HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025/02/25-Minutes-Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC)CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Present:
Vice President Alan Blaylock
Trustee Mattie Parker
Trustee Carlos Flores
Trustee Charlie Lauersdorf
Trustee Jared Williams
Trustee Macy Hill
Trustee Chris Nettles
Trustee Elizabeth Beck
Trustee Jeanette Martinez
Absent:
President Gyna M. Bivens
Trustee Michael D. Crain
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 Vice President Blaylock called the meeting to order for the Board of
Directors of the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation at 1:02 p.m. on Tuesday,
February 25, 2025, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth Municipal
Building, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Approval of Minutes for January 14, 2025
Motion was made by Trustee Lauersdorf and seconded by Trustee Williams to approve the January
24, 2025, meeting minutes. The motion passed on a 9-0 vote. President Bivens and Trustee Crain
absent.
III. Briefings and Discussion
a. Financial Report for the period of October 2024 through January 2025.
Robert Sturns, Economic Development Director, provided a staff report. There was no discussion
on this item; it was for informational purposes.
b. Update and presentation on Evans Urban Design and Streetscape Plan (Shawn
Lassiter, Braver Together
There was no presentation or discussion on this item.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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IV. Action Items
a. Consideration of a resolution rescinding Resolution No. FWLDC-2024-07 and
authorizing transfer of $765,000 to the City of Fort Worth to contract with AECOM
Technical Services, Inc. for engineering services in Southeast Downtown Project. (Ori
Fernandez, Economic Development Assistant Director)
Ori Fernandez, Economic Development Assistant Director, provided a staff report.
Motion was made by Trustee Lauersdorf and seconded by Trustee Flores to approve Resolution
No. FWLDC-2025-03, rescinding Resolution No. FWLDC-2024-07 and authorizing transfer of
$765,000 to the City of Fort Worth to contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for
engineering services in Southeast Downtown Project. The motion passed on a 9-0 vote. President
Bivens and Trustee Crain absent.
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, Vice President Blaylock adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation Board at 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board of Directors
on the 11 th day of March, 2025.
APPROVED:
Gyna M. Bivens
President
ATTEST:
Prepared and respectfully submitted by:
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Jannette S. Goodall
Corporate Secretary