Future Fridays: A Peek at Our Future Home
Without a doubt, one of the most frequently asked questions to date has been, “So who is moving to Future City Hall?”
Throughout 2021 the Future City Hall team worked to meet the city’s goal of designing an efficient, flexible and equitable concept for the building. This process included evaluating all kinds of criteria for who would relocate, including analyzing:
- What departments and divisions work most closely together and how that can benefit our community
- What the key functions of the departments are (in office work vs out in the community) and how location impacts their ability to serve the residents of Fort Worth
- How departments could physically fit together in the footprint of the new building
Pulling together a model for a building like this one is a bit like solving a multidimensional Rubik cube, with a number of variables ultimately driving the final fit. Taking the time to look at all potential options is critical in ensuring the moves make sense not only for the needs of today, but also for the needs of the future. While our teams are still diligently working on what the interior of the building will look like, how the overall building will operate and when teams will be moving, we now know who will be moving to Future City Hall.
While the Future City Hall will be a home for us all, the follow departments and their divisions are planned to make the building their main office:
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Department
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Divisions Moving
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Mayor and Council
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All Employees
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City Manager’s Office
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All Employees
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City Attorney’s Office
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Employees located at current City Hall
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City Secretary’s Office
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All Employees
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Internal Audit
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All Employees
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Communications and Public Engagement
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Employees located at current City Hall
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Development Services
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All Employees at current City Hall
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Diversity and Inclusion
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All Employees
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Economic Development
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All Employees
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Financial Management Services
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All Employees
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Fire Department
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Fire Prevention members at current City Hall only
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Human Resources
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All Employees
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Information Technology
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Administration, Desktop Engineering, Applications, Help Desk, ERP, PMO, Financial Services, Security
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Library
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Administration team at Central Library
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Neighborhood Services
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Administration, Development and Infrastructure, Housing and Community Development, Compliance and Planning, Administration and Loan Services, Community Services and Action Partners
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Park and Recreation
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All Employees at La Gran Plaza
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Planning and Data Analytics
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All Employees
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Office of the Police Oversight Monitor
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All Employees
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Property Management
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Administration, Real Estate, General Services, Facilities Management
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Transportation and Public Works
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Administration, Capital Delivery, Right of Way, Business Support, Stormwater Management, Regional Transportation, Transportation Management
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Water
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Administration, Strategic Operations, Management Services, Capital Delivery, Customer Care, Backflow and Conservation, Customer Engagement, Applications
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We look forward to sharing more later this year about what the building will look like, how we will incorporate drop-in and rotational spaces for other city staff, and what the future council chambers building will include!
You Asked, We Answered!
Each communication, we will also share questions submitted by city staff into the Future City Hall mailbox, with answers from the team. We love hearing from you, so please keep them coming!
This week's questions are:
Q: I saw that we have selected a CMAR partner, what does CMAR stand for?
A: Great question. CMAR is an acronym that stands for Construction Manager at Risk. This is a contracting method that the city uses for construction managers to help minimize the budget management risk to the city. We are excited to have our CMAR partner, Linbeck, on board!
Q: I saw a crane outside of the Future City Hall, what’s going on?
A: As part of the renovations to the building, we have begun replacing the nearly 20 year old roof, which includes 20 different roofing segments on the building. This process will run for about 60 days and will move us one step further towards occupying the building.
As always, if you have questions or thoughts on the program, please submit them to FutureCityHall@fortworthtexas.gov!
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