10/26/2021 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC) Minutes – October 26, 2021 6:00 PM Popponesset Meeting Room Mashpee Town Hall Present: Carol Sherman, Denise Duston, Pamela McCarthy, Robyn Simmons, Glenn Thompson Absent: Patrice Pimental 1. Call Meeting to Order Carol Sherman opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. 2. Approval of the minutes for September 28, 2021: Approval of the minutes for September 28, 2021 was tabled until the next meeting. 3. Treasurer’s report The EDIC’s checking account balance is $25,136.48 The money market account balance is $305,233.64. 4. Old Business The Housing Trust will meet on November 12 at the next Select Board meeting. Glenn Thompson will be there. Town Meeting results: Town Meeting voters approved the transfer of the deed for the parcel on 108 Commercial Street to the Affordable Housing Trust. Carol brought a copy of the draft of an RFP for the committee to look at; the EDIC will pay for the feasibility study. 5. New Business Carol Sherman was asked to sign a letter on behalf of the EDIC in support of South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corporation receiving a new revolving loan fund under the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program from the EDA. SEED supplies money to small businesses that can’t get loans from the bank. Pamela McCarthy moved the EDIC approve this; Denise Duston seconded the motion. It was unanimously approved. Carol Sherman said there would be more roundtable discussions with town boards. The next one coming up will be on November 8 with the Board of Health, the Conservation Commission, the Planning Board, and the Sewer Commission. The focus will be on water quality. The job fair date wasn’t yet decided—it will likely be the first week of December. Carol Sherman called Patrice Pimental, who said she would get a date by October 27 so Carol can