HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC) FWLDC-2022-06RESOLUTION NO. FWLDC — 2022-06
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
RESOLUTION
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RATIFYING ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FORT WORTH LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2021, TO MARCH 18, 2022,
AS SHOWN IN ATTACHED AGENDAS
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation
("Board") meets from time to time to carry out its lawful purpose;
WHEREAS, the Texas Open Meetings Act ("TOMA") requires that certain bodies,
including the Board, comply with specific requirements for conducting meetings and other official
business;
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor
Abbott suspended portions of TOMA, including the requirement to physically post meeting
agendas and notices at City Hall, to allow for the continuation of governmental operations while
ensuring government transparency remained a priority;
WHEREAS, from that time, the Board continued to comply with TOMA as amended by
Governor Abbott;
WHEREAS, Governor Abbott ended the TOMA suspension effective September 1, 2021,
and all open meeting requirements resumed on that day;
WHEREAS, from September 1, 2021, to March 18, 2022, agendas for the City's various
councils, boards, and commissions continued to be posted online to provide notice to residents and
other interested parties but, due to a good faith misunderstanding on the part of City staff, were
not physically posted at City Hall;
WHEREAS, as soon as the error was identified, the City cancelled planned upcoming
meetings for which no physical posting had been made;
WHEREAS, to ensure technical compliance with TOMA for all actions taken in good faith
at meetings since September 1, 2021, the Board now wishes to re -notice those items and ratify all
actions taken at those meetings;
WHEREAS, the agendas describing the items considered at the meetings that occurred
during that time are listed below and attached hereto as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, the disposition of each item is shown in the meeting minutes, which are
attached hereto as Exhibit B; and
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WHEREAS, the Board has caused this item to be included on an agenda which has been
posted in full compliance with TOMA, including physical posting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT:
1. Notice of this resolution, including all actions and items to be ratified, has been
included on an agenda that has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open
Meetings Act.
2. The Board ratifies all actions taken, as reflected in the meeting minutes in Exhibit B,
with respect to the items identified in the agendas, attached as Exhibit A, for the
following meetings:
September 21, 2021
October 19, 2021
November 30, 2021
January 25, 2022
February 22, 2022
3. It is the express intention of the Board that all actions herein ratified are deemed
effective as of their original effective dates as reflected in the meeting minutes for such
actions.
4. By approval of this resolution, the Board expressly ratifies each Councilmember's vote,
recusal, or abstention, as described in the minutes, on each of the items or actions being
ratified as the Trustee's official action for each item.
By:
Gyna Bivens
President
Attest:
J A!etteoodall
rporate Secretary