HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025/06/24-Minutes-Fort Worth Local Development Corporation (FWLDC) (2)CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
FORT WORTH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025
Present:
President Alan Blaylock
Vice President Deborah Peoples
Trustee Mattie Parker
Trustee Carlos Flores
Trustee Michael D. Crain
Trustee Charlie Lauersdorf
Trustee Mia Hall
Trustee Macy Hill
Trustee Chris Nettles
Trustee Elizabeth Beck
Trustee Jeanette Martinez
City Staff:
Jes McEachern, Assistant City Manager
Ori Fernandez, Assistant Economic Development Director
Larry Collister, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Reginald Zeno, Treasurer
Katherine Cenicola, 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 4:59 p.m. on Tuesday,
June 24, 2025, in the City Council Work Session Room of the Fort Worth City Hall, 100 Fort
Worth Trail, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Approval of Minutes for April 22, 2025
The vote to approve the minutes was postponed to a later date.
III. Briefings and Discussion
a. Financial Report for the period of October 2024 through May 2025.
Ori Fernandez, Assistant Economic Development Director, provided a summary of the financial
report.
IV. Election of President and Vice President
Ori Fernandez, Assistant Economic Development Director, provided a brief summary of the
election process.
Motion was made by Trustee Parker and seconded by Trustee Flores to elect Alan Blaylock as
President and Deborah Peoples as Vice President. The motion passed on an 11-0 vote.
V. Action Items
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a. Consideration to authorize a resolution to continue the Fort Worth Main Street Pilot
Program for two years — extending and reassigning Polytechnic Heights Main Street
to Texas Wesleyan University, continuing support for Historic Northside District with
the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and amending the contract with Main
Street America for a program total for all entities not to exceed $300,000.00. (Ori
Fernandez, Economic Development Assistant Director and Martha Collins, Economic
Development Manager)
Martha Collins, Economic Development Manager, provided a brief report.
Motion was made by Trustee Beck and seconded by Trustee Martinez to approve Resolution No.
FWLDC-2025-13, to continue the Fort Worth Main Street Pilot Program for two years — extending
and reassigning Polytechnic Heights Main Street to Texas Wesleyan University, continuing
support for Historic Northside District with the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and
amending the contract with Main Street America for a program total for all entities not to exceed
$300,000.00.. The motion passed on an 11-0 vote.
VI. Executive Session
There was no Executive Session.
VII. Request for Future Agenda Items
There were no requests for future agenda items.
VIII. Adjourn
With no further discussion, President Blaylock adjourned the meeting of the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation Board at 5:06 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth Local Development Corporation Board of Directors
on the 26`h day of August, 2025.
APPROVED:
Alan Blaylock
President
ATTEST:
Prepared and respectfully submitted by:
Jannette S. Goodall
Corporate Secretary