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CITY OF EDGEWATER
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
JULY 3, 1986, 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL
Minutes
Chairman Racca called to order a regular meeting of the Industrial
Development Board at 7:05 P.M., July 3, 1986 in the City Hall.
ROLL CALL:
Board members present were: Caryl Middleton, Flo Baker, Ralph Racca,
Clarence Gnau and Darwin Schneider. Also present was Jan Morris,
Secretary. Members Dale Andrew and Edward Siconolfi were absent.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the June 5, 1986 meeting were presented for approval.
Mr. Gnau made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Mr.
Schneider seconded the motion. Minutes approved 5-0.
OLD BUSINESS
Industrial Fair Planning
Mrs. Baker gave a report on the Chamber of Commerce participation in
the Fair. She said Roland Smith was suppose to ask New Smyrna Beach
if their~.fair was ~oing to be the same date as ours. They also were
suppose to get information on the buses for the tours, the dinner
and speakers. She said they had done nothing. She added we should
just proceed with our plans until we hear from the Chamber. The
Board agreed we should just continue with our own planning on the
fair.
Chairman Racca said at the last meeting they had discussed the
appointment of Mr. Noland as honorary chairman and discussed what
his duties would be. We had finally decided that his duties would
be limited to some input in ideas on the Boards planning and showing
up at the fair to act as the honorary chairman. He added since we
had not done anything but preliminary planning he took it upon
himself to not invite him to this meeting thinking the next meeting
would be more appropriate. We would have something more tangible
to discuss and tell him what we have accomplished to date, then if
he has any ideas and input he can put them in. We should not have
him any sooner than the August meeting.
Chairman Racca said they had discussed the updating of the letters
to be sent out and we have done that and each member had a copy of
that letter. He added he had made minor changes in it to make it
current. The Board agreed that the letter was appropriate. Chairman
Racca said he wanted to make one change after a discussion with the
Secretary. He said she would need until the 15th of July to get all
the letters mailed out and that would only leave two weeks for them
to respond. Therefore, if we change the response date from August 1
to August 6, that will give the people three weeks to respond.
The Board agreed with this change.
Mr. Gnau said the reason for two different letters was that one
would be for people to put on a tour and the other ones for those
just wanting to set up a display at the Community Center. Chairman
Racca said we have a list of all the industries and all we have to
do is decide which ones are a pontential tour and send the tour
letters to them. The Board reviewed the list of names and decided
to send tour letters to the following businesses: Noland Car,
Coronado Paint, Waco, International Truss, Tarmac, Southern Instruments,
Coronado Sportswear, Tool Engineering, Edgewater Machine, Tropical
Blossom, Intercoastal PreStress and Watercraft America.
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The Board noted that Consolidated PreStress and Watercraft America
were outside of the City Limits but they still have Edgewater mailing
addresses. Chairman Racca instructed the Secretary to mail out the
letters to set up displays to everyone else on the list.
Mrs. Baker said she would like to sent out her employee to check
with the businesses to see if they are going to participate. There
was no objections to ~his.
The Board discussed the advertisement for the fair. They decided
to advertise on the back of the utility bills. The Board decided
the wording on the first announcement should be "Coming September
20th, Edgewater Industrial Fair in the Community Center. Watch
your news nedia for further details." The second announcement
should read "Edgewater Industrial Fair will be held September 20th
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Edgewater Community Center. Tours available.
Please support your Industries.
The Board reviewed the list of arrangements to be made for the fair.
They decided Mrs. Baker would arrange for the buses, Mr. Racca
would invite the speaker. They decided Lt. Gov. Wayne Mixson should
be invited as the speaker. Mrs. Middleton is to draft a program.
The secretary will send out the letters inviting the industries to
the participate in the fair. and to check on the supply of certificate
of appreciation. Mrs. Middleton is to invite the newspaper reporters
to the next meeting to have news coverage on the fair.
The Board discussed drafting a letter to invite special people
to the fair such as banks and the City Council.
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mrs.
Middleton made a motion to adjourn. Motion seconded by Mr. Schneider.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Jan Morris
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Industrial Development Board Minutes
July 3, 1986