HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015/10/20-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
OCTOBER 20,2015
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:32 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 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
Council Member W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Pro tem Salvador Espino,District 2
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa,Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Laetitia Brown, Law Department
Tyler Wallach, Law Department
Doug Wiersig, Director of TPW
Robert Sturns, Economic Development
Todd Blomstrom, TPW
Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development
Randle Harwood, Planning and Development
Mattie Parker,Mayor's Chief of Staff
Doug Black, Law Department
Joel Fitzgerald, Police Chief
Kenneth Wayne Dean, Police
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:38 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, in the Pre-Council
Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
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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. Legal issues concerning liability under the Texas Tort Claims Act;
b. Legal issues concerning the zoning process in the Stockyards;
c. Legal issues concerning capital improvement projects; and
d. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas
2. Deliberate the purchase, sale, 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 concerning 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; and
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 5:24 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2015.
Attest: A oved:
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Mary Woeetsy P
City Secretary Mayor