Council approves amendments discussed in executive session on Craig Ranch hotel matter

After an executive session that the council said involved consultations with counsel and deliberations on downtown and other real property and economic development matters, a council member moved to approve amendments related to the Craig Ranch hotel matter and the council approved the motion.

The council went into executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.071 (consultation with attorney), 551.072 (deliberation about real property) and 551.087 (economic development negotiations). When the meeting resumed, a council member moved that the council approve the amendments to the Craig Ranch hotels discussed in executive session; another member seconded the motion and the mayor called for the vote. The mayor announced the ayes and the motion passed; the transcript does not record an extended public discussion of the amendments nor a roll-call tally in the recorded remarks.

No additional detail on the content of the amendments was discussed in the public portion of the meeting captured in the transcript. City staff and the council indicated there would be action as a result of the executive session; the public record in the meeting transcript contains only the motion and the mayor’s announcement that the motion passed.