Afternoon council ready to get started. I'll call our August 16th work session to order Afternoon, David. I'll turn it over to you. Good afternoon, everybody Thank you, thank you. All right as for upcoming events our First public engagement on the budget is tomorrow night Wednesday, August 17th beginning at 6 p.m Summer Glen library on Basswood Come join us if you'd like six o'clock tomorrow night Next I'm gonna call on the councilmember crane and he's gonna recognize Officer Yeah, thank you David. I'd like to I love telling good stories officer spraggins. Would you group? Yeah, y'all come on up I don't think that we give attention a lot of times when people do really great things and I This is a good example of why I'm very supportive of our NPO program what they're doing So this is officer spraggins. He's coming up with Tony Tony Tony is a veteran Who was homeless that officer spraggins met out on the street? and I I do think you went above and beyond what you're called to do to find him a home to find him the resources that he needed and You know up there with him is Bobby and Peggy Crut singer who own operation Texas strong It's a weatherford organization, but they their goals get homeless vets off the streets So they I understand it as of today. You've given 103 RVs out 102 RVs out Be 103 soon to house our homeless veterans as we know that housing is an issue here across the board and especially for those That have served us in some capacity So I want to say thank you and I will give you the floor just to tell us a little about your operations and and officer Spraggins how it all came together Thank you very much This opportunity to share this story further because the whole point is to get operation Texas strong Better known because I didn't know about it and when I met this young man I'm home our parking lot and started to learn his story. He's the one that found them and told me about it. So The rest is history. So when I got in contact with Bobby, they've been over backers to help told me about the RV down in Greenberry That was a long tow, but now Tony here is back on his feet Hopefully it's been life-changing for him and I think Tony who's originally from Alabama has seen the Texas hospitality So I keep telling them These are some pictures up here Bobby, I don't know if you have any or Tony you want to talk and explanation a little bit about How it came together? Yeah, sure I could talk really fast in a minute. So I gave it we have gave away God's blood God has shown us what we need to do to fix the homeless veteran programs and We are not stretching no city Money, no county money. No nothing. It's all private funded people do donations As of right now, I do have $500 in my bank account to move RVs But I spent $1,200 this weekend to move two of them. So but I'll make it shorty short We do need more help. We would like to invite the city and anybody that would like to help us get RVs donated We need more RVs and We have a list as of right now. I've had a hundred and ten calls in the last hour and a half We did a newscast channel for news today this morning on a short notice on live video. I've never done that before But okay, I see There's my minute. Thank you Our whole our whole go and operation takes as strong as to get as many veterans off the street and living in the elements and We we can do more work when we have Help with the community instead of we try to do this on private and private funding private everything so that way everybody Can understand how we feel because there's one thing Veterans should never be on the street and our goal is and our and our way of feeling is as a veteran's daughter and these people have fought for our Our rights and so we couldn't figure anything better than to give back that way And we done 102 in one year Wow So can you imagine next by next year our goals supposed to be 300 to 400? From what I know is over 22,000 homeless veterans in Texas Just in Fort Worth and Dallas DFW air is 5,000 The reason I know that because we have people that feed everybody every day We have other groups that feed which we're part of other nonprofits that help And I do collect stuff for the RV so they can't send it to my house. You can look on my Facebook page We do have an office in the house my personal house I'm pretty vocal about everything I do I am thank you Yeah First I just want to say thank you so very much for what you do. That's really important our Directions home staff will tell you that the hardest population to find housing for and are often our veterans for Marietta reasons So thank you for providing a Type of housing that is conducive To some of the unique issues that that pose those housing Solutions are impediments to housing solutions for our veterans. So thank you so much for doing that I would also say that if you have a website I Would encourage you to tell everybody now that you have that microphone and it's being Andrew and your Facebook page And can we make donations there as well? Yes, okay. Thank you. We did have a building donated today It's between Fort Worth and Lake Worth It is a old nursing home and I'm going to look at that three being today And I want I wanted to be called Operation Texas strong Rebuild program for veterans. I wanted a six month turnaround rate. That's all you have you have six months So after you leave the program we have find another location for you by your own property in the state of Texas That's my other go Thank you all very much for coming Have y'all connected if you connect with the terror Perez at all Michael already, I know I don't we'll make sure and connect you with our staff and There's been a significant investment both from city for worth and then as of today Tarrant County and specifically around homelessness So we need to make sure you're plugged in with with both of both of our organizations for more information. Thank you Yes, please please pass and contact Joey too because I kind of like recruited him because I'm he's done a amazing job with this veteran Joey doesn't have enough to do right? I love this No, but seriously on the police side of it this kind of ending easier It was ridiculously easy to get this almost veteran office tree It took some phone calls. Well, it took your time and it took you having a heart to put some other officers out there Use them as a resource look into it at least Super simple Appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank y'all too. That was a great story Wasn't it so I got to move up here I get to make a couple introductions that I'm thrilled and excited about Even though they've already been on the job a whole week I think it's time to formally introduce the two new assistant city managers that have joined our team That was after a national search. I'm asking both come up here William Johnson Jessica McAckern Practice that one. So you Stand right here. There we go for you guys know William William joined the city back in 2019. He's been our transportation and public works director But he's got a lot more background experience than a number of other areas, right? He's got solid waste experience. He's got emergency management experience. He's worked in Three other large cities Philadelphia Baltimore in Atlanta So we're thrilled to now Adam is one of the assistant city managers here in Fort Worth Jessica is from the area originally from Arlington, right? So we'll just say South Fort Worth South Southeast Fort Worth Spent the previous four years as an assistant city manager in Lubbock, Texas before that She was city manager of Bridgeport, Texas. It's got private sector experience. They both have private sector experience And we're delighted to add Jessica to the team as well She goes by Jess not Jessica. She told me if you say Jess gets like her mom yelling at her All right now so far that we're not entirely through it's one weekend But we've given Jessica Parks and recreation It's without Richard right now libraries and human resources and Williams got Transportation public works public events and economic development. We'll keep looking at how we shift work around But I'm delighted to welcome them to the team and I'm told them they both have an hour no more than an hour To tell us what it's like to now be here a week. All right you too Mayor and council it is truly a privilege to be before you today In joining what I would call home for me My entire life has been spent in and around Fort Worth My entire family is still here in and around Fort Worth So it is a dream come true to continue my professional career and something that I absolutely love Which is public service working with our residents daily to make their lives better To come home and fulfill that passion for me is just a tremendous honor The staff here has been Extremely welcoming from day one you all have been so welcoming and I am very appreciative for that I just I feel like I've been here forever already Although I still have a lot to learn and get up to speed So I look forward to working with you in the future and continuing to make for worth an amazing community that it already is today So, thank you mayor and council First I'd like to start by thanking each of you for all your support and Mike when I moved here Three years ago. I've found Fort Worth to be a place that just felt like home and Since I've been here. I've had nothing but Your strong support the support of our city manager and our city city management team and most of all have really been able to build a really strong Supportive team in TPW. So I want to start by thanking Lauren for stepping in as our interim TPW director You all know Lauren, right and Her team for making it possible for me to be able to move because I don't think David would have allowed that to happen If we weren't ready with a strong team to backfill and I I want to thank David for His expression of confidence and allowing me to take on this role. I'm excited To work with each of you and all of the other city departments as we continue to move forward trying to make Fort Worth a better place for all and for all of its citizens and taking all the challenges that we have and opportunities, thank you Thank you for letting me do that now we get to jump into informal reports. The first one is on community center management That's both neighborhood centers and parks and recreation centers and we have Victor Turner and Dave Lewis if there any questions No questions a comment. I asked for this and I think it was really good for me to understand Sort of the history behind it. The other part that was missing from that was How we are gonna address this in the budget and maybe looking at the budget moving forward So we don't need to do anything here today But of the the community the summer programs and how those are run and subsidized and what that looks like Good question. We have that actually scheduled for the next budget work session All right, the next informal report is a follow-up on the dredging of ponds and lakes and parks and again Dave Lewis is available if there any questions Third is an informal report on historic cemeteries in Fort Worth and Justin Newhart is available if there any questions I'd like for him to have some remorse summary Justin come on up What can you tell us? About historic cemeteries We have I won't trick you that way We have in district five my district has two at least two historic cemeteries one houses the remains of African slaves and the other houses the remains of Confederate soldiers and in case y'all didn't know that they're about Probably one thirty-second of a mall of the within walking distance. So can you talk about those two and what needs to be done? You know all of the cemeteries including those in Fort Worth are privately owned and so the maintenance and upkeep of those cemeteries are on the property owners Unfortunately, and this isn't just a Fort Worth problem maintenance and upkeep and funding maintenance and upkeep is a nationwide problem for historic cemeteries so Local designation or national designation can raise awareness and also make cemeteries available for more grant funds to help with those Maintenance and upkeep projects. So we're here to help if they're interested. They are and I see this as an economic opportunity I see it as a location for possibly museum joint museum separate museum. What have you so can I have people call you? Yes, they've already called so I saw your eyes get this big I didn't want to throw you that far off guard, but thank you you if you were released Thank you before you go Justin. First of all, if y'all don't know Justin is a new daddy to two new twins So I want to make sure everybody knows that and says yes But I really appreciate you putting this together and so the impetus for this particular IR came from discussions I had with people that are the caretakers of the pioneers rest cemetery which is very significant to our community and I think very much in the same way that the cemeteries Gina mentioned were are also incredibly significant and We do have at least in that particular situation group of people that are really committed to making sure that we maintain those particular grounds, although I think they could probably use some help and it's really why I wanted us to be able to get a handle on what we had in the city and what Really needs some intervention from us to make sure that we're protecting in a significant way So do they have a local designation as a historic landmark? Do they have a state designation? Do they have a national designation? And I know your little shorts on your shop right now But I'd like to see us move forward in selecting which of those don't have them and what we can do to make sure They do for funding purposes and to help us maintain that you know pieces of history for our community. Sure. Thank you Thank you, Justin The next and formal report is monthly development activity reports and Jennifer Roberts is available 30 questions the I think Jennifer or DJ's gotten off the last couple years. Come on up here DJ. I Do I just want to after looking through these June, July? Just trends that you're seeing new housing starts, you know new commercial starts. What's that looking like for the city? I think there's a lot of angst etc. Interest rates going up. What's happening? What do we see from this data here? Well, the indicators have all been inclusive, right? For instance over the summer months June and July we're just under 700 single-family Residences those months commercials hovering around a hundred and twenty five hundred and twenty Each month, right? This is a little bit down from the spring where we were seeing like 800 plus permits But to keep it in perspective back in 19 before we seen these surges We were averaging about 400 single-family residents in about 60 commercials a month, right? And so we're still way up on that Looking at, you know applications that have come in in July They're a bit down. However, when we look at the other indicators such as plaid applications, they're way up, right? So plaids, you know, typically lead to building permits in the future So that indicator says that we're gonna continue going our community facilities agreements Which is the way we build the infrastructure next this area for those plaids. They're continuing to to soar as well So, I mean all things look like we'll be continuing this through the fall This growth. Yes, sir. Okay. I'd thank you. I just want to thank you. Thank you Before we leave the podium Just a general question. Maybe maybe similar to on the lines of maybe Situations that you're observing at your staff level do do we have any deficiencies in Staffing at all in your department Currently well, we With with these kind of volumes, right and those even of 2019 You know, we normally in the past been very conservative You know, because we don't want to hire a bunch of staff and have to turn around and have layoffs or you know You know, have people sitting around we want to be you know, very cautious with the tax dollar and in the fees that we collect So so what David so graciously has agreed to To allow it to kind of staff up to where we think 19 levels should have been and so that it's going to be a Big help to the development services department as far as getting things out the door Additionally, what we've also done is we've created an additional division which will be solely concentrated on Customer service and the customer experience and moving things from one department to another to get things out the door So so we're allowed, you know, we're able to give much more focus in the coming fiscal year to that whole customer experience with the additional APs that we've requested in the budget and You know the additional division that we're creating. Okay, so that's in works right now. You're seeing okay It might might go to answering a question and you and I can talk about this offline I've gotten feedback from both the residential side of things and the commercial side of things in as far as The support they're getting from development services So we'll talk about that later because I think it's important that that you get that feedback and then contextualize it for me. So, you know beyond just merely asking a general question of do you have enough people or You know, do we have a process? You know, that needs to be revisited Along those lines, you know, maybe that's what we can write it. So thank you one more thing I'll tell you about since you brought up process another change that we've just made We've just hired a black belt lean six sigma within the department to look at all of our processes To make sure that we're streamlining where we can To to make things go faster and more efficient, you know across departments. Not just the development services department. Okay. Thank you Thank you, Jay next informer report is a parental leave update and Deanna Giordano is available. If there any questions, I Have several questions Deanna probably anticipated that Deanna, thank you for putting this together with your team. I greatly appreciate it and compliments to you and I had you Sit down or reintroduced to best place for working parents and the work that they're doing and they were very complimentary both of our our current leave policy Impotential so I I put out there in the universe that I think we should try to strive towards 12 weeks of leave Especially in a highly competitive environment. I found your report to be very helpful I'm not pushed back a little bit on the usage of the term loss of productivity. I know we equate things in dollars But if you look across the country and understand when you have sound leave policies You have an 89 percent retention rate with those employees and many settings and I know you know all these things I'm just putting that out as to why I think this is so important moving forward and a few high-level things I want us to consider as a council as we work with David And a decision to maybe extend benefits as I know it does cost the city money I understand that but thinking about long-term especially when you think about our sworn police officers and firefighters and the need to attract more Women especially into those fields. I promise you this is something that they're looking at I for one don't think I could come back six weeks after giving giving birth and putting on a bulletproof fest and Kevlar Doing my job as a police officer. I just don't think it's enough time. I also know that currently right now I'm getting to a question. I promise Deanna. I also know that right now We do treat men women women men and women the same under FMLA policy. That's totally fine I'm kind of curious if we're packaging correctly the opportunity for short-term disability or other things especially for the birthing parent the birthing mother in this situation to extend additional time beyond what could be Available to them right now and then lastly as a former city employee myself I think sometimes the way we message this And available benefit is important and I would like to work with your office on maybe Repackaging this in a way to make sure everyone's really aware of the benefit Some of the percentages were a little concerning to me about people that maybe weren't utilizing the full six weeks It's available to them and especially if we moved to 12 weeks The reason why we're offering that and why we value them as an employee So my questions are the following the first would be in page two of our policy you currently define eligibility as a spouse For eligibility. I'm curious about Cohabitation, especially if they are on the birth certificate And if they are currently employed by the city of Fort Worth and eligible for type of leave other types of leave Legal can come back to me on what the requirements would be there But I am curious about that issue. You have anything to add go ahead Deanna, no, I think we can certainly explore the way it's currently written either our practice is that we expand extend it to those That's as you described kind of the co-parents that are identified. Okay option. Okay care. That's helpful and then The other question really pertain to let me pull this back up for you. Just second Bear with me here so I think the average was in the in the Language it said four point two weeks out of six week benefits for female employees is listed on page two But when you look at the chart it says four point two average for works by employee I'm really curious on the data per person and how that's being utilized I think that comes back to how we're communicating to employees or departments And making sure that the full six weeks is out that they're eligible for being utilized And there's not some kind of pressure at work that's pulling them back into the workplace too soon I know how short staff people are just making their use make sure they're using those and benefits as well And I can tell you as we gather this data to provide this updated IR we also identified the need to make sure that we were communicating it to all of the Individuals that are impacted by the need for such a benefit We also know that the time frame that we picked there were individuals that were in the middle of Utilizing the parental leave so it doesn't give you the full picture And so there were a number of other factors that affected that I think the other piece Because I also said the same thing right I don't know that I could come back to work in a desk job After six weeks of after giving birth so we want to make sure that it gets this information gets into the hands of the individuals that are Utilizing it so we're looking at communications at the onset of need for FMLA leave or leave Related related to birth placement adoption foster care that we're sharing with our HRC's that are out in the departments That's information so people are getting the full benefit that we hope them to it to receive Yeah And so I think for this council importantly We're not making a decision today necessarily on the opportunity to extend leave from six weeks to 12 That's still a discussion we need to have with management and we'll come back to that So please provide me and David your input and to where you think that's a good direction or bad direction I know there's a cost associated I can tell you every department right now Wants to attract and retain top talent and this is a conversation that every company is having and I want us to be At the forefront of that innovation in this space and I can personally tell you it makes a huge difference having had a baby I was at the city of war. I was I was afforded eight weeks and I cobbled together vacation time only to find out we did not have Maternal and maternal or paternal leave at the time So we've come a long way and I really appreciate David's leadership in listening and working with mayor price at the time to get us to This place, but I'm done having babies so I can talk about this On the record with that so yeah, well, we'll certainly explore options for consideration as well with some parameters that we'd like to identify To continue utilization and promote it in the workforce. Thank you saw there We have a very young tenured population of employees and those tend to be the biggest users of the parental leave So we want to make sure that we're meeting their needs Perfect any other questions council No, ma'am. I'll just back you up on that I think this is a conversation we have and have real soon Because fortunately when I was having I wasn't having kids my wife was having kids But fortunately when we were having kids and I was for accounting I had the ability to be off and I think it's very important that you have not only be the support for the spouse and have that time with the child And so we want to get direct Support from the council and so I look forward to hoping we can push that to 12 weeks I believe other cities does it counting does it and so I support you on that effort and I really Hope we can get something moving really quick on that David I think it's really important for our employees No, I'm not having any more kids for and no more Mayor I'd also you know like to agree with that and just say thank you for your leadership on this It's so important as someone who's having a baby girl on January 11th And starting a new job. I understand you know the importance of leave and especially when you're making decisions about Starting a new job that leave benefit is really important. So That's a thank you for that. That's really important Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much Next in former report is an update on east side Transportation planning projects and sub regional studies and Kelly Porter is available if there any questions All right Next in former port is an update on the non FEMA flood risk area initiative and Jennifer Dyke is available if there any questions We're rolling now Next in former port is an update on proposed changes to the PID advisory board operating requirements and Robert Stearns is available if there any questions. I don't have any questions I really just want to thank Robert for all of the tremendous amount of work that he has done in In working with our operating pids here recently and I also want to thank the law department for helping us come up with a very Clear policy on how those meetings should be operated there was some confusion a couple of weeks ago and In less than two weeks you've come to us with some sort of game plan So I know I personally appreciate it because I was feeling those phone calls All right Next in former port is will Rogers Memorial capital projects update Michael Crumb is available if there any questions Yes, okay Michael. Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir Thank thank you Would you just take us through a couple of the you know the projects and the rationale behind what we're doing? Sure, so First of all, I'm Mike Crumb. I'm the director of the public events department Will Rogers Memorial Center a fixture in the event landscape for the city of Fort Worth since 1936 Hose over a hundred and eleven events annually generating eight hundred thousand visitor days And in a recent economic impact study that public events did to follow up on the Economic impact study that was done by the Fort Worth Stock Show and rodeo The facility generates an estimated 331 million dollars a year in direct economic impact for our hospitality community Anything that is 86 years old requires a lot of work and the will Rogers complex is no exception to that in the Informal report in front of you. You can see that we have Through the public events department approximately 8.3 million dollars scheduled in capital improvement projects for the facility Based on a decision that this council made last fall concerning restoring some of the capital projects that we had to pull off the docket because of Stress on the culture and tourism funds due to the pandemic We have another five point five million dollars in the queue and then for your consideration In the coming weeks we have Two projects focused on work to be done in the will Rogers Coliseum totaling 7.85 million dollars You can also see in the IR that we have a fairly aggressive Schedule of capital projects in our future capital improvement plans And of course all of that is to be funded out of culture and tourism in Balance with other projects that we're going to be talking about later today Any other questions? Okay. Thank you very much. Thanks Mike and Then the final informal report is about camp heat or women in firefighting and Chief Davis is available if there are any questions I have one question and the IR states that there's currently no dollars in the Budget for the program and so I'd like to know how we expand the program with no dollars in the budget and how we rectify that budget That might be a See here. He's not here Mayor counsel my name is Craig tragic on the public information officer for the four fire department Chief Davis is out of town right now at a training when it comes to the budget Part of this I'm not sure if I'm the guy to answer any of those questions At this point in time to be honest with you if that's the only question that we have today Okay, we'll get an answer on that. All right. Thank you Thank you Mayor that concludes my report Excellent counsels the next is questions on action items that are coming for next city councilman any anticipated issues go ahead Elizabeth So I noticed on here that there is a vote I'm so used to that the the extension of the tip nine is On there and I would like there's been a lot of discussions about When tips are sunsetting and when they're not and I know there's to sunsetting in my particular district that some would not like Sunset sunset and some would and so I would appreciate if we could get some sort of just Explanation as to why we're extending this one as opposed to the others how long we're extending it for and what is the Total length of that tip time now Okay No one else than our first presentation is an update on future City Hall with Tandon Farley, Athenian group standing here It's coming. Hey, thank y'all for having me seems like we're moving along a good pace today So I will try and echo that in our presentation here First off, I just want to for jump in too far I want to thank you know most of the members of of council supporting staff and otherwise for your time over the last Couple weeks to discuss a number of the topics we'll cover today and then a number of other items as you know We continue to repeat there's so many elements included in a project like this and the programs associated And so there's been a lot of great support from staff a lot of great of support from council and from our community And we'll talk a lot about that as we move through Couple key things won't hit first always want to reiterate the goals of the program You know focusing first and foremost on inclusive and engaging public space and then really driving to make sure that you know We carry a number of these elements over the next 50 years You know one of the things that's been critical to this program since the outreach and you know One of the things when I sat down with at the time mayor price and city manager cook and then you know My first meeting with mayor Parker was Ensuring that you know the people that are working on this program the teams that are supporting this program You know reflect the makeup of the city of Fort Worth making sure we have a very diverse team Both on you know the program management and sports teams But also on a number of the you know components associated to the actual build of the site itself And so I'm happy to report that you know since our CMAR partner Lynne Beck came on board In the February March timeframe. We've held Five actually six as of today. There was one at noon today Business outreach events with a number of the local chambers of commerce Advocacy organizations and a number of other groups. We've had more than a hundred attendees total representing a number of groups in the community It's also been great to see you know our partners at Lynne Beck and our team combined lay out the package plan For bid so that folks have enough time to prepare for we've also worked to try to break some of these packages up into smaller and more Specified packages so that some of these smaller groups in the community can be involved We think it's really important that you know being the future City Hall Being the core for business in the city of Fort Worth that you know Everyone that wants to be a part of this program has a shot at being a part of this program So I continue to ask you know mayor council and staff if there are groups that haven't been involved yet That you think should be involved. Please continue to reach out to me and we'll make sure we get them in the loop We've been really really pleased with the participation so far and we'll continue to do that in partnership with Christina Brooks and Gwen Wilson with the city's diversity inclusion department Y'all have all received and I followed up on our save-the-date for the city council chamber ground breaking September 15th Obviously there are a number of site improvements and otherwise they're going to take place as we move through some of the final design elements You know this has been this invite has been sent to the public as well. We'd love to have folks out to the site This is a ground breaking so there will be you know some areas that are fenced off for active construction But we are looking to have some virtual reality of the internal of the building Design boards a scale model and we're looking to have some commemorative Pins handed out at the event to kind of represent the site itself I know that City of Fort Worth seems to love lapel pins We want to lean into that and do something commemorative for the event I also have a couple surprises that we're going to have for council members and folks that have been really You know strong supporters of this program to date So I do want to thank Monya shore and the library group Michelle and the communications group for all of their work the last couple weeks as well as you know obviously Whitney Carlo Bethany and the team from the mayor staff have been incredible in planning all this So I really want to thank all of y'all kudos to doing this outside of your normal day job So I really really appreciate it, but we're excited for it I'll keep it short and brief because I know it's going to be hot and we want to make sure we get folks in and out But if you have any questions on that, please follow up We look forward to showing everyone kind of what's moving along when we get to that point In May so on the council chamber topic in May We presented really three options that the team had brought forth to the steering committee and city leadership For kind of guidance on where to go next that was then narrowed to two options And in my may presentation to y'all I noted that we would explore kind of further design on both the porch and flight Over the summer and so I wanted to come back to you with kind of our recommendations We completed a number of studies over the summer on both flight and porch A couple things I wanted to point out on the flight design One of the things that we've talked about since the beginning of the program is being welcoming Inviting and transparent in our program and that includes bringing in natural light into a council chamber Facility now I could tell you that isn't done everywhere in the country It is not an easy task and you know with that being said there's a lot that needs to be done design-wise We ran a number of of models Simulating shade study and light study kind of all hours all times of the year because as we know We now have council meetings, you know during the day and at night kind of year rounds We had to look at a number of different models the flight model We found created light pollution for broadcast and some problems for Folks on the dais and in the crowd We also have done some preliminary wind studies on the site being located kind of where it is On the corner of downtown right now There are some components that we have to mitigate when it comes to wind The flight study was found in preliminary wind studies to create some additional wind tunnel issues For some of this public area that you're seeing down in the bottom right of the image there We also looked at you know most importantly being inside the chamber. What does it feel like? What is the experience? We talked about wanting to make that inviting and welcoming This model did feel like the ceiling was a little bit slower than it really planned to be We're looking to have 18 foot ceilings in the chamber to make it inviting But also be great from an acoustic perspective This design kind of struggled with that and then finally You know security is something I have to look at in everything we do and with the way the roof is Sloped in this area it did provide for a longer line of sight for potential Rifle issues and so with that the team looked at well, how do we mitigate off these two options? And essentially through that process We have made updates to the porch design and between our steering committee our project team and the city leadership group We were recommending porch for final selection In this updated rendering here. You can see a couple major changes since our meeting in the spring Really focused on some of the cutouts you're seeing in the mass timber roof Focused to mitigate some of the wind components You're also seeing an elongated roof here Which creates not only shade and kind of a nice public space here But also helped eliminate some of the security issues we were looking at and then ultimately overall This allows us to bring a lot of really great natural light into the space without it being direct into our broadcast or overall meeting operations So i'm going to show you some updated renderings on these components as we kind of roll through here Obviously, you know, we talk about this is so much more than just a place for meeting This is going to be a civic gathering place for the city So we want to make sure that we created some nice spaces here The ballards here will be removable. This can be a nice place for events You know pre and post council meetings as well as I think there's you know some really cool Fairs and and farmers markets that happen at Fort Worth that this could play home to in the future Looking at it from the river and we wanted to make sure that overall it ties into the building design But stands alone as kind of its own imagery You know, so the forward flags, we know it's important piece showing kind of from the site here looking down So this is a white mass modeling. This is obviously not the color of what the building will be but to show you Uh conceptually what we're looking at here is to have you know, something off this ground terrace level where the you know Kind of cafeteria food hall concept will be for some alternative meeting spaces gathering spaces relaxation spaces We are working through a lot of the updates to the site We've spent a lot of time with downtown Fort Worth Inc Which with members of city staff and otherwise to update that to really give some multi park Type concepts so it can be meeting it can be green space and otherwise I look forward to showing you some of those concepts in my update later this year I'm sure with some of you I'll probably meet with you before then but we have some exciting things coming there You're also seeing an update on this side that I don't think we had in the spring Which is in addition of a staircase coming down from the front of the building that does not exist today So across the site looking everywhere We can to make it you know accessible from an ADA perspective make it walkable From overall mobility perspective and then ultimately we want to create some really interesting space So on the site that can be used for meetings and civic events in the future We know that night time is important. So we're working through up lighting here I've gotten some great requests from both the public members of this council and staff To look at if we could match the color Capabilities of the top of the building to the lights here so that we can have You know colored segments for different holidays and otherwise that's something we can definitely accommodate And so we'll work through the final lighting features here But ultimately we want this to stand out as folks drive by we want it to be safe And we want us to be welcoming kind of all hours of the day So that's a bit of where we're at on the outside of the council chambers at this point in time I mean, you'll see that kind of in a recommendation coming through for resolution next week We have not shown you yet the interior concepts for the chambers So I want to run through some of these and get some feedback as we go along A lot of what i'm showing you today is Still in the conceptual stage as we move through Some of the components so coming in off of the ground level, right? So this is the terrace level or the cafeteria level You are seeing the council workroom. So this room 2020 in the future building You're seeing one of the possible layouts here We've worked really closely with city secretary and a number of our steering committee members as well as yourselves to identify a couple layouts Our goal here is to make this room as modular as possible So it can be home to not only these sessions, but Boards and commission large city meetings other, you know, public gatherings That can make this room easily reconfigurable while ultimately having a few core layouts that support broadcast, right? Because ultimately we know that it's important. So one of the layouts we're showing here is kind of a More work session type setup. We also have something similar to what you have today, right? That has kind of the table setup some presentation components here and here And then we're showing executive session room here on the side, right to give a little bit of flexibility in these rooms Some additional layouts here, you know, kind of viewing what we just saw over the top Some things I want to point out, you know, as if we're in executive session today The public monitors that you're seeing out in the crowd today would actually be these kind of large Media walls here, which allow the public to see kind of what's going on with having to pan between the multi TVs This is kind of more of a I would say a public forum type component This would be used for some of the Boards and commissions as well as this would be great for city retirement events and otherwise And then ultimately for our elected officials and folks sitting at the main Work session component. We're looking to put in these confidence monitors above Which would be similar to what you're seeing here today They make it easy for you to have these work sessions pay attention to those components And, you know, ultimately have it hidden without, you know, so many hanging monitors in the space We're still working on finishes acoustics and otherwise You know, one of the things is a challenge as well with making A lot of the components windows is you do have acoustic challenges We have a really great team on board that's working through some of those components A couple of things I want to point out as we go through this you can see We're looking to make these as flexible and modular as possible so that you can have Speakers your laptops charging stations waters, etc easily accessible here We're even looking, you know, how we can conceal some of those components as we go along So more to come here, but want to gel to kind of see we're at here And I appreciate a lot of the feedback I've gotten from the groups so far which allows us to provide some of these updated configurations for this room at this point So I want to move upstairs to the main public session Council chambers one of the things that I want to show here that I talked about last time is The addition of these patriot one type components here This is a alternative security metal detector component that focuses on AI and machine learning to understand, you know, what weapons are being brought in and out of facility It also pairs with the potential VRS system, which Can detect weapons up to 300 yards away on external cameras So we're still very much working through these components. We want to be safe But we also want to be welcoming and inviting so I really appreciate Valerie Marshall Swift and sergeant Hobbs for helping us through this process and kind of helping us weigh the pros and cons of all these Still a lot to be decided there, but ultimately, you know, want to continue to improve that, uh, you know, constituent experience Going forward a couple things I want to point out. Um, and this is for the public session chamber Showing a acoustic vestibule here going in we know that one of the things that happens today in long council meetings Those doors open and close all day And we know that can be number one annoying but can lead to safety issues as well when folks can't see in and out of the chamber Uh, it also makes this a much more welcoming component So we're looking at you know where we put ballistic where we put blast resistant glass and this component So we're still working through some of these But showing an overall view into what the chambers could potentially look like So you'll see a carryover of the mass timber component into the chamber itself We're also showing a couple things that you might notice that are different than the chamber today Number one is three podiums is one of the things we're looking at here in the front We'll show a look down in just a second, but we've worked with Our city secretary team, uh, some of the folks that help run and monitor the meeting from an avn it perspective And ultimately these will all be modular podiums meaning they can be either used during or not used during meetings They'll have data connections in the floor And we'll have monitors on them to present the middle will be an a da sit stand podium That can also be used for larger staff presentations. And then we'll have You know the single podiums on the side at this point in time We also have a great view out onto the green space here once we finalize what that green space looks like I'll have a number of those views looking out of here. Ultimately want to have Daylight coming in we want to be able to showcase some of that really beautiful green and then ultimately With the reroute of the bypass channel, um, you know, we'll have some great views here as well I'm going to show you more of a model concept because I want to talk a little about what we just mentioned Right, which is these three podiums. So having these be modular having monitors on these components We're still going to work through the operations of all that because I know that's a bit of a change from what we're doing today But this will also greatly help with when you do, uh, you know awards presentations It'll make it easy to kind of give those components down here. We're also showcasing a couple things here We're looking at led name plates on the dais number one to make it easy for our staff that runs and operates the meeting to Swap names in and out both for council sessions, but maybe for larger boards and commissions or other groups I know that zoning commission some other folks tend to use this room from time to time We're also showing two large media walls here. We're hoping to replace the Two monitor and side projector setup this in the chamber today to allow the public to focus on two areas These are rated as either 0.9 or 1.2 monitors meaning They're visible at an extremely clear level up to 100 feet away So the back seat of the chamber is about 75 feet away on a slight grade So this should provide a great viewing experience for all the folks in the crowd as well Just another view here kind of looking up I know we always joke that genet is our standard for you know height coming off the dais and looking out So if it works for her it should work for the group So something we're kind of constantly working through you can see kind of what that sit stand component could look like here So I want to look at one thing real quick with y'all We know today, right your monitors are sitting on top of the dais We also know you have a lot of your own laptops papers charging, etc One of the things we're looking to do is number one conceal these monitors a little bit to make it easy for Y'all to have them look at what you need to during meetings vote, etc But also have room for your laptops eight places to charge, etc And then ultimately, you know, we want to try and make it as easy as possible for our It and a v staff from the city to Perform maintenance swap these items out There is always a trade-off when you go highly custom versus highly flexible And so I think we found a nice way to do that as these move along We'll have mock-ups that will show you and kind of some of those components This will also help for some of our council members You know that currently may have to have their seats really high or really low on the dais based on height This will have some adjustability, which will I think provide a consistent line of sight throughout And I think jenny has a question really quickly Yes, far away I have the pleasure of filling in for the mayor at the airport board meeting recently And I like the way their technology was set up at each individual station. Have you seen that? So I have not been to the fort worth the dfw board meetings. No, ma'am, but I can tell you we definitely love to to see what they're running today We also have been working with the city secretary group and some of the folks that represent mayor and council On a really easy software control system to make your life a lot easier. But yeah, happy to go check it out I'm always trying to learn new things. We talked about, you know, dj harrell and myself Some of the things that are happening in development at city of dallas as well We're trying to learn from that. You're pretty excited about this. I can I love it. I didn't really do I really do Well, thank you for talking about height, you know, that is something that I'm concerned about But maddie you you might want to before he goes there give him some insight into it It may not work, but it was very I thought was very accessible The screens are built in and I thought that was pretty cool. Yeah Cool. Yeah, and one of the next slide Yeah, that's similar jenna. I think yeah, yeah, I agree And I think too, I'm excited to hear that you like that because that's the direction we want to go It's best from an overall best practice perspective We're also going to show you some mock-ups that we've shown You know the city secretary team and some of the other folks that will have kind of a multi view on your monitor That allow you to kind of select and bring full screen whether it's the live view whether it's voting all those kind of components I really want to try and minimize your need to have to look up and at screens in the audience Throughout so you can kind of focus on what you need to and also ultimately on the public speaker And david did you tell them about UNT? their magnificent wiring UNT With their remodeling off of camp fully in Montgomery You can stand anywhere in this room and it's miked the whole room is miked And so that would be pretty cool for you to visit I actually thought someone remote was with us in the room But it's I can tell you exactly the whole campus the the new part is wired that way I think you need to look at it Fantastic. Yeah, we'd love to okay Quick comment if I could if you go back two slides On the floor the the different podiums there will I don't know about you guys But one thing I feel is awkward is If we come down onto the floor to give an award or recognize somebody Our back is turned to the group. I I think it'd be so much better if we're facing them, of course Would that be possible? Yeah, definitely Because this is you know early conceptually there's a lot we can do as far as making the middle podium rotating and other components So definitely do yep great Okay, any other thoughts on the council chamber All right I'm gonna move forward a couple components here obviously a lot more to do here We'll come back to y'all with some of the finishes and other components We've also spent some really good time with with marsh swift and sergeant hubs and the crew talking about you know where we place Uh, you know members of our security detail and otherwise in the chambers will support staff So a lot more to come there as we kind of move forward I want to start to show you all some concepts that we've been looking at for the lobby and terrace and the existing tower So we've talked about some of the refresh that we're going to do the building not only to a Accommodate more members of the city of fort worth, but b also to update the building to kind of continue to make it a Municipal space so Today in the lobby if you've been in there is a you know a beautiful lobby it looks like it was built in 2004 There are also a number of components here that are not You know in in the building today So I want to show you kind of what we're looking at potentially concept wise So a couple things i'll go around the horn here This is coming in from the kind of tiered entrance right here off of weatherford and bell nap Coming off the entrance so we're looking at kind of two areas here We've been working with carlo and members of mayor staff to look at some of the really cool gifts from sister cities And other components that have come that are kind of scattered throughout the third floor today Some of them aren't displayed today We want to look at maybe how it can bring some of those really cool pieces into the lobby so the public can enjoy them We also want to create some you know informal meeting spaces for pre and post council as well as No potential queuing for our customer service one-stop shop experience You're also seeing over on this side as we head towards the new council facility, right? That's what you're seeing down here a pre council lobby area So the lobby the area that's sitting out there today Rethinking that to have not only monitors to broadcast the meeting but also places for some of the informal meetings That happen throughout the day on council meetings We also want to bring and make our purchasing components and some of the bid drops as well as some of the kiosks For customer service that are spread throughout the city We want to bring those together into this kind of easy to access facility off of the main lobby And then ultimately we want to create some you know really interesting meeting and and sitting spaces throughout the lobby For folks to kind of queue and then provide a few ways to get information and wayfinding We know that you know folks that maybe in my generation are much more apt to You know use an application or look up online where they're going We know that there's really five generations in a city hall process, right? And so you have to think about how you program for each of those So we're looking to have you know in person information desk possibly some greeters and then you know what we can do Technologically to move people through a couple of things I want to point out We're looking to have an immediate briefing room right here off the council chamber facility As well as some additional space for our marshals and other components as we go through So I wanted to show you the big picture so as we go through some of the renderings You can see some of those So what you're seeing on the left and all of these will be the existing today And what you're seeing on the right is kind of what's proposed going forward So where possible right? We want to be the best stewards of public funds that we can and so we want to reuse some of the beautiful pieces That are in there some of this beautiful red stone that's in the lobby We want to repurpose but we want to make some of this Existing wood component that's sitting here a little bit more durable for the long term This was in a class A facility And that's great But from a maintenance perspective when these get dinged which they will in a municipal space It's much easier if they're you know covered in something like a scuff master, which is a high Resilient coating that kind of protects the overall Element itself and also looks good over a longer period of time easier from a maintenance perspective So something we're looking at here. These are existing finishes on the floor And existing finishes on the wall that we're tying into And the elevator lobby if you've been in the space today Really interesting elevator lobby some kind of old new york looking elevator lanterns here Really high gloss floor and then kind of a darker red area There's a number of components. We're looking at here. You know, we want to lower the gloss From just an overall feel we want to try and brighten the space You're seeing some led panels in the ceiling You're seeing a change in the kind of elevator bays themselves to tie More and with design and then ultimately on the back wall here We're looking at actually adding an led panel I don't know if you've been in the Worthington Renaissance downtown, but they have an led panel at the end of the elevator That really helps with wayfinding and otherwise we want to find everywhere We can to have rotational signage and to draw people into places and make it welcoming and inviting In the lobby itself, uh, so this would be into your right off of the main entrance We're looking at adding a coffee cafe concept here for staff council meetings visitors that are coming to the building You'll also see some shots here of where we're looking at having monitors for forward tv council meeting Rotational signage really everywhere we can we want to maximize that space Look at digital look at rotational. This is also a great place that we can rotate Some of the really cool pieces from fort worth public art that they keep in a digital archive So some of those components you're seeing here Looking down on that space You can see that you know something like this will be brought in and run by an external vendor We'll look to have you know the barista type concept here some food Grab and go and then ultimately a nice kind of flow space for pre and post council meetings As well as for folks that are coming to work with our development services or customer service functions That provides them kind of a nice break space during that time period Um in the more pre council lobby area so different types of seating for different types of meetings I think I want to give selena. I don't know if she's here today, but kudos for the work She's done with the pre council space today Kind of revamping that to I think help draw people to some of the concepts We're looking for providing some alternative spaces here having charging and power and a number of these places If you're like me you're constantly finding places to charge and so it's something we're thinking about kind of everywhere in the space Just another view kind of looking down at the coffee in the pre council area Looking out of the council chamber's Wing right on the lobby level a couple things we want to point out here So number one the escalator coming off of the terrace level directly to that council area And then we're looking to having a really cool media wall concept here that can serve as Wayfinding agenda listing some of the components we have sprinkled throughout current city hall We want to centralize here and digitize We've also been working with dj harrell and a number of the functions that are going to be on our one stop Shop experience to see if we can maybe make some of this a touch screen queuing experience Right to really make it as easy for our development services functions as possible And then ultimately here from a finished perspective trying to carry on some of the concepts you saw on the lobby side This is coming off of our terrace level our cafeteria our ground level out of the parking garage Looking to have some additional video wall slash video wayfinding here media wayfinding Potentially agenda components here that will help direct people either up the elevator Or into the cafeteria slash council chamber area to the left you can see what that space is today It's not really welcoming or inviting. It's kind of a back-of-house function So it's something that we think we have an advantage a really opportunity to make it a cool space in a municipal facility I think finally here. I just have a couple more shots on the lobby. I want to show you This is what I was talking about potentially for the purchasing area as well as some of these kiosks that we talked about That could be some of the kiosks that sit at municipal courts Today some of the functions that we do for water bill pay and otherwise Some of those other kind of components We're looking at how we can consolidate some of those functions here and then make the purchasing experience as seamless as possible Not only for our employees, but for contractors and others and maybe coming to bid in this area Any questions on the lobby and terrace concepts at this point in time Great. Thank you. I appreciate it. All right. So mayor and council floor. So I'm gonna show y'all I do. I'm sorry. It's a little slow to that Okay, I'm okay with the selecting the porch versus the flight roof concept and all that I'm just curious I mean y'all go through a CFD analysis, right to determine the wind tunnel effects. Yes, correct. Yep So we have gone through a number of different studies. We also have some additional studies as well They're coming forth A lot of this was done on the decision side in our 3d models, obviously without the building being completed But we've had some really great folks on board to help us with that one thing that I noticed I think if I'm remembering the slides correctly, you had openings in the roof Around the perimeter for the porch concept, but you didn't have that for the flight. Correct Part of what we struggled with in modeling of the flight concept is with the angle of that facility We were trying to minimize the use of steel in that component due to extremely long lead times And so we were looking at using the heavy timber which is kind of we lean towards the porch With the way structurally flight was designed that became very problematic even with cutouts on the flight concept. Got it. And then I don't unless I missed it. I don't know if you covered this in your slide. I was looking at slide 20 Where is the visitor overflow area in relation to the council chambers? Yep So visitor overflow area. So we really are providing three visitor overflow areas. So concept one Go back here So concept one is going to be this pre-counsel lobby area, which will have Let me skip to it So this area right here kind of all throughout this space as well as the next two slides We'll all have council meetings and council audio in this area that can flow and this is directly off of the council The main council area, right? So it's off the lobby level We will also have the the council work session room like this one that's just downstairs Which will carry that component and then we're looking at actually having The council broadcast and audio on the terrace so the outside covered area as well So to give kind of three different unique spaces And to give me a general idea combine those three visitor areas can Accommodate how many people so that and seated. Yeah, so the main council chamber for public session is 250 public seats the council work session room is approximately 100 seats and then the Pre-counsel areas in the lobby is an additional 50 to 60 seats And then the outside area can accommodate roughly 100 at this point in time We're also providing wi-fi on the outside outdoor terrace area as well for connectivity not only for staff But for guests as well during that time period Great. Thank you Any other questions on Okay, great. I just got two more things real quick. I'm going to run through here mayor and council floor So I'm going to show a couple shots here Coming off of the elevator to the mayor and council floor in the new building Something we want to do is create, you know, a welcoming and inviting space for Our sister cities components for economic development components that may be coming to meet with council members and also for You know staff and public that are coming up there One of the things we're looking at here is a media wall type concept think about this like a samsung frame tv Where you can display art throughout the day, but it's also perfect for welcoming visitors guests, etc We're also looking at, you know, having a augmented mayor's conference room So what this is a acoustic panel so this can be whatever imagery we'd like So part of we'll be working with y'all on in the coming months is What fort worth means to you that we want to showcase in this area And so we're working with a number of groups to talk about what that might be But this will provide acoustical support in the room. We're also looking at You know, um, you know kind of an inlet there that you can sit on during the meeting to pop in and out And then ultimately and we have video broadcasting and those presentations are important We want to make the mayor's conference room Not only great for for the folks that are using it within the city But then you know any components for when we bring folks in from the public where all the shovels gonna go tanion That is a great point and that Shovels airplane models. We have like a collection of multiple. No, but really that's that's why we're looking at in the Lobby having some of those gallery areas because there are some really cool pieces on the third floor No, but it's true. It's true. It's true Not at this point in time right Yeah, not at this point in time All right, uh, we will have a work cafe on this floor So something that you can have informal meetings staff can have breaks and otherwise, uh, you know This is in the kind of elevated break room experience Wi-Fi charging etc that will kind of support overall work in this area But also when you want to bring guests and other staff into the space an informal meeting area And then finally I want to just run through the one-stop shop experience So one of the things that we've talked about since the beginning and I appreciate Uh, the support from all the council members on this But especially no council members crane and firestone for your support of our public sessions that we had on this I want to show you a bit of an update of kind of where we're at here Some of you may have saw the announcement this morning from city of dallas They have purchased a facility in which they're looking to bring a number of their customer facing services To create a one-stop shop experience We have the luxury of being many months ahead of them So I anticipate that you know, we'll probably work together and help them along the way But some things we want to show here We spent a lot of time with dj harrow with a lot of the other departments fire prevention par tpw HR and water specifically to really bring together You know a number of functions here what you're seeing is a neighborhood type concept Which brings public services out to the components coming up, right? So all these desks you're seeing here are being worked through as fine as what those are going to be Are they going to be rotational? Are they going to be fixed? How much of this can we do digitally versus how much will we do in house? So a lot of cool things that are developing here as these move along will show you a lot of those pieces that have come forth I want to show you some of the imagery here, right? So we want to show you you know some of the information desk We're looking at some huddle rooms here that can be used by staff To bring the public into these spaces instead of bringing the public back into staff areas This creates some really cool working spaces as well as gives some of the public some views from the tower And then ultimately here you see kiosk digital components as we kind of move through so You know early on in this concept, but excited about what this means for our development services function We heard you know councilmember flor as you brought up, you know some of the feedback there I know that in addition to the functional components we're working on for this I you know we are a part of a lot of the operational components as well I know there's a lot of hard work going in there that we're trying to layer into the tower so Okay, a couple upcoming things I want to hit first thing obviously next week the council chamber design resolution vote As I kind of ran through what the the staff And project teams recommendation is we then have our ddrb review september 1st We've had some great initial conversations with Andy taft and melissa and the group over at downtown fortward think and I've got some great feedback to help shape the design Our groundbreaking ceremony september 15th and then ultimately in addition to our site work starting in september We will also be starting our demolition of many of the floors in the tower to start our renovations there in late september So exciting things a lot of things going A lot I covered today any kind of questions or thoughts for me at this point in time Any other questions for tainan? Great job. Thank you tainan. I don't thank you question. I'll make a comment. David. How many departments? How many buildings are we moving into this when we do it? We are moving We are moving people out of 14 city facilities We are moving 20 we are moving parts of 23 departments And at initial move will be right around 1500 city employees that are coming in here. So quite a few moving parts Yeah, I appreciate the present presentation Now what I want people to understand is we're trying to make the city government more accessible for them in a lot of different ways And right now when you don't even know where to start I don't even know sometimes where places are sure that if the more that the more departments and things we have here If they show up and I'm just trying to get this question answered. They're not coming to our office They're trying to whatever find another office that that's what we're trying ultimately to do At least is I think this council's goal So people can look at their city government say it's working for you and this is what we're doing to help And so while we've gotten maybe some flak of this building etc. And what we're doing I don't think people understand how vast and wide and what all we're bringing together. So I thank you for the presentation I guess David to follow up on that I'm envisioning the teams that you and I talked about when it comes to development services And I'm hoping that we'll see teams there Meaning people from different departments who may not be answering directly to dj But so that the development process can be Flowing more smooth. Yes. The answer is yes I'll take yes Thank you, tanya. Appreciate it. Thank you Now you got to maintain his excitement when he finishes this. I don't think I don't know if he's going to be excited again, but this Yeah It sounds on our next presentation is culture and tourism capital project update with michael crumb public events Thank you, mayor. Uh, I brought a friend with me. I bob bob jamison visit forth Good afternoon, everybody Okay, so the reason that we are here today is that because in November of last year City council approved 52 million dollars in arpa money to jumpstart The the tabled convention center expansion project At the same time about this time last year Our hospitality industry started to recover if you'll remember because of the pandemic tax revenues bottomed out And it was about a year ago that we saw saw growth start That today has us By the end of this fiscal year exceeding 2019 levels of hospitality tax collections With an upward growth curve in tax revenues We have started to think about the future and so today's presentation is to talk to you about major capital projects that That we are talking about for the culture and tourism funds with a particular emphasis on the convention center expansion project and bob as the One of the people who has been a proponent of convention center expansion for long before I ever got here Is going to help us with the history lesson and then i'll be talking to you today About what we've been up to since that jumpstart last november Before we start with the convention center, there are two projects that That we are talking about for culture and tourism that are going to Be coming to you over the next several months After this presentation, you're going to hear from my teammate robert sterns about the opportunity To expand the omni hotel to a thousand rooms and an additional 50,000 square feet of meeting space This project was part of the convention center district plan that was part of the hundan study in 2019 and we are very excited That omni is back at the table To to help take this destination to another level from a convention and meeting standpoint Additionally, uh, we'll be hearing soon from our friends at the fort worth stock show and rodeo about the Next opportunity to partner with the stock show and rodeo On another facility renovation at the will rogers memorial center For those of you who have been around you are familiar With the partnership that the city has with the stock show where for the rental renovation of cattle barns one and two and the construction of the tower promenade Uh, essentially it was a 50 50 agreement where While the city issued the debt for those projects the stock show covered half the cost and uh, you know, I can Can tell you that from my experience to have a partner That is willing to put in half the money to Develop facilities that they essentially use one month out of the year. That is extraordinary So we expect Our friends brad barns and matt carter to come to us in the next several months With the opportunity to renovate the sheep and swine barns And we are accounting for that in our projections for culture and tourism capital projects Let's talk about the convention center and for this part. We'll turn it over to bob Well, thank you very much and um, thanks for the opportunity to to bring you up to date on this Um, you know, you saw a picture Just a second ago of of what it was like when it was originally built the jfk theater On the south end And if you look at that you see that there is Water gardens not in a manner in which we remember them, but uh, perhaps how they were Under construction and you see where we are today um You know here are a series of dates that are significant in the history Of the building I think what I would share with you about that is the fact that You can see more than anything else you can see how the building and its utilization has evolved over time and when it opened You know, it was um, you know, it was a civic center more than it was a convention center And it was a premier spot for concerts and ticketed items The county not a recipient of anything that resembled occupancy tax or sales tax Relative to that was trying to make it work on the revenue stream and so you know, there were um There were boat shows and rv shows and the rest of that and uh And then the occasional meeting or conference and as our hotel inventory came online And as uh fort worth has grown in a destination That facility has adapted to the needs and has evolved in the way that our city has evolved relative to that kind of activity and that kind of opportunity um in two and three You know Mayor bar followed by mayor boncrief led us through the first real expansion That uh, that started to claim the building for a purpose that it serves today, which is Predominantly meetings and convention and there you see phase one again The adding the ballroom at the top in place of the kennedy You know, you know the kennedy Theater and then you also see what was done to add some meeting space In the southern two-thirds of the building around the exhibit cell um since then You know, we we've engaged in a conversation. It's time for the next kind of generational consideration of this project in this building and its expansion as a meeting facility and really to recognize how people meet in it today versus how they met in it 20 years ago when it was last significantly addressed um, you know, here are some You know, there here are some statistics that tell us that the time is right or the time has been right for a while for us To take on this project and to spend the time that we have over the last several years to get ready for you know for You know the expansion of the facility Um, the city has grown The hospitality economy has grown I think more importantly than that though is you get down to the second to the last Bullets and you see that we've had study after study update after update That continues to track the fact that we have demand People want to be here people want to meet in Fort Worth And um, and we can't accommodate them at the level that we could So, you know, so we've got you know in some respects We're burning money Because, you know, we're not able to accommodate them. Um, and now's the time to to move forward on that um, and then just As Mike said, you know, we're we're in a very healthy place the strength of the market You know as as resumed quickly. We're not quite at the hotel occupancy level. We were in 2019 But that's because investors believed in the future Of this city as a meeting destination and they added hotel inventory during the pandemic and so increased demand more room nights are being sold in the city limits of Fort Worth than ever before And uh, it's just spread a little more broadly across the community So, you know a lot of statistics tell us that That the health of the market that pointed us in this direction is still there And and you know and that this is an important significant project for the city and the impact it'll have Not only in downtown, but we'll you know, but we'll ripple throughout the community so Back in 2019 is bob referenced after an extended community conversation about the future of Fort Worth hospitality industry Uh, we developed recommendations about what the convention center of the future would look like and not only the convention center, but a convention center district Essentially what the studies from 2019 call for is a 50% increase in the meeting space In comparison to the current facility. So As we'll talk about in a minute and a two phase expansion ultimately The arena would go away and would be replaced by Traditional meeting space an additional 100,000 square feet of exhibit space A ballroom that would be more than double the size of the current ballroom that we have in the convention center And then meeting rooms or breakout rooms To support that additional space in addition the hundred study called for The development of two what I would call super tanker hotels immediately adjacent To the convention center We're about to talk about the creation of one of those super tankers And then the other one Will be created by some things that we're going to do in the first phase of the convention center Expansion project which then creates the opportunity To place another large property on commerce street on the east side of the building Base assumptions about how we're approaching the project first of all A decision was made that we're going to continue to operate the facility while we're renovating and expanding That'll require two phases of construction The first phase which is essentially the creation of back of house facilities That will support the facility during the second phase and afterwards And then a second phase which really represents the true expansion Of of meeting space in the building The other part of this is the assumption that we are going to realign commerce street And that realigning commerce street creates property on the east side of commerce the city can use to Incent for example another super tanker hotel At the same time We are going to have to wrestle with the operational challenges that street realignment Represents for the convention center because when you realign the street You take away much of the storage space that the the current building has and we're going to have to figure out How to work our way through that Um So phase one Is the back of house renovation we described Building new back of house kitchen facilities A new loading dock and the realignment of commerce street along with some Work to set the stage for phase two Of the expansion and then phase two is what we've described the arena comes down and traditional meeting space Is built in its place This is a representation Of that you can see the blue is what is created in in phase one. The red is what is created in phase two First phase of expansion currently estimated at 67 million dollars arpa gives us a great jump Coming out of the gate. We'll be coming back to you with a recommendation later in this calendar year. I believe To issue 15 million dollars in debt To to increase the size of the project budget As it stands today, we think that construction would start in the second quarter of 2023 And that would end by the conclusion of 2025 Again a representation of what happens in phase one the blue is the new back of house Food and beverage facilities the red Represents the area that will be the new loading dock do not look at this and say this is the design We're just playing here, right? And then this this reflects a Complete straightening of commerce street, which we believe is still a question Phase two the future of phase two is a little hazier ma'am Why is it a question the straightening of commerce? we're trying to Think through how we balance the functional needs of the convention center With what happens when we straighten commerce straight out. So we're trying to work We're wrestling with the question right now, but we're not if not. It's when it's when it's just how they're gonna do Okay, it's right. You that's what I did not hear correctly. I was like wait Are we not straightening out commerce, but we're still straightening out commerce. We're we're trying to figure that out Okay, so there's a potential that commerce might not be straightening. Yeah, it's going to be straighter than it was We just don't know how Councilmember We might be getting ahead of ourselves here I think you know it all comes down to how do you address the need for loading docks, right? And there will be a variety of choices there that have cost factors and they have implications on what happens to commerce street And we're going to have to look at all of those and figure out what serves the best purpose Overall, and so, you know, so the intent is still to straighten out commerce street It does have some ramifications for the loading dock solution And we have to you know, and we have to come back With what those choices are So I would implore you to make sure that we're communicating with our folks across the street at Texas A&M Because I think a lot of the assumptions on their campus expansion are based on that fact that we are straightening out commerce street So if that changes, I think we need to know and they need to know probably before And and as you'll see later in the in the in the presentation, we're bringing them into the conversation. Good. Thank you Okay, so Phase two of the expansion Is from a timing standpoint is a little hazier two reasons One is that the cost of the project has gone up significantly So Whereas three years ago, we were looking at something south of 400 million dollars now We're looking at something north of 500 million dollars At the same time While tax revenues were optimistic about the recovery of tax revenues They are not yet back on the pace that was anticipated to fund phase two Back in 2019. So a lot of tbd here a lot of work to do before we make decisions This just gives you an idea of what phase two looks like again flying saucer We'll bid at a fond farewell serve this community well for a very long time It will be replaced by the additional meet convention space that we discussed earlier and I would say This is just a concept of how the space fits. This is not designed in any way You know, there's nothing Remotely final about what you're looking at This is this is from the 2019 conceptual study so Since november, what have we been up to? Along with the ARPA money in november of 2021 mayor and council Approve the retention of broadest and associates as the project manager For the expansion project This past spring We engaged jll hospitality To go talk to our customers about the changes that they've seen in the meetings industry since the pandemic We talked about the future and how things may have changed. So We charge jll to go to our customers past present in our aspirational customers those that we want to bring To fort worth in the future as a result of an expanded improved convention center They've come back with some some customer feedback that we'll share with you in a subsequent presentation At the same time we have convened a group that Has a recommendation for you to consider on september 13th For a design team for phase one of the project And on the heels of that we'll be coming back Later in the fall with a recommendation on construction manager at risk We also Are going to need your wisdom on a group to assemble of constituents Who can offer us feedback on the project council member back to your point. This is where we see Uh folks like texas a and m entering the conversation So we anticipate them entering the conversation at Which step again, uh, we we believe that's going to happen this fall So the project manager project man project manager is set. Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. So the See my recommendation or the project feedback committee So we'll have recommendations for you for Design team that's already in the queue. Okay We have a recommendation for you For the construction manager at risk That we're going to talk to you about today that we'll ask you to formally approve Probably in september And then in their proof they're Approving i'm sorry. I just want to make sure we get this right because this is a massive expansion for a Very large area of downtown So the design team recommendation we will have Before we engage in the project feedback Well, you know No, the the recommendation on the design teams who to hire. Okay. Yes, and then we move on to engaging stakeholders. That's right We have you know, we bring the design team We put them to work And then in the process of getting Thoughts from them We have this, you know, this constituent group folks that have interest and expertise Relative to what the building can do and how it should relate to the area and those folks then provide guidance and and challenge proposals and consider options and And ultimately, you know are influencing recommendations that come to this group for final approval Okay, so I don't know that i'm and We can have a Deeper conversation later. I don't know that i'm hearing in this timeline in this process The type of collaboration That I kind of envision Particularly with the major players down there. That's this group. That's this group, right? That's downtown Fort Worth, ain't right. That's texas a and m That's you know other You know right I would I think it's probably prudent to include them when we start even talking about the design because you know, they're gonna have their own design and When it comes to things like a and m's gonna build their building we're gonna build ours but We have to think of that whole area We have to think of it holistically and not just as their project our project And when specifically when you're looking at things like traffic management So what happens if a and m's having a symposium and the convention center is having, you know, what is that going to look like? Um, because that's a design issue But also our green space down there and how we're really capitalizing on that and and potentially shared green space So some of ours and some of theirs that makes it bigger And so I think sooner in that process rather than later is is really what What I would like to see yeah, we were we were hoping you would serve on this group say I open my mouth and now I'm I'll be there Okay, so we'll bop back a couple slides so This is your staff team that's been Been working on the project in the the contracts in this case are held by property management Uh public events because of our role in managing the center is a Is a large presence in this group I cannot be more complimentary of the work that gwen wilson has done with our team to make sure that we are Pushing business equity to the extent that we can under the law and so we think we have We have Good results from that to date and look forward to good results in that regard in the future And then of course the financial management services team Led by reggie. It's It's one thing to design it and price it But the finance guys have to tell us if we can afford it and so So we're doing a lot of debt modeling these days based on What we see is the trending in not only tax collections, but the pricing perspective pricing projects I have a question David, do we have a a subject matter expert on a da? Because just like I mentioned it during the new city hall I know we do what's right and what's required and that's probably the minimum But do we have a subject matter expert on a da because we got to make sure we go over and beyond I'm sure there is on the design team. Okay. Yes. Yes, ma'am Uh, I'd like to see that name on this It just heightens the importance of it on this sheet Yeah, so they'll the the accessibility consultant will be brought in as a subconsultant under the design team contract Okay, bob. Bob has known me since I was able bodied Things have changed and I'm real focused on right No, very high priority. Okay, you know You know and you know and as we got presentations from the design teams They shared with us each of those experts in the various Sub, you know sub consultants or sub contractors that are going to help us make sure that we've got all of the right Components in place That's right. That's right. Thank you. Yeah So Today we're going to preview for you our recommendations for both design team and for construction manager at risk We ran separate processes to select both had great interest in both contracts and think that we have been Been blessed with the opportunity to work With the best both locally and nationally on this project So we've already talked about Broadus and associates and that contract was not approved on xx xx xx was approved in november of 2021 Design team on november 13th. You'll be considering a recommendation to To go to contract with a partnership between tv s design out of atlanta georgia They are considered the preeminent convention center design firm in the country They are partnered locally with benet partners and michael is here in the in the audience today He's ridden shotgun on this project for a long time And we're thrilled to have him as part of the the team going forward so Um on construction manager at risk again, uh, great competition for this this contract Had seven Had two teams that distinguish themselves Far and away from the others and were Were subsequently interviewed our recommendation is to go with the the joint venture between burn ej smith and hunt and And the the concept of a joint venture where We have business equity firms that are partnered In a in a primary contract on a project this big. That's big news for us And we are we are thrilled to have this team Or they have the opportunity to work with this team In terms of folks who helped the staff teams along the way Most of these folks were pulled from the committee that mayor price organized in 2019 And so their their Their input was valuable to us just as the input of the feedback group will be valuable to us going forward We've talked about the composition of the Of the feedback group and this this list certainly may not be exhaustive and look forward to your wisdom on this Uh next steps, uh, so as we we mentioned, uh the design team recommendation will be in front of you on september 13th We will be talking about the creation of the advisory committee and starting to pull that group together in september Depending on what our schedule looks like we may be back to you On the additional debt that we need for phase one by the end of the calendar year We are not wed to that date. It really depends on where we are in the process And then with the with seamar, uh, I think what our path forward is to is to bring you a recommendation for your consideration And then come back to you after That decision and probably in the december january time frame Will be at an initial guaranteed maximum price for this project and then we can go to contract with seamar Uh at this point again, we believe phase one Can start in the second quarter of next year and end by the fourth quarter of 2025 If that has to slip, uh, it's not I don't we see we don't see that as problematic at this point questions Questions or discussions for michael abab that haven't been brought up already I just have one question. Um, I know you mentioned possibly when we uh do the commerce Add in the hotel. Um, is there any discussion on adding parking? Yes, sir. I think I think as per council members bex observation that there's a lot going on In this corner of downtown Parking is going to have to be part of the discussion Not necessarily in the scope of the expansion project, but we'll be talking about parking Thank you michael. Thank you all very much. Thank you one quick Also with regard to the omni there in the street When the omni's letting big events incoming big events out going The street backs up is there traffic study there? Um concerns aren't I think we'll be talking we'll be talking about traffic and parking for the omni as well So along those lines here comes Robert Stearns to talk about the hotel omni hotel expansion Yeah, we've actually already initiated those conversations with omni about their traffic impact. So that's something that's on the table That's uh, I feel like Mike kind of buried my lead already since he told you pretty much everything about the project But uh, we're going to talk about the proposed expansion to the omni hotel Um, so for those that were on the council a few years ago pre pandemic, this was Project that was brought to the council back in 2020 approved by the council and was Moving forward. So this is really the site Down here. So the site was a acquisition of the tcc mayown center and then about a half acre Property that's owned by the city fronting Lancaster and so there's some Early design concepts of their all projects. You see the existing hotel here the expansion coming out there Back in 2020 the original proposed project was 174 million dollar 400 key Expansion again, they had planned to close on the tcc property by the end of march We have brought to council a proposal for a chapter 380 economic development agreement Which really consisted of 45 million dollars in cash at completion of the project Which was a combination of a 40 million bond issuance And five million dollars from the Lancaster tiff And obviously as you can tell by the date of march 2020 once we got this approved The world changed and so the entire project was put on hold And really forceful reconsideration coming out of the pandemic But I think as bob and mike both spoke to I think the fact that omni is looking forward to bring this project back That they want to make this investment I think that's just an indicator that the overall health of the market is strong and getting better And so I think this will be a good addition to to our downtown area The current proposed project is about a 270 17 million dollar project cost all in and again That's really just reflective of the increase in cost of constructions from 2020 to 2022 So we're still maintaining a 400 key expansion of the hotel So basically that would create just over a thousand room property on two adjacent blocks Minimum 50,000 square feet of meeting space a refresh of the existing 600 room property And then improvements to the surrounding landscape and and omni is currently under contract with tcc For purchase of the mayo and building with a closing at the end of september So said the just in this another aerial of the project sites again, you see the omni the mayo and center The city parcel here and the proposals that we're bringing forward today also includes the tcc parking lot Which is across the street It's oh, why are we doing this now? I think you really heard The benefit of doing a project like this from my ex earlier presentation We have had a a number of new hotel inventory being brought online in the market Projects like this in clare and the kempton harper, but primarily those are hotels in the two 250 room categories as mike talked about the hundin study spoke to the need for Two 1,000 room super tankers. And so this is the first of those super tankers that we could bring online And then this really allows us to enhance our ability to attract new and larger convention business One thing that was really important to us was we revised these conversations with the omni Was the engagement of Lancaster avenue? So this was a a real discussion point with them under the previous deal back in 2020 Where we wanted to have Lancaster really engaged and and activated and Omni was was interested in exploring that proposal But we really didn't have any hard things to put on the table And and so our concern really as we began these discussions the fact that City and the tiff has invested millions of dollars along Lancaster Really since the original project was brought forward We had the tmp terminal plaza and pedestrian passage that is that is underway Going to be underway and so we wanted to make sure that When this project developed that you weren't facing a wall when you were walking along Lancaster that you really had a nice pedestrian access And so as part of the overall development and activation Omni is going to be including space for a 15,000 square foot restaurant fronting Lancaster So that would be happen to be approved by ddrb obviously But but this really gives us an opportunity to activate that section and ensure that we have a nice walkable area continuing along Lancaster avenue So after the proposed expansion, they would be spending just over 200 million dollars on the expansion of the hotel room itself Minimum of 127 million or so and hard costs again That's 400 rooms in a separate tower 50,000 square foot meeting space And the 15,000 square foot restaurant space space in Lancaster They will commit to a 15 hard and soft cost to our mwbe contractors per policy And the required completion for the project would be december 31st 2026 And so as you all know, we have an existing agreement with omni that will actually roll off Of the books and be completed by the time that this project is finalized So that's how we'll be able to utilize The existing hot which we'll be talking about as far as it does service to fund fund the overall project As part of this, they will also going to construct a new parking garage for the overall development Estimated costs about six million dollars. So that will be on the Existing tcc parking lot now. So we'll take away that service parking have a 200 space parking garage Omni was going to convey that parking lot to the city upon purchase from tcc They are going to be responsible for the construction maintenance and operation So the city is not having any costs in that garage It will actually be owned by the ccl gc. So subsequent action Pending your decisions today and you're allowing us to move forward We would go to the ccl gc in september to have their approval for the For the garage component of the project and this would be Provided to omni with an option to be really conveyed back to them after a 10-year period So our recommended incentives would be at the one time 53.3 million dollar grant at completion They would be delivered no later than 120 days following the project completion and cvo is being presented The ccl gc would issue the 53 million dollar bond Really backed by the hotel occupancy tax generated by the new 400 rooms that are being added and the additional 600 rooms will be coming Back to us that the existing agreement will be Windy down We would convey the half acre city property long lancaster avenue With the purchase price provided back to developer as a 380 agreement And then we would enter into the lease agreement with the option of purchase after 10 years for the tcc lot and the parking Here's just kind of a wrap up the overall summary Really won't go through a lot of these numbers, but I do want to point out this final number here So as as mike was talking about Some of the ongoing projects that that they're working on this project this development will provide just over just under 34 million dollars of new State hot to the project financing zone and so that's really going to be helpful As we have some of these additional projects coming online And so the staff recommendation today would be to enter into Economic development program agreement with omni to provide the one-time tax grant Engage in the public financing activities in support of early issuing the bonds Except the property now owned by tcc Convey the property owned long lancaster avenue and then enter into the lease agreement with option of purchase with omni And i'll answer any questions you may have Any questions for robert? No, very excited. Thank you very much robert. Thank you Our next item is a briefing on arpa funding proposal to reduce gun violence with chief neil noakes And i believe leah king and there's leah. We are in a way my good side Mayor counsel, we thank you for your time today to talk about what i know you all realize is a very important topic um Neal noakes chief forward pd my partner over here is leah king president and ceo of united way charon county I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly Is because they sense once hate is gone They will be forced to deal with pain james baldlin I read that recently and made me think of what we're doing here Another word for pain in my book is trauma A lot of the violence we're seeing across the country and unfortunately we're seeing across fourth and tara county right now involves a lot of unaddressed trauma by people as uh thomas apt Academic and writer he wrote a book called bleeding out addresses urban violence In america he said we're dealing with young people who are caught up in cycles of violence They don't understand and don't even fully realize they're involved in We're doing a lot of great work in the forward police department when i say we i mean the men and women who were doing a job every single day To address young violence from a policing perspective, but as i have said many times we will not Arrest our way out of crime It will take partnerships With other city departments. It will take partnerships with other organizations. It will take partnerships with the community What we plan to show today is the reason we believe this one second collaborative Is the way to make that happen And we call it the one second collaborative because it's a collaboration Of like-minded people who understand that a one second decision can literally be the difference between life and death I do don't have a clicker. I'm gonna let you advance if you were pleased When I first read this I was dumbfounded According to the cdc. This is nationally speaking gun violence Is now the leading cause of deaths among teens this happened in 2020 Gun violence Is the leading cause of death for teens in america? That's a past even motor vehicle accidents So when we're looking at gun violence related deaths and injuries across the country These are the numbers we've seen so 2019 May be more of a baseline pre-pandemic But the national trend Has been year over year an increase in violence Unfortunately, what we're seeing is the same in fort worth in taren county You see the numbers in white the larger numbers 3 000 to 4 000 almost 5 000 And in fort worth these are the deaths related to gun violence involving teens in taren county that have gone up This year for 2022 looks like we're matching 2021 We've got to bring those numbers down We have a population in fort worth that makes up 18 percent of our population 18 percent demographic that is all of our african-american representation When talking just about black youth in the city of fort worth Looking taren county look across the country 50 percent of the victims for gun violence Absolutely unacceptable To kind of give you an idea you've already seen with the graph how those numbers have gone up But since pre-pandemic numbers Teen shooting deaths have gone up almost 50 percent Staggering numbers indeed So what you're seeing here are shooting related deaths in the city of fort worth from january of 2016 until june 30th of this year You might see clusters in certain areas and we do But that covers every section of the city of fort worth This is broken down according to our policing districts our six police divisions Every division in the city of fort worth is affected. You'll see more in some areas and others. Yes They make no mistakes. It's left unchecked These numbers unfortunately will grow and it's all across the city Mayor and council it's good to be back lia king president ceo of united way of taren county and It's my honor as always to be here with with chief notes Though it's a sobering topic We did want to bring Some hard numbers to you Not only in relation to people who are Losing their lives the trauma that the families are experiencing as a result of some of these actions But some of the hard costs You need to understand and i'm sure that you all do because many of these things fall To you from a financial responsibility, which means it falls to all of us as taxpayers There's some data before you that really breaks down, you know, what it cost for a shooting death And it's a really crude way to look at this because Putting a number on something like this Just doesn't seem right, but we know that there are actual hard costs that Are born by the community crime scene cleanup hospitalization You think about you know unpaid hospital bills criminal justice all of the Back and forth through the court systems incarceration And that's for a death And seven hundred thousand dollars seven hundred and ten thousand dollars for a shooting So if we back those slides up to the number that chief just shared with you And did the math So it's a big number But if you looked at The extrapolated costs for family members and their suffering, there's no number that you can attribute to that This data by the by the way Is done by a third party organization. They they manage these kinds of things It's what they do as an organization. It's the national institute for criminal justice reform These numbers are actually the they did city of dallas All right, so these are likely very very similar In terms of the actual costs that we would experience here in Fort Worth And just like chief said, you know every split second decision Can't be recalled sometimes it can be remedied But if we are doing what we need to do as an as a as a group of organizations as a collaborative Then we truly are helping young people in particular move from those split second decisions that they may live to regret for For the rest of their lives if they get to live And actually provide them with some tools and resources to help heal them and to help give them better options and better choices So the one second one second collaborative is just that it's a strategic and comprehensive effort To disrupt gun violence and gang activity among young adults and teens in very targeted zones across our community If you had to break it down, uh, this is what the model kind of looks like So it really is taking all of the um advantages and experiences of a multitude of systems and organizations working together With common goals and making sure that we are addressing exactly what the community needs It's driven by data and it's using models that have been implemented across our country For many many years the the the main model being from office of juvenile justice and delinquency Prevention It helps us to establish scalable administration and coordination systems and communication systems across Our county and it makes make sure that we have measurable impact where it's needed most These are the partners and the types of organizations that we would we've already heard from many of them that are Very interested in in working together to address this issue hospital systems Education systems, obviously workforce development criminal justice city and county departments And on and on and on We know that in order to get this done It's going to literally take every institution within the community to come together And the good news for us is that we do live in Fort Worth in Tarrant County and the personality that you all know and see and Participate in is one of action and of of collaboration And so we're pretty excited about just the the folks that have already reached out in anticipation And to make it known that they are very interested in working together I think it is very important for us to stress the fact that this is just not something that someone came up with on a web This is actually a proven model Many agencies across the country law enforcement and otherwise look to the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention in washington dc Because they have a 20-year track record of improving community's capacity to reduce violent crime. And let me say it again Improving the community's capacity to reduce violent crime This isn't to improve our capacity we're working with the community to empower them They have a proven model if you go back for just one second. Thank you Developing strategies that tackle the root causes of gang violence And they're known for coordinated organized plans of action. Now, if you'll notice in the bottom here One word you see frequently is community That's about engaging with the community find out finding out what is important to the community and getting community buy in With the efforts we would undertake So there are five core strategies community mobilization opportunities provision social intervention suppression and organizational change and development So to break those down just a little bit on the community mobilization There's heavy community engagement and collaboration again. It's not us going into the community telling them what they need It's working with the community to find out what they want to do Opportunities provision education training employment. You cannot go to a young person Tell them to stop doing something and not give them an alternative This provides that social intervention outreach and access to provision of services for gang involved youth and Their families. This is holistic Oftentimes if there's a child involved in this cycle of violence It's not just him or her If we can affect that entire family we affect the legacy and trajectory of that family suppression When it comes to suppression we're talking about policing, right? We're talking about community policing But we're also talking about formal and informal social controls and accountability measures Which oftentimes come from the community There may be it be a young man or a young lady who would listen to someone in the community Before they would listen to someone in a uniform Organizational change into development is what we're talking about the policies that help us create The best modes of dealing with these resources and getting them out to the community next slide, please And so on the core strategies we're talking about the evidence-based strategies Data collection and assessment is huge. I think if anyone has heard me speak, you know How much I rely on data and intelligence to make smart decisions Rather than making emotional decisions As far as the social intervention we talked about the outreach and crisis intervention Community mobilization and that's working with many agencies within the community including grassroots organizations Providing opportunities for these youth reentry activities It's very important for those who may have been incarcerated to be set up for success when they come out So they don't go right back in Organizational capacity building to work with the groups that are in the community already doing good work But maybe there are several who are in their own silos We need to bring together and work to grow their programs And then the third party evaluation Takes the subjectivity out of it We have someone with a very objective outlook who can help evaluate these programs to make we know Make sure we know what's working. What's not and what we should do better And so there are some, you know, very clear goals that would be established and You can see from, you know, what we have on your screen. Obviously the very first one is to reduce filing crime That is a given and it's something that we have to do But as chief mentioned, uh, improving the capacity of community-based organizations is something that's critical We know that there are a number of organizations at work and have a lot of experience within the community And they do great work and get excellent results They just don't have the ability to do as much as we need as a community and so helping them to scale their Their capacity without breaking them, you know The the objective is to make sure that they're strengthened and their infrastructure Is such that it allows them to focus on mission And if sometimes if you're just, you know, throwing money at something without providing that infrastructure It makes it very difficult for an organization to to one day Operate serving a thousand people another day expecting them to operate with 10 000 people And they don't have the internal infrastructure to be able to manage that So we have to be sure that we're setting them up not only to accomplish their mission But to do so without breaking the organizations and that takes coordination and takes collaboration and takes support The steering committee would would be members of the the partner So faith-based organizations law enforcement, obviously corrections nonprofit organizations hospital systems Including, uh, you know, some many of our mental health providers and counselors Definitely people from the communities and we would expect and hope that you know, both the county that has already Move forward with their portion of this in the city and other partners would come forward with their representatives To participate on that steering committee so that we can make sure that we're hearing the voices from across the community This is uh, not just research and data driven But that same information is used to evaluate and so doing that evaluation on an annual basis allows Corrections to happen without saying seeing a mistake that might be happening to to go on Unchecked we have to have an objective third party come in and that is something that is um, you know That is critical and crucial to to this initiative and from an implementation perspective Making sure that we have the right organizations at the table So that as those folks come out Particularly of incarceration that we already have established housing and workforce and those things are already set up In advance so that we don't have to have that person wonder and and have time which is often not a good thing We need to have a plan in place for them to to move into These are just an example of the types of measurable impacts The good news is that there are a number of things that can be measured It will be determined also by the organizations that apply for funding and that want to be Participants in this program. So whatever their core mission is we will They will come to the table and and provide what their specific Impact will be and that's part of what the evaluation will But at a minimum it will be these types of things outreach engagement So organizations that work directly on the streets will Obviously account to the number of engagements that they have the number of conflicts that they mediate Whether or not they're referring to partner agencies and what that partner what what happened at the end That was their compliance on both the agency side, but also on the individual side counseling hours mediations How many people went from unemployed or underemployment to a different type of job? What's the recidivism rate and how is that improving and and frankly how many people are participating How many people are showing up in the community and and measuring those types of things United Way is proposing that we act as the lead agency and work in partnership directly with the forward to police department And and I just want to share with you because I think it's important to note This is directly from the ojjdp model and it's what they say about lead agencies And i'm going to read this verbatim for you the lead agency in these multidisciplinary programs Does not does not assume control of the initiative But instead provides an administrative framework to facilitate the work of the intervention team in the steering committee No matter which agency assumes primary responsibility for this initiative Its credibility and influence within the community are directly correlated to the success of planning and implementation activities So in other words, um, it's not easy, but we're not here to say this is what everybody does We're actually here to provide supports for all of the institutions that will be part of this collaborative And I want to walk you through because I want to be sure that everybody has just a baseline understanding of united way of tarrant county And and why we feel that we are the right lead agency We will be celebrating our centennial in november of this year This organization has been around for a number of years working As a trusted advisor to many organizations to many foundations frankly to city and county government on on a number of occasions We are a capacity builder and a convener at the core of what we do each and every day We do occasionally. This is uh data that was done, uh third party that did some Surveying for us and and and we want to know Who knows who we are who knows what we do do they find us trustworthy, etc And and so just sharing this information with you as well How we do our work is is Pretty simple and and I like that we layered it on top of the model That and it's really the model of success for us We operate very similarly to the way that uh the chief and the police department operate When you see we say identify that means data It is our job to do research throughout the county to identify which organizations Excuse me, which zip codes are having issues and what specifically those issues are that information gives us Exact details that we need on how to make informed recommendations on investments within the community And so for the people that are kind enough to provide contributions to the organization It tells us where they ought to be invested That's why that data is so important to us and ultimately by working directly with these community-based organizations We then are able to vet them and make sure that they have the ability to meet the needs That they say they will meet and then help measure their impact And so it is a cycle that we follow Over and over and over again, and it's how we get our work done We are definitely positioned to work Alongside and support the mission of the police department And we're going to do that in a number of ways But we feel like that we're already set up to do that because Both of us are not only trusted within the community, but we have to continue Building that trust and we believe that we do that better together by partnering with each other We exist to identify and invite organizations and individuals to come alongside and work with us It's again at the core of what we do and the way that we do that as the funding comes in We work with volunteers to help identify and make recommendations on how resources are allocated So our staff serves as the backbone So we will structure and set up meetings and handle all of the logistics But let's say we are we have a pool of funding for Maternal health then we will Solicit and invite Volunteers that work directly on maternal health. So they may be doctors or nurses They may be doulas that you know, they could have some kind of affiliation with that subject And they then review the applications that come in From the community-based organizations. They score them They make recommendations as a group and those recommendations for funding then go up to the board and the board approves them So it's a very streamlined process. It's a very managed process and it's how we handle All allocations and this would be handled very much the same way The other thing that I wanted to mention just as an organization is that we have the benefit of managing Large-scale federal and state grants on a regular basis And so just as an organization, we are already structured and established We already do a single audit which is a requirement when you receive the the level of government Funding that we do and so that's just a natural part of what we already do And it's part of our audit each and every year All of those documents are available for anybody to see they're on our website probably about the last 10 years worth So it's very easy to to look and see what we've done And and that is the the the gist of how and why we feel like we are Structured as an organization to be able to handle an initiative like this. We already work with partnerships We already have the capacity internally to help support some of these smaller Organizations, and you know, it is our goal to ensure that these organizations are set up for success So ultimately at the end of the day our children are getting healthier And that's really the you know the core of what we're looking to do We need to make sure our kids are safe When we were here before we had a request for consolidation between the Tarrant County ARPA request and the city of Fort Worth ARPA request. That's what you have before you Whoops, I just did something not smart, which was I got myself out of that nice thing that said next Then this is Tarrant County and the city of Fort Worth So we can talk through any of these all of these But with that I just want to say thank you. Thank you to chief first of all for Being willing to come along this journey and allowing us to To be right there at the side of the team And just thanks to all of you for giving us the opportunity to come forward and share the details of the initiative And we will welcome your questions. Thanks Leah chief questions from council anybody Questions comments From an overview standpoint, I understand, you know, what you're setting out to try to do From a mission standpoint I'm supportive of it There were some details and I'm still trying to you know get a little more resolution You know on maybe from from a process standpoint Okay, so You touched on some of those aspects already You would require The council supportive of this to to get funding from ccpd, right? Okay So how would that work? I mean, you know our board would consider the amount Perhaps authorize it Step me through what happens after that You know in other words who? You know, I mean pd would obviously factor in very heavily in this chief How are those how's that allocation of dollars managed? and what kind of Actually a bit of feedback Or for lack of a better word right now, what what kind of what kind of quality, you know What kind of control do we have as a council, you know in terms of feedback if say for example, we You know, I know you have a third party looking at it evaluating it But if we see something that you know, we might have a question on Where where does our input come into this process? Does that make sense? I'm not sure. I'm exactly following you if you're here Are you saying if you hear of an organization check? I mean once so to speak once we write the check Then what so go back to that slide lia if we talk about this a little bit on the I don't what it's number 14 and you and I talked about this and I talked about this with chief also The way I see the steering or what I would like to see from the steering committee I'll put like that And where you see these large grant projects that you guys have administered before is the steering committee is oftentimes Responsible for the decisions in how those grants should be distributed and who should deserve those grants and importantly at the city of Fort Worth local governments is at the table Um to Carlos's point if there are opportunities To coordinate with ccpd funding or make sure this this funding is going to go towards this project It doesn't need to be ccpd funded all that coordination would happen at a steering committee level I have to imagine that at some point this steering committee, which is a lot of people you'll You'll identify a very select group of people that probably will not be eligible for funding The city of Fort Worth is technically one of those entities, right? We're we're providing the money We need to be at the table. There are probably other people you could put that have some expertise here To help you make those grant decisions to make sure the right coordination is happening in the community Yeah, exactly. And and it's when I was mentioning that, you know, it's important for county to have a participation for the city to have participation because ultimately That's where that volunteer body comes in. It's that group Not our staff that makes the recommendations because You guys are going to be the ones getting calls getting emails. So I you know if I'm understanding Councilman flores correctly if there's something that, you know Comes to his attention that he's concerned with what's the mechanism to be able to make it known And what's the control that's in there? So the mechanism to make it known would be directly If you see in the budget, there's a project director and that person is there to work directly with the steering committee That is what one of their key responsibilities And so that person would be, you know, if you want to have know exactly who that is So that's who you would call and that person would hear exactly what the concerns were Do that research and then follow back up with you if the concern was that there's an organization that You know is either not meeting its objectives It's really our staff's responsibility to be watching those and the way that we do it with Organizations that allocate and receive funds from us right now. We have regular reporting That they provid