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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC) FWLDC-2025-02RESOLUTION NO. FWLDC-2025-02 FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Authorizing the Allocation of $500,000.00 for Third Party Vendors Promoting the City of Fort Worth and Authorizing an Agreement with the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership to Manage the Promotional Strategies and Vendors at No Cost WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation ("FWLDC") was created in 1987 to assist the City of Fort Worth ("City") with, among other things, the creation of jobs and other economic development activities of the City; WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership ("FWEDP"), a Texas non- profit corporation, was created in 2023, to aid, promote, and further economic development and job creation within the City of Fort Worth; WHEREAS, FWLDC and FWEDP have agreed to enter into an agreement whereby the FWEDP will develop and manage promotional strategies for economic development and job creation within the City of Fort Worth, including the management of third party vendors to support those efforts, and the FWLDC will allocate up to $500,000 for the payment of third party vendors working in support of the promotional activities in support of this agreement; WHEREAS, the FWLDC currently enjoys a healthy available fund balance; WHEREAS, it is recommended that the administrative staff of FWLDC be authorized to (i) execute an agreement with the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership to manage promotional strategies for economic development and job creation within the City of Fort Worth and manage third party vendors supporting the same at no cost and (ii) allocate and expend up to $500,000 for third party vendors under the management of the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership acting in support of this agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The Corporation administrative staff is authorized to (i) execute an agreement with Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership to manage promotional strategies and manage third party vendors supporting the same at no cost and (ii) allocate and expend up to $500,000 for third party vendors under the management of the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership. Adopted tlis January 14, 2025. am Attest: By. anisette S. Goodall, City Secretary