06/24/2008 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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f MAS1 PEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/INDUSTRIAL CORP. M[NUTES JUNE 24, 2008 Present: Joe Noonan, Robyn Simmons, Rene Read, Bob Cobuzzi, Elizabeth Curtin. Terrie Cook, Liaison to the Board of Selectmen, Brian Kehrl(Mashpee Enterprise). Absent: Bob Walsh, Mary LeClair Joe Noonan chaired and opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. All welcomed Elizabeth (Beth) Curtin to the Committee. The Minutes of June 3, 2008 were deferred to the next meeting when a quorurn of the members from that meeting are present. Rene distributed and reviewed some details about the website. He asked if members want individual e-mail addresses posted on the website or one FDIC e-mail address. The members agreed on the latter. The last paragraph on the handout needs to be eliminated. Terrie Cook should be listed as the Board of Selectmen liaison. Rene distributed a model business card for the members to review which can be printed in-house. Rene's phone number will be used for now for the EDIC. Mary LeClair can be very helpful with contacting our elected officials, such as Rob O'Leary. Dan Dray reported to Robyn that the requested $50,000 for an EDIC Director was perhaps too high. There was a concern about setting a precedent by which other EDIC's will base their actions. Perhaps we can present this with the right spin as a test case. Also, we need a work plan included with the request letter. Dan suggested running the draft by him directly to review before submitting. Robyn will find out Dan's title. Rene will check with the Town's Accounting firm Sullivan/Rogers to see if they have an EDIC staff. They recommended themselves to act as a consultant to the EDIC. Also, Rene will talk to Heather Harper at the Falmouth Town Hall to get an update about-their EDIC. The Committee discussed the language for the grant and possibly lowering the amount of the grant to $25,000 for early stage planning. The Committee decided to leave in the $50,000 request and firm up the final draft by July 8"' and plan to forward to the Board of Selectmen for their review at their 21 July meeting. A sub- committee made up of Joe Noonan, Robyn Simmons, and Beth Curtin will work on this project, and meet June 27 b at 6:00 p.m. Bob Cobuzzi will e-mail his comments to the Committee. In summary, the issues to work out are: Money, precedent, and a work plan.