Report to Members & Stakeholders

November 2000

Cook Children's Parking - The site where the old Bodel Tire and the Fort Worth Urology Clinic used to be on Pennsylvania Avenue west of 7^th Avenue has been cleared. Excavation begins next week to prepare the site for a new 600 car, four level, 228,000 square foot parking structure for the hospital. The garage will look similar to the Cook’s parking structure on the south side of the hospital. An 18,000 sf computer center will be located in the basement. Completion is expected in October 2001.

Gunn's Cleaners - Katie Woolman and her husband Martin have reopened the Gunn’s Cleaners at W. Magnolia and College Avenue. This store is in addition to their four other locations which include Michael’s Cleaners in Hurst, Posh Wash on Bluebonnet Circle, One Day Cleaners on Decatur Avenue, and Holiday Cleaners on E. Belknap.

Palermo's Italian Café at 1000 W. Magnolia is expecting to obtain their beer and wine license by mid-December. This is the restaurant that received a variance from city code, which prohibits beer and wine licenses within 500 feet of a school (Accelerated High School is located across Washington Street). We're grateful to the City Council and County Judge Vandergriff for their support of the variance, which will attract additional restaurant patrons to Magnolia without impacting the school. Open six days, Monday to Saturday, 11a to 10p. Proprietors Fay & Joseph Sutah plan to bring live jazz back to Magnolia on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.

Thistle Hill - Built by Tom Waggoner in 1904 as a wedding gift for his daughter Electra; purchased in 1911 for $90,000 and extensively remodeled by Winfield Scott for his family; acquired in 1940 by the Girl’s Service League, who used the house for 28 years as a supervised residence for young ladies; vacated by the Girls Service League in 1968 and finally acquired in 1976 by Save the Scott, Inc. for $240,000. Thistle Hill has had its share of both TLC and abuse use over the years, but now is well on its way to full glory. Today it is the historical gem of the near southside. During 2000 it will be the venue for 140 weddings, which are the primary revenue source for the non-profit house museum. It’s now wonderfully decorated for the holiday season. Tours are M-F at 11, 12, 1 and 2, and on Sunday at 1, 2, and 3. Telephone 817-336-1212.

Homes of Parker Commons - Construction is proceeding quickly on this 192-unit apartment development. The first rental units are to be completed in the old high school building and ready for occupancy in late December. The leasing office will be open on the site in a couple of weeks. Construction progress has been slower than originally planned because of unanticipated structural problems in the old school buildings. Twelve years of exposure to rain and weather caused deterioration within the reinforced concrete columns in the high school, which had to be repaired before the project could move forward.

T & P Pedestrian Tunnel - Many have been curious about the construction activity adjacent to the old Fort Worth Rec Building at Vickery and Galveston. In fact, this is the base of operations for the tunneling project that will connect the concourse of the T&P Depot to the "T" parking lot located under the new elevated I-30. It will provide easy access for Trinity Express passengers and the parking lot on Vickery.

Critical Care - 68,000 people, or an average of 185 per day, were treated at the Harris Methodist Fort Worth Emergency Room during 1999. 11,000 were admitted to the hospital. There were 40 days when the emergency room was closed because there wasn’t any place to put the people who were ready to move to other critical care rooms in the hospital. The new $36.5 million, 98,000 sf, Critical Care Tower is nearing completion. It will provide 64 more intensive care rooms and an expanded women’s services area.

Junior Unity Day - We recently had an interesting inquiry from the Junior class at Nolan High School. They are searching for a community service project in which their entire class could participate on Friday, March 23, 2001. We’ve suggested a clean-up/dress-up day on Magnolia, and are waiting to see whether it fits with their objectives.

FWS’s Development Committee - The thirteen member Development Committee provides guidance on development issues of importance to the company. The matters for consideration are many and varied, as evidenced by the subjects on the October meeting agenda: Mixed-use Ordinance, County Public Health Facility, Highway 121 Summit Avenue connection, TIF status, Oasis Bar, Fire Station #8 location, Pedestrian tunnel to T&P Depot, Lancaster light rail link, Day Labor Center prospective sites, Design guidelines reprint, Village Square development, Gateway Project, Hemphill Corridor workshop, and Central Cities Residential Study. Developing FWS’s position on these and other subjects falls to 13 representatives of the membership: David Motheral-Chairman, Ray Boothe-Vice Chair, Nelson Claytor, Earl Cox, Bruce Davis, Paul Dennehy, John Freese, Jim Hasenzahl, Joan Kline, Andy Sims, Carol Stanford, and Cheryl White.

Terrell School of Clinical Laboratory Sciences - Dr. Richard Schaffer will be honored at 5 PM on December 7 by Tarleton State University and the May Owen Foundation at the ribbon cutting for the new Education Building, located adjacent to All Saints Hospital at 1501 Enderly Place. Dr. Schaffer was the driving force behind the expansion of this educational program, which has been training Bachelor of Sciences degree candidates in the laboratory sciences here in the medical district since 1976.

Crime Stats - The details of criminal activity in the District west of I-35 indicate that violent crimes against people (murder, rape, and aggravated assault) continue to trend downward. There were 51 incidents during the first 10 months of year 2000 vs. 57 last year, a reduction of 11%. As a comparison there were 175 of these serious incidents during the entire year of 1993 in the same geography. The property crimes (burglary, larceny theft, and auto theft) have continued to increase over last year's historic low, 569 in 1999 vs. 686 this year, up 21%. Once again the comparison to 1993 reveals an extraordinary improvement over time when there were 1,681 incidents during the entire year, but doesn't call for any relaxation in the efforts to reduce crime. In the two police beats east of I-35

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Annual Meeting — Fort Worth South’s annual meeting of the Board of Directors and Membership will be held on Tuesday, January 23, 2001, at 4:00 PM, at the Women’s Club of Fort Worth, 1316 Pennsylvania Avenue. As has been the company’s custom over the last four years, the annual meeting is open to anyone interested in the revitalization project. Please mark your calendars and join us.

Membership - Five new members joined Fort Worth South during the month of November. There are now 185

members of the company:

Drive I-30 — Fort Worth South Chairman Jim Watts wrote a guest article for the Spring 1999 issue of the BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) magazine, and suggested that the near southside was soon to become Fort Worth’s front porch. He went on to say that, with the relocation of I-30 to the south of the large historical structures along Lancaster, motorists driving through our city were going to be more inclined to look south. And so it is. Coffee’s on and the rock’n chair is available. Come on up on the porch!