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Michael Crain: “We do not have the code enforcement staff to go to every…”

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Published January 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 31:37

So what got brought up is if you Google right now or go to VRBO or Airbnb or whatever platform you use, you'll see that there are tons of short term rentals available in the city of Fort Worth. We do not have the code enforcement staff to go to every single one of those [short term rentals]. And with the process as it sits now, imagine they have to go, hi, you know, are you allowed to be here? Yes. Can you show me your lease? (31:37–31:43)

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Asserts that Fort Worth lacks sufficient code enforcement staff to monitor all short term rentals.

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Michael Crain

“We're the 12th city or the 13th city, depending on the latest you see.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 04:12-04:16
“We're also the fastest growing big city in the United States.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 04:17-04:20
“We shifted from an average age of 60 to 45 overnight [on the council].”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 07:37-07:41
“Average [salary] was 65, $70,000 at these jobs.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 07:38-14:53
“We create a PIT, a public improvement district that brings about $300,000 more into trash abatement, into programming, increased programming…”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 08:47-09:01
“$3.5 million public improvement grant that goes in there, neighborhood improvement grant that will help with streets and sidewalks and…”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 09:06-09:15
“There is no public health clinic west of Como.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 09:45-09:49
“A lot of it [crime] is domestic. It starts domestic and then turns violent.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 10:42-10:47
“A lot of people we found do have health care there. They just don't use it for preventative care for whatever reason.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 10:58-11:04
“Fort Worth is approaching a million people.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 12:22-12:25
“We have a residential tax base is paying roughly 60% of the property taxes. Commercial is paying 40%.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 13:42-13:49
“Walsh has 2,000 marketable acres for some big commercial development.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 14:22-14:27
“We've committed to [the] city to continue to get the utilities out there so we can market this as a shovel ready project.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 14:30-14:44
“TxDOT, I think from that article it quoted about a billion dollars to do this whole project.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 16:47-16:52
“There is no money for the project, but they know the project needs to be done.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 16:56-17:01
“The work session last Tuesday that was the first time most of us had seen those recommendations.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 19:27-19:34
“We're able to take that money and put those major projects. One being the convention center. The convention center expansion.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 20:28-20:36
“For every dollar spent in tourism, it's $5 to the local economy.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 20:59-21:03
“The budget cycle starts as soon as we pass the other budget.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 23:31-23:35
“We know there's infrastructure issues still in Como.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 23:55-23:59
“In the north part of Fort Worth, they did not build east-west arterials.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 24:41-24:46
“Right now in Chapel Creek area, there's really two ways out. Chapel Creek and White Settlement Road.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 25:05-25:11
“There's money put in the bond, about 3 million. We've got 3 million COG.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 25:33-25:39
“It would create a 26 mile loop around the city of Fort Worth on the turning Trails.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 26:19-26:23
“We are a large city.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 28:22-28:25
“We have a short term rental ordinance on the books. It basically says a short term rental is anything less than 30 days.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 30:56-31:07
“Short term rentals outside certain maybe I would say commercial zones are not allowed in the city of Fort Worth.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 31:13-31:21
“It's really an unenforceable ordinance by the time you go and you cite them or go here.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 32:13-32:19
“They're looking at what's best practices in other cities.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 33:03-33:08
“There's a registration system with the city [for short term rentals].”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 34:03-34:06
“We are in a housing somewhat crisis.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 37:22-37:25
“There's more inventory coming on because the demand's there.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 37:25-37:31
“We're also trying to catch up in the apartments market.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 37:35-37:40
“There's really a whole missing middle that we've got to really focus on.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 37:40-37:43
“No doubt we're in a housing crunch here in Fort Worth and the Metroplex.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 37:50-37:56
“I don't believe they're all being turned over into short term rentals.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 37:55-37:59
“We're not afraid to at least try and address [problems like every other large city].”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 41:03-41:06
“You could not charge for backyard swimming lessons [under the previous ordinance].”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 41:53-42:00
“Kids should be getting drowning prevention activities wherever they can get them.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 42:08-42:13
“The rodeo itself brings in, you know, millions and millions of dollars in tourism dollars into the city.”
Building Fort Worth with District 3 City Councilmember Michael Crain | Uploaded January 28, 2025 | 46:17-46:23
“Over the course of, you know, my at least 5 years being involved in public policy in the realm that I'm doing, you see that there's more…”
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