08/07/2007 ECONOMIC DEV AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASUPEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION MINUTES AUGUST 7, 2007 Present: Rene Read, Joe Noonan, Bob Cobuzzi, Robyn Simmons. Joe Noonan opened and chaired the meeting due to Jim Wils absence and resignation. The Minutes of July 10, 2007 were moved and unanimously approved. Joe reviewed the numbered items from the last meeting giving a progress and status report on each. Joe will follow up with McGregor/Mashpee Industrial Trust. Rene will get a progress report along with previous minutes to the new member, Bob Walsh. Doug Storr will be at our neat meeting to discuss ideas about a hotel and any interest. Any marketing study would be interesting to hear. A meeting conference center needs to be in place. A discussion occurred about the placement of the new wind tower. Monitoring occurs for one year before installation. The Planning Department needs to sort through the Town land and pick out parcels that are good for housing and commercial use, and then advertise to the EDIC. Zoning knowledge is needed. The EDIC website needs to be updated. We need to become more politically active with visits to Delehunt and O'Leary. There is grant money available and legislation that can help. We need to check the status of the updated Economic Development Plan which is part of the Comprehensive Plan. The 501c determination by legal counsel was that it is not needed. EDIC can float bonds. Joe will follow this up and email Rene information. We need to follow up on the Town transferring two properties to EDIC. If yes, we can get an RFP process started. Rene will follow up. We need Tom Fudala to contact Meghan Amsler from Cape Cod Self Reliance re: alternate energy sites and products. We need to meet two times per month starting in September. We need to work on the goals we established and accomplish them. NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 AT 4:00 P.M.