City Council Briefing Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2001
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MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001
01-0150
CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
MAYOR RON KIRK, PRESIDING
PRESENT: [15] Kirk, Poss, Salazar, Loza, Miller, Thornton Reese, Hill, Mallory Caraway, Chaney, Fantroy, Walne, Finkelman, Greyson, Blumer, Forsythe Lill
ABSENT: [0]
The meeting was called to order at 9:35 a.m.
The invocation was given by Bishop McKinley Young, Presiding Prelate 10th Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The meeting agenda, which was posted in accordance with Chapter 551, "OPEN MEETINGS," of the Texas Government Code, was presented.
After all business properly brought before the city council had been considered the city council adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Assistant City Secretary
The meeting agenda is attached to the minutes of this meeting as EXHIBIT A.
The actions taken on each matter considered by the city council are attached to the minutes of this meeting as EXHIBIT B.
Ordinances, resolutions, reports and other records pertaining to matters considered by the city council, are filed with the city secretary as official public records and comprise EXHIBIT C to the minutes of this meeting.
MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001
E X H I B I T A
MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001
E X H I B I T B
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0151
Agenda item (3): Special Presentations
At the beginning of each briefing meeting of the city council a time is set aside for the mayor to recognize special individuals or groups, to read mayoral proclamations, to confer honorary citizenships, and to make special presentations.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0152
OPEN MICROPHONE
In accordance with Subsection 6.3 of the City Council Rules of Procedure, the city council provided an opportunity for the following individuals to present concerns or address issues during an "open microphone" period.
OPEN MICROPHONE - BEGINNING OF MEETING:
SPEAKER: Roger Andrus, 2800 N. Henderson Ave.
SUBJECT: Honesty is the best policy
SPEAKER: Richard Thacker, 7015 Fisher Rd.
SUBJECT: Improving the City of Dallas
SPEAKER: Shula Netzer, 16950 Dallas Pkwy. NO SHOW
SUBJECT: Helping Inner-city grow
SPEAKER: Monique Allen, 7017 Chipperton Dr.
SUBJECT: Housing
SPEAKER: Leonard Mitchell, 10445 Harvest Rd.
SUBJECT: Excessive force by the police department
ADDITIONAL OPEN MICROPHONE - BEGINNING OF MEETING:
SPEAKER: Betty Culbreath Lister, 1636 Bar Harbor Dr.
SUBJECT: Thank you for allowing DFW Airport Board member to serve
OPEN MICROPHONE - END OF MEETING:
SPEAKER: Ernie Ray, 1507 Woodoak Dr., Richardson, TX
REPRESENTING: Dallas Affordable Housing Coalition
SUBJECT: Affordable Housing
SPEAKER: Tunde Obaobazee, 6130 Glenview Dr., North Richland Hills, TX
REPRESENTING: Association of United Taxicab Operators
SUBJECT: DFW Airport ground transportation
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
01-0152
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OPEN MICROPHONE - END OF MEETING - SPOKE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS:
SPEAKER: Alice Rollins, 10640 Steppington Dr. NO SHOW
SUBJECT: Dr. Gandhi/Nonviolence
SPEAKER: William Hopkins, 2011 Leath St.
SUBJECT: Corruption: President Clinton, Attorney Fred Baron, RSR Lead Smelter, Mayor Ron Kirk, Tom Hicks
SPEAKER: Jurline Hollins, 2832 Marjorie Ave.
SUBJECT: Taxation Without Representation, Poverty Pimps, Government Controlled Media
SPEAKER: Ransom Funches, 1715 Elizabeth St., Carrollton, TX CANCELED
SUBJECT: Hiring and re-hiring practices of the police department
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0153
Agenda item 1: Approval of Minutes of the January 3, 2001 City Council Meeting
Mayor Pro Tem Poss to approve the item.
Motion seconded by Councilmember Loza and unanimously adopted.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0154
01-0155
Item 2: Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)
The assistant city secretary distributed a report showing all nominations and renominations received for city board and commission appointments for the 1999-2001 board term updated through January 3, 2001.
The assistant city secretary noted that the report indicated nominees and renominees for individual appointments cleared for council action that met all qualifications for service. The city secretary also noted that the term for each nominee would end August 31, 2001.
Mayor Pro Tem Poss moved to appoint Meredith Huckabee, to the Citizens Safety Advisory Committee.
Motion seconded by Councilmember Loza and unanimously adopted.
[Information on each newly-appointed member is located in the file shown next to the name of the board.]
01-0160 CSA CITIZENS SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0156
Briefings A. DFW - Proposed Learjet Facility Improvement Corp.
Vernon Evans, Executive Vice President of Finance, DFW Airport, briefed the city council on the item.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0157
Briefings: B. Housing Policy Workshop
The city manager briefed the city council on the item.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0158
Briefings: C. Capital Improvement Plan Continued - Technical Criteria for:
a) City Facilities Improvements
b) Street and Thoroughfare Improvements
The briefing of this item was postponed.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2001
01-0159
Closed Session 6ES
Attorney Briefings (Sec. 551.071 T.O.M.A.)
Avalon Residential Care Homes, Inc. v. City of Dallas, Cause No. 3:99-CV-2414-P
Willard R. Rollins v. City of Dallas; Civil Action No. 3:99-CV-2249-G
In re: Millennium Holdings Corp., Cause No. 00-36810-RCM-11
City of Dallas, Texas v. Millennium Holdings Corp., Cause No. cc-00-08759-d
City of Dallas, Texas v. Millennium Holdings Corp., Cause No. DV00-04022-D
Harold Cox, Shirley Davidson, Robert Stubblefield, Cynthia Herring, Eloise Edwards, Betty Curley and Leo Easter v. City of Dallas, Jeffrey A. Saitas, in his capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Herman Nethery and Terry Van Sickle; Civil Action No. 3:98-CV-0291-H
Chris Bryant v. City of Dallas, et al., Cause No. 3:98-CV-0192-R
Adventure Plus, et. al. v. City of Dallas, Civil Action No. 3:00-CV-2500-R
Legal Issues regarding the Dallas Naval Air Station
Real Property (Sec. 551.072 T.O.M.A.)
Dallas Naval Air Station Real Property Issues
The posted closed session was not held.
MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001
E X H I B I T C
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