The Fort Worth City Council met on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 11:03 a.m. in the City Council Chamber. The meeting included multiple recognitions, approval of a large consent agenda, public hearings, zoning cases, and public comments. The meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
Good morning, good morning. Nice to see everybody. We're gonna get started here. You want to take a seat? The last person standing gets a dog. Council member Hall's running. Oh, Caroline James, I've never seen you run that fast. Okay, Jeanette, the show's yours. You can read. Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to the city council meeting. Before Mayor Parker calls the meeting to order, we ask that you please be seated and silence all electronic devices. City council meetings are conducted for the official business of the city council and to receive input from residents. Members of the public attending meetings shall observe rules of decorum and shall not engage in conduct that interferes with the ability of those present to observe or to participate in the meeting without disruption or feel fear of intimidation. For those of you who requested speak when your name is called, please come forward to the center podium. The countdown clock is displayed on the left monitor and will indicate how much time is remaining. A bell will sound when you have 30 seconds left. Before you begin your comments, please state your name. Thank you. Thank you, Jeanette, and good morning, and welcome to your Fort Worth City Council meeting. We have a very special guest today. Our mayor for a day is Mr. Case Creole. Case is 10 years old and a fourth grader at Fourth Country Day. He loves all sports, specifically baseball, football, and basketball. He loves all animals, so it's perfect timing since we're doing a uh a pet adoption day event. You could take a pet home, right? Whitney, his mom is screaming. Oh, right there. Uh he is very artsy and enjoys making and gifting friends animal fidgets on his 3D printer. He is quirky and funny. Are you quirky and funny, Case? Absolutely. And we are so honored that he's taken time away from school today to be our official mayor for the day. Now the microphone is his, and he's going to call our meeting to order. Good morning. My name is Case Creel, and I'm calling this meeting to order. Great job. Today's invocation provided by Rabbi Brian Zimmerman from Bethel Congregation. Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance. Honorable council members, mayor, each of you. I've I've, as part of our invocation today, I have brought something to show you. This is a prayer shawl, and its fringes are called seat seat. Uh seed seats are worn by some Jews on their clothes, some attach them to their belts or under their shirts. But for the majority of Jews, these are worn when they pray in the morning. And the fringes through a complicated system of math at up to 613, the number of mitsu, the number of deeds of love and kindness we hope to do during the day in our faith. There is not a well-used plural, a singular for seat seat. They are known by their plural, by their many, by the multitudes. And so when we put on a prayer shawl, they remind us that no matter how strong and passionate our differences are, we are part of a community, one group in our service toward God and toward each other. The self is essential, but the communal of the whole, the service of the greater good, most important.