Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local Redevelopment Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
September 16, 2009
Minutes
A called meeting of the Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local
Redevelopment Authority was held on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at the
Board Members: Sparkle Adams; Corine
Deyton; Gail Hambrick; Donald Judson; Linda Lord; Maudie McCord; John Parker; and,
John Westervelt.
Staff, Legal Counsel and
Others: Fred
Bryant, Executive Director; Herb Wolverton,
John
Westervelt called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. It was determined that a
quorum was present. The following matters were addressed:
Approval of Minutes: None.
Chairman’s Announcements and
Comments:
John
Westervelt welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Executive Director’s Update:
None.
Old Business:
None.
New Business:
John Westervelt asked the
Board to consider going into Executive Session for the purpose of hearing oral
interviews and discussing land acquisition and contract matters. John Parker
made a motion to go into Executive Session, seconded by Corine Deyton. The Board voted unanimously to approve the
motion and entered Executive Session at 6:03 pm.
The Pond Team (Dan Cohen,
Michelle Alexander, and Contente Terry) made a presentation to the Board and
answered questions from 6:05 until 6:42 pm.
The EDAW Team (Fredalyn
Fraiser and Glenn Cohen) made a presentation to the Board and answered
questions from 6:50 until 7:12pm.
The Benham Team (Tom Kuntz,
Clare Woodside, Kira Zender, and Davietta Jenkins) made a presentation to the
Board and answered questions from 7:24 until 7:46pm.
The Board discussed the
presentations. John Parker made a motion to go back into Open Session, seconded
by Maudie McCord. The Board voted unanimously to approve the motion and entered
into Open Session at 7:59pm.
The LRA Board briefly decided
to deliberate on the presentations and make a final decision at the next
regular meeting, September 23, 2009.
John Westervelt advised the
Board that Gail Hambrick had approached him about possibly considering other
proposals that the Evaluation Committee had considered, but not recommended for
oral interview. He explained the rationale for using the Evaluation Committee,
and that its members have been selected by the Board to serve on other project
Evaluation Committees in the past. John indicated the Board would certainly
consider any recommendation by one of its members and invited Gail to discuss
any other teams she would like to present to the Board. Gail Hambrick indicated
she accepts the Board decision to interview the three teams that presented and
did not recommend any others for consideration.
The Board asked that the
teams clarify two matters before they met to finally deliberate. John
Westervelt directed the Executive Director to send an email to each team
requesting they specifically describe the work product that will be prepared
for the LRA and City, and discuss how they will assist the LRA and City in full
implementation of the project.
The
next regular meeting will be September 23, 2009, at 6:00 PM.
Open Discussion:
None.
Adjournment:
A motion was made by Sparkle Adams to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Gail Hambrick. The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
Recorded By:
Executive
Director
Approved:
September
23, 2009
Fred
E. Bryant
Executive
Director