12/5/2017 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MINUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION TUESDAY,DECEMBER 5,2017 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM MASHPEE TOWN HALL 6:00 p.m. —Convene Meeting in Open Session Members Present: Carol Sherman,Denise Dutson,Pamela McCarthy, Gene Olson, Patrice Pimental Absent: Robyn Simmons Also Present:: Wayne Taylor,Assistant Town Manager and Leslie Richardson, Chief Economic Development Officer, Cape Cod Commission 1. Call Meeting to Order Chairman Carol Sherman opened the meeting at 6:00 2. Approval of Minutes - Minutes November 7,2017 Motion: Denise Dutson moved to approve the November 7, 2017 minutes, seconded by Pamela McCarthy. Vote unanimous 4-0-1 with Patrice Pimental abstaining 4. New Business Discussion—Leslie Richardson, Chief Economic Development Officer, Cape Cod Commission The Chair welcomed Leslie Richardson Chief Economic Development Officer, to the EDIC Meeting. The members introduced themselves and Leslie Richardson reviewed her background. She also reviewed the role of the Cape Cod Commission. She noted any project that has a regional impact can be referred to the Cape Cod Commission. The Commission is a partnership between the public sector and the private sector and the government is responsible for representing the public good. She said the Commission focusses on the economic development side and do that through planning. They have been able to provide the Reset Program which is technical assistance to towns which focusses on planning plus on local and regional regulations. It was noted that the Town of Mashpee is working on their comprehensive plan and will be requesting assistance from the Cape Cod Commission. She said one of the things they do on reset is to work closely on zoning. The Commission also provides economic information through basic statistic to the towns. When it comes to business development, we do not do that because we do not have a one on one relationship with the businesses. She noted capital access to attract businesses is done by the Feds through the Small Business Administration, Mass Development and the banks. There is also marketing of the area that is done through the State and the Chamber. The Chamber does some business training, as does Score as well as the Cape Cod Tech Council. There was a discussion on the role of EDIC and how to work with the town on regulatory and planning issues. It was noted EDIC should work with the existing businesses and how they would like to expand. Leslie spoke about the legislation that was designed for EDIC and suggested revisiting it. She said section two talks about why this entity exists and what the issues are.