HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/03/29-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MARCH 29,2022
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6 (Remote)
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Laetitia Brown, Interim City Attorney
Jannette Goodall, City Secretary
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Manya Shorr, Interim Assistant City Manager
Reginald Zeno, Financial Management Services (CFO)
Whitney Rodriguez, Mayor's Chief of Staff
Carlo Capua, Mayor's Deputy Chief of Staff
Denis McElroy, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Chris Mosley, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Mike Crum, Director, Public Events
Robert Sturns, Director, Economic Development
John Samford, Assistant Director, Finance and City Treasurer
Call to Order
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, with a quorum of the City
Council Members present, Mayor Parker called the Executive Session Meeting to order and the
Fort Worth City Council convened into closed Executive Session at 9:03 a.m. on Tuesday,
March 29, 2022, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth City Hall to
discuss matters pertaining to the following:
The City Council will conduct a closed meeting in order to discuss matters permitted by the
following sections of Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code:
CITY MANAGER
1. Section 551.072, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY Deliberate the
purchase, sale, lease or value of real property where deliberation in an open meeting would have
a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third party.
2. Section 551.087, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEGOTIATIONS Deliberate the commercial or financial information or the offer of a financial
or other incentive to a business prospect.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MARCH 29, 2022
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Mayor Parker recessed the executive session at 10:03 a.m.
Mayor Parker called the executive session back to order at 1:14 p.m.
CITY ATTORNEY
1. Section 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY
To seek the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement
offers, or any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas
Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with
the Texas Open Meetings Act. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning Cause Number 02-17-00185-CV; Court of Appeals for the Second
District of Texas; The City of Fort Worth and David Cooke, in His Official Capacity as Fort
Worth City Manager v. Stephanie Lynn Rylie, Texas C&D Amusements, Inc. and Brian and
Lisa Scott D/B/A TSCA and D/B/A River Bottom Pub;
b. Legal issues concerning to Cause Numbers 21-1048, 21-1055, 21-1227; U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia; Sierra Club, Don't Waste Michigan, Citizens'
Environmental Coalition, Citizens for alternatives to Chemical Contamination, Nuclear
Energy Information service, Public Citizen, Inc., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace,
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition. v. United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and United States of America;
c. Legal issues concerning Cause Number 4:17-CV-0120-P, Northern District of Texas;
Jacqueline Craig, Individually, and on behalf of Minors, J.H., K.H., and A.C. and Brea
Hymond v. City of Fort Worth, William D. Martin and Itamar Vardi;
d. Legal issues concerning David Bakutis, as Administrator for the Estate of Atatiana
Jefferson v. Aaron Dean, et al. and Amber Carr, on behalf of minor, Z.C. v. Aaron Dean, et
al (Cause No. 4:21-cv-oo665-Y consolidated with Civil Action No 4:21-cv-1053-Y); and
e. Legal issues concerning Mary's Creek discharge permit status
Postponed to next meeting
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 1:40 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
Attest: Appro e
J ette S. Goodall Mattie Parker
ty Secretary Mayor