City Council Briefing Meeting Minutes
February 7, 2001
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MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
01-0470
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 9:15 a.m.
Mayor Kirk asked all members of the city council and the audience to stand and pray in silence.
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 5:31 p.m.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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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, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
E X H I B I T A
MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
E X H I B I T B
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
01-0471
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
February 7, 2001
01-0472
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: Pam Wick-Wilson, 4200 S. Fitzhugh Ave. CANCELED
REPRESENTING: Our Brothers Keeper-IDUGU
SUBJECT: Teen Issues
SPEAKER: Charles Hawthorn, 2402 Wells St. CANCELED
SUBJECT: Teen Summit
SPEAKER: Anna Hattley, 2710 Jeffries. St. CANCELED
SUBJECT: Teen Summit
SPEAKER: Theedric Dabney, 1222 N. Master Dr.
SUBJECT: Obtaining a variance
SPEAKER: Gerald Sampson, 5030 Shadywood Ln.
REPRESENTING: Central Dallas Association
SUBJECT: Center City TIF - Retail
ADDITIONAL OPEN MICROPHONE - BEGINNING OF MEETING:
SPEAKER: Jewel Floyd, 3815 Myrtle St.
SUBJECT: Taxation Without Representation
SPEAKER: Sandra Crenshaw, 1431 Quartet Dr. CANCELED
REPRESENTING: Advocacy For Poor People Rights To Be Represented
SUBJECT: Council pay
SPEAKER: Jurline Hollins, 2832 Marjorie Ave.
SUBJECT: Taxation Without Representation, Corruption at City Hall, Government control media
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
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OPEN MICROPHONE - END OF MEETING:
SPEAKER: Leonard Mitchell, 10445 Harvest Rd. NO SHOW
SUBJECT: False Arrest
SPEAKER: Thelma Youngblood, 2406 E. Illinois Ave. CANCELED
SUBJECT: Street repair at Kiest Blvd. and Kellogg Ave. (O.W. Holmes Middle School)
SPEAKER: Alfonso Ward, 8011 Olusta Dr. CANCELED
SUBJECT: Streets/Helping teenagers
SPEAKER: Jeraldine McDaniel, 2600 Sylvan Ave.
SUBJECT: High cost of utilities
SPEAKER: Danny Harrison, 5616 Preston Oaks Rd.
SUBJECT: City Council pay
SPEAKER: Cora Canady, 2730 Wilhurt Ave. NO SHOW
SUBJECT: City of Dallas
SPEAKER: Herbert Harris Jr. 5533 Sapling Way, DeSoto, TX
SUBJECT: 4616 Second Ave./ Obtaining a certificate of occupancy/ Hardship Case
SPEAKER: Niki Jackson, 2508 Northcrest Dr., Plano, TX NO SHOW
REPRESENTING: N.J. Construction Company
SUBJECT: Replacement and Share Housing Programs
SPEAKER: Sandra Crenshaw, 1431 Quarter Dr.
REPRESENTING: Advocacy For Poor People Rights To Be Represented
SUBJECT: council pay
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
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OPEN MICROPHONE - END OF MEETING - SPOKE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS:
SPEAKER: William Hopkins 2011 Leath St.
SUBJECT: State Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson/ KKK/ Senator Royce West/City Code Sec. 19-83, 1 thru 4
SPEAKER: Albert Parker, 9647 Oak Gate Ln.
REPRESENTING: John Q. Public
SUBJECT: Sun Star Motel/New owner license in question
SPEAKER: Timothy Grey, 1357 Middleton Dr., Cedar Hill, TX CANCELED
SUBJECT: Discrimination/Disciplinary practices in the Dallas Police Department
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
01-0473
Agenda item 1: Approval of Minutes of the January 17, 2001 City Council Meeting
Councilmember Thornton Reese to approve the item.
Motion seconded by Councilmember Loza and unanimously adopted.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
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01-0475
Item 2: Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)
The 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 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.
Councilmember Blumer moved to appoint all of the nominees to "individual appointment" positions in the report who meet all qualifications for service to the boards and commissions of the city for the term ending August 31, 2001.
Motion seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Poss and unanimously adopted.
[Information on each newly-appointed member is located in the file shown next to the name of the board.]
01-0485 ASC ANIMAL SHELTER COMMISSION
01-0486 CPC CITY PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION
01-0487 EHC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION
01-0488 SAC SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
01-0476
Briefings: A. Dallas Main Street Retail Initiative
The city manager briefed the city council on the item.
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February 7, 2001
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Briefings: B. Appointments to the Ethics Advisory Commission
The city secretary briefed the city council on the item.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
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Briefings: C. Appointments to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board
The city secretary briefed the city council on the item.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
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Briefings: D. Appointments to the City Auditor Nominating Commission
The city manager briefed the city council on the item.
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February 7, 2001
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Briefings: E. Charter Amendments Process
The city secretary briefed the city council the item.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
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Item 3: Authorize appointments to the Ethics Advisory Commission - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
There were no appointments to the Ethics Advisory Commission.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
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Item 4: Authorize appointments to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
There were no appointments to the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport Board.
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
01-0483
Item 5: Authorize appointment of a City Auditor Nominating Commission for the selection of a City Auditor - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
Councilmember Greyson moved to appoint the following individuals to the City Auditor Nominating Commission:
Sam Cheng, Selected by Dallas Chapter/Texas Society of Certified Public Accounts
Elliot Smith, Dallas Regional Director of the United States General Accounting Office
Maribess Miller, Managing Partner of Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP
Jerry Rucker, Former City Councilmember
Larry M. Nobles, Vice Chairman of the North Dallas Bank & Trust Company
Kathleen Gibson, President of the Bank of America's Dallas Office
Motion seconded by Councilmember Finkelman and unanimously adopted.
Later in the meeting, Mayor Kirk appointed Jerry Rucker, chair, to the City Auditor Nominating Commission and all members of the city council unanimously approved the appointment.
OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
February 7, 2001
01-0484
Closed Session
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
Adventure Plus, et. al. v. City of Dallas, Civil Action No. 3:00-CV-2500-R
2218 Bryan Street, Ltd. v. City of Dallas and Raj Sharma, Cause No. DV01-00292-L
Anthony Wayne Jasper, Claim No. P2001164
Enterprise Leasing of DFW, Claim No. 95-8820-01
City of Dallas and City of Fort Worth v. Gramex Corporation, et al., Cause No. cc-94-08321-c
Faine T. Wistrand v. City of Dallas and Jeffrey P. Rosso, Cause No. cc-00-05492-e
Mary Lynn Morris v. City of Dallas, Cause No. 97-10331-C
Rosemary Johnson v. City of Dallas, Cause No. DV00-03641-E
Legal issues involving appeals of decisions of the building official and licensing of sexually oriented businesses
Kiran Patel, et al., v. City of Dallas, Cause No. 3:92-CV-0736-R
City of Dallas v. Duncan Burch, Individually and dba Deja Vu, Inc., et al., Cause No. DV00-09018-F
Mitchell Goldminz, Claim No. P2001105
Robert Jackson, Willie Taylor, Marlin Price and John Holt v. The City of Dallas, Texas; Chief of Police Terrell Bolton, in his Individual and Official Capacities; City Manager Teodoro Benavides, in his Individual and Official Capacities; and Assistant City Manager Charles Daniels, in his Individual and Official Capacities; Civil Action No. 3:00-CV-588-H consolidated with Jill Muncy, Pamela Walt, Donald Whitten, and Douglas Kowalski v. City of Dallas, Texas, and Chief of Police Terrell Bolton, in his Individual and Official Capacities, Civil Action Number 3:99-CV-2960-P
City of Dallas v. Explorer Pipeline Company, Inc., et. al., Cause No. 00-09678
Legal Issues regarding the Dallas Naval Air Station
Real Property (Sec. 551.072 T.O.M.A.)
Dallas Naval Air Station Real Property Issues
BRIEFING MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL'
01-0484
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A closed session was held as authorized by Chapter 551, "OPEN MEETINGS," of the Texas Open Meetings Act) to discuss the following matters:
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
Anthony Wayne Jasper, Claim No. P2001164
Enterprise Leasing of DFW, Claim No. 95-8820-01
City of Dallas and City of Fort Worth v. Gramex Corporation, et al., Cause No. cc-94-08321-c
Faine T. Wistrand v. City of Dallas and Jeffrey P. Rosso, Cause No. cc-00-05492-e
Mary Lynn Morris v. City of Dallas, Cause No. 97-10331-C
Rosemary Johnson v. City of Dallas, Cause No. DV00-03641-E
Mitchell Goldminz, Claim No. P2001105
Robert Jackson, Willie Taylor, Marlin Price and John Holt v. The City of Dallas, Texas; Chief of Police Terrell Bolton, in his Individual and Official Capacities; City Manager Teodoro Benavides, in his Individual and Official Capacities; and Assistant City Manager Charles Daniels, in his Individual and Official Capacities; Civil Action No. 3:00-CV-588-H consolidated with Jill Muncy, Pamela Walt, Donald Whitten, and Douglas Kowalski v. City of Dallas, Texas, and Chief of Police Terrell Bolton, in his
Individual and Official Capacities, Civil Action Number 3:99-CV-2960-P
No other matters were discussed during the closed session.
MINUTES OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
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