--------- Okay, let's start this while we've got quorum. Good morning and welcome to your for city council work session. I'll call our meeting to order and turn it over to Jay Chapa. >> Good morning, mayor and council. Um, under upcoming and recent events, we don't have anything specific. Um, under
organizational updates and employee recognitions, I'd like to call Dave Lewis up to introduce as new uh deputy director. Good morning, Madame Mayor, City Council, Mr. City Manager. I am extremely excited to introduce our new
deputy director. She's going to have to change it when she gets up here, but uh Teresa Thomasson. She is joining us with a wealth of experience in other municipalities in North Texas in the park and recreation field, including stops in Keller, Allen, and McKini. Uh
she is also currently finishing her second master's degree in uh public affairs at the uh University of Texas at Dallas and she will be overseeing the park operations and the planning and resource management division. Kind of been calling it the two Joles and so
she's in charge of the two Joles. So give her lots of grace with that. But uh please join me in welcoming Teresa Thomasson. Thank you, Dave. Um, hello, council and mayor. I have had the opportunity to meet some of you in the capital project updates that we've done, and I'm looking
forward to me to meeting those that I haven't had the opportunity to yet, and I'm looking forward to being part of the team here at Fort Worth and serving our community. Thank you for the opportunity. >> Welcome. >> Welcome. Uh, next I'd like to bring up Jessica Rogers to introduce her new economic
development assistant director. >> Okay, my excitement definitely exceeds Dave's because I'm super excited. Um, so, um, let me introduce to you council Bana Brown. She is our new assistant director of economic development. She'll be overseeing our business attraction and retention team. Um, Briana is
actually originally from Bedford, so she's coming back home. Um, and she spent the past two decades in Levik, but we won't hold it against her. Um, last 10 she spent um with economic and uh in the economic and business development. She's actually worked both on the city side and on the um economic development
corporation side there in Lebec. She has a bachelor's and a master's from Texas Tech. Um and her last position as the business development director with the city of Levik. Um, she is married to a Bobby and she is a bonus mom to two sons, Kaden and Logan. They have a lot of fun with the teenage boys and a dog
mom to Charlie, of which I have already received pictures of Charlie playing in the snow. Um, and so we we very excited about that. >> Good morning, Mayor and Council. I'm Bana Brown. I'm excited to be here, excited to meet and get to know all of
you. um um gracious and thankful to be back home in the city of Fort Worth uh near my family that I haven't been uh close to for quite some time. So, appreciate the opportunity. Looking forward to getting to work with you. >> Congratulations. >> Welcome. >> And next, I'd like to call up Lauren
Prior to recognize some award winners from her department. >> All right. Good morning, Mayor and Council. I'm pleased to share that our department received multiple honors at the 2026 American Public Works Association public workshop held here in
Fort Worth earlier this month. These recognitions highlight the dedication, innovation, and professionalism of the employees who serve our residents every day. First, our stormwater operations dashboard received the management innovation award. So this tool is
improving real time data access, streamlining field operations and strengthening our decision-making across the organization. Our concrete also earned the project of the year in the structures category for exceptional craftsmanship and quality
and public infrastructure. So their work reflects long-term value and community benefit. We're also proud to recognize Paul Aaliyah, recipient of the field excellence award. So Paul was honored for outstanding customer service, innovation in the
field, and measurable gains in productivity and cost savings. Jimmy Kersy is named, >> you just got pointed out, Paul. >> There's Paul. >> There's Paul. Jimmy Kersy was named equipment operator of the year,
reflecting his exceptional skill, precision, and commitment to safety, setting a high standard for professionalism in the field. And then last, but not least, as you are mowing your lawns this summer, I want you to think about Kevin Stone. Kevin
Stone can do it better and faster than you. Kevin has represented the city of Fort Worth with distinction, earning second place in the zeroturn competition at this year's rodeo. Now you say second place, trust me, he's going for first at
states. So collectively, these awards demonstrate our department's commitment to innovation, service, and operational excellence. Thank you. Okay, y'all can't leave. No, no, no, no. Y'all stay. We're going to take a picture. Y'all are worthy of a picture.
You're the real work of Fort Worth and we're very thankful for you. But I'm a little disappointed there are no videos of the mowing competition. What's the deal? Y'all come up. Y'all actually going to turn around and we're going to face that way and we'll take a picture that way. >> It was an electric mower. Let me be clear. Those are tricky. >> And thank you all for what you do every
day. Okay, moving on to informal reports. Um, first one's 26-0027, the January 26 report on the release of area from the ETJ. And Stephen Murray's here to answer any
questions. >> Any questions for Stephen? Keep rolling. >> Okay. Next is 26-0028, the ARPA reallocation plan. Uh, Kate Perry is here from financial management.
and to answer any questions. >> Keep going. >> 0029 uh the how my Fort Worth app processes and stores uploaded uploaded photos and um Sana is here to answer any questions.
>> Mayor, yes. >> Council member Peoples and Council Member Hill. Dr. Senna, come on up. Did you hear me? >> Here she comes. Right. That's good timing, isn't it? walking in from a doctor's appointment
right as we're going. All right, good morning. Well, we are here to talk to you about the My Fort Worth app. Council member Nettles had some questions about how the photographs were processed. Um, and overall the system is working. Um, which is what we're going to show you
here today. Um, and we think we know what may have happened when he got that feedback from a resident. So, how the Fort Worth my Fort Worth app works is that it communicates with 10 different systems. Um, and within 15
minutes, they're able to get the information across with address identification. So, here we've just listed all the different systems that we work with. Um, 911, as you can imagine, has its own system, water, parks, um, the hope team.
So this is how the whole system works. >> My for app open. Select new report. Next. Attach one to six photos. Key in the description of the request or use the voice to text prompt to enter it.
Confirm and select the appropriate request type. The address is pulled from the photos that are attached. Next, complete any required questions for the service department. Verify your contact information. Review the summary of your request
before submitting and submit the request. Once done, the request will go into the submitted by you section and be transferred over to the service department. Okay, so that was James West, our manager for the my forth app explaining
how a user in puts the photos into our app and then the next video will be from code um with some audio explaining how they see things on their end. >> What a complaint looks like in codes when a code officer is looking at
complaints. So here's the complaint that has come from the my worth app into codes. Here's the complainant's information and here's the address where they made their complaint. Um, here's the details of the things that they're concerned about.
And if the code officer dispatches to that location and arrives there, there is a convenient prompt here that tells them that there are attached photos to this U complaint. And it prompts them to click on the view
photos button. And if you click on the view photos button, you see the photos that the citizen has put in the My Fort Worth app complaint. So those are visible here and we can actually click on those and see them in greater detail. So you click on one of those photos and
it comes full size and you can see all the detail from the photo that a citizen has entered in the my port app. We wanted to show you how code sees the pictures because that was the feedback that we had received from council member Nettles was that some code officers had
reported or told residents that they are unable to see their photos. Um there was a time where the systems didn't communicate properly but since then my forth app has gone through upgrades over the past several years and code about two three years ago also went through an upgrade and so the systems are
communicating now um and it's simply just going to a button hitting view photo and they're able to see whatever the citizen puts in and I have the team here if you have any specific questions. >> Thank you. Council member Hill did you have any questions? Okay. Council >> Boples. Okay.
Yeah. >> Thank you, Senator. Great overview. >> One thing. >> Yeah. Council, >> do you have to when you take the photo, do you have to enter it right there? >> Enter into the app. >> Yeah. Where what I'm getting to is that geo fences, it knows where that photo was taken, so you can do it. I've had people call before and say, "Well, I'm
driving and I can't do it." But I think when you take the photo, it knows where it was taken, so when you upload it, it knows exactly. >> Is that true? >> Can someone answer that? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Great. >> Yes. uh >> little closer to microphone. Sharon, thank you. >> So, sorry. Thank you.
>> Good morning. >> Good morning. Uh this is what I tell people is to take the photo, move along uh wherever you're safe or wherever you're going to uh be able to use your phone, then take uh put the request in.
It will keep all the data so you don't even have to know. I never know where I am. I I'm traveling all the time, so I just step and then I key when I get to where I'm settled. So, that's what I suggest. >> You're welcome.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you all. >> Uh the next one, 0030, proposed text amendments to the floodplane zoning classification. Dana is here to answer any questions. >> Any questions for Dana? >> Nope.
>> No. But I do want to thank Dana for all the work that she's been doing uh specifically in my district around flood plane management and uh we have some good things going on I think in district 5 and I am grateful to Dana
>> 0031 results for the incentive agreements reviewed in uh fiscal year 25. Brady Kirk's here to answer any questions. 0032, an update on the door-to-door vendor regulations. Any questions? I I will mention that uh
Councilwoman Beck, who's not here, uh called me. Wanted to make sure on the record that she supports the changes >> that are being recommended. Uh 0033, uh position subject to the drug alcohol testing program. Kristen Smith's here to
answer any questions. and 0034 uh Fort Worth PD response to DWIS questions. >> Okay, >> that was very fast through the IRS. Council will move to any questions
regarding changes in boards and memberships on commissions or questions related to the city and log for February 24th. If not, we'll move to our presentation. Alliance Texas annual economic impact. Mike Barry, president of Hillwood. Mike, welcome. We're glad you're here this morning.
>> Thank you. Um, mayor, members of the council, well, I didn't know if that's kind of a that was kind of a muted applause, so I >> need more coffee. Yeah, >> maybe you should wait until I'm finished. >> You're done. >> Decide whether you like it or not. >> Sounded like a rotary applause.
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, thank you very much, mayor, and members of the council for the opportunity once again to uh present the annual economic impact report. it. Uh just a couple of comments. First of all, this is the first time I've been
in the new uh pre-consel chamber, whatever the the appropriate name is. It's I'll say it's much more imposing and intimidating than the old one. The old one, you know, I remember I used to have to like wiggle just to get myself
to the podium. >> Yeah. >> Um so this is this is very nice. >> But it smells better. >> It It does. I I don't smell very well, so I I can't tell. But um I also just on a more somber note, I wanted to say that
I miss uh former councilwoman Gina Bivvens very much and I know all of you do and I it been a long time since I've stood here to make it this presentation where she hasn't been in the room. Uh and she was always such a great advisor
and mentor and supporter of what we were doing. Um so we'll we'll remember her fondly as we go forward. Um so this morning for those of you who don't know the history uh we started years and
years ago on an annual basis to present to the council each and every year the updated economic impact uh of the alliance Texas project spec particularly on the city as you know there's a lot of land that we have
27,000 acres and we cover more than just Fort Worth but the original partnership which allowed alliance to happen started, you know, right here, not physically here, but started with the city council of Fort Worth and the creative approach to public private
partnership uh in in in conjunction with the FAA that allowed the airport to be built. So that initial commitment uh has generated what I'm going to talk about today 30 plus years later. Uh, but
I would say to thank all of you at the outset, the partnership between Hillwood and the city and all of our other public partners, uh, the state, federal government is stronger and more active
than it's ever been. Um, so we appreciate that. Uh, very few places have an opportunity to enjoy the kind of longevity of partnership that that we have. Uh, and I think that's that's a testament to the culture and spirit of
the city and the fact that some of us at Hillwood have managed to survive this long. So, that's that's a good thing. Um, so this is this is just the overview of the entire 27,000 acres and and most
of the core job creation occurs in those areas that are uh highlighted in blue around the airport. For those of you who know the the geography, um all of the 27,000 acre acres that we have been developing over the years runs along
Interstate 35. Uh the economic impact report we do every year with an outside consultant insight research. Uh this year's cumulative number, so from inception 1990 to date is 142.9 billion of cumulative economic
impact to the region. And if you look at just last year, 2025, uh it was 12.9 billion. So, you know, almost 10% of the cumulative occurred just in last year alone. And and the good news about all of that is you can
see this from the graph. Just look in the last five years, there's almost a 50% increase in in economic impact. So uh from the standpoint of the city and the region, we hope assuming the market continues to grow, we hope that that
graph just uh continues more steeply up and to the right. Uh another number which we think is very important and um I know it's important to to you on the council and that's the property taxes that are generated from the project. Uh
you can see total over the life of the project $4.5 billion of of property taxes and this is just property taxes off of the project does not include sales taxes or any other uh residual tax calculations. So to the city of that 4.5
94 million uh has been directly to city of Fort Worth and you can see all of the other uh governing bodies that that participate in various ways in the in the property taxes that flow off the property. So I'm going to try to be here the day that I'm able to tell you that
it's $1 billion of property taxes which hopefully won't be too long. If you look at that chart, uh you can see uh it's as I said, it's steep and and rising to the right. So maybe I can maybe I can have that number for you next year. Um the other way we measure growth is through
just physical um construction and job creation. And so we talk to all of the companies that are at Alliance today, over 600 now. Um and we gather employment information there. There are now 73,000
134 people working at Alliance every day and uh we've got 60 almost 65 million square feet on the ground throughout the development. Um I will tell you and I think you'll also be pleased with this number. We within the last 3 months
we've just uh started construction on another 3.2 2 million square feet in five different buildings, all of which are in land that is in the city uh of Fort Worth. So, um hopefully we'll we'll
have great announcements on those projects soon. Some highlights from last year, many of which you already know about. Um I wanted to point out the Western project which the council was very involved in. And that involved a Taiwanese company coming in in
partnership with Nvidia, purchased two buildings. One of them was was at Alliance or in the one of them was Hillwood, one of them was owned by another party. Uh but that project represents $761 million of investment,
800 jobs. But I think the more important part of that deal is it signaled what is now becoming a trend for us. We've seen three other projects come in right behind Wistran that are all advanced
manufacturing related to that AI uh tech sector. Um and if you add up that project plus the other three, that's 4,400 jobs that have closed just in our portfolio in the last six months due to
that that wave. So, you know, we've been at it for a long time. You don't often see the real tail or sort of draft off of one deal like that, but that's pretty that's pretty
quick. Um, couple of other things. Torque Robotics, which is an autonomous trucking company. They're I want to highlight them because they're owned by Daimler Truck, which is global company. They anchored their headquarters at Alliance. Another uh autonomous company
ASI also um announced their headquarters at Alliance. And then last year we completed and opened 450,000 square feet of studio soundstage space with SGS studios for the production of Landman
Lionus Madison and all of their other um shows that are in the SGS Taylor Sheridan uh portfolio. So, um, and you, you know, we've talked a lot about that over the last several months, but the impact is is significant.
Um, with regard to the airport specifically, uh, lot of aviation activity, uh, we work very closely with Roger Benibals, as you know, um, and can't say enough about that partnership. Uh but we just
finished and and opened a a project with Embry Air, one of the nation or one of the world's largest uh aircraft OEMs. Uh we've got some exciting new innovative things happening around the airport. True weather and Aerolane are just two examples of innovation around aviation.
Um and then lastly, MTU uh just completed a 30-year agreement with the city on the maintenance base. That's a huge investment. MTU is a global uh engine um aircraft engine company and that's 1,200 jobs and by the way the
maintenance base which most of you were not around when we struggled through the bankruptcy of American Airlines and the city Jay Chave was here and Mike Barry was here and we had to figure out a way
to sort of prop that thing up. Well, it took us a while, but you'll be pleased to know that that asset is fully fully occupied now with a variety of different different companies. Um, a couple of other things. Um, uh, acting controller
Kelly Hancock visited Alliance, um, two months ago and presented the port study, the inland port study that the controllers's office does every year around the state for all the major ports. and we were uh highlighted in his
statewide tour um the the impact you know as they measure it which is a different uh formula than we use uh showed that um Alliance contributed 16.3 billion to the Texas GDP last year or 2024
um and had an impact on 137,000 jobs. So even even a more broader impact than we measure. And then the Alliance Logistics District, which the city uh in partnership with us and BNSF were also involved in, that was approved by the council
two months ago. That's a huge I mean it it may not sound very cool, but it will be one of the most unique inland port operating facilities anywhere in the country. Uh we're going to build a
private bridge from the intermoal hub over to the Westport area and then uh the council agreed to make that whole area special logistics zone so we can operate autonomous and heavy load uh
vehicles throughout there and that will create uh another attraction for a lot of different companies who will be able to utilize that. A few final things. Um, in March, next month, we'll be hosting again for I think the fifth year, uh,
our supply chain mobility innovation summit called Ford Fort Worth, where we bring in about 150 leaders, CEOs, and founders and entrepreneurs from around the country uh to talk about mobility innovation. Uh we're are also hosting for the first time this year a community
day around the UP summit uh which is a very unique um national summit that we've been fortunate to work with a number of of companies to we're now in the rotation every other year to bring it to Fort Worth and it it it's sort of
an air show for innovation and autonomy uh and there will be a community day on October 11th uh where we'll open the airport uh display all the different uh aircraft. And then uh lastly, I just wanted you to know that about three years ago, we created uh the Alliance
Texas Foundation, which we did not have before. We we funded all of our philanthropy in the community through our corporate um budget, but now we have a 501c3 to supplement that. And so we're able to do some things, some additional
things in the community uh that we weren't able to do before. uh now that we have that vehicle. Um, so I guess in closing I would say just big picture, um,
I think the economy here is stronger than I've ever seen it. And I know there's a lot of there's a lot of national and global uh, issues that cause a lot of uncertainty. But whatever is going on, that uncertainty is
translating into driving business to North Texas into Fort Worth. Um I mean that stat I gave you on those four projects that happened in six months, 4,400 jobs. I haven't seen that um ever in my career. So, and I don't know if
it's sustainable, but it sure feels good right now. feels like we're positioned in a very unique place to continue to to attract uh more activity. And um with that, I will thank you very much for your time and I'll take any
questions you might have. >> Thank you, Mike. Questions from council or comments? >> No. Um, I I do want you to maybe mention the work y'all are doing to focus on job creation within Fort Worth and just on the education front. I know you're even
reinvisioning the TC TCC opportunity center with Alliance. Maybe just spend a few minutes on that. >> Yeah. Um, thank you for that question. Uh so years ago we uh stood up on at Alliance a um
with in partnership with Taran County College a center of excellence primarily focused on aviation transportation and logistics. Um and that's worked very well. They're they're able to plug in directly with a
lot of the companies that are moving in and provide specialized training for those specific companies. But, you know, we're now moving into an era where, you know, we got a lot of there's sort of a lot of things cross-connected, but
we're very focused on, as you all know, on our public education system. We're very focused on connecting more of those students with career opportunities. And T3 is a great example of a program that's actually doing that.
But, and I've told the mayor this, I I think we've got to go we got to go about three levels up from what we're doing now. There's a lot of great work going on, but we need to we need to expand the skill sets that we're training people in
because of these new kinds of jobs that we're talking about. whether they be, you know, the the movie and film industry, whether they be advanced technology manufacturing jobs, whether they be computer programmers, software. Um, I
think we need to we need to be aggressive in those areas. Um, so and then I guess lastly, uh, one of my longtime partners at Hillwood, Tom Harris, has been very involved on the Mayor's Council, Workforce Development
and Education, and now he's he's helping me and others figure out a way to to to consolidate all the resources that are out there and maybe elevate elevate our game a little bit. Um, you know, I'm obviously I'm focused on taking care of
these companies that we are bringing in, but I think we need we need to do it at a broader level across the whole community. So, anything that we can do to to help um whether it be expanding the platform we already have with Tarant
County College or whether it be uh some other things that um will impact, you know, the broader area, we're all in for that. We can't do anything. I mean, that's the most important thing we can do is train
our young people for the opportunities that are out there. >> Thank you, Mike. Questions? Any other council questions? No. We appreciate you. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> Welcome, council. That's the last of our official presentations. Are there any um upcoming future agenda items or requests
for management? >> Yes, ma'am. Council peoples. Uh, I'd like to kind of delve into the human relations commission and if we can get an IR on the human relations commission, specifically how many complaints have been filed uh by uh people in the last
decade regarding uh race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, and religious discrimination. And then how many findings for cause came out of those complaints? And if we can identify the
top five um employers that these have been filed against >> any other requests for IRS? >> No. >> Mayor, this is Carlos calling. I'll back uh Deborah on that request. I think it's timely too for our new council members
who haven't heard or engaged on the topic. You know, the human relations commission. And I think that'll be very uh instructive. >> Thank you, Carlos. Charlie, are you good? Give me a thumbs up. Just making sure you don't need to have anything. Okay. Very well. Council, I think that's the conclusion. No IR requests. Then I
will um adjourn our meeting and prepare for council. Thank you. Okay. I'm going to read you an executive. The city council will now convene an executive session on the following matters. The city council will conduct a closed meeting order to seek the advice of its attorneys as authorized by section 551.071 071 of the
Texas Government Code. Deliberate concerning real property matters is authorized by section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code. Deliberate concerning economic development negotiations authorized by 551.087 Texas Government Code and deliberate concerning security as author
as authorized by 551.076 and 551.089 to the Texas government code. Part: 2
What's going on? Council member Lesf, can we do a mic check here in chambers? First, okay. Council member Lawf, can you hear me? Council member Lowdorf, can you hear me?
Council member Lowdorf, can we do a video on mic check? Council member Lawrendorf, can you hear me? >> I can. Yes. >> Can we do a video check real quick?
Perfect. Thank you. Okay. Good morning and welcome to the city council meeting. Before Mayor Parker calls the meeting to order, we ask that you please be seated and silence all electronic devices. City council meetings are conducted for the official
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indicate how much time is remaining. A bell will sound when you have 30 seconds remaining. Before you begin your comments, please state your name. Thank you. >> Good morning and welcome to Fort City Council meeting. Today you're in for a treat. We have a visiting mayor for the
day. To my right is Miss Bonnie Bell Hickman. Bonnie is eight years old and a student, a second grade student at Fourth Country Day. She's a passionate reader, artist, and fishing enthusiast who brings creativity and curiosity to everything that she does. A compassionate and inspiring leader, she
captains her back-to-back undefeated Falcon basketball team. Serves as president of the Falcon Fishing Club she founded, which I love that, and has been the Fourth Country Day Ballet Conservatory's lead performer for two years running, and is a four-time Fourth
Country Day kindness award recipient. Miss Bonnie is going to call our meeting to order. How's that sound? You want to have the microphone, Bonnie? >> My name is Bonnie Hickman. I'm going to call the meeting to order.
Good girl. Awesome. >> Today's invocation will be by Pastor John Reed from Walls of Jericho Deliverance Church. Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance. >> May our council members, let us pray.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for the city of Fort Worth, Texas, and for those entrusted with its leadership. Grant them wisdom and integrity to the mayor and council members as they
serve this community. Guide their decisions toward justice, unity, and the well-being of all who live in Fort Worth, Texas. May this meeting
be marked by respect, clarity, and a shared commitment to the common good. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Our first item will be a special
presentation uh recognizing uh in recognition of com commemorating the Holocaust Remembrance Week. Good morning, council. Today we have the opportunity to recognize and designate Holocaust
Remembrance Week in the state of Texas which is observed alongside Holocaust Remembrance Day which was held on January 27th marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Ashwitz. This week invites us to pause in
reflection and remembrance, honoring the lives lost and the survivors who carry its history forward. Through education and thoughtful reflection, we affirm our commitment to fostering understanding, empathy, and respect for all people. As
we remember the past, we also renew our shared responsibility to ensure that history is never repeated and to let the enduring values of humanity, justice, kindness guide us into the future. We have several representatives today from
our Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarant County. Allow me to personally state how thankful I am for their leadership across Fort Worth and Tarant County and of course for bringing this recognition forward for us today. I'd also especially like to thank Council Member Elizabeth Beck for bringing this forward. I know that she regrets not
being here present, but we did feel it was important to go ahead and make note of this. Originally, we were going to have this recognition during the ICE week, but for obvious reasons, we weren't present. Gentlemen, I'll turn it over to you at this time. >> Um, Mayor Parker, members of the
council, guest mayor. Uh, my name is Barry Abless. I'm the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarant County. On behalf of myself, our board president, Robert Chaksky, Alex Horn, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, who could not join us today, uh we want to express our
thanks and uh we're very grateful to receive this proclamation. Uh, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the liberation of Osh Oshwitz uh is a very distinct day and a very important day um in the lives of members
of the Jewish community and in fact the whole world. And uh the lessons of uh remember do not forget are very very important today as we know that the lessons and things we learn from the
Holocaust are still very relevant and we hope that someday uh the world will take heed and we will learn how to be at peace together. But again, thank you so much for this proclamation. through here. Next will be items to be withdrawn from
the consent agenda. We have two We have two items to be withdrawn. MNC 26-0126 and MNC 26-0132. >> Mayor, that gets us to the consent agenda speakers.
>> Our first speaker is Bob Willoughby. Bob Willoughby will be followed by Chris Wood. Okay, I hope everybody knows we used to get three minutes on all these MC's until Mayor Parker became in office. Decided we got to divide our time up and if I had one more, I wouldn't have but a
minute on each one to speak about. This is not a game show. This is reality. This is our city. These are these are on our agenda, but we're cut down on our time. So the first one up there, the MC is about the uh Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association. Well, one
thing is I met with some of the firefighters, the chief or whatever the not cheap, but the people of the firefighter association. They are very, very arrogant. They are rude and all they do is buy candidates. You watch. So people need to learn not to vote for candidates that take money because that's all these organizations are
becoming is an organization with a good name and bad people behind it. Same with the PA and the other law enforcement. Now there's another one, a third one. So these three groups have good names, but they are evil people behind them. Unless you meet them and find out for yourself. I wish you would. You know what I'm
talking about. So I'm not for doing anything with the firefighter association. I do not recognize it. And the other one, let's see how much time we got. Okay, we still got two minutes. Oh, the other one. Oh, that goes back to CCPD funds. And that's the one that Maddie will probably shut me down if I start talking about it because she
doesn't like me putting stuff up about Carlos, our uh the one that's to cheer the CCP funds. And this is something I've gone on about many times. They've never answered. They run away. You'll see the film. If anybody watches this meeting from home, the video I have tonight on the comment, which we're on the bottom of the agenda now. We're not
on top. They put us on the bottom and they put themselves on top. So, that's bad. Nevertheless, I don't want to get off track because Maddy will shut me down real quick if I get the least bet off of track. Although, I've seen plenty of people come down here and speak off track and they don't say a word as long as it's good about them. Watch this. Watch how fast they'll they'll come down
on me. That also. So, what my main case is here, if they don't answer us about CCPD funds, there's millions of dollars we're being ripped off, people. This is crime in broad daylight. What's the difference? If you saw someone robbing a bank, would
you call the police? Even if it wasn't your bank, would you call the police? Well, we're being robbed by Mayor Parker. Go to my website. You can see the videos for yourself. Don't take my word. I like to put substance. I don't like when people come down here and they say things, but they don't put substance with it. I put substance with what I
say. I back what I say and I prove what I say. And I wish other people when they have points to make, I wish they'd prove what they say with something behind it so that I can agree with them or disagree with them. But I but anyway, Matty, you gave me more time than you usually do. You'd shut me down by now. Thank you for your time. And uh neither
one of these organizations are worth looking at or being a part of our city. I want a better city. Our next speaker is Chris Wood, followed by Rachel Yates. I'm Chris Wood. I support the purchase
of property from St. Steven Presbyterian Church to expand Forest Park. Access to nature is one of the simplest and most effective ways cities can support public well-being. Time spent in green spaces
helps reduce stress, improve mental health, and create opportunities for quiet reflection in an increasingly busy world. Parks give people a place to slow down, think clearly, and reconnect with something larger than the pace of daily
life. Forest Park, in particular, serves as a shared space where residents from all backgrounds can experience calm, perspective, and renewal. Expanding the park strengthens that role by preserving open land, and ensuring future
generations continue to benefit from it. Green space also contributes to environmental sustainability, neighborhood quality, and the long-term livability of our city. City parks offer something rare. They are open to
everyone without cost or barrier. They invite people of all beliefs and backgrounds to step outside, breathe, and feel grounded. In that way, parks quietly support physical health, emotional well-being, and community
connection all at once. For these reasons, I believe acquiring this property is a wise investment in Fort Worth's people, environment, and future. Thank you. Our next speaker is Rachel Yates.
Miss Yates. Miss Yates will be followed by Adrienne Smith. Hello. Good evening, Mayor Parker, council members, and council staff. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. This is my first city council
meeting, and I'm here to show support for funding the Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarant County. I'm uh coming here as a student of social work for uh University of Texas at Arlington. And uh one of the things that um they
encouraged us to do was ask questions. Um, and so one of my questions is, um, with many families paying, uh, 30 to 50% of their monthly income on rent, uh, would you mind sharing the city council's plans and strategies to
address the issue of increased cost of rent and systemic causes of homelessness? What are your plans to create more affordable housing options in Fort Worth? Um, I wasn't sure if this was a time to ask questions. Um if you if it
was like a interactive >> it's actually not a dialogue but we can make note Rachel and if you'll just provide what what you'd like answers to we're happy to at a staff level provide all those as well after the meeting. Thank you. >> You >> did you have anything else you wanted to add Rachel? >> That's all.
>> Okay. Thank you for coming. Our next speaker is Adrienne Smith. Adrien Smith, District 6. I am one with the people. For individuals who have uh handouts regarding this agenda,
uh page three of 12, item four is what I'm speaking to. Mayor and council communication 260133. It is a contract due to be voted on in the amount of $7,100,000 uh to a company as relates to
uh software etc etc development process workflow management software solution services for city departments. Um, it has a contract renewal of 2 million totaling 2,920,181.64 should
uh this contract go through its full term. My question to city staff, uh, those who made the decision, I know the bidding process went out, but my my question to city staff is why not limit
the contract to a maybe a one-year term with with a minimum amount to see if the software um, we even work out. Why are we always doubling out taxpayer dollars in long
term without having vetted particular companies to see if they even can you know give us what they say they are going to give us. I mean you had one two three four one two three four five potential companies uh who bided on this
particular who bided for this particular contract. So, why not give this particular con uh company that you selected a one-year trial run to see even if their software is going to work? And if it fails, you can probably revert back to another one of these companies
who offered the same services. But again, this is taxpayer money. I guess we just continue to blow it in the wind. And that's why we are yet here back asking for another bond initiative. You know, because you continue to waste
taxpayer monies on initiatives that haven't been fully vetted. So again, what are we doing? I mean, this is a lot of money. And I'm all about X's and O's, checks, you know, balancing, you know, checks and
balances, making sure our dollars are spent the way they need to be spent. you know, the uh Taran County, they went through this maybe a year ago or so when they didn't vet a particular company and they gave millions of dollars to for some technology that didn't work and now
they are stuck with it. You know, they don't worked out the bugs or whatever, but again, what are we doing here? Why not limit these contracts to maybe a one or twoear term before just giving out these four, five to 10 year terms? Thank you,
>> council. That's the last of our consent agenda speakers. Got a motion and a second. Any other discussion? Please vote. Motion carries. Next will be announcements of upcoming and recent
events, recognition of citizens, uh, and approval of ceremonial travel if needed. >> Council member Flores. >> Thank you, Mayor. The slides show up, please. >> All right. Love was in the air during Valentine's Day for our community
centers. Uh the seniors celebrated in grand fashion at the North Side Community Center, also at the Diamond Hill Community Center, and then a a special celebration from a very special club, uh the Best Years Club, also uh met up there, and also Kiki's Club for
special needs uh children and adults at the North Side Center. All right. Uh to help them out, shopped over at Walmart and bought them some party supplies so they could have a good celebration. So, thank you all uh to the staff, the community center, and I'm glad the singers had a good time. All right, on
the bottom part, uh meals on wheels. A few of us, I think, have already done uh some rounds and delivering some needed hot meals and cold meals to, you know, those folks that can't get out and supplement their own nutrition. So, uh, great interactions with people and I
learned a lot in that, uh, what Meals on Wheels does, especially when it comes to counseling and assisting, uh, those folks on their lists with other things that they may have and need beyond food. So, thanks to Meals on Wheels. Next
slide, please. All right. Soup tasting. That was something that I tried here for the first time over there at Kurpatre Middle School. uh staff, teachers, and the principal uh got together and uh you know, whipped up their best soup uh concoctions and uh you know, the winners
prevailed. It's posted on my uh council Facebook page. So, I want to thank them all uh you know, for doing that and go Wildcat Nation. All right. Then a few of us, uh the mayor, uh Council Member Hill, uh myself, and Council Member Martinez attended the employee milestone
lunchon over at River Ranch at the Stockyards. Uh, so lots of milestones achieved by our hardworking staff and I want to say to them all that are here, we really do appreciate the work you do. Thank you for staying and making a career here at the city of Fort Worth.
And that's all I have. Mayor, >> council member Peoples. >> Oh, actually Council Crane and Council Peoples. >> Yeah. should be >> council member. We didn't get a slide presentation. >> Okay. >> There you go. Uh I don't see him in
here, but I just want to wish Jason Felman that's in my office has been my district director for the last two years. He is absconding to Florida much warmer clims and where his wife is now have a new position. But I just want to say thank you for all the work that you've done on behalf of district three
and helping out. Appreciate it. Councilor Peoples. >> So, thank you, Mayor. I only have three slides and I'm going to go through them quickly, but I want to again thank the entire council and staff for honoring
Kirk Franklin. He had never been honored before and just the fact that we did that was so meaningful to him. He again, he has 20 Grammys and he is a wonderful uh citizen uh in this city. So, thank
you for that. And then I want to go to the next slide and just thank the city of Fort Worth for doing what we do best and that is welcoming and surrounding those that we love. And uh we had the
walk for peace that was a national walk that began in Fort Worth and ended in Fort Worth. It was 108 days. 's monks walked 2300 miles for peace and over
2,000 Fort Worth citizens welcomed them back. Uh, mayor, I took your greetings to them and uh they were very grateful for that. Also, you can see uh the chief sent um a badge. They received uh badges
from law enforcement all over the country for safe passage. and I was so excited that they carried the badge from Fort Worth, Texas. So, just an amazing uh uh journey that they took, but the citizens of Fort Worth welcomed them
back. And then the final thing is you are all cordially invited to Moer Valley for the park groundbreaking. And this is something that has been in the making for some time. I want to say thank you to the late councilwoman Gina Bivvens
for being a champion for this effort. We are going to get that part done and uh groundbreaking will be Thursday uh this Thursday at 11:00 at and you can see the address there. So all are welcome. Uh
this is a historic community and we want to ensure that we are uh adequ uh quately um building up the park for those residents. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, Deborah. Council, I believe that's the last of our council
recognitions unless somebody tags me. Nope. Okay, Janette, we can continue. >> That gets us to the non-consent speakers, Mayor. And I believe we have one. >> We have one. Adrienne Smith. So I'm going to be speaking to the resolution that you all are due to vote on. It's from a previous meeting. Uh
page 9 of 12 for those who are following. It is uh in reference to the ordinance change as it relates to the distance that um sexual offenders can can reside in. And
it's interesting that the individual who has been the loudest voice on this particular proposal is in present and that's I'm speaking to you Mr. Lord Dorf. Yeah, I'm talking to you sir. And there was another council person who
stated something so I think disgusting when she was here last that she said that for those who are just trying to advocate for just right and wrong uh you know basically right what's right she said you don't have any allies in this
particular matter. So to this to this mayor and council, my question to you all before you all vote on this, like I stated at the last council bill, are any of you willing to go on record as to why it's necessary to change this ordinance? Is it any or any
of you willing to go on record as to why we should change this ordinance? And please don't say it's about the children. You know, that's that's that's the easy copout to say it's about the children. I shared information that a simple Google search will let you know what
type of individuals stay around you as it relates to sexual offenders. It is controlled by the Fort Worth Police Department. I stated at the last meeting there were 200 plus almost 3,000 individuals listed in this particular database who are complying with the requirements that are
set forth by courts. Maybe one or two maybe two to four who are not in compliance. what 2,000 plus who are in compliance with this said with whatever requirements that that they are deemed to follow whenever they
you know alleviate alleviated from the court system. So my question again to this council what what are we doing here? What are we doing here? For the individuals who already live within areas that will have
uh within these areas that will have new restrictions, for the ones who maybe live in apartments or live in temporary housing, are they will they have to move once their leases up or what? I mean, what are we doing here? And I would love to
hear from you all, but I'm sure none of you all will will answer. Mr. Law, you the one. So speak to it, sir. And we doing it in in the daytime where there we know a lot of more people would be
here if it was a night meeting. But again, it's wrong. You can't convince me that it's right. And again, it's not about the children. It's I think it's something personal. You smiling, but let me hear you, sir.
You smiling. Let me hear you. Mayor, that gets us to 26-5818. Thank you. I can entertain a motion. Council got a motion and a second. Any other discussion? Please vote. >> Motion carries.
That gets us to 26-5721. Council Larsdorf, I know you had comments on this resolution. >> I did. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. I just really want to say thank you to staff and legal for working so hard on making sure that we're doing this the right way. The fact that there's any
opposition to this is quite surprising. And for those like Adrian who are so against this ordinance and try to protect the sex offenders further, it just makes me want to question your uh I guess circle of friends. Last time
we did have some speakers who mentioned that behind every sex offender there are families and etc. But what they failed to mention was that behind every sex offender is also a victim. But yet we never brought them up. So, I'm glad that
the city of Fort Worth is finally moving forward on this. Um, I'm glad we did change it to 2,000 feet. I think this is about protecting our our kids. So, Adrian, I don't know what that rant all about. Um,
but until I hear that there's zero chance um of recidivism or that there is zero that is that sex offenses caused by strangers, then I think this ordinance is going to protect children. And if it protects even one child over the next
30, 40 years, to me it's completely uh worth it. So to the staff, uh thank you again for all the hard work you put into this that I enthusiastically move to approve. >> Got a motion a second. Council Flores. >> Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say and
back up um council member Laura Sto's uh reasoning. Uh there are 22 states approximately across the country that have implemented uh ordinances similar to what we're considering here between 2,00 and 2500 feet. I think Fort Worth is striking a reasonable balance here. And I don't think it's a copout to
consider children because that's one of the primary concerns. Certainly not the only concern that council considered in making this uh decision. So I I will support it. >> Thanks, Carlos. Council, any other discussion? Council member Hall.
Uh, thank you, mayor. I know that these questions were brought up during um I believe when we talked about this in work session, but there was a question posed today during uh public comment with regards to um those being grandfathered in that currently reside in certain areas. Would this preclude
them from renewing a lease? So, if they're already there, would this preclude them from renewing a lease at the termination of a lease? Um do they have an option to renew or do they not have that option? Just to clarify. Okay, Laticia is coming up. >> Good afternoon, mayor, city council. Leticia Coleman Brown with the
litigation division of the city attorney's office. The way that the ordinance is written is that if you are currently in a location, you are grandfathered in. So, yes, you would be allowed to continue to renew your lease at that location. If you decide to move
to another apartment, complex, or another house, however, then the ordinance would kick in and you would not be allowed um then you would be implicated by the 2,000 ft um requirement. >> Any other questions for staff council?
If not, I've got a motion and a second by Council Member Hill. Please vote. Motion carries. Next will be MNC 26-0120. And mayor, I believe we do not have any speakers for this item.
>> Okay. Are there any questions for Crystal Henahosa or staff council? If not, we can move for a motion. Got a motion and a second. Please vote. Motion carries. >> Next is MNC26-0122.
>> Council, are there any questions for Stephen Murray or staff related to the subdivision ordinance? If not, can entertain a motion? Motion in a second. Please vote. Motion carries. >> Next is ZC-25-212.
>> Council Martinez. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, Mayor and Council, on behalf of Councilwoman Beck, I motion to continue ZC25212 to the next zoning council meeting to allow the applicant the opportunity to reach out to the District 9 council office.
Got a motion and a second. Council, please vote. Motion carries. Next will be MNC 26-0154. Council member Lillock, excuse me. Bridge over this road is very much needed. It's in the adjacency
between district 7 and 10 and uh we just need to get this done. So I'm excited to motion to approve this application. >> Motion a second. Council, please vote. >> Motion carries. >> Council, that concludes all the action items and gets us to public comments.
>> Thank you. We'll transition to public comment and our first speaker is Chris Wood, followed by Bob Willoughby. I'm Chris Wood. A few years ago, I was in a heated discussion with my stalker and the police were called out. Imagine my surprise when the first officer on
the scene made a beline to my stalker, called him by his nickname, and became engaged in conversation with obvious familiarity. This officer never asked for my version of events.
A few months ago, when I was running errands in Fort Worth, my stalker's friends decided to stop me from accomplishing my tasks. A police officer showed up, went directly to my stalker's friends, and also never asked me for my
version of events. I had no choice but to leave the scene. These two men were dressed in Fort Worth police uniforms, but they moonlight for organized crime groups while on duty. They wear the mask of a police officer, and their goal is to help organized
crime groups be successful. How are these men able to go undetected? Thanks to the Fort Worth Police Officers Association, the POA, Fort Worth Police Officers are not held to the same legal standards as citizens.
According to Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 143, Section 307, this union determines their own rules for disciplinary action that supersedes any law to the contrary. The actual law does
not apply if it con conflicts with and is preempted by the union contract. How does the POA have so much power? A major contributing factor, no pun pun intended, is donation to politicians in
return for silence to all complaints regarding police personnel. So if anyone wants to have influence over police officers, they only need to have great influence over the POA. It is no coincidence that my stalker's house is only one block away from the
Fort with POA building. My stalker told those police officers to stand against me. He also made a detective follow through on his false allegations against me while he made another detective ignore truthful allegations against him.
To bow down to the Fort Worth Police Association is to bow down and serve my billionaire stalker. Now I know why you're on your best behavior. You got a guess up here. Go ahead and play the video. This is part one. >> Unfortunately, Bob, your video is not going to be played this afternoon. If
you'd like for Leanne to explain why, I'd be happy to have her. >> Now, why couldn't you explain me over the last two days? It was dropped off early third Friday morning. It was dropped off. You had Friday, Monday. No uh no email, nothing. Why? You know why it's not played? People go to my website
fwd district5.com. They don't want you to see something. That is all the reasons in the world why you should want to see it. And somebody left their phone up here. Um >> I did send >> but uh Okay. So I don't play my video. I still got my three two minutes left to talk. Okay. Now ain't that something? I
take time work to bring my drive down here my gas submit a video and this mayor does this and then she asks for a raise. That's just unbelievable. is just totally unbelievable. You people are about the most corrupt there is in
this city. You are you're just corrupt. You're bad. You're not good. You're not decent. We need a decent mayor. Won't you step down? I'm asking you again. You know, I don't think you like the signs and the stuff I do about you while you do this childish stuff. You pulled a quorum on me, Maddie, along with Beck
and two other council members. They set it up where I couldn't speak one night and Beck walked out the end so I couldn't be here. Matty move my name to the bottom of the list. Is that the way a mayor and council supposed to act? Crane over there. Hi Crane. Good to see
you sober. Okay. You know Peoples. I about Peoples, too. I offered her $100 when she's running against me for office. $100 to my campaign fund or her campaign fund. If she'd answer five questions for crying out loud, God's sake.
Premise of this job is to answer questions. She wouldn't do it. And to even make the deal better, I offered another $100 to St. Jude's Children Hospital to those kids if Deborah Peoples would just answer five questions. She wouldn't do it. But she sits up here as a coun. I don't want her. She's in my district. I don't want
her to I want a better council member. I want different people here across the board. But where it starts at for all these issues, number one is the mayor. The POA is rotten. Starts with the mayor. They own her. She gets all her money from the POA. So the Bayot. Now these people step down. They want to
raise, but they won't leave here. Beck was crying when she didn't think she'd get reelected. So, they don't want to leave and they want more money. Bayock's going for another job. That would be all right, Baylock, if you were moving up for another one. If you did good here, but you didn't do good here. You voted against our right to speak here. You
voted to give the police chief $5.5 million of our money. You don't answer questions. You know, this became really You all look like a bunch of gang show host to me. You really do. You're worthless. I wished you would realize that there is a spiritual world and a
material world and you live in the material one. All this stuff you can't take with you when you die, Matt. Oh, I got another real quick. Take a million dollars of your campaign funds and give it to the arts. Take the arts off the bond and use a million dollars of your campaign fund to them. That would be a win-win. Thank you for not playing my
video, but it shows how you are. >> You're exceptionally grouchy today, Bob. Our next speaker is Carla Courtney. Is Miss Courtney available? If not, it'll go to George Charles.
Good to see you, Bob. Have a great day. Unfortunately, I know your name. Yes. Hi, George. Good to see you. Bob, please leave. That's enough. Don't harass people. George, floor is yours.
>> My name is George. George Vernon Childs. I live in Fort Worth. Hello, Mayor. I got something to say to you. You're not going to like it, but I believe every word is true. On the big money, you're dependent. And the basses don't need the First Amendment. In 27, you'll hear from
those of us who do. And Mary, it's time for you to realize in 27 we'll remember all your lies about those you hold in disdain because the video records remain. And we see the claws behind the smooth disguise. And mayor of that for
money sure is good. And one day there were people there from Hillwood. In fact, the money was so pleasant you decided speaker rules are for peasants instead of doing what an honest presiding officer would. And then there's a rule about changing topic,
which you enforced with attention almost microscopic. And one time you cut some slack. That's true. when the new topic was $70,000 more a year for you and I can't think of anything else that rhymes with microscopic and merit was your very top
priority to pose with those pretty lights on a pagan tree at a square named for a career criminal. So speaker time was cut to a minimal and in 27 we'll vote cuz freedom's never free. Oh, mayor, I didn't forget the POA with
money and signs if you do what they say. Against the POA, the public has to guard cuz I read all four books by Ronald G. De Lord and buy and bully is their only way. And mayor, have you ever heard that there was a plot about Betsy Price and a
big old parking lot and that it finally came to grief because of Joel Fitzgerald, the chief? Is that why she picked you to fill the slot? positive postman Adrien Smith.
So at the previous uh city hall, I I was um I stood to um speak for the survival of a particular people, but I was made to be a sympathizer for a particular group who which I knew nothing about. But however, since we
chose to use this space today to give reference and preference to a particular group, um I would like to highlight another group. Um the the Gaza genocide is ongoing intentional and systematic destruction of the
Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war which is currently ongoing. It encompasses mass killings, deliberate starvation, infliction of serious violy and mental harm and prevention of births. Other
acts include blockading, destroying civilian infrastructure, destroying health care facilities, killing healthc care workers and aid seekers, causing mass force displacement, committing sexual violence, and destroying educational, religious, and cultural
sites. The genocide has been recognized by the United Nations Special Committee and Commission of In inquiry, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, multiple human right groups, numerous genocide studies, and international law scholars and other
experts. And I'm going to stop it right there. I feel like we shouldn't use this space to give one group preference or treatment over another. Now, no one event
since the creation of mankind is greater than any other. So, I'm sorry. Well, I'm not sorry that as far as it relates to the Holocaust or any other world event, there are no levels with me. No one event is more
important than the other. you all chose to, it's like the second proclamation you've done as it relates to the Jewish faith, etc., etc., but you you you have really just forgotten about other people
who are on the receiving end of the evil that's coming from the state of Israel, and that's the Palestinian people. And this conflict has been going on since 1948. None of us were even born. So this this
it has nothing to do with us. This particular conflict has a has biblical implications. But again, if you say anything about anybody of a Jewish faith, you are anti-Semitic. But I I I stand here to say that the Palestinian
people have a right to exist. So let's not use this space any further to give preference to any other groups. If you're going to do it for one, you got to do it for all. Thank you. Our next speaker is Erica
Christianelli Christianelli James Smith. Council, that is the conclusion of our public comment speakers. This meeting is adjourned. Bonnie, do you want to close us out? Good girl. Thank you.