If everybody could go ahead and make our way up. Hey. Thank you all for coming, coming, all the way up to the front of you. If everybody can see, I'm here. I'm going ahead and get this started. My name is Tara Holt. I'm council district director for council district ten. But it's good to be with you here tonight. Please, this meeting is for you. This is for you to have a chance to learn what the city can do do for you, and please voice your opinion. It's very important to both the councilmen and to your neighbors.
So, with that being said, I'd like to introduce Tony. Hi, Everybody. My name is Tony Harold. I'm the planning manager for the long range planning business in City Of Fort Worth. And as Tara said, before we get into the 2026 bond program, we have a short presentation, regarding our twenty fifteen conference. With that, I'll set it off with a short video. This is our Fort Worth, the place where we grew up. Where our friends will build dreams and where the choices we make today shape the world we Our city is growing faster than ever, but growth takes smart planning, designing
neighborhoods and districts where people can live, work, learn, and play within reach. It's about thinking long term and now That's what the twenty fifty mile awareness plan is all about. A vision and a plan for how we grow, connect, and then thrive for the next twenty five years. Think of this as a big sanctuary plan. A van and turn in an empty lot into a playground. Imagine turning an empty lot into a new home or a business right create active
neighborhood centers where people meet up with family and friends connected by green corridors, trails, and efficient transit that link every corner of our city. Our future can be a place with even more great jobs and innovative companies with advanced employment and higher education centers. Vibrant places, great neighborhoods. A start off look like the Nezwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilwilw Share ideas.
And help us reimagine Fort Worth. This is our chance to make Fort Worth a better place with fun. So I've said this before, but truly shows who this plan is for. It's not just for you and me in this room. The the comp plan is really for our kids. It's for grandkids and even our great grandkids because this really is gonna affect how we're gonna develop over the next twenty five years here in the city and beyond. So the comp plan itself just overall is generally a summary as the video said of the goals, objectives, policies, and strategies that act as Fort Worth's official guide for
growth and development, throughout the city. And, again, it's over the next two and a half decades. The plan ultimately will allow the city to work alongside the community, in developing stronger neighborhoods, safer neighborhoods, and a strong resilient economy, which is particularly important important as we continue to grow, from eleventh largest to the tenth largest, eighth, seventh largest city in the country over the next decades. And we wanna we wanna grow sustainably and, responsibly. So where are we now in the plan? So this process didn't just start in 2024. We worked on with the community to develop an emerging vision for the city.
We went on to the community, took surveys, and we developed, basically how the city wants to grow, over the next, twenty five years. Now in 2025, as we move into 2026 and into ultimate adoption of the plan in 2027, we're really trying on that emerging vision and, develop, the goals, strategies, and actions needed to really turn it into reality, into an actionable comprehensive plan. And we're doing this through expert consultation. We're working with departments across the city and engagement opportunities that I'm gonna show you
really quick. Our primary, window into the plan is through ConnectFort Worth. That's connectfw.com. That, ConnectFort Worth will have just general project information, where we are in the process, other pop up events, other events that you can attend and learn more about the process as we move through it throughout next year. There's gonna be generally, if we have any, resources to share throughout the process. Right now, we have a summary document of our 2024 engagement actually up right now. And then pictures, contact information, and most important, talk about it at our table over
here as well. But it really is, again, gauging the community's input and ideas on what your priorities actually are for the next twenty five years. We also wanna talk to you about and ask about your thoughts and feelings on potential challenges and identify places in the city and the type of development you would like to see go in there. So we take all those surveys and we analyze them, and we're gonna use that input as part of our comp plan. Other than that, we are happy to answer. Feel free to stop by, after the presentation tonight and come talk to us. Appreciate it. Now, hand it over to, April Rose.
Thank you, Tony. And give the clicker by chance. Thank you. Yeah. Just a little bit. Alright. Hello, everybody. April Rose Esquivel. In the 2050 comprehensive plan, the city of Fort Worth is looking far ahead, setting an ambitious vision for how our city will grow in then. Every four years, Fort Worth voters have the chance to shape the city's future through a bond election, a way of funding essential public works projects. For 2020, paying off debt like bonds.
The proposed bond package sits within that amount, so your tax rate won't go up. Fixing every identified need across the city would cost billions, so we have to be strategic. Priorities, city staff identify projects that can leverage external funding partnerships and balance needs across every part of Fort Worth. More than 60% of this bond package focuses on streets and mobility, designing and constructing major roadways and intersections, upgrading and repairing bridges, reconstructing neighborhood streets, and improving pedestrian safety.
Those transportation projects were chosen to advance the priorities identified in the city's master transportation plan. Another 22% invests in parks and open space, expanding recreation and trails for our growential community needs that strengthen neighborhoods across Fort Worth, like public safety, animal care, library upgrades, and affordable single family housing. These projects aren't chosen lightly. They're shaped by and most importantly, your feedback. Help build our future. Use our interactive balancing act tool to explore the proposed projects and share your input
on what projects should be prioritized. You and your neighbors will vote on the bond projects in May 2026. The conference is a place that has a long term vision. The bond program helps make it happen. Alright. So three key takeaways that I always like to point out with this particular video is, one, your existing tax rate will not increase because of the proposed bond. In other words, it is fit to fit it is designed to fit within our existing tax rate. Two, so many of the projects, the way the propositions have been designed and as
they're being proposed, have come together and the projects ranked and the projects assessed based off of informed plans, informed data, that we have worked since August 2024, in working with city staff, working with city council, all the way through to be able to propose to you kind of our best foot forward, with the proposed projects today. And the third is that this project list that we're about to work or walk through and the propositions is not entirely baked. In fact, we're here today because of the community engagement. We're here today because we want to hear from you, our residents related to public
input, what you're a proponent of, what you'd like to see change, if you have any questions, because we'll be aggregating so much of that data to be able to, bring that back to our council, back to our leadership, so that we can have that next phase of discussions, which I will detail in the presentation. So, to begin the proposed 2026 bond program is as shown with the various propositions where the streets and mobility proposition is at 60.9% of the $840,000,000 proposed bond package, the parks and open space at 22%, and then
the remaining propositions as shown to make up again that full $840,000,000 Now as it's designed to move forward when we go towards the voting aspect is that each proposition will be voted on individually. Something else that I'd like to point out is that within each proposition, there is public art funding that is allocated, based off of the proposition, and that all ties back to the city council adopted ordinance on public art funding where 1% is related to streets mobility to go towards public art funding and 2% is for all the
other propositions that are shown here today. Something else that I also kind of teed up earlier is that this process has has started or really started early August twenty twenty four in that we worked with so much of our staff, we worked with the information we've also received from residents as far as data, and so forth. And we've gone through a couple of various cycles in speaking with city council. And, again, this is about kind of, like, our best foot forward from that side. And then on the right hand side of this particular slide is where we show all of our various exhibits.
Now if you're sitting way in the back, you may not be able to see where the lines are, where the icons are, or even make sense of what the legend actually says from there, but we do have these particular exhibits printed out and kind of distributed throughout the entire room. So if you had not caught on yet, we do have the main proposition exhibit right here at the very, very start. So if you want to look at this image, you can walk over there. But then the rest of the propositions with respective staff and there there are our
subject matter experts who will be tasked to kind of go forward with implementing projects, going through design and so forth. They will they're also here to be able to detail and really dive into a lot of the specifics. So with all that being said, moving into streets and mobility proposition, at 511,500,000.0, this proposition includes expanding major roadways at a 199,100,000.0, rebuilding minor roadways at a 129,200,000.0. So that's kind of what we've all kind of come to understand and know of neighborhood streets, and that is related to that.
New upgrade traffic signals at 44,600,000, upgrading intersections at 40,900,000, bridge safety and connections at 40.7. Now bridge safety is something that I kind of hold near and dear to my heart. So my background's in civil engineering, and we often talk about our aging infrastructure. If we had all the money in the world, we could probably cover so many of our different various infrastructure needs, but we are utilizing our bond dollars to be able to come back and say, okay. If there are some safety, related projects that we can help elevate and really get
to covering such as bridge safety, this is an opportunity to utilize, these particular dollars to help fund those projects. Next is sidewalks and school safety at 28,500,000.0, Vision Zero projects at 12,300,000.0. Now between the two, you can have sidewalk projects, which is really looking at, projects that need that rehabilitation, that need to be kind of, like, redone from that perspective, and, that is where we can utilize a 28,500,000.0. The Vision Zero projects, those are designed to look at a specific corridor, look at
what are some of the safety measures that can be implemented within that corridor, and then go ahead and execute implementing safety measures along a corridor that may include ADA ramps, but also some extraining extra related, like, Vision Zero, items. And this all ties back to a city council approved Vision Zero safety action plan that was adopted by council in August. So as I mentioned earlier, so much of this data is informed by plans that our staff has worked diligently to help prepare in time for our particular bond.
Next is railroad costings at 6,000,000 and streetlights at 5,200,000.0. For parks and open space proposition, a 185,100,000.0 includes upgrading metropolitan community parks at 57,500,000.0. So you can consider that sort of like the Gateway Park at 25,000,000, and that is sort of like a citywide project, in or a citywide impact, in terms of the consideration for that. Rebuilding the Autotiana Carr Jefferson Community Center at Hillside for 30,000,000. The open space land conservation at 25,000,000.
Now this ties back to a city council led initiative related to open space, to really take into account the type of growth that the city is is kind of experiencing. Right? And really looking at what are the natural open space that the city currently has right now, and in what ways can that be preserved, can that be acquired, so that there's continuous open space for years to come and for generations to come that are preserved from that from that side. If you're curious about what are some of those opportunities, what do they look like, where are the open spaces, and where do they exist today, there Brandy, if you
wanna raise your hand all the way back there. Yep. She has an entire exhibit that shows in various colors, like, what are some opportunities, where that's currently located, and where that possibility can be, with that 25,000,000 in funding. Next is the aquatic centers at 22,000,000, the botanic garden upgrades at 10,500,000.0, the water garden upgrades, if you've ever gone to downtown, brought your friends, family from out of town, you can go and walk on through near the convention center, to really see that there will be some additional potential upgrades with that 10,000,000, if this
proposition, is voted forward. Next is Fort Worth's new infrastructure at 4,000,000. Next is the public library proposition, and this is at 14,600,000.0, which includes the relocation of the Fort Worth History Center, the renovation of the Southwest Regional Library, the renovation of Diamond Hill Jar the Diamond Hill Jarvis Library. Now those two are on our list because public library completed a library master plan and through their facility assessment, those are the next two that were on that list. And so again, about the informed, related projects.
So that is why it's there. It's they're also reaching their forty year lifespan, and so that's also another component in which why that was also elevated, to be next on this list. So next is affordable single family housing. Now this is a new proposition, it was added on to by council just this past August. So our staff, and Casey Thomas is here, with neighborhood services, they've been working diligently basically since August to help kind of see and curate, what the proposition and how the proposition that 5,000,000, can be allocated.
And so that 5,000,000 is well, would include buying vacant or blighted properties, and that would be through $1,000,000 of that 5,000,000 funding. And then the additional 4,000,000 would be really geared and hyper focused on the funding, construction of infrastructure costs to develop affordable single family, and that's single owner occupied, affordable housing within the city. Now this is really focused on public infrastructure. So the bond itself, as a 2026 bond program as presented, this is very much
focused on public capital infrastructure. And this kind of leads into that as well in that we're we would consider, water and wastewater impact fees related to, like, meters and so forth, service lines, considering for sidewalks, a lot of that public based infrastructure because that would be part of the city kind of leveraging the dollars saying, okay. We can we can assist in putting in this type of public based capital infrastructure. And then on the other hand, to really leverage our dollars, there could be private
development, that can then build the affordable single family, single owner occupied housing. If you're curious as to what this looks like, Casey's team actually has an entire table and has a breakdown as far as, like, the salaries, that would qualify, also what the single family homes would look like, and, what type of properties. And even if whenever we talk about blighted, you know, say, like, this is what technically blighted would be considered. So I really encourage you to to hop on over there to to see what that, proposition dive into more details there.
Next is public safety proposition at 63,900,000.0 And this is the new Fire Station 46 in the Southwest Fort Worth area at 19,400,000.0, the rebuilding of Fire Station 40 in the Northwest Fort Worth, at 15,000,000, and the new 911 call center. And that would be and right now, it's set to, really go towards the Zipper Building. If you've had a chance to visit in downtown, you may see this exact building right here in the lower right hand corner. So this is what we call the Zipper Building in downtown, and it would some
of that 20,300,000.0 would go towards renovating that building, but really bringing together so many of our various services, from a call center perspective related to fire, related to, safety with police, as well as emergency services. And it's also kind of upgrading a lot of our technology. So we know that technology changes often, and it changes very, very quickly. And so this is, an opportunity to bring all of that in house, but also bring together the latest, technology so that our level of service and our response and
being able to provide services to our residents, can be further improved from that side. So next is animal shelter proposition at 59,900,000.0. So this would include building a new animal controls shelter with increased space, and this is intended to replace the current Chuck and Brenda Silcox animal shelter. So the existing animal shelter was built in 1998. The 2,000 census sets was set for worth at about 560,000 people. We've since about doubled since then.
And, based off of some of our numbers that, our code compliance team who's here so, Brian, if you want to raise his hand over there. Yep. So, he's he's been able to let us know that, basically, for every thousand individuals that move to the city of Fort Worth, about 25 to 35 animals enter the animal welfare system. And, currently, we're at about an 86% live release rate. And so this would be an opportunity to do that one time capital expense to build a new animal shelter with increased space. The existing has already been expanded three times.
We've kind of already maxed out where we can expand to. And so this is an opportunity that staff really wanted to bring forward, to be able to take us into that next phase for that one time capital expense for the next decades to come. So next and just kind of to really round out how we got here. Well, in 2018, the city of Fort Worth had a $400,000,000 bond, and that was located in all of these areas here. Now something that I really want to point out is that as we're developing this
existing bond and even back then, we were able to really leverage so many of our dollars in various ways. And so we're fortunate enough to live here in the North Texas area where we have regional partners, such as TxDOT, such as the various counties, such as the North Central Texas Council of Governments, as well as federal dollars, where we're able to make certain projects happen because we put in a dollar and or we put in some of our dollars, and our regional partners put in a match.
That match can look like eighty twenty, meaning we put in 20%, and they put in 80%. And so that has really helped us as a city propel certain projects forward. I know that locally here with Avondale Haslett, for example, that leveraged so many various prod or so many various dollars from our regional partners, from impact fees to be able to make certain projects happen. So in 2018, this is at 400,000,000 as shown here with all of these these projects. Then in 2022 at 560,000,000, you could see where the 2018 projects are grayed back.
And then the 2022 projects, you can see where they were located throughout the entire city. And that brings us to now in 2026, where you can see all across the city, there were certain projects that grade back. You can see where they're located both here in central all across the city of Fort Worth, and then also with what's overlaid and what's what's being proposed in this bond packet in this bond package. And this was partly also some of the data that we took into account, in seeing exactly where some of those needs are with some of the connections that need to happen because there are multiple areas that we're seeing across the city that are
also experiencing growth. And so we are teeing up specific projects, to be able to go into that next phase, to possibly go into construction this cycle, or if not, get through some design in this particular bond so that we're shovel ready, to go to construction in the next bond. So that's just a lot of our background, sort of some of the strategy that came, with some of the thought process with the projects that are proposed today. But as I've mentioned, these projects are not entirely baked. This is your opportunity to be able to propose projects, to be able to be
in favor, or however you'd like to go and vocalize today, but with the understanding that if a project is added on to the proposition, such as and I'm just gonna pick one right here, 23rd Street Design 16,000,000. Then say that that was me and I was making that type of decision, I would have to see where I could remove 16,000,000 from another proposition or see the same proposition because I would have to stay within that same 840,000,000 overall bond program
capacity. So to be able to tally that and say I want this, I don't want that, I want this other project, but not this one. That's a lot of tallying. That's a lot of, you know, just things to be riding around and and calculating again and again and again, right, to get to that 840,000,000. So what we have done as city staff, and Connor is the great developer when it comes to this particular activity, is called the balancing act. So if you take out your phones and if you scan this QR code, it will take you to Connect Fort Worth, and the balancing act itself will take you
to it'll it'll have a list of all the propositions where you can actually toggle various projects on or off with select and unselect. You can add certain dollars to one proposition, remove to another. And for each one of these propositions, there's a comment box where you can say, you know, I'm a proponent of this or, you know, I I'm proposing this bond particular packages or projects because of x y z reason. All of that data, everything that you do that you end up clicking and saying and all that from those common boxes and you when the moment that you hit submit, we receive that data.
We're able to aggregate aggregate that data. We're able to kind of look at that data analysis to be able to have a conversation with our leadership and with our council to say, this is what the residents are saying. This is the type of feedback that we're receiving, so that they can make the final informed decision because right now we this is actually the last commute, council district meeting when it comes to the 2026 bond, in terms of community engagement. We will be finalizing the project list towards the end of this year based off of all the input that we've received throughout this exercise, so that city council can
call the election in the January, February time frame. Because in early twenty twenty six, we'll come back out and we'll go ahead and say, okay. We heard your feedback. This is some of the feedback that we've received and everything, and this is what we'd like to or this is what council has put forward as part of that final project list so that the bond election would be ready and set for 05/02/2026 for that final, you know, decision from our residents. So today, we are live streaming this event, and we assume that there are some
comments or some questions. I wish I could answer all of them, but we do have all of our subject matter experts all the way across the room. So we'll be we ask that if you want, you can raise your hand. We'll have, some of our staff walk over to you with a microphone. Please use your microphone. And then from there, we'll go ahead and get to to helping and assisting based off of expanding on the 2026 bond. So are there any questions or comments? Yeah. Yeah. Right over here. Question. Okay. So just to let so I understand. So first, we have to vote on the entire bond. Correct?
The bond each proposition will be up for a vote. Okay. So what if but the whole bond as a whole has a a number, a dollar value. Right? Yes. Okay. So with the propositions, everybody has to vote on individual propositions. But what if some pass and some don't? Where does the the money go that's been allotted the big the big bucket? Does that make sense? Yeah. If a proposition fails, then a proposition fails, entirely. And so that funding, that amount, it we cannot we won't be able to use
it. So it just sits in the pot? No. We are unable to tap into that capacity or those dollar amounts. Okay. So it won't be okay. Yep. Do you have my two questions? Yeah. That's that's a great concept. You're actually the first person to ask that question in that detail. So, yeah, if a proposition fails, then that dollar amount, technically, that capacity for that bond cycle is gone. Yes. For the affordable single family housing. So that means that we you're gonna use our taxpayer money to build houses and then give it to people that qualify for the houses?
I'm trying to understand how is the money gonna be used because we already have section eight. And in our neighborhood, we have a big issue with that. So I'm trying to understand how is gonna be used that money towards affordable housing. Yeah. This would cover only the public infrastructure cost. The home aspect as far as building and constructing the home would be from a developer. And I'm actually gonna have Casey further clarify and further dive into the details for all of us. Yeah. So as April mentioned, I'm Casey Thomas, director of the neighborhood services department. We wouldn't be actually using the bond funds to fund the construction of the home.
We would only be using it to fund, for example, the public infrastructure costs. So these are costs that were are improvements that would belong to the city. For example, a sidewalk or street improvements. And then the developer, they would bring their money and they would actually fund the construction of the home. And then one other thing I wanted to clarify is that it wouldn't be section eight homes. This would be what we would call, workforce housing or entry level housing. So targeting people who make we call it area median income. So 80 to a 120% of area median income.
And so this could be teachers. This could be nurse technicians. And so really trying to fill that gap in the market for entry level homes. Do you have a follow-up? Okay. Here. I'll go ahead and do this. Let me see here. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. So with that saying I'm I'm trying to understand. So the money is gonna be for sidewalks and everything but the house. Correct? But, we already paid for that in our impact fees. Like, the developers, they come and they only pay 60%. We're paying 40%. So, I don't understand why we have to put more money into that. When we already pay some of the impact fees so we can have the developers
develop a new neighborhood. And and the reason for it so this would be helping to pay what the developer would normally pay. And the reason for it is that in order to encourage more development of affordable housing, we have to help lower the cost of that development. And so by putting in the money, we can encourage people to develop more housing. Perfect. Thank you, Casey. Okay. Are there any questions or comments? Oh, right over here. Okay. Sorry. I'll go back. Hi. My name is Melanie Rommel. I actually want I feel concerned about how little is being spent for affordable housing.
We have a housing crisis. We have, families that are really struggling. Our income is not meeting the rise in housing prices. And just as a side, comment related to, what she was saying, I did some volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity, which helps, which has partnered with the city. And they have just transformed neighborhoods that used to be very crime ridden.
And these are families who are hardworking. They pay they pay toward their mortgage. It's not a handout. Nobody's just giving away these homes. But I feel like, you know, we have students graduating. We have nurses that can't afford a house in Fort Worth. All of these people need a place to live, and it feels really sad to me. I'm a nurse, so I I do have a house. But I have worked with so many patients who I know are struggling and barely
making it, and families and kids that go to school and they're struggling. And, you know, when I think, like, oh, we can get $10,000,000 for our new water project, like, water fountains, but sorry, we can't afford more housing that you can afford. It just doesn't feel like the heart of Fort Worth to me to just have 5,000,000 when Dallas allotted 82,000,000, Denton allotted 15,000,000, and we are huge. We have so many families that need help, and they need affordable housing.
Thank you. Yeah. Thank you for the comment. Okay. Any questions or comments? Oh, right back here. Okay. You first and then we'll go back there. I have a follow-up general to that similar. So when we're building the affordable housing or the libraries or the community centers or the swim or aquatic center, how so that's to build it, but then what about maintenance maintenance and keeping it up? Where does that come from? And then also regarding the affordable housing, I know we can talk to the subject
matter expert back there. But what I my experience in providing subsidized anything is it makes it really hard for that person to get out of it. Is there an incentive? You You know, what if they decide to get married or they they don't wanna make more money because then they don't qualify to be able to stay in this affordable housing? I hope that there's something built in where they are unable to move forward in life and be able to buy a bigger home one day or something somewhere in
a different area where they're not just stuck in this where they're at? Yeah. So I'll cover that first half and then Casey will take the second on affordable, single family housing. So So on the first item related to the projects, their facilities such as aquatic centers or a library, for example, that's new a new facility. So the bond, again, would cover the capital infrastructure investment, that onetime capital cost. But as part of our process and even working with our staff, they also submitted what their projected operating mate operation and operating and maintenance, would be looking into the
years to come because the city also, you know, on the other side has an annual budget process. And in that budget process, we're also kind of forecasting what the, staffing need and the maintenance need would be for our assets as well so that it's not a one and done and we forget about it. We continue to provide the staff so that we can have that level of service for that said facility that came online and on board for, hypothetically, fiscal year twenty six or something like that moving forward. The second part, Caitlin? First of all, thank you for your question. For each of these different bond meetings, we always get new questions, and so that's
a great, point that you raised. And I would say that the idea is that the incentive is because we are able to help provide funding for the construction of the home, that it the resident could potentially buy the home at below market cost. And so because they're buying the house at below market cost, they have some built in equity that they have. And so not only are we wanting to encourage homeownership, but we're wanting to encourage the development of home equity. And then the idea is that they could potentially, for example, if a young couple
buys the home, they're getting some equity in the home that they would then be able to take to move up. If they start to grow their family, they could use that equity to then buy a larger home. And so that's one of the incentives that we're hoping would encourage people to move up and, step up in the home purchase. Okay. They start making more money or they don't wanna tell anyone they got married or Correct. Yes. Yes. And we do. And if that person was to sell the home, we do wanna, try and maintain the affordability for a certain amount of time.
And so we would, would look to have that person that they sell it to another income qualifying individual or household. Great question. Alright. Back there. Hi. My name is Valerie, and I have, kind of a twofold question as well regarding the affordable housing. So, number one, I wanted to know how, the you had mentioned before that it's for a single person. It's not necessarily for a joint family, but a single person, if I understand correctly.
It's a single owner occupied. Single owner occupied. Family, but it's an an owner and not like a multifamily type of home. Okay. And, I when I spoke with her before, I like the idea of the fact that we are building something, over what otherwise would be vacant land or, something that's not being used to its full potential at this time. So I like the idea of of building something there for somebody.
But also then I wanted to know how is that selected, or how is the person selected? What's the selection process? Because I would imagine if you're only putting 5,000,000, it's not going to be too many properties that are going to be acquired. And so we're gonna have hundreds of applicants for one home. Yes? Collection processes that I wanna talk about. So the first one would be in terms of how do we select where to buy the land or how do we obviously, with real estate, we can't identify the specific lots now because twelve years or eighteen years or eighteen months from now when
we actually receive the funding, but in terms of encouraging the development of homes in the central city or making sure that the developer can achieve the when we're talking about the 80% AMI, which developers can make sure they achieve those goals. So that's kind some of the criteria that we would use in terms of determining where we're gonna buy land and which developers we're gonna provide gap financing to. We would our criteria would be that the resident is making household income between 80120%,
and then they would be responsible for actually finding the residents and selecting the residents to. Okay. April, if you can put on your engineering hat, the we cannot build ourselves out of roads. You go to all the major cities that have done can you talk a little bit or have an expert talk about how we can really work on the amenability plan and really make that because, I mean, we're spending more than 60% on roads
as opposed to just concrete roads. Yeah. So I'm gonna start at the very beginning just as far as what is the city doing in general. It comes to and then what are some other options? I'm assuming that's kind of where you're leading to, outside of just roadway transportation. So for one, the city is undertaking the moving a million, and that goes back to a full blown master transportation plan through full build out where and even working with our North Central Texas Council of Governments and working with partnerships with Tarrant County
and also seeing where other roadway networks are across all of our also take into account modeling aspects that looks into the future growth even in phases. We know that in some areas, the phasing isn't gonna happen immediately tomorrow. In others, it it is, and it's happening very quickly. And so, we are deciding on what is that next project to look at, what type of mobility, what type of connections, will occur and should occur within phasing because of our to be able to make those next decisions.
As far as additional mobility options, say that there is mass transit, we also have not the city, but there is Trinity bring in from a mass transit standpoint, and they have, both from a train standpoint, but then also from buses and being able to provide other means of mobility. And, yeah, take into account that. But from the transportation and public works team, just wanted to see if y'all wanna expand, in addition to what you're doing in terms of adding for it captured it?
Okay. Alright. So we got In in this bond package, is there anything that is non road that's part of that 500 and Anything. Anything outside, you know, green a bike trail, anything else. Is there anything in that, that's outside of just building roads and trying to expand?
Yeah. So outside of that, we have roadways, for transportation public works from a mobility standpoint, from connectivity and active trans you expand on specifics for those when it comes to I'm sorry. I'm putting them on the spot so that they can detail some of those projects. We have sidewalk, school safety. I mean, you covered it when you went through the list. So, we have intersections and traffic signals and, lighting.
Is that what you mean by non road? No. But that's okay. I can get with you. Okay. And then and then, of course, the other aspect though is is also the Trinity Metro and the city does, cost participate in some of those related projects And getting that data, they're increasing that type of connectivity. And so that is another aspect that kind of also plays into the into mobility aspects outside of just roadway. So Trinity Metro would be a partner to that. Alright. Alright. We have a question up here. Yes. I was, curious on the sidewalks and school safety.
Is that gonna include our our RRFB, the triangular flashing lights? Is that gonna include those? Because we can't get funding for those. So I'm just wondering if that's good for the sidewalk and schools that and include that. Yeah. So Raj is jumps into all of those projects. And he'll go and expand on it. Right. Oh, and Raj, if you can explain what an RFP is as well. So Shamika. You have seen probably some of the school where you press the button, and there's
two rectangle which kind of flashes. So under Vision Zero, we're gonna plan to include some so that's, how much is that? 5,200,000.0? So we're gonna include some of the other IP as we move forward. That also part of Visible Zero is to do the pedestrian safety. So just one more question. So now you're having us, you know, kind of, you know, move money around. And so we've been, you know, trying to work really hard to get a red light, on a, road in our neighborhood.
It's very dangerous. It it's basically a straight shot, and so we need this red light. So my concern allocated for it is, for, traffic signals is 44,600,000.0. Basically, lights are about 2 to $3,000,000 each. So it's about 22 lights. So my concern is how do we protect you know, we we've already been advocating for this. We've been fighting for it. So how do we make sure that this stays in the bond proposal?
Yeah. Selected. And then also, if a resident wanted to, say, hold in on a specific area, how could that be elevated to the team? Right. So there is a lot of different ways to know, different things. It's a new traffic signal. There is a bots and upgrade where your you know, the infrastructure is old. We have to upgrade that. The competition hybrid beacon, and then we got the technology part of it. So it's 40,000,000 is combined. I think at this point, we have about 14 signal which we are doing.
Based on the priority that where the signal gonna be. Now for the new signal I know I'll I'll go back. This is the meeting where we get the feedback. Right? So if there is a signal which is warranted and you want to include it, and that's why we work with the council member and figure out that can be swapped with other intersection or other signal. Question or you have any other Okay. And we can definitely dive into that specific area, so that we can add that to the list and then also elevate that to the council member for the proposition.
Seven twenty three. I do wanna be sensitive to everybody's time. So probably time for about two more questions. Gentlemen? So it's my understanding that, the bond is for only city streets, not highways like 287. Is that Bonds Ranch, Bonds Road, Avondale Haslet, Harmon Road? None of that money goes to that. So Avondale Haslet is a city. So the city is currently working through the last two bond cycles that helped, pay
for that construction of that project. So much of this depends on what projects are on TxDOT system, and I can share with you that specific website to also clarify what streets are on TxDOT system versus what's on City Street. The 2026 bond program is focused on can cost participate in a specific project, we are able to kind of add some funds to that. And what I mean by that is there is a, like, shape and school for
Fort Worth. Excuse me. West Fort Worth. So that is a project that TxDOT and North Central Texas Council of Governments. I mean, they're and with Tarrant County as well. They're taking lead and they're going through the design. They're going through the construction. We are cost participating where we can just to be able to help incentivize that project from a right away perspective because that's what we can cover with some of our bond projects while still allocating towards major infrastructure roads. So where the opportunities are available, we are trying to have those discussions with our regional partners so that we can make our dollar stretch.
How can I make a difference with, TxDOT and state officials? Of, an entire, plan as well, the statewide act the statewide, plan, the STP. And so through that, they also kind of do a full, like, roadshow. They post it on different various web sites. That type of information, that type of impact, that type of comments does help inform occur. It also helps incur, like, you know, what projects get prioritized, especially vocalizing it from, a a a resident incentive, could really help elevate that.
But they're also taking into account mobility features and also with funding availability, to kind of elevate those projects. So they go through their plans as well. Five years too late. Not the bond is not bonds ranch on the bond? It is. It is. Thank you. Great question. Oh, and then it enters the text out right away. And, Patricia? There are four on branch projects. Three are on the 2020 proposed on the 2022 bond and is about to go
into construction. And I believe the bridge you're talking about is a TxDOT project that's being covered under a RICE grant. Yeah. Do we know when TxDOT proposes to, build that bridge? I thought it was 2028. The the date that they keep giving us, we're meeting with them all these agencies. Kelly has a meeting every month with them, is 2028, for them to begin the US '27. They are gonna raise underneath to get a wider, you know, four lanes with the
turn lanes and everything, and there will be signals on either side. So the the run levels will be removed. So keep telling us 2028. It could it could go into 2029. I'm I'm not sure, you know, what's driving their schedule. But then, that's for the entire US 27. So what parts you know, where are they gonna start, etcetera. You know, that hasn't been, you know, determined at this point. But we're we're meeting every month with TxDOT, COG, Tarrant County, and others, the t,
etcetera, Trina Metro to coordinate, you know, all these Okay. And we're also trying to work with them, because when they build that bridge, they will have to shut that entire road down for a part portion of time to go ahead. And now with our current projects and the other TxDOT projects that are underway to make sure we build the infrastructure for the D 2 line.
You can still get around while we're building it. Alright. Okay. So it's about $7.28. One more question, back there and then oh, yeah. Okay. Okay. Just real quick. I I to, and it is a concern of mine as well. But, you know, when you talk about allocating money and moving it around, it definitely does play out that when you look at the numbers, there has to be ways to move money around to the the priorities that we as drivers in the community
really want. And when I see $59,000,000 allotted for the animal shelter, to me, I'm thinking, if people can't take care of their pets, that's that's their problem. But in the end, I I wanna be able to get home with my family and be home with my family, not sitting on the roads. So the animal shelter to me, that 59 mil I'm willing to drive on a road that has potholes or it might not be the greatest road if it means taking some of that money and putting it into new projects and building new roads, you know, that are gonna allow me to get home to my family faster.
You know, I just I'm here more for the traffic than anything, and I just feel we need to put as much money as we can to the roadways so people can be home with their families and not And I I do wanna add and from, the city does have pay as you go funding. So the bond is is one tool, from an infrastructure funding aspect. We also have pay as you go, which is PayGo. And, we're able to try to cover some maintenance costs so that, hopefully, we don't get to the full blown having to completely rehabilitate, aspect where suddenly it becomes a
bond project that tension. And, of course, that particular maintenance aspect from seeing also our aging infrastructure is also, you know, increasing in in need as well. So we're trying to cover a lot of the animal shelter and then also overall project needs for Roadway. Thank you. And then, one last question. The lady in the back. Hi. Hi. I'm actually this leads perfectly into it. I'm a foster and volunteer with the, Fort Worth Animal, shelter, and I'm here to
voice my strong support for including the new self Current facility is so outdated and overcapacity that we're reacting to crises instead of preventing them. When a shelter can't safely house animals or respond quickly, these animals end up in the street. And that means more bites, more car accidents, and more strain on police animal control officers. A new shelter isn't a luxury. It's a public safety issue. It's also a lifeline for families. Last month alone, we handled nearly 2,000 animals through adoptions, foster, rescue, and reunifications.
People come to us, in crisis when they've lost a pet, found a stray, or need low cost years. Make miracle happens every day, but they're doing it in a building that was never designed to house 20,000 animals a year. The lack of proper ventilation and space means the disease spreads quickly. Rescues and neighborhood volunteers are stretched to their breaking point trying to fill the gaps. So the bottom line is there's no other funding source for this. If the bond doesn't pass, Fort Worth will continue operating a shelter that cannot meet the needs of a So if we want safer neighborhoods, healthier animals, and a shelter
that reflects the values of our growing city, this bond is not just important, it's essential. Alright. Thank you. Okay. With a couple of you. So we had a couple follow ups, but