HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005/01/04-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 4, 2005
Date &Time On the 40 day of January, A.D., 2005, the City Council of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas, met in special session, at 5.12 p.m., with
the following members and officers present:
Attendance Mayor Mike Moncrief; Mayor Pro tempore Ralph McCloud;
Council Members Jim Lane, Chuck Silcox, Becky Haskin,
Donavan Wheatfall, Clyde Picht, John Stevenson and Wendy
Davis; City Manager Charles Boswell; City Attorney David Yett
and City Secretary Marty Hendrix. 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 5:15 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) Ex Parte Lone Star Local Government Corporation
and the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Cause No. 67-
208473-04;
b) City of Fort Worth v. 3120 Precinct Line Road
L.L.C. and Walker Branch Recycling, Inc., Cause
No. 04-20857-2;
c) Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company v. City
of Fort Worth, No. 4-03CV-139-Y (5th Circuit Court
of Appeals -04-10433);
d) Legal issues concerning municipal utility districts
and water control improvement districts;
e) Legal issues concerning the 392 PBX Exchange
Project;
f) City of Fort Worth v. Texas Bay Cherry Hill, L.P.,
Cause No. 04-26380-2;
g) City of Fort Worth v. Apartments of Villa Del Rio,
L.P., Cause No. 04-25881-1, City of Fort Worth v.
Apartments of Oak Hollow FW L.P. and
Apartments at Villa Del Rio L.P., and Apartments
at Oak Hollow FW L.P. v. City of Fort Worth, Civil
Action No. 3-04-cv-2508;
h) Legal issues concerning any item listed on
today's City Council meeting agendas; and
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
JANUARY 4, 2005
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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 opera meeting
would have a .detrimental effect on the positron 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 559.076 of the Texas
Government Code.
Adjournment There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at
6;35 p.m.
�Attest: Appr d: a
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Marty Hen rix Michael J. ncrief
City Secretary Mayor