Travis County Commssioners Court
June 17, 2003
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Executive Session Items
Now time for the executive session items. 43. Receive briefing from county attorney on laws related to unmarked graves within county road rights of way, issues related to lockwood road and lockwood road cemetery, and take appropriate action. I was advised earlier we may not need this one, but we will announce it anyway. That will be under the consultation with attorney if we need it. 44. Receive briefing from county attorney regarding open meetings requirements. That's the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 45. Receive briefing from county attorney in Travis County v. Great southwest mobile homes (thuy ngoc tien resale deed), and take appropriate action. That's the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 46. Receive briefing from county attorney, appoint Commissioners court representative for mediation, and take appropriate action regarding phillip rosenbaum, trustee v. Travis County, Texas (phillip rosenbaum; gieselman; condemnation). That's the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. We previously pulled item 47. That will be put back on when it's ready. 48. Consider request to the Texas turnpike authority to design and construct an interchange at the proposed howard lane arterial during the initial construction of state highway 130, and take appropriate action. That's the real property and that's the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 49. Receive briefing from county attorney and authorize county attorney to take appropriate action in the matter of merlin "spanky" handley v. Travis County, et al., In the united states district court, western district of Texas, Austin division regarding: a. Accepting, rejecting or countering offer for settlement; and b. Appoint representative for trial and take any other appropriate action. Appropriate action. That's the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. And the final item we will discussion in executive session is number 50. Consider approval and execution of a purchase contract with standard pacific of Texas, l.p. For anderson mill road right-of-way located in precinct three, and take appropriate action. Under the real property exception to the open meetings act. We will discuss tease items in executive session and return to open court before taking any action.
>> we just returned from executive session. We did not discuss item no. 43. The work there has commenced and we will have it back on the agenda next weekn case we need it. That will be June 24th. Item no. 44 we did have numerous questions answered by the county attorney, confuse created in some indications and clarity provided in others. At? Point in the future we will have a follow-up discussion.
>> it was numbing.
>> probably as soon as we are bold enough to agendize it again. I move at we execute the tax resale deed to thuy ngoc tien because he has paid us in cash for this tract of land that we authorize the county judge to sign on behalf of the Commissioners court.
>> second.
>> any more discussion? All in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. 45 what we just did. Number 46, the phillip rosenbaum case.
>> I move that we point Commissioner Daugherty as our representative for mediation, if indeed mediation is necessary in this case.
>> second. Commissioner Daugherty accepts this assignment, this opportunity to further serve.
>> gleefully.
>> always has been.
>> all in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. Number 47, we pulled, did not discuss that one. 48 we did discuss briefly, we will need a follow-up discussion next week, give staff an opportunity to get with the property owners and hopefully get an appropriate agreement executed so we can get that to tta, it will be back on June 24th.
>> right.
>> 49 involving the litigation initiated by merlin spanky handley, I move that we authorize settingsment of mr. Handedly's counter to our counter offer to settle this matter for a total payment of $125,000, consistent with the June 17, 2003 memo from his attorney, betsy hall bender, and basically this is for us to rehire mr. Handley put him on administrative leave through March 31 of 2004 and to pay him during that period. It will be 77,915.65 plus retirement. That in addition he receive the sum of $38,395.95. We would -- we would expect an appropriate settlement release and other legal documents to get this matter done once and for all. As soon as possible. Should I have this back on the court's agenda next week?
>> [inaudible - no mic]
>> next week or two weeks?
>> two weeks? Okay. Try to get this matter done. That motion was seconded by Commissioner Gomez. Any more discussion? All in favor? That passes unanimously. Number 50 involves the anderson mill road right-of-way.
>> this is still a precinct 2 bond project. I would move that we approve and execute an appropriate purchase contract for approximately 10-acres of land and for $10 in consideration that we are going to have to pay for this and that on the advice of t.n.r. And our attorneys we also buy title insurance instead of one-time cost of approximately $6,000 that is part of this deal as well.
>> any more discussion?
>> second.
>> all in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. There being no further business --
>> move adjourn.
>> second.
>> all in favor? That passes by unanimous vote,
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