--------- Okay, we're going to go ahead and get started. Uh, it is 2:05 and I call the Property Management Environmental Services Committee to order. Okay. Um, right before we go into the briefings, uh, Val has some introductions to make.
>> Yeah, I'm excited to have Wendy Turpin here to provide an update on illegal dumping hotspots. Um, this is something that we promised the committee that we would come back and provide updates on as the team collaborated with other departments to um, really hone in on some of the areas that needed to be um,
needed some extra upkeep. Again, Wendy Turpin, environmental services assistant director, and I'm going to talk about three different hotspots today. All of them are on the east side of the city, but they are in three different council member districts. And the first one I'm going
to talk about is actually a city-owned property, 2200 BMAR. So, this is a property that is owned by the water department and it is currently vacant and we have historically had a lot of illegal dumping and illegal camping hotspots. here on that yellow circled
property alone in 24 we cleaned up four illegal camp cleanups and in 256 in the surrounding area along the river and there to the the right side of the area we actually had about 13 um camps in
2025 just outside the 2200 BMAR area so it was a very very difficult area to keep clean but in January we worked with police and PAR to clear the vegetation area out um cleaned up all what was left
and installed a pan tilt zoom camera and a license plate reader. And what this does is it allows us to catch the license plates of the people that are dumping. And because of that, we've gotten a felony and four citations there. But the really cool thing is we worked with IT department and installed
an STS 360 camera and it is motion activated. It's monitored by the water department and when the water department sees anybody, they call the police and then the police are able to prevent the illegal camps and the dumping from being on that property. And since then, there
have been no illegal camps. So, that camera has been a fabulous win for us. The next property I want to talk about is 3200 Green Belt. And this one we had passive cameras on, so basically like think like a game camera. and we had
those installed and we caught all kinds of people um conducting felonies and dumping all kinds of inappropriate things on that on that property. We installed the c cleaned it up, installed a live view technology camera. This camera actually will uh you can yell at
them through it basically and tell them to leave. Um you can speak uh both ways and tell them to get off the property and it has lights etc etc. And since then, we have had no issues. And this one was installed in January of 2026. So, this one will be there for a while.
A lot of residents uh dumped here uh over time. So, the cameras, I've mentioned two separate cameras, and I think it's really important to share the the the minor difference. There is a difference in cost, of course. The one that doesn't do as much is cheaper. Uh the live view technology one does have the two-way
speaker um and it is monitored and it'll call police, which is uh very cool. But, you know, you're paying for it, so you get what you pay for when it comes to cameras. Last but not least, we have uh a dual property. This is 4700 Maxi 6000. So, it's a very large property. So, on
one side of the property, we have installed a camera uh one of these uh live view cameras. And then on the other side of the property, we have our passive uh game cameras and uh and and so we're able to for the most part keep everybody off the northern side that
4700 Maxi, but we do have a little bit of problem where we don't have that live view camera on the other side because it is such a large property. But we have gained a lot of value from having these. These are shots from our pan tilt zoom
cameras where we see people dump. we're able to hold them accountable after they've committed the crime, but good news is we're able to hold them accountable because we can we can get their license plates and and hunt them down. And we have I understand a really great relationship with U-Haul. Um so
they uh it's used quite frequently for dumping unfortunately. So, we are going to continue um to use this fabulous technology, the pan tilt zoom cameras, the live view technology and the STS 360 and a lot of other departments have asked about these and are starting to
install them where they struggle also. Um and with that, we are working on increasing information uh out to individuals to prevent illegal dumping and uh to use the dropoff stations uh rather than our back alleyways.
With that, do you have any questions? >> I do. I have one question. The cameras, are they also plugged into our real-time crime center as well with uh forward PD? >> Yes, we actually work very closely with PD and we can actually access all of
their cameras for illegal dumping and they can access all of ours. >> That was my next question. So, thank you. I appreciate that. Wendy, um, the cameras at 4700 Maxi and 6,000 High Creek, is that the area where
Encore would is looking to expand? So, will those cameras be removed once they go in and make their if if it's approved um their expansion? So, it's possible that they will not be because this is actually uh public
roadway and if we still have dumping, but if the Encore expansion does stop the dumping, then we would absolutely use this this camera um and move it elsewhere. We have considered moving it elsewhere because we've gotten a kind of a drop in in campers in that area and we
may have areas that would be more effective. >> Okay. So, >> I'm always considering moving. I thought they were going to be um installing a fence and that's why I was curious if that would keep people from going onto those properties. I think Dr. Wittenberg,
>> do you know more about that? >> Absolutely. So, just to clarify, Cody Whittenberg, environmental services director. So, yes, this is the same property and the great piece about these particular cameras is they are transferable to different locations. So once we see that property moving forward and those security issues are resolved
then yes I would expect we would find a new location to utilize the technology elsewhere and still embrace them. Thank you. >> Okay. >> And so on these other properties since they've been you know that we haven't had any uh I guess additional reoccurrences of camping is there a time period where you would move them to
another hot spot? Wendy. >> So if the water department chooses to move the one that they're using absolutely. Um we we're not expecting to have any use move this one anytime soon because it is such a large uh problem. So but yes they are we can always get
more. >> I'm happy to buy more >> with grant money I'm assuming or >> Oh sure anywhere anybody will buy me one I'll I'll I'll get it. Thank you. So I guess we'll move on to the next uh presentation.
>> Yes. And the next presentation was requested back in the fall by this committee. Um, and you had just wanted to know what are those existing mechanisms or ordinances that we currently have in place if you or residents that you hear from want to
address blight in their community. Um, Wendy Turpin has coordinated with Benjamin Sra Sampract from the city attorney's office to put this presentation together. So this presentation will just cover some of the common commercial violations. Just as a reminder, we'll
talk about the tools in our toolkit and then how we're moving forward. The commercial compliance team of three individuals uh spends time specifically on properties that are not residential. They work on everything else. And this
is a list of some of the violations that they handle every day. We focus normally on priority 2 violations, which are things that if they're not addressed, they will become a great hazard. And our staff do tend to find multiple violations on any single one property.
And so you'll see those pri priority two violation number is is rather high, but we are trained to be thorough and effective and ensure that we fully communicate with the individuals when we find any violations on their property.
We want it to be a one one-stop shop. So, an example of the timelines that we process here with a property maintenance violation. This case took us about 14 days to resolve. It came in on the Fort Worth app. We did have a nuisance abatement order on this property that
was already open. So, once we had posted our notification, we processed um Oh, hold on. I may have misspoke. Please forgive me. I want to look at my notes on this one. Okay, so this one we had to get a nuisance abatement order on. I apologize. And then it was a repeat
violator. So I apologize for that. But it took us 14 days. We cleaned the property because the property owner did not clean it and then we take those costs, calculate them up, and put a lean on the property. So when the property is sold, at a minimum, we get our money
back. Um the property owner does have an opportunity to pay the lean at any point in time, but unfortunately several of them don't get paid until the property changes hands. This is a zoning violation. This is improper um screen of a of a of a
dumpster. And this long as our property owners are taking the necessary steps to resolve the violation, we work with them and try not to issue citations but keep them moving forward. with something like this, you have to get a permit with development services. And so we worked
with them as they did that uh to move forward. So this one took 57 days to resolve. And we do have our illegal dumping um violations. Now, this one was in the right of way. So this was on city-owned property. So the blessing of this one is we get to clean our own property because
we're the property owners and we can do it immediately. So, we received the complaint the same day we um investigated it, found out that there wasn't anybody living there, and we were able to abate it. Um that was a Friday, February 20th. We had it abated on
Monday, so that's why it took three days. And the commercial property uh team also, we also do the illegal campsites, and I want to address that, too. Um, and we use a full team of individuals um, to clean up our illegal campsites and we do
work. Hope is the one we work with most and then our nuisance abatement team cleaning it up. I'm here as an officer investigating and posting his nuisance abatement order and then we clean it up and they have property owners have about seven days to clean it up themselves and if not then unfortunately we have to go
in and use our resources to clean that up. We use um the first thing we do when we talk to any property owners, we give them a notice of violation. It is not a citation. It's just a notice of here's what's wrong and here's how you fix it. If they choose not to fix it and they're
not giving us a good faith effort, we will um have an opportunity to issue citations. Normally they're about $500. They can go up to 2,000 depending on the violation. If we have to clean the property ourselves, we do the leans. And then um Benjamin is here to talk more
about the building standards commission if you have questions if you're not familiar with that and also the lawsuits um that we can use to get injunctive relief and civil penalties. If you have questions about those two things I will defer to him. >> Benjamin, do you mind providing just a
quick overview of those two items? Benjamin Sampra with the city attorney's office. Um, in terms of the building standard commission, if there are substandard properties, um, places where, excuse me, um, places where properties may be substandard, uh,
dilapidated, uh, properties can go in front of the commission and the commission can order, um, they repair the property or demolish it, uh, or civil penalties. And in the case of um junk properties where there's debris and trash, the commission can also order
civil penalties and for the city to clean it up. And then of course with lawsuits, you all are familiar with chapter 54 and chapter 211. Um chapter 54 allows us to file lawsuits for code violations, a lot of the things that we're talking about here. And then um
chapter 211 file allows us to file lawsuits for zoning violations. Um, and then of course we get injunctive relief or civil penalties um of up to $1,000 per day for those lawsuits. But that's a general overview of the lawsuits in the building standards commission.
>> The last thing I want to talk about in the tool in the toolbox is our envir environmental investigation unit. So, these are um individuals that catch our illegal dumpers and they work very closely with the police department. And unfortunately, a lot of our uh citations
are found for for people who are littering and illegally dumping and they do become felonies because they dump large amounts of of garbage and debris and um then that we work with the police department to get them um and sometimes they get large fines and and jail time.
So, do want to point out that the weight different looks very different between 2024 and 2025, but we had a a very large illegal dump that we had to clean up. So, um not typical 2024. So, point that out. >> This is probably a question better
answered um by legal, but when we talk about the felonies prosecuted, um I'm assuming those are picked up by the DA and prosecuted through them. Um, it looks like, well, 37 year to date. I
don't know, my math is not too great, so I don't know if we're above above where we were last year or below, you know, as far as the year-to- date go. Um, we're below. And so, my question is, what is
are we getting the support that we need from the district attorney's office to adequately prosecute these? And if not, I'm assuming these are under chapter 54. So we can start No. >> So we work very closely with officer.
Okay. And as >> I have not heard that we have struggled at all with the district attorney when it comes to these felonies. These um tend to be very um open and closed cases um because we do have we're able to use the cameras to collect the facts and the weights. And um quite frequently our
officers uh talk to the uh dumper and can normally get them to admit that they did the violation. Um Yes. And and then if they Yeah, it's true. We have some fabulous staff that can kind of >> Yeah. >> get them get them talking long enough that they eventually hang themselves.
>> Yeah. >> Nice. >> And the only other thing that I'll add is when we're talking about felonies, obviously we're talking about criminal violations. Um and so with our 54 tool, we use that for our city ordinance violation. >> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you,
>> Wendy. Um I have a question on enforcement. Once uh notice has been posted, how much time do we give them? Is it the 10 days for private property? Even if it's commercial or >> Okay. Seven. >> Seven. Yes. >> Okay. And then like about how long does
it take if the city determines that we have to do the cleaning? So after those seven days, we're eligible and we put it into our ITSM or our ticket writing process and we have crews um that are actually caught up and we can get it cleaned within the next 24 to 48 hours
thanks to Neil Johnson and all of his fab staff. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Any more questions? Okay. So, we're going to keep using all of these wonderful features and our wonderful team and we are currently
working on a pilot project for illegal dumping of donation bins with our EIU team and the police who um to to deal with that. So, we'll probably come back with a followup at some point on donation bins. The habitual nuisance ordinance which is coming before you tonight is something that we are also
very supportive of and working with when it comes to ne force um which we're also a part of. So, thank you. >> So, just donation bins of what? >> Oh, so, um, if you go to just about any commercial property, you see those great big wooden boxes that said, "Hey, please
give us your things." 99% of the time those are on improperly zoned properties and they're dumped on those commercial properties without permission by the property owner. Mhm. >> So, we're trying to figure out how to
not make the property owner pay to clean those up and hold the actual owner of the bin accountable. >> Okay. I thought we were going to add more. I'm like, no, they're okay. Thank you. >> I will happily clear that up for you. >> Yes. Thank you, Wendy. >> Thank you. >> So, we'll go on to the next
presentation. Marilyn Marvin um on reliant energy credits. Good afternoon. Marilyn Marvin, property management director, and I'm here to talk about renewable energy credits. Just a little background, since 2021,
the city's electricity supply company, which is Reliant Energy, um we have every year get renewable energy credits. They're about equivalent to 50% of what we're expected to consume
each year. And so it averages is about 170 173,000 renewable credits. And I'm just going to keep calling them credits from now on instead of the other. Prior to 2026, um, our contract has been that we hold
those credits for a year and then Reliant retires those credits every year on our behalf. That is what our contract is. And what we're as I get through the pre uh the presentation, our recommendation is to change that um so
that we're no longer retiring the credits at the uh annually having reliant retireer credits. So if from 2026 to 2031, we anticipate we'll have about um 934,000
credits that will be on our books, if you will. uh that will not be retired. The reason we're bringing this to you is because we have an opportunity to sell our 2026 through 2031 credits in one
lump u transaction. There is no risk to the city. So we'll have a third party that sells them on our behalf. And if we don't like the price that they get sold for or if there's anything that gives us pause, we don't have to sell them and they'll just
stay on our books until we decide to sell again. Um, but we don't want to retire them anymore. And here are some reasons why. Um, right now when we retire them, I mean, we buy them, we retire them, we do get
some benefit on our electricity bills, but not the same benefit we would get if we sold them. Uh, we do have some budgetary short uh shortfalls coming up. Uh, the federal government is making changes to how you can handle credits in
the future, which would decrease the value of those credits. And so we think now is a good time to sell them. So I just said all of that. So I apologize for the duplicate slide. Right now you can sell the credits from
anywhere from a dollar to about $ three and a half dollars. And our third party who would sell them on our behalf believes they can sell the credits for about $2 today. And so if we sold all of
our credits, the $934,000, uh, it would bring in about $1.9 million. We would pay our third party 15% of that. So we, the city, would net about $1.6 million if we sell them um,
>> today. Yes. >> And Marilyn, will you just focus again on the dedicated proceeds would go to capital project shortfalls? >> Yes. Oh, thank you. I am so sorry. Uh the proceeds would go to capital projects, facility capital projects that we have shortfalls that we have
budgeting gaps on. That's where we recommend. >> You said we're getting I'm sorry. You said we're going to get 1.5 or 1.8. That's the range. >> We would get 1 point. We would net 1.6. So they would sell for about 1.9, but our third party you source who's going
to sell them on our behalf gets 15%. >> Perfect. That's the almost exact number that Fire Station Community Center is um has a gap. Yeah. So, I love this. I got an idea for it.
>> We will we will add that. I think we have some facility gaps we need to look at. >> Yes, we do. Um so, the process will be we need to amend our contract so that uh Reliant no longer retires them on our behalf. We're actually already working
with uh legal right now to amend our contract. Um we would have you source evaluate and analyze our credit the credit market to see how much they think they can sell them for. Then they will put them out to
sell and execute that sale on our behalf and then the funds would be transferred to the city of Fort Worth once that happens. So again, our recommendation is to pursue a lump sum sale uh and then we're going to bring an IR to work session on
March 31st. >> We appreciated having this committee structure to really give you a preview here first. Um and then like I said, we'd like to advance it with an IR on the 31st and then with any council action following that. Correct.
>> No, that's great. Go get us that money. >> Thank you. Okay. And so uh we will now hear from Dr. Wittenberg uh about upcoming events. >> Absolutely. Thank you again. Just wanted to take an opportunity to share some upcoming events with the community and
and others that want to be a part of those. Get it on the main screen in a moment. Perfect. So first thing is is actively now is lights out. You may be very familiar with this campaign. We have done a great job as a city of Fort Worth with the Ottabon Society and other
partners at Cornell Labs and others to really bring awareness to the situation. Every spring, every fall, around two billion birds with a B come through Texas uh on their flyway. And so we just want to make sure we're supporting them on their journey both times, fall and spring. So to everyone, take a minute to
turn your lights out in the evening. Typically between 11 and 6 is what's asked, but you can go a little bit earlier, a little bit later if you want to to just keep our birds safe as they move along their journey. Next piece, uh this is really exciting. We are u moving our our consumer health permitting
office is moving to the fifth floor with the rest of development services and that's going to be happening on March 12th at the end of this week. The team has done a great job. Kudos to Leticia Cordderero and the team for some great work here. Um again the uh consumer health team is moving out of Hazel
Harvey Peace and they'll be moving temporarily into the annex and then eventually we'll be moving to City Hall on the 18th floor in a few months. So we're very excited to join the team here at city hall as environmental services. But again this particular piece you'll be able to pay your um health permit online or or through the window if you
prefer to come in person and we just want to make sure you can always reach out to the staff if you need some help getting that paid. Very exciting. On the Saturday the 28th we have cow town cleanup. This is our largest annual volunteer cleanup event. Many of you are very familiar with it. We will also have following the event um
8 to 11. We will have a Earth party in the afternoon with free food, hot dogs. Come and check out trash and fashion if you'd like to be a part of that. Those submitts are due. We've had some really great creative winners over the years. So, we this year we have a youth division and an adult division to allow
both of those groups to to come forward and we have lots of young people who are already excited to create outfits out of recycled material. I just want to throw a challenge down as I because I've had the honor of getting to be one of the judges um several years in a row. These
outfits costumes are amazing, but I have yet to see one from the city of Fort Worth employees. So, challenge has been thrown out this year. I want to see how creative our city of Fort Worth
employees can be. And I want to see an an entry there. No pressure. >> Pressure. >> So, yes, city staff can absolutely submit a submission and we'll push that challenge out. I bet somebody will take you up on that. But anyway, absolutely excited to and bring people out. Please
take a moment and register for the event. If you have a challenge on the 28th, it's okay. Go ahead and register. We can give you some supplies. You can clean up a little bit before the event. You can clean up a little bit after. You can clean up by yourself with a workg group. Maybe as a team building
activity. anyone and everyone is help is their help is really supported. Um it could be as long or as short as you need it to be. Moving into also on the 28th in in addition to trash and fashion and earth party and cowtown cleanup, we also want to continue to tackle scrap tires.
You guys may recall last fiscal year we had several very collection events at the east side regional library. This year we're bringing this one event um to city hall. So you'll have the opportunity to bring scrap tires. Anyone in the community wants to bring scrap tires 8 to 12 right here in
the back parking lot at city hall. Looking forward to that if you can help us promote that as well. Absolutely. >> Dr. Wittenberg. So um can anybody um drop off tires? What would what kind of uh do they have to provide proof of address or >> in in this particular case? We allow
anyone to just bring their tires if if they have their address. That would be great. But we have seen that we have plenty of capacity to bring these in, take them to a recycling group that's happy to take them. So, very excited to bring it forward. Um, we've had people who find them in creeks and bring them in from areas that they've cleaned up
from the event such as Cowdown Cleanup. We've also had people who cleaned out their garage and brought them and it doesn't matter. You can bring them from any source. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Last couple, Salt Road. This of course is the main access and entry point for our southeast landfill. Um there you can
see the green line is effectively Salt Road. We have been working with TPW closely and the city of Kennedel to kick off a reconstruction or repaving of that particular street. So during construction, we've worked with Republic, the operator for our southeast landfill. People will continue to enter
the landfill as they always have, but closing one lane for reconstruction and then the other to allow that lane of that line of access. We're just asking that for the duration of the construction project that they exit out on the the south side or the blue line that you see there back to Dick Price
Road and out and we'll continue that for the duration of the construction project. We're still working with a pre-construction meeting for that particular project, but we hope that I will start at the the end of the month. So, thank you. Um and then the last piece is kind of a save the date. Um you are very familiar that we're working on
the renovation of the convention center and we were able to leverage a brownfield loan a couple of years ago. EPA was able to grant us a uh sorry I said alone a grant from EPA for $1 million to support asbestous abatement on that facility and we are very excited
to partner with EPA and the Kansas state um targeted assistance for Brownfield's office. They're going to be coming down from Manhattan and over from Dallas to do a Brownfields workshop. This is really intended for any developers in the community, real estate professionals, anyone who's looking to purchase land. We just want to highlight
some of the grants that we're able to provide for individuals for maybe a phase one or phase two environmental site assessment or maybe some even some cleanup grants for those qualifying properties. >> Um can you make sure that we uh whoever you're working with with comms sends that out to the um Taran County
Association of Realators and then the Greater Real Estate um council real estate council for Worth because I think they would definitely have constituencies that are really interested in attending that. So >> absolutely. Thank you. And then at the end, we'll do a tour with that group to go through the convention center to talk
about that. But we'll make that note also working with our chamber partners to make sure that any of the the chamber memberships that would like to come along can come along as well. But it is open to anyone. The registration is open. So if you want to go to that link and register today, you're more than welcome to do so.
>> Thank you, Dr. Renberg. Okay. Um are there any requests for future discussion topics? Yes, Councilwoman. And I think the scope of this is much bigger than an IR presentation. Um I think probably the likelihood that it'll need to be in the
budget this year. Um but we saw what happened with Gendy Street when um we weren't keeping up with maintenance and then we got hit with a price tag that we couldn't afford. Um if you've been watching the news, you've seen that um our friends over to the east are in a
big fight about their city hall because of deferred maintenance, etc. And so what I'd really like to know is when the last time the city did a comprehensive look at our the properties that we owned and um an analysis of of what
maintenance is required so that um we can try to get out ahead of it instead of um having to deal with, you know, the Gendy Street we're still dealing with. But um I'd like to to be a little more proactive in that. All right, Councilman Noodles, you got
anything? >> No. Okay. Well, if nothing else, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. >> Okay. So, moved. Uh, our meeting is adjourned. Part: 2
Alan, sit down. of God. It's 3:00. I'm going to call the Infrastructure and Growth Committee to order. Um, first on the agenda is the approval of the November 11th meeting minutes. >> Second. >> All right. All in favor?
>> All right. Passes. And we have two briefings scheduled. The first one from Trinity Metro is going to be rescheduled to the April city council work session. And so next up is Stephanie Scott Sims for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and Zoning Regulations. >> Good afternoon. Stephanie Scott Sims,
assistant director of development services. Um I'm coming before you today to excuse me to present about um the Texas Compassionate Use Program and um how we regulate those uses here at the city of
Fort Worth. Um you may know this as medical marijuana dispensaries. So just to give you a little bit of background about the state law, the state allows uh participating physicians to prescribe lowdosese THC cannabis for
qualifying medical conditions. Those prescriptions are then um entered on in an into an online registry and that prescription is then filled by a DPSlicicensed dispensing organization. Now, there are currently three licensed
dispensing organizations in Texas. Uh, and um, under the law of HB46, which was passed in 2025, uh, the state uh is required to issue 12
more licenses for a total of 15. Nine of those have been conditionally approved. And under those licenses, licenses may operate um actually a variety of related uses, but one of those uses is a satellite
location. And under the state law, the there's um one satellite is allowed per lency, per public health region until that lency has a satellite in each of the 11 public health regions.
And here's a a map showing what those public health regions are and how it is they're divided within the state. Currently, as I mentioned, there are three licency um or licensed uh
organizations. They're uh Fluent, Texas original, and good blend. Those are the names of the companies. and um two of those currently have pickup locations in Fort Worth. Now, those
locations were grandfathered in as satellite locations. They um began their operations before the law um was enacted in 2025. A little bit about license dispensing organizations. So the license allows um
dispensing but it also allows the organization to operate other types of related um facilities like um cultivating um processing and um of course dispensing
and those um organizations are subject to extensive regulation by the state. um they have to report the date, time and type and quantity of every t every time they dispense
um a prescription. They have to um document that in a um in a registry. The satellite the satellite locations operate as pickup locations and they're able to store those prescriptions
overnight. um they can only dispense prescriptions under the program. They can't sell other products um like I won't gummies and edibles and other things like that um or
even paraphernalia. So they're only they're only dispensing prescriptions at these satellite locations. Under state law, um they are these satellite locations may not be located within 1,00 feet of a school or daycare
center. So there's already a somewhat of a distance component uh requirement um under the state law. So, how the city regulates these? Back on on June 4th, 2024, staff
presented IR24-1867. Um, and staff um you may recall this is the same um IR that um spoke about proliferating uses, which I was up here a few months ago about. Um it also covered medical marijuana. And so staff
stated at that time that uh these medical marijuana dispensaries would not fall within the definition of a retail smoke shop because they are they are different in the types of things that they sell. Instead, um these dispensaries would be
treated more akin to like a pharmacy uh because there is a um prescription requirement. Uh and that like pharmacies, these um uses would be allowed in neighborhood or could be allowed uh in neighborhood
commercial and more commercially intensive districts. staff gave council at that time um a couple of options as to how you might want to regulate these or think about regulating these. Um again, you can one
you could regulate them akin to a pharmacy like staff recommended um and what staff has been um doing. Alternative uh alternatively, council could amend the zoning ordinance to
define the use or uses and determine what zoning districts um that use would be permitted in by right or conditional use permit. So, um staff also um suggested that the manufacturer of
medical marijuana, which is different from dispensaries, um could also be added as its own separate use. and then limit it to industrial districts. Staff did some research about how other
cities regulate these uses. Um we looked at uh similar cities um Austin, Amarillo, Dallas, San Antonio, uh El Paso, Plano, Bassrop. Uh and they do not regulate these as a distinct land
use. there's no um distinct regul zoning regulations for these uses. The only city that we did find that um specifically regulated them was Tyler. Uh and so they actually adopted their ordinance before the satellite locations
were allowed and they treat all of these uses as industrial. staff recommends that we um regulate satellite locations as a pharmacy. So, continue to regulate them how we've been regulating them. Um we may wish to amend
the definition of a pharmacy to include these compassionate use satellite locations and continue to allow them by right in all commercial and industrial zoning districts uh and in certain formbbased code districts.
We also recommend that we establish a separate use um compassionate use um cultivation, extraction, testing, packaging, processing and distri distribution land use to separate the two
kind of form forms of uses and define that use and permit those uses by right in the I J and K industrial zoning districts. and I'd be happy to answer any questions. >> Councilman Blelock,
>> just a couple of quick questions for clarification. Uh, how many satellite pharmacies uh may one distributor open in a geographic area
>> in total? Let me go back. So right now under the state law the one lency may operate a satellite co satellite location um just one per state health reg or
public health region. So um and then they can do that until the lency has a satellite in each of the 11 public health regions. So, um I guess it would depend somewhat about how many lences
that we have. Oh, Jess. >> No, and I was going to add on and Trey calls their city attorney's office who's done a lot of the research is here as well. Um and I did not mean to cut you off, but I do want to add um >> when I read it, and Trey's going to confirm this, too. I don't think there's
a limit. Stephanie is exactly right. they cannot establish more than one in a public health region until they have at least one in each region, but then there is no limit in the new updated law. Um, and then also and Trey's coming up too to add on. So the other thing I would
say is as the state approves up to their 15 total, then that's each of those 15 can established satellite locations. >> Stephanie and Trey, while we're talking about this, could you flip back to slide three that has the map? That might be helpful. The only other thing trait calls for the
city attorney's office. The only other thing I was going to add is that um of course this there was a change in law in 2025 that sort of expanded this program. And so in addition to the one satellite per public health region until uh a
lency has a satellite in each of 11 public health regions. In addition to that, any pickup locations that previously existed prior to the law change September 1st of last year are grandfathered as satellite locations.
Um, so yes, it is one one per public health region until you have one in each, but also that does not count any any pickup locations that were previously operating and approved by Department of Public Safety. Those are grandfathered and also can operate as
satellite locations. the council me. >> Hold on. Go ahead. >> I'm sorry. So, so what we're saying is once they get into every region, the number of satellites they can have is unlimited. Is that correct? >> That's that's a fair statement.
>> Is there any way for us to put some guidelines around that or some boundaries around that like we've done with uh certain other types of businesses? >> Yeah. At the state house. at the state house.
>> Councilman, to answer your question, um I'm not aware of anything that we could do different because this is in the state law. Um but I think it's certainly something we'll we'll talk to the city attorney's office after and just see if if we've missed something or haven't thought of it yet. >> But I think that's the suggestion here
is to find some places, right? And you're that's what the staff recommendation is, >> right? Staff is um so staff is suggesting that we continue to uh regulate these as a pharmacy whicharmacies are allowed by right in
most uh most uh commercial districts and foreignbased code districts. But then we also established a second land use that um regulates the manufacturing, the cultivation, extraction, and all of
those um types of processes um that are related to um medical marijuana and define add that as a use and define and permit those by right in only our industrial districts. >> And I think you're suggesting that because right now as it stands those are
too muddied. They're muddied together, right? >> That's correct. >> So, we're going to define that it's a pharmacy, but then also that these other activities happen only in these kind of districts. >> That is correct. >> Councilwoman Peoples, do you have a question? >> No, that was uh Allan um asked my question.
>> I have a question. >> Councilman Nettles. >> Okay. So, we had this discussion I guess you said a few months back. We had this we have we had this discussion about medical marijuana that was what was that a couple years ago
specifically about well it was about medical marijuana but it was also about the proliferating uses. >> So uh the recommendation from staff have there been issues with um this I guess
the second part that you're recommending is why we're bringing this back to the council. >> We're actually bringing this back. We haven't had any issues. Um we do have one application that is in um that's under consideration right now, a building permit application for a
dispensary type use. Um and we are treating it as a pharmacy like we have um dictated um through the the IR, but we thought, you know, if there's this one, then there could be more coming.
And so we want to make sure that we are operating um the way the council wants to see this the these uses regulated. >> Where where is it? Um what district is it in? >> Um it's actually on along Camp Buouie
>> and it's three. Yeah. >> And the second part one last the second part that you're recommending is this what you have up here? This the part that you're recommending? >> We're recommending this is our recommendation. So the second part establishing uh the use um in JK
industrial has any other cities is this where any other cities have not done this in major cities? >> Yeah, the other cities don't have any regulations. Um again the only city that we found to have a regulation was Tyler and they regulate everything as just an
industrial use. >> Okay. Councilman Bllelock. >> So I I just look at look at this and you know in any neighborhood commercial kind of gives me pause. We could have you
know hundreds and thousands of these across the city at some point. I know that's not uh likely but that's the that's the potential in the future. And I just wonder if we need to be a little bit more restrictive as you know for
future councils. >> Stephanie have a question on the satellite locations. They're allowed to store it but the difference with the the having its own zoning. I'm sorry you wait. Go back. No. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> So the satellites can actually store it
on site. The others cannot or they can as well. So the satellite locations they they store them overnight and then they um dispense to the um I guess the customers. They dispense to
the customers, the prescription holders. Um and so the other uses they operate, I believe they're more of the back of the house, if you will. So actually the growing of the medical marijuana, the
cultivating, they operate more of like a green like a greenhouse if you will, um packaging it, processing it. So they're doing a lot of the um the and then they ship it out to these dispensary sites,
the satellite locations. >> That to me makes sense, like having its own land use if you're actually going to grow it and produce it. And I mean to me that that seems logical. How does Okay, so talk about Tyler a little bit more. How do they regulate it?
>> They only regulate them um they regulate all cultivation, production, and distribution is industrial. And I don't I'm not really quite sure if they have any satellite locations there yet. Um that I'm not sure. And the other cities
and and we I know you probably wonder why is Bassrop on there? Well, Bashrop actually has one of the largest of um these cultivation facilities. They have it's kind of I think it's like a 75,000 square foot facility that actually
houses I think it's Texas Original. That's where they're headquartered at. It's their headquarters. It's it serves as a dispensary but also as all of these other things too that they do there. the cultivation, the processing, and all of
those things. So, um that's why we have bass shrub on there as well. >> I just I'm going to add one small thing. Um the the reason you don't have a lot of land use probably regulations about these yet is until last September, there
were only three of these operating and they were all down in I think public health region 7, which is Bassrop, Austin, that area. And so uh you so and I will one other thing those primary locations they can actually dispense at
at that at those locations as well. But um but like Stephanie said those are mainly their production and cultivation packaging and then they ship them out to satellite locations which are a relatively new invention of the statute. >> Okay. So when you're talking about
regulate is that the city of Fort Worth or DPS? DPS regulates um the primary locations and the satellite locations. >> Councilman Crane. >> Yeah, thank you. Um okay, just putting this all together. Um
state has passed a rule that basically allows pharmacies to exist that just dispense marijuana. Right. >> Correct. >> Okay. I'm just putting this all for folks. >> Um we have no oversight of that. state allows it to happen and once there's an
established pharmacy in every single region they can open other satelliteies within the region. >> That is correct. >> Got it. Um this is obviously an issue because I think it's on Hollerin or Horn, I forget which street. >> Horn. >> Horn. >> Yes. >> Um which sits at three. It's on the cusp
of seven. Um and it's caused a camp buoy district that's there caused a little angst among neighbors etc. because of not necessarily what is there but what might come right um and and be there. I I think it's interesting what the state
has done since we havearmacies that exist already and they're setting up otherarmacies when it could if it could just be prescribed through a CVS or Walgreens etc. But state's done what it's done. I see that. Um a couple of questions for you though. Um it says a
thousand feet within a school or a daycare. What happens if a school or daycare opens next to one of these facilities? Is it grandfathered in? >> That's a good question. I believe so, but I will defer to >> I just want to for the record. >> Yeah, I I believe in the Texas Administrative Code um where they have
the provisions that regulate the satellite locations, it says that if the school comes after the um satellite is opened that the satellite doesn't have to move or close. >> Okay. I just that's going to come up as these proliferate. Can we do anything about it? There's a school next to it.
I'm sure we'll our offices will get calls about that. Um, are other any other cities looking into regulating at this point? I see that there's not anybody doing it, but when y'all made your calls. >> I am not aware of any. I I'm not sure.
>> Okay. It's just interesting to know when we keep a breast what everybody's doing. I'll say this, I like the plan at least. It seems our hands are tied uh for part of this. Um, but I like the plan overall of separating those two. And I would kind of liken this to TABC rules in that
you where alcohol is manufactured, you can't necessarily consume it or pick it up. You can pick it up there, but it has to leave. So you can't cultivate it and basically consume it in the same place. Right. >> Right. >> Not that you can consume here. It's kind of a but I I would say separating that and saying where you cultivate, grow,
etc. I mean, I think it's clear what this is for. eventually there they want to once if it's legalized you can do all these activities within a within a store but I think still growing it versus con being able to pick it up as a consumer maybe should be two different things and
I think that's at least the what we you've set up there right >> yes that's correct >> that's all I have >> councilman Nettles >> and I just want to make sure I understand we're talking about medical legal marijuana that you only can buy through a prescription
That is correct. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> Any other questions? >> So, I guess I just wanted clarification because councilman Bllock mentioned putting in restrictions. So, are you asking for distance requirements?
>> My question is, is there anything we can do? I'm not specifying anything. I just want to know what options are available, if any at all. And I think staff has some time to think about that. >> Tyler, can we put that on you?
Thank you. >> Trey, sorry, Trey. Second town, Tyler. Councilman Nettles. >> No, I was saying they don't they don't bring this back to full counsel. Is that correct? I'm asking staff. Yes, it will come back before council at
least for sure to adopt the second use um in in terms of putting that in the industrial the recommendation that you saw up there and I think to Councilman Bllelock's question if this body wants us to look at um additional regulations again I don't know what we can or cannot do um but we still have zoning authority
and so we can take a look at that if y'all if y'all want us to go further than what staff recommended right now. Well, I guess my question is why is staff recom I don't want to get in the weeds of it, but I'm trying to figure out why staff is recommending the uh second piece. I get the stigma of you
don't want to have manufacturer marijuana uh stores are able to sell it within neighborhoods, but if we're talking about legal medical marijuana that you have to have a prescription that because they do it in Oklahoma, I mean, I don't care how you want to go in there and try to buy. If you don't have a prescription, you cannot get it. So,
I'm just trying to figure out why staff is pushing this uh difference in this ordinance because I think we're probably at least six or eight sessions away uh from it being legal uh Texas wide. >> Um but Allan's going down. He might stop it.
>> Council member Nettles, we're so we're um recommending the to the second kind of piece of this because these are more intense uses, right? And so they're more akin to an industrial um probably more appropriate in an industrial area as opposed to in your
neighborhood commercial area like as you as you saw here this picture uh of this good blend pharmacy. This is what these pickup sites look like. Okay? And so it's just like a little storefront area. It's it's nothing big. Um, however, when
you get into the cultivation and the packaging and the processing, now you're talking about way more intensity. Um, you have trucks going in and out and things like that. And so, we felt like that was more appropriate in an industrial area as opposed to being
allowed to do that in a small neighborhood commercial area. So with regard sorry but with regard to the cultivation processing and everything else um are there
requirements or license around that TCQ or anything else? >> Okay let me follow up on the last question and then I'll come back to that one if I can. I was in response to the question why we're doing something about these. Now, I was just gonna add to what Stephanie was saying. U like she said
earlier, there's been three licensed uh dispensing organizations in the state for about a decade. And after a year of study in 2024, the legislature came back and said in 2025 they changed the law with HB46
um and said that the state has to issue 12 more dispensing organization licenses for a total of 15. And so those will be the first new cultivators and production facilities in the state since those original three. So that's probably I
that's another reason why it's just now coming up to add that type of use. And then the second question was uh the regulations there in uh the the DPS does the licensing. Um there are also regulations in the health and safety code and the Texas admin code and yes
they have to meet all sorts of security um ventilation for the production fire safety all those >> Councilwoman Peoples. >> Okay. So I don't want to scream and fire. Okay. Unnecessarily. Have you I'm
going back to Councilman Crane. Have you talked to these other cities, go back to your Dallas and all the other areas about why they choose not to regulate it? I mean, I want to make sure we're we're not just deciding because it's
medical marijuana and marijuana is like this drug that we're not screaming fire in a crowded theater. And so, are we talking to these other cities about why they chose are choosing not to regulate Council
member Peoples, we have not done that work. We can definitely do that work before and have that um for when we come back. >> Okay. >> Yes, ma'am. >> I would like for us to do that and see why, you know, what their thought process was. >> Councilman Crane, >> I was just going to say, isn't it I
think that this can't buouie has caused the problem and staff wanted clarity a little bit too. What's a pharmacy versus the other pieces and parts? Is that fair enough to say is that's why this is in front of us at this point? >> That is fair. >> Yeah. So permitting they knew how what
CO to issue etc. >> That is correct. >> Right. Okay. >> Well, I was just going to say don't put it in in five. Put them all over here. Three. Okay. >> I I think you've hit the nail exactly on the head. And I'll just point out again that IR went to council in 24. There really was no discussion from the council at the time. There were no
questions on that specific use. And so we made no changes because council did not ask for anything. Fast forward now in 2025, the law was updated. There's additional things. You're absolutely right. The new application, it just caused us to take another look and really want to know that council, you still stand where where we previously
said and then based on our own analysis, we do have a recommended update for you as well. >> Okay. And so to answer your question, council member Bllock, uh T, can we get that at least some options to look at if we want to make it more restrictive so
we can have the entire picture? The law does state that we can't prohibit these obviously, but it does they're still subject to our our local regulations. >> Thank you. Additional questions. >> Thank you, Stephanie. >> Okay, that is our last action item.
Meeting is journed.