HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/08/04-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 4, 2009
Date & Time On the 4th day of August,A.D., 2009, the City Council of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas, met in special session, at 5:24 p.m.,with
the following members and officers present:
Attendance Mayor Mike Moncrief; Mayor Pro tem Daniel Scarth; Council
Members Salvador Espino, Frank Moss, Jungus Jordan, Carter
Burdette; Kathleen Hicks and Joel Burns. City Manager Dale
Fisseler; and City Attorney David Yett. With more than a
quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Executive Session It was the consensus of the City Council that the City Council
meet in closed session at 5:24 p.m. to:
1. Seek the advice of its attorneys concerning the following
pending or contemplated litigation or other matters that are
exempt from public disclosure under Article X, Section 9 of the
Texas State Bar Rules, and as authorized by Section 551.071 of
the Texas Government Code:
a) City of Fort Worth v Sunrise Apartments 4909 E
Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas (In Rem),
and Des Moines, Inc. Cause No. 153-233178-08;
b) Faye Anna Mitchell, et al v FW Sports Authority,
Inc. and City of Fort Worth. Case No ED-2007-
00232;
c) Legal issues concerning Neighborhood
Empowerment Zone Tax Abatements;
d) Yolanda Delgado-Leon, Individually and as Next
Friend of Kevin Leon and Anel Leon v. City of Fort
Worth, Cause No. 07-57916-03;
e) Legal issues concerning single-family residential
design standards;
f) Legal issues concerning boards and commissions;
g) Legal issues concerning Public Information
Requests Nos. 4366 09, 4375-09.4403-09, 4405-09,
4407-09, 4416-09,4455-09, 4456-09;
h) Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's
City Council meeting agendas; and
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
AUGUST 4, 2009
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2. Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real
property in accordance with Section 551.072 of the Texas
Government Code. Deliberation in an open meeting would have
a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations
with a third party; and
3. Deliberate economic development negotiations as
authorized by Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code;
and
4. Deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for
implementation, of security personnel or devices, in accordance
with Section 551.076 of the Texas Government Code.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at
6:15 p.m.
Attest: App ove
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City Secretary M or