Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local Redevelopment Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
October 24, 2007
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local
Redevelopment Authority was held on Wednesday, October 14, 2007, at the
Board Members: John Parker, Vice Chairman;
Sparkle Adams; Cynthia Easley for Mike Beatty; Corine Deyton; David Halcome; Don
Judson; Linda Lord.
Staff, Legal Counsel and
Others: Fred
Bryant, Executive Director; Joe Harris, City Attorney; Herb Wolverton, Base
Transition Coordinator-Fort Gillem; Phil Browning, Executive Director, GMACC;
Joe Plunkett, Hurt Norton Associates; Bob Tritt and Steve Labovitz, McKenna,
Long and Aldrich.
Vice
Chairman Parker called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. It was determined that
a quorum was present. The following matters were addressed:
Approval of Minutes: Don Judson
made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 26th meeting, seconded by David
Halcome. The Board voted unanimously to approve the minutes.
Chairman’s Announcements and
Comments:
John
Parker welcomed Linda Lord who had recently been elected to the Ward 5 seat on
City Council.
Executive Director’s Update:
Fred
Bryant informed the Board that five responses had been received for the RFQ-
Master Developer-Fort Gillem: Cousins/LNR; First Industrial/NOVA/The Brookdale
Group; Cherokee Investment Partners; IRG Development Partners; Duke Realty.
Old Business:
None.
New Business:
The
Board discussed the nominees for the RFQ Evaluation Committee: Odessa
Archibald; Skip Cain; David Painter; Nigel Pennycooke; Steve Pearson; Robin
Roberts; and, John Westervelt. Sparkle
Due
to the General Election in November, John Parker recommended the Board not
elect a new chairperson until December 2007. The Board unanimously concurred.
Open Discussion:
None.
Adjournment:
A motion was made by David Halcome to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Don Judson. The meeting was adjourned at 5:42 p.m.
Recorded By:
Executive
Director
Approved:
November
14 , 2007
Fred
E. Bryant
Executive
Director