Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local Redevelopment Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
September 26, 2007
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local
Redevelopment Authority was held on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at the
Board Members: Shane Short, Chairman; Sparkle
Adams; Cynthia Easley for Mike Beatty; Corine Deyton; David Halcome; Don Judson;
Debbie Youmans.
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.
Chairman
Short 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: David
Halcome made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 22nd meeting, seconded by Don Judson.
The Board voted unanimously to approve the minutes.
Chairman’s Announcements and
Comments:
Shane
Short deferred the Chairman’s comments until Open Discussion.
Executive Director’s Update:
Fred
Bryant informed the Board HUD has advised that the Homeless Assistance Submission
is complete and has been forwarded for final review. HUD complemented the LRA
on the application package.
Old Business:
None.
New Business:
The
Board approved the RFQ- Master Developer Evaluation Committee Procedures and
Timeline package provided prior to the meeting. Shane mentioned that the
deadline for RFO submission has been extended to October 19th at the
request of a number of potential submitters. Fred Bryant recommended the
following be appointed to the Committee: Steve Pearson, John Westervelt, Nigel
Pennycooke, and Skip Cain. Shane Short invited Board members to nominate
additional individuals to serve on the Committee and provide those names to
Fred by October 5th. David Halcome
recommended Ralph McDuffie. Cynthia Easley recommended Robin Roberts (Clayton
Co Development Authority) and Odessa Archibald (GA Power). Joe Harris
recommended the Board formally appoint the Evaluation Committee.
Shane
Short introduced Michael Monteleone, Principal, GeoSyntec Consultants . Mr. Monteleone
provided a briefing on privatizing environmental remediation and the possible
public/private partnership arrangements that can be used for the
Open Discussion:
Shane
Short read a letter (attached) by which he formally resigned as the Chairman of
the LRA. Corine Deyton read and presented to Shane a proclamation commending
his work on behalf of the City of
Adjournment:
A motion was made by David Halcome to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Debbie Youmans. The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Recorded By:
Executive
Director
Approved:
October
24 , 2007
Fred
E. Bryant
Executive
Director