City Plan Commission - Regular Meeting

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Okay, we're gonna go ahead and get started. Call this meeting to order. July 30th, 2026 meeting for the Fort Worth City Plan Commission. I'm gonna turn it over to Stephen Murray for announcements.

Good morning and welcome to the July 30, 2026 in-person meeting of the City of Fort Worth Planning Commission. The commission meets monthly in open session to conduct public hearings on advertised cases. Specific rules and procedures governing these hearings include the city subdivision ordinance, city planning commission rules, regulations, and bylaws, and related provisions of the Texas state law. The commission's primary responsibilities are to review and act upon subdivision plans and plats, street and alley right-of-way vacations and closures, annexation, comprehensive planning, and other land development issues affecting the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction area. The commission is made up of 11 Fort Worth citizens, each of whom are appointed by the city council. A quorum of six of the 11 members must be present in order to conduct commission business. Nine members are present today, therefore the hearing may proceed. Seated at the center of the table is Commissioner CJ Johnson, or Vice Chair CJ Johnson. And other commission members present are Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Lamberth, Commissioner Henderson, Commissioner Sims, Commissioner Kelly, Commissioner Risher, Commissioner Reed, and Commissioner Gillette. Staff members present today are Alex Parks, Alex Rodriguez, Rich McCracken, Jessica Williams, Alex Johnson, Michelle Pena, Barbara Soltero, Leo Valencia, Christopher Thorntons to present. And I think that's it. My name is Steven Murray, I'm the planning manager and a facilitator of today's meeting. Copies of the meeting's agenda and staff reports are included in the commission's document and are available on the city's website. The staff reports have been compiled by the city's development review committee to inform the commission and applicants of city code requirements and technical issues associated with the cases to be heard. Today's public hearing are being documented by cable television and streamed on the internet. To achieve an orderly and timely meeting, we request that you observe the following rules and procedures. All cases are called. Applicants and others in support of the case will be asked to present their testimony first for a total of five minutes. Opposing testimony will follow and be given a total of seven minutes. The applicant will be allowed two minutes for rebuttal. Each side will be allowed a collective total of seven minutes for initial presentations. We have Barbara Sotero keeping time today. Prior to addressing the commission, clearly state your name. All dialogue will only occur between the speaker and the commission. Upon the Chairman's initial closure of the case, the Commission will remain in open session to discuss and vote upon the case. No further public testimony or commentary will be allowed. Be advised that the Commission's decision on platting matters is final. Action on other docket items constitute a recommendation to the City Council. If you need additional information about a particular case, please call the Development Services Department at 817-392-8027. Thank you for your attention. Mr. Chairman, Vice Chair, Commissioners, the first order of the business is the approval of the minutes from the June meeting.

Thank you, Mr. Murray. If there are no questions, I'll entertain a motion for approval of the minutes. I motion to approve. Second. I have a motion and a second. Let's do a voice vote. All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Murray?

Aye. All right, first case is VA-2605, Vacation of a Portion of Sandshell Boulevard, Right-of-Way, located north of Basswood Boulevard, on waiver request section 3163E6A, Street Vacation Recommendation Expiration. Council District 4, general location is north of Basswood Boulevard, south of Thompson Road, east of I-35W and west of Old Denton Road. Applicant is Dunaway, Mario Santos.

Okay, I thought you had PowerPoint open. All right, so, oh yeah, there we go, okay. Yeah, this case has already been continued a few times. They're still in discussion with transportation on the actual, see if I can get to it, the actual exhibit, Transportation is requiring them to retain some of this right of way for a planned signaling and the intersection. So at this time, we're still recommending a continuance until they figure that out. And there is, there was some discussion with the MRN, which I think they may still be possibly proposing to amend. But at this time, we're recommending continuance per TDS comments.

Sorry, question. Is this holding up development planning application while waiting on this vacation to be continued over and over again? Is this holding up other development filings because this vacation keeps getting continued?

No, it shouldn't be holding anything up. It's just there's been discussion between TDS and the applicant and they haven't figured out the proper way to do the exhibit at this time. They're still trying to work it out.

This isn't holding up development?

What's the goal? What are they trying to do here? I mean, it looks like it's just an empty lot.

Trying to vacate a little portion of the street based on the, if you look on there, there's that, maybe show right there.

There's a little stub out there that they're trying to vacate because typically we require them to extend the street if it stubs out on the property, but they're choosing to vacate it instead.

And sometimes through the development process, these types of things happen where there's still work that needs to be done. That's why we're requesting a continuance.

Any other questions? Okay, I'll close the public meeting and entertain a motion to continue.

I move to continue case VA-26005 to the October 8th, 2026 meeting. I'll second.

I have a motion and a second. Voice vote, please.

Commissioner Adams, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Lambert, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Henderson, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Sims, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Kelly, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Richard, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Gillette, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Reed, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Johnson, how do you vote? Yes. Motion passes.

Okay, next case is FS25120, Oakhurst. Waiver request section 31106C3, street design standards, three lots, council district 11. General location is north of Daisy Lane, east of Bluebird Avenue, and west of Bluebonnet Drive. Applicant is Topographic Company, Forest Nance.

All right, so with this one, this is final short applied. It's just three lots. It's currently technically three different homes. over multiple different lots and they're essentially cleaning up the site with this replot. But since the street there with Steria Court is only 28 feet in width, we typically require them to do the minimum 50 feet for local residential roads, but they're requesting to not have to dedicate the additional right-of-way. I'll let the applicant go into more detail as to why, but their reasoning is basically that they don't wanna remove some of the developable area in the front of their homes right there. But yes, they're requesting a waiver to not extend the, or dedicate additional right-of-way.

And it's an existing street, correct, Alex?

Right, right, yeah. Right. And it's a cul-de-sac, so at this time, we're recommending approval of the waiver.

Any questions? Is there any neighborhood opposition

I had a few calls. People were curious what was going on, but I mean, I explained it to them and they seemed understanding and they didn't have an issue with it.

Okay.

Is the applicant present? Yes, sir. Would you please come forward?

Forrest Nance, 4817 Inwood Road, Fort Worth, Texas, 76109. I'm representing the property owners on the plat application. As discussed, this road was originally platted in 1926, so right at 100 years ago. They're not proposing any redevelopment or any other changes to the property or changes to the existing houses. So we felt that having to dedicate additional right of way would adversely affect the existing lots and landscaping and buildable areas of the house if they were to choose to remodel or anything like that.

Any questions of the applicant?

Just to be clear, this still remains three separate lots? Yes, sir. These are three separate property owners you're representing?

There are three lots, two of which are owned by the Calabrese's and then there's another lot that's owned by the McDowell's. Okay, thank you.

No other questions? Thank you. Any other speakers in favor of or opposed If not, I'll close the public hearing and entertain a motion for approval of the waiver.

All right, I'll go ahead and motion for the approval of a waiver section 31-106 of the subdivision ordinance to permit a 28 foot cross section rather than the minimum required 50 foot cross section for Wistoria Court and conditional approval of the final plat upon meeting the comments of the staff report. Second.

I have a motion to approve by Commissioner Reicher and a second by Commissioner Sims. I'll take a vote, please.

Commissioner Adams, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Lambert, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Henderson, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Sims, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Kelly, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Richard, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Gillette, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Reed, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Johnson, how do you vote? Yes. Motion passes.

Next case, FS26151, Wedonlee Subdivision, Waiver Request Section 31102 , Interconnectivity of Neighborhoods, One Lot, Council District 10. General location is north of 287, south of Avondale-Hazlitt Road, east of Bates-Aston Road, and west of Francis Anne Court. The applicant is Urban Infrastructure Group, Cameron Kimball. All right, so this is just one lot that they're proposing.

reason that we're here is because as you can see there on the northeast portion of the property that street stubs out and we typically require applicants to extend the street through the site but they're requesting a waiver to that requirement. So I've received a few calls on this one. People have been curious what they're proposing but I don't believe there's been any opposition. There was one letter that where the person, I think they may be misunderstood what was being proposed. So it may have been documented as opposition, but technically what they were saying was actually approval for it. So as far as I'm aware, there hasn't been any opposition, just a lot of people in the community were curious on this one. But at this time, we're recommending approval since they're proposing an industrial site and I don't think people in the neighborhood would wanna be tied in and it wouldn't make sense for an industrial site to be connected into the neighborhood as well. So recommending approval.

Thank you. Is the applicant present? Please come forward. Any comments?

No, it's fairly simple. My name is Cameron Kimball. We're with Urban Infrastructure Group. We're the engineering consultants on this one. The biggest thing is the subdivision ordinance list that it's like to provide future connection with adjoining unplanted lands, right? You gotta be considerate of the properties around it, but we're basically landlocked. We have a railroad on the north side, we have 287, and then that neighborhood. And then as Mr. Johnson mentioned, it is gonna be light industrial, very simple warehouse, under 10,000 square feet, more of a terminal facility, And so we don't wanna extend that road, mess with that neighborhood. And the second part, where that road is, there is a massive watershed and existing drainage system.

Bring up the map.

Yeah, okay, so you see on the north side of the property, you see that like indention, that's an existing channel. It's roughly a 200 acre watershed that actually goes through our property as well, then goes into that neighborhood. So our design and our development, we don't even wanna touch that area. We don't even wanna mess with it, because the amount of adverse impacts and drainage studies that will be required to make those improvements. And so all of our development is closer to 287. And again, there's really no point to extend that road, and not to mention if we extend that road, There is a Bates-Aston road that doesn't actually exist. And so if we extend Susan K., we would also have to extend Bates-Aston all the way up to Hazlitt and even further north. And to service what? There's no adjoining lands. There's no future development. It would just be a road for almost no reason at an extreme cost for this small of a development. So we do think it's unnecessary at this time.

Thank you. Any questions for the applicant?

Yeah, one thing that's unclear to me is what is the access path for this development? Because it looks like it's no access roads to the highway there. Yes.

The current plan is to work with TxDOT. The 287 is a service road that actually ends approximately 2,000 feet. like south, there's a neighboring church, and so that church extended the road to their property, stopped it, so we're gonna pick it up where they stopped it, run it down to us. And that will serve us as our access road and all of that.

All right, that's a good plan, thank you.

Any other questions? If not, I will close the public hearing and entertain a motion. Commissioner Kelly.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WAIVER TO SECTION 31-102B2 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO NOT REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF SUSAN K. LANE TO THE PLAT BOUNDARY AND TO CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE PLAT OF THE FINAL PLAT UPON THE MEETING, UPON MEETING THE COMMENTS IN THE STAFF REPORT.

SECOND. I have a motion by Commissioner Kelly and a second by Commissioner Henderson. Let's take a vote, please.

Commissioner Adams, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Lambert, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Henderson, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Sims, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Kelly, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Richard, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Gillette, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Reed, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Johnson, how do you vote? Yes. Motion passes.

Next case, PP26024, Pioneer Point Crossing. Waiver request, Section 31102 , interconnectivity of neighborhoods, nine commercial lots, Council District 7. General location is north of Bailey Boswell Road, south of Blacksmith Avenue, and east of Boat Club Road, and west of General Store Way. Applicant is Kimley Horne.

Morning, Chair, Commissioners. Okay, so we have a nine lot commercial subdivision consisting of about 20 acres here, and what they're requesting a waiver on is not to have to connect to Butter Churn Drive on the north side. Reason being is that according to their concept plan, they are proposing a grocery store right there, and the groceries, the rear of the grocery store is going to be facing what could have been the connection to Butter Churn Drive. And so that's the reason why they didn't want to connect because having that traffic of day-to-day deliveries with trucks going in and out of there and stuff like that, it really didn't make sense to have that combined with regular oncoming traffic mixed in with that. So they're proposing to not have to connect to that. That's basically it.

It will be providing pedestrian access, however, so that if folks from the neighborhood want to walk to the grocery store or whatever, we are requesting that they provide that.

That would be a sidewalk from off Butterchurn?

That's correct.

Ask, is there a change in future land use between when this development residential is done? Since the stub out's there, it's a little odd.

When I looked at the map, they're pretty consistent with what's zoned now as neighborhood commercial. Future land use says it's going to be neighborhood commercial as well. There it is right there.

Is that it? Is the applicant present?

Good morning. I'm Steve Gregory with Maloof Interest. The purpose for this is to develop a Tom Thumb anchored grocery store and two 15,000 square foot shopping centers adjacent to it. As you said, the property is currently zoned. It just didn't make sense to us. This will be our sixth project with Tom Thumb in the last eight years to create a connection for people to drive into the neighborhood to go back and forth to the shopping center and create a cut-through access point. We've worked with TechStyle to create a left-in, left-out on Boat Club. And we're working Encore with a access easement underneath their power lines. And we prefer everybody use those access points and not cut through people's neighborhoods and homes as a shortcut. But we are proposing keeping a sidewalk so the neighbors can walk back and forth. And this project is proposed to move forward immediately upon your approval with permits.

Any questions for the applicant?

I just want to say I appreciate that full explanation, clearing its ice. Sounds like a great plan.

Any other speakers in favor of or against? Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and entertain a motion. Commissioner Henderson.

Can I get the language on screen? All right, I'd like to make a motion to approve PP 26024, approval of a waiver to section 31-102 of subdivision ordinance to not require extension of Butterchurn Drive through the Platte. And second, conditional approval of the final Platte upon meeting the comments in the staff report.

Second. I have a motion by Commissioner Henderson and a second by Commissioner Reed. Take a vote please.

Commissioner Adams, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Lambert, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Henderson, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Simms, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Kelly, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Richard, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Gillette, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Reed, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Johnson, how do you vote? Yes. Motion passes.

Excuse me. Next case, VA 26012, physical closure of a portion of Hawks Landing Road north of West Bonds Ranch Road, Council District 10. General location is north of West Bonds Ranch Road, east of Fossil Springs Drive, and south of Ayersbrook Court, applicant is City of Fort Worth.

Good morning, Commissioners. So this one's a little unique, and normally when we're doing vacations, it's for the actual removal of the right-of-way. In this instance, we have a closure here. And this closure is... Some of the folks in the neighborhood don't really understand the purpose of the closure and we're a little upset and don't think that it's a good idea, but it's tied to a much larger project. There's a whole lot of transportation improvements coming to this area and this just happens to be one of them. Ultimately, there's going to be a bridge that goes over the railroad tracks along Bonds Ranch Road that ties into the bridge that then goes over 287. And that project's not supposed to start until 2029. In their interim, there's a lot of other improvements that are being made to Bonds Ranch Road to the west and then to Wagley Robertson leading back up to 287 along with Frontage Road construction on 287. There should be a representative here from Transportation Public Works to help brief you on all of these things.

Thank you.

It should be getting better before it gets worse, essentially, is the idea. Because in 2029, when this is physically closed, just one second, Alex. Hopefully, all of these other things would have been done by now. So in essence, it will get better before it gets worse. Here's the exhibit. Here's the recommendation. It's pretty straightforward. But I would rather Alex from TPW give you insight on what's going on.

Thanks, Alex. Welcome, Alex.

Good morning, I'm Alex, number two. I'm Alejandra Ayala with TPW Capital Delivery, and I'm here to request approval of this closure. And before I get to the details of it, we're gonna go to slide number two so I can give you a little brief overview, very fast run-through of what TPW Capital Delivery has been working on with Tarrant County the Texas Department of Transportation, and North Central Texas Council of Governments. Bonds Ranch Road between Morris-Diddle, FM 1220, Boat Club Road, they're all called, all three names, between there and Highway 287, U.S. Highway 287 on the east is eventually going to be a four-lane divided roadway. It's going to be constructed in seven different phases. Segment one, which starts on the west, is the purple roadway. That's going to be built by developers. And we don't have a set schedule. There's a lot of moving parts because we have various developers coming in to build their residential and commercial units through that area. So segment one is from Morris-Dydle all the way to Business Highway 287, which is also Saginaw Boulevard. At Saginaw Boulevard and Bonds Ranch is segment two. That is being designed right now by Tarrant County and the North Central Texas Council of Governments. In the future, we're still working at looking at schematics. That's also going to have a bridge. So they're going to have to bridge the BNSF Railroad and also Business Highway 287 with TxDOT, and they're going to have to move a railroad in order to achieve that connection, that bridge, because we have to get it away from the Hicks Airfield abrogation easement. because they do, that's in the flight path for those small planes that come in and out of there. Segment three is gonna pick up wherever this bridge touches down, which is the pink area, and that is going to be two lane divided all the way to Wagley-Robertson Road. That one does have a tentative schedule, I believe, of 2029. Right now, Tarrant County is paying for the design in the future with the 2029. 2026 bond the city did get 41 million to construct it so we're going to pick it up from design and probably go into construction in 2029 we still have to obtain right away and move franchise utilities on that area then we get to segment four which is that green area and this is why this is going to be a critical component to this request i'm where tbw is about to start construction on that next month we're currently routing a construction contract for signatures. We're gonna widen that section between Wagley-Robertson Road to the Fossil Creek, which is just west of Hawks Landing. That's gonna be a four-lane divided roadway. We're also gonna make improvements to Wagley-Robertson Road to the north. In the future, Segment five is going to have a bridge over the BNSF railroad in 2029 and all of this Construction is to help us prepare for shutting down that road in two years three years eventually, we're gonna have to Make cars are gonna have to make a left or right on to Wagley Robertson Road travel north to business to highway 287 and In 2027, TxDOT is going to start construction on extending a frontage road to connect Wagley Robertson Road to the freeway. They're also making improvements along that TxDOT corridor between Bonds Ranch Road all the way up north to West Blue Mound Road because there's a lot of capacity improvements that need to happen with the closure of Bonds Ranch. We've got to be able to take you know, vehicular traffic in and out of this area in a safe manner. So those things are coming in 2027. They are planning on reconstructing the bridge at Bonds Ranch Road and put in a six-lane bridge and be able to take out those roundabouts that currently exist there. So all of these capacity improvements are to prepare us for what's coming in 2029, which is the Bonds Ranch Road closure to build this bridge over the BNSF Railroad. Next slide.

I have a question. Did you say segment three is going to be two lane, not four lane?

It's four lane divided.

It is, segment three is four lane, so is it? Yes, all of it will be. Segment one, segment two, segment three, okay. Yes.

Thank you.

Well, I have a question as well. So segment three is not scheduled to be four lane until 2029, that's when it starts?

Yes, that's where tentative construction start.

Are you concerned about any bottleneck from that segment four?

We plan to be finished by the time they go to construction, and the good thing about segment three is that we already have the right-of-way, so we can build a road to the north in the right-of-way that does not have a street while we leave the two lanes that are currently there open for traffic.

Okay. Thank you.

So I have a question for you. So I drive that area all the time and the construction never stops. And you're saying now they're gonna rip out the roundabouts that they just put in. So why did they spend the money to put the roundabouts in there to rip them out?

That was a temporary solution that came in because a street, stoplights did not work there. also stops.

The roundabouts don't work either. I kind of want to bring back the focus to what we're kind of talking about. This is kind of an overview of the overall proposed, we can talk about roundabouts later, but I really want to bring back the focus to the current closure and what you're doing to ensure residents have better access in that neighborhood. So can we go to the next slide?

So this is just a brief little schematic of of how this bridge is gonna go over the railroad. As you can see, it's gonna be pretty tall because we gotta span it and be able to come back down to earth before we get to Fossil Springs Kittering Road. Next slide. I kind of blew up the area that's impacting Hawks Landing. Right about in the middle of the screen, you'll see Hawks Landing to the north. Right at that point, the walls to this bridge are about seven feet up in the air, which requires closure of this intersection. And also, there is not a safe way to be able to connect traffic there with whatever right of way is left. It just doesn't fit. So we decided to close this road. I did meet with the board in May along with TxDOT to explain the need to close it because we're gonna have a bridge there in the future. And so the only thing they requested was for us to put in a pedestrian connectivity to the sidewalks that are gonna be connected close to Fossil Springs Kittering Road on the west side. and we plan to comply with that request. They'll have a shared use path connecting the neighborhood to pedestrian traffic who wants to go walk to the Kroger or the QT or any other area within that neighborhood. Next slide. So here's how we plan to mitigate the traffic because that has been the biggest question that I have had so far. So there's this little, what I call the triangle, that is the Dorado Ranch triangle. In the future, Hawks Landing to the north is gonna remain open. With the construction that's coming next month, we plan to make interim improvements. And we've studied the corridor with traffic and did some traffic analysis and determined that we're gonna need a stoplight at Hawks Landing in the future because once we start pulling traffic off of Bonds Ranch, it's going to be critical for people to be able to make a right out of Hawks Landing, head north to the future connection with Wagley-Robertson Road. And also, this closure won't happen until 2029. So by then, we will have all the TxDOTS improvements in place. We will have our project, our city project completed, and these connections in place for people that live in that triangle piece to be able to get onto Wagley-Robertson Road and get onto Highway 287. And that has been the main concern from the residents and the emails that I have been answering. But we do have a plan, we're working closely with TxDOT to make sure connectivity to Highway 287 is in place before we even think about closing down Bonds Ranch Road to build a bridge over the BNSF.

Can you briefly discuss neighborhood discussions and how have you met with the neighborhood?

I did, TxDOT and the city met with the Dorada Ranch HOA board. They were pretty much understanding of the situation, pretty much understand that we had to close it for safety reasons. And the only thing they requested is for us to leave a pedestrian access to the shared use pass that we'll be constructing with Bonds Ranch Road.

Last question, and this closure takes effect 2029? 2029, yes.

Relatedly, the construction date on Wagley-Robertson to connect with Bonds Ranch is still TBD on this. Do you have a better date than TBD and when those signals will be going into?

On this corridor, it'll probably be in the next 18 months.

Okay. Now, would the signals be out at the same time as that?

We plan to add the signals. We're going to probably look at the traffic to see if they're needed at this time.

Okay.

Because it is one of those things that we're just going to have to watch. Because we are connecting, you know, right now Wagley Robertson dead ends at the corner of Bonds Ranch and Wagley. That connection is going to be in place. So in the future, you know, we plan to add a signal at Fossil Springs, which is very needed right now. that the signal at Bonds Ranch and Wagley will become a four-legged intersection. And then we're gonna add another signal at Hawks Landing.

Yeah, just was my concern about once that connection is made with that intersection, that the Hawks Landing gets a signal at the same time in the plan. Did you say it's gonna be no traffic studies?

Yeah, we have some preliminary numbers. That light really may not be needed until 2029, but we're gonna go ahead and put it in now. and just watch the traffic because I have a feeling a lot of these folks are going to want to go north to get on Highway 287, then deal with the traffic, I mean the train, until 2029.

I had a quick question for you. So you mentioned that you guys have spoke to the HOA board. Were there any notices sent out to all residents affected by that neighborhood?

There were, as part of this, there's a 300-foot notice requirement for property owners, but there's also neighborhood organizations within a half mile that are notified.

Perfect. And did you receive any responses from those notices that were sent out from the neighbors?

Yes, I did. A lot of them had a lot of questions. I thought that the HOA might have presented this closure to their people on one of their meetings and I'm not sure if they did or not, because I received about five emails asking questions on how are we gonna get out of this neighborhood.

So I think it may be a good idea, and this is just a recommendation, that you guys maybe set up some type of a neighborhood meeting, just an open meeting to discuss what's going on with the project, any concerns they had. That way I think you'll receive less pushback during the time of your implementation of the project.

My pre-construction public meeting for the Bonds Ranch Road widening is Wednesday at the Betsy Price Community Center. It starts at six. I am asking TxDOT to come and Tarrant County because a lot of people, based on the previous public meetings we've had, they have a lot of questions about this corridor. And so we're gonna bring in our partners and join us at that meeting. And we're gonna discuss the construction and phasing of Bonds Ranch and how we're not gonna shut down any roads while we're under construction, we can't. And also answer questions on connectivity to highway, U.S. Highway 287 in the future.

And that's next Wednesday at 6 p.m.?

Wednesday evening, yes, sir.

Thank you. Good morning.

I just wanted to add one last statement regarding to the need for the closure. I'm Raul Lopez, and I'm the engineering manager that oversees the major roadway, capital improvements in Fort Worth. Alex works in my team. So this is one of those situations where we, they say difficult decision, right? It's either we close the road or we can't build that bridge. For as long as I've occupied the position that I hold today, engineering manager, we've had complaints about all the residents in this area. What are you gonna do about those train crossings that hold us back for two and three and four cycles? We'll build a bridge. For us to be able to build a bridge, when I say awesome, I mean TxDOT, council of government, funding agency and city of Fort Worth, we have to collapse the road because it's physically not possible to have the bridge and the access through that road. So that's the reason why we're closing the road.

Perfect, thank you. Any other speakers in favor of? Any speakers here opposed to it? Seeing none, I will close the, I'm sorry, got a question.

I just want to commend y'all for doing all y'all can to get the word out and for folks to come to the meeting. It's not y'all, you know, don't hold your head down. If don't nobody show up, you're doing all you can. So y'all just move along what y'all got to do.

A comment to staff. Thank you very much for the full context of what the plan was here because closing down this access, of course, without having an open intersection with Ragley-Robertson would be pretty terrible for the Hawks Landing neighborhood. I'll appreciate the phasing timelines put into this with the signals. It's really going to make a huge improvement for public safety access in this neighborhood, which has been a long time, as far as I can remember, 15 plus year serious problem. So thank you. That's coming forward.

Perfect. Any other questions or comments?

I just had one more question about the roundabouts that are there on that. I guess that could be segment five.

At the QT?

Well, I read that we're putting in signals. Is that correct? Do you know the timeline on that?

They plan to start construction on that phase in 2027. TxDOT's telling me it's going to be about 18 months. I thought that was a little aggressive for putting in that big bridge that's coming in. but at this point, that's what they're telling me, 18 to 20 months.

Great, thank you so much.

Any other questions, comments? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing and entertain a motion. Can we get the language up on the screen?

I make a motion for the approval of the recommendation to the City Council for the physical closure of Hawks Landing Road at Bonds Ranch Road.

I'll second. I have a motion by Commissioner Kelly and a second by Commissioner Risher. I take a vote.

Commissioner Adams, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Lambert, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Henderson, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Sims, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Kelly, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Richard, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Gillette, how do you vote? Yes. Commissioner Reed, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Johnson, how do you vote? Yes. Motion passes.

I think that concludes our meeting. This meeting is now adjourned.