03/14/2023 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC) Minutes – March 14, 2023 6:00 PM Waquoit Meeting Room Mashpee Town Hall Present: Carol Sherman, Robyn Simmons, Pamela McCarthy, Patrice Pimental, Glenn Thompson, Denise Dutson, Rick Cayer Guest: Julie Quintero-Schulz 1. Call Meeting to Order Carol Sherman opened the meeting at 6:06 p.m. 2. Approval of minutes  EDIC minutes of 1/31/2023; Pamela McCarthy moved the committee approve the minutes, Patrice PImental seconded, the committee approved. 3. New Business Julie Quintero Schulz of the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce came to present a proposal for the EDIC and the Mashpee Chamber to Collaborate and to have the Mashpee Chamber provide services to the EDIC at a charge of $2,500 a year. As examples she cited the upcoming roundtable for the business community (April will be for construction and home improvement businesses), seed money for startups, and the discussion of having the Guide to Starting a Business digitized, as well as providing perspectives from the business community. Carol said that the EDIC does have speakers come in and mentioned Open Cape, Ron Bonvie, and others. She also pointed out previous and ongoing projects of the EDIC—the survey for businesses, which showed that a lack of affordable housing for workers made it difficult for businesses to hire, and led us to focus on that issue. Patrice also pointed out the district overlay article the EDIC introduced to town meeting and how it revitalized places (such as where Cape Cod Coffee Roasters established their new location on Route 130). Carol also said that the money in the bank is not money that comes in regularly; that money is for town projects such as the workforce housing project or the web application for businesses looking to find ideal locations in Mashpee, so paying $2,500 a year would be out of the question. The EDIC could look into collaboration but it would require a vote and the town manager would have to give it the green light. Carol also said that there was a member of the MCC board on the EDIC (Patrice) and that she (Carol) was the liaison to the MCC. In a follow up discussion among committee members, Pamela said that while there were very similar goals between the EDIC and the MCC, the EDIC was a committee that ultimately represented the interests of the people of Mashpee. Collaborating with the MCC was agreed to generally be a good thing.