will be pleasing in your sight. Amen. Mayor and Council, our first item will be a special presentation, presentation of proclamation for the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's 50th anniversary. Thank you, Jeanette, and I'm gonna come to the podium if Ken Buchanan can join me there, that'd be great. You know, I won't put Ken on the spot, but we should ask him if he likes coming to Fort Worth or Dallas more. Just kidding, Ken, I wouldn't do that to you. We are recognizing an unbelievable 50th anniversary since DFW Airport began operations and its numerous contributions that they've made to Fort Worth and the North Texas region, growing and supporting our entire community. And this recognition is being received tonight by one of DFW Airport's finest, Mr. Ken Buchanan, who serves the Executive Vice President of Revenue Management and Customer Experience, and so much more. I'm gonna read this proclamation tonight, and I would love for my council members to join me for a photograph with Mr. Buchanan. Our CEO, Sean Donahue, extends his condolences he couldn't be here this evening. It's not because this is an important night, it just schedules not a line to allow him to be here. Whereas DFW Airport is celebrating the 50th anniversary of receiving its first commercial flight, marking the airport's opening. And whereas on January 13, 1974, an American Airlines flight from Little Rock, Arkansas, brought the first passengers to DFW Airport. And in its first year of operations, DFW saw over 7 million passengers. And whereas DFW first opened with four terminals, three runways, 56 gates, and nine airlines, today DFW operates with five terminals, seven runways, 171 gates, and 28 passenger airlines to over 250 destinations. And whereas the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas created DFW Airport, envisioning a grand airport that connected North Texas to the world and would become an economic engine, bringing prosperity and incredible contributions to the region. And whereas DFW Airport contributes an estimated $38 billion in direct to indirect payroll, supporting over 634,000 direct to indirect jobs, $24 billion in visitor spending, and about $5 billion in state and local taxes. And whereas over the last half century, DFW Airport has become a leader in the aviation industry, setting the bar for customer service experience at an airport through innovative approaches that embrace the diversity of its customers and community partners. And now therefore the city of Fort Worth is hereby recognized and celebrate January 13th, 2024, as the 50th anniversary of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Congratulations. Thank you, Mayor Parker. And thank you, City Council members for this recognition. You know, DFW Airport is only as successful because of the investment and continued support of our own cities. The city of Fort Worth and the City Council have been steadfast in supporting DFW Airport during the past 50 years, helping make DFW the second busiest airport in the world. And not only the second busiest airport in the world, it's one of the top airports in the United States and globally when it comes to customer experience and customer satisfaction. As we continue to celebrate our past, we look forward to our future and we will continue our mission of transforming travel together. DFW Airport would not be what it is without the support of this Council and without the support of the citizens of Fort Worth. So thank you very much for this recognition. Next will be items to be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda. We have one item to be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda that is MNC 24-0005. Items to be continued or withdrawn by staff. Four items to be withdrawn. The first one is MNC 24-007 and that will be continued to February 13th. MNC 24-0057, MNC 24-0058, and MNC 24-0090 will be withdrawn. And City Manager, can I just confirm that that was MNC 24-0017? Yes. Great. Mayor and Council, before we take Consent Speakers, there is one item on Consent Agenda that I'd like to read in a correction. And that is for MNC 24-0065. The Council District should be Hazlett adjacent to Council District 10 rather than Council District 7. And with that, Mayor, we can take the Consent Speakers. And Jeanette, just for clarification of our Consent Speakers, are there any of those items that we've removed to vote on separately? No. Our first speaker is Brian Dunaway, followed by John Winrich. Mayor, I believe both of them just were wanting to speak. Brian's here. OK, you're OK. Thank you, Brian. Is John here by phone? No, OK. Just OK. Yep. Adrian Smith by phone. Adrian Smith, I am one with the people. MNC 24-0023, 24-0027. Why should this Council be entrusted to do the right thing when both President Paz's behavior says otherwise? Remember, May 19th, 2021, June 6th, 2022. And I quote, quote, and I quote, flush, flush with federal funds. Fort Worth spends 146 million in six months. The Fort Worth Report, reporter Rachel Brannart, May 17th, 2022. For those who don't know what funds I speak of, it's the American Rescue Act, or PRO funds, $173 million plus designated by our federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Money that could have served a far greater purpose, that could have served far greater purposes to communities of disinvestment, which to this day are still suffering the most. Now we have $15,400,000 in federal money being designated for the purpose of helping those who continue suffering the most within our city, in the said communities that I just referenced. Will this current Council, again, repeat Paz's behavior, or doing otherwise? Remember, what's said by insanity. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. In closing, MMC 240029, authorized acceptance of $4 million from Terry County, previously allocated to its Emergency Rental Assistance Program for the purpose of purpose of developing two affordable housing projects. Mr. Nettles, why should the constituents of District 8 continue to trust your judgment when you recently allowed Fort Worth to Council a $70 million development contract that was designated for the historic Southside community? And that article, again, came out December 18, 2023, again, by a great reporter from the Fort Worth report, Ms. Rachel. And this decision was made. Wow. Thank you, Adrian. You are welcome. Our next speaker is John Lyons. Is John here? Hi, John. Good evening. My name is John Lyons. I'm a school crossing guard here in the city of Fort Worth. I currently am one of the three guards that protects the children in the little five to 11 year olds that walk to and from school at Parkview Elementary up in North Fort Worth. I've been doing the crossing guard job now for the last five years, but I'll tell you, I'm not your normal crossing guard. I'm a 28 year retired law enforcement officer here in Dallas, Fort Worth. So I don't do it for the money because I've got my full law enforcement pension. I do it because I have a passion to protect children. I look at every one of these little kids that I see every morning and every afternoon and they're my children. So I know that you have a resolution in front of you to increase the pay for the contract with all city management services. And I would ask each and every one of you to vote for that. When I came across in guard in 2019, I was making a whopping $9 an hour. I currently make $12 an hour. And I can tell you that we have had hiring events and we cannot fill the vacant positions that we have because nobody wants to stand out in front of cars and try to do this job for $12 an hour. So I hope that all city management services will take the money that the city of Fort Worth gives them. And I hope that they will use that money effectively and that they will give the crossing guards of this city a significant play raise so that we can fill the vacant positions that we have. So we currently have intersections in the city of Fort Worth. There's 14 school districts in your city. My school is a Keller ISD school. My school's lucky we've got all three guards there, but we've got other intersections where we don't have guards because we can't get people to come to work for us for $12 an hour. I think our pay needs to be increased, but that's not my decision. I think that decision is made by all city management services. Two months after I started, I saved a seven year old boy's life in my intersection when a car failed you right away to me. In the 28 years I was a police officer, I could have died five times. I have totally lost. I cannot tell you how many times I've almost been hit by a car, or I've seen my kids in the last two weeks, I've had three children that have almost been run over by cars. So I'm imploring upon the people that drive in the city of Fort Worth, please use caution, especially when you get around the crosswalk. These are little children, and I'm out there trying to protect them, and I need everybody's help in order to do that. Thank you. Thank you, John. That's the last of our consent speakers. Next will be approval of the consent agenda item agenda as amended. Any other discussion, Council? Please vote. Motion carries. Next item will be MNC 24-0005. A second, Council? Any other discussion? Please vote. Motion carries. Next will be announcements by City Council members. Thank you, Jeanette. I'll start with Council Member Flores. Thank you, Mayor. We have a presentation. We'll get it up, please. Next. I joined Park Staff at the Marine Park new playground site. We ushered in new playground equipment, very much needed by the children around that area, and it's very much appreciated. Thanks to Richard Savala, our Park Director, Dave Lewis, who was also there in attendance, Director Montayo Ajayi, who is a superintendent as well, his daughter Grace, Karen Stumer, Public Education Program Coordinator, Parks Advisory Board members are also in attendance, Sylvia Kala, and Jason Baldwin, as well as Sharon Warner, who is the president of the far greater North Side Historical Association. So thanks for all. Next slide, please. All right, December 10th, in partnership with the Prehistory and Nonchalter, the Fort Worth Municipal Court, and the Fort Worth Marshals Association accepted donations of needed personal items for cold weather season. They also collected, you know, children's toys, and many of these donations with the Prehistory and Nonchalter and True Worth Place into needy children. So thanks and appreciation to them. Next slide, please. December 22nd, join the Senior Citizens for the Best Years Club for their Christmas celebration at the North Side Community Center. So I brought in some treats and some other food items. Appreciate the staff there, Daniel Lupe, and all the community center staff, Manita Vera also. And thanks to Gil Loza for DJing the event. Next slide, please. Okay, December 22nd, Fort Worth Police Department, Northwest Division. They spread Christmas cheer at the North Triathlete Community Center. So thanks to Commander Kim, Lieutenant Lawrence, Sergeant Bonnie Conjura, who did a lot of the organizing, Sergeant Isaac Martinez, the kids even received an extra toy. So thanks to them. Next slide, please. December 24th, a special thing for me, emergencies don't take holidays. You know, oftentimes, neither do our first responders. So one tradition that I've had ever since I've been a council member is to deliver tamales to all our Fort Worth Police Officers District 2 and the Fort Worth Fire Department stations as well as MedStar. So just a little token of our appreciation. Thanks. Next slide. All right, the Stock Yards is turning along. We have the Historic Armor Building. It's being totally renovated. It's part of an eight million dollar renovation project led by Bennett Partners, Whitting Turner, and KRS Realty Advisors. It's going to be the new home for US Energy Development Corporation. They're going to move from Arlington and transfer 60 employees there into the Stock Yards. So they're looking to open up next year sometime. It's incredible the rate of remodeling that they're doing. So good wishes to them. Can't wait to see what they got. Next slide. All right, the stock shows in town in case you haven't heard, in case you haven't gone. Many of the council members, including myself, we were there for the opening day for the rodeo. Had a great time writing down the grand entry along with little council members Martinez, that crane and nettles. Next slide, please. All right, related to that January 13th, enjoyed in seeing the Fort Worth Stock Show in Rodeo 2024 Invitational Mariachi competition with school board trustee Anaya Lubanos and Dora Tovar. Appreciation to Brad Barnes for setting them up and accommodating the competition. Will Rogers Auditorium. Next slide, please. January 14th, picks from the best of Mexico, again, Fort Worth Stock Show in Rodeo, our very own Northside High School Mariachi, played traditional songs for the grand entry. Thanks for Rachel, who's buzzing around here, taking pictures for the great photos that she takes. Next slide. Okay, January 19th, took my family. We had a wonderful time there as part of yesterday night, sponsored by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and rode out again with the grand entry with other fellow council members. It's always, you know, privileged to do that and appreciation to Annette Soto, you know, for organizing that. She and our council member, Martinez, rode outside saddle. Very impressive. Thanks for doing that. And thanks to all the chamber members. That's all I have. Thank you. Councilwoman Bissons, heads off to the parents, teachers, and students of Rocket Ship Explorer. That's a new school that Rocket Ship opened in the Woodhaven area. They wanted to start the year off with a better understanding of what it takes to get involved with city government. I told them how to report streetlight outages, potholes, and all kinds of problems. But I got real excited, Wanda, and Don, when they asked me, how do you get to serve on a board or a commission? My answer was, I'm glad you asked. I have two openings right now. And so that's us at Rocket Ship. And thanks to Joy Seal Johnson for taking pictures. Next is a very important announcement. For those of you who have relatives, friends, in-laws, outlaws, you never know who you know, who may have outstanding warrants. And so I want you to mark February 10th as the date. We're going to practice warrants forgiveness in Fort Worth in District 5. We will be at the brighter outlook annex of Ebenezer Baptist Church. And that's at 1901, Amanda. When you have outstanding warrants, you walk around wondering who's going to turn me in. You can't get a real good job because you got warrants. You may get arrested. So tell those people you know, tell everyone you know, you don't know who has them. But if you have outstanding warrants, there's a good chance to get them cleared on February 10th at nine o'clock at Ebenezer Baptist Church. And the guys at the courts told me to let you know it's a wonderful way to kick off your Valentine's Day weekend. That's all. Okay, right before Christmas, I hosted lunch for the Police Department's Mounted Patrol, which is in District 7. I really enjoyed the time learning what the officers do. And thank you to Chief Nokes and his command staff for attending as well. Over the past few weeks, I've had the pleasure of touring both the Silcox Animal Care Control as well as the North Animal Care and Control Facilities to see how their systems work and how City Council can best support their operations moving forward. And a special thank you to Brandon Bennett, Chris McAllister, Valerie Washington, and the management and the staff of both these facilities for not just taking the time to show me around, but to really do a deep dive in answering my questions. These employees have a really thankless job and I am so appreciative to the care that you do and take with these animals and especially working with the public to get them adopted. So thank you so much for that. Next, thanks. And finally, I want to thank Eric Fox, Becky Redmond and Kevin McCormick at Lockheed Martin for welcoming me on site. I got to do a very thorough tour and get to watch the manufacturing line for the F-35. So thank you guys. Councilor Rebecca. Sorry, Chris. I'm going to skip you. Councilor Meadows. We had opportunity to do the MLK parade on the east side in spite of the cold weather. So we was there. Nicole Collier State Rep Road with us to greet our constituents. Next slide please. The fraternity, Omega's went to Walmart on McCartney and gave out free groceries and paid for people meals during the holiday season. So they gave me an opportunity to participate with that during a phenomenal job here in our district. Next slide. Toy Drive giveaway with Cliff Sparks, the YMCA, also the executive YMCA, is he still here? He was here earlier, AJ, but gave away free toys into our community VIP for worth in our district. Next slide. Has opportunity to do the Cabo as a color rodeo. First night is on the left, open at night. You see Elizabeth in the back really waving. Next to zone right is Cabo as a color with Nicole Collier riding out on smoky. I believe that's the last slide. Thank you. Councilor Rebecca. Okay. So first up, we have December 14th. We were invited to Sunday at Square to light the menorah for the last night of Hanukkah. I really appreciate that opportunity and a little fun fact for those of you looking forward to next year. The first night of Hanukkah will actually be on Christmas Day. So for anyone that wants to skip their traditional meal and come eat Chinese food with me, let me know. I'll be ready to do that with you. Next slide, please. Okay. We had the ribbon cutting of the Guarantee Bank and Trust opening downtown right here in downtown Fort Worth. You can see myself and my district director Mia came prepared with our Guarantee Bank green for that photo. Next slide. All right. January 11th, I had the opportunity to tour a business here in District 9. It's kind of tucked away. It is about a five million dollar business that here located right here in Fort Worth that custom dies yarn. So if you were in the yarn business, we have got the place for you right here in Fort Worth. Next slide. All right. Later that day, we got to do another ribbon cutting myself and Mayor at Pantera Bio Solutions off of 35. They are really innovating the way that we do R&D and allowing people to come in and rent lab space so that they might not have the resources they need to get up and going, but we provide that space. This now provides that space for them to do that. And they also are looking to train future employees in that industry and partnering with our school districts. So it's a really great partner to bring here to Fort Worth. Next slide. Okay, I don't know if you know this, but January 18th was Mary Kay Day here in Fort Worth. Myself and Councilwoman Martinez got to present that proclamation. And as you can see, we had a lot of fun in their convention center. It was quite pink and lots to see and do. Next slide. Okay, so this is a challenge to my colleagues here and everyone in the room as well. If you don't know, we have a lot of people who are interested in this. We have a lot of people who are interested in this. We have an adult. Basketball league. I see you want to do it with me. Okay, great. I look forward to it. So I encourage you. Those of you that are interested, please sign up. You can go to our parks website for more information. Next slide. This Thursday, everyone counts point in time. Count will occur. I believe they are still looking for the next slide. We have a lot of people who are interested in this. So I encourage you to sign up tonight on Thursday. We would sure love to have you. Next slide. Okay, coming up January 27th, our Fort Worth Library is putting on the American Witness exhibit. They will focus on this particular day. We'll focus on Holocaust Remembrance Day. So I hope you can all join us for that as well. Next slide. Okay. If you want to take a look at the next slide, you can see we have a new line cub, Moja, and a new giraffe, Corbel, and I encourage you all to go out and check them out before they get too grown too fast, just like our kids do. And if you can see the picture of Moja there, it is really worth the visit to go see that little playful baby. And that's all I got. Just want to highlight our Meadowbrook Neighbor Association and Clean McLean Initiative group. You can see that we have a lot of people who have come to speak with them earlier this month on different issues. And a lot of good stuff that's coming in the works, but it's a great group and very proud to represent them. Next slide. Congratulations to those Fort Worth Police Department officers that promoted this month. Next slide. And so Council Member Floor has touched on it. Congratulations to Annette Landeros and Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Department. And we're going to talk about the rodeo. It was a wonderful event. But we, Annette and I also serve on the Hispanic Advisory Committee for the CalGrow Museum. So if you go to the next slide, there will be an exhibit opening in March during Women's History Month. So it's going to be really great and we'll share more information as the dates are finalized. So please follow me on social media and we'll be sharing more information there. Thank you. Thank you, Janette. And it's the conclusion of our presentations. Mayor, next will be speakers on non-consent. Thank you. Our first speaker is Bob Willoughby. Is Bob here? Okay. I don't mind grabbing Bob outside. Mr. Willoughby, thank you. I think this is about the 3% of the number of people who have been in the community. I have a video and you wouldn't let me play the mayor. I have a focus to you. I can't talk to them. In the video, it had Mr. Cook saying he would take questions any time. And yes, it's true. Mr. Cook will take questions. The only problem is Mr. Cook will not answer the questions. We had a discussion. He was going to get a raise again. He was moved from Sundance Square. I understand we're $50 million over budget on the new city hall. I think that would be manager. I don't think he deserves another raise. He gets enough money as it is now, okay? Plus he doesn't answer questions. Now, what they did is shot down my video because I had John T. White and association is corrupt. That's in the paper. It was in the paper. It was in the paper because videos have more effect than me talking. That's why they shut down my video and I'm fighting that, okay? Now, you know, we get the city news. I love this, Michelle Guka. She puts three things the mayor should know. Every time I see that, I think, oh, God, you should know it's important for the mayor. Well, I got three things that she doesn't put in there that the mayor should tell you. When they ask for this raise, they ask for it. The jobs aren't being doing right. And plus all three of these people, they all are brought in from out of town. Two of them have the highest pay positions in the city of Fort Worth. Even the mayor's from out of town. So we don't hire people in the city. And when we do, look at this, city manager gets over, you know, $398,000 a year. What do you do with all that? You can't take it with you, okay? Plus a $600 car allowance. If you can't afford to pay, police officers get five times less of that, okay? And they dodge bullets. All he does is dodge my camera, okay? Now, look at what 3% is. That's $11,940. I don't hardly make that a year. I'm in poverty, I'm going to tell you. And then look at Leanne, you know, she gets $271,000, and I've asked her some questions she hadn't answered. You know, I asked why was I banned, give me this stuff to use in court, I got zero back. So I was banned without a reason, without a hearing. I don't have anything against the secretary, $193,000. And that's just too much money, okay? So anyway, they're going to do it no matter what I say. And I used to say, anything short of Jesus Christ coming through that door would stop them. I'd almost say even Jesus Christ walking through the door is not going to stop this race going through. Thank you. Council, our next speaker is Michael Moore. I think Michael has a group. If you're part of Pastor Moore's group, just raise your hand. You don't have to stand up if you don't mind. I see one. Anybody else here with Pastor Moore? That's okay. Come on down, Pastor. Good to see you. Ms. Wanda Harden. Hi, Ms. Harden. Hello. My name is Wanda Harden, and I'm here to speak on behalf of renaming Rosedale Park Plaza Park to Historic Stop 6 Park. And I live in the neighborhood. I've lived there. I've grown there. I've gone to Dunbar High School. I graduated from the old school, which is on Willie Street. My family built homes there. My uncles had several homes there. And we just need to preserve that park because Rosedale has nothing to do with Historic Stop 6. It's just the name of the street. So we need to preserve the legacy, the heritage, and make it a permanent landmark for this. It's a black developed neighborhood. Thank you, Ms. Harden. Appreciate you. Pastor Moore, did you want to add anything else? No. Go ahead, Ms. Gina. Go ahead. Pastor Moore, I have a question for you here. Can you tell me how the idea of the new name came about and what type of support have you heard or received about changing the name? I think the real reason for the name change is because Historic Stop 6 has no marker in the community. We just know that it's Stop 6. Nobody knows where the original stop was for the inner urban train. So everybody kind of talks about it's here, there, but the opportunity to change the name of the park to Historic Stop 6 will in essence give Historic Stop 6 a birth certificate. It gives it a place to put a marker down so that for generations to come, this community will be identified as a community that was founded by Ms. Amanda Davis, by Mr. and Mrs. Cowan and all the other people who invested in that community who made a sacrifice for that community and they struggle to create this community and so their marker doesn't exist without us making this park the name change identifying the community and I think for the rest of the history of this city Historic Stop 6 will have a home. Makes sense. I want you to look to your left to just wave at you. Michael Morris, wave at Michael Moore. I want you to invite him to your neighborhood association meeting and he will tell you how we now know for sure how the name and where the Stop 6 Interurban was and Michael, you will have a good time with this Michael. Thank you pastor. Thank you very much and thank you council. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Jonathan Morrison followed by Adrian Smith. Good evening to the mayor and council. My name is Jonathan Morrison and I live in Historic Rosedale Park. I actually serve as the president of the neighborhood association right now and I just want to echo what pastor Morris said and I didn't think I would be emotional but you're right. I've been in a lot of places and even at times when my life was threatened and I told people that I was from Stop 6, it made them reconsider who's I was and who they were messing with and that as we've been working this past 15, 10 years Historic Rosedale Park and celebrating our 10th anniversary this year to redefine the identity of Stop 6 and to take away a lot of the negative connotations that have been laid upon us because of some of the unintended consequences of mismanagement or decisions that were above our head to not invest in our community now that the investment is being made and we are wanting to be an additional shining light in the city I think that it brings great value to the investment that's being made by all the partners that there is a place that is identified as a park as a green space and for the past maybe since 2005 people have been meeting there for something called Stop 6 Day on the 6th day of the 6 month whether it was on a Saturday or during the week and a lot of times that gathering is not seen as something positive because of the people and the reason why they're gathering but I think this is the beginning of to educate those people and remind those people why Stop 6 even exists and how to that they can be a part of the betterment of our community so I came as an individual we did not vote on this in our neighborhood association even we did discuss it there was not a lot of negative to see and I think some people may have been taken aback because they may not have been directly notified in a certain type of way a true identification of the changing of the guard that we would no longer be identified as a negative place but a positive place so thank you Pastor Moore thank you Jonathan councilor next speaker is Adrian Smith by phone Mr. Smith Adrian Smith this is going to be in reference to MMC 24 0021 one of the last items to be brought before council tonight Fort Worth to vote on measure that could impact affordable housing for years to come and this was a report done by NBC5DFW reporter Alana Quillin published four hours ago updated for 46 minutes ago and I want to take a quote from this particular article if I could no developer that has applied for tax abatement has opted to do the set aside since 2015 Sarah O'Dell Fort Worth neighborhood development coordinator she said there have been five developments each often to pay the fee instead of setting aside affordable units now hopefully you are before you make this vote tonight we will hear from each of you why this vote is important yourself included mayor because this council so basically the developers who have done business within the city of Fort Worth desire a profit over people now this mayor and council wants to put on a facade that they are somehow the champion of affordability when again their behavior both present and past says otherwise so you all have an opportunity to hold developers to a higher standard of accountability I'll say no more tax abatement if you are truly about this ideal of affordability in these neighborhood empowerment zones you know what basically the areas that have been invested for a couple years you all got to do better so hopefully we will hear from each one of you on this dais why this vote is important and to the developers you are winning because of the individuals that are in place but when we get the right people in place trust me there will be greater accountability and greater transparency for the decisions that are made as it relates to the city and as it relates to the money that is allocated for various things in this city when the righteous are in authority the people rejoice but when a wicked man rules the people groan 30 days you all 30 days council lets last of our consent speakers for the moment no I can sense excuse me yes we are going to recess for just two minutes we have a little electrical glitch here looks like before I make the motion looks like heavier I think we will go to the new place okay looks like we are back at it councilmember crane I believe this is a board appointment 24-0 yeah that's what alright I will make a motion and request your consideration to point the following individual with the partial term effective January 23rd 2024 ending October 1st 2025 Chelsea Griffith parks and recreation advisory board the respective application is attached and resume provided the original copy will be maintained in the city secretary's office motion a second council please vote motion carries next item will be resolution 24-4024 motion council move to approve motion a second please vote motion carries next item will be 24-4025 please vote motion carries next item will be 24-4028 motion a second please vote next item will be 24-4029 mayor we have speakers on this item thank you our first speaker on this item is Wanda Conlon followed by Judy Taylor and council members I'm Wanda Conlon I live at 1755 Martell Avenue in District 11 I had a bunch of stuff that I was going to tell you how wonderful East Lancaster Avenue used to be but we don't care about that tonight we're looking at moving forward and seeing what East Lancaster can be in the future in around 2004 not good with years but in 2004 Kirby Hawkins who was a planner with the T at the time now Trinity Metro brought us a plan he presented it to a room full standing room only full of East Fort Worth citizens he outlined the plan he called it BRT Bus Rapid Transit and explained to us how this could if the plan came into fruition that it could create a new East Lancaster Avenue it showed the bus lines going along the curb and coming to new wonderful bus stops with lighting and loading platforms so that people could get on and off the bus in a comfortable way it had landscaping the bus stops had landscaping they were really pretty attractive modern and wonderful we all accepted the plan we loved it and were ready to go unfortunately there was any funding for it so it lay there fell for all these years we wished for it and it hadn't happened well tonight thanks to wonderful Michael Morris we have funding for a plan for East Lancaster Avenue what I just told you is essentially the same plan you're looking at tonight the LPA that you're looking at tonight is almost like a mirror of what we looked at before so my task for you tonight is to move forward to vote for this accept it and let's get on with let's get on with shining up this old Dusty Street thank you thank you Wanda our next speaker is Judy Taylor followed by Cindy and Mark Bowling I'm Judy Taylor I live at 2604 Stark Street I'm very much in support of everything good and happening I hope that someday I will see another grocery store another department store another jewelry store another shoe store that I have seen in the past right now we just love to have positive impact on our East Lancaster but then you go to 820 no way am I in support of anything that they're planning to expand East Lancaster to six lanes in East Fort Worth there will be a great impact on our historic district in the 6400 and 6500 block of East Lancaster we will leave very treasured possible lands there's also problems with the downsizing of our caboose park there's an impact on our Rosehill Cemetery there's increased speed on East Lancaster which does not need speed we already have too many speeders and too many accidents there's a great impact on our Green Oak Stotty Lynn entrance which is historic area for Indian campgrounds and Indian hundergrounds we just do not need to destroy things that are there and support things that just are not helpful to us they talk about a bus going to meet a bus in Arlington there is no such thing bus does not happen in Arlington and will not happen in Arlington please be very thoughtful of things you look for as you expand anything positive for East Fort Worth thank you thank you Judy Cindy and Mark Bowling my name is Cindy Bowling and I'm speaking for myself and on behalf of my husband Mark Bowling also known as Mr. Cindy Bowling he loves that we live in District 11 one city block north of East Lancaster as I've told you all before we love our neighborhood we love where we live Mark and I support the east side transportation plan we believe it's a huge step forward for economic development we initially had concerns about the talk about development east of 820 and expansion to six lanes but after further comprehension of the plan our concerns are alleviated we believe what we're being told I believe Kelly Porter I believe all of y'all I believe you and we're going to see really good things with this development and although it hasn't been as far as I know a topic of any discussion the bridge street and Brentwood stair development we support that too as part of growing a premier and premium transit route as you all have said thank you thank you Cindy speaker is Bill Schwensen you have to correct me Bill followed by James Sims Mayor Parker members of the council my name is Bill Schwensen I live at 501 Green River Trail in District 5 and I'm a member of the Board of Directors of the East Fort Worth Business Association during our board meeting on Thursday January the 11th the board in a unanimous vote following a motion by member Gary Cumby and seconded by member Toby Owen adopted the following position regarding the resolution concerning the east side transportation plan locally preferred alternative the officers and directors of the East Fort Worth Business Association wish to go on record with our support of the locally preferred alternative redevelopment of East Lancaster Avenue we have significant concerns regarding the public safety aspect of any plan that utilizes the existing median for any sort of vehicular traffic additionally we understand that the city will be submitting environmental commitments with the LPA to the Texas Department of Transportation and that those commitments are still in discussion however we feel that the concept that is currently presented in the LPA is the best alternative for a world-class redesign that will revitalize and enhance the avenue and hopefully lead to increased economic development opportunities for the East Lancaster Quarter we appreciate the opportunity to present our input to you on this generational opportunity for the avenue and for East Fort Worth and we would ask you to not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any assistance with the planning process as it moves forward now I believe that a copy of this was emailed to you but I have individual copies to present to you as well we thank you for your time and attention. Thank you Bill Our next speaker is James Sims followed by Julie Ledford Good evening Mayor Parker and city council members my name is James Sims my wife and I are a long time Eastside Fort Worth residents and lived at 6935 Craig Street in the old town of Hanley for the past 51 years I'm here tonight to express my concern regarding the possible impact that the Eastside transportation plan may have on the Hanley Historic District located on the East Lancaster Avenue and you've heard of people speaking about that tonight as well although I am aware that tonight's resolution in support of this plan specifically addresses the city's concern for the plan's possible effect on this historic district I fear that the proposed increase in the present 79 foot wide right of way in front of those structures planned expansion to 113 foot width in the same area as illustrated on page 10 of the resolution you're about to vote on tonight will not be honored as time passes between this resolution and the actual construction thus request that going forward the city stick to its guns and insist that both and the North Central Texas of government honor the resolution in this regard for our historic district is set forth in the resolution you're about to vote upon thank you Council our next speaker is out of my where I go hold on Julie Ledford followed by Paul Capot Julie knew sorry about that Julie go ahead there it is I forwarded a copy of the information from Justin Newhart and the preservation and design department about section 106 just wanted to mention that and every rendering that I've seen includes the six lines and this is current historic handling right here this could potentially negatively impact the historic handling feed building the caboose museum the art installations currently outside the museum and HHDC and HNA verification efforts there which include land works and these were funded by the Handling Street Festival and other fundraising efforts there are historic buildings throughout this area and historic handling development corporation and handling neighborhood association have both been instrumental and helping with our area and the beautification efforts there and although it was a collaboration with the city it was funded through Handling and their fundraising efforts I just want to look at a couple of things on my slides here's the gazebo right there in Handling this is an example of the lamp posts and the banners that are on the lamp posts throughout this area here's a clock restored clock and there's public artwork and local landscapes and making it six lanes would impose on a lot of this area here's part of the landscaping this is right near that intersection where it would be six lanes there's a lot of other examples in our community here's our historic street signs that are throughout some of our offices and businesses there's some landmarks right around in Handling but this is a strip that we're talking about right here and as you can see the lamp posts are already right next to the street and then there's the brickwork so it seems impossible to have the drawing on page 10 and not impose on this and as it was mentioned earlier there's a lot of dangerous traffic accidents that already happen there and we've had at least four or five cars smashed directly into the businesses and went into the plate glass windows knocked over planters right here this intersection has had four or five accidents and as you can see this building has petrified wood throughout so it's a very innovative and different unique property and making it six lanes would bring it right up to that doorstep again here's some brickwork in the lamp posts I think we saw that one already there's a close-up of the petrified wood and again here's the section that would possibly be negatively impacted so I just implore you our city council thank you for listening to me tonight but I implore you to really consider the negative impact for future generations I'm a lifelong resident of Eastside and I really want to make sure we honor our historic efforts and also the efforts of our neighborhood association the residents that live in the area to keep us historic and looking our best thank you thank you Julie our next speaker is paul corpo followed by Julie West Madam Mayor council members I appreciate the extra work that staff has done in reviewing the impact on Hanley and some of the changes they're suggesting I would ask you to give them more time to do a little bit more work towards that they overwhelmingly I think the residents and the business owners of Hanley are concerned that six lanes through our district will be detrimental forever to our community I'd also like to point out that while the staff says that graves will not be necessarily moved they indicate they need 111 feet for right of way by my measurement there's 107 feet at the widest part and that tapers down to 87 feet again I think a little more is in order thank you thank you paul our next speaker is Julie West followed by Dan Hayes thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening my name is Julie West and I represent my business paper planet and on behalf of my peers in the Hanley wedding district also known as historic Hanley I've been closely following the east side transportation LPA plan since it was brought to my attention in late 2023 I'm here to voice our concerns about the proposed and possible expansion of Lancaster east of 820 to 6 lanes we have cultivated our unique and thriving destination shopping location on the east side of Fort Worth drawing customers from all over the Metroplex and beyond each of the businesses in the Hanley wedding district is owned and operated by local hardworking entrepreneurs we want growth that reflects historic Hanley's needs and is planned with the area's best interest in mind our collective of businesses has spent almost two years investing time and sweat equity into the buildings neighborhoods and associations in historic Hanley we want to see our model nurtured by our city and state significant changes to our section of Lancaster would negatively affect our community with unnecessary traffic noise pollution loss of safe parking loss of historic buildings and lack of access to our economy we understand that the latest discussion does not include funding or a fully realized plan on the east side of 820 to 6 lanes we are very very hopeful that this is true and appreciate the thoughtfulness given to any decisions to come my colleagues and I would like to be included in future discussions regarding our area as we could provide invaluable feedback regarding the continued growth of the east side into even more of an economic and retail destination we as a collective want to see some of the following things happen improve safety for our pedestrian traffic, slower well-planned traffic with pedestrian crossings and traffic lights advancement of the urban village concept that has been pitched as the future for Hanley for over a decade facilitation and consideration for the homeless along our corridor improved and expanded mass public transit to tie the length of the east side to the downtown corridor and enrichment for the local business economy through funds and projects I understand there is much improvement in this area Fort Worth we would love for the city of Fort Worth to be an integral partner investing in the growth of the Hanley wedding district and historic Hanley it would prove an excellent venture for the city to have invested interest in its thriving and historically underserved part of Fort Worth by investing time and some effort into this part of east Fort Worth you can show that we are worth building up and make us an example for other underserved non-traditional areas of Fort Worth I again invite you and any members of the city council or representatives across the city to come to our open house on February 29th where you can individually see all these businesses I appreciate your future consideration and all of your time this evening thank you thank you miss West Dan Hayes good evening my name is Dan Hayes now live in district 11 in my view the three main goals of this LPA should be to maximize the economic development potential of border minimize the potential for pedestrian vehicle encounters and do no harm in Hanley I don't understand the disconnect between what you're saying mayor Parker and what this LPA shows in Hanley you say you and presumably most of the council don't support six lanes but that's the detail in the LPA you can't rely on your wishes no making your wishes known to text dot or putting it in the notes or a big bureaucracy and I believe we need to just spell it out for lanes as for the portion of this roadway inside the loop we don't need six travel lanes there either instead of a center running transit and travel lanes reduced to four such as my poor printed diagram here shows we're going to expect the transit to needlessly contend with traffic in the right hand lane and we have way more traffic capacity than we have needed since the 1950s when Lancaster was the road to Dallas and we'll continue to maim or kill a half dozen pedestrians every year as they have statistically for the last decade something that looks like the diagram on the screen makes more sense to me we need economic development to be the priority not the roadway in any discussion about what East Lancaster needs folks undoubtedly mentioned grocery stores and other goods and services nobody ever talks about the roadway condition or complaints of traffic congestion and a center lane bus based bus rapid transit would distinguish the Lancaster quarter from others in the city and could prove transformative from an economic development perspective as it has in other cities transit design right draws developers new writers and new residents it would move Fort Worth a little closer to transit anyone might use not just those with transportation challenges instead we have a safe plan that will draw no scrutiny from state decision makers and ignores Trinity Metro's center running transit recommendation so although I'm thrilled about this I really hope that there will be a little bit more discussion maybe a pause maybe to think about this much like you might with the museum district West Seventh the stock of the city's most prominent areas just taking a little more time to dig into the details thank you thank you Dan council that's a conclusion of our speakers I'm going to ask Michael Morris and Lauren prayer to give some clarity to what we're voting on this evening I think it's like Mr. Morricks is going to go first Michael thank you for joining us this evening Madam Mayor members of the council Mr. City manager for the record Central Texas council governments I'm the staff director to the regional transportation council under a federal rule the regional transportation council is responsible for transportation matters in the Dallas Fort Worth region your mayor pro tem is the current chair of the regional transportation council so Madam chair it's nice to see you today today you have to mark your today on your calendar this is a big day I've stood in this council chamber for several transportation events over the last four decades today's event today is one of the biggest ones I can think of and I'll take a second Madam mayor and lay it out first thank you city staff for taking a leadership position on the locally preferred alternative I think it'll help expedite needed transportation improvements there is no need or necessity necessity for a transportation project it's time to hit the gas pedal we have won a lot of federal funds in this part of the region I'm going to lay that out to you number two three major transportation projects are advancing into design into the environmental clearance process construction does not start tomorrow will be in design for several years but because we won federal grant money that we are now on the road we can do it once or that money gets returned to Washington DC and on my watch I'm not returning money that we have won competitively and returning it to Washington DC high speed rail is being planned on the interstate 30 quarter connecting downtown Fort Worth Arlington Dallas Houston Austin and San Antonio that high speed rail is being designed in conjunction with a brand new freeway facility Cooper Street in Arlington all the way to downtown Fort Worth I give credit to Textot to let us advance major design considerations through different types of scenarios of both high speed rail and freeway third we're going to toggle East Lancaster East Lancaster probably last amount has a hundred million dollars we want a competitive grant for our colleagues in state across the country we plan to have a hundred and eighty two million dollars in place for the construction of East Lancaster West of 820 we have no transportation funds for improvements East of 820 I have no idea why contemplation is occurring with regard to a six lane facility on Lancaster East plan and we don't even have any additional lanes slotted for East Lancaster East of 820 I believe Hanley is a great example of a place I think we can learn from the historic place of Hanley and the whole purpose of an East Lancaster project is to create place West of 820 doesn't have to be just like Hanley but that same spirit of the speakers that you saw today we need repeated along different locations to create place West of 820 Rosedale was the first transportation project we ever built that wasn't a transportation project it was an economic development project it went through stop six we understand stop six this transportation project on East Lancaster fully funded West of 820 is for the people the citizens the economic development the opportunities the hope and spirit of those individuals on East Lancaster similar to that brought to that on Rosedale what's happened on Rosedale Juneteenth Museum other developments now occurring there's no way you in this council would take me serious to create a new vision for East Lancaster if we totally didn't rebuild East Lancaster it just doesn't have the momentum it doesn't have the public sector investment to create the private sector response there's a lot of reasons that we need to move forward at this particular point in time largely because of these funds Interstate 30 West of Cooper high speed rail and East Lancaster West of 820 transit I've spent two years of my life debating transit you need to focus on transit in the total system of transit that's occurring in Fort Worth let me just give you a quick review point number four we're now out in public meetings to purchase four additional transit vehicles for the techs rail line because we don't have enough vehicles to extend the rail service into the hospital district two we just finished funding the regional transportation council did Trinity Metro did to fund the 820 station on the Trinity Railway Express third the RTC is inventing a new mode of transportation called guaranteed transit we get people in the central city of Fort Worth that need jobs in this case an alliance with guaranteed transit on our express lane that goes to alliance if we don't get you there in time we'll pay your transit fare what a great opportunity to have dedicated transit to alliance in the Fort Worth community and lastly we got to get the rail extension fully funded into the hospital district so the last thing I think we need is to deter Trinity Metro in a center running transit investment when next generation transit signals and we operate transit vehicles like we will our ambulances to speed cars along the particular curb so our citizens can sit in air conditioning with restrooms, coffee and lunch and not necessarily have to sit in the hot median waiting for their transit vehicle East Lancaster used to be the Bankhead Highway Bankhead Highway was a highway from White House to California the roadway no longer today after today if you vote for this resolution no longer be the roadway to California it will be a place in East Fort Worth for the citizens of East Fort Worth to create the vision that they want in this transportation project similar to the historic elements of Hanley you now have the historic elements of East Fort Worth to be able to develop that particular vision on a new clean slate transportation project called East Lancaster it's about placemaking it's about people yes it's a transportation project but the only thing I'm asking of this council is to engage all of your departments from planning to zoning to housing homelessness so we can create a vision and respond to the people's need of a new East Lancaster project that can inspire generations to come all voices need to be heard it's not just about transportation it's about technology it's about broadband for everyone the elimination of food deserts equal access to jobs equal access to medicine equal access to education today is a big day today we are asking you to move forward on a vision that's bringing probably five billion dollars west of 820 to the citizens of the Fort Worth area Madam Mayor I'll give time to my colleague and stand ready for any questions any of the members of the council have Thank you Michael Lauren Mayor and council I'm Lauren Preer the Director of Transportation and Public Works and thank you for the opportunity to come speak with you in the community tonight Michael thank you for explaining the vision for the region in the corridor tonight what I want to talk about is the tactical of how we get to that vision and achieving that right now what we're doing tonight is proactively working as a community with textile in the cog and creating the best design street possible so understand we're very early on in this process and that is why community engagement matters so much there's still time and more to be done and discussed on this corridor as a team we are focused on creating a walkable place oriented traffic calming noise mitigating and safer street so all cross sections as noted and the executive summary are subject to change based on the Metropolitan Transportation Plan and environmental and design phases so I understand there are concerns about the cross sections proposed proposed is the key word know that this resolution supersedes the draft executive summary and the conceptual six lane cross section as seen in that draft summary so I'd like to call everyone's attention to the requested environmental commitment documents exhibit B so like I said we're now moving into the environmental phase so this is attached to the resolution for cog and text dots consideration in the design elements so it's reflective of the public and council's comments and our city initiatives what we've asked for them to do and consider in their design is to stay within the right away to preserve historic and cultural resources stay within the right away on the north side within the historic Hanley area avoid impacts to Native American and other cultural historical sites including the feed store in the Hanley area preserve sufficient right away between the railroad and the roadway to accommodate future infill development in the Hanley historic district stay in the right of way to avoid cemeteries and maintain on street parking in the historic district so the cog will continue to work with community to gain consensus on the best path forward for us as a community and for traffic moving forward Any questions? Thank you Lauren any questions I appreciate you both being here there's quite a bit of concern understandably from constituents which is why I asked you both to attend maybe this question is for you Lauren how do we think we got some confusion out there in the community especially pertaining to this section of East Lancaster Well you know I think engineers can always do a better job of communication my joke is that I know numbers not words my apologies but you know I think when you see conceptual designs people you know these are really good looking drawings and they take that as truth understand that we haven't entered design yet we are in the public engagement process right now we are gathering people's comments to incorporate into the design and we will be doing that throughout the environmental process Thank you and I think Mr. Morris go ahead Mayor the only thing I would add is we are laser focused on H20 in west Hanley is east if Hanley wishes to create a nice walkable community with safety and other types of elements that don't necessarily include the additional construction of lanes we're more than happy to work with Hanley on a vision for that particular community and I believe as we get into the details of the design with tech stock I think you're going to see attributes of the historic Hanley not necessarily copied but integrated in the vision west of H20 Thank you Michael Council any questions or comments Council Member Bivens Thank you Lauren and thank you Michael I have a this portion that we're talking about is in the council district that I represent for those of you who spoke and those of you who didn't speak but you are in this community I need to check your temperature right now and so my question to you all is if you see us vote in support of this document on the agenda tonight please raise your hands if you think that's voting to put in six lanes okay next question to the same group of people if we approve this tonight do you see us at odds with Trinity Metro's plan raise your hands if you do okay Lauren what I need I'm going to tell you what I think not until Judy Taylor mentioned to me six lanes I said where are you getting this six lanes because we were focused on making sure that we understood what was going to happen down the middle of East Lancaster and I would not be supporting anything in the middle gotta be at the curb and I knew that we would be able to get funding and support from the cog if we did that six lanes threw me completely off so Lauren in what we are voting on tonight does it endorse six lanes it does not endorse six lanes as we have stated all along that East Lancaster including the number of lanes will be determined by cog and text on however what this resolution does is it says we are not in support of this in terms of taking the right away from Hanley or really allowing them to build out to six lanes again it's not our call and I think a lot of the confusion comes from the draft conceptual cross sections this is something we show people to give them an idea of what we're talking about and how we can reflect those comments and then reflect those comments in our in our submittal to text dot now I will tell you mayor you were on a panel discussion I think you were in DC I forget where you were but we kept bugging you all last week and you kept responding that was good we made it very clear that we will not be supporting six lanes Michael has made it very clear he will not be endorsing anything with six lanes and if you could make sure we never see any kind of plan that has six lanes maybe we can gain credibility again but I hate the moment I looked at that illustration that's not happening now finally what I will say to the shop owners of Hanley for those of you who have your shops here but don't live here the best way for you to stay plugged in into what's going on is to subscribe to city news you know the newspaper a lot of people don't take the start telegram anymore we don't always make the top of the news for BAP and KRLD but there is a thing called city news and if you go to the city of Fort Worth website you will be up to date on what's happening that's the best advice I can give but I can tell you I will be supporting you know tonight's vote because I know Hanley is not going to be changed like we feared it would be I didn't fear but it's just crazy that we got so off course but what I will ask you is as engaged as you are this evening stay engaged throughout the process because as you heard we are at the very beginning of it right now but don't even say the number six unless it's in your phone number, your birthday or your address because it's not happening and I'm sorry well okay the six is okay that six is okay but I'm just trying to make sure you know this council is not lying to you we are not fooling you we are not playing a shell game we do not want to see Hanley disturbed or the image destroyed people come to that wedding district from all around the country we don't want to bother that we want to enhance that and so just know that what you see us focusing on now is west of 820 and so those are my remarks it is important to note nothing has been designed yet this project is about two years away from a shovel going into the ground so we have time at this point where community comments are absolutely welcome and needed to shape the design and so we don't want no more pictures with six lanes loud and clear four lanes and that has already been reflected in our comments and will continue to be reflected in our comments to text. Thank you. I just want to speak to the portion of Lancaster that's funded west of 820 and just thank you to all the speakers that came out this evening to speak on this resolution just very excited about this transportation project and the economic development that's for sure to come and hopefully it will bring us a grocery store on the each side that's very much needed. Thank you. Thank you Mayor. I just wanted to speak to the fact as far as Trinity Metro goes I do serve on the Trinity Metro Board alongside with Michael Crane and Trinity Metro is on board with Cog and with Michael and so there is no division we are all ready to move forward with each lane council so I want to make sure that was publicly stated tonight. Thank you. About that have a future agenda item we were handling there are no more questions again thank you to Michael and to Lauren and to all of the participation we've had from the community I think it's very clear that we're not doing six lanes we're focused on this section of 820 on Lancaster and we will welcome additional input and try to mitigate any more engineers communicating more in jokes aside I think you did just fine tonight for an engineer thank you council that's the last of our commentary I can take a motion and a second motion and a second please vote motion carries next item next item is 24-40 0 council I can entertain a motion here thank you motion a second please vote motion carries next item is 24-4031 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is 24-4032 try again motion carries next item is public hearing MNC 24-0086 report by Dan Miracle Mayor Parker members of council good evening my name is Daniel Miracle I'm a senior environmental specialist with the environmental quality division in the environmental services department the purpose of today's public meeting or hearing is to receive comments to establish a municipal setting designation or MSD 33 for the BIP Brandon property located at 2201 Brandon Avenue Fort Worth Texas 106 council district 2 the proposed property consists of approximately 3.39 acres and is owned by BIP Brandon property LLC the property is currently zoned K heavy industrial the chemicals of concern identified in groundwater are chlorinated volatile organic compounds benzene total and total petroleum hydrocarbons the property has historically been used for bulk oil storage and nonspecific industrial activities which are believed to have contributed to the groundwater impacts the groundwater is shallow, perched and discontinuous and occurs at depths of approximately 11 to 19 feet below the ground surface the affected shallow groundwater is underlain by several confining limestone layers that serve as a regional aquitard preventing the vertical migration of chemicals of concern to underlying potable aquifers a public meeting was held on December 19 2000 2023 at 6 p.m. at the Northside Community Center at 1100 Northwest 18th Street two representatives of the applicant and three city staff were present two individuals from the community attended the public meeting questions and comments received regarding MSD 33 do not impact staffs recommendation to prove this MSD in advance of the public meeting at today's hearing, written notice was sent to property owners and municipalities within one half mile of the MSD boundary and to owners and public water supply utilities with groundwater supply wells within five miles of the proposed MSD boundary city staff from multiple departments have reviewed this application no comments or concerns were made the environmental quality division is satisfied that this MSD will be protective of human health and the environment as the ordinance would prohibit the use of the designated groundwater for potable water and irrigation purposes following any public comment staff recommends closing the public hearing adopting MNC 22 MSD dash 033 and the attached resolution and ordinance thereby establishing CFW MSD 0033 thank you Dan, appreciate that council I'll take a motion council member Flores go ahead before I make my motion I just want to say briefly thank you for your attempt at outreach I know that the attendance was weak but the neighborhood association in the area did receive notice and information about it so that move for approval motion a second in their discussion council please vote motion carries next item is MNC 23 dash 1031 with report by city staff Stuart Campbell good evening mayor council members my name is Stuart Campbell and I'm on development services department this is a continuation of the public hearing that we opened up on December 12th for Terravella it's an owner initiated annexation request Jason the council district Blalock council district 10 I'm not going to go into if it's accessible to the board I won't go into the staff report that I made at the public hearing when we opened up on the 12th I would like to just merely add that staff has been working with the applicant the residents and the developer in terms of mitigation measures related to the development and how the impact of the surrounding communities I think we're very happy with the progress that's been made I think you're going to hear from some speakers today that will echo that account I think Commissioner Blalock has some comments to make so the purpose of the two step process is one is we're going to take action request you to take action on annexation case first that would be to close the public hearing if there's no citizen comments and act on the emcee the second would be consideration of the companion zoning case that would be heard next thank you Stuart any questions for Stuart council not council member Blalock Mayor we do have a couple speakers sorry he has a few things Stuart thank you so much for your efforts during this we have this and the companion zoning case are tied together so I'm going to ask the Rusty speak now as well as Bobby and the other representative of the community so it's all at the beginning and not after we've made that sounds good so our first speaker will be Bobby Samuel followed by Daniel Betten and then Mr. Fuller good evening Mayor members of council I'm speaking actually on behalf of myself and Daniel Daniels with LJAR Consulting Engineer that's helping us out with the project as Stuart mentioned you know since the last public meeting that we had you know we had some additional coordination efforts with both staff and council member Blalock as well as communication with North Fort Worth Alliance and hopefully come to a resolution of addressing the concerns that were brought up at the prior meeting and happy to address any questions this evening didn't have anything formally prepared but I'm here to address any questions so Bobby if you'd just take a moment and share your commitments towards the surrounding infrastructure construction that'd be appreciated yeah no worries so as part of our recent meeting we kind of discussed regional connectivity across multiple developments kind of in the North Fort Worth area surrounding Terravella we control Terravella as well as a deal next door called Madero within the Terravella development one thing we've committed to doing as part of the coordination efforts recently was to actually sort of expedite a collector road that runs east-west within Terravella and pull that timing forward and tie that to actually a specific number of lots that we would be developed as part of a green sheet process as the city of Fort Worth calls it for actually accepting that infrastructure so that was one of the primary commitments that we made as part of the coordination efforts it's something that we didn't have to do but we thought just based on communication and feedback that we were getting from public outreach as well as staff and council member Blalock that that would be a good thing to just make a commitment to do just to show our committed progress to all the development we have going on Fort Worth alright thank you Bobby I really appreciate thank you and it looks like Dan is not speaking correct so I'll move to Mr. Fuller Rusty Hi I'm Rusty Fuller and I'm president of the North Fort Worth Alliance we came before you a month ago to point out the difficulties with the Terravella development tonight we want to report back we want to recognize and thank staff Councilman Blalock and the representatives of Greenbrick LLC whom you just heard earlier for their efforts in recent meetings these folks came together to see what remedies they could implement to relieve the congestion that would be contributed by this extensive undertaking we have confirmed the commitments by developers to finish Sandera Ranch Boulevard to the northern way and thus create a second way out of the community by late 2025 Greenbrick committed to significantly move up the construction date of the core of the connector to John Day which he just described and this will allow more flexibility to the people to move around the area they also agreed to rezone property associated with the gas well property to quarter acre lots which will give us a little bit of variety in density finally in a late fix there will be a signal and a turn lane to facilitate left turns for those having to take their children to the schools and Sandera Ranch which are all left turns from that development you know such action and such concern for the community is important and it needs to be recognized as the way to do business in Fort Worth we are grateful to all the parties to having taken our comments into consideration and come up so quickly within a month over the holidays with a solution so thank you very much folks thank you Rusty thank you Mayor so I will just say my office along with North Worth Alliance and others are working very aggressively to get roads built and help with the mobility issues in the north I really want to extend appreciation to the North Worth Alliance to Rusty Fuller specifically for his time expertise and leadership in the north I want to thank Green Brick partners Bobby, Brad for their willingness to collaborate with the council office the city of Fort Worth and tackling the challenges in this area and I want to give special thanks to our dedicated staff members that worked hard over the holidays and earlier this month to make this happen Dana Bergdorf, DJ Harrell Ty Thompson, Stuart Campbell LaShondra Stringfellow Steven Murray, Shad Roten Clay Pearson, Eric Flattiger Warren Prier and Kelly Porter and with that I move to close the public hearing and act on the MNC second please vote motion carries next will be the companion ZC 23127 I don't think we have speakers on this item since we just handled that I think we're safe moving forward with a motion to approve vote you're slow down here Crane motion carries next item is ZC-23-150 we have one speaker on this item councilmember Nettles but only if there's opposition and to my knowledge there is none motion a second please vote councilmember Blalock try again sorry motion carries next item is SP-23-013 no speakers on this item councilmember Bivens second motion a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-161 councilmember Crane we have one speaker only with opposition to my knowledge there is none I'm going to move to approve with the site plan waived motion a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-164 no speakers on this item Chris move for approval motion a second please vote next item is ZC-23-167 we have a few speakers on this item councilmember Martinez I do want to go ahead mayor if I may make a note before our speakers come forward that I do plan to continue this zoning case to 30 days to February 13th thank you our first speaker is letitia wilburn there she is first I want to say happy new years to each and every one of you and I want to say I did try to reach out to Habitat for Humanity but I did not get a call back we are I'm with ecoheist stop 6 environmental coalition and the environmental coalition of communities that sprain from ecoheist and that's the citywide coalition and we are in favor of the home being built by Habitat for Humanity I went by the I went by the neighborhood I drove by the street in the address it looked as though a home was once there so it looked like it should be zoned for a house and not industrial also I am the unfortunate recipient of having an industrial right in my backyard so when I looked at this location one of the first thing I noticed is that this land is just like a home piece of lot right next door to a home so there's no buffer there's no anything there so it seems like the lot is not feasible for industrial to even be at that location so that was one of my concerns I also looked at the zoning cases that you all have on this deal and most of the ones that are similar are actually set for approval so I'm not sure why this particular one for Habitat for Humanity was set for denial I know I read that said it's not compatible or whatever but when you look at it it's not compatible for industrial it's actually compatible for a home to be built there so that's pretty much all I wanted to say is that Echo High Stop 6 Environmental Coalition is in support of Habitat for Humanity building a home there and not for industrialization to be right next door and right up on homes that's not right so I had to say I just want to be sure thank you Ms. Wilburn our next speaker is Mallory Hawn okay Michelle Kennedy Good evening Mayor and Council it is always a pleasure to have an opportunity to speak with you guys I would like to just make a really quick reference to something that was said earlier I just wanted to say that I find this council to be very supportive in our city across the board and I appreciate that I find you to be solution oriented and I appreciate that I appreciate that leadership we've been working and had a conversation with Councilwoman Martini just yesterday on this issue everything that Ms. Wilburn said is true it's a corner lot it's an odd little neighborhood 4200 Brady is located on three streets it's Brady it's Gnomes it's Country Estates there are 22 houses and 67 mobile homes on these on this little area and in terms of the future use plan it's designated as mixed use I'm very familiar with the stop six overlay and I looked at it and it's compatible with the stop six overlay because we're going to be putting we're asking for A5 single family zoning and so we were trying to retain that single family zoning within this area where I could stand here all night and y'all know that and talk about affordable housing I'm passionate about it I'm passionate about affordable home ownership we all know the city needs it and this was a great opportunity for us to pursue that but we do our leg work and we try to make sure that there's compatibility when we're doing that when we're requesting the zoning and that's all that I have to say we'll be glad to answer any questions Mallory is our senior director of construction she'll be glad to contribute anywhere if we have any questions or anything that we need to to address Thank you Michelle Councilor Martinez any questions and would like a little bit more outreach to the immediate neighborhood on their feedback for this potential zoning change so that's why I'm continuing it for another month yeah and I'm going to work with her office we're going to try to schedule there's 22 houses 12 of them are renters and 10 of them are homeowners on these two streets and just see if we can get them to come together and let's have a little bit of a conversation so that nobody knows what's going on that's the way we like to do business and most of you who I've worked with in the past know that that's the way we like to do business and so look forward to continuing our work with Councilwoman Martinez thank you Michelle appreciate it motion to continue in a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-169 Councilmember Bivens I just want to know if the applicant is here is that you Mr. Artwock we finally get a chance to see face to face thank you for what you're going to be doing and I move for approval of this case motion to second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-175 Councilmember Bivens again no opposition I just want to know if the applicant is here is that you Mr. Artwock we finally get a chance to see face to face thank you for what you're going to be doing and I move for approval of this case motion to second please vote you got a unanimous vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-176 Councilmember Nettles we have a few speakers on this I'm not sure how much opposition but the first one just to be sure is Brian Cotter any want to speak or no only okay very well Travis Niles same thing and Jim Mayback so I'll turn to you Councilmember Nettles motion carries next item is ZC-23-178 Councilmember Larsdorf this one's yours only if there's opposition to my knowledge there is none motion a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-179 few speakers on this item Councilmember Hill I'm not sure about opposition or not the first one is Carolyn Horner wants to speak only if there's opposition but the second one is Kirk Pressley is Kirk here no you're good okay Councilmember Hill and they have to approve and a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-180 Councilmember Blalock only if there's opposition there is none motion to approve motion a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-181 Councilmember Crane this one's yours I would not think there's any opposition motion a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-183 Councilmember Martinez no speakers really excited about this plan it's going to bring build a community in the Meadowbrook neighborhood and it will take place of a property that has been that had burned down many years ago so just motion to approve motion and a second please vote motion carries next item is ZC-23-197 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC-24-0021 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC-24-0089 motion a second please vote motion carries just as a reminder MNC-240090 was withdrawn next item is MNC-24-0089 motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC-24-0052 Councilmember Blalock forgive me I'll have a small novel to read I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing the use of power of a minute domain to acquire 4.378 acres in right of way easement from real property owned by beaten path development the land rights and the subject property are needed for the Avondale Haslet Road to the eastern city limits of the city of Haslet at John Day Road the property will be used for widening and reconstructing the existing two lane asphalt roadway to a four lane divided concrete urban arterial the property is located at 541-1021 Avondale Haslet Road in the MEP and PRR COPE survey number 13 abstract 1129 tract 1 and 1C Tarrant County Texas the property interest to be acquired is described by meets and bounds and depicted by the survey is a bit attached to this mayor and council communication thank you Alan got a motion council motion a second please vote yes motion carries next item is MNC-24-0082 Councilmember Blalock Councilmember Blalock a move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of eminent domain to acquire 3.85 acres in the right-of-way easements for real property owned by Holland Ranch's LTD located at 400-640 Avondale Haslet Road 0.437 acres in right-of-way easement from real property owned by Daniel Lewis Nance located at 540 Avondale Haslet Road and 3.364 acres in right-of-way easement from real property owned by David E. Nance located at 900 Avondale Haslet Road the subject properties are situated in the Bramlett and Ryan survey abstract 227 and MAP and PRR co-survey abstract 1132 City of Haslet Tarrant County Texas the first record vote applies to all units of the property to be condemned for the Avondale Haslet Road project a public use that will be reconstructing and widening Avondale Haslet Road from Willow Creek Drive to the eastern city limits of the City of Haslet at John Day Road the land rights and the properties will be used for widening and reconstructing the existing two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane divided concrete urban arterial the property interests to be condemned are described by meats and bounds and depicted by the survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication in the minutes of this Fort Worth City Council meeting reflect the first vote applies to all of those units described herein motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24-0083 Council Member Crane yeah mine's only about half of what Council Member Blaylock has had to read but I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of imminent domain to acquire .01 acres in permanent sanitary sewer easement from real property owned by Judy Butt the land rights and the subject property are needed for the sanitary sewer rehabilitation contract 107 project a public use that will repair damaged sewer lines allow better flow within the sewer pipes and help prevent sewer backups on L-3100 the property is located at 7309 Davenport Avenue in the Ridgely West addition block 12 lot 9 city of Fort Worth Tarrant County the property interest to be acquired is described by meets and bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication motion a second council please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24-0084 Council Member Hill I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of imminent domain to acquire 107 acres in the right of way easements from real property owned by the Duggan family trust the subject property is located at 8001 Heron Drive and the D.E. Norton Survey abstract 1174 Tarrant County, Texas the land rights and the subject property are needed for the Las Vegas Trail project a public use that provides for roadway improvements including pavement reconstruction with carbon gutter drainage improvements street lights and shared use paths the property interest to be acquired is described by meets and bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24-0085 I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of imminent domain to acquire 0.135 acres in the right of way easements from real property owned by Cheyenne Ridge limited partnership at Texas limited partnership the subject property is located at 6 3 9 9 and 6 3 9 8 Apache Trail and the Cheyenne Ridge addition in addition to the city of Fort Worth block I and J lot 1 X Tarrant County, Texas the land rights and the subject property are needed for the WJ Boaz road widening improvements project a public use that provides for roadway improvements including pavement reconstruction with carbon gutter drainage improvements and reconstruction of the existing roundabout at Bowman Roberts Road the property interest to be acquired is described by the meets and bounds and depicted by the survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication motion a second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24-0081 second please vote motion carries next item is MNC 24-0088 second please vote motion carries mayor I believe that concludes all of the action items for tonight thank you council tonight we are closing the meeting in honor of Mr. Burrell Hampton Jr. who passed away on January 11th, 2024 after a brief hospital stay at the age of 76 Mr. Burrell Hampton Jr. was born on December 31st, 1947 and Buckner, Arkansas and later migrated to Fort Worth becoming a resident for many decades for over 20 years Mr. Burrell Hampton Jr. worked for General Motors and was a long serving member at Mount Meebo Missionary Baptist Church in District 2 Mr. Burrell Hampton Jr. was an exemplary community leader and friend he served as community as president at the far greater Northside Historical Neighborhood Association for over 15 years Mr. Hampton was a very patient and friendly person he always made the time to share his stories and life stories he would always greet you with a warm smile on his face, his kind and giving nature a touch many in the community we send our deepest condolences and thoughts to the Jorahiden family his daughter Roshana and two sons Pete and Renard during this difficult time thank you council and meeting is adjourned