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CITY OF EDGEWATER
Industrial Development Board
September 1, 1983
Minutes
Vice Chairman Sawyer called the regular meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. in
the conference area of the Community Center.
ROLL CALL
Members present: Mrs. Middleton, Messrs. Sawyer, Gnau, Vazquez and Foleno.
Members excused: Mrs. Massey and Mr. Faidley. Members absent: Mrs. Lee,
Mr. Poland and Mr. Schneider. Also present: Mrs. Taylor, Secretary.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Gnau moved to approve the minutes of the August 4, 1983 meeting. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Vazquez and CARRIED 5-0.
OLD BUSINESS
Mr. Sawyer welcomed Mr. Al Blankenship, a member of SCORE (Service Corps of
Retired Executives). He explained that Mr. Blankenship was at the meeting
at the invitation of Mr. John Vazquez, and he turned the meeting over to
Mr. Vazquez. Mr. Vazquez introduced Mr. Blankenship, and advised the members
that Mr. Blankenship had kindly agreed to speak to the members on very short
notice.
Mr. Blankenship informed the group that SCORE volunteers are all retired
from businesses and work in an advisory capacity to help small business
people. There are six members from the New Smyrna Beach/Edgewater area
and about 50 members in the Daytona Beach area. Although the request to
assist an industrial board is an unusual one, he agreed to bring it up
at the Executive meeting to be held September 12, and stated that with
their approval, he could then go to the General Membership Committee to
see if there are volunteers in the area to help. Mr. Blankenship said
there is a list of the members which identifies their expertise, and he
felt sure there were members who could be of assistance to Edgewater.
He said that someone from their group could speak to the Board at their
next meeting. The members thanked him for coming to the meeting.
Mr. Sawyer read a memo to the members which advised that there is a meeting
on September 7, 1983 to investigate the advantages of forming a Certified
Development Company in this area. The secretary agreed to advise any
of those members interested in attending of the location and time of the
meeting. Mr. Vazquez explained the benefits of a Certified Development
Company.
Mr. Vazquez reported on the beautification program, stating that he had
made a report to the Chamber Board of Directors about a month previous; it
was received favorably. They instructed the Beautification Committee to
come back to the Board with costs, what it will take to get it started,
and on the whole approved of the idea.
The members discussed goals for the Industrial Board, with a five-year
plan in mind. Mr. Gnau felt the City should use the land they have to
best advantage, while working toward an industrial park, and stated the
need to acquire additional land for industry.
Mr. Foleno said that he had attended three industrial board meetin~in a
small town up north this summer; they had a real estate person who dealt
with industrial only.' He did all the "leg work" for the town. The Board
there wanted to form an industrial park, and the realtor did the contact
work. His recommendation was that the City of Edgewater get a good
industrial realtor to make the contacts to obtain the land. He stated
that in some casffithe land had to be rezoned to industrial.
Mr. Vazquez suggested making an inventory of the industrially zoned land
in Edgewater. It was mentioned that Michael Bobroff with the Florida
Department of Commerce had a computer print out of industrial land and
buildings available in the area. The secretary offered to get in touch
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with Mr. Bobroff to obtain an updated copy for the members.
Mr. Foleno mentioned that he owned five acres on U. S. 1 just outside of
Edgewater which he had considered rezoning to industrial; it is presently
zoned B-5.
Mr. Sawyer said the Board should be checking the area around Edgewater
for future growth.
The members felt that Mr. Vazquez's suggestion to inventory existing
industrial land and facilities, with what utilities are available, etc.
was a good one. They agreed to begin work on this at the next meeting.
They noted that there was no one for a prospect to talk to on a confi-
dential basis if they were interested in moving to the area.
Mrs. Middleton urged that the members proceed quickly to get information
about rezoning some of the County land abutting Edgewater before it is
put to other uses than industrial.
The secretary was asked to bring a copy of "All About Edgewater" to the
next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Joan Taylor
Industrial Development Board
September 1, 1983
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