10-04-1979
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CITY OF EDGEWATER
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
October',~,,_ 1979
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Siciliano called the meeting to order at 7:10 P.M. in the Edgewater
City Hall.
ROLL CALL ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Siciliano
Mrs '. Brown
Mrs. t~ackie
Mr. Gross
t~r. ~'Jitzig
Mr. Glaser
Mr. Jones
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Massey
Mr. Kane
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Late
Excused
Excused
Excused
Mr. Diamond
~1r. Opal
Mr. Mackie
Mayor Christy
Dave Castagnacci-News
APPROVAL Of MINUT~S
Mr. Siciliano asked if the Board approved the minutes of September 13, 1979.
Mr. Witzig made a motion to accept the minutes. Mrs. Mackie seconded the
motion. The motion CARRIED 6-0.
Mrs. Brown passed out a copy of a questionnaire form for a skills bank
survey.
Mr. Siciliano asked if the Board was in agreement with the questionnaire?
The Board was in agreement.
Mr. Siciliano asked if the City had a bulk mail permit?
Mrs. Brown said that mailing out this questionnaire would not be worth the
cost of a permit.
Mr. Gross spoke about opening up Venezia, he has been trying to get this
opened up for a long time so that it would bring more business to Edgewater.
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Walters of the F.E.C.) concerning
letter thanking t.1Irr. Walters for all of
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t~r. Gross suggested that the Board write, to the ~y 6.~:t=i.-en to find out
how the sale of the property was handled.
1-3 INDUSTRIAL PARK
Mr. Siciliano read the letter from Mr.
the Industrial Park. He also read the
his help in this matter.
Mr. Witzig suggested that the Board contact the F.E.C.
Mr. Gross made a motion to call the F.E.C. and make an appointment with
them to speak about this. Mr. Witzig seconded the motion.
Mr. Glaser said he felt that we should either call them or send them a letter.
Mr. Siciliano said that he and Mr. Gross would contact them and then follow
it up with a letter.
The motion CARRIED 6-0.
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1-2 SMIrH
Mr. Siciliano stated that in the I~2
Mr. Corbett Smith owns some property
Industrial Park for light industry.
build to suit tenants. This area is
area, where ~merican Truss used to be,
and would like to develop it as an
Mr. Smith will lease the property and
located off Marion Avenue.
Mr. Smith would like to share the cost of advertising this area with the
City.
There was a discussion on whether or not the City could accept money from
individuals to advertise Industrial areas within the City of Edgewater.
Mr. Siciliano said that he would check with Mr. Woods about this. He asked
if we should call Mr. Smith in at a Special Meeting which will be held on
October 11th?
The Board agreed to invite Mr, Smith to a Special Meeting on October 11th.
COMMUNITY AUDIT
Mr. Siciliano said that the Community Audit had been completed and sent to
the Data Bank in Tallahassee. A copy of this is on file at City Hall.
ADVERTISING
Mr. Siciliano asked Mr. Diamond about advertising grants.
Mr. Diamond said that he checked about the advertising grant and that the
grant is now defunct. He also stated that he was working on the Federal
Grant from Farmers Home Administration for Industrial Development for
facilities. He also talked to the Economic Development Administration,
Federal Government, The average grant that they fund is $30,000.00.
Mr Siciliano asked the Board members to come forth with the best way to
advertise. He asked if the Board thought they should hold this off until
they can talk to Mr, Smith?
Mr. Witzig suggested that the Board have examples of different kinds of
advertising to show owners of proposed industrial developments.
Mr. Glaser asked if there was any way that the Board could get some more
information about the cost involved?
Mr. Siciliano said we would get more information of different types of I
advertising, for example, personal advertising, such as letters or a brochure.
He suggested that the Board have a workshop for the purpose of discussing
only advertising,
BOARD COMMENTS
Mr. Gross made a motion that the Board write the New Smyrna Beach/Edgewater
Chamber of Commerce and the New Smyrna Beach Commission and ask why they
sit idly by when they could encourage the development of New Smyrna Beach
by having at least 30 to 50 million dollar luxury construction to provide
an increase in the tax base and employment. The motion died for a lack
of a second.
ADJOURN
Mrs, Mackie made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Witzig seconded the motion. The
motion CARRIED 6-0.
Minutes submitted by
Nancy Blazi
Donna Prevatt
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