HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/01/25-Minutes-Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC) CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY,JANUARY 25, 2022
Present:
President Gyna Bivens
Vice President Cary Moon (Absent)
Trustee Mattie Parker
Trustee Carlos Flores (Virtual)
Trustee Michael D. Crain
Trustee Jared Williams
Trustee Leonard Firestone
Trustee Chris Nettles
Trustee Elizabeth Beck
City Staff:
Jay Chapa, Deputy City Manager
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Reginald Zeno, Treasurer
Jannette S. Goodall, City Secretary
I. Call to Order.
With a quorum present President Bivens called the meeting to order for the Board of Directors of
the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (Corporation) at 11:01 a.m. on Tuesday,
January 25, 2022, in the City Council Conference Room,Room 2020 of the Fort Worth Municipal
Building, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Written Reports
a. Financial Report through November 2021
No action was taken on this agenda item; it was for informational purposes only.
III. Action Items
a. Approval of November 30, 2021, Meeting Minutes.
Motion was made by Trustee Nettles and seconded by Trustee Firestone to approve the November
30, 2021, minutes of the Corporation. The motion passed 8-0 (Vice President Moon absent).
b. Authorize a Resolution to Update Signatory Authority on Fort Worth Local Development
Corporation Bank Accounts—Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director.
Motion was made by Trustee Crain and seconded by Trustee Nettles to approve Resolution
FWLDC-2022-01 to Update Signatory Authority on Fort Worth Local Development Corporation
Bank Accounts. The motion passed 8-0 (Vice President Moon absent).
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IV. Presentations
a. Presentation on Issuance of a Request for Proposals for Small Business & Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem Initiatives—Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director
No action was taken on this agenda item; it was for informational purposes only.
b. Update on Economic Development Marketing and Messaging Campaign — Sara Hull,
Schaefer Advertising
President Bivens requested that staff provide the Board with lengthy presentations in advance of
the meeting.
It was the consensus of the Board that staff move forward with the Expanded Marketing Plan.
V. Executive Session:
There was no Executive Session
VI. Future Agenda Items
President Bivens referred to the CVS project she would be visiting and if there were similar
corporations who have that type of opportunity for the City to possibly land some interest in Fort
Worth.
VII. Adjourn
With no further discussion, President Bivens adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation Board at 12:03 p.m. p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board of Directors
on the 22"d day of February, 2022.
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Prepared and respectfully submitted by:
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