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Fort Worth staff report public feedback, recommend keeping proposed 2026 bond list unchanged
Summary
Staff told the Fort Worth City Council that public engagement — including hybrid meetings, a dashboard and 177 Balancing Act submissions — largely validated the existing bond project list and recommended no major changes as council prepares to call a bond election in February.
Staff told the Fort Worth City Council that public engagement on the proposed 2026 bond largely validated the current project list and that staff was not recommending any major changes ahead of a likely bond call in February.
Christianne Simmons of the Fort Worth Lab said staff "have met on a number of occasions to hash out propositions and percentages of funding and project list" and described hybrid district meetings, a bond email inbox, story maps and a "balancing act" tool used to collect responses. April Rose Escamilla, senior capital projects officer, told council there were a little over 18,000 website views, about 260 in-person attendees across 11 district meetings, and roughly…
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