Remarks by Carlos Flores
34 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I see the mic is being put into my face. Thank you, Jeanette. Mayor and Council, it's my pleasure to stand here for you with my colleague on Council, Jeanette Martinez, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. It's more than just a noteworthy month. It does represent traditions, people, cultures that continue to enrich our great nation. And I think that we would be remiss if we don't take some time and acknowledge just how special You know, this nation is just how great Fort Worth is to live and to raise a family. So on this occasion, Jeanette Martinez and I worked on a special recognition to…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mayor Parker, we want to give you the opportunity to say some words. I know that you were busy at a board meeting and couldn't attend our celebration out in the lobby.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, let's get the first slide up. All right, on the first slide, I spent some time supporting the Northside Steers football team for Northside High School, and in turn, the Northside High Legacy Foundation, which raises funds to give a lot of support to the school and the athletics program, as well as the PTA side of things, Northside High School Steers. So we're supporting them for media day. You know, the team is going through some rebuilding, but their spirit is high. Second slide. Right. I joined the Fort Worth Public Library at Diamond Hill for our guest speaker reading program.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, thank you, Mayor. All right, I have a few here. So, Mayor and Council request your consideration to reappoint the following individuals to the respective boards below with the terms effective as I will read. Maximilian Nielsen, first term beginning September 15, 2026 and ending October 1, 2028 on the Aviation Advisory Board. Sergio Garza, first term beginning September 15, 2026 and ending October 1, 2028 for the Board of Adjustment. Janet Lane, first term, beginning September 15, 2026 and ending September 30, 2028, Building Standards Commission. Andrew Bearden, first term,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. On this item, I move to close the public hearing and move that the property tax rate be increased by adoption of a tax rate of 0.70565, which is effectively a 5.26% increase in the tax rate.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just wanted to add one thing. Go ahead, Carlos. Just for the sake of clarification. Again, a tax rate increase does not automatically mean that taxpayers will pay more. It's really involved in how properties are appraised nowadays and the property values have been appraised lower. And again, I think this council is unanimous in its concern about how we spend our public dollars.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Move to approve with the clarification that council is endorsing council member Peoples to serve on the advocacy committee of the NLC board.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, well, I was going to go ahead and do that, but if it's already done, let's just move on.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think it's only if there's opposition, Mayor. I'm not sure.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you for the invitation here for the sake of our council members. I am not supporting zoning commission recommendation for denial. Instead, I am going to change the zoning from G to I. So that allows a use by right. And what is that use? Warehouse and office use. This follows a lot of discussion with the development staff. I appreciate you, DJ, and your staff members and the developer about estimated traffic counts for uses such as multifamily, mixed use, and warehouse uses, which clearly show that lower counts for this use, for the warehouse use. This is supported by the residence HOA…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, everyone, let's get settled in and we'll get the meeting started. I'm sorry, I made the baby cry, I think. All right, good morning, everybody, and welcome to the Public Safety Committee meeting for Tuesday, September 1st. I'll call the meeting to order. First item of business is the approval of the June 2nd, 2026 minutes. Do I have a motion? Okay, motion is second. Any changes, amendments to it? All in favor say aye. Aye. All right, any nays? Seeing none, they pass. Next up, we have the fire department, Fort Worth Lab, telling us about recommended changes to the fire and EMS fees.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Mia, Michael, any questions? All right, I have one, Chief. I'm curious, coming from the time you and I served on the MedStar board, we were talking about, you know, tiered approach to ALS and BLS. Currently, right now, as it stands, what is our current call volume distribution between ALS and BLS?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, that's all right. Thank you, sir. I guess you had more in your presentation to continue. Yes, sir. Please.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“As far as those facilities, it's also a question of them having the not just available personnel, right,”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's a reasonable expectation of those facilities.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Any questions over the options, board members? All right, roll.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, any questions from the committee members? All right, there is one thing that I do need to, I guess circle back on, back to the options on page 16 in your presentation, Chief. Yes, sir. Even though it's not an action item per se, you do want some direction from us, given you, right, as far as what percentage range it would be in?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, because as it stands right now, In reading the titles, option one's 5%, option two, 66%. I mean, that's a rather large range.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, well. What kind of position would you be in if we looked at somewhere in the middle of that range, say 20, 30%?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, well, I think at this point, if we go around the table and get input from our committee members, it might be in order. Elizabeth, any thoughts on that? Where you might have a preference in planning?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Have any of those conversations that Councilwoman Beck is referring to, Chief, to your knowledge, have they occurred? Have we had any conversations with them?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Sounds like a good approach. One thing that I want to notate, we are not having a public safety meeting in October. So we would end up having to, you know, based on whatever you present to us, it would be in November, correct? Correct.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, because of course on October 1st, FY27 begins. But what I'm understanding is we can make a decision like that and not necessarily- Christian probably knows more about the budget than I do. For the Public Safety Committee and do it in- No, no, I don't think so.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Could we do an email approach? That is, could you send it to the committee members via email once you get that information, then have us opine? Would that be possible? Is that legal?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026