June 2026 Report

Fort Worth's June 9 council session deployed $371.5M across a $104M bond authorization, $98.5M in grants, and $169M in direct spending, dominated by transportation and water infrastructure.

Trend: Fort Worth is layering state and federal co-financing onto bond capacity at scale; accelerating infrastructure awards will increase future debt service obligations and construction activity through at least 2027.

The June 9 session featured five sole-source agreements, a full RFP rejection for disaster recovery home repair, and a 10-year private management contract for Will Rogers Memorial Center worth over $8M annually.

Fort Worth approved over $70M in transportation contracts in a single session, authorized a $104M certificate of obligation notice, and unanimously adopted a new Master Transportation Plan.

Trend: 2022 Bond Program construction is accelerating; the $104M CO notice signals a new financing tranche for the next capital phase.

Circle C Construction Company led over $16M in utility awards; the council authorized eminent domain for a north Fort Worth 54-inch water main and applied for a $55M state water supply grant.

Trend: Concurrent utility replacement, major transmission expansion, and flood mitigation investments signal a broad infrastructure modernization push across multiple council districts.

The council adopted $9.7M in CCPD budget amendments, authorized a $2M FIFA World Cup FEMA subaward, and approved fire and police contracts covering medical supplies, apparatus, software, and detention services.

The council expanded PFAS treatment engineering to $10.5M, accepted $2.18M in DOE weatherization grants, and ratified emergency biosolids contracts following an undisclosed CD 5 facility disruption.

Council expanded multifamily permissions across all commercial zones and committed roughly $4.5M in direct housing investment in a unanimous June 9 session.

Trend: Stacked subsidy approvals alongside a sweeping use-permission change suggest Fort Worth is shifting from case-by-case housing policy to a structural, supply-side approach entering FY2027.

Parks applied for $3.5M in state grants and committed nearly $1M in capital funds while the Crime Control District absorbed a $9.7M mid-year budget amendment.

Council privatized Will Rogers Memorial Center operations, escalated Willow Park annexation litigation to include Parker County, and concentrated five board appointments in a single individual.

Trend: Fort Worth is shedding direct venue operations, hardening annexation boundaries through litigation, and codifying planning authority — a pattern of governance consolidation heading into FY2027.

Fort Worth adopted Ordinance No. 28597-06-2026 permitting multifamily and mixed-use residential as-of-right in all commercial districts and major form-based codes citywide.

Trend: Fort Worth is executing a state-mandated residential infill framework while separately developing data center land use rules — dual-track policymaking that will reshape both commercial corridor and industrial development patterns over the next 18 months.

The council issued 11-0 denials on a concrete batch plant and a density increase, overrode the Zoning Commission to approve a broad PD amendment at Wichita Street, and continued two major Anglin corridor industrial and data center cases to December.

Trend: Council is blocking heavy industrial uses near sensitive corridors while enabling large-scale Light Industrial conversions on the periphery; the Anglin data center cases — 80 acres pending — will be a significant December docket event.

Three street vacations, an 88-acre ETJ pre-annexation, a North Main mixed-use economic development agreement, and a $550,000 forgivable loan for apartments at 801 W. Shaw Street were approved June 9.

Ordinance No. 28598-06-2026 designates the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission as the exclusive authority for recommending historic designations and removals to City Council.