HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000/03/21-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 21, 2000
Date & Time On the 21St day of March, A.D., 2000, the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in special session, at 5:40
p.m., with the following members and officers present:
Attendance Mayor Kenneth Barr; Council Members Jim Lane, Chuck
Silcox, Becky Haskin, Frank Moss, Clyde Picht, Jeff
Wentworth and Wendy Davis; City Manager Bob Terrell;
City Attorney David Yett and City Secretary Gloria Pearson.
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 5:40 p.m. to 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:
a) City of Fort Worth v. City of Dallas et al., Cause No.
48-171109-97
b) City of Dallas v. City of Fort Worth et al., Cause No.
3-97-CV-2734-T
c) City of Fort Worth v. Department of Transportation,
Nos. 99-60008 and 99-60239
d) Legal issues concerning ordinance adopting
moratorium on acceptance of applications for
permits to develop large commercial buildings;
e) Legal issues concerning ordinance adopting
moratorium on the construction and alteration of
off-premise signs in the extraterritorial jurisdiction;
f) Legal issues concerning Chapter 245, Local
Government Code, regulating issuance of local
permits;
g) Legal issues concerning revision of allocation ratio
used to determine local telephone access line fees;
as authorized by Section 551.071 of the Texas Government
Code.
Adjournment There being no further business the meeting was
adjourned at 7:02 p.m.
CITY SECRETARY MAYOR