HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/03/29-Minutes-Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC) CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022
Present:
President Gyna Bivens
Vice President Cary Moon
Trustee Mattie Parker
Trustee Carlos Flores
Trustee Michael D. Crain
Trustee Leonard Firestone
Trustee Chris Nettles
Trustee Elizabeth Beck (Arrived at 1:44 p.m.)
Absent:
Trustee Jared Williams
City Staff:
Reginald Zeno, Acting Assistant City Manager
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Tony Rousseau, Acting 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 1:42 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 29, 2022, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth Municipal
Building, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Written Reports
a. Financial Report for the period of October 2021 through January 2022
b. Update on Microloan Program for Small Business
No action was taken on these agenda items; they were for informational purposes only.
III. Action Items
a. Approval of February 22, 2022, Meeting Minutes.
Motion was made by Trustee Crain and seconded by Trustee Nettles to approve the February 22,
2022, minutes of the Corporation. The motion passed 7-0 (Trustees Williams and Beck absent.)
b. Consider and Adopt a Resolution to Execute an Agreement with Weaver and Tidwell, LLP
to Prepare the FY20 Form 990 Covering the Period of October 1,2020,through September
30, 2021, in an Amount not to exceed $2,900.
Mr. Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, provided a staff report.
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Motion was made by Trustee Crain and seconded by Trustee Nettles to approve Resolution
FWLDC-2022-OX to Execute an Agreement with Weaver and Tidwell, LLP to Prepare the FY20
Form 990 Covering the Period of October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, in an Amount not
to exceed $2,900. The motion passed 8-0 (Trustee Williams absent).
c. Authorize a Resolution to Update Signatory Authority on Fort Worth Local Development
Corporation Bank Accounts
Mr. Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, provided a staff report.
Motion was made by Trustee Beek and seconded by Trustee Crain to approve Resolution FWLDC-
2022-OX to Update Signatory Authority on Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Bank
Accounts. The motion passed 8-0 (Trustee Williams absent).
d. Consider and Adopt a Resolution Ratifying All Actions Taken By the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation Board of Trustees from September 1, 2021, to March 18, 2022,
As Shown in Attached Agendas
Mr. Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, provided a staff report.
Motion was made by Trustee Crain and seconded by Trustee Beck to approve Resolution FWLDC-
2022-OX Ratifying All Actions Taken By the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board
of Trustees from September 1, 2021, to March 18, 2022, As Shown in Attached Agendas. The
motion passed 8-0 (Trustee Williams absent).
IV. Presentations
a. Presentation on Future Messaging Strategy Concepts for the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation — Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, Andrea
Duffie, Economic Development Department, and Sara Hull, Executive Vice President of
Schaefer Advertising Agency
No action was taken on this agenda item; it was for informational purposes only.
V. Executive Session:
There was no Executive Session.
VI. Future Agenda Items
There were no requests for future agenda items.
VII. Adjourn
With no further discussion, President Bivens adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation Board at 2:07 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
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These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board of Directors
on the 26"' day of April, 2022.
APPROVED:
ED:
yM. B i v e IYS
President
ATTEST:
Prepared and respectfully submitted by:
J ette S. Goodall
C porate Secretary
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