 Item speakers will be given three minutes to speak on all items within those blocks that they registered to speak on. Thank you Good morning, and welcome to your four city council meeting Recall to order Our invocation will be by dr. Valencia Edner from Carter metropolitan CME church And I'm not sure if she's here Sounds like mayor. I mean councilor Flores is going to fill in for us. Thank you Carlos Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance Good morning, mayor and council As we gather today in the spirit of civic governments, we ask the Almighty for his blessing over our meeting We also ask for his special blessing and protection for our men and women of our armed forces Who are in constant danger around the world? We pray for the lost souls that were lost recently and At our military base We ask you to comfort their families as they grieve Bless our nation Bless our city and bless our city council amen Our first item of business will be special presentations with the first one being a recognition of our municipal delegation from Estonia Good morning council. It's my special privilege to recognize Several municipal leaders from Estonia that are joined with us today in the city council meeting I think they've done quite a few fun things while I've been here in Texas probably more fun than sitting in a city council meeting But I explained that today's meeting is quite short actually They are visiting us with the Congressional Office for International Leadership and agency of the US Congress And they've sent this delegation of young professionals from Estonia to Fort Worth. They're here until February 3rd through the open world program and these delegates Collaborate on very important best practices for municipal leadership and community engagement from local leaders here in Fort Worth, Texas So we have to model our very best behavior this morning that sound okay great If our attendees want to come join me behind I've got a special Molly pin to recognize you for attending today. That would be great and If any of you would like to speak and say hello, we'd welcome you to do so it doesn't matter who wants to jump in and do that Go ahead, please We really appreciate the opportunity to learn from the very best and brightest of you We are very grateful for your hospitality and look forward to engaging with all the communities here. Thank you And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that that their proximity at home is in the middle of the Ukrainian War And in border of Russia and so it really does hit home How important local governance is as they face a very uncertain world So we hope that we've provided some level of comfort away from home in some very uncertain times But we appreciate your bravery of service and wish you well on travels back home again Please and this is a Molly pin as a gesture of our appreciation and thanks from the city of Fort Worth And I think next up is gonna be councilmember Michael Crane is going to do a certificate of recognition to the crew of the USS Fort Worth ladies and gentlemen if you want to join member crane here, that'd be wonderful Thanks, mayor Welcome commander. How are you doing? Good. Well, we're on your day to have the USS Fort Worth with us We've got commander a fond so white And if you don't know what the USS Fort Worth is it's an LCS ship. That's based out of San Diego right now 12 in existence. I think right Currently 12 in existence a crew of 54. We've got six of them with us today one. I can count five or they're six There you are. Sorry hiding behind you with us today and Karen Fox is here There he goes. She's part of the Chatter you chair of the the the the friendship committee that we put together, okay So I'm on that board and so I'm honored today to honor these guys for being here And I'll read this proclamation commander, and then I'll give you a chance to say a few words on behalf of the ship Just so you know about commander white though has done a lot of different things But he's got a meritorious service awards got five navy and Marine Corps Commendation awards seven Navy and Marine Corps achievement medals and done a lot of great work And we're honored to have him as the commander of the in co of the ship right now I'm gonna give this to you can hold it while I read the words Alright says whereas the city of Fort Worth is honored to extend a warm welcome to commander Alfonso white captain of the USS Fort Worth commander senior chief Kelly maharu and Four outstanding sailors from the USS Fort Worth and whereas commander Alfonso white has demonstrated exemplary leadership and dedication and Commanding the USS Fort Worth fostering a sense of pride and honor among the crew and contributing to the defense and security of our nation and Whereas commander senior chief maharu has exhibited exceptional leadership mentorship and professionalism in the role of commander senior chief Ensuring the well-being and readiness of the USS Fort Worth crew and whereas we acknowledge the outstanding achievements of the following sailors who have been recognized for their exceptional contributions and dedication to duty Gunner gunner mate first-class Bishop Mason senior sailor of the quarter Culinary specialist third-class Hiro Martinez junior sailor of the year fire controlman second-class Nicole Guzzardo Junior sailor of the quarter damage controlman third-class Tajman man Blue jacket of the year now therefore it be resolved by the city council the city of Fort Worth that we extend our heart for heartfelt congratulations and gratitude to the commander Alfonso white captain of the USS Fort Worth commander see seen Command a senior chief maharu and the four distinguished sailors for their outstanding service and commitment to our nation Be it finally resolved that the city of Fort Worth expresses its pride in the USS Fort Worth crew and sailors and its appreciation For their dedication to upholding the values of honor courage and commitment and service to our great nation Let's give them a round of applause. Thank you Want to come down for the picture Everybody can hear me. I'm very loud person. Um, I really do appreciate the hospitality that Fort Worth has provided since we commissioned and for those who don't know Since we've commissioned this committee and the support committee in this city has embraced the USS Fort Worth And it has not going on that recognized by the Navy the Navy itself Knows the city of Fort Worth for its hospitality and these buy-in that you support all the sailors on the Fort Worth and for the last 11 years Going on 12 this year The city has taken ownership of USS Fort Worth and provided Opportunities for sailors to embrace and see things in the city of Fort Worth that no other ship gets to do And I am real proud to be a representative of that ship because I embrace this city and and how it is Just taking ownership of something that they didn't have to do Something that you show us that how Americans should be how to support your American Your American citizens in a way that after they commit to the government and the service of self And others that you said hey, that is our name. That is our ship And for the last 12 years It has been terrific. So on behalf of the USS Fort Worth Thank you, mayor and on behalf of the USS Fort Worth. Thank you sir for representing us. Sure. Thank you so much Well, thanks this way. Yeah, thank y'all And for those of y'all here in the audience and if you're ever coming to city hall There is a model of the USS Fort Worth that sits right outside the council chambers. Take a look at it Thank y'all for being here today Commander white I have an original coin from commander cup who helped us commission the ship And I think y'all've gotten an upgrade since then. This is a pretty swanky coin. So thank you very much Oh, it's pretty awesome. Karen. Thank you so much It's a real thing. I love it. Thank y'all very much Next will be items withdrawn from the consent agenda Next will be items to be continued or withdrawn by staff There is one item to be withdrawn and that is m and c 24-0094 Mayor we do not have any speakers registered on consent agenda items. So next would be approval of the consent agenda Motion a second in their discussion council Please vote From around the area and community members attended councilberry ISD school board School board of education meeting and there we simply showed our appreciation to those board members for their service Just an opportunity again to stay in touch with local government. So appreciate superintendent faulkner And also board president talia ferro for their, you know work and their board members next slide, please January 25th This is very noteworthy There in underserved communities We need good quality health care and we celebrated the opening of suvita north side neighborhood center This primary care, you know facility Is going to address your physical behavioral social and cultural needs of the medicare eligible Hispanic adults in that area. So it's a state-of-the-art facility and some great amenities Really appreciate the physicians leading this effort dr. Marshall robert and dr. Amanda christine I say they have them next slide, please January 25th the historic north side district business mixer This was an opportunity again to get like-minded folks that want to continue supporting the main street america initiative there In the economic corridor that we're trying to revitalize in the north side So again for those who may have not heard about it the main street america program is a pilot program Names to give community stakeholders the proven tools to understand and influence their own economic direction And give some positive change next slide, please All right, this should be on pretty much everyone's radar, you know, we're entering february pretty soon valentine's day is coming up get your plans in order Over in our north triethnic community center. They have plans on the 9th of february They're going to have a valentine's dinner and movie. So it's a great opportunity to come on by and enjoy You know with your significant other from 5 30 to 8 p.m They're at 29 50 rooseville avenue. That's all i have councilmember Martinez so last week Rachel and i went to Stopped in and want to hot the bakery for those who don't know their bakery on belknap in district 11 They had a gas leak last week There were several employees who were feeling sick fired apartment over they went over there and checked on them and They were making repairs to their oven and which caused the leak, but everybody's okay We went and checked on them on friday and purchased some goodies for the family to help support that business Staff also attended the fort with hispanic chamber coffee with the chamber event at north side high school The culinary students did a great job Providing the breakfast for that day next slide And this weekend on sunday. I was able to attend the finals for this caramosa and charro cala competition Had the honor and privilege to pin the winning team la victoria la victoria their leaders caramosa was the one who actually trained anet landis landeros and i for the Fiesta night and riding inside saddle. So it was a great experience And congratulations to the winning team and the winning charro that won first place. Thank you I can attest that janet and that were very impressive riding sad saddle in the grand entry. It's hard enough riding regular I was very impressed janet great job Next will be speakers on non-consent agenda items and mayor. We have three Our first speaker is leticia wilburn followed by john mcfarland I just want to say this is in reference to zc uh 24 For zero two six The rezoning of the property at village creek and more of you avenue I just wanted to uh say we are I'm with echo high stop six environmental coalition and uh for worth environmental coalition of communities and we are all in favor of this zoning and we also would like to Applaud council lady martinis for her efforts And uh getting this zoning redone Your office is being very good at keeping in contact with us and we appreciate that So I just wanted to say that we appreciate you We hope that this uh zoning pass it would be good and it would be positive for the community And uh, I know we're always jumping on y'all back for things that we don't agree with but things that we think are good We should applaud you all for and this is something that you should be you and your staff should be committed for So we're hoping that this uh zoning for a positive change pass and once again, uh, thank you council lady martinis and your staff I think uh john said he may not be able to attend because of the 10 a.m. Schedule. Okay. Thank you so much wilburn I don't blink john mcfarland is here. So move to adam davis by phone Mr. Davis I think he's disconnected. Thank you. Mr. Davis It's the last of our speakers in it on the non-consent agenda items. Yes Next item will be approval of resolution 24 4026 Motion a second your discussion council Please vote motion carries Next item will be 24 dash 4027 Motion a second. Please vote motion carries Next item will be m and c 24 dash 0096 With report by city staff keith morris mayor and council I'm keith morris from the police department. The purpose of today's hearing is to receive public comment An act on an amendment to the fiscal year 2024 budget of the crime control and prevention district City council approval is the final step in the ccpd budget amendment process the budget amendment was approved by the ccpd board on november 28th 2023 increases the f y 2024 budget by three million six hundred thirty four thousand three hundred thirty two dollars In zero sense At the november 28th meeting staff made recommendations to support mid-year priorities and four ccpd programs including violent crime special projects school crossing guards programs cops hiring grant program And facility requirement program these are as follows and the enhanced response initiative funding was approved To support crime prevention and entertainment districts totaling five hundred and five thousand dollars In zero sense for three projects. This includes the ambassadors program Which will be a one-year pilot that will coordinate public safety information and resources With the goal of ensuring a safe west seventh district Other funding sources are being explored to support the program following the pilot period The board also approved partial funding for the study of the city's four entertainment districts As well as traffic bollards to be installed in the west seventh entertainment district Also included was the ccpd board approved funding to provide a 12 and a half percent pay increase for school crossing guards program The increase was the maximum allowed given the state law restrictions the increases of publicly bid agreements The traffic and public Uh, excuse me the transportation and public works department oversees the program is working to go back out for bids to achieve a rate That will be consistent with the city's pay practices Also included is the cops hiring grant program ccpd will provide match funding and non-match administrative Costs for grants benefiting programs currently supported by ccpd In november the fort worth police department was awarded funding that included 875,000 from the u.s. Department of justice to add seven sworn positions in the community partnership command That was just established last year Programmed within the community partnership command have the goal of increasing citizen input and participation in community crime prevention and public safety Lastly the the board approved amendment in the facility requirement program Funding will provide for two projects the first being renovation of recruit training space at the bob bowl and safety public safety complex To support the department's goal to graduate larger recruit classes Secondly, this amendment will support a study of police facilities to inform future use And growth following recent increases approved by city council for additional officers The ccpd board helped a public hearing and approve these amendments at its meeting on november 28th 2023 Following any public comment staff recommends city council close the public hearing and act on the budget amendments and mnc Thank you keith council any questions for keith No questions ma'am ready to make a motion You can proceed carlos moved to close the public hearing and Move to support mnc 24-0096 Motion to second. Please vote motion carries Next item is mnc 24-0104 with report by city staff joel mackin McElaney You had it janette. You're good. Yeah, it's mr. Joel. It's a wild ride. Yeah. Good morning mayor members of council I'm joel mackle. Haney assistant director of the park and recreation department. That's what my brain was saying My mouth just wasn't The purpose of this public hearing is to hear public comment on the proposed use of parkland at the botanic garden in trinity park for the use of the university drive And signal improvements project in accordance with chapter 26 of the texas parks and wildlife code The city council must find that no feasible or print alternative exists for the locations Of the proposed improvements and find that the locations include all reasonable planning to minimize the impact of parkland And I have a Little presentation here. It was included in your packet that depicts the area of right-of-way that would be dedicated Or are used for dedicated road right-of-way So the first slide just to orient you university drive between i-30 Up to trail drive up near the will rogers complex the site. We're looking at north is to the right There we go north is to the right and the South end here is i-30 chism trail corridor transportation corridor. So we're moving to the north The dedicated road right away includes area of university already in use So this in effect kind of papers up what's already on the ground used as road right-of-way But it had never been dedicated in the past The it also includes additional right-of-way up to the botanic gardens fence This is looking at the 3.293 acres on the botanic garden side of the west side of the university drive Then it continues to trail like drive that strip Of botanic gardens up to trail like drive and that's the northern Terminus on the botanic garden side Then again starting on the south i-30 right near the front edge road of i-30 Is the trinity park side or the east side of the university 1.808 acres of trinity park would be used for road right-of-way That continues here Along that east side of university the purple line in the middle there that shape That is a temporary use not a permanent right-of-way But a temporary use to build a trail connection From a crossing of on university a future crossing part of this project And connect that to the trinity trail The or the trail within trinity park Going to the north again another purple shape here again temporary use creating that trail connection Between a university drive future crossing part of this project to the trail and trinity park And then that green right-of-way that continues up to trail drive back here there we go The project improvements include a six foot wide sidewalk along the west side of university drive transit bus stop pads two on each side of the university Two trail connections from university to existing trails in trinity park that i described Two traffic signals medians and curbs and landscaping including trees shrubs and irrigation In accordance with state law public notice of this hearing was advertised in the Fort Worth start telegram on january 9 16th and the 23rd of 2024 A letter announcing the proposed use was sent to presidents of the joining registered neighborhood associations on december 4 2023 And signage was posted in the at the park sites noting the proposed use and providing instructions for contacting the park and recreation department As of this date our staff have received received four public inquiries from from four parties pertaining to this public hearing the questions and comments Specifically pertain to dimensions of the right-of-way which our staff was able to follow up and provide that The number of traffic lanes whether or not that would change and the response was that the number of traffic lanes does not change The location and visual impact of bus stop shelters and advertising And we provide a reply response on that the city has the ability to prohibit Shelters or buses or advertising, but we can work with trinity metro on on the design of a bus shelter We we have the opportunity to do something that would tie in well with the architecture at the botanic gardens And last the federal historical designation of the botanic garden in this case the Botanic garden does have federal historical designation The area designated as historical is directly adjacent to but does not overlap the right-of-way But tpw will work with text dot to go through that process Whatever that or what that entails if it's section 106 compliance They will go through that process concurrently and after this public hearing and specifically this public hearing is for the use of Parkland for university drive right away On number november 15 2023 the park and recreation advisory board endorsed staff's recommendation to the city council To authorize the use of a portion of parkland for the university drive project Staff recommends hearing any additional public comment and upon completion of the public comment staff recommends that the city council Close public hearing and act on this mnc Thank you joel any questions for joel council member hill No questions. Thank you joel Um, i'd like to move to approve mnc 240104 And clink clink close the public hearing Thank you got a motion council Mayor we have three speakers. Oh, i'm sorry. We do don't we our first is charles dryfus. My apologies mr. Dryfus followed by judy harmon And then lawn burnham who's undecided, but maybe by the tummy gets up here. He'll like it. I don't know Miss good. All I think I have a There we go. There we are look at that I'm charles dryfus 2416 park place This mnc is abandoning some really important parkland protections and i'm speaking in favor It's all about money This time that's good It's about improving fort worth's competitive position for a grant Having eight lanes of road right away could make it easier for federal workers to speed our grant along For them it might mean less paper and fewer regulations You're voting eight lanes of right away Right up against the botanical garden fence Road right away. Look at it, please. Just look We'll pass those out Well, it's not gonna get built. I think everybody knows that but it sure does wake up park lovers There's a way to protect the park The very separate master thoroughfare plan should stay at only six lines Because this is eight lanes wide that they're talking about eight After the grant is spent the city could dedicate the park back to the curb again and That would be entirely separate from this mnc it would be a new action You know, I'm here as a staff informed general stakeholder. Let's keep that going I'm thanking Joel McElhaney Lauren prayer Just a macarosh macakran. I'm gonna get it right They convinced me. They're outstanding and please vote. Yes This is good Our next speaker is judy harman followed by lawn bernum Is judy here i'm at senior On the phone, I apologize Miss harman, this is judy harman I live at 22 22 went in terrace east fort worth texas 7609 I'm speaking on behalf of scenic fort worth For nearly 30 years scenic fort worth has worked to maintain and enhance the scenic beauty of our city from billboards and other signage To parks trees and public spaces As expressed in our letter to you we applaud phase two improvements to south university drive and the taking of parkland to achieve it This plan will make it easier for people to use public transportation to get to trinity park and to the botanic gardens It will also complete a pedestrian connection along university So people will be able to walk from wet seven street to the cultural district the parks shopping centers the zoo and tcu As mentioned in our letter to you we do have some safety concerns for the proposed sidewalks And are willing to discuss them along with possible solutions with city staff We are also very interested in seeing the kind of signage being planned for the project But overall we want to express our appreciation to you for increased focus and funding for a greener fort worth Leading to a happy healthy citizens and a brighter economic future for the city. Thank you so much Good morning. I hope you're all well. I'm lawn bernum and my wife and I've lived in district nine since 1979 And I've been an advocate for more sidewalks in this town since before that time Longer than some of you can read and write um, the reason I signed in the way I did is I really want to Bring attention to a concern which grabbed a lot of our attention Five acres of parkland is a lot of acreage taken away from parks There is a reason there is a state law that requires you to go through this process to convert parkland To right away land. I want to first compliment Lauren and her staff For a very thorough explanation of the conundrum that they're in And they went to the effort to check with text dot and while I may not agree with the cya Email that they sent to her last night at 10 o'clock where they assert they need this That's not the relevant point the relevant point is for you guys to move forward because the amenities the improvements Are really good and important I would say that it's a continuing concern of mine. The way stakeholders are defined With regard to parkland Just because you're not in a neighborhood association immediately adjacent to that parkland Just because you don't own land along that the city owns all the land along the stretcher road There are other organizations in this town that specifically exist to enhance our environment Like the one that judy harman was representing like the sira club But the fact of the matter is this is not a bad taking. That's not like the road past the Duck pond other battles that we have fought to defend this area I don't think there's adequate notice to other stakeholders That's been a struggle of mind with the parks department for over a dozen years When I was representing 160 odd citizens of fort worth in the area So i'm just saying look, this is a good project We don't want to slow it down But we do want you all to recognize the taking parkland For right away. It's always very serious business And I appreciate all the effort that the staff has gone in to explain why they think they need five acres Thank you for your time Thank you. Mr. Burnham comes from bruhill I do want to thank all the speakers and echo your sentiments as well to tpw parks Joel you've done a great job and I really appreciate the hard work on this I do think it will make university drive safer more accessible to the botanic gardens and trendy park So with that, I'd like to move to approve mnc 240104 and close the public hearing Motion to second counsel, please vote motion carries Next item mnc 24 094 as a reminder it was withdrawn by staff And the next item will be mnc 24 0097 Rotate a motion council Motion in a second Any other discussion? Please vote Chris Next item is mnc 24 0091 Mayor pretend Bippins was anything you wanted to say on this one. I think this was important to you the weatherization program Yeah, thank you for removing it from consent, but I have no issues Thank you Council, please vote motion carries Next item is mnc 24-0095 Motion a second. Please vote try again the vote button went away. I don't know what happened That's okay motion carries Mayor that concludes all of the action items for today. Thank you council. I believe that's the end of business and meeting is adjourned