Rachel Behrndt | Fort Worth Report

The city was familiar with the title company and felt comfortable taking on the purchase on an expedited timeline, Gutt said in a statement.

Commissioners vote to provide $8 million of federal COVID-19 relief dollars instead of the original $11 million. The city of Fort Worth will step in and offer $2 million.

Proponents said the project addressed pressing need in underserved community.

The ordinance mostly maintains the rules previously established by the city. Council members voted unanimously to continue to allow short-term rentals only in mixed-use and commercial areas.

The city is moving forward, though, because Fort Worth is in desperate need of a better convention center and expanded hotel options downtown, according to Bob Jameson, president and CEO of Visit Fort Worth.

Fort Worth City Council will not rename White Settlement Road – at least not any time soon.

The names will be reviewed by a committee of members from the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tarrant Regional Water District, Streams & Valleys and Visit Fort Worth. The committee will then select five names to put forward for public voting, the city said.

Fort Worth City Council chose to keep its ban on short-term rentals in residential areas, which has been a hot button issue for months. The council will also vote on a registration ordinance in January that requires legal short-term rentals in mixed-use and commercial areas to register with the city and pay hotel occupancy tax.

Voters denied a raise for Fort Worth City Council members Saturday, once again signaling a hesitancy to enshrine higher council pay in the city’s charter.

Politics is more present in people’s everyday lives than it has ever been before, O’Hare said, so local politics naturally becomes more political.