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SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 27,2017
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Ronald P. Gonzales, Assistant City Secretary
I. Call to Order—Mayor Betsy Price
With a quorum present, Mayor Price called the Special Called meeting of the Fort Worth City
Council to order at 3:01 p.m., on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in the City Council Conference
Room 290, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Discuss Appointment of Task Force on Race and Culture
Mayor Price provided information on creation of the Task Force on Race and Culture led by
Estrus Tucker and assisted by National League of Cities REAL staff members. She asked that
the Council find consensus on members of the community that have been asked to be co-chairs
of the task force and advised that those co-chairs would select the individual members of the
committee with suggestions by the City Council.
Motion: Mayor Pro tem Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member Moon,
accepting the appointment of a Task Force on Race and Culture. Motion passed
9-0.
VI. Adjourn—Mayor Betsy Price
There being no further business, Mayor Price adjourned the Special Called meeting at 3:22 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 1St of August, 2017.
Attest: Approve
Mary J. Kays®r etsy P
City Secretary Mayor