HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/05/08-Minutes-City Council-Executive SessionCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 8, 2012
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Pre - Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 5:27 p.m., on
May 8, 2012, to convene into the Special City Council Meeting for the closed Executive Session
in the Pre - Council Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building.
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern W. B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6 (Left at 5:50 p.m.)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Absent:
Council Member Kathleen Hicks, District 8
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Ted Gorski, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Christa Reynolds, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Deputy Chief Abdul Pridgen, Police Department
Richard Zavala, Director, Parks and Community Services
Randle Harwood, Director, Planning and Development Department
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 5:27 p.m. on May 8, 2012, in the Pre - Council Chamber of the Fort
Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 8, 2012
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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. Jason Lee Macias and Misty Lanette Ford- Macias v. The City of Fort Worth;
Upper Exchange, Inc., d/b /a Cowboy Cantina, Cadillac of the Stockyards, a/k/a
Cantina Cadillac; Daniel A. McCreery, Civil Action No. 4- 12 -CV- 00096 -A;
b. City of Fort Worth v. Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd., et al.,
Cause No. PR- 2011 - 00451;
c. Dennis Rose, et al. v. City of Fort Worth, Texas, Case No. 96- 24420 -10;
d. Legal Issues Related to Rate Increase Proposed by Atmos Energy Corporation,
Mid -Tex Division; and
e. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas.
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.
Mayor Price adjourned the closed Executive Session at 5:58 p.m., on Tuesday,
May 8, 2012, and convened into the Regular City Council Meeting.
There was no formal action taken by the City Council on the items discussed during the
Executive Session and with no further business to be conducted, Mayor Price adjourned the
meeting at 5:58 p.m., on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.
Attest:
Mary J. Kay
City Secretary
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