Forest Park/Fort Gillem Implementation Local Redevelopment Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
March 24, 2010
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Forest Park/Fort Gillem Implementation
Local Redevelopment Authority was held on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at the
Board Members: Sparkle Adams; Cynthia
Easley for Mike Beatty; Corine Deyton; Donald Judson; Linda Lord; Maudie
McCord; Dwight Ginn for Willie Oswalt; John Parker; Ron Shipman; John Westervelt; and Karen-Brandee Williams.
Staff, Legal Counsel and
Others: Fred
Bryant, Executive Director; Herb Wolverton . Base Transition Coordinator; Joe
Harris, City Attorney; Bob Tritt, MLA;
Frank Barton, OEA; Joe Plunkett, HNA; Mike Comodeca, Spencer Fane.
John
Westervelt called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. It was determined that a
quorum was present. The following matters were addressed:
Approval of Minutes: John Parker made a motion to approve the
minutes of the February 24, 2010 meeting,
seconded by Sparkle Adams. The Board voted unanimously to approve the minutes.
Chairman’s Announcements and
Comments:
John
Westervelt welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Executive Director’s Update:
Staff and Forest Park
Development Partners have again met with EDAW.
The Zoning project is on track. We will provide an update at the next
meeting.
Old Business:
None.
New Business:
Sparkle
Adams made a motion to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing
the Army response to our EDC Application, property acquisition and negotiation
strategy, seconded by Corine Deyton and approved by unanimous Board vote. The
Board entered Executive Session at 6:06 pm. At 6:28 pm, Sparkle Adams made a
motion to return to open session, seconded by Linda Lord and approved by
unanimous board vote.
Linda
Lord made a motion to authorize the ILRA staff to contact Army BRAC and DASA to
initiate the discussion and negotiation process, seconded by John Parker. The
Board voted unanimously to approve the motion.
The
next regular meeting will be April 28, 2010, at 6:00 p.m.
Open Discussion:
None.
Adjournment:
A motion was made by John Parker to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Linda Lord. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
Recorded By:
Executive
Director
Approved:
April
28, 2010
Fred
E. Bryant
Executive
Director