Office Hours S2E23, Thursday August 13, 2026 A vehicle on the block can look like one problem and still belong to several different lanes. It may be legally parked. It may be stored too long on a public street. It may be blocking access. It may be parked in a front or side yard. It may be oversized for the location. Or it may be visibly junked or inoperable on private property. Those distinctions matter. WHUB — What’s Holding Us Back — starts with a simple discipline: conditions, not character. Before we call a vehicle abandoned, junked, stored, or “that car,” we need to understand what condition we are actually looking at. Big, broken, parked, and stored are not the same thing A vehicle that looks rough is not automatically junked. A vehicle parked for a long time is not automatically abandoned. A vehicle on a public street is not the same as a vehicle on private property. A vehicle blocking a sidewalk, driveway, alley, or access point may need a different route from a vehicle that is simply parked. That is the category error S2E23 is correcting. If residents begin with a casual label, the report may be weak before it even reaches the City. If residents begin with the condition, the route becomes clearer. Location + condition + time + impact KLCB teaches a four-part vehicle frame: location, condition, time, and impact. Location asks: where is the vehicle? Public street, private property, front yard, side yard, alley, sidewalk, driveway, or right-of-way? Condition asks: what is visible? Parked, stored, wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperable, oversized, or blocking access? Time asks: when was it first observed, and when was it rechecked? Impact asks: what does the condition affect? Access, safety, visibility, pedestrian movement, emergency access, or the public right-of-way? A photo is not a timeline One photo can show that a vehicle exists. It can show where it is. It can show visible condition. It can show whether access appears blocked. But one photo by itself does not prove how long a vehicle has remained in the same place. For public-street stored-vehicle concerns, the clock matters. The current Fort Worth stored-vehicle rule treats a vehicle as stored when it remains parked at the same location for more than five continuous days. That is why KLCB uses the simple field habit: Day 1. Day 6. Route. Receipt. Recheck. Public street or private property changes the lane The route changes depending on where the vehicle is located. A concern about a vehicle on the public-street requires a different path than a junked vehicle on private property. A front- or side-yard parking issue is not the same as a vehicle stored on the street. An oversized commercial or recreational vehicle has its own rule. A vehicle blocking access may need a faster response if there is a visible access impact. Residents do not need to become FWPD or code officers. Residents need to provide clean, useful information. The City of Fort Worth determines whether a violation exists and what enforcement step applies. Assistance, accountability, or both KLCB uses three response paths: assistance, accountability, or both. Assistance may mean sharing the relevant rule, a reminder, a resource, or a safe next step when appropriate. Accountability may mean documenting a qualified condition, using the correct route, saving the receipt, and following up. Sometimes the right answer is both. A Neighbor Touch is optional and only used when safe and appropriate. Invite. Inform. Offer. Exit. No confrontation. No trespass. No plate posting. No public shaming. Clean reporting language Use this neutral formula: On [DATE] at approximately [TIME], [VISIBLE VEHICLE CONDITION] was observed at [EXACT LOCATION OR LOCATION TOKEN]. [VISIBLE IMPACT OR ACCESS EFFECT]. [TIME/PATTERN FACTS, IF REQUIRED]. [DOCUMENTATION ATTACHED]. Please inspect and route for appropriate action. The goal is not a bigger complaint count. The goal is better information, correct routing, verified outcomes, and a neighborhood that knows how to act together. What residents should remember Big, broken, parked, and stored are not the same thing. A photo is not a timeline. Location plus condition plus time plus impact is the vehicle lane. See it. Name it. Route it. Save the receipt. Follow through.

Season 2 • Issue 6 Before Rules Change, Residents Need Clarity 16 Questions, Block Conditions, and the Routes That Help Lake Como Move From Confusion to Action Lake Como does not need more confusion. Not around proposed rules. Not around block conditions. Not around what to report, what to document, what to ask, or who is responsible for what. This month, KLCB is focused on one thing: Clarity before action. Because residents cannot participate meaningfully in revitalization if the rules are unclear, the process is confusing, and everyday block conditions get reduced to gossip, panic, or blame. That is why August brings two connected pieces of work: 16 Questions Before the Rules Change and Office Hours S2E22: Clear the Curb Como One focuses on civic clarity. The other brings that same discipline down to the block. Together, they say the same thing: Lake Como residents should not have to guess. 16 Questions Before the Rules Change When rules change, residents need answers before decisions harden. That is not being difficult. That is being responsible. If proposed standards may affect homes, repairs, additions, property use, affordability, development, investment, or future enforcement, residents deserve plain-language answers before being asked to support or live under those changes. That is why KLCB developed 16 Questions Before the Rules Change. The questions are not drama. They are not busywork. They are not resistance for the sake of resistance. They are resident power in writing. Before Lake Como is asked to move forward with new standards, residents should understand: What is being proposed? Who will be affected? How will residents be notified? What happens when someone needs to repair or improve their home? How will affordability be protected? What process exists for appeals or exceptions? What parts are still unclear? Where will public answers be preserved? That is not negativity. That is civic literacy. And Lake Como deserves that. The Block Needs Clarity Too Office Hours S2E22 brought the same principle down to the curb. Because block conditions can get messy fast. Trash. Bulk waste. Dumping. Vehicles. Sidewalks. Alleys. Fences. Right-of-way issues. Vacant properties. Repeat problem locations. Resident need. Property owner responsibility. Outside dumping. Those are not all the same issue. And when we treat every condition like the same problem, we choose the wrong response. That is how residents get frustrated. That is how systems get clogged. That is how neighbors feel attacked. That is how real problems keep sitting there. S2E22 was about slowing down long enough to name the condition correctly. See it. Name it. Route it. Save the receipt. Follow through. That is the WHUB rhythm. That is Porch2Curb discipline. Clear the Curb Como Is One Campaign Clear the Curb Como is not the whole August issue. It is one campaign inside the larger WHUB work. But it is a strong example because the curb is where confusion shows up quickly. The message is simple: Not every pile is dumping. Every pile needs a plan. Sometimes it is bulk waste. Sometimes it is early. Sometimes it is late. Sometimes somebody missed the pickup window. Sometimes a resident needs help. Sometimes a landlord, contractor, or outsider is treating the block like a drop zone. Sometimes it is both: a real need and a real mess. That is why KLCB does not start with panic. We start with the route. Bulk Waste Has a Rhythm Bulk waste has a monthly rhythm. Pickup begins the fourth Monday of every month . The earliest residents can set items out is the Friday before at 6 PM. That means the first question is not: “Who did this?” The first question is: Is this pile early, on time, late, unsafe, or dumped? Same curb. Different problem. Different route. That little bit of clarity matters. Assistance. Accountability. Both. When residents see a condition, the first move should not be drama. The first move should be route selection. Clear the Curb Como uses three routes: Assistance. Accountability. Both. That is the system. Because everything does not need to start with a report. And everything does not need to be excused either. Some residents need help. Some situations need accountability. Some need both. That is grown neighborhood work. Route 1: Assistance Some issues call for help first. A resident may need the pickup schedule. A household may need help moving something heavy. An elder, renter, disabled resident, or busy household may need a reminder before the issue becomes a violation. Assistance asks: Does this household know the bulk waste rhythm? Do they need help moving something? Do they need a reminder? Can this be solved respectfully before it becomes a case? Everything does not have to begin with shame. Sometimes the strongest block action is helping the problem get solved before it becomes bigger. Route 2: Accountability Some issues require documentation and follow-up. If somebody dumps on a block where they do not live, that needs accountability. If a property keeps creating the same problem, that needs accountability. If a condition blocks access, creates safety concerns, attracts more dumping, or keeps returning, that needs documentation. Accountability asks: What happened? Where did it happen? When did it happen? Is there a pattern? What does the record show? That is where photos, locations, report numbers, and follow-up matter. Not because we want to be messy. Because the block deserves better. Route 3: Both Sometimes both are true. A resident may need help, and the block may still need the pile gone. A property owner may need notice, and the issue may still need documentation. A situation may deserve compassion, and the sidewalk may still need to be safe. Both asks: How do we support the person and protect the block? That is the middle lane too many conversations skip. KLCB is not choosing between compassion and standards. We need both. This Is Bigger Than Trash That is why this August issue is not just about trash. Trash is one visible example. The deeper issue is whether Lake Como residents have the tools to understand what is happening around them before they are asked to react. Before rules change, residents need clarity. Before residents report, they need clarity. Before neighbors are blamed, residents need clarity. Before a process moves forward, residents need clarity. That is what KLCB is building through The Pride, Office Hours, 16 Questions, Porch2Curb, and block-level follow-through. We are not just reacting. We are building the habit of asking better questions. What Residents Can Do This Month Start with the issue that fits your lane. Participate in 16 Questions Before the Rules Change Before standards move forward, read the questions. Understand what is being asked. Track what answers come back. Share it with a neighbor who owns, rents, repairs, improves, or cares about property in Lake Como. Watch Office Hours S2E22 Use the episode to understand how KLCB is teaching residents to read block conditions without jumping straight to panic, blame, or confusion. Choose a Porch2Curb Step START HERE 💜🦁💛 → bit.ly/KLCBStart 📩 Block Subscriber Stay informed + get tools and next steps. bit.ly/KLCBSubscribe 🗓️ 7-Day Challenge The 7-Day Challenge helps residents practice the basics: Notice the block. Listen to neighbor voice. Document what matters. Choose the next step. 🏡 Adopt Your Block Build a weekly rhythm and help shape what happens next. bit.ly/KLCBAdopt The Bottom Line Lake Como residents don't need to guess. Not about rules. Not about reports. Not about the curb. Not about who gets to decide what happens next. Before rules change, residents need clarity. Before conditions become conflict, residents need clarity. Before concern becomes action, residents need clarity. That is the work. And that is why KLCB keeps showing up.

This week on Office Hours, Keep Lake Como Beautiful took WHUB - What's Holding Us Back - to the curb. We talked about bulk waste, trash, and the visible conditions residents can actually see from the curb and the public right-of-way. And the main point was simple: before we judge the people, we need to name the condition. The Real Category Error When people see trash near the curb, many do not START with the rule. They START with a character judgment. They say: This block is a mess! Look at these nasty people. They don’t care. They keep trash out all month. But WHUB teaches a different habit. Conditions, not character. A curb pile may be frustrating. It may need attention. It may need to be routed. But before we decide what it says about the people nearby, we need to identify what condition is actually present. What a Curb Pile Could Actually Be Every pile near the curb is not the same thing. It could be scheduled bulk waste. It could be set out too early. It could be a missed pickup. It could be bulk waste with items that do not belong in the pile. It could be dumping. Or it could be trash and debris on private property. Those conditions can look similar from the street, but they do not use the same route and they do not need the same response. That is why Clear the Curb, Como START s with classification before assumption. Bulk Waste Has a Clock In Fort Worth, bulk waste collection is not random. For Lake Como, bulk waste week begins the fourth Monday of each month. The earliest residents can set bulk items out is the Friday before collection week at 6 p.m. That matters because a pile set out during the correct window is not the same as trash sitting out all month. If the pile is too early, that is a different condition. If collection week passed and the pile remains, that may be a missed pickup or follow-up issue. If the pile has items that bulk waste does not accept, that is another problem. If material is dumped in a right-of-way, alley, or vacant area where it does not belong, that is another route. If the trash is on private property, that’s another lane. Assistance, Accountability, or Both KLCB works with three basic response paths: assistance, accountability, or both. Assistance means the first step may be information. A neighbor may need the bulk waste week reminder, the set-out time, the accepted-item rules, a disposal option, or help figuring out how to use MyFW app. Accountability means the condition is qualified, documented, routed correctly, and followed through with a receipt. Sometimes both are needed. We can share the correct information and still document the condition. We can offer a neighborly reminder and still follow up if the pile remains after the proper window. We can lead with assistance without giving up accountability. How to Report Without Turning It Into a Character Study A clean report says what is visible, where it is, when it was observed, what impact it creates, and what evidence is attached. No insults. No guesses about who did it. No duplicate reports just to make the number look bigger. Use this plain-language formula: On [DATE] at approximately [TIME], [VISIBLE CONDITION] was observed at [LOCATION]. [VISIBLE IMPACT]. [TIME OR PATTERN FACTS, IF REQUIRED]. Evidence is attached. Please inspect and route for appropriate action. Closed Is a Status. The Curb Is the Outcome. Follow-through matters because a City status and the physical curb condition are two different facts. A request may be open, assigned, transferred, closed, or completed. That tells us something about the system record. It does not automatically tell us what is still sitting at the curb. KLCB follow-through means checking back. The goal is not a bigger complaint count. The goal is cleaner curbs, clearer information, better routing, and visible results. WATCH the S2E22 Video Shorts The full S2E22 playlist includes the anchor episode, teaser, five WHUB angle Shorts, and recap content. The angle Shorts break this episode into five quick lessons: Before we judge the curb, name the condition. The right concern in the wrong lane can still get stuck. Information is an intervention. The clock controls the case. Assistance, accountability, or both. What Comes Next This week, we are clearing the curb and clearing up the confusion. Conditions, not character. Proof over drama. Assistance, accountability, or both. Follow-through over frustration.

How Lake Como can move from visible neighborhood conditions to organized, resident-powered follow-through—without turning concern into condemnation. WHUB: Conditions, Not Character | Office Hours S2E21 Lake Como does not need another shaming campaign A neighborhood condition can be visible, frustrating and persistent without becoming evidence about a resident’s character. That distinction is the starting point for WHUB—What’s Holding Us Back? WHUB is Keep Lake Como Beautiful’s resident education and action system for turning recurring neighborhood conditions into informed assistance, accurate reporting and documented follow-through. It teaches a better operating habit: see what is actually present, name it accurately, understand the context, choose the right lane and preserve the proof needed to follow the condition through. Insert the full Office Hours S2E21 video: “WHUB: Conditions, Not Character.” Start with the condition Clean neighborhood documentation begins with what is publicly observable: The condition itself. The exact location. The date and time observed. The visible impact. A clear photograph, video or service-request receipt when appropriate. Residents should not guess motive, investigate ownership or attempt to make the City’s legal finding. We document what we can see and allow the appropriate public agency to investigate and determine whether a violation exists. “Conditions, not character” is not soft language. It is disciplined language. It protects neighbors from unnecessary judgment and gives public systems cleaner, more usable information. Two lanes: assistance and accountability WHUB makes two resident-action lanes visible. Assistance may mean sharing the correct bulk-waste pickup date, explaining accepted items, locating a disposal or repair resource, helping with visible address numbers or helping a resident navigate MyFW. Accountability may mean submitting one qualified service request with the correct category, clear evidence and a saved receipt—then checking what happened next. Sometimes the lanes operate separately. Sometimes both are needed. The point is not to force every neighborhood condition into a complaint. The point is to choose the response most likely to move it toward resolution. Contact, not confrontation A KLCB Neighbor Touch is optional and used only when it is safe and appropriate. It does not require entering private property, arguing with a neighbor or threatening to report anyone. The practice is simple: invite, inform, offer and exit. A useful date, a correct resource or a clear next step can be an intervention. Assistance is not the absence of accountability; it is one of the tools available before, beside or after it. Seventeen issues. One discipline. WHUB currently organizes 17 recurring neighborhood conditions: Out-of-cycle bulk waste—early or improper set-out High grass and weeds Trash and debris on private or vacant property Illegal dumping in a public right-of-way or alley Illegal dumping on private property or a vacant lot Front- and side-yard parking Vehicles blocking a sidewalk, driveway, alley or fire lane Stored vehicles on a public street Junk or inoperable vehicles on private property Large or oversized vehicles on a residential street or property Broken or unsafe fences and gates Obstructed alleys Public right-of-way encroachment Garage-sale frequency, duration and signage Missing, hidden or hard-to-read address numbers Open and vacant structures Business activity in a residential area—home occupation or land use Residents do not need to memorize 17 complaint buttons. They need one repeatable discipline: decide, select, photograph, paste and save the receipt. Check Back: Youtube Video Coming Soon This short introduces the WHUB mindset: pause before assuming, name the condition, and route the issue correctly. Closed is a status. Resolved is an outcome. A City case status and the physical neighborhood condition are two different facts. A request marked “closed” tells us something about the administrative record. It does not, by itself, tell us whether the visible condition changed. That is why KLCB follow-through includes reobserving the location and documenting what is physically present after the City status changes. The goal is not a bigger complaint count. The goal is useful assistance, correct routing, verified outcomes and documented learning. The WHUB field habit SEE IT. NAME IT. ROUTE IT. SAVE THE RECEIPT. FOLLOW THROUGH. See it: Observe the publicly visible condition. Name it: Describe facts, not assumptions. Route it: Choose assistance, accountability or both. Save the receipt: Preserve the service-request number, photograph or resource connection. Follow through: Recheck the physical condition and document the outcome. Watch S2E21 Playlist The full S2E21 playlist includes the anchor episode, teaser, five WHUB angle Shorts, and recap content. The angle Shorts break the episode into five quick lessons: A Condition Is Not a Character Judgment Say What You See. Not What You Assume. Information Is an Intervention. One Case. One Route. One Receipt. Closed Is a Status. Resolved Is an Outcome. What comes next This episode is the orientation—not a 17-issue lecture. Upcoming Office Hours episodes will apply the WHUB discipline to solid waste, vehicle conditions and building concerns, then close the month with an evidence-based recap. The next stop is the curb. In S2E22, Clear the Curb, Como will ask one essential question: Is the pile scheduled, early, missed, noncompliant, dumped in the public right-of-way or located on private property? Because every curb pile is not illegal dumping—and accurate classification matters. Move from the porch to the curb with KLCB See it. Name it. Route it. Save the receipt. Follow through.

Video: OUTRAGE ≠ STRATEGY COMPLETE Youtube Playlist: 16 Questions Before the Rules Change | Como Conservation District https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOa8D3b5iQuw JUMP to 16 Questions The meeting was canceled. The questions were not. An unattributed flyer circulated online about a proposed Como Conservation District gathering. The Lake Como Neighborhood Advisory Council responded by stamping the flyer “CANCELED” and telling residents to rely on official NAC communications. Then, with very little notice, the gathering scheduled for July 23 was canceled. The immediate temptation is to referee personalities. Who posted what? Who meant well? Who overstepped? Who had authority? That is not the most useful question. The larger issue is what happens when outrage outruns strategy. When civic action is driven by emotion instead of preparation, residents can end up with less access. An impulsive post can create confusion. An unattributed flyer can travel beyond the neighborhood. Gatekeepers can use that confusion to reclaim control. City staff can step back. Residents are left sorting through competing claims about who speaks for the community and where accurate information lives. Whatever ultimately caused the cancellation, the confusion did not help. Video: The Meeting Was Canceled. The Questions Were Not. The written record still stands Keep Lake Como Beautiful has been participating in the discussion about the proposed Como Conservation District since August 2025. We began publishing resident education in January 2026. We reviewed the February draft and the April 17 document later described as the “final document.” We invited residents to read the materials and submit informed comments. On two separate occasions, KLCB raised questions about enforcement, appeals, affordability, administrative discretion, resident protections, and economic impact. Finally, at 8:00 a.m. on July 23, KLCB submitted a 21-page written record to the City of Fort Worth. That record identifies contradictions and asks 16 numbered questions about proposed rules that could affect what homeowners are allowed to build, repair, replace, renovate, or finance. The document did not disappear because the gathering was canceled. The questions remain on the record. The contradictions still exist. The City still owes Lake Como residents answers. The single-voice bottleneck The NAC may issue official communications on behalf of the NAC. But the NAC is not the City of Fort Worth. It is not Lake Como’s only organization. And it should not become the single doorway through which every resident, homeowner, renter, nonprofit, business, property owner, and community stakeholder receives information affecting the neighborhood. City information should come directly from the City. Neighborhood information should be distributed broadly. No single organization should control what Lake Como knows, when Lake Como knows it, or which voices are considered legitimate. That single-voice bottleneck is one of the exact concerns KLCB placed into the City record. Video: The NAC Is Not the City Why KLCB is not prepared to support the current proposal Preserving Lake Como’s history matters. But preservation cannot become another barrier to progress in a neighborhood that has already endured redlining, disinvestment, uneven service delivery, and suppressed economic growth. The current document contains conflicting or incomplete standards involving: building height; porch depth; window requirements; tree canopy; architectural styles; materials; repairs; additions; garages and parking; administrative adjustments; notification; enforcement; and appeals. Those are not cosmetic editing problems. They can affect construction costs, property use, financing, repair decisions, development feasibility, and long-term investment. This is my home and one of my largest investments. Longtime homeowners sustained this community through decades when institutions did not. New homeowners believed in Lake Como enough to place their financial futures here. Before new regulations are placed over our property, we deserve legitimate representation, complete information, clear standards, practical protections, and written answers. Based on the document that currently exists, KLCB is not prepared to support the proposed Conservation District moving forward. Video: This Is My Home What happens next A meeting was scheduled. The meeting was canceled. The questions were not. And a campaign was born. KLCB is not organizing a mob. We are organizing the questions. The campaign is called: 16 Questions Before the Rules Change This is a structured public-education and written-record campaign built around the 16 numbered questions in KLCB’s official 21-page submission to the City of Fort Worth. The Purpose Is Simple Help residents and stakeholders understand the proposed Como Conservation District overlay, connect each of the 16 questions to their own lives, submit personalized requests for written answers, and build a public record showing what the City answers, rejects, defers, contradicts, or leaves unanswered before the rules move forward. Watch: We Are Not Organizing a Mob How the Campaign Works Each question will move through the same campaign system: 1. One plain-language question card KLCB will publish one question at a time using a consistent campaign graphic. Each card will identify: the question; the source page or provision that created it; why the issue matters; the action residents can take; and the current status of the City’s written response. 2. One Facebook feed post or Reel The caption or Reel description will explain the issue in plain language and direct residents to the next step. Every campaign post will point back to this S2E20 blog, which serves as the permanent campaign record. 3. One Lunch Live explanation KLCB will go LIVE to break down the day’s question and provide two or three examples residents can use to complete this sentence: “This matters to me because…” Residents do not need to be planners, attorneys, developers, or policy experts. They only need to explain how the issue could affect their home, family, property, business, affordability, future investment, or connection to Lake Como. 4. One personalized email template The complete email template will be placed in the first comment beneath each campaign post. Residents will be asked to: READ the question. ADD one or two personal sentences. SEND the email to: designreview@fortworthtexas.gov COPY CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.org SAVE the sent email and the City’s written response. This is not a petition. This is not spam. This is not an effort to overwhelm City staff with identical messages. Each participant is being asked to personalize the template and explain why the question matters to them. 5. One public response status As written responses are received, KLCB will update each question using one of the following categories: AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE ANSWERED REJECTED DEFERRED CONTRADICTED UNANSWERED Copying KLCB allows us to preserve and compare written responses, identify contradictions, track unanswered questions, and update the public campaign record. KLCB will not publish personal email addresses, home addresses, telephone numbers, signatures, or other personal information without permission. Where to Follow the Campaign Facebook Event The Facebook Event is the campaign’s active gathering place. Use it to follow the daily question drops, Lunch Live broadcasts, reminders, updates, and participation instructions: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bbn3eyGnA/ Permanent Campaign Record https://wix.to/TfPycEJ This S2E20 blog will remain the permanent home for: the campaign explanation; all 16 questions; source references; email templates; City responses; response-status updates; contradictions or corrections; and final campaign findings. Campaign Email Questions, copied correspondence, and requests for assistance should be sent to: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.org Subscribe to The Pride Subscribe for campaign updates and future KLCB public-education tools: bit.ly/KLCBSubscribe Need Help Participating? KLCB can help residents and stakeholders: locate the source language; understand the question in plain language; identify how the issue may affect them; personalize the email template; submit the email through the verified City channel; copy KLCB on the correspondence; and save or print the written record. KLCB will not tell residents what position to take or speak on their behalf. The goal is to help each person place their own informed question, concern, or experience into the written public record. Technical Assistance Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 5112 Bonnell Avenue Additional evening assistance times will be announced through the Facebook Event. Five Minutes Can Strengthen the Record You need: Five minutes. An email account. One personalized sentence. And the template provided with each question. Every informed participant increases the pressure for the City of Fort Worth to provide complete written answers—and strengthens Lake Como’s influence over decisions that could shape this neighborhood for decades. Video: Outrage Gets Attention. Strategy Gets Answers. 16 Questions. Written Answers. Before the Rules Change. QUESTION 01 OF 16: WHAT DOES “FINAL” MEAN? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Is the April 2026 Draft of the Como Conservation District Design Guidelines really final—or is it still open to correction? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Define the status of the 58-page April 2026 Draft of the Como Conservation District Design Guidelines described as the “final document.” Will the City issue a corrected, dated, version-controlled file and page-by-page change log before any hearing? Why It Matters Residents cannot meaningfully review a moving target. A document with TBD page numbers, an outdated timeline, and a placeholder page should not quietly become the basis for legislation. Source Official Record Q1 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 1, 17–18, 58 • July 21–22 correspondence Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 01 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 02 OF 16: WHO REQUESTED THE REVIEW? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Who was called “neighborhood leadership,” and who authorized them to speak for the neighborhood? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Identify who requested the July 23 gathering, the organization or capacity represented, whether attendance was open, and how the gathering will appear in the official project history. Why It Matters A private request can produce a meeting, but it cannot automatically become evidence that Lake Como’s residents, owners, businesses, or organizations requested or endorsed the proposal. Source Official Record Q2 • Engagement history, p. 17 • July correspondence Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 02 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 03 OF 16: WILL A SMALL ROOM BECOME “CONSENSUS”? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Can attendance, silence, or a small invited group be treated as neighborhood support? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Confirm that attendance, silence, informal comments, or lack of objection at a privately requested gathering will not be characterized as community support, neighborhood consensus, resident comfort, or endorsement. Why It Matters People can be absent because they were not notified, did not receive the documents, or did not know the gathering was open. Silence is not consent. Source Official Record Q3 • July correspondence Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 03 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 04 OF 16: WHERE WERE THE SOURCE DOCUMENTS? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Why were residents invited without the City page, current document, comment matrix, or comment instructions? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Explain why the July notice omitted the official landing page, April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, comment matrix, version/status, and comment instructions. Commit to a complete source package in every future communication. Why It Matters A date and time are not meaningful public engagement when residents are not given the materials needed to prepare. Source Official Record Q4 • July 21 notice • February distribution history Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 04 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 05 OF 16: WERE KLCB’S COMMENTS COUNTED? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language How could the City say no additional comments were received when KLCB submitted written comments? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Confirm that KLCB’s January 16 and April 22 submissions are logged. Explain the July 22 statement and publish an updated matrix showing incorporated, partial, rejected, deferred, and unresolved items. Why It Matters Comments that are not logged cannot shape the document, be answered publicly, or remain visible when staff and leadership change. Source Official Record Q5 • January 16 and April 22 submissions • July 22 response Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 05 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 06 OF 16: WHO PARTICIPATED—AND WHO WAS MISSING? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language What evidence shows that renters, younger residents, Spanish-speaking households, new homeowners, and underrepresented blocks were reached? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Publish focus-group membership and selection, affiliations, blocks represented, attendance, survey/comment totals, owner/renter participation, and the Phase 2 outreach plan and timeline. Why It Matters A process cannot be called representative without showing who participated and which voices were absent. Source Official Record Q6 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 5, 17 • Comment matrix Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 06 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 07 OF 16: WHICH REPAIRS TRIGGER REVIEW? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Will ordinary repairs, in-kind replacement, and work on existing homes require Conservation District approval? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Publish one definitive trigger list. State whether ordinary maintenance and in-kind replacement are exempt, which elevations/site features are covered, and how grandfathering protects existing conditions. Why It Matters Homeowners need to know whether replacing siding, windows, roofing, fencing, paving, trees, or a porch becomes a new approval process—and what happens when the existing home does not comply. Source Official Record Q7 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 4, 7, 10, 22, 40, 42–43, 57 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 07 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 08 OF 16: WHICH WORDS ARE RULES? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language What is enforceable—and what is only a suggestion? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Label every provision as an enforceable standard or nonbinding guideline. Define objective terms such as “best example,” “compatible,” “match the block,” and “neighborhood character,” and state the review timeline and findings required. Why It Matters A document cannot promise predictable administration while mixing must, shall, should, usually, often, typically, and preferred. Source Official Record Q8 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, p. 8 and standards sections Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 08 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 09 OF 16: WHICH ARCHITECTURAL STYLES ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWED? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Why do prohibited styles receive standards and roof adjustments while allowed styles are missing from the tables? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Publish one definitive allowed-style list and complete roof table. Explain Queen Anne, Neo-Eclectic, Folk Victorian, Contemporary, Ranch, and the six-lot pattern rule. Why It Matters Style rules affect design cost, marketability, floor plans, materials, and whether a builder or homeowner can use a practical modern design. Source Official Record Q9 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 7, 15–16, 22, 35–36, 40, 45, 52, 54–56 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 09 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 10 OF 16: WHAT HAPPENS TO LOTS AND ADDITIONS? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Are larger lots restricted, and can owners build side additions or only rear additions? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Correct zoning labels; state minimum/maximum lot dimensions; explain larger lots, consolidation, subdivision, replatting, irregular lots, controlling setbacks, side/rear additions, second stories, roof ridges, and step-backs. Why It Matters These rules affect how owners use multiple lots, expand homes, build for multigenerational living, or develop vacant property. Source Official Record Q10 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 7, 38–39, 41–44 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 10 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 11 OF 16: CAN DUPLEXES, GARAGES, AND PARKING ACTUALLY FIT? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Can a B-2 duplex comply on a 50-foot lot with the proposed driveway, garage, alley, parking, and paving rules? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Provide dimensioned compliant examples for duplex lots with and without alleys. State when each garage type is permitted, how the 10-foot driveway limit works, and what paving/hardscape is allowed. Why It Matters Rules that look reasonable separately may make an ordinary lot impossible or too expensive to develop when combined. Source Official Record Q11 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 41–42, 45, 49 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 11 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 12 OF 16: WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Is the standard 28 or 35 feet, 15% or 20%, and a four-, six-, or eight-foot porch? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Resolve height, window ratio, porch depth, fence height/materials, balconies/galleries, and publish measurement formulas and diagrams. Why It Matters Conflicting numbers invite case-by-case concessions, inconsistent enforcement, higher design costs, and disputes after owners have already spent money. Source Official Record Q12 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 7, 18, 20, 38, 45, 51, 56–57 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 12 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 13 OF 16: WHAT ARE THE TREE AND FEE RULES? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Is tree canopy 30% or 40%, who pays, and who maintains parkway trees? The Actual Question Submitted to the City State the canopy standard, project trigger, calculation, verification, fee amount/authority/use/waiver/appeal, and responsibility for City-owned parkway trees. Why It Matters Tree rules can add major cost and maintenance obligations, especially on small lots, under utility lines, during drought, or where accessibility and business visibility matter. Source Official Record Q13 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 7, 18, 38, 46–47 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 13 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 14 OF 16: WHICH MATERIALS AND NEZ RULES ARE REAL? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language Are materials prohibited, discouraged, optional, or only tied to incentives—and is the NEZ process accurately described? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Classify every material; explain repair/replacement of existing nonconforming materials; obtain NEZ departmental verification; separate incentive rules from overlay rules; publish cost/durability evidence. Why It Matters Material requirements affect insurance, repair cost, contractor availability, durability, and whether owners can use common modern products. Source Official Record Q14 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 6, 8, 38, 42–43 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 14 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 15 OF 16: WHO DECIDES—AND HOW DO OWNERS APPEAL? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language What written decision is issued, when does the clock start, who is notified, and who can appeal? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Clarify COA/denial documents, decision/posting timelines, findings, every adjustable standard and percentage, notice, standing, appeal rights, neighbor participation, penalties, cure process, and open decision notifications. Why It Matters A vague process can leave applicants and neighbors without enough time or information to protect their interests. Source Official Record Q15 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, pp. 8–12 Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 15 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. QUESTION 16 OF 16: WHAT PROTECTS RESIDENTS—AND WILL THE PILOT BE MEASURED? STATUS: 🟡 AWAITING WRITTEN RESPONSE In Plain Language What protects affordability, investment, existing owners, and businesses if Lake Como becomes Fort Worth’s first Conservation District? The Actual Question Submitted to the City Identify overlay-specific protections and assistance; publish cost, delay, rehabilitation, infill, affordability, displacement, tax-pressure, and property-value analyses; state the legislative path and commit to one- and two-year public evaluations. Why It Matters Lake Como should not become the first test case for additional regulation without measuring whether it supports—or suppresses—repair, housing, investment, business continuity, and resident stability. Source Official Record Q16 • April 2026 Draft of Como Conservation District Design Guidelines, p. 16 and regulatory sections • Comment matrix • July correspondence Take Action 📩 Add one or two sentences explaining why this question matters to you. SEND TO: designreview@fortworthtexas.govCC: CD@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.orgSAVE: Your sent email and the City’s written response. Watch the Lunch Live [EMBED QUESTION 16 VIDEO HERE] City Response As of August 7, 2026: KLCB has not received a substantive written response to this question. HOW THIS RECORD WILL BE UPDATED This is a living public record. As written City responses are received, KLCB will preserve the response, update the date, and classify the result as: ANSWERED • REJECTED • DEFERRED • CONTRADICTED • UNANSWERED An acknowledgment that a submission was received is not the same as a substantive answer to the question. The purpose of this record is simple: residents should be able to see what was asked, what source raised the concern, what the City answered, and what remains unresolved—without reconstructing the story from meetings, Facebook posts, or private email chains. A meeting was scheduled. The meeting was canceled. The questions were not. 16 Questions. Written Answers. Before the Rules Change.

Office Hours | S2E18, July 9, 2026 | Somebody handled it. So why are we still here? Check Back for Additional Videos A video from 1991 surfaced this week. Horne Street. Lake Como. A one-square-mile neighborhood. A police presence that looked less like public safety and more like public control. For many residents, the video did not feel like distant history. It felt familiar. After the July 3-4 weekend (2026 ), residents described confusion, aggressive enforcement, citations, tows, crowd-control tactics, and an overwhelming show of force, the question came quickly: How are we still here? That is a fair question. But Office Hours | S2E18, July 9, 2026 is not here to stop at outrage. Today, KLCB is asking the harder question: Somebody handled it. So why are we still here? Why This Issue Matters In community work, there is a phrase that shows up often: Somebody handled it. And many times, that is true. Somebody did step up. Somebody called the meeting. Somebody built the relationship. Somebody worked with police. Somebody tried to bring structure to chaos. Somebody carried responsibility when others stepped back. That matters. This episode is not questioning whether people cared. The evidence says people cared. The question is whether the work they carried became strong enough for the community to inherit. The Real Question The real question is not whether Lake Como has ever had leaders. It has. The real question is not whether people have worked hard. They have. The real question is not whether organizations existed before KLCB. They did. The deeper question is this: What systems did we build between the moments? Because if the only way residents learn community history is through a Facebook post, a private text thread, a sidewalk conversation, or somebody deciding to “bring them up to speed,” then Lake Como does not have a knowledge system. It has gate-by-relationship. That is not enough for a 120-year-old community. The Category Correction The category error is simple: Handled is not the same as solved. Handled is not the same as transferred. Handled is not the same as documented. Handled is not the same as community access. A response fixes a moment. A system changes what the next moment inherits. That is the difference. When residents ask who planned, who communicated, who coordinated, who documented, and who followed up, that is not betrayal. That is not disrespect. That is not blame. That is infrastructure. Mature communities should be able to ask responsibility questions without everybody immediately grabbing a shield. The Conditions on the Ground The conditions on the ground are not just police presence. The conditions on the ground include: Residents not knowing who was in the planning conversations Residents not knowing where public safety decisions started or ended Residents not knowing which organizations had which roles Residents not knowing where to submit experience, evidence, questions, or concerns Residents not knowing what happens after the weekend ends Residents not knowing whether follow-up conversations will include them or happen around them Historical knowledge living inside a few people instead of a public record Lifelong residents still outside rooms where decisions about their own community are discussed Those are conditions. Not character. Conditions can be named. Conditions can be documented. Conditions can be improved. The Resident-Power Lesson This is bigger than bringing new residents up to speed. That is too small. There are lifelong Lake Como residents who have lived here for decades and still have never been brought into the rooms where decisions, relationships, information, and opportunities flowed. That is the resident-power gap. A seat at the table means nothing if residents do not know where the table is. Resident power cannot depend on who knows who. Resident power cannot depend on who gets invited. Resident power cannot depend on private memory. Resident power requires pathways. That means residents need to know: Who plans? Who decides? Who communicates? Who documents? Who follows up? Who evaluates? Who inherits the lesson? That is not drama. That is civic infrastructure. The Public Systems Layer The 1991 video is not only a historical receipt. It is an audit question. What did public systems learn? What did community systems preserve? What did residents inherit? What was documented? What was changed? What remained informal? What remained closed? What repeated? Because when the same kind of fear, confusion, and force still feels familiar 35 years later, the question cannot stop at “who was there?” The question becomes: What public systems, local structures, and community habits allowed residents to experience the same pattern without a clear path for explanation, accountability, or prevention? That is why this is not only a policing issue. It is a resident-power infrastructure issue. What KLCB Is Doing KLCB is not here to decide individual legal claims. KLCB is not here to replace legal counsel, OPOM, FWPD internal processes, City Council, or any official accountability channel. KLCB is here to do what resident-power organizations do: Document the public record. Translate the process. Help residents preserve receipts. Identify patterns. Name gaps. Build pathways. Move experience into organized civic power. That is why the Sunlight Campaign exists. The point is not to collect gossip. The point is to help residents record what happened in their own words, preserve what they have, and turn scattered experiences into a usable public record. The Bigger Teaching Point Lake Como does not need to choose between honoring the people who carried the work and building systems that carry it forward. Both are necessary. Respect the shoulders. Build the staircase. That is the assignment. Some people carried hard work before KLCB existed. That should be documented. Some people stepped into gaps when nobody else would. That should be documented. Some people created events, relationships, and structure in difficult conditions. That should be documented. But documentation cannot stop at praise. It also has to answer: What was learned? What changed? What failed? What repeated? What should residents know now? What must never again depend on one person, one group, one room, or one private relationship? Bottom Line Somebody handled it. That may be true. But if the work was not documented, shared, transferred, and opened into a resident pathway, then the next generation is still starting over. The work was carried. Now the work must be structured. The next generation deserves an inheritance, not another investigation. What To Do Next If you experienced, witnessed, recorded, or were impacted by events in Lake Como on July 3–4, 2026, preserve your receipts and complete the KLCB Sunlight Campaign intake so your experience can be documented. If you have photos, video, citation information, tow information, officer interaction details, location notes, timeline notes, or witness information, preserve it. If you are angry, do not waste the anger. Give it a job. Document. Report through the proper channels. Share your experience with KLCB’s Sunlight Campaign. Invite another resident to do the same. Help build the record. Lake Como has enough memories. Now we build infrastructure.

Document/Report Your July 3–4, 2026 Experience Following resident concerns raised during July 3–4, 2026 celebration period, Keep Lake Como Beautiful is activating the KLCB Sunlight Campaign as a structured after-action documentation pathway. Residents may use Sunlight to document their experience with event communication, rules and regulations, enforcement, towing, public-safety interactions, and follow-up. KLCB is collecting resident experience, communications, outcomes, and available receipts—not rumors. KLCB will use grouped, anonymized patterns to inform a July 3–4 After-Action Sunlight Snapshot and future resident education, public-safety communication, and accountability work. Residents who need help submitting a Sunlight report or organizing their records may receive technical assistance by appointment at the PLCDC/KLCB office, 5112 Bonnell Avenue, or when the KLCB cart is out in the neighborhood. Start here: Submit a July 3–4 Sunlight Report https://forms.gle/JkWRJmVrJj5Kj2ENA Residents facing an arrest, injury, pending charge, or possible legal claim should consider consulting a qualified attorney before providing a detailed public statement. If you’ve ever reported a problem in Lake Como—called 911, filed a MyFW request, talked to Code or trash services—and then wondered what happened next? You’re not alone. Too often, residents are left guessing: Did anyone see this? Is someone working on it? Why does this problem keep coming back? The KLCB Sunlight Campaign was built to change that. Download the Sunlight Tools for Lake Como Sunlight Campaign Flyer (PDF) Quick overview + QR code to submit a report. Sunlight Campaign Image For posting on social media, group chats, and text threads. Resident Explainer (PDF) Plain-language explainer for porch conversations and meetings. What is the KLCB Sunlight Campaign? Lake Como residents deserve consistent, respectful service from the City of Fort Worth teams assigned to our neighborhood. The KLCB Sunlight Campaign helps us document what’s happening on our blocks, track follow-through, and make clear patterns visible—so we can improve safety and neighborhood conditions together. Sunlight turns individual stories into receipts, not rumors: How did the system show up for you? Did anything actually change on the ground? Add your voice. Share your receipts. Help us track what’s working—and what needs follow-through. Submit your Sunlight check-in at bit.ly/KLCBSunlight after you interact with FWPD, Code, Environmental Services, Solid Waste, or KFWB. What Sunlight Measures Sunlight tracks City follow-through on resident-reported quality-of-life issues on two rails: Service Experience – how the system shows up Access, respect, clarity, timeliness, communication, consistency, and coordination between departments. Outcomes – what actually changes Actions taken, time-to-result, resolution status, durability of fixes, and whether problems repeat or come right back. In plain language: We measure how you were treated and what got fixed (or didn’t)—block by block. Who’s Involved Sunlight may involve interactions with multiple City teams, including: Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) – criminal activity, enforcement, public safety response. Code Compliance / Neighborhood Investigations – property maintenance, nuisance conditions, dumping on private property, blight-related code violations. Environmental Services / Solid Waste Services – bulk pickup, garbage/recycling service, litter/waste reduction support, and coordination on dumping-related issues. Keep Fort Worth Beautiful (KFWB) – cleanup and litter-prevention programming, event-based community support. Behind the scenes, Sunlight also connects to Fort Worth’s oversight systems: CPU (inside oversight): structured reviews, data, corrective action planning. OPOM (outside oversight): transparency, accountability, complaints, data, community engagement. KLCB (neighborhood ground truth): resident-facing Sunlight Reports, Resolve Project case packets, MyFW escalation tracking, and WHUB storytelling. How Sunlight Works (Residents) You interact with a City service FWPD, Code, Environmental/Solid Waste, KFWB, or another service that affects safety or conditions on your block. You submit a quick Sunlight check-in Go to bit.ly/KLCBSunlight and answer short questions about: How you were treated (service experience), and Whether anything changed (outcome). Your feedback joins the Sunlight dataset KLCB groups responses by patterns—not by individual names—to create: Resident Safety Feedback Reports, Block-level case stories through The Resolve Project, and Evidence for conversations with City leadership, CPU, and OPOM. Privacy & Trust You can stay anonymous, or You can share your name/contact if you want follow-up on your specific issue. Either way, your feedback is counted in grouped data and pattern reports. We focus on conditions and systems, not blaming individual residents. Who Runs Sunlight? The KLCB Sunlight Campaign is managed by Keep Lake Como Beautiful (KLCB), a program of Proof of Life Community Development Corporation (PLCDC). We do not replace 911, Code, or any City department. Our role is to: Help residents document real experiences, Track follow-through over time, and Advocate for better standards and better outcomes in partnership with City teams. Questions: 682.382.1224 | info@keeplakecomobeautiful.org What Lake Como Should Be Able to Expect The KLCB Sunlight Campaign doesn’t just collect stories—it points to a basic “floor” for how public safety and City service partners should work with Lake Como. Here’s a quick snapshot of those expectations. For resident leaders and partners: KLCB has developed full Public Safety Partnership Standards for Lake Como. Email info@keeplakecomobeautiful.org with “Sunlight Standards” in the subject line to learn more.

Office Hours | S2E16 | June 25, 2026 | A Project Is Not Finished When the Money Is Spent Office Hours | S2E16 | June 25, 2026 | Conditions, Not Character Office Hours | S2E16 | June 25, 2026 | Resident Power Does Not End at Approval Office Hours | S2E16 | June 25, 2026 | Who Is Responsible for Making Sure It Works? Office Hours | S2E16 | June 25, 2026 | This Is What Follow-Through Looks Like Why This Issue Matters Recently installed amenities at Lake Como Park represent real public investment. That matters. Residents should be able to see and use the results of neighborhood investment. But the work does not end when a project is approved. It does not end when construction begins. And it does not end when the installation appears in the park. Public investment only delivers its full value when residents can use it as intended. That is where this Office Hours episode begins. The Real Question This is not a post about whether the outdoor fitness area should exist. It is here. Residents are using it. The investment has been made. The question now is whether the amenity is functioning as intended — safely, accessibly, and consistently — for the people it was built to serve. That is a different question. And it is a more mature one. Because many neighborhoods are taught to celebrate getting a project approved but are rarely taught how to inspect the outcome once it arrives. The Category Correction One of the biggest misunderstandings in community work is this: people think leadership means getting something built. It does not. Leadership also means following through after installation. It means observing conditions. It means documenting barriers. It means asking whether the public investment is usable, accessible, and being maintained properly. A project is not finished when the money is spent. A project is finished when residents can use it as intended. That is the category correction this moment requires. The Conditions on the Ground As residents have begun using the outdoor fitness area, several conditions have become visible. These include ADA parking access after rain events, runoff and sediment movement into and around the parking area, tire rutting adjacent to the ADA parking space, sidewalk obstruction caused by erosion and debris, the functional relationship between the ADA space and the fitness area, and maintenance-related obstacles affecting pedestrian routes. These are not personality critiques. These are conditions. Conditions can be observed. Conditions can be documented. Conditions can be reviewed. Conditions can be improved. That is how resident leadership works. The Resident-Power Lesson This is where the resident-power lesson gets stronger. Most people think participation ends after the ask, the meeting, the vote, the budget, or the installation. But real resident-power infrastructure includes idea, request, participation, documentation, installation, inspection, maintenance review, and follow-through. Most neighborhoods are encouraged to participate at the front end and then disappear. KLCB is teaching a different civic habit: residents should know how to inspect what arrives after public money is spent. Resident power is not just asking for things. Resident power is tracking what happens after they arrive. The Public Systems Layer This issue also has a public systems dimension. Once a project is installed, someone is still responsible for accessibility conditions, drainage impacts, pedestrian access, maintenance routing, site usability, and follow-through when new barriers appear. So the public question is not: who can we blame? The public question is: how does a resident request review when the investment exists but the conditions around it are limiting its intended use? That is a systems question. And it deserves a systems response. What KLCB Is Doing KLCB is treating this exactly how resident-power work should treat it: observe the conditions, document the evidence, submit the review request, name the issue clearly, keep the focus on functionality, access, and stewardship, and help residents understand that post-installation follow-through is part of community development too. This is not drama. This is stewardship. The Bigger Teaching Point The real teaching point is bigger than Lake Como Park. The first civic win is not only getting an investment approved. The deeper civic win is learning that public projects are not magic. Residents can ask questions. Residents can submit ideas. Residents can participate in the process. Residents can follow up. Residents can inspect the results. Residents can request review. Residents can document whether the investment is working as intended. That is Resident Power 101. Bottom Line The project is finished. The follow-through is not. And if residents want stronger neighborhoods, safer amenities, better accessibility, and public investments that actually work, then they must stay engaged after the ribbon cutting too. That is not complaining. That is civic stewardship. That is not negativity. That is public accountability. That is not extra. That is what follow-through looks like. What To Do Next Read this post. Watch Office Hours S2E16. Document what you see. Request review when conditions interfere with intended use. Stay engaged after the project arrives.

CLICK HERE to READ original post. Watch Videos ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Office Hours | S2E15 | June 18, 2026 | The Vote Is Over. Now What? 1/5 Office Hours | S2E15 | June 18, 2026 | What Got Picked for Lake Como Park? 2/5 Office Hours | S2E15 | June 18, 2026 | Why the Lake Como NIP Vote Still Matters 3/5 Office Hours | S2E15 | June 18, 2026 | The City Put the Lake Como Timeline in Writing 4/5 Office Hours | S2E15 | June 18, 2026 | What Lake Como Residents Should Watch Next 5/5 Office Hours | S2E15 | June 18, 2026 | The Bigger Lesson Behind the Lake Como NIP Vote A community should not have to choose the next project before it sees the receipts from the last ones. That was the issue going into the April 30 public meeting. Now the vote is over, the money has been assigned, and Lake Como needs to understand what the outcome says about participation, process, and accountability going forward. According to the City’s meeting materials, the remaining Neighborhood Improvement Program balance for Lake Como Park was $45,033. Residents were asked to rank proposed park improvements. After the meeting, the City reported that 27 ballots were cast. The top three selections were: Picnic Tables & Benches Brush Clearing Water Fountains The final improvement plan now moves forward with: $30,000 for benches and tables $15,000 for brush clearing The City’s published timeline now says: June — coordinate with PARD and plan next steps July — purchase materials for benches and tables August — goats will graze dense brush August through September — installation of benches and tables, brush trimming, and ADA-compliant concrete work on sidewalks leading to new table installation September 2026 — all projects complete So yes — a decision was made. But the bigger question did not disappear. What changed Before the meeting, the issue was whether residents would get the record before being asked to decide. Now, the issue has shifted. The vote happened. The City published the results. The final plan is now in writing. That matters. It means Lake Como is no longer waiting on a hypothetical. The neighborhood now has a documented outcome, a stated timeline, and a concrete set of promises it can track. This is no longer just a “what should be chosen?” conversation. This is a “what was chosen, who shaped it, and what happens next?” conversation. What the result tells us 1. The process closed, but the civic question did not. A final vote can settle a spending decision. It does not automatically settle the deeper question of how neighborhood participation was built, routed, and reflected. 2. Official does not always mean representative. The City has a result. The neighborhood still has reason to think carefully about turnout, representation, and what it means when the closeout phase of a multi-year investment is shaped in a limited room. 3. A written timeline creates a new accountability lane. One important change is that the next steps are now documented. That gives residents something concrete to watch. Paper is not the same as delivery. But paper does make follow-through measurable. 4. Lake Como still needs stronger civic structure. This outcome does not erase the bigger lesson. A neighborhood should not have to rely on end-stage turnout and narrow participation to shape public investment. Lake Como still needs stronger structure before processes close — not just reaction after the fact. That remains a Seat at the Table issue. What residents should watch next Now that the vote is over, the accountability questions change. Residents should watch for: whether the City follows the June–September timeline how many benches and tables are actually installed where they are placed whether the brush clearing is completed whether the ADA concrete work happens as stated whether the final delivery matches the published plan whether updates continue to be shared publicly as the work moves forward This is the lane now. Before the vote, the issue was choice. After the vote, the issue is delivery. What this means for KLCB KLCB’s role now is not to pretend the decision did not happen. KLCB’s role is to: document the outcome translate what it means help residents track follow-through and keep naming the bigger lesson Because the bigger lesson is still this: Lake Como should not have to depend on late-stage participation to shape the last of a public investment. A stronger neighborhood needs: better tools better process and resident power strong enough to shape outcomes earlier, not just react later Bottom line The money is assigned. Now Lake Como deserves the follow-through it was promised. And the neighborhood should track this final stretch all the way to the end. Next... Read the original post Watch Office Hours S2E15 Follow KLCB for timeline updates Facebook | Instagram Support Seat at the Table Take the Goodman Park survey

Office Hours | S2E14 June 11, 2026 Anchor: Lake Como Has Not Lacked Helpers. It Has Lacked Resident-Power Infrastructure Angle 1: Charity Is Not Resident Power | Office Hours S2E14 Angle 2: A Community Development Practitioner Builds Power | Office Hours S2E14 Angle 3: Lake Como Has Lacked Resident-Power Infrastructure | Office Hours S2E14 Angle 4: Public Systems Can Reinforce the Problem | Office Hours S2E14 Angle 5: Lake Como Deserves to Shape Its Future | Office Hours S2E14 There are moments in the work when the language finally catches up to the truth. For me, this was one of those moments. I have spent years trying to explain the difference between helping a neighborhood and building the power a neighborhood needs to shape its own future. That distinction matters everywhere, but it matters deeply in Lake Como, a historic Fort Worth neighborhood facing rising outside interest, redevelopment pressure, narrative distortion, and the real risk of displacement. Here is the issue I am naming plainly: Lake Como has been trained — internally and externally — to confuse charity, social service, gatekeeping, and ceremonial visibility with resident power, revitalization strategy, and equitable development infrastructure. That confusion has consequences. It shapes who gets recognized. It shapes who gets resourced. It shapes who gets invited into rooms. It shapes who is treated as the voice of the neighborhood. It shapes whether residents are prepared to participate in decisions before those decisions are made without them. Lake Como has not lacked people who care. Lake Como has not lacked pride. Lake Como has not lacked social programs, neighborhood events, helping hands, or ceremonial recognition. What Lake Como has lacked is durable resident-power infrastructure. That is the gap Keep Lake Como Beautiful was created to fill. Direct Service and Resident Power Are Not the Same Function Both direct service and revitalization work can support a community, but they are not the same function. Direct service helps people meet immediate needs. Resident-power work helps people participate in decisions, document conditions, shape public expectations, and influence revitalization before displacement becomes the outcome. Both can matter. Both can be valuable. But they do not do the same job. Food distribution, clothing support, youth activities, senior events, and social programs can meet real needs. Those efforts can bring comfort, connection, and relief. But direct service alone does not automatically build the civic capacity residents need to understand public systems, track neighborhood conditions, influence planning decisions, challenge harmful narratives, or hold institutions accountable. A neighborhood can have social programs and still lack power. A neighborhood can be celebrated and still lack infrastructure. A neighborhood can receive attention and still be unprepared for the decisions that will shape its future. That is where the distinction becomes urgent. The Category Error One of the greatest challenges facing Lake Como is a category error. Too often, people look at a historically under-resourced neighborhood and ask, “Who is helping?” That question is not wrong, but it is incomplete. The deeper question is: Who is building the capacity residents need to shape what happens next? Those are not the same questions. When outside stakeholders, public systems, funders, institutions, or even residents themselves collapse every form of community activity into the same category, the neighborhood loses clarity. Social service becomes confused with community development. Visibility becomes confused with accountability. Familiarity becomes confused with capacity. Longevity becomes confused with effectiveness. Gatekeeping becomes confused with leadership. That confusion keeps neighborhoods stuck. It allows people to applaud survival while avoiding the harder work of building power. Lake Como does not simply need to be helped. Lake Como needs the infrastructure to participate, document, organize, advocate, and influence. The Role of a Community Development Practitioner This is also where I had to define my own work more clearly. A community development practitioner does not simply deliver help. A community development practitioner builds capacity. Builds systems. Builds leadership. Builds pathways between residents, institutions, resources, and decisions. That is the lane I am standing in. Through Proof of Life Community Development Corporation and Keep Lake Como Beautiful, I am not building a charity project. I am building resident-power infrastructure. That means creating practical systems that help residents move: from concern to participation, from participation to documentation, from documentation to public accountability, and from public accountability to influence. That is not casual volunteer work. That is applied community development practice. It requires organizing. It requires strategy. It requires public education. It requires documentation. It requires trust-building. It requires the ability to translate neighborhood concerns into civic action. It also requires the courage to say that good intentions are not enough. The Resident-Power Gap The most important issue is not whether Lake Como will experience revitalization, redevelopment, urban renewal, or gentrification as abstract terms. The deeper issue is whether residents have power in the process. Revitalization can strengthen a neighborhood when legacy residents are informed, organized, protected, and meaningfully involved. Revitalization can become a pathway to displacement when residents are treated as background characters in decisions made by others. Redevelopment can bring investment. But investment without resident power can change who belongs, who benefits, and who remains. This is why resident-power infrastructure matters. Residents need more than announcements after decisions are already underway. Residents need more than symbolic meetings. Residents need more than a few familiar voices being treated as the whole community. Residents need more than programs that respond to immediate needs while larger systems continue moving around them. Residents need tools. They need information. They need organized pathways. They need documentation systems. They need public accountability. They need leadership development. They need a way to connect lived experience to public decision-making. That is the work of Keep Lake Como Beautiful. The Public Systems Layer There is also a public systems layer that must be named carefully and honestly. Public systems can unintentionally reinforce a neighborhood’s limited view of itself when recognition, resources, and engagement are routed through the same familiar ceremonial or direct-service channels instead of building the resident capacity needed to participate in planning, accountability, and revitalization decisions. This does not always happen through malice. Sometimes it happens through habit. Sometimes through convenience. Sometimes through outdated assumptions. Sometimes through a desire to find the easiest point of contact. Sometimes through a misunderstanding of what kind of community infrastructure is actually needed. But the result can still be harmful. When systems only recognize the familiar, they can miss the functional. When systems only reward visibility, they can overlook strategy. When systems only engage through legacy channels, they can reinforce the very patterns that keep residents from building independent civic power. That matters in Lake Como. A neighborhood facing redevelopment pressure cannot afford to have its future shaped only through ceremonial recognition, direct-service routing, or familiar gatekeeping. The stakes are too high. From Survival to Strategy Lake Como has spent decades being celebrated for surviving. Survival matters. Pride matters. History matters. Culture matters. But survival is not the same as power. A community can survive disinvestment and still be unprepared for reinvestment. A community can carry deep pride and still lack the organized infrastructure needed to shape policy, development, public safety, neighborhood conditions, and resource allocation. The next chapter cannot be built on survival alone. It must be built on strategy. That means asking harder questions: Who controls the process? Who benefits from the investment? Who gets to define the story? Who is invited before decisions are made? Who is contacted only after plans are already moving? Who remains when the neighborhood becomes more attractive to outside interests? Who is building the systems residents need to shape the outcome? These are the questions that move the conversation beyond charity and toward power. Why KLCB Exists Keep Lake Como Beautiful exists because Lake Como needs a resident-first revitalization infrastructure. Not just cleanup. Not just events. Not just pride. Not just public-facing positivity. KLCB exists to help build the civic muscle of the neighborhood. Our work connects beautification, public safety, resident engagement, documentation, advocacy, equitable development, and public accountability into one practical framework. That framework is designed to help residents understand what is happening, participate in the process, document conditions, organize around shared concerns, and shape public expectations before displacement becomes the outcome. This is the work of the Resident Power Framework. It is not about speaking for residents. It is about building the conditions where residents can speak, act, track, organize, and influence with more clarity and power. The Future We Are Building Toward My work addresses a gap that direct service cannot solve: the absence of resident-power infrastructure in neighborhoods facing redevelopment, public investment, narrative distortion, and displacement pressure. That gap is not theoretical. It shows up when a neighborhood is discussed more than it is heard. It shows up when resources are routed through familiar names instead of functional systems. It shows up when public recognition is mistaken for real capacity. It shows up when residents are expected to respond to change without being given the tools to understand, influence, or document it. It shows up when a neighborhood is praised for its history while being underprepared for its future. Through PLCDC and Keep Lake Como Beautiful, I am building practical systems to close that gap. The question is not simply whether Lake Como will experience revitalization, redevelopment, or gentrification. The deeper question is this: What happens when a historically under-resourced neighborhood has social services, legacy gatekeepers, ceremonial recognition, and city attention — but still lacks resident-power infrastructure strong enough to shape revitalization before displacement becomes the outcome? That is the issue. That is the work. That is the framework. And that is the future I am building toward. Lake Como has not lacked helpers. Lake Como has lacked resident-power infrastructure. Keep Lake Como Beautiful was created to build it.

The Seat at the Table Workshop was not a one-and-done event. It was a launch. KLCB introduced the Resident Power Framework, opened a Google Classroom to keep the work moving, held a reconvening session through Google Meet, and now two entities are exploring partnership conversations based on the framework. That matters. Because Lake Como does not need more activity that fades after the room clears. Lake Como needs civic structure that keeps working after the meeting ends. The Workshop Worked Seat at the Table proved something important: Residents are ready for structure. Not more noise. Not another room full of opinions. Not vague support language with no role, no lane, and no next step. Structure. The Resident Power Framework gave participants a way to understand how revitalization work actually moves. It helped name the categories, roles, power levers, barriers, and next steps that turn concern into civic action. That was the point. KLCB is not hosting events. KLCB is building a resident-powered infrastructure. What Happened After the Workshop Matters The strongest proof of a workshop is not how people felt in the room. The proof is what happens next. After Seat at the Table, KLCB moved the work into Google Classroom so participants and contributors have a place to keep learning, reviewing, reflecting, and taking next steps. Then we reconvened using Google Meet. That matters because follow-up is where most community efforts fall apart. People gather. People talk. People leave inspired. Then the work disappears. Not this time. KLCB is building the container that keeps the work from evaporating. Partnership Interest Is a Signal Two entities are now engaged in partnership conversations based on the Resident Power Framework. That is not small. That is a signal. It means the framework is not just useful inside KLCB. It is becoming a shared language for how others can understand, align with, and contribute to resident-first revitalization in Lake Como. This is what parallel civic capacity looks like. It is not chaos. It is not competition for attention. It is not asking outdated organizations for permission to matter. It is building organized resident power strong enough that residents, partners, funders, agencies, and decision-makers have something serious to respond to. Now Comes the Public On-Ramp Seat at the Table was a deeper working session. But not every resident starts there. Some residents need a first step that is simple, practical, and close to home. That is where the 7-Day Challenge comes in. The 7-Day Challenge is KLCB’s public on-ramp into Porch2Curb action. It is not random outreach. It is not a cute challenge for social media. It teaches residents how to notice, document, connect, and move toward action without jumping straight into escalation, confusion, or burnout. What the 7-Day Challenge Does The 7-Day Challenge does seven important things in order: Builds awareness before action. Centers neighbor voice before systems. Teaches documentation before escalation. Introduces lanes after residents understand the work. Requires respectful contact before deeper commitment. Creates receipts before storytelling. Moves people into a next step instead of a dead end. That sequence matters. Because real resident power is not built by telling people to “get involved” with no pathway. It is built by helping people see clearly, act respectfully, document what matters, and choose the next step that fits their capacity. This Is How Framework Becomes Practice The Resident Power Framework helps people understand the game board. The 7-Day Challenge helps people take their first move. That is the bridge. A resident may not be ready to join an advisory lane. They may not be ready to speak at a public meeting. They may not be ready to lead a block. But they can start by observing their block. They can talk to a neighbor. They can document a condition. They can take one respectful action. They can learn where the issue belongs. They can choose a lane instead of staying vague. That is how concern becomes practice. That is how practice becomes confidence. That is how confidence becomes organized participation. Lake Como Does Not Need a Dead-End Meeting The last thing Lake Como needs is another meeting/event that makes people feel good for two hours and then sends them home without structure. KLCB is not doing that. The workshop launched the framework. Google Classroom holds the learning. The online sessions keep the conversation alive. Partnership conversations show the framework has traction. And the 7-Day Challenge opens the door for more residents to begin. This is how we move from framework to first step. This is how we move from concern to contribution. This is how KLCB's Season 2: Porch2Curb becomes more than a campaign. It becomes a rhythm. Join the 7-Day Challenge Start small. Stay consistent. Build block pride. The 7-Day Challenge is for residents who are ready to stop waiting for a perfect starting point. You do not have to know every system. You do not have to lead everything. You do not have to start with a complaint. Start with awareness. Start with your block. Start with one neighbor. Start with one receipt. Then choose your next step. 👉🏾 Join the 7-Day Challenge: bit.ly/KLCB7Day The Bottom Line The Seat at the Table Workshop proved the framework. The 7-Day Challenge puts it into practice. Lake Como does not need more dead ends. It needs clear pathways into power. And this is the next one.

Videos: Office Hours | S2 E12 May 28,2026 Seat at the Table was never supposed to be a one-day event. The workshop is the introduction. The cohort process is where the work gets tested. That matters because Lake Como does not need another cycle of people feeling inspired for one afternoon and then drifting back into vagueness. It needs stronger structure, stronger language, and a process that helps people move from concern to contribution in good and decent order. What happened Seat at the Table introduced the Resident Power Framework live in the room. Participants were asked to do more than sit and listen. They used the framework to examine real KLCB programs as case studies, identify fit, name strengths and limits, and think more clearly about contribution and next steps. That is exactly how the workshop blueprint describes the session: a structured working session using real KLCB programs as live case studies so people can self-select into meaningful roles. That part mattered because it proved something important: structure changes the quality of the conversation. Why it matters The point was never just to hold a workshop. The point was to create a shaped process. After each Seat at the Table workshop, a cohort is formed. That cohort moves into the official Google Classroom follow-up space, where participants can revisit the framework, strengthen the shared language, and prepare for deeper application. The classroom copy says that space is meant to move participants from interest to structure, not to act as a passive content library. Then the cohort reconvenes by Google Meet. That reconvening matters because it gives participants a chance to watch the framework operate in real time through actual review sequences, including proposed collaborations or next-step opportunities that were sparked by the workshop. Collaboration should not begin with excitement alone. It should begin with clarity. In plain language Here is the process: The workshop introduces the framework. The cohort moves into Google Classroom for official support and follow-up. The reconvening Google Meet helps participants use the framework on real opportunities before anything moves forward. That is the difference between a good meeting and a real process. For everyone who was not in the room, the path stays the same: read the material, understand the posture, and request a seat through the official Seat at the Table pathway. This is not a drop-in system. It is a shaped room. What happens next After each workshop, the cohort reconvenes for a live Google Meet working session. That session is not about circling back vaguely. It is about watching the framework do real work: reviewing proposed ideas, examining possible collaborations, testing fit, naming limits, identifying non-duplicative contribution, and clarifying what should or should not move forward. That is consistent with the framework documents, which are built to help KLCB and residents sort issues, choose roles, apply the right levers, name barriers, define next actions, and identify visible proof of progress. What to do now If you attended the workshop: check your email, enter the Google Classroom, and join the reconvening process. If you did not attend the workshop: read the blog, review the posture, and request a seat through the official Seat at the Table process. To request a seat: Email: info@KeepLakeComoBeautiful.org Subject line: Seat at the Table Seat at the Table is not the finish line. It is the front door to a stronger process: workshop, cohort, classroom, reconvening, and then structured next steps. That structure is intentional. That is how KLCB protects the room. That is how the work stays clear. KLCB is here to create clarity so Lake Como residents can show up informed.