An engineering contract, possible runaway expansion at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport and adjustments to the Fort Worth Police Department’s Crime Control Prevention District budget were items on the March 10 city council meeting agenda.

What you need to know

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. will provide engineering work for the water and sanitary sewer main relocation project near US 287 at the Bonds Branch Road and Willow Springs Road intersections. A map of the project indicates that the work will be situated in Council District 10, adjacent to the Council District 4 border.

The contract is for $649,605, and the work is necessary after The Texas Department of Transportation proposed to reconstruct and widen US 287 from Harmon Road to the Wise County line, according to city documents.

The road expansion will require the relocation of 10-inch and 36-inch water mains and 15-inch and 21-inch sanitary sewer mains along the project. The project also includes 48-inch water relocations at FM 156 and Harmon Road and FM 156 and East Bailey Boswell Road due to paving and drainage conflicts on FM 156, according to city documents.

In addition, city documents state that the project could be in a future revenue bond for the water and sewer fund. The earliest the next bond could be called is 2030, according to previous reporting.

Also of note

The city will apply for a $1.5 million infrastructure grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for airport joint reseal, pavement improvements, relocation of Taxiway Papa fence and road and extension of Taxiway Papa. The city’s matching protein would be $172,590, according to city documents.

According to the FAA, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 will provide funding to modernize infrastructure, increase equity in transportation, help fight climate change, strengthen the supply chain and create jobs.

The airport is located in the AllianceTexas development. The project, if approved, would approve a service road and security fence relocation near Runway 16R-34L on the west side of the airport. The work will also include grading and earthwork needed for future phases of the Taxiway Papa extension project. The fourth phase would add 1,340 feet on Taxiway Papa on the west side of the airport.

The anticipated requirement is 95% federal funding and 5% cost share, but the FAA could require a 90% to 10% share, according to city documents. Council approved the 10% match to ensure timely acceptance of the grant and avoid project delays if additional funding would be needed.

What else?

Fort Worth City Council approved $1.85 million in changes for the Crime Control and Prevention District budget for fiscal year 2025-26.

Increases were for the following items:

$109,405 for the Enhanced Response Initiative and for the Comprehensive Crime Project; a decrease in the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Initiative by the same amount$912,986 in equipment, technology and infrastructure initiative; a decrease in the recruitment and training initiative by the same amount$892,860 for use of available funds for a proportionate contribution toward an offset of the Group Health Insurance Fund’s deficit$68,480 reallocated from Neighborhood Crime Prevention Initiative to create the Constitutional Policing ProgramCity Council approved a contract with the University of Texas-San Antonio for a comprehensive crime reduction strategies research and implementation project in December, according to previous reporting.

The $912,986 will go toward replacing radios for current officers rather than new recruits, who would be issued radios that were previously purchased, according to city documents. The group health insurance fund was operating with a deficit and each fund that pays employees salaries and benefits, including the CCPD, was asked to help offset the deficit on a proportionate share.

The Constitutional Policing Unit was established in December, according to a news release. The CPU is a strategic initiative to improve legality, accountability, transparency and continuous learning across regulations, procedures, training and operations, according to the police department’s website.

The CPU director is a civilian position or a non-commissioned officer. The department will include a Fort Worth Police Department lieutenant and a part-time criminologist to provide analytic methods and quality assurance.