 Taking following the announcements of any items being pulled from the consent agenda Speakers registered for non-consent items other than public hearing and zoning cases will be taken together Prior to those items being acted upon Speakers will be given three minutes to speak on all items within those blocks that they have registered to speak. Thank you Good evening and welcome to your four city council meeting our call the meeting to order Tonight's invocation will be provided by dr. Christopher Dardar senior senior pastor of East Point Church of Christ Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance Father we love you so much and we're thankful for this opportunity to come together tonight In order to take care of the business of this great city We ask that the things that are shared tonight and done tonight will be pleasing and acceptable in your site It will be made for the betterment of the city of Fort Worth. We love you We need you and is in Jesus name. We pray amen Give us one folks One minute folks. We have some the minor technical difficulty here. Okay. Thank you for the delay or Being with us through this delay So we always love it when our mistakes are caught on camera by our local media Our first item of business will be special presentations and the first one will be a presentation of proclamation for pathfinders 25th anniversary Good evening mayor and council and to all of our residents here. Welcome to the city of fourth council meeting our first one of the new year Welcome to 2023 It's a great privilege this evening to recognize pathfinders 25th anniversary So for those of you are here on behalf of Pathfinders, you don't mind come up and join behind me So as a reminder for those of you that may not be aware of the amazing work that Tarrant County Pathfinders does This is an organization that was incorporated as family Pathfinders of Tarrant County a 501c3 Organization and later shortened to Pathfinders with a mission of empowering individuals and their families to find their path from poverty to self-sufficiency in October to 1997 Family Pathfinders formed the goal of enlisting community support for welfare reform efforts by partnering with faith and civic groups to match Volunteer mentors with families on their journey to self-sufficiency in October of 2022 Pathfinders celebrated their 25th anniversary Which we now recognize in the fourth mayor and council meeting I'll read the proclamation whereas originally name is Tarrant County family Pathfinders and whereas established in 1997 Pathfires is a recognized leader in adult mentoring and financial capability and has read received numerous recognitions from the Department of Health's and Human Services and accolades from multiple organizations throughout Fort Worth and Whereas Pathfinder serves more than 1,000 families annually through mentoring and financial coaching to help eliminate poverty and move families to economic stability demonstrating Pathfinders positive impact and creating a more equitable community and Whereas we are pleased to celebrate and honor Pathfinders on their 25th anniversary And for the group's continued commitment to the Fort Worth community and all who are involved and there may it there now be well Goodness and hear about recognizes and celebrate Pathfinders 25th anniversary this day of January The 10th congratulations to Catherine. I have to say personally numerous times I've called you and your staff to help with different initiatives here at the city They always answer yes, and our great collaborates not only within your organization with other nonprofits in Fort Worth So for that we're incredibly grateful. If you'd like to say a few words, you're welcome mayor Parker and council members Thank you so much for honoring us and with the special recognition today And it's really the icing on the cake for the culmination of a year-long celebration of 25 years of service to our community We are helping families build better lives, and that's good for our city and for our community as a whole We enjoy such a wonderful relationship with the city particularly around Financial empowerment initiatives, and we look forward to many more years of working together to make our beloved city as Wonderful of a place as it could be so thanks again so much and go frogs our second Special presentation will be a presentation of proclamation for the Fort Worth police department crisis intervention and response canine program And I believe councilwoman Elizabeth Beck will be presenting this proclamation Officer Kelly French with the fourth police department. I'm on the crisis intervention team, and this is wookie He's in training to be a critical incident response canine The crisis intervention response team is a new program implemented by the fourth police department crisis intervention team Part of CIT's mission is to increase the effectiveness of police departments response to assisting those in mental health crisis The CIRT program further augments the abilities of CIT by utilizing the skills and abilities by therapy canine The CERT canine may be utilized to aid and law enforcement related activities Including but not limited to peer support community events comfort to employees during or after a crisis situation school activities mental health responder and investigations divisions This program is designed to affect and improve the lives of everyone around Including the canines and because of that we're only utilizing rescue dogs When we located wookie out of the North animal shelter. He was skin and bones He didn't want to eat anymore. He didn't like his environment the loud large dogs barking So we took wookie out with the trainer Who was the handler and she? Said that he met all of the criteria to go ahead and become a crisis intervention canine and training. So Now we have wookie if you can't tell the night council's kind of gone to the dogs We're really excited tonight to have some great members of the community and our CIT team from forward PD here to recognize some people that made a really special program Happen for our city and I can tell you that my colleagues and the city secretary's office have all been fighting for who gets to pet the dogs first and the truth is that I Went to me. I had the opportunity to pet both wookie and echo before the council meeting And I already feel much calmer and at ease as we start this process So I think I'm claiming them for me and I think my colleagues would appreciate that as well. So with that Whereas the crisis intervention response team the CIRT is a new program Implemented by the forward police department crisis intervention team in part in part to increase the effectiveness of the police Department's response to assisting those in mental health crisis and Whereas the CIRT program is a program shift or as a paradigm shift on police canines by utilizing emotional support Trained canines that will focus on improving internal officer mental wellness as well as be deployed within our community in many different ways They can assist after traumatic incidents help reduce anxiety and some victims and participate in the community or Recruiting events and whereas the program is dedicated to improving the lives of all of those who are involved Including the canines to selected to that end Fort Worth P Fort Worth PD CIT will only utilize rescue dogs for the program Which includes wookie a Cata hula leopard mix rescued from our very own Fort Worth animal shelter, and she's acting right on cue So any parent in there can can appreciate wookie and Echo our black lab rescued from California by canines for freedom and independence Echo might be much better behave. Yes See we all feel better. We're not even done with the proclamation Whereas the CIRT program would not be possible without the generous support of the following incredible individuals and entities Roy Topham and the board of the John and Jane Justin Foundation Who has agreed to fund the program for a full five years j jair and the Connerosa rescue foundation who has funded much of the initial equipment outlay for the program can shudder and grant summers In the safe city and commission in one safe place for partnering with Fort Worth PD to expand advocacy outreach for the CIRT program Janine Baggett and Canines for freedom and independence for training echo and wookie and donating echo to the program and Heather weeks Rebecca Jankewitz and Tiffany Downs with the almost home rescue Texas who worked who rescued wookie from the Fort Worth animal shelter With days left before he was set to be euthanized now Therefore the city of Fort Worth does hereby recognize and celebrate the support and creation of the Fort Worth PD crisis intervention response canine program We've got a roll we've got proclamations for everybody and then our office has a little go bag for One really well-behaved dog and then a really sweet sweet I just wanted to really quickly say first to to mayor and counsel Thank you so much for your support along with our administration in our mental health mission Without it, we wouldn't be where we're at today Also wanted to thank our donors again once they play safe city commission almost home rescue canines for freedom and independence The Jane and John Justin Foundation and the Conny Russo Foundation and lastly I want to I want to recognize the CIT team They're all standing in the back Without their hard work and dedication we wouldn't be anywhere near where we're at today. I appreciate it. Thanks Our next presentation will be a presentation of recognition for the library's Spanish-speaking GED program Good evening mayor and counsel. My name is mania shore, and I'm the director of your Fort Worth public library It's tough to follow cops and dogs, but I'm gonna try I Want to first invite our students and staff to come down and join me and as they're doing that I will let you know that in 2019 we identified a critical need in a community that has more than 25% of our population that is a native Spanish speaker There was no free Spanish language GED class in the entire county So we started one It became the library's first virtual program in 2020 and we've kept it virtual because it works for our students They don't need to travel or to find childcare Especially since our students come from all over the city and every single one of your districts We've even added an evening class this past fall because of increasing demands Our current instructors are Miriam Hernandez our public education specialist shall wave and Sylvia Kenona's who is our library assistant. They currently have 44 students in their classes and as of a couple of weeks ago We have graduated 20 students to get their GED We could not do this without community donations to the Fort Worth Public Library Foundation They cover the cost of the textbooks the cost of the tests and the cost of a graduation ceremony That's about three hundred dollars per student At the Fort Worth public library We continue to expand Spanish language programs and services when we identify a need Including in-person and virtual ESL classes offered city-wide We're piloting a class at La Grande Biblioteca this spring to prep for the US naturalization test We offer Spanish language computer skills classes and healthy cooking classes in partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife And we offer bilingual family story times and Spanish language parenting classes We are committed to our Spanish speaking population But tonight we are here to celebrate our students who have successfully passed and earned their GEDs So I'm going to pass it over to Miriam. She's going to translate everything I just said and then she's going to introduce our students Buenas tardes. Ella es Manian Shore y es la directora de la Biblioteca Pública de Fort Worth En el 2019 identificamos una necesidad crítica en una comunidad que tiene más del 25 por ciento de hispanohablantes No había cursos gratuitos en el condado en español para el examen del GED Entonces empezamos uno Se convirtió en el primer programa virtual de la biblioteca en el 2020 Y lo hemos mantenido virtual porque es lo que mejor funciona para nuestros estudiantes No requiere salir de su casa o encontrar guardería Especialmente porque nuestros estudiantes vienen de todas partes de la ciudad Incluso hemos agregado una clase en las noches desde el otoño pasado porque ha incrementado el interés en el programa Nuestras maestras actuales son Miriam Hernandez especialista en educación pública y Silvia Quiñones asistente de biblioteca Ellas tienen 44 estudiantes actualmente y hace unas semanas hemos hasta hace unas semanas hemos graduado 20 estudiantes No podríamos lograr todo esto sin las donaciones de la comunidad a la fundación de la biblioteca pública de Fort Worth Ellos nos han dado fondos para los libros de texto el costo de los exámenes y la ceremonia de graduación Estos aproximadamente 300 dólares por estudiante Tenemos más programas y servicios para nuestra comunidad hispanohablante incluyendo Clases inglés como segundo idioma que sufressen en toda la ciudad presenciales y virtuales Estaremos probando una clase nueva en la sucursal de la gran biblioteca esta es la primavera para la preparación del examen de naturalización de los Estados Unidos Clases de computación en español y clases acerca de cocina saludable con una colaboración con Texas A&M agri-life Horace el cuento bilingües y clases de apoyo para padres en español Sin embargo hoy estamos aquí para celebrar a nuestros estudiantes quienes han pasado exitosamente y obtenido sus certificados del GED Se los vamos a presentar en la primera es Sandra Castro John Sintia García, Jessica Lopez, Zulma Rodriguez, Esmeralda Ramos y Marisa Iniguez. Gracias. We're going to take a picture but I think it goes without saying on behalf of the entire council We are so proud that you took the time to come here tonight and recognizing this important program But more importantly the individuals that make our community so special Congratulations for this incredible honor tonight I know how hard it was to get to this place and I hope that city of fourth made that journey just a little bit easier and to the library Staff are always dreaming big that's your mission and we really really appreciate all the all the work that monia and her entire team do so Thank you very much our next presentation will be a presentation of the 2022 class of aspiring young lawyers summer camp Thank you. I'm going to read some remarks from here, and then I'll ask Suzanne and Sonia to join me. Yes, you too Sonia in in the well. I Know often people wonder, you know, you hear about Students at school not achieving and just wondering what's going to happen to our kids Well, I can tell you because of the Envision Center Big things are happening that give me a lot of confidence In what's going to happen with us and our kids my mom doesn't like the word kids, but you know what I mean The aspiring young lawyers summer camp started two years ago just a couple years ago El Clipper Davis legal Association past president Angel Angel Williams is Angel here Okay, you'll join me too Angel Williams had the vision to create a summer camp for high school students who wanted to be Attorneys with a focus on minority students The idea was to create a long-standing Pipeline program whereby aspiring young lawyers could get an inside look at the legal profession And at the same time connect with real lawyers who were working Summer 2022 was the third year of this project and I'll tell you the Envision Center came to us probably Fernando was it four years ago three years ago and it came from the Trump administration and I showed up for a photo op and I was wondering well how much money we're gonna get and there was no money, but Fernando said you just have to envision what could be and And Suzanne Richards has really helped us dream big There are so many wonderful things happening at the Envision Center, which is housed now at the MLK Center in stop six And so this year 14 completed the program 10 are with us tonight and Suzanne I'm going to ask you and Sonia to join me and I will call out the names of each of the youth When I get down there with you guys and when you hear them I want you to be real happy to see them and it's funny because the youngest ones are the longest ones who have to wait and So thanks for staying up late, and I'll see you in a few seconds Come and Rachel's going to get a real good photo that makes you all look real great Oh new oh Let's see if I can pronounce the right name Oh new I'm a Mingi Okay, so we'll save that one That means we may have nine Gregory Anderson The next is Madison Corzine At least we don't have any pets hanging around down here messing up dresses Drill on career Drailin career will mispronounce your name. They call me gyna Next is Haley Davis So next will be Abby Myers Last sweetheart you got a lot And we're going to take a big group picture when all the folks in the council to get ready to come now Next is you camey off the orange Three more So next is Kennedy Pasco So Suzanne did you require beauty? Yeah Next is Kenneth Peters council members give her to come on down Denise All the names I had we do have those who were coming so I'll get with Suzanne and make sure we give everybody So Y'all got a Yeah You Give them another hand it's quite an accomplishment and thank you pastor Dordor Our next item of business will be items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda There we go. We have two items to withdraw from the consent agenda. They are MNC 23-0018 and MNC 22-0016 Next is items to be continued or withdrawn by staff. There are no items to be continued or drawn by staff The next will be consent speakers mayor. Our first speaker is Peyton Jackson. We followed by Adrian Smith Congratulations on the 50 vouchers, but it sounds like we have gas and no car But anyway, happy new year Parker did you miss me? I miss you too twin Law number 13 of the 48 laws of power say to appeal to their self-interest. Let's test it out Now if you hear yourself mentioned during this name drop, I promise you I'm not picking on you It just means that you are one of the few on this dice that I still have faith in Let's eat Wouldn't it be amazing if the Bivens administration was responsible for short-term housing waitlist? It would Crane I am more than confident that the black community is willing to overlook your involvement in gentrification If and only if you're responsible for making more of us landlords giving us to say so in the averages of our rents No shade. You see, I'm a capitalist and a real estate investor myself with facts or facts Dr. Williams Now out of everyone here, you are the one that I respect the most for more reasons than I have time But I would love to see the Williams administration saluted for another great deed something like bringing tax deductions to those who needed the most the middle class council woman back I've watched you for some time now, and I have to say you were one phenomenal woman and It would warm my heart to see your administration Acknowledged for your efforts in providing a passive source of income, which is tax the least if at all Now if you miss that message our recap We can shorten the housing wait list by making more of our residents landlords providing tax deductions to those who needed the most While also providing a passive source of income but back to the rest of y'all y'all gonna have to come up off something And if you're ignorant to cold-switching You're going to have to compromise see one of the things that you may have to forfeit is Going down to those construction sites picking up hard hats and shoals just to toss around dirt for all the 45 seconds For a nice photo op That in those donations you see these developers aren't going to be as friendly But back to the betterment of this community and not the expansion of your pockets If y'all want to sit around and pretend like we can't a lot of budget for a program like this And that's fine if you want to ignore the fact that we can partner with local banks and credit unions to fund these properties That's fine. Let's grab the tax lien list from the county and call it imminent domain because isn't that how we got Central Park But see I don't actually expect anything from the majority of y'all But understand that that is why I myself and many others in this city deem y'all is nothing more than political prostitutes See nothing. I said had anything to do with this ordinance But unfortunately the last public comment meeting was on the 6th of December The next one isn't until the 24th of this month. Did y'all think that that was okay? But anyway, good luck with your campaigns and have a great night council Our next speaker is Adrian Smith followed by Bob Willoughby Greetings to all Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable and I say oh lord my strength and my redeemer greetings council It's a new year It's an election year our new county judge Mr. Tim O'Hara conducted a interview this past Weekend I believe it was on inside Texas politics. It's a great show That happens every Sunday morning on WFAA One thing mr. O'Hara stated Doing this interview and one of the first things he stated was that the spending here in Tarrant County You know For what makes up Tarrant County that the spending is out of control Now this particular agenda item For those who have Paperwork, you know, they tell you on the surface on the surface of these on these Agendum items. It just gives you vague description of what it is that the council is to consider voting for But like I was like I recall at the last council meeting You have to go a little deeper when you try to get a better understanding of what what they did what what it is They are voting on This particular MNC and the one that follows to me is just another Act the wasteful spending on behalf of this city council Who to me have Since last year sometime Have been thumbing their noses up At this city in his taxpayers because you all have been giving away taxpayer dollars without regard to business interests developers special interests Let's not forget about law enforcement So my question to you all What is it going to take to get the spending under control? This project is ten million dollars It's ten million six hundred twenty five thousand dollars to a business which has no description Has a name sales before it incorporated and then the next MMC. That's that's the follow Which I don't have to speak on because it's the same wasteful spending ten million six hundred twenty five thousand dollars to Lake Country Chevrolet for the purpose for the purchase of sports utility vans sports you what utility vehicles vans and Trucks using interlock purchasing system cooperative whatever that is I'm about to take my seat, but I'll be back Our next speaker is Bob Willoughby I'm kind of following up on what Adrian's talking about on Our website there and I've asked this before and before they're not gonna do anything they never have When you go to look at more information on any of these gender items you click over you get a blank page Big old blank page. You could tell you a lot of things like we're gonna take away You're right to speak at city council and they did it. We don't speak here anymore. We're off the agenda You know, I've asked them to move their public presentation to the bottom of the gender and when they saw there's nobody here They go home. They don't they went up front make us sit here and wait for them before we go for zoning cases anyway, when I'm talking about the website and There's my group there. You can join me. Also, you can find my website there Which really takes you to what they're doing that they don't let me put up here now I didn't like bestie prize before eight years. I put my website up here all the time. She never took it down That girl takes it down. Okay And this is just really mind-boggling what they've done to our agenda to our speaking all that but anyway It's just you know, it's just I can't wait to election I'll tell you because we've got to change these but I'll tell you let me put it this way Anybody up there that would vote to take away our first amendment from here You can't trust them. I wouldn't trust them with my With my pet bull constrictor. I would not trust these people with them They took away your right to speak. I'm surprised people didn't come down here with pitchforks and yell But they didn't that's how they got away with it That's how they got away with it. They took from us. Okay And you know what I'm gonna offer them on the 24th on our next deal a thousand dollars I'll give to st. Jude's Children's Hospital if they'll answer why They removed the public presentation from the council agenda very legitimate question when the most legitimate questions You can ask these people and by the way The premise of their job is to answer questions not running hide from you I'm family go David Cook runs off. I had a meeting with that man about the crooked John T. White neighborhood association gave him all the evidence You know what he does now? He runs Woman said hey, you got a beautiful picture of David Cook his silver hair looks great I said my skin is silver too, but nevertheless. That's what they do. They run from you We won't count some members that will answer Be Americans and care about the people not yourself That's all you cared about since you got in here And I want the new mayor to hit the reset button and put this thing back like it was before you got here Like Bessie Price had it and before y'all got in here We had four council meetings a month seven o'clock put it back like it was and if it gets changed ask the people I asked Jared. I asked crane to ask the people. They didn't ask the people Before they changed that I went to them said hey, this is good But tell the people and see if they want it. They didn't ask They're not council members. They're phonics. They're fakes everyone or fakes. Thank you Next item is the approval of the consent agenda as amended Got a motion a second council any other discussion Please vote. Oh, go ahead Jared. We did. Yeah, we're good. Yeah got a motion a second. Please vote council motion carries Next item is in and see 23-0018 Do you have two members that need to recuse on this item? Let Jared go first. Go ahead Jared. Thank you mayor I won't be participated in this item due to conflict of interest related to my current employer the Terran area food bank And I'm gonna abstain for any participation in any discussion or vote. Also, I found a conflict of interest form Which is on file with the city secretary Thank you Jared and Michael and likewise I am abstaining from this vote Due to my wife's employer nonprofit child care associates and as well Everything's on file. Thank you. Thank you Michael and take a motion council council or back Second motion in a second in their discussion council Please vote motion carries Next item is MNC 23-0016 23-0016 council member crane And and featured D6 that today Yeah equally I'm not participating in this vote due to my wife's employer nonprofit child care associates and everything's on file with the city secretary's office Also won't be participating this item due to my current employer the Terran area food bank and I'll be abstaining from discussion and voting and my information is on file with the city secretary Motion council Thank you second motion in a second. Please vote motion carries Next will be upcoming in recent events recognition of citizens and approval ceremonial travel by council if needed Sure council member Flores start first. Thank you, ma'am Have a short presentation here to wrap up the events that we had Tail end of this past year December 14th Eagle Mountain signal ISD Hosted their holiday open house, and it was especially Significant for them because they have a new central administration building they incorporated the ribbon cutting along with Some of the groups that came to celebrate that and that building was funded by their bond program So it's going to offer a lot of meeting spaces flexible spaces for their administration So kudos to them next slide please All right, I was joined by Michael Crane and Alan Blaylock over to Celebrate our code blue volunteers, which I think go unsung Frequently because they are the eyes and ears of public safety in our communities So we had a big luncheon for them to celebrate that along with Northwest division and other PD divisions that were there to support them and give them awards So thanks to our code blue volunteers. They're very important to us All right, December 31st is some the tradition that I like to do, you know for our first responders for a PD for fire and med star Santa Carlos delivers tamales to all the stations in D2 and And including med star to show them a little, you know appreciation towards the end of the year for all they do Especially those they have to work over the holidays. So it's very well received Really thank them and appreciate them for what they do and that's all I have. Thank you Thank You Carlos council member crane. Yeah quick announcement I think I'm announced in December that Katie where he was leaving the district three office So I just wanted to point out Jack Carvalho here is rejoin the district three office and Danelle Mason is here Joining as well as district director and district liaison. So thank y'all for helping me out helping the citizens out. I appreciate it Council member firestone Thank you mayor So before Christmas break, I was honored to attend the dedication of Perot field at Alliance Really special day. Of course that was named after the visionary Ross Perot It was a very moving dedication a lot of great stories about mr. Perot and the history and his Personality loved to play practical jokes on people and special friends and we heard about that and really personalized I think the day quite a bit The family was out there Including mr. Perot's wife children and their families We were able to tour the new FBO hangar out there in alliance Which is a really special place and I'm pictured there as well with Mike Barry who's the CEO of Hillwood and I don't think we can overstate it enough How in all we are of Ross Perot senior in his vision for Alliance and Certainly what now Ross Jr. and the family? Mike Barry and his leadership What they are doing at Alliance and what they're contributing to our community economically in jobs and Vision for all the work that they're doing out there It's it's a special group and we're very grateful. Thank you Thank you Leonard Our next It's councilmember actually councilman Nettles had a few things that I want to skip you Yes, thank you mayor first happy new year's to all you that here. We appreciate you being here part of the process Have a few announcements this Saturday The stop six MLK parade would be happening at 11 a.m It was starting district eight at the Renaissance Square right there by the wall marks 2,900 Renaissance Square forward, Texas We will start the parade at 11 o'clock and we'll go down to bearing end up at the park We'll bargain park. Thank you, Gina mayor protein. We'll bargain park with festivities So come out and support the parade also on Monday We will have the MLK parade downtown forward January the 16th 2023 Registration starts in person at 8 a.m. Check-in is at 9 30 and parade line starts at 10 a.m Also, I am grateful and excited to announce that we are back live on Facebook here at our meeting So I'm an ask you if you can go on Facebook and look up Fort Worth TV Spell it out Fort Worth and then the letter TV we alive currently right now So you can share it on social media you can also like and follow it Everybody can stay engaged in the process. So I want to thank my counsel as well as Renee and all those that make this possible So we are back making sure that the community has a voice. Thank you. Those are my announcements so we've got one upcoming event and for those of you that are interested in what we're doing to make New City Hall a more sustainable place To house our city government. We will be hosting a sustainability workshop January 25th 2023 at the Fort Worth Central Library unfortunately due to construction. We couldn't have you at that Beautiful facility that will be moving into shortly If you have any questions or concerns ahead of the meeting feel free to email future City Hall That's all spelled out at Fort Worth Texas dot gov We hope to see out there and please make sure you Share that Graphic and we get everyone involved that we can next up All right, so For those of you that know me, you know that I take an annual trip To far west Texas every new year and the reason that I'm sharing this slide is because this year I wore my nifty Fort Worth hat and while I was eight and a half hours away in the middle of nowhere with no cell service I ran into not one two three but four Groups of Fort Worth residents and I can tell you that each one of those who all happened to live in different district nine by the way But everyone that I passed and they saw that hat They got so excited when they realized that there was someone else from Fort Worth And as you're out there you see people with cowboys or Astros or you know whatever their favorite team is and you don't ever see them greet each other the way that people from Fort Worth do and I Really think that it was a great reminder as we start this new year I would an amazing community we have and we would not have that community without the people here on the dais with me And then everyone you see out here and to my right all of our staff and all of our community members And so I just wanted to take this opportunity to remind everybody what an incredibly special place It is we have the opportunity to live in and serve That it sparked so much joy even when you're far far away. So thank you. Thank you, Elizabeth It's actually a perfect segue as I seek approval from this council for ceremonial travel I was very blessed to get to travel on behalf of the city of Fort Worth Out to LA to cheer on our TCU horn frogs while it was not the result. We wanted it was incredibly special to see I personally had to see over 5,000 Fort Worth residents on Santa Monica Pier I had to apologize to Santa Monica mayor and so I think we've taken over your entire town We had painted it purple and but to Elizabeth's point This city showed up in a big way for those young men that worked really hard this season to show up and show Offer for Fort Worth, Texas. So despite our loss last night. We made its national championship, which is a huge accomplishment Our enthusiasm as a city tool can't wait to see what next year brings coach Dyches Max Dugan that entire team are young men On the field off the field of high character and integrity and I can't wait to see what they do next So go frogs and with that I'll seek a ceremonial travel approval from this council Motion in a second, please vote motion carries Next will be the non-consent agenda speaker mayor I'm actually gonna take these in order according to agenda item Jeanette so we can just roll through the agenda That's to not confuse things that makes sense to you So we can go to the first item. Okay? So first item is CP 320 324 Rename of the hillside community center. Our first speaker is James Smith followed by Cliff Sparks My name is James Smith. I live in district 8 And I'm a little bit perplexed for being able to speak to you on this particular issue I'm a resident of Fort Worth of 65 years No hillside park like the back of my hand I Know hillside park before there was ever a community center there Renaming the community center in my opinion would be a rebirth of change in the city of forward There are new avenues that we need to travel in the city of forward I know a lot of my opponents mentioned the historical aspect of hillside park They mentioned their memories of hillside park Well, here's the memory of mine 50 Tell my age, but 50 some out of years ago. I made this pottery in hillside park. I still have it. It's a memory Hillside park is slated to be well the recreation center slated to be revamped rebuilt Where are the memories going to go then? When you push the building down I'm still gonna remember making this pottery in that building My children played in hillside recreation center their children are playing in hillside recreation center Change needs to come to Fort Worth, Texas change needs to come to the south side of Fort Worth, Texas And hillside is going to be the beacon of change on the south side of Fort Worth I'm asking that you vote yes to rename the center in Memorial for a touch down to Jefferson changing the name It's not gonna hurt Anybody's memory unless you have Alzheimer's To make fun of all times because my grandmother had it and I kept the curve of seven years What I'm saying is progress Isn't an easy thing to achieve, but it's achievable. I just recently learned of the opposition to this although it's been Spoken of down here for about two years almost It's on the agenda It should be voted on and it should be voted for I'll talk to him just thank you Our next speaker is Cliff sparks followed by Natasha Nelson, which will be a phone call Cliff Sparks live in district nine Elizabeth Beck I just want to give a couple of shout outs to Chris nettles for your hard work Elizabeth Beck Jerry Williams I'm here because the renaming of the Tatiana of the hillside community center I really believe that it should be voted on and it should go through For the people that's against it. Where have you been the last three years? Have you contact the family and said how you doing? Are you okay? What do you need instead of that you guys want to complain about this complain about that? You ain't showing no support to the family. You was there at first the first day. What were you at for three years? It's quiet as a rat has mouse right now Because they know who I'm talking to and they know what's up So with that being said all you fake preachers that's against it sit down somewhere Let the council do what they need to do to pass this thing and show love and support to the family This will keep a Tatiana memory alive So for those that's against it go to hell Our next speaker our next speaker is Natasha Nelson followed by Chacelle leak Miss Nelson I'm here. Go ahead. Do you have three minutes, please? Yes, good evening to the mayor and the city council what I would like to say is For the past three years you guys have had your right taken away from literally silence where you could not Say a word with anything that had to do with the Tatiana jefferson and her justice That time is over now. You guys are free You have your amendment right back and it's time for you to exercise the power that you hold within those Feet and it's time for you to speak out from everything that you've held on to for so so long Throughout this long long long course to get justice for this woman's life was taken away Now we do have opposites to this but I can tell you this You guys have been connected to the preachers and the churches for too long And it's time to build a strong connection with the people the people the ones that are actually making moves and making things happen No connection with these churches. We don't attend their churches. We're not members of their congregation They do not speak for us And this is the time for you to exercise your vote and make sure you're loud and clear in naming this after Tatiana jefferson Preaches and churches don't clean up there. They have an adopted the area to pick up litter They don't take care of it. They don't have any events there. They don't have summer camps there back to school programs They have no involvement whatsoever But to hold on to their history that has their name attached to it But guess what it's 2023 and this is Fort Worth's new history And you guys have the opportunity to be a part of that history and to make history because you've been quiet for so long So we're not going to listen to the preachers and the pastors We're going to listen to the people the people whose kids play there like you heard Mr. James say the people who actually go there and attend this community center Hold on to this old history any longer So I beg you and I ask that you please do the right thing the same way the jury did And give us justice and let us memorialize the Tatiana jefferson as far as we can take it Thank you Our next speaker is sechel leak. I think it's also a phone call followed by danelle ballard phone call She tried on that call. Let's see if this one's any better Speaker Yes, this is sechel leak Hello, good evening. This is sechel leak. Uh, mr. Firestone is the representative of my district I'm calling in on behalf of the renaming of hillside community center We would love to have it renamed after Tatiana jefferson The city has been through so much through this journey Zion plays at that park freely. We have so many events there for the last three years And it would just be a wonderful way to honor the family The judicial system did their part by giving us the taste of justice and now it is on y'all's behalf To give it a little bit more Of an honor Amber is currently in the hospital fighting for her life And it would just mean nothing more to her than to have that community center renamed So I really hope that you guys do the right thing and vote. Yes. Thank you Our next speaker is danelle ballard followed by claudine brinner Hey, good evening everyone. Um, i'm danelle ballard community lead uh community leader and a former resident I used to live out there. I played at the hillside recreation center And I think it's more important now For us to remember who Tatiana jefferson is and what better way for us to remember Tatiana jefferson With that recreation center been renamed after her after three years We need something different in our community and I think I agree with clear response On this one, we can't listen to the minister We've got to listen to what the people want it is not about the minister It is about what the people in this community won't and I believe that we should get behind Chris down and get behind the family and making sure that we remain this recreation center after someone who has made a major impact for the past three years in This community so I don't know what the minister's doing, but I am voting yes On making sure that her legacy lives on for life Thank you. That's all I want to say Thank you, mr. Ballard our next speaker is claudine brinner followed by kindra richardson Claudine Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Yes I've called to speak in support 100 unending support of renaming the hillside community center in honor of miss atatiana jefferson This would not only be a beautiful tribute to the up-and-coming young medical professional whose life was so tragically cut short But I also see this as a tribute to how beautifully the community came together and stood strong through consistent attacks and adversity I've made I may live in district six, but my children grew up playing youth sports at hillside community center I've taken walks with zions to that community center and to the park to just take a moment to step away from the madness And be a child and I can't imagine How wonderful it would be for him to visit that park and see atatiana's name Renaming this community center will give our youth A powerful name to look up to and provide a reminder to our youth that we are creating a future for them Not some rich white guy Not who we so love to name things after but our children Who frequent this community who are coming up in this community and need Something that they can relate to and be proud of A place with a name and a legacy for them. Thank you Thank you. Our next speaker is kindra richardson followed by rukia carry Is kindra here kindra Can we call her kindra? We'll get whip call ready next call is rukia carry You can't make the system work. Okay A next can you call rukia carry? Is that one ready? Okay, great Go ahead Hello, my name is rukia carry. I live in district six And I always have as long as I've lived in port words I am an army veteran As well as a stay-at-home mom to two beautiful little black boys who I would love to be able to show them this new community center as a sign of hope And I would I would truly For them to see an example being set by city officials Um, this is a new history as so many others have said because it is a new year and I Truly believe that port worth is stuck in the same cycle of doing things the same way And the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results It is not working and I definitely did not serve this country to see an innocent life taken Just for that woman's need to be demonized What is so bad about celebrating the life of a woman who has changed the history of our great city? It just doesn't compute And those who are opposing it I really I really need everyone to understand that we wouldn't be here today If it weren't for an officer taking the law into his own hand So the very least that the council members can do Is change the name The world will not end if anything it'll make our world in fortwith, texas A much more beautiful world and a closer community. Thank you Our next speaker is patrice jones followed by alanda massie Hello council and mayor parker Um, y'all know that I'm in complete support of renaming hillside to a tatiana My whole thrust into activism is actually on the uh was birth on the tatiana jefferson. Um I actually came to the city in june Of 2020 to see if I can get a mural for tatiana jefferson placed on hillside community center And guess what the city told me no So I found my own private building to have the mural right down the street from her home And um based on me getting that no, I'm really surprised that we even have to be here today I thought renaming hillside to a tatiana was like a done deal. I didn't realize there was any opposition I'm very disappointed. There is opposition and um Yeah, I just you know, the jury did the right thing. We keep talking about that We waited three years over three years for justice for this family and It just only makes sense to to leave something for her. We I know that mr. James had efforts to want to rename 35 Uh after a tatiana not sure what happened with that. I know it was never changed I know that uh both and john With the street was actually renamed after both and john and dallas But if you look at alan, there's just toppers of a tatiana jefferson's name It's not like we renamed the whole street after her which dallas did that So the least that we can do we're here literally begging for a community center that's directly behind her home that her Family works with that my organization is going to work with and we're in full support of this Um, I just I think I hope that y'all can find any y'all hearts to do the right thing just rename the center I know it was you know, I know we couldn't get police oversight But I just hope that you know y'all can give us this we are always begging for chrome. So let us have this one y'all Our next speaker will be kindra richardson followed by elanda massie london hold on just a second We've got kindra on the phone. I apologize. You were quick though Thank you Go ahead. I apologize for my absence. I'm actually supposed to be there in person, but I got caught up in Traffic coming from work. My name is kindra richardson. I'm the founder of funky town free age a community free age We ran by the community here for where texas and I wanted to just make sure that I said what I needed to say in order to Um, let The city know whoever's watching know that I am indeed in favor of renaming the community center after tatianna jefferson I think that this city owes her that Um, and the city government owes her that not just that but her family and they actually owe her way much more than that Considering that their police was the reason of this woman's demise And the reason why we want to memorialize her name in the first place I think she deserves it and her family deserves it and her family deserves way more than that from the city of fort worth And that is in renaming that community center is just the bare minimum of what y'all can give to that family Consider all the child taken away from her So y'all can give we can give them at least this one thing to let them know That the city is standing behind them and not just a 10-year manslaughter case And that's all I have Our next speaker is allanda massie followed by anthony humphrey Council members. Good evening. My name is allanda massie. I live at 47 29 pine ridge and mr Williams district I own property at 1114 east jefferson and mr. Nettles district And I had a statement written here that I'm gonna wing it because I'm sort of moved by everything that I've heard Um, I want to express my disagreement with mr. Nettles proposal to change the name of hillside rec center without a town hall meeting That's what I'm I'm asking you to do mr. Nettles is to do Open it up outside of here Outside of this chamber and hear from more than the people that have attended here in the past To show support for miss jefferson and everything that happened to her which by the way we do And we think that the council should do things to honor Miss jefferson's legacy But we need to be able to talk to more people than just the ones that have attended here In 2021 I want you to know that we had a hillside reunion where people who grew up there Came out of our pockets Rented out the hillside center. Nobody here spoke about that because they weren't there But we rented the center. We didn't have any contributions from a church no organization No Corporate industry we did it and we had a reunion there and we celebrated our time That we spent at hillside. I did it my Parents did it my children did it. I grew up there There were people who contributed to the hillside community like miss winston miss ervin Um did with booker julius. They contributed to the community So if you want to rename it, I think it's worth hearing more Of the community's opinion about it because there were other people that that actually This is not about miss jefferson's legacy But this is about there were other people that also contributed to the hillside community and we want to be heard We want you to come and listen to what we have to say about other people. Mr. Hogan is right there His cousin was killed at hillside. Most of these people that are speaking and calling in don't know that We were there So there there are more people that are here and that are around and that are from that area That would like to be heard. This is not about the legacy I cannot stress that because we I can't stress it enough because we support Supporting this this city this council supporting miss jefferson's legacy But give us a chance to speak to please. Thank you for your service Our next speaker is anthony humphrey followed by adrian smith Mayor he dropped off and we have not been able to get uh, Okay, is adrian still here. There he is adrian come on up adrian will be followed by douglas spelman to the historic south side uh community the hillside community those who Are here tonight on behalf of this proposition Before I came here tonight. I was able to catch a news briefly news coverage from wfaa stating that There was a division within a community When it come when it when it's coming to this particular proposal I just want to say to wfaa anyone who Beard that there's a division that I fear that it's not a division. However, there's a need for Understanding The bible reminds us with all that getting getting understanding We know this is an election year And i'm not going to go into that Dr. Martin Luther king jr reminded us Not to judge a man by the color of his skin but by the content of his character Hey isn't a come hey isn't a complexion dynamic, but a character dynamic Racism isn't a complexion dynamic, but a character dynamic consideration isn't A complex complexion dynamic, but a character dynamic For people who say that this community is not together I want to remind people that this community is together We do recall this right This right here to me that this community was together When it came to ensuring that this rogue police officer was convicted For the murder of mr. Tatiana Jeffs so to this community and to those who are Seemed like there's a division You all let's not leave her With that in the earth because I don't believe there's a division I believe that there just needs to be some understanding some better understanding And as the sister stated mr. Nettles this does solely falls up on your shoulder sir because this is your district so As y'all see i'm on neutral ground. I'm neutral but I think a What what the sister stated it wouldn't be nothing wrong with it to have a community Town hall. I don't see nothing wrong with it See nothing wrong with it so As I take my seat you all remember This didn't start three years ago. He actually started seven years ago. Don't forget about jacklyn craig And don't forget that this council had an opportunity back on november 8th To join together the community and policing With an agenda item, but they voted it down I got receipts the foreword star telegram. I have receipts The foreword council rejects the policy of videry board Sinking key equity recommendations. Thank you Our next speaker our next speaker is douglas spellman followed by gregory wesley Mr. Spellman and my name is douglas spellman to the council and the mayor And this is not in opposition to the legacy of miss jefferson But this is in support of an institution hillside park was there Before forward had single member districts Hillside park was there before it was even assigned a zip code 76104 We're talking about an institution for those that want to throw history away and forget it Well, that's your option, but I choose not to and like I say, this is not in opposition To miss jefferson's legacy because that was a tragedy that should never have happened But this is about an institution Hillside is an institution. Thank you Our next speaker is gregory wesley followed by francis beamon council members Dignitarious my name is gregory wesley I live in Forest Hills actually my mom's old house my mother Is miss daris gene weston from the time hillside opened until her retirement in 1997 She worked there tirelessly She lived and breathed hillside. She was there from the time it opened till she retired in 1997 Even then she was the last one to leave During that time she made sure hillside provided the community with everything that was afforded the more affluent areas She was not going to allow The children of the community to be shortchanged because we were the south side She was always told no But she refused to accept no for an answer My mother would not accept the things she could not change so she changed the things she could not accept That's why she fought for wood basketball floors. She fought for additional room for events in the kitchen to provide cooking lessons She fought for the swimming pool. She fought to provide experiencing attending plays at cosmonaut Going to the museum Exposing keys to things that they would not otherwise be exposed to My mother and the staff julian russell margaret ervin d with booker and filial in collaboration With miss lucia williams in the hillside morning side association provided thanksgiving and christmas dinner ceramic classes and employment opportunities Let's not forget about the kids Hillside was the only center to have skate night Then there were the basketball teams cold blue and softball teams that dominated The karate programs and after school tutoring and gd programs she provided The first t golf program coming up innovation the game provision in addition a weight room My mother was the community in the community was my mother That being said I don't oppose the legacy of artianna jefferson It was a tragedy for sure however What the community is asking for like he said the town hall meeting They're asking for an opportunity to have a say so Because they have people like my mother Who they believe are also deserving of the community's southern land And what i'm trying to get you to understand hillside was a wreck so It was not a community something She could have sat there and rolled out basketballs and pooled balls and all those things But she chose to get involved in the community and she had a deep connection with it and they had a deep connection with her Along with her staff And so like all the people have said we have nothing against Named tajianna jefferson. Thank you, mr. Wesley. Thank you Our next speaker is francis beeman by phone followed by ladonna mires miss beeman Evening council council members mayor I'm sorry I'm at the hospital, but I just believe hillside should stay hillside I'm sorry for the death of posse m jefferson But we should do something else and her make her legacy live on we can When they do the new gym build a science a science of wink on there So kids can come in there and learn about science They can redo the playground They also can do another swimming pool at a hillside and name it after her And also they can the police department will have some type of Program So they could see them When they have a phone call this Uh well for a kid How to go in do the world for a kid Like like one of our Neighbors he stated That back in it with as we grew up in the neighborhood If somebody's door was open or somebody Something that didn't seem right. We went there to their house To do a check for that person To make sure each feet each person was okay in the neighborhood Like if something happened in my on my block, I'm gonna go up there and check on the people at the house To make sure everything's is okay. I'm not I'm I'm sad for what happened To top down the distance but And and for people to get mad because people are against it You don't have a hard evil Because everybody's supposed to have their own opinion So I feel like like everybody else we need to have a community meeting before y'all even decide to change the name Where are you guys? In my door that she said the same thing, but she's not on the agenda. So she can't help And my kids they all go up to hillside my kids my great Nephews my nieces my niece my great nephew We have events up there. We have a reunion up there every year For everybody who's in the neighborhood to come back We on our second reunion But I thank y'all for my time Miss beaman, are you still there? Yes, I am you have just a few seconds left. Yes, ma'am. You have about 15 seconds left Well, I'm done. I just thought that's what I feel. I feel you know We ought to get together have a meeting before we even think about changing the name Go through the neighborhood. I didn't I just found out about this a couple of days ago Thank you, miss beaman. Our next speaker is la donna wire. So I think it's also by phone and then Miss mires. Yes yes, I am I am against changing the name because I fully believe uh instead of becoming a place of healing and coming together it would be a flash point of A rogue officer with the very worst Outcome possible that that would always be what the name carried and what we want to do is on a sakiama and that we need a good Like tcu to give a scholarship in her name that much more honors of sakiama and it keeps the hillside 51 and the south side flavor that we have had My dad bought property here before it was even incorporated and he did not pick up and run guys He stayed We have stayed the family home is here off miller avenue. I'm in gene abiven of sector uh district five And we need yes. We need to talk about it before we change the name And I think we draw trouble when we when we change the name. We're really putting uh a rogue officer uh actions In you know, we're immortalizing it and that's not what we want to do We do not want to do that. We want to bring people together and uh, we need to talk about it And we need to talk to yana's a good Scholarship to honor her and we have changed the name of the Street and the name of the freeway and we have honored her and we do need to look at miss crowed for if you Those that are trying to build the one that is trying to build his only kingdom On a tautiana's pain and name shame on you. You should be building forward You should be building forward Yes, your heart is too small Yes, increase it enlarge it. Let's build forward Thank you Our next speaker is pamela howard Is pamela here get evening to the council and city and the mayor My name is pamela howard. Wait a minute. Let me put the glasses on My name is pamela howard and now I come to address the The renaming of hillside I I respect Of anything that would be honoring, uh, miss octagon, uh, jefferson However hillside is a pillar in our community first I started going to hillside around third or the fourth grade while attending our mother mercy We went to hillside for pe and basketball practice hillside gym is still a place of refuge for a lot of children teenagers And uh after school when they get out of school they can go there and know that they will be safe Hillside is our historic landmark marker of the south side There are numerous people who show love and respect towards students and adults alike And I can name a few of them miss winston Dwayne filial Margaret urban these people here actually Gave a lot to The community And I feel like that you we can do better by doing a memorial like a plaque and it tells you in front how In uh, she passed and how things have changed You know because she was killed by a reckless police officer To name a few play other places that you can do is they have a craft room computer rooms at hillside those types of things can be Uh named after her a rename renaming the whole entire Gym of a tautana jeffson Take good memories and spoil the beautiful meaningful relationships that occurred there at hillside There is a lot of chatter on facebook and other social medias Who don't agree with renaming hillside? I actually Inboxed chris nettles and talk. I don't know if he was seeing it, but I did inbox him from facebook I don't know if you remember but we your husband your brother married to my cousin We have a mural of uh on evans a picture of her Okay, hillside is dear to others and I would like to believe we can come together and meet in the middle And honor this beautiful soul. I talked to him jeffson hillside is more Than that of a building it is a whole Life of its own and I hope and pray that we can get this thing together and the town hall would be the best way to do that Thank you Thank you miss howard. I believe that's the last of our speakers council Um before I turn to council member nettles. I'm gonna have richard zavala come down for just a minute And kind of give us an update on the process and I'll turn it over to council member nettles Good evening. I'm richard zavala with the park and recreation department Let me just give you some background first on the park And then I'll talk a little bit about policy and how we have handled namings of facilities in the city of forworth Hillside park was actually acquired in 1911 It was named by the park board hillside park at that time And the board had the authority to do that prior to the 60s when it became administrative board The community center was built in 1970 And like many of our other community centers in the city We just simply adapt the name of the park to the community center Some examples diamond hill community center northside community center Um chism trail community center which is located in the park victory forest community center And on most of them are associated with the park name And for the park names they were either bestowed by action Or simply just we adjust to what the community name is or what the street frontage name is On occasion there have been parks that have been named after Historical few figures. We have martin luther king park. We had a goose neck bill mcdonnell park quanta parker park on the east side. And so when we get to individuals We we in the past historically we have done that for historical figures We have a lincoln park as well. And of course we have ralph Bunchfork on the southeast side the nobel prize winner Individual park names for people Under the park and facility naming policy, which is not a policy of the council It is simply a policy of the department endorsed by the park board We try to associate if we're going to name after an individual Contributions to that park or the park system is all It doesn't mean that you can't name it something else But if you have a million people in the city and you're trying to narrow it down Uh, you want folks that made contributions to the park system Some are named after gifts of the land such as mg carter park But in the end the council has the authority under resolution adopted in 1980 and amended in 2005 The sole authority to name Parks or facilities or libraries or buildings or whatever might be In the city You just saw the ross perot field That was shown earlier That was named by council action through m and c last june And there are a number of examples like that I can give you some more if you'd like to hear some more Doc sessions community center was named by the council. It was previously riverside community center Uh, eugenie mccray community center and eugenie mccray park was named by the council under a council proposal Uh, and that was done In 1998 and at the same time, uh, the park board recommended Naming a lake arlington park in honor of mr. McCray Uh, and that park is named eugenie mccray park at lake arlington so, um I hope that gives you kind of a sense of historical Uh park namings as well as policy, and I'll be glad to answer any questions. It does. Thank you, richard council members any questions for richard If not council member nettles go ahead Thank you, mayor. Thank you richard, uh for articulating that information very well tonight Uh giving us a sense of park history When hillside park became and in how we created the community center and we named the hillside community center after the park I want to i'm not going to address Everything that was said tonight because we want to move forward But I do want to thank everyone who came out tonight and gave their opinion their thoughts and their concerns about The hillside community, uh, and I will say this is that type of form We have an open policy where you can come down the city council and you can voice your opinions and your thoughts About anything in the city of four work So thank you for doing your due diligence tonight to come down to let me hear your voice tonight It has been great. I do want to kind of shift gears because now after the gag order and uh the uh contestant court hearing I have the ability to actually Say something About tatiana and I want to make sure that we get that name correct a tatiana Car jefferson. It's important that when we deal with that we pronunciate her name correctly That this family has experience Something that a lot of us have not set the table and experience Are not willing to experience I have had opportunity to visit her sister Who it has been the hospital? Um, I have opportunity to visit with zion and his brother's aiden And spend time with them And if you can feel the hurt the pain That they go through you won't even understand how to move forward and so I think it's It's part of our job as the city of four work as elected officials elected by the people by more than the ones that are sitting here To be the voice for our community This is not something that has just come up out of the fly when you saw the newspaper on december 13th This is a conversation that's had taken place for a few years now I've met with richards of alas on the park on the community center. I have met with community members and some leaders leaders that are Trusted by other people everybody that calls themselves a leader don't mean that they're a leader And I think that's important that we express that opinion as well Tonight, um, I have heard on both sides And I understand there was a meeting that was called by one of the pastors Here yesterday and I did send what my representative to go and hear The concerns and thoughts we have taken it into consideration. We have Talked with my staff and so we're we want to come to a compromise And we don't want to beat a dead horse into the ground And so one of the things that we heard is that we want hillside to continue to Keeps its legacy People remember hillside for being hillside for what it is and there are ways that we can do that Number one We're not going to rename or it's not even on the docket today to rename hillside park So hillside park will continue and remain Hillside park the very thing that was existed before the community center was there was hillside park and that will remain One of the things that we heard is about why change the name And so one of the agreements or compromise was to Keep the name in there to name it a tatiana car jefferson at hillside community center That allows you that allows the community who Has this desire and has this heart to Have a tatiana name that's in the backyard of the house that she was killed in Name on a center and it also allows to keep the historical name hillside on the on the building at the same time I truly believe has been a reasonable man A man of faith a man that has sat on this city council That that is a great compromise You keep hillside and you're able to add her name We go an additional farther and we add a historical marker on either the outside of the building or the inside of the building That gives the history of hillside I think one of the ladies talked about the several names of people Who have shown up or who have worked in the kitchen as the guy talked about We can add those names to the historical marker And the only way we will come up with that historical marker is hearing from the community Allowing you to help draft up that historical marker so that You can go to that place and say I helped write this Or The community helped write that that is a way to keep the historical marker and so That is some of the things that i'm proposing tonight So i'm asking my council to stand with hillside But i'm also asking my council to stand with atatiana car jefferson's family. This family Is knowing that this is going to happen tonight. They cannot be here because of amber's illness and so Those are my thoughts tonight I want again to say Thank you for all you that came out Um, and i'm going to make Two recommendations tonight, uh, because when we do a cp, which is a council proposal We have to, uh, weigh the rules in order to even vote tonight And so the first thing i'm going to do i don't know if anybody else has something to say, uh, mayor But i will yield the floor before i do that if anybody else has something to say Any other council members want to say anything? No Okay Go ahead jean Thank you for allowing this time I uh When chris and i talked about this earlier It just seemed very appropriate to me And like many people i learned at a late hour that there was opposition And i hate that But i listened to a few people And mrs. Ladonna meyers who identified herself to be a district five resident Used the term rogue officer Another speaker used a descriptive That made sure the public didn't Tie the actions of that officer with the police department as a whole and i think that that's a good thing What what i know Just based from my conversations with with chris is We're at a critical hour for the only surviving sibling of atatiana And there's just something very emotional for me About that and so I like the compromise But i have to support this this motion And I think it does bring A very unique descriptive and a new descriptive for fort worth Because this is the first time in our city's history That a rogue officer Had been found guilty In a murder of a citizen And It shows advancement for some when you take a look at the legal system But i just keep seeing Zion And i keep seeing the The need the the hurt And i would not want to be a part of The body that dashed all hopes he had Of justice of respect of admiration And so i don't know chris how this vote is going to go But i am very proud to stand in support With you for the reasons i've stated Elizabeth do you have something to say you're things on just making sure you're the second, okay, okay What jared you have something no no, okay Before chris makes his motion i uh I've already told chris this so this won't be a surprise to him I'm i'm just concerned as he said with cps you have to suspend the rules to vote So normally you would have to wait another few weeks. We continue a lot of items And i i have a tremendous amount of respect for the jefferson family right now, but i'm also Listening to community that is concerned about their community center and where their children grew up And so i'm struggling with that admittedly on suspending the rules Um, but i i do know that chris has worked incredibly hard to get to this place and has got a Um a decent compromise on the floor, so i'm just articulating my feelings on that Um and out of deference to my council member i do appreciate the work that you've done But we continue a lot of items in this body And um and some some many much less contentious than this one or where there's concern surrounding a certain renaming chris i'll turn the floor back over to you Thank you, ma'am Thank you, mayor, uh for your comments And i will um I will move to waive the requirements of the council rules of procedure 5.21 To allow for the council proposal to act upon this city council meeting, which is introduced So a motion and a second. This is just the vote to waive the rules council Motion carries and now chris the second motion Thank you I'm going to make an amendments to the original cp I moved to approve the cp with the following amendments one to provide for the installation of signage And visible to the public inside the community center that tells the history of the community center With particular honor paid to the name of hillside that is shared with the park And two to amend the name of the community center to a tatiana car Jefferson at hillside community center And a motion and a second counseling the discussion Go ahead, jena In my neighborhood, we have a public art display and it's titled our ancestors it was Established before I was elected and it was supposed to recognize the early And original settlers of historic carver heights Now carver heights is the first Development built in fort worth that did not come about because of white flight But the people who built their homes there were known as teacher hill They were teachers and doctors and they were able to copy houses. They saw entangled wood unfortunately Not all of the early settlers were recognized And so that became a point of consternation For some people who knew that a house built in 1949 should have had the owners recognized in that art And just so you know, it's behind the zoom in off of rosedale in 820. It's a lovely trail. Thanks to commissioner brooks I share that with you because those of you Who want to take advantage of the compromise? My counsel pier is offering You will have to get involved And what happened in carver heights? They tried to remedy the correction, but it just never happened And so I just Support the compromise chris, but I also tell those of you Who do not see the vote? Possibly going the way you want is I encourage you to be involved so that whatever additional names end up there You will have a say and a proper forum to share your input and that's just those of my comments Thank you, mayor pro tem. Any other discussion councils? Please vote council Motion carries Next item is 23 dash 0003 You have no speakers on this item council Motion a second, please vote Next item is 23 dash 0007 councilmember floras Just ready to make a motion go ahead motion move to approve Motion a second, please vote and Thanks to janice dr. Nebel for all of her service on the med star board motion carries Next item is 23 dash 0004 Councilmember beck will recognize you and thank you to your hard work to put this motion for this evening. I appreciate that I also appreciate all of my colleagues eagerness to get this passed so I just want to take this opportunity at cit night on council I want to take this opportunity to really thank the police officers that raised this issue To us here on council I think the headline that came out while we were in council really in cabinet Speaks to what we're doing here, and it says let me Find it roaches rodents and mold fort worth city council to vote on regulating homes for elderly and disabled residents And that's really what we're doing today. We are taking a step forward to make sure that we are protecting our most vulnerable residents From some really predatory practices Here throughout the city and so with that I enthusiastically move to approve Gonna motion in a second council. Please vote motion carries Next item is 23 dash 0005 Motion in a second. Please vote motion carries Next item is mmc 22 dash 0 9 8 8 With report by city staff member captain marsha conrad Good evening mayor council members My name is marcie conrad, and i'm the captain over investigative support And that encompasses the schools and the youth section The purpose of this public hearing is to review whether the city's curfew ordinance should be continued for three more years The state requires municipalities to conduct two public hearings To review and approve the curfew ordinance every three years Tonight is the third public hearing Public hearings were held november 29th 2022 and december 13th 2022 If the city council does not approve the ordinance after today's public hearing The curfew ordinance will expire january 14th 2023 If the curfew ordinance is approved it will be in effect until 2026 In the past three years since october 2019 The number of curfew citations has actually decreased 59.7 And although there is no tangible mechanism to measure the absence of crime It is believed that the number of citations has decreased due to the reduced number of juveniles on the streets Between 11 p.m. And 6 a.m This ordinance not eased often But it is a good tool for officers in the field to address juvenile related issues The police department marshals division and municipal prosecutors have not experienced any problems with enforcing and prosecuting curfew violations The public hearing should now be open for public comment And then the city council should consider approving the curfew ordinance msc So just to review this 11 curfew hours means 11 p.m On any sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday Until 6 a.m. Of the following day and 12 a.m. Until 6 a.m. On any saturday or sunday Safety does continue to be our number one priority And preventive measures such as curfews or paramount during the months when school Is out and especially during the summer But conversely curfews are also important when school is in In service we are already dealing with an increase in minors carrying guns And other weapons to school thoughts and other disturbances during normal school hours Having a curfew also gives officers another tool to hopefully prevent the number of crimes that involve juveniles from increasing It protects the kids from potential predators alcohol and drug use and maintain general peace during hours When people truly need to rest This also lessens the chances of them getting involved in juvenile violence and crime Parents often feel assured and relieved having their kids at home and not on the streets at certain times of the night Not to mention the safety issues such as driving and hanging out during late hours, which can put teenagers in risky situations A curfew also helps them to avoid temptations like drug use alcohol use Volunax sexual risk imparting the curfew also helps set boundaries in the teenagers lives Having a curfew also gives officers another tool to hopefully prevent the number of crimes that involve juveniles from increasing Protects kids from potential predators and maintains general peace during hours When actually people truly need to rest the most so um, we also I know the last Meeting public hearing they there was questions about notable patients to the public So, um, we have had an article flower and graphic were created to notify people of the public of the curfew A city news article ran january 6 2023 Information was also included in the january 9th council preview story social media post ran january 6th through the 9th 2023 and this included facebook next door and twitter So again, I just feel that our department feels that it's a win-win for everybody because it's a safety for the kids um piece of mind for the parents and the community and it lessens the workload on the officers in the field So thank you Thank you. Our first speaker is will dryden fallabella shondra huggins Thank you madam mayor mayor pro tem My leader What else can I say that she didn't say already? Very well put. I have just a couple of comments um It must be extended It's very good deterrent for crime Deters crime in this age group for all the reasons she mentioned Must be enforced to be effective I have a little bit of doubt that it's been enforced as it should be And the collection of fines as a result So I would consider Asking you to make it public notice That this is in force Kind of like we did the west seventh situation With drinking and some other things So the police need this Very badly Public needs this badly We don't need any more crime Thank you very kindly Our next speaker is la shondra huggins I think la shondra's here Next speaker would be tamera hutcherson Tamer will be followed by carla pulmaras Mayor pro tem and council members and my name is tamera hutcherson and I live in council district nine I urge you to vote no on this curfew ordinance There is no practicality of enforcing this ordinance nor has data been provided to show whether there is a correlation between crime statistics and curfew violations This ordinance criminalizes our youth the informal report provided to you all on november 15th of last year shows The statistics on how this ordinance has disproportionately impacted black and brown youth from 2020 to 2022 Which is approximately 65 percent There's also no information as to whether these citations financially burdened families With no data on the dollar amount given for these citations issued if the fine is not to exceed 500 The city manager must issue a report that includes the number of persons successfully prosecuted for a curfew violation for this ordinance Since 2020 there have been 120 violations issued and 65 of these cases are still open Does that sound successful to you? It serves no it it serves no use it curbs no problem. Please abolish this ordinance and vote no. Thank you Our next speaker is carla pulmaras Good evening council. My name is carla pulmaras Um, I also am coming to you today to ask that you vote no on this baseless ordinance Curfews are archaic We are in 2023. We know that the youth they have a lot of folks that have been Impacted by this curfew are young folks in high school. They're participating in programs They are, you know, usually getting their first jobs So having a curfew that can potentially criminalize them for being out at a certain hour of the day or evening Is just simply Poor policy work the language in this ordinance ordinance requires that city council thoroughly evaluate the impact that this has had on the city as Tamara had previously mentioned We see that this disproportionately impacts black and brown communities. So as you can see that we have We have not been provided any Thorough follow-through in this reporting that was provided We need to know how this impacts parents how this impacts our youth This is just another way to put kids and youth in that pipeline to prison and these citations Are baseless just by having them being out at a different time of the day So I'm asking you to vote no, you know, it's the right thing to do Many of you come up here and talk about progress and what we need to do for our community It starts here and this policy needs to be left again in the archaic times. Thank you so much It's a lot of our speakers council. We can take discussion council member bibbons. Go ahead Sometimes I have a warps somebody else Okay, sometimes I I have a warp sense of humor And I'm not going to ask anyone this but I really wonder Do police really see this being important? I just don't know And we'll you're the one who made me think about that because you talked about what appears to be the lack of You know citations and stuff. So I just don't know But what I do want I want to call on renais Because renais office has done quite a bit of work to try to get the pulse of the public as we know it Renee am I catching you off guard? Well Talk a little bit more to give you time to get to the microphone But I was asking dr. Williams. Where did it come from? And we really don't know and so I'm just going to ask you to tell us what you know from the public's viewpoint renais and that'll be my only question And before renais speaks adrian, you do have three minutes just making sure I was confused We had a public hearing. So renais go ahead and then we'll have adrian come speak I think our charge with the communication and engagement department was um to help Notify the public that there is the public hearing today, which I was glad to see the participation In and with and one of the challenges that we face is just due to the timing Once the council decided they wanted to actually Engage in that and postpone the decision that was made it was the month that most Families and school districts are actually off. And so we worked as we could during that time period with the ISDs We did Send the note out to the the president of the fort worth ISD school warden She was able to to post that for us as well as include in the fort worth ISD Parent newsletter and other partners that we um that was mentioned previously that we put out is through our Internal platforms as well as external partners Thank you, and I do know that I had given chief note some suggestions that he thought, you know He could implement as well to get the word out, but I'm still I got a loss for where to come from and why so I'm just Curious hi adrian. Sorry. I took your time, but the mayor gave it back to you Go ahead adrian It's all up. Hey, so we're back here at the mnc 22 dad 0 9 8 8 now Where is she? Thank you. She stated that uh officer stated that There was consideration given to the community to try to get this information out I know you all recall the last council meeting as I stood here We did have a continuation and thank you council for giving us that continuation However council council did you all do your homework? You all had a homework had homework to do and that was to help with the efforts of getting this information out now you don't have to Openly say you did it didn't do your homework, but you had homework you had a homework assignment now As far as the curfew ordinance all I stated last time regarding this curfew ordinance is we have to consider Who this is really going to affect? You all know that the homeless population here in Fort Worth is on the rise The homeless population here in Fort Worth is on the rise and a lot of that is contributed to Our youth a lot of our youth are becoming homeless so In the midst of all this curfew talk My question is how will law enforcement? quote-unquote interact with the The youth within this city who find themselves out Out the curfew hours in the streets I just ask law enforcement, please to take in consideration who you are Interacting with because we have a lot of youth who are coming from broken homes Who are actually their home has become the streets As far as the crime element I can't speak to it More or less we know there are some things going on I hope that we can get to a place where we could provide something for you To where they say hey, you know what? The city is giving us this they invested in us So When it's all said and done from whatever it may be We'll go home and call it a night But um I stand with the you I stand with um, oh also also also Any way you want to the way you curtail crime? We need law enforcement to patrol They need to get back to the basics of patrolling None of these districts Have law enforcement in continual on continual patrols None of the none of the districts and we're having two new districts added. So I asked the forward podium forward police department and this leader mr. Chief notes to speak to your uh Captains or whoever or the leads of these various divisions to Have their officers to get back to the basic patrolling principles that Help to curtail a lot of potential Crime occurring and with that I take my seat Thank you, adrian councillor williams Yes, thank you mayor, um Some of my questions were answered. Um, but I I did have some concerns On this item And I did also have several conversations with staff and One of the concerns I had was based on the standard for reasonable suspicious suspicion and this ordinance would in fact Authorize that standard being Someone who's perceived to be a minor out after the curfew Which was a concern for me I think it's a particular concern Not only as a father two weeks in the game But also As someone who grew up in footwork in southwest footwork played football. Um, there was many nights Where our game would end we may play in mansfield or alito and we'd come back at 12 a.m And my parents my dad had a board of education and it wasn't represented by people And he allowed me to go to iHOP and stay out Probably till 2 a.m. With the cheerleaders the band etc. I mean, so that's something of concern for me Um, the other thing is after reviewing the data and everyone knows I like data Um, I I've you know learned that since 2020 120 minors have been cited And i'm especially concerned Um that the data showed a disproportionate effect that over the past Three years african-american youth made up 32 of that and that could have been me coming home from iHOP after We've whipped up on mansfield summit, which is where my wife went Um, the third thing I would say is um, I know community engagement did There are due diligence to try to get the word out about this But the reality is that we need to be engaging parents and students And many families like mine Were doing other things during the holiday new year season Um, also was concerned that there wasn't any data to support how this ordinance Either correlation or causation addresses team related issues Um, and we don't have that outcome data to justify and warrant extending this and so I'm concerned about what that data is telling us on this issue Which basically shows that curfew violations are very small problem relative to the number of residents We have in the city of fort to our minors The data also shows disproportionate impacts on our african-american youth who look like me Um, and while I appreciate the efforts of staff for working on this even over the holidays Um, I'll also recognize that the level of engagement that we really need on the issue like this is difficult during The timing that we had And I've seen us do a really good job with community meetings and stakeholder engagement Whether it was on strs or impact fees or whatever the policy issue was And i'm a little concerned that we didn't do that here Especially because our students and parents really need to be the voice of that And I hope that when baby jenelle becomes a teenager, I would also have a voice in that Um, and so while I understand staff's intent, I also understand understand the context in which this ordinance Um may have been necessary in the 90s. I don't think this ordinance as it is Will address the challenges that our teens are currently facing today at the very Best I could propose maybe a 30 day extension so that we are not bumped up on the ordinance But I still don't support this ordinance as it is Thank you, mayor. I'll be brief. Uh, there's a couple of things. Um I try to be brief a couple of things that jared did dr. Williams did present out I think one of the ladies presented two and I want to kind of echo echo those thoughts too about the necessary need of this ordinance and When we look at the numbers that we have and I want to say first of all, thank you for Allowing us to extend. I think mayor pro tem and I had a lot of questions and concerns About this ordinance because we could have voted on I think a couple of times before and so Thank you, mayor pro tem for helping us move it To hear and to get the word out one of the reasons why I wanted to get the word out Is to make sure because people was asking me do we have an ordinance? A lot of people in the community did not even know that there was an ordinance that existed And so it was very Important to me that we got the word out to let that know there was an ordinance that does exist So when we look at the numbers, um in 2020 there were 72,000s 2021 there was 19,000s and 2022 there were 29,000s Um in 2020 uh, 54 of the 54 percent of those valence had no plea and 21 63 percent of those valence had a no plea and it was still open and then in 2022 100 percent Had no plea and files were open. I worked in the court system at uh the judicial system at uh the sub courthouse where we did misdemeanors And truancies and what happens is that when you have those no pleading They stay on your record until you dispose of them or get them off your record And if we're going to end the Uh pipeline to prison System in the city of Fort Worth especially in the black and brown community We have to end it at local levels in the ordinance so that we won't continue to put them into the system And so looking at this I don't think that is working um and frankly in three years. We have only had 120 findings out of Over 900,000 people that live in the city of Fort Worth So are we really wasting our time? Busting our gas when we could really be doing real work In the system to help our young people as in using ccpd funding to not fund Buildings to harbor Arm burqats and use that fund to go into the community and teach our young people Make sure that they have what they need or if they are hanging out what's going on So I think there's other ways that we can handle that. So again, I said I was going to be brief That's one point. I wanted to make there's other points. I can't make but tonight I won't support this ordinance and uh keeping it effective for the next three years Thank you councilmember floras Thank you I want to add to the conversation that this has been um, I think a very uh, constructive conversation that we're having um looking again at the uh Numbers that have been provided curfew violins by race and ethnicity for uh, those that have been cited that see misdemeanor, uh for curfew violations under black category 39 Hispanic or latino 40 white 32 That's within a statistical range Um, I also want to point out that in talking to the court system um And also to pd and other staff members the number of curfew filings do not indicate overuse There's nothing that directly ties that to it. These are just numbers Among major cities fort worth has very few curfew filings per capita In a two-year period there was a total of 48 and that's an average of 24 Our municipal court stated to me That they do slightly better than 50 response rate to those curfew citations issued And again, that's better than pure cities And it's also important to note That those that there have been no warrants issued for arrest or curfew violations That doesn't happen and it does not go on These minors records or affect their future. It's a c misdemeanor Options what can they do? Violators complete guilty or no contest or request to go through the teen court system Which we have and they have a jury of their peers of teens that decide what restitution they pay So the teen court is judiciously used It's effective not just a tool for police, but it benefits residents and businesses alike And I want to notate four points to keep in mind Parents custodians guardians, you know, I'm a parent. I have kids Have a legal and moral responsibility to keep their children safe Having a curfew ordinance also I think assists in learning social responsibility While we are here debating the efficacy and it is a topic of debate We do have anecdotal information that it could and does in some cases reduce the opportunity for Crimes committed by minors, but more importantly Also reduces the likelihood that minors could be victims of crimes A positive feature of curfew laws is that they can be used for means of identifying children that are at high risk If their you know crimes start elevating to a higher degree And it's also likely that minors who are out late during the night in early morning hours may lack some supervision Now I try to do a little deep digging into some numbers and I'm not going to belabor that point here But looking at the data that we have for districts two four and seven they were the highest in curfew filings There is some correlation of percentage the population under 19 years of age per council districts that may in part count for the curfew filing percentages that show d2 d4 d7 is having the highest in the city I went back to the census data and pulled that That is generally speaking The larger the 19 under 19 population there is the greater the statistical probability of curfew violations Okay, so keep that in mind But for now those are some of the things that I wanted to share with council There's speakers on this item council. Uh, yes, ma'am. I had my I Thank you. Yeah, I did go ahead. Yeah, okay Uh, there was another point I was going to bring out and I was going to bring out into Councilor Florez brought out his point and Dished out the black and the white and hispanic race and so the point I wanted to make Is because I want to make it just make sure it's important that we're not carrying the water of other folks And so if he talked when he talked about I want to go about to 2021 uh district two I had 26 percent district four had 21 percent And district seven had 36 percent Were district eight had zero? And district six had one percent and if uh district five had one percent And when we look at the correlation and during the redistricting maps, we know That the majority of black and brown folks live in district five Six and eight and so in 2021 Um Those districts were the lowest in the percentage where the curfews was validated But you look in district two district four and district seven in the census It tells us that those are minority white Uh individuals who live in those areas which has a spots of black and brown in those communities And so one of the problems that I had with this ordinance is that the high Places that we have the curfew violations are the are in the same location Where more white folks live but in 2021 we had more black folks Violating the curfew. So if it if this paper is telling what it's saying it's saying that if you're in an area Where are mainly white people live they are calling on the curfew of black folks And that is why I have an issue with this ordinance I wasn't going to state that but since we're carrying the water of other people I think it's important that that be mentioned today. So again, this is why I do not support this ordinance Council any other comments? Yes. Go ahead Jared. Thank you. Um stats was brought up in disproportionality When you look at 32 of african-americans representing this data, that's double the proportionality of the population You can run a chi square test of independence if we want to do statistics To determine the significance of that and I guarantee you it'd be significant um the other thing I would say Is if this ordinance actually worked rashad guineard and kelvin brewer were both high school students gun down after This curfew would still be alive Furthermore for the past five years over 120 kids have lost their lives to gun pilots That's five classrooms worth of kids I don't believe in going back to district six and telling my residents that we did a good job with an ordinance That ain't going to do jack squat to keep our kids safe And so I'm not supporting this Any other discussion? perfect We can close the public hearing a motion to close the public hearing and act on the m&c number 22-0988 We can take a motion and a second council move to deny Got a motion for denial Second second Please vote Motion fails Entertain another motion council. Yes, I'd like to move to extend this ordinance for 30 days so we can have a community town hall It does expire Go ahead elizabeth Extended the expiration date 30 days Sorry, I can we just have some clarification before we vote on that because it was my understanding that if we didn't adopt it today Then it would lapse and so from a legal standpoint Is there anything different that we would have to do Extending it versus allowing it to lapse and I just want to make sure that we're all clear before we take that vote Let me add real quick. Could we add could we make the deadline 30 day or the Exploration 30 days out on this ordinance. I can amend it and then we come back 30 days Yeah, you're proposing to adopt essentially adopt a curfew for 30 days is what you're saying. Yeah, you could do that oh so essentially Voting to adopt the ordinance on the floor, but just for 30 days would expire in 30 days Allow us to talk about this some more and come back for a final vote to extend it beyond the 30 days if that makes sense I go ahead Gina I think it would be very important to get some information of substance from the police department so that they can weigh in With what I call real information. There are some people who feel that the Street racing that takes place. That's the reason why we need curfews Yeah, I would submit to you that not until two of my neighborhood leaders met with police We got a new commander. We focused on street racing and brought it down And so I think there are some there's some critical data that the police needs to weigh in with us to let us know Is it really working? So I support whatever it is that we just said so it sounds like we have a motion on the floor on mnc 22 Does 0 9 8 8 for an extension of only 30 days for this current curfew ordinance So it's as written in this mnc, but it would only be a 30 day extension as clarification for council Elizabeth I'll I'll I can support seconding that motion. I just wanted to say for the record when we came into this vote I was fully prepared to support the continuance of the ordinance for for many many reasons But what I heard tonight on this dais seemed compelling that we at least owed it to the community to have a A real conversation about what this looks like and I really appreciate pd Because I know you've been out here several times and and so it probably feels to you like well We you know, we didn't have this conversation initially or maybe we should have brought it to you earlier and I think That's fair But through dialogue and conversation. There's been a lot of things that have Have been brought up and I think it is only fair to our community and fair to the police department that That we can have a meaningful dialogue. Yeah, but I do think it's an important Tool that we need to make sure is available if we can justify its existence Yeah, and I would echo dola's point this item has been continued for over 30 days at this point If this council has questions you need to direct those directly to police department There may be data they can provide and there may be data they can't provide and they just need to answer those questions but We need a definitive answer on this those of you that have had a teenager At times Especially when you're in a rocky spot This ordinance is immensely helpful to keep kids safe and so for that i'm incredibly thankful to this department I have been there done that and it's not an easy phone call to make So i'm in support of of dr. Williams motion for a 30 day continuum This allows this ordinance to to stay in effect for 30 days If you have questions counsel, please get those to the police department to clarify so when we come back again There's no Shroud of controversy. We've all gotten our information and it may be that you're still not satisfied. That's okay But they deserve to be able to do their jobs and provide that information ahead of time with that vote Motion carries Go ahead jeannette Next item is mnc 23 dash 0002 with report by city staff beth night Good evening mayor members of the council My name is beth night. I'm a senior planner with the development services department And here to give the background information for mnc 23 dash 0002 Located at 56 93 west creek drive The applicants are requesting a variance from the city code regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages So that the restaurant can add mixed beverages To their menu The issue is that the restaurant is within 300 feet of at least three small churches The churches in the vicinity have all sent a letter Noting their support for this applicant And I will be happy to answer any other questions that you have Thank you beth any questions counsel Mary you have one speaker. Okay, dr. Williams go ahead if you have a question for beth you can go ahead Um, is the applicant here for the variance? Um They should be can you I mean, okay? Hi I guess my question is related to the level of community engagement. I know that I wasn't aware of the church is some in the letter of support, but there's also a Two school zones whether you drive north or south on west creek And one of the school zones is a stone store literally away with two schools at that intersection So I don't know if we've met with the schools or had any community meetings, but I wasn't informed of those The schools were not necessarily noted as a An item that the restaurant was close to By the inspector we can go back and take a look at it to make sure that that wasn't missed For that it's 300 feet from property line to property line So the school zone may be in the vicinity, but the property line may not have been but we can go back and double check Thank you bet. I'm going to call our speaker. Is it jenna cannon? Come on down jenna and she may have some answers to your questions as well. Dr. Williams Good evening mayor city council members and guests i'm jenna cannon from all text permits in arlington texas A representative for mr. Joaquin marinda maranda who is the owner of san antonio mexican food and home cooking llc Located at the address we stated above We come to you today with four points asking for this variance First mr. Maranda is on excellent terms with all of his business neighbors and the property owner mr. Raymond malloc He has a letter of support from the property owner and the three churches the reason for this is because The hours do not conflict one another the churches mainly meet in the mornings on saturday or sunday mornings And mr. malloc's main business is in the evening He has been a tabc permit holder for over 25 years with no Calls to the police for help at his other location or any violations of reporting on time or paying his taxes He's been at this location for a year and four months just as a mexican food restaurant Um Also before he came into this shopping center. There was a restaurant called Charita Operated for decades with an alcohol permit with also no violations whatsoever with the police or with tabc The past and current business owners in this shopping center have existed coexisted with the sale of alcohol at a restaurant a family environment Closing early at 11 p.m. Not staying open as late hours for decades There was another restaurant in the same shopping center the keys lounge which operated from 2008 to 2021 with an alcohol permit so When I used to work for tabc before I started my own business So I understand the business perspective and tabc the state The state law is that if you're within well the state law if you're within 1000 feet of a school You must notify the school in writing so they have the time to protest You must put up a $10,000 conduct surety bond and should you violate it in any way whatsoever The state of texas takes that money and then moves For you to have to put up a double bond in order to stay into business So I that is one protection that the city would have The second thing is The city has the ordinance that you cannot be within 300 feet of a church in this particular Shopping center churches have come and gone as you know most churches that start in shopping centers grow and get their own building So because the owner of the building the owner Supports our client Applying for a mixed beverage permit in his mexican restaurant with no late hours And because the three churches have entered their support we ask for you to please consider Thank you miss jenneth. Thank you very much Dr. Williams any other questions? I know thank you. Um, I would like to Move for a 30 day continuance so that the applicant can meet with our office I also would like us to hold a community meeting with wedgewood east and the two schools I know the holiday season was happening and so I'm sure that probably fell through the cracks of west creek elementary harmony Academy as well as south hills high school. So we could definitely help you set up that community meeting I mean that would put us to the february 14th meeting I'll show in a second. Please vote Next item is mnc 23 dash 0007 Our first speaker is roberto nunas followed by aziz villi actually mayor. We have uh, beth night has sorry public hearing Okay. Hi beth Good evening. Thank you for your time We have a second mnc regarding an alcohol distance variance request For this site. It is at 44 50 boat club road The site for valley's international kitchen is immediately adjacent to lake worth high school So they are having to ask for a variance to the city code to be able to sell mixed beverages also at late hours And i'm available to answer any other questions that you may have Thank you beth any questions customer floras before I can move on Okay, yes beth For the record tell us By what distance amount is that variance requested? The variance requested is um, it's a 300 foot variance request The property lines are immediately adjacent to each other At the back corner of the restaurant So they um, they touch How long is this kitchen been uh in operation before the uh variance request? That would be a good question for the applicant because I don't have that information. Okay Um, those are my questions so far. May I may have some others there? Roberto nunas followed by aziz valley. Hello, my name is roberto nunas and um, my address is Uh 513 mulberry lane in disoto, texas. I'm the applicant. I'm representing mr. Aziz valley Unfortunately, he it will not be able to make it. He had an emergency So our variance request is for the property located at 44 50 boat club Our request is because the property is adjacent to the school But the rear part of the school Basically the the connection the actual property line. There's a soccer field there And there is a fence that is almost about 10 feet tall Surrounding the entire school in that specific area The front of the school Front door to door to the restaurant is roughly half a mile And so they don't they don't there's no correlation There's no connection from the front of from the actual school to the restaurant itself The restaurant has been operating For about five years right now without it, but this restaurant used to have This restaurant used to have a license previously It's just that when the new owner came in He was not aware that he needed to renew it And so when he came back and he's did the alcohol distance measurement Um, it was denied because the previous license was uh expire And so that's why we're asking for this request here So my understanding is what's triggering this request again is where the property lines meet on the rear Not necessarily from so I understand how that is measured right there Have you or the owner made any attempts to discuss this with school representatives or the ISD? We have primarily uh through phone and email, but we have not received any answer Because i've not seen any correspondence. When was the last time you sent correspondence to school officials? This was before christmas This was before christmas probably a week before christmas. Okay, which is a difficult time to establish communication understand correct? Yeah, okay all right Where i'm Where i'm at right now Is this again lack of correspondence, you know, my office has not been Notified as to any conversations that could have been happening. Um, I would I think at this point I am leaning towards the continuance until such communication is Is established and you know i'm looped in To it. Okay, we we were just notified this week of the that we were in this docket We were not sure if we were going to make it or not. Okay, so yes, I understand the continuance would be great. All right Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Thank you guys Our next speaker was aziz valley Who is uh, okay not coming. Perfect. Just make sure he won't make it. Perfect So motion to continue carlo. Is that correct? Yes, ma'am Motion a second. Please vote And 30 days is 30 days. Okay Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 175 Uh councilmember beck. I know we have one speaker, but it sounds like you're ready to move forward. Yes First of all, thank you for taking the opportunity to meet with my office And share your vision for the project and so move to approve Motion a second in their discussion council, please vote Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 179 We just did that one one. No, we did 175 No, well then Hold on we'll get a straight down The one earlier should have been for zc dash 22 dash Okay, so we we we're gonna do this we were on 179 is what you're approving, correct I plan to approve 175 too. So if we want to just do 175 and then perfect. I'll do that. All right Motion to approve 17 zc 22 179 just so we're clear. Yeah Okay, motion to second please vote Yes, I think she's ready to approve. I think she talked to the applicant before Is that correct elizabeth? Yeah, correct. We can So miss silva sounds like she's ready to approve unless she'd like to say anything you're welcome to Okay, perfect You're welcome motion carries So the next item is zc dash 22 dash 163 I'm no speakers on this item council member crane. Yeah, I'm gonna move to uphold the uh zoning commission's recommendation for denial I'm gonna motion on the floor Second, please vote let's try again. Sorry Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 168 travis clag Council member bivvans I'm gonna move to approve And we're gonna leave it for five years. I'm going to approve Motion a sec. Thank you. Motion a second. Please vote Okay Next item is zc dash 22 dash 169 Motion a second. Please vote Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 189 We have one speaker on this item council member nettles johnny rodriguez Good evening. My name is johnny rodriguez. I'm a representative for ameritex homes We are planning we purchased this property maybe two years ago somewhere around there. Um It has been zoned a medium industrial for about a decade now without any development So when we purchased it it was missed by um our vetting process We were under impression that it was zoned residential due to all the single family homes in the area And since then we try to put it back on the market to sell but because of the area it hasn't sold so we Came up with the process to rezone in order to build a single family home As I said, I'm representing for ameritex homes We have a proven track record for improving areas that you know, we build homes in and our homes are affordable and More how do I say more appealing than alternative that are currently in the area? And that's all I have any questions Thank you. Any questions from council member nettles. No, no questions. Thank you for coming out I will just say uh, maybe just for other people because I don't when I'm approving some I just approve I normally don't do extra talking Like some people But I want to thank him for uh He gave his site plan as well as his the housing that he's going to build And so in future those that want to do things like that, please present those. So thank you, sir For doing that. So motion for approval Motion a second. Please vote Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 191 council member nettles Is the applicant here? Okay Okay, because I think on this one I instructed them to talk to the neighborhood And I don't think I got information back if they spoke with the neighborhood So I do know I have a deny you on staff in zoning So I'm asking my commissioner to forgive me for this one. I do want to continue this for 30 days to the next zoning meeting so that I can get a Understanding exactly what they want to do and if they have met with the community Before I deny it Thank you Please vote Motion carried next item is zc dash 22 dash 193 council member bivvans Is the applicant present? If not, whoever you are, thank you for wanting to build where people said nobody will build houses and move for approval Motion a second. Please vote motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 195 Council member beck Xavier loza Mayor that was he's on 199 Running on low sleep 195. So just kidding. You're not up yet. Okay You can sit right there in the front row. So you don't have to walk back up those stairs. My apologies So council member Beck, there's no speakers on this item. We're gonna blame it on a frog hangover. Yeah in many ways jet lag I'm gonna continue this for 30 days and give the applicant the opportunity to reach out to my office. Thank you Second motion to second. Please vote motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 196 council member bivvans This only spills a wonderful product. I've moved for approval with appreciation Motion a second. Please vote Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 199. There we are Xavier loza. Excuse me Come on up I'll make it quick. I promise Hello, my name is Xavier. I'm here to in regards to 37 60 wall dwarf I'm hoping to reach on this property from an mu1 to an a5 Currently there are a few residential homes surrounding the lot A new a new build will not only bring a fresh feeling but a new start for the family and surrounding neighborhoods An mu1 allows me to build a a town home or possibly a duplex or split the lots With the lot being so long and not very wide it doesn't it kind of places I know how those lots are Um, so it's the design of the property placement of the lot um So I will I would like to Build a 2,300 square foot home on this lot And I want you to do that too. I know that that the it was recommended for denial But anyone who wants to bring quality homes to my district, especially stop six Yeah, I'm supporting that but what I need you to do is give us 30 days for Continuance and please meet with my office need to meet with the community I want to see that house built but we do need to have some engagement I'll make sure you have a site plan and you can send anything to me as soon as you can And with that I move for a continuance until february 14th Motion and a second, please vote Thank you We will work it out Jared I'm ready to vote Motion carries Next item is zc-22-200 We have two speakers on this item councilman nettles. The first is rebecca floris castrow followed by ray iola Hello, my name is rebecca floris castrow. I'm at 2029 north main street in fort worth Distinguished mayor parker and council members Thank you for considering this zoning request Slugger's youth academy is a 501 c3 non-profit organization that develops young baseball and softball athletes We use training resources and life skills to implement on and off the field This project is a local effort With plans to improve opportunities for youth and residents not only in the immediate neighborhood But also across the entire city If approved this development may provide A tournament-sized youth sports complex Bringing local state and national visitors to our great city A year-round indoor training facility increased exposure for local athletes community programs conservation and park equity initiatives And not to mention revenue to local businesses Our intention is to collaborate with the city of fort worth neighbors schools Businesses and other non-profits in hopes of maximizing the impact this project offers If approved, I invite each and every one of you to learn about our programs and how it will help your residents On behalf of our organization, I humbly request the approval of this zoning change With your help, we can positively invest in our children and the community. Thank you Thank you, rebecca our next speaker is ray. Iola Actually, I was just gonna Speak only if there was opposition so Thank you, sir councilmember nettles. Thank you. Yes, there is no opposition that I see I have five letters of support But also I just want to thank you for doing your due diligence After you met with me. I actually go to the community. You've done that You guys have done great work in district already. And so I'm excited to see what you're going to do Maybe if there's any will you can teach me how to play baseball I'm not sure this is an election season. I'm not sure if I'm coming back But if I can get a career in baseball, that'll be great. So I'm motion to approve this Motion in a second Which is that I don't know miracle workers He's hopeless, but I think his kids could absolutely He redeems the last name. Yes Motion carries. Congratulations Next item is zc dash 22 dash 203 We have one speaker only stop position mary knell pool and I don't think there is lennard Move to approve Please vote Next item is zc dash 22 dash 204 Our first speaker is andrew wiley wishes to speak only if there's opposition I can't tell if there is so I may call on jd jemerson first is jd here Come on down jd. Um, hello mary city council And everybody else is here I come to say that I didn't vote to duck there'll be against the project Well, what I am saying is that the neighborhood needed to be advised of what they're planning to place in the area We need to have some input input and some coordination Because there are numerous department complexes that have been placed there over the years The last one that's part of the neighborhood organization. We had some infrastructure issues So we don't know what they're planning to do in addition to place the apartments there or whatever it is They're bringing in but we need to make sure that's compatible with what exists now If we'd like to have some coordination with them with the community as representatives That was my statement. Thank you. Mr. Jimerson. Thank you I think in a lot of mr. Jimerson's comments. I'll call andrew wiley I spoke with councilman the council member flores earlier today and we're going to request a continuance for 30 days We have reached out to the to the Historic society Brenda waddell who's the president of far greater north side historically there you go We've reached out to miss president waddell and we will have a meeting and 30 day continuance If if councilman floriz is for it Council member floriz Yes, and uh, first let me say, uh, thank you, uh, you know for being here Mr. Hendron and also thank you jay for being here when I spoke to you Back in december to let you know to check to see if You know the applicant had communicated with you at the time. You told me that you also did not get that communication Yeah There we go. Okay. The only communication Uh, so far that that has been going on is with the uh, Northwest alliance, which is good, but it's not complete So I was prepared already to continue this and we're going to continue it for 30 days I believe that the far greater north side historical n. A's next meeting is first thursday of the month Which will place at the the second of february Is that correct jd? He can come up to the podium I just I just want to make sure there's enough time for you to meet. Uh, come up to the podium jd, please Yeah, uh, you're correct. Well, we do have that meeting planned for that day But we'd like to have some information to review prior to that meeting so we can go over it Okay, so They don't I would be the person I'm the person that attacks you from bring the body of the phone I have a rule I'm very continuing your marching orders, angel Whatever information you have. I know you don't have a sign planned yet But get with him like you did with the northwest alliance And have a meeting with them and any information can depart prior to that meeting Share it with them so they can have an opportunity to look at it 30 day continuance. We'll do thank y'all. Thank you very much The motion in a second council, please vote Motion carries Next item is zc dash 22 dash 206 Council member crane we have one speaker daniel smith areas Daniel evening mayor parker council members staff Um, I had a presentation, but I can go without it. Uh, my name is daniel smith. I'm representing the developer slash applicant Um, I am not the current property owner Um, this project, um, this is an express in zone neighborhood commercial Um, it's approximately 96 keys. Um, we would like to acquire it Um, rezone it to a plan development multi family with 55 units So we'd like to reduce the density down to 41 units Um, the Goal and the reason for the partnership is it's basically it's inspired by costa de asparanza, which is a similar partnership between ohala partners Um, the city of foreworth as well as foreworth housing solutions. And so Um, the difference in between that one and this one is that this would be targeting families That are experiencing homelessness And so, uh, would be ohala partners foreworth housing solutions And then tarrant county has stepped up and agreed to provide some funding to help this happen You know, so the goal is very similar. It's to acquire it to Substantially renovate all the units bring in all the amenities bring in these supportive services that that with the relationships that we've established with A lot of our different nonprofit and for-profit partners like presbyterian night shelter my health my resources and a lot of these other folks so um The projects it aligns with the las vegas trail and the city of foreworth neighborhood services Um Las vegas trail neighborhood improvement program that they put into place And so there's been lots of strides of progress that the city has made here. I think we have support From our neighbors to the west Lvt rise has given a support letter as well as foreworth isd So as daniel's talking melissa has this presentation just throw up some of those pictures I don't want to take any of councilmember crane's thunder, but I can imagine your excitement Councilmember crane. Yeah If you want to show them just so people I what I'm excited about this is We were taking an infested motel That we know children have been trafficked at drugs Crime across the board and turning it into this we're going to help some of our most vulnerable population Live as families. I forgot what the numbers that came out in december families that are living in their cars But they need the permanent supportive Support that will happen here to get back on their feet. So i'm proud of this and proud of the partnership is happening here and Bringing some real change to the area The architect went a little bit crazy on the renderings. So we may not have the poor shows and the mustangs out there They've certainly set the bar high for us. So um, if you have any questions. I'm here. If not, thank you No, with that i'm enthused actually enthusiastically moved to approve. Thank you Much in a second That's a big deal Michael. Congratulations. Yeah, absolutely Gina carries Next item is zc dash two two dash two zero eight I have one speaker daniel hindren only if there's opposition, which I don't think there is any councilmember floras That is correct mayor. There is no opposition. I did attempt to make contact with crossings fossil creek Um, the developer did provide me with some correspondents that they've had with him similarly with You know the other persons that he made an outreach to and there is no indication of opposition. So I move for approval motion carries Next item is zc dash two two dash two two five councilmember beck Um, I'd like to i'm going to move to approve with some amendments to this particular item and I just want to be clear the amendments that we're making Put these types of Facilities in line with the same way we treat bars So, um, it's it's slightly more restrictive than what we initially saw on the agenda And I think it's a step in the right direction to make sure we're limiting Limit teams that spaces that um can often bring some unwanted Um Characters or or uses and around it. So with that I move to approve zc 22 dash two two five with the following changes amend section two in the ordinance to allow retail smoke shop as An allowed use in the following zoning districts f general commercial G intensive commercial h central business district i light industrial J medium industrial and k heavy industrial furthermore amend section three in the ordinance to not allow retail smoke shops As an allowed use in the mu one low intensity mixed use zoning district Thank you in a second. Please vote council motion carries Next item is zc dash two two dash two zero nine No speakers on this item council member nettles just a second I closed my book Oh, yes. Yes. Move to approve Motion carries Next item is zc dash two three dash zero zero three Move to approve Second motion and a second. Please vote motion carries Next item is mmc 23 dash zero zero one one Please vote motion carries Next item is mnc 23 dash zero zero one two Next item is mmc 23 dash zero zero zero six In a second, please vote As we're voting special thanks to dana burgdorf and david cook for shepherding this through we appreciate you Motion carries Next item is mnc 23 dash zero zero five six Motion a second. Please vote Bring new equipment to bernie park richard. I'm kidding He's on it next item is mnc Can I read the number first, please? Next item is mnc 23 dash zero zero one three Motion and a second. Please vote This is your chance to say gig on michael and you didn't even do it. There you go Motion carries Next item is mnc 23 dash zero zero one four Second, please vote Motion carries Mayor that concludes all of the agenda items. Thank you The second hot topic for me was street racing, right? My family at john t white and my family over in miller more importantly miller street was chaotic We had a small area at miller and hardiman where we maybe had about 800 to a thousand people that were congregating there doing donuts racing up and down the street I mean it was a scary sight to see and I shared this with the people at the fireworks committee So they could know that some what some of the barriers we face when we're trying to address fireworks, right? And so our sisters and brothers over in dallas They have been dealing with street racing for quite some time But they had got it minimized to such a level that it wasn't even a concern for them anymore So I'll out for one of my sergeants who is here and I'll let him speak here shortly Sergeant walker and for officers to go over there and learn how they were doing it without even having a pursuit policy And so they went over there and got some some key ideas and brought it back home So i'm going to let sergeant walker kind of introduce that you got How you guys doing my name is sergeant matt walker. I uh, I work for y'all I'm a patrol sergeant here on east side. I got sent to dallas to have a task force to deal with street racing Um They're very successful so much so that we started to see it grow more here because they were leaving there Um, I've been working with the city. I've contacted city attorney We've talked about different ways that we could be better here in full worth about dealing with it Um, we're aware of it I see it it's going on on all sides of town also, but uh I understand what you are saying and believe me I've been working you ask anybody in uniform in here or anybody in uniform in city of full worth They'll tell you You ask who the street racing guy is they'll say yeah, I'm work I'm working on it and I annoy the crap out of them by talking about it. So they know about it, all right Tell them about some of the successes we've had thus far just on east division So my whole thing with this is these guys are driving a lot faster cars than we are Chasing them is dangerous. It is and uh, so we've started using different techniques in order to actually Make a rest on these guys and without having to chase them, which is I think is key Because they have a tendency to always run, but There's been about 14 incidences where we've managed to make an arrest on some of these Uh At least Nine guns were recovered in all these. So these aren't like the safest things lots of drugs I mean, I understand what's happening. And I know is anybody in here been trapped in one of these before ever seen one of these What about it It's called the takeover Yes, take over they take over an intersection and don't allow Any traffic other traffic to come through. It's two different. Yeah, there's two different things I'm speaking of when I speak of street racing. I am talking about the takeovers or they take over an intersection hundreds of people Sometimes thousand plus sometimes it's a parking lot and then I'm also talking about the drag racing, which