HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018/01/09-Agenda-Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC)CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018
Present:
President Gyna M. Bivens (arrived at 2:48 pm)
Vice President Cary Moon (arrived at 2:54 pm)
Secretary Dennis Shingleton
Trustee Betsy Price
Trustee Carlos Flores
Trustee Brian Byrd
Trustee Jungus Jordan
Trustee Kelly Allen Gray
Trustee Ann Zadeh
City Staff:
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Leann Guzman, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Aaron Bovos, CFO/Treasurer
I. Call to Order.
At 2:45 p.m., with neither the President nor Vice President in attendance, a motion was made by
Trustee Jordan and second by Trustee Zadeh that Trustee Price convene the meeting. Motion
passed unanimously.
With a quorum present Trustee Price called the meeting to order for the Board of Directors of the
Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (Corporation) at 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9,
2018, in the City Council Conference Room, Room 290 of the Fort Worth Municipal Building,
200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
a. Approval of Minutes from the Meeting Held on August 15, 2017.
Motion was made by Trustee Jordan and seconded by Trustee Zadeh to approve the
August 15, 2017, minutes of the Corporation. The motion passed unanimously.
H. Executive Session: Trustee Price convened the executive session at 2:47 p.m. to discuss the
following items:
A. Seek the advice of its attorneys about any matter regarding the following in which the
duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of
the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act (Tex.
Govt. Code Section 551.071): (i) legal issues related to any current agenda items
B. Discuss the purchase, sale, lease or value of real property, as authorized by Section
551.072 of the Texas Government Code.. Deliberation in an open meeting would
have a detrimental effect on the position of the Corporation in negotiations with a
third party; and
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C. Discuss or deliberate negotiations relating to any economic development
negotiations, as authorized by Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code.
President Bivens adjourned the executive session at 3:03 p.m.
President Bivens reconvened the regular session of the Fort Worth Local Development
Corporation at 3:03 p.m.
III. Future Agenda Items.
There were no requests for future agenda items.
TV. Adjourn.
With no further discussion, President Bivens adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation Board at 3:03 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board of Directors
on the 23rd day of January, 2018,
PP OVED:
Gyna ivens
President
ATTEST:
P par a ndd respectfully submitted by:
,ee l'
onald P. Gonzales, T / MC
Secretary