02/14/1995 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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RECEIVED 5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ao MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 14, 1995 CLERK Members Present: Sid Stern (Chairperson), Steve Innis, Ed Lewis, Paul Re Sharon Koblinsky Also Present: Wayne Duchemin, EDC Coordinator i The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. Sid Stern opened the meeting by introducing Sharon Koblinsky as the newly appointed member of the EDC and welcomed her on board. Chairperson Stern offered the Minutes of the January 24, 1995 meeting of the EDC. Ed Lewis motioned for the Minutes to be accepted with no changes. Steve Innis seconded this motion. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS Paul Reynolds reported that they hope to have a workable database of the business property owners in the area within the next few days. Wayne Duchemin stated that an EDC questionnaire is to be sent out through the Assessors Office to all business property owners and is expected to be sent out the following week. Mr. Duchemin distributed a draft copy of the questionnaire to all committee members. It was noted that question #4 was inadvertently omitted from the draft version of the questionnaire. Mr. Duchemin will correct this omission and provide a revised copy to the EDC. Mr. Reynolds stated that the information contained within the database is dated and that the purpose of the questionnaire is to gather the necessary information to update the database. The efforts for this mailing are being coordinated with Dave Bailey and, to date, shared costs have not been discussed with Mr. Bailey. Mr. Duchemin explained that the database would be used as a tool for prospective new business inquiries. Chairperson Stern provided to the EDC an example of what the database would be capable of providing. Mr. Reynolds stated that there was no need for all EDC members to provide possible test scenarios for the database and that the Sub-Committee would take care of any necessary testing of the database. Mr. Reynolds also reported that an additional questionnaire will be sent to all business owners in the area in order to obtain their opinions regarding an evaluation of the labor force in the area. Mr. Reynolds stated that Mr. Bailey will be providing the Sub-Committee with a mailing list of those businesses. It was also suggested that the EDC send Mr. Bailey a letter of thanks after a couple of months for all his assistance in these matters. Ed Lewis reported that Steve Innis, Wayne Duchemin and he had met in order to identify the projects that the EDC wanted Mr. Duchemin to concentrate on between now and the end of the Fiscal Year, to include funds spent from the $7,500 budgeted amount and anticipated expenditures for the remainder of the Fiscal Year. Mr. Lewis stated that they had identified five major project areas as follows: 1. The Business Property Owner Database - prepare to market by June, 1995. 2. Outreach Contacts - i.e., inquiries from outside sources