HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/03/01-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session (3) CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MARCH 1, 2022
Present:
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
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
Denis McElroy, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Christopher Mosley, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Mike Crum, Public Facilities/Events Director
Sian Sang, Assistant City Attorney
Steve Cumbie, Assistant City Attorney
Others Present
Bob Jameson, President and CEO of Visit Fort Worth (present for item l.c)
A. Call to Order
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, with a quorum of the City
Council Members present, Mayor Pro tem Bivens called the Executive Session Meeting to order
and the Fort Worth City Council convened into closed Executive Session at 12:06 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth City Hall
to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
B. 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 ATTORNEY
1 Section 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY
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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 Artemio Garza-Morales, et al. v. City of Fort Worth (Cause No.
067-323889-21);
b. Legal issues concerning Steven Keys, et al. v. City of Fort Worth (Cause No. 236-
306011-19);
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.
c. Legal issues concerning the application of an event for the Events Trust Fund under
Chapter 480 of the Texas Government Code
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.
C. The City Council may reconvene in open session in the City Council Conference Room and
act on any item listed on the Executive Session Agenda in accordance with Chapter 551 of
the Texas Government Code.
D. Adjourn
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Pro tem Bivens adjourned the meeting at 12:51
p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
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