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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993/11/08-Minutes-City Council-Special Called 341 Tuesday, November 2 , 1993 Ms. Delilah Johnson re Ms . Delilah Johnson, 4036 Reed Street, appeared before the City support for the Council and expressed support for the Police Department and advised Police Department Council that the community would like to see more police officers, not less. Mr. Taaliba Sahib re Mr. Taaliba Sahib, representing Citizens on Patrol , 2828 Avenue K, support for the appeared before the City Council and expressed support for the Police Police Department Department , Citizens on Patrol , and suggested that more citizens should take on the responsibility of helping to rid the community of the criminal elements. Rev. N. G. Daniels re Rev. W. G. Daniels, 4800 South Riverside Drive, appeared before the support for the Need 8 City Council , and expressed support for the Weed & Seed Program, and Seed Program and zero expressed support tollerance ex P for Zero Tolerance; and advised Council that the ministers were going to make a difference in the communities and that they were going to make an effort to reclaim the youth in the City of Fort Worth. Mr. Sabe Braheem re Mr. Sabe Braheem, 3911 East Berry, appeared before the City Council issue of the death and advised Council that the only issue that he had brought to thei City of Eric Spencer Council was the death of Eric Spencer. Elder Roscoe Sanders Elder Roscoe Sanders, 3724 Raphael Drive, appeared before the City re gangs Council and expressed concern regarding gangs within the City of Fort Worth and advised Council that he had handed out over 2,000 flyers requesting the gang members to allow them to minister to them. Mr. Vaughn Durham re Mr. Vaughn Durham, 5520 Boca Raton Boulevard, appeared before the opposition to a City Council and expressed opposition to a review board in the City of review board in the Fort Worth. City of Fort North Mr. Steve Nahsington Mr. Steve Washington, 2625 Sherry Street, representing the African re community affairs, Research Association, appeared before the City Council regarding and the children of community affairs and expressed concern relative to the children of Fort Fort Worth Worth. Mr. Will Ingram re Mr. Will Ingram, 3908 Clotell Drive, appeared before the City Citizens Review Board Council and advised Council that a Citizens Review Board was necessary within the City of Fort Worth in order to weed out the bad and corrupt police officers and to stop the police harassment . djourned There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. CITY SECRETARY MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 1993 Date and Time On the 8th day of November, A.D. , 1993, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in special session, at 8 :55 a.m. with the following members and officers present: ttendance Mayor Kay Granger; Council Members Chuck Silcox, Becky Raskin, McKinley Jackson, Jewel Woods, Bill Meadows, and Kenneth Barr; City Manager Bob Terrell ; City Attorney Wade Adkins; City Secretary Alice Church. Mayor Pro tempore Webber and Council Member Jim Lane were absent . With more than a quorum present , the following business was transacted: rdinance No. 11441 Council Member Barr made a motion, seconded by Council Member and Election Silcox, that Ordinance No. 11441 be adopted canvassing the returns and declaring the results of a bond election held on November 2 , 1993, as follows: Proposition No. 1 - Street and Storm Sewer Improvement FOR 15,585 AGAINST 5,596 I Monday, November 8, 1993 The motion carried unanimously. Adjourned There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8: 56 a.m. CITY SECRETARY MAYO CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 9, 1993 Date and Time On the 9th day of November, A.D. , 1993, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in regular session, at 10:05 a.m. , with the following members and officers present: Attendance Mayor Ray Granger; Mayor Pro tempore Virginia Nell Webber; Council Members Jim Lane, Chuck Silcox, Becky Baskin, McKinley Jackson, Jewel Woods, Bill Meadows, and Kenneth Barr; City Manager Bob Terrell; City Attorney Wade Adkins; City Secretary Alice Church. With more than a quorum present, the following business was transacted: Invocation The invocation was given by The Reverend Alfred Sanford, St. Andrews United Methodist Church. Pledge The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Minutes of November On motion of Council Member Silcox, seconded by Council Member Barr, the minutes 2, 1993 of the regular meeting of November 2, 1993, were approved unanimously. Presentation Police Chief Thomas Windham made a presentation of the Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement to the Fort Worth Police Department, Co-sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Motorola Corporation. Sister Cities Mr. Harold Hammett, representing Sister Cities, introduced the Nursing Delegation Budapest from Budapest, Hungary. 6-10415 City Manager Terrell requested that Mayor and Council Communication No. G-10415 Withdrawn be withdrawn from the agenda. Consent Agenda On motion of Council Member Silcox, seconded by Council Member Barr, the consent Adopted agenda, as amended, was adopted unanimously. Appointments: Council Member Woods made a motion, seconded by Council Member Meadows, that Mr. Allen Taylor Allen Taylor be appointed to Place 6 on the City Zoning Commission and the Fort Worth Zoning Commission Alliance Airport Zoning Commission, with terms of office expiring October 1, 1994. The motion carried unanimously. Appointments: Council Member Jackson made a motion, seconded by Council Member Lane, that Ms. Mildred Butler Landmark Corny. Mildred Butler be reappointed to Place 5 on Historic and Cultural Landmark Commission, Lemarian Wallace that Mr. Lemarian Wallace, Jr. be appointed to Place 5 on the City Zoning Commission Zoning comet. and the Fort Worth Alliance Airport Zoning Commission. The motion carried unanimously. Granger Mayor Granger advised Council that she would be travelling to Miami on November Ceremonial Travel 11, 1993, for the National Association of Realtors Meeting and advised Council that they are paying for her travel arrangements. Council Member Meadows made a motion, seconded by Council Member Silcox, that Mayor Granger's ceremonial travel to Miami be approved. The motion carried unanimously. Council Member Lane reminded individuals present in the Council Chamber and Mexico Trade individuals that were watching on Cable television interested in doing business with Delegation Mexico that the trade delegation would be in the City of Fort Worth on November 13 through 18th and urged the businesses to contact their respective Chamber of Commerce or the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. OCS-576 There was presented Mayor and Council Communication No. OCS-576 from the Office Liability Bonds of the City Secretary recommending that the City Council authorize the acceptance of liability bonds issued to Centex Real Estate Corporation dba Center Homes and GASCO, Inc. It was the consensus of the City Council that the recomaendation be adopted.