City Of Fort Worth: Four Public Hearings Set On Proposed Redistricting Map

Dallas TX

10 February, 2022

4:58 PM

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Press release from City of Fort Worth: February 10, 2022 The City Council will conduct a special work session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, to consider changes in the initial redistricting map recommended by the Redistricting Task Force and to produce a proposed map that will be presented to the public. The work session will be in Room 2020 at City Hall, 200 Texas St. The meeting is open to the public and will be available for online viewing. Residents who wish to speak in-person or virtually should register using the information below. In the coming weeks, four public hearings will be conducted to receive public comment on the selected map: Monday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m. Heritage Church Sanctuary, 4201 Heritage Trace Parkway. Thursday, Feb. 24, 6 p.m. Como Community Center Large Community Room, 4660 Horne St. Monday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m. Victory Forest Community Center Large Community Room, 3427 Hemphill St. Thursday, March 3, 6 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Large Community Room, 5565 Truman Drive. Monday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m. Heritage Church Sanctuary, 4201 Heritage Trace Parkway. Residents may address Council in-person only at one of these four public hearings. All of the public hearings will be recorded and posted online, but will not be livestreamed. Advance registration to speak at all of these meetings is required and must be received no later than two hours before the posted start time of the public hearing. You may register in these ways: Online using the speaker card. To register online, click on the "agenda" for the meeting date; open the document and then click on Speaker/Comment card. Call the City Secretary's Office at 817-392-6150. Complete a speaker card in-person in the City Secretary's Office at City Hall no later than two hours before the start of the meeting. A final redistricting map is expected to be approved in late March ahead of the May 2023 municipal elections. Learn more about redistricting in Fort Worth. Sign up for updates.     Get articles like this in your inbox. Subscribe to City News.   This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author's own.