Time Running Out For Public Input On Fort Worth Bond Projects
October 21,2013
Photo: Ron Jenkins, Star-Telegram
Source: The Star-Telegram
BY CATY HIRST
chirst@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — Only a couple of weeks are remaining in the public input sessions for the proposed 2014 bond program, and the Fort Worth City Council is shaking up the proposed list with additional ideas.
With funding for public art taking heat in the community and on the council — and opinions ranging from eliminating the funding to leaving it alone — Councilman Danny Scarth is proposing a compromise.
Scarth, who represents parts of east and north Fort Worth, is suggesting that public art funding be reduced from 2 percent to 1 percent of the capital projects, taking the funding from about $5.4 million to about $2.9 million in the 2014 bond program.
In addition, he wants to take about half of the proposed funds for urban villages, transit-oriented development and enhanced community facility agreements to create a pool of about $18 million to be split evenly for projects among the council districts and the mayor, leaving $2 million for each.
“That allows us to be able to give real tangible feedback to the people we have heard from,” Scarth said.
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