10/27/2009 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/INDUSTRIAL CORP. MINUTES OCTOBER 27, 2009 Present: Joe Noonan via conference call, Bob Cobuzzi, Rene Read, Robyn Simmons, Mary LeClair, Brian Kehrl,Mashpee Enterprise. Rene chaired the meeting,which opened at 6:05 p.m. at Town Hall, Rm. 1. Minutes of 10-13-09 were moved by Bob Cobuzzi, seconded by Mary LeClair. Unanimous. Rene attended a power point presentation put on by the Bourne Financial Development Corporation at their Annual Meeting. A Marketing/Financial Study was done by Ninigret Partners on the Clean Tech Renewable Energy Industry in Massachusetts. They provided statistics and findings on the growth of the industries, such as: Solar power, wind power, marine technology, site planning, developing a green park,work force,Bourne location site. Sallie Riggs was the speaker. Bourne wants to create a welcoming environment for businesses before inviting the businesses in. They hope to provide tax incentive programs. It was noted that there are USDA grants available since Cape Cod is considered rural. Rene met with the Falmouth EDIC: Bob Whritenour, Carie Murphy, and Michael in Development Planning. Rene distributed a revised Ideas sheet dated 9/8/09 geared toward Falmouth's re-development plan. They are now called FEDC. The Committee reviewed their draft for goals and action items. They plan to come up with an Action Plan on an annual basis, .with goals and time lines along with a budget to be voted on by the FEDC Board at its December meeting. In other words, they establish very specific deliverables. They will re-work their draft before submitting it at their Dec. 8t'meeting. Mashpee's EDIC will also be present at this meeting on Dec. 8`h at 9:00 a.m. Joe Noonan, Bob Cobuzzi, Rene, and Terrie Cook plan to attend. Mashpee needs to create a real estate inventory, do an RFP using a market plan with a time line and pecking order as to what we want to do. Sallie Riggs has offered to come to one of our EDIC meetings to help us. She was involved with Bourne's re-zoning process. The Bourne Financial Development Corporation has revenues of $62,831, and assets as of 6/30/09 of$37,324. We need to discuss raising money. Rene will continue working on the Falmouth/Mashpee Idea document. The Committee will meet Dec. 81h and Dec. 15'to work on this project. Jim Vaccaro may have a conflict of interest which prevents him from accepting a position on the EDIC Committee. He is trying to get Boston Concessions to come up with a business plan. Robyn tried to follow up with MEDC to find firms we might hire. The sight she was lead to had password protection. She noticed there are 100's of different grants that link into the site. Robyn and Joe will look at the site again. Robyn was able to get an estimate of cost to hire, r