HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024/11/19-Minutes-Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC)CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Present:
President Gyna M. Bivens
Vice President Alan Blaylock
Trustee Mattie Parker (Arrived at 1:03 p.m.)
Trustee Carlos Flores
Trustee Michael D. Crain
Trustee Charlie Lauersdorf
Trustee Jared Williams (Arrived at 1:05 p.m.)
Trustee Macy Hill
Trustee Chris Nettles
Trustee Elizabeth Beck (Arrived at 1:06 p.m.)
Absent:
Trustee Jeanette Martinez
City Staff:
William Johnson, Assistant City Manager
Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director
Larry Collister, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Reginald Zeno, Treasurer
Ronald P. Gonzales, Assistant 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 at 1:01 p.m. on Tuesday,
November 19, 2024, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth Municipal
Building, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Approval of October 29, 2024, Minutes
Motion was made by Trustee Blaylock and seconded by Trustee Hill to approve the October 29,
2024, meeting minutes. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote, Trustees Parker, Williams, Beck, and
Martinez absent.
III. Briefings
a. Financial Report for the period of October 2023 through October 2024.
Mr. Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, provided a brief summary of the Financial
Report for the period October 2023 through September 2024.
b. Report on Create FW / the DEC Network Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Fort Worth (Bill
Chinn, Create FW; Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director)
Mr. Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, provided opening comments and introduced
Mr. Bill Chinn, Create FW, who provided an update on Create FW/the DEC Network
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Fort Worth.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024
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IV. Action Items
a. None
V. Executive Session
There was no Executive Session.
VI. Request for 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 1:21 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board of Directors
on the 14th day of January, 2025.
APPROVED:
Gyna M. Bivens
President
ATTEST:
Prepared and respectfully submitted by:
Jannette S. Goodall
Corporate Secretary