HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/12/04-Minutes-City Council-Executive SessionCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
DECEMBER 04, 2012
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday,
December 04, 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 tem 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
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (left the meeting at 5:25 p.m.)
Absent:
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9 (arrived at 5:43 p.m.)
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Assistant City Attorney
Denis McElroy, Assistant City Attorney II
Carolyn McFatridge, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Jo Ann Rowls, Sr. Risk Management Analyst
Jay Chapa, Housing and Economic Development Director
Pete Anderson, IT Solutions Director
Bryan Beck, Regional Transportation Coord.
Randall Harwood, Planning/Development Director
Laetitia Brown, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Chris Trout, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Dee Kelly Jr. (Kelly, Hart and Hallman)
Melinda Ramos, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Dana Burghdoff, Planning/Development Deputy Director
Jocelyn Murphy, Planning Manager
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 04, 2012
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With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, December 04, 2012, in the Pre - Council
Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
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. Schorn v. City of Fort Worth, Cause No. 48- 245325 -10, Tarrant County, Texas;
B. Trevino v. City of Fort Worth, Cause No. 4:12 -CV- 717 -A, United States District
Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division;
C. In Re: 1701 Commerce, LLC. (Sheraton Bankruptcy), Case No. 12- 41748, Northern
District of Texas Bankruptcy Court;
D. Legal issues related to commuter rail initiatives and public transit services;
E. Richard van Houten, Jr. and Stephen Hall v. City of Fort Worth, a Texas Municipal
Corporation, Cause No. 4:12 -CV- 00826 -Y, United States District Court, Northern
District of Texas;
F. City of Fort Worth vs. Employees' Retirement Fund of the City of Fort Worth, Civil
Action No. 4:12 -CV- 00829 -A, United States District Court, Northern District of
Texas; and
G. 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.
Council Member Burns arrived at 5:43 p.m.
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 5:46 p.m. on Tuesday, December 04, 2012.
Attest:
Mary J. Ka ser
City Secretary/
" -Approved: --
B tsy Pric