Travis County Commissioners Court
December 4, 2007
Executive Session
Now, have we come to executive session?
>> a-1.
>> a-1. Now that you mention a-1, we will take that into executive session in a consultation with attorney. A-1, consider and take appropriate action regarding 2007 combined charities campaign, the contract that we normally use, we got a different third party so we need to hear about legal and significant changes. Probably won't take action until next week but we may as well lay those out today. This morning we discussed number 4, the matter involving a possible day counseling center on property own by the ebenezer church. That's taken into executive session under the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act also because we had legal questions to ask legal counsel. And we have posted for executive session several items beginning with number 28, receive briefing from county attorney regarding maravilla development, primera homes in cardinal hills estate unit 15 and the status of the bond from the hartford including consideration of an agreement and take appropriate action. That's the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 29, receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action in travis county, et al., versus bancroft woods, ltd., a defunct domestic limited partnership, consultation with attorney. 30, receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action in travis county, et al., versus cheryl a. Lil lee, jamileh noshari resale deed. Consultation with attorney exception. 31, receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action in travis county, et al., versus bit march, incorporated, 76 artland investments, llc resale deed. Consultation with attorney. We announced number 32 would be pulled and the county attorney will tell us when to put that back on. We will not discuss it in executive session. 33, consider and take appropriate action for the potential purchase of real estate along airport boulevard. Consultation with attorney and real estate exceptions to the open meetings act. 34, consider and take appropriate action on request to lease or sell county-owned land adjacent to travis county community justice center. Consultation with attorney and real estate exceptions to the open meetings act. 35, consider and take appropriate action on next steps to select executive manager of justice and public safety. There is backup on item 35. That's the consultation with attorney and the personnel exceptions to the open meetings act. We'll discuss these items in executive session, but will return to open court before taking any action..
we have returned from executive session, of a a long executive in which we discussed the following items. Number 4, the matter involving the location of a day counseling center on property owned by ebb middle easter baptist church. We do not need to take action on that today because the director of the community supervision and corrections department has decided to withdraw from this site and try to find a location where the participants in the program will be better accepted. A 1 was a matter involving the combined charities program at travis county. We did sev a legal briefing. Basically we request that legal staff continue to negotiate with the third-party financial agent for a contract that is acceptable to the agent and travis county. Looks like the big issue remaining is basically the compensation to be provided. Probably no action required today. We will have it back on the court's agenda next week as we need to act on this item as soon as possible. Number 28 was a matter involving the hartford insurance company or bonding company and the mara villa development, primera homes. I move that we ask staff to proceed appropriate professional help in this matter, that it be back on the court's agenda next week to identify source of fundinging and execute an appropriate contract.
>> second.
>> discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. Number 29, i move that we authorize the county judge to sign the prepared tax resale deed to kelly lamb phear dash who has paid travis county the sum of $1146.16. Discussion in all in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. Number 30, i move that we authorize the county judge to sign the proposed tax resale deed to jamileh no smari who has paid travis county the sum of $6300 in cash. Discussion in all in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. And in number 31, to deeds in one, the piers is for, move that we authorize the county judge to sign the deed which conveys lot 36, block h, heritage park, to 76 art land investments llc, which has paid the sum of $4,101 and lot 34, block h, heritage park, to the same company, 76 heartland investments llc, which has paid travis county for this tract of land $10,201 in cash.
>> second.
>> discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote.. We did not discuss number 32. It was pulled. We'll have it back on when the county attorney requests it. 36, i move that we authorize staff to continue to negotiate terms and conditions for a final contract for us to sign to purchase this property.
>> judge, that's 33.
>> I’m sorks 33. Thank you.
>> second.
>> discussion in all in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. 34, we did discuss it. Let's have it back on in a couple of weeks. We did ask staff to pursue various legal issues for us and, hopefully, as well as to contact the interested party broker and any legal counsel as well as city of austin, to do more fact gathering on this and have it back on the court's been da december 18.
>> second.
>> seconded by commissioner davis. Anymore discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. 35 is a matter involving next steps to select executive manager of justice and public safety. I move that we select monday, december 17, as an appropriate day to try to interview the top three candidates for this position. The top three are nancy la convenient ve next a, roger jeffreys, and next week we have a process we can look at containing any particulars that we wish to consider, we go ahead and place the short listed applicants on notice of interviews for that day. I guess morning and afternoon. Next week ought to provide more specifics.
>> second.
>> seconded by commissioner daugherty. Anymore discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. And mow for a very, very tired ms. Porter, i would like the advise that that is all of our business today.
>> move adjourn.
>> second.
>> all in favor. That passes by unanimous vote.
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