District 4 June 2018 District Update

City of Fort Worth, Texas sent this bulletin at 06/15/2018 09:23 PM CDT

June 2018 | District 4 Update

Making Fort Worth the best place to live, work and play.

Our wonderful District Director, Alicia Ortiz, has a great opportunity to work abroad alongside her family.

Her husband, Neftali, is taking the F-35 Project Manager position for Lockheed-Martin in Nagoya, Japan. Alicia and their 3 youngest will join him for what will be a great experience.

Over the last 3 years, our council office has been very responsive and accomplished a ton. Alicia was key in these many successes.

Alicia has a servant’s heart and wants to continue serving the residents of Fort Worth and District 4; and we want to do all we can to make that happen.

For the next 10 months, Alicia will work from a virtual desktop. Luanne Hoppe will join our staff and be the boots on the ground at City Hall.

As far as I am concerned, given the continental date line, we now get a 14-hour head-start on everyone.

Expect more great things and thank you for allowing us to serve you at Fort Worth City Hall.

Sincerely,

Cary Moon

Welcome LuAnn to the team!

Roundabouts

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District 4 City News

Community conference to focus on the problem of homelessness and possible solutions

A community conference on homelessness is planned for 9 a.m.-noon June 30. The goal is to educate the public and to redirect charitable efforts to be more effective.

Fort Worth makes an impression during diplomatic mission to Russia

Fourteen delegates just returned from a 12-day diplomatic mission to Russia where they met with officials and local citizens to promote Fort Worth.

Fort Worth, Dallas mayors leading mission to London, Paris and Brussels

Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will lead a trade mission June 17-22 to London, Paris and Brussels to promote economic development, business opportunities and tourism throughout the DFW region.

Headlines

8,000 People Will Soon Call Downtown Fort Worth Home (NBC-5)

I-35W Construction Nearly Complete (NBC-5)

Work Underway On Fort Worth’s Next ‘Hot’ Neighborhood (CBS-11)

Town homes, upscale apartments planned for this Tex Rail station (Star-Telegram)

Police answered 38 calls to home of city worker accused in neighborhood shooting death (Star-Telegram)

A first for Texas Motor Speedway: NASCAR triple-header in the spring (Dallas Morning News)

Did you know? It's the Law

Door to Door Vendors

§ 20-145 REGULATIONS.

A door-to-door vendor shall not engage in solicitation activities:

(a) At any residence or business that has a “No Soliciting” or “No Trespassing” sign posted on the property;

(b) At any residence or business where the door-to-door vendor has been verbally informed that no solicitation of food, goods, services or merchandise is allowed; or

(c) At any residence before 9:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. Central Standard Time and after 8:00 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time, unless at the occupant’s request.

(Ord. 15245, § 1, passed 9-17-2002; Ord. 21674-03-2015, §§ 2, 3, passed 3-3-2015)

Ordinance exemptions: politics or religion do not require a permit.

“No Trespassing” or “No Soliciting” signs clearly posted should deter anyone from soliciting on your property.

§§ 30-5 OBSTRUCTING FREE USE OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS.

It shall be unlawful for any grouping or assemblage of persons, whose standing, remaining or congregating upon any public street or sidewalk shall obstruct, prevent or interfere with the free or unobstructed use of such street or sidewalk by other persons, to fail or refuse to move on or to disperse upon being ordered to do so by any police officer of the city or other peace officer.

(1964 Code, § 33-5)

§ 23-14 POSTING OF HANDBILLS, SIGNS, POSTERS OR ADVERTISEMENTS IN CERTAIN PLACES—PROHIBITED.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other than the owner of the property to post, fasten, erect or display, or cause to be posted, fastened, erected or displayed:

Any type of handbill, sign, poster or advertisement on or upon any structure, tree, pole, curb or elsewhere within the right-of-way of any public street, or upon any public property within the City of Fort Worth, without the express permission of the city council of the City of Fort Worth;

§ 30-16 LOITERING FOR PURPOSE OF BEGGING.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, remain or wander about in a public place for the purpose of begging. As used in this section, BEGGING means the solicitation of money or other valuable consideration from another person without giving consideration in return.

(1964 Code, § 27-49) (Ord. 7211, § 1, passed 8-11-1975)

§ 24-9 DOGS TO BE ON LEASH.

Dogs must be kept on a leash and under the direct physical control of the owner or handler while in any city park or recreation area. Dogs are permitted off-leash only in those portions of the park designated by the director of park and recreation as off-leash areas. Dogs must remain under the immediate personal supervision and command of the owner or handler while in off-leash areas.

(1964 Code, § 27-19(10)) (Ord. 5637, § 1; Ord. 6360, § 1, passed 8-31-1970; Ord. 6681, § 1, passed 6-5-1972; Ord. 6920, § 10, passed 10-1-1973; Ord. 6945, § 1, passed 1-14-1974; Ord. 7338, § 1, passed 4-26-1976; Ord. 8225, § 1, passed 12-3-1980; Ord. 8255, § 1, passed 1-20-1981; Ord. 15599, § 6, passed 6-24-2003; Ord. 21877-09-2015, § 1, passed 9-15-2015, eff. 10-1-2015)

Click One Address to direct yourself to the city’s portal of information regarding code, permits, violations etc.

BULK WASTE Questions on when your bulk waste collection time is? Or not sure how much you are allowed? With the Holiday season upon us, now is a good time to download the Fort Worth Garbage and Recycling app

Special Needs Assistance Program aids the entire community

Posted Jan. 4, 2018

A man-made accident, terrorist act or severe weather disaster can strike quickly and without warning. All Fort Worth residents should know what to do and quickly move to shelter in these situations, but residents with a disability can find it especially difficult to get out of harm’s way.

According to the July 2016 U.S. Census Quick Facts Report, 7.8 percent of Fort Worth residents under the age of 65 were reported to have some type of disability. That is more than 66,000 Fort Worth residents, and that number grows substantially when you add in residents 65 and older.

That is why the City of Fort Worth hosts the Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAP).

This SNAP program is not federal food stamps, but a local database that contains information about residents with disabilities who may not be able to evacuate their homes, or simply want to provide advance information on their disability to emergency first responders.

SNAP registration is available in English and Spanish, does not define or limit what a disability would be, is free to all Fort Worth residents and should be reviewed annually to keep information current.

Register online, call the Office of Emergency Management at 817-392-6170 or mail a registration request including name and contact information to: Office of Emergency Management, 200 Texas St., Fort Worth, TX 76102.

Emergency management personnel will assist residents with phone and mail registration.

Information provided in the SNAP program helps emergency management personnel plan for future disasters and provides advance knowledge of the resident’s specific disability to emergency first responders after a disaster or 911 call.

You call. We answer.

Do you have a community concern? Please call our office at 817-392-8804.

Alicia Ortiz Cary Moon

District Director District 4 Councilmember

817-392-6062 817-392-8804

Alicia.Ortiz@FortWorthTexas.Gov Cary.Moon@FortWorthTexas.Gov