12/12/1995 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES DECEMBER 12, 1995 Members Present: Tom Potts, Steve Innis , Sharon Koblinsky, Paul Reynolds (Ted Lewis was absent) . The meeting was called to order at 7: 20 p.m. Tom Potts read the Economic Development Coordinator 's Report (per the attached) in Wayne' s absence. Sharon will attend the Industrial Park Pre-screening Meeting on Friday, December 15th along with the owner (Sun Storage) , John O' Brien, Bob Whritenour, and Wayne Duchemin; Sharon attended the first meeting re: pre-permitting and will be able to follow-up on what was said at that original meeting. Discussion occurred on the Mt. Auburn' s Strategic Plan rough draft which was sent to all the Partnership members. Tom expressed disappointment with the results and felt there should be more concrete recommendations. Steve suggested going back to the RFP and compare it with the rough draft to see what information we do not have. Tom asked Mary to follow up with Wayne and have him send a copy of the RFP to each EDC member. The EDC FY' 97 Budget discussion "was postponed until the next meeting. Regarding John Doherty' s request for input for the WWW Mashpee Home Page, Paul will work on developing a Webb page. The Minutes of November 11, 1995 were approved as presented. The meeting of November 28, 1995 was cancelled due to a lack of quorum. A discussion occurred regarding the closing of Augut, and some suggestions were made as follows: ( 1) offer Augut a tax incentive to stay in Mashpee; ( 2) Bob Whritenour could call the President and find out more information; ( 3) send Bob Whritenour, Jim Vaccaro, and Tom Potts up to Augut headquarters in Mansfield to discuss the situation with the officers and Board of Directors; ( 4) yet a lead from Augut' s PR person; ( 5) Tom Potts could contact Augut's financial analysts for more information. EDC was in favor of following up on these suggestions. Tom noted there is a balance .of $8, 467. 71 remaining in EDC' s budget as of 11/24/95. EDC discussed areas and items they would like to spend this money, i.e. ads, employment pool, and the aquaculture project that Rick York is working on. Tom would like to see a joint venture with the middle and high schools in shell fish farming. He suggested going before the Selectmen and asking for 10 acres to lease, and EDC could buy the nets