: CITY OF A FOUNDED 1839 Austin City Council MINUTES For - September 18, 1985 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING 1 Ρ.Μ. - City Council Frank C.Cooksey Mayor John Treviño, Jr. Mayor Pro Tem Council Members Mark Rose Smoot Carl-Mitchell Sally Shipman George Humphrey Charles E. Urdy Jorge Carrasco City Manager Elden Aldridge City Clerk Council Chambers, 307 West Second Street, Austin, Texas Memorandum To: Mayor Cooksey called to order the meeting of the Council scheduled for 1:00 p.m., noting the absence of Councilmembers Urdy and Shipman. The Mayor announced the purpose of the meeting was to have a 1:00 p.m. hearing on social and cultural agency contracts, recess the meeting at 4:00p.m. for a work session and resume the special called meeting for an executive session. PUBLIC HEARING - SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AGENCY CONTRACTS Several people appeared before Council to talk about the social service agency they represented and to either make further requests or to thank the Council for help they have already received and hope to receive in the future. People who spoke were: James Hermud, Austin Human Services Assn.; Greg Charles, Assn. for Retarded Citizens; Austin Area Black Leadership Coalition, Sharon Coffey; Judge Phillips, American Institute for learning.; Austin Area Urban League, Kirk Bower; Austin Child Guidance Center, Gerge Villalua; Sarah Berliner, Austin Community Nursery Schools; Terry Gillis, Austin Families, Inc.; Judy Brown, Austin Family House; Dennis Worrell and Richard Orton, Austin Rape Crisis Center; Davy Jones, Austin Rehab. Center; Pat Pound, Austin Resource Center for Independent Living; Jenny Bower, Austin Tenant's Council; Jeff Hurd, Austin Travis County MHMR; Alice Lee, Blackland CDC; Carole Rylander, Capital Area Food Bank; a representative from Capital Area Easter Seal Rehab Center; Clint Butler, Caritas; Irene G. Mercado, Center for Battered Women; : Council Memo 2 : 9/18/85 Johnnie Cavanaugh, Center for Development of Non-Formal Education; Bob Bowman, Child & Family Service; Stanley Walker, CECO; Steve Schott, Planned Parenthood; Frances Johnson, Senior Center Services; Toni Carrera, Services for the Elderly; Bill Tarr, South Austin Neighborhood Youth Bureau; Jose Ganzalez, South Austin Youth Services; Herlina Cantu Romero, SER Jobs for Progress; Jane Hermud, United Action for the Elderly; Norman Kieke, United Cerebral Palsy; Cisco Ramirez, Development Assistance for Rehabilitation; Rose Lancaster, Extend-A-Care; Janet Cavenaugh, Gent's Club; Ralph Yarboro, Greater Austin Council on Alcoholism; Loretta Hill, Holy Cross Hospital; representative from Legal Aid; Mitch Ryan, Middle Earth; representative from National Council of Negroe Women; Steve McKee, New Moon Wilderness; Jill Gronquist, Open Door; Chris Banburg, Opportunity Enrichment Service; Parents Anonymouns, Fran Dennis; People's Community Planning, Joslana Selock; Teenage Parent Council, Sally Watkins; University YWCA, Jennifer Thompson; Jean Toner, AWARE; Mickey O'Brien, Womenspace; Blake Mitcell, Austin Community Gardens; Paul Clover, Waterloo Counseling Center, Jesse Flores, Women and their Work; and Michael A. Gala, Youth Employment Service. Councilmember Urdy entered the Council Chamber at 6:00p.m. : EXECUTIVE SESSION : Mayor Cooksey announced Council would go into Executive Session pursuant to Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, to discuss the following matters; and action, if any, on the matters will be taken during the public meeting after the conclusion of the executive session: a. Pending Litigation, including but not limited to: (1) Houston Lighting and Power Company, et al v. Brown and Root, et al in Matagorda County, and City of Austin vs. Houston Lighting and Power Company in Travis County Section 2, Paragraph e. (2) United South Austin vs. City of Austin - Section 2, Paragraph e. RECESS AND ADJOURNMENT Council recessed its meeting at 6:45 p.m. for executive session and adjourned its meeting at 9:40 p.m.