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TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY AND VALUES

Neighborhood quality and values are protected and enhanced through the funding of programs designed to make Benbrook streets more
attractive and safer, passage of ordinances to improve the quality of life, and programs and purchases to make neighborhoods more secure.
When Benbrook leaders originally identified this goal as one of the primary concerns of the City, they developed a strategy to form
neighborhood associations to work with residents to strengthen and improve relations between neighborhoods and the City of Benbrook. A list
of the neighborhood associations currently active in Benbrook is included on page 303 of the 2020-21 Budget Document.

SAFER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE STREETS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND FACILITIES

The 2020-21 Budget includes funds to re-surface streets within Benbrook through joint efforts with Tarrant County in the City/County street
overlay program. The 2020-21 Budget includes expansion of the City’s street overlay program and the rebuilding of Benbrook streets by
increasing the budget allocation by $200,000 and by transferring $22,439 from the Road Damage Fund. This special revenue fund was
established to repair City streets damaged from the transport of natural gas equipment and vehicles. Funds are also included as General Fund
revenue for street cuts and repairs for projects completed with the Benbrook Water Authority.

PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED PROGRAMS AND PURCHASES FOR 2020-21

Replacement purchases are financed in the 2020-21 Budget to improve the quality of life in Benbrook by enhancing public safety. The Budget
includes the replacement of five patrol vehicles. All purchases are funded through the General Fund.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

New Equipment and Continued Special Programs

There are no new purchases of equipment in the 2020-21 Budget. The 2019-20 Budget included the purchase of an Opticom Traffic Light
system for intersections allowing safe and expedited travel through intersections for emergency vehicles.

In 2019 an improved and upgraded communications system that is compatible with the City of Fort Worth’s system was purchased and installed.

CodeRED and CodeRED Weather Warning are available to Benbrook residents, businesses, and schools; a Benbrook street address is required
for the system to issue the proper notices. These programs provide an additional layer of communicating warnings to Benbrook; the City’s
emergency warning sirens serve as the primary system for emergency and crisis alerts.

The City of Benbrook instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System – an ultra-high-speed telephone communication service for
emergency notifications. The CodeRED system allows the City to telephone all or targeted areas of Benbrook in case of an emergency situation

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