Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local Redevelopment Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
June 30, 2009
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local
Redevelopment Authority was held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the
Board Members: Sparkle Adams; Corine
Deyton; Donald Judson; Linda Lord; Maudie McCord; John Parker; and John
Westervelt.
Staff, Legal Counsel and
Others: Fred
Bryant, Executive Director; Herb Wolverton, Fort Gillem BRAC Transition Coordinator;
Bill Cain, GMACC; Joe Harris, City Attorney; Joe Plunkett, Hurt Norton; Bob
Tritt, McKenna Long; and Forrest Robinson, Forest Park Development Partners
LLC.
John
Westervelt called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. It was determined that a
quorum was present. The following matters were addressed:
Approval of Minutes: Linda Lord made a motion to approve the
minutes of the May 27th, 2009 meeting, seconded by John Parker. The Board voted
unanimously to approve the minutes.
Chairman’s Announcements and
Comments:
John
Westervelt welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Executive Director’s Update:
None.
Old Business:
The LRA met with OEA on June
4th to discuss project needs for
The LRA has applied for an
OEA grant in the amount of $299,931 ($267,305 Federal and $32,626 non-Federal)
for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. An RFP for the fort Gillem
Overlay Zoning District Project will be available on July 2, 2009.
New Business:
Fred
will attend the ADC Annual Meeting in
The
LRA previously approved hiring Herb Smetheram to assist in drafting the EDC
Application. The original SOW authorized a maximum of four months at a not to
exceed price of $4000/month. The project will require an additional two months
to complete. John Parker made a motion to extend Herb’s contract for two months
at a not to exceed price of $4000/month, seconded by Linda Lord. The Board
voted unanimously to approve the motion.
Eric Smith and Gary Monegon
provided an update on the draft final Business Plan and answered LRA Board
questions. A copy of the plan was provided each Board member with a request
that comments or questions be provided to Fred not later than July 9th.
The final Business Plan will be presented to the Board at the July 22, 2009 LRA
meeting.
Chairman Westervelt advised
that the LRA Board needed to discuss the property acquisition and negotiation
strategy prepared by the Matrix Team. Corine Deyton made a motion to go in to
Executive Session for the purpose of discussing property acquisition and
negotiations, seconded by Maudie McCord. The Board voted unanimously to approve
the motion at 6:12 PM. At 7:12 PM, John Parker made a motion to go back into
Open Session, seconded by Corine Deyton. The Board voted unanimously to approve
the motion. John Westervelt announced that the LRA Board had concluded
discussions and that no actions were taken.
The
next regular meeting will be July 22, 2009, at 6:00 PM.
Open Discussion:
None.
Adjournment:
A motion was made by Linda Lord to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by John Parker. The meeting was adjourned at 7:14 p.m.
Recorded By:
Executive
Director
Approved:
July
22, 2009
Fred
E. Bryant
Executive
Director