02/23/2021 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC) Minutes —February 23, 2021 6:00 PM ZOOM Meeting Mashpee Town Hall Present: Carol Sherman, Pamela McCarthy, Patrice Pimental, Robyn Simmons, Glenn Thompson, Denise Duston Guest: Evan Lehrer 1. Call Meeting to Order Carol Sherman opened the meeting at 6.08 p.m. 2. Approval of the minutes for January 28, 2020: Robin moved we approve the minutes, Denise seconded. The committee unanimously approved the minutes. 3. Treasurer's report The EDIC's money market account has a current balance of$305,074.55. The checking account has $26,445.48. Since February 2020, the money market interest rate had been going down steadily and is now down to .01 percent. Robyn thinks we should consider CDs. We should also write a check from our checking account and put it into our money market account to avoid inactivity fees. (See forms Robyn sent to plug in updated numbers) 4. Old Business Town Planner Update: Comprehensive Plan: Evan Lehrer talked about the planning department's work in developing a new comprehensive plan for the town. The last one was done about 20 years ago. As part of this, he is refining a community engagement action plan with the planning board, which will involve efforts to build consensus through four workshops for Mashpee community members, as well as specific stakeholders (such as business community, the Wampanoag tribe, students, parents, environmental groups, and other groups), as well as a survey. The goal of the process is to identify qualitative and quantitative data to help with the comprehensive plan. The planning department already has earmarked $150,000 already to pay for a professional consultant to help develop the comprehensive plan. Evan plans to have the RFP for a consulting firm finalized and published by April 5. The goal is to make the new comprehensive plan clear and