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CITY OF EDGEWATER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
September 6, 2000
8:00 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Thomas Alcorn called to order a regular meeting of the Economic Development Board
at 8:02 a.m., Wednesday, September 6,2000, in the Community Center.
ROLL CALL:
Members present were Chairman Thomas Alcorn, Adelaide Carter, Christopher Balmer, Edward
Keenan, Michael Wilson and Roland Bazin. Also present were Arvin Lewis, Director of
Integrations, Bert Fish Medical Center; Sandra Pettit, Economic Development Assistant, Enterprise
Volusia (arrived after start of Agency Reports); Planning Director Lynne Plaskett and Board
Coordinator Liz McBride. Donald Gillispe was excused and Nora Aly was absent.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes for August 2, 2000, were presented to the Board for approval. There being no
corrections or changes, Mr. Wilson moved to approve the minutes as presented, second by Mr.
Bazin. Motion CARRIED 6-0.
AGENCY AND CITY REPORTS:
1. Enterprise Volusia - No report
2. Port Authority - No report
3. Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) - No report
4. Bert Fish Medical Center - Arvin Lewis, Director of Integration, reported the Florida Health
Care building (on US 1) would be opening in late November with four (4) primary care physicians.
He said by mid-September Bert Fish would be opening a Heartburn Relief Center at the hospital.
Mr. Lewis said the hospital had put in a letter of intent to the State for pancreas transplant service,
and the hospital was still looking into providing that service. He referenced the kidney transplant
service, and how it took about two years to get approval.
5. Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC) South Campus - No report
6. City of Edgewater
a. FIND Project update - Planning Director Lynne Plaskett said the City was waiting
for the St. Johns River Water Management Districtpermits before going out for bids.
b. Park A venue - hook-up to sewer - Ms. Plaskett said the sewer was in and waiting
for final inspections.
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c. New businesses and new projects - Ms. Plaskett said the Planning and Zoning Board
would be hearing about an annexation of 135 acres of additional land located by Massey Airpark
Ranch. She said part of the land would be used for a fixed base operation for the airport, and it
would also include a residential fly-in community on the east side of the taxiway. Chairman Alcorn
mentioned property near the old Cushman building which looked as though six bays were being
built. Ms. Plaskett said the owner of that property came to the City last year for site plan approval.
1. Enterprise V olusia - Sandra Pettit, Economic Development Assistant, reported John Massey
had indicated to her City Manager Hooper was talking to the County about re-alining Airpark Road.
Ms. Pettit said EV was working on a project to bring A viat Aviation to that location. Ms. Pettit said
City Manager Hooper had written a letter of proposal to Stewart Horn for the manufacturing facility
to locate here, which would employee approximately 100-150 employees. She said A viat was
looking at several locations in Florida and had been showed four sites in V olusia County: Edgewater,
DeLand Airport, Ormond Airpark and the Daytona Beach International Airport. Ms. Pettit hoped
V olusia County had an edge because we have Embrey Riddle here and Mr. Horn has friends who
live in Spruce Creek Fly-in.
Ms. Pettit said she received a phone call from a gentleman who is the CFO of a marine related
manufacturing company located in the Miami area. She said they manufacture equipment for sport
fishing. Ms. Pettit said she received proposals for property across from Boston Whaler and property
near Dougherty Marine.
Ms. Pettit said EV was working on a few smaller projects. One was a metal fabrication company
looking for 2,000 square feet. She said they were currently in Oviedo, with their corporate office
in Winter Park. She said they wanted to move everything to the V olusia County area. Ms. Pettit said
the McKenna Yachts project seemed to be on hold although Mr. Million did pay his one hundred
thousand dollar ($100,000) deposit. She said there was a problem with law suits filed by the
Manatee Club on building boat slips in any area that would effect manatees. She said V olusia
County needed to come up with a new manatee protection plan. Ms. Pettit said EV was still working
with the reservation center, but they had not made any personal visits yet.
CONTINUED BUSINESS:
1. Outreach Program Reports - Ms. Carter said she formulated totals which would be made
available at the October 4,2000, workshop with City Council. She said most businesses were happy.
Chairman Alcorn said he had received a great deal of positive feedback on City Manager Hooper and
what he had been doing for the City.
2. Set Date for Joint Workshop with City Council (Oct. or Nov.) - Ms. McBride suggested
holding the workshop after the budget hearings. After discussion, the date of October 4, 2000, at
6:00 p.m. was preferred, with October 18th as an alternate date.
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NEW BUSINESS:
1. Review Applications for Board Appointment - Chairman Alcorn said there were three
applications and that he had encouraged Rich Morin to apply. He said Mr. Morin had been a
business owner in Edgewater for approximately fourteen years.
Ms. Carter moved for the Board to accept Elizabeth Donahue's application. Mr. Wilson wanted to
recommend Rich Morin. Chairman Alcorn asked if the Board was to recommend only one person
for Council appointment. Ms. McBride answered yes. Chairman Alcorn asked Ms. Carter to
withdraw her motion so the Board could discuss the three applications. Ms. Carter withdrew her
motion.
After discussion, Mr. Bazin moved to recommend Rich Morin, second by Mr. Wilson. Motion
CARRIED 6-0.
2. Proposed Combined Meeting with SE V olusia Economic Development Task Force for
September 27, 2000 in the Community Center - Chairman Alcorn said at the combined meeting
both Boards could discuss upcoming issues that may effect all, and get the chance to meet each other.
Chairman Alcorn said his recommendation was to have them meet in Edgewater on their regular
meeting date at 8:00 a.m. Ms. McBride said this meeting would replace theEDB's regular 8:00 a.m.
meeting on October 4, 2000.
CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS:
Chairman Alcorn said he previously spoke to Frank Wedda, new Provost for DBCC South Campus,
about the City of Edgewater and the Southeast V olusia putting together a CD or document about
economic development but it had gotten side tracked. He said the idea was to get DBCC students
involved. Mr. Wedda said he would have a DBCC person contact Steve Dennis, Executive Director
for the Chamber, who would be the coordinator for the project. Ms. Pettit said EV would also like
all the proposals for A viat Aviation on a CD.
Chairman Alcorn said new Edgewater zoning maps were available for purchase in City Hall, and the
new Land Development Regulations were completed.
Chairman Alcorn referred to a newspaper article about a committee formed to assess a new location
for City Hall. He said if they do move City Hall then there would be issues about what was to be
done with the land. He asked for anyone's thoughts about moving City Hall as it concerns economic
development. Chairman Alcorn referred to the amazing facility in Port Orange. Mr. Balmer said
he was the Chairman for that committee and said the locations had been narrowed to seven (7)
properties. He said everyone was in line with what Port Orange had done.
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Chairman and Board Members Reports cont.:
Ms. Carter commented that at the last meeting she had asked Ms. Aly to check into having a
luncheon for Industrial Appreciation Month and asked if anyone knew if anything had been done.
Mr. Keenan said Ms. Aly had not contacted him and no one else knew anything. The luncheon was
to have been held in September. The Chairman felt it was too late to plan.
Mr. Wilson said he was in discussions with J. T. Electronics, a company from Germany interested
in coming to the City of Edgewater. He said they would begin shipping in equipment this month and
displaying it at a show in February. He felt the company would be ready to make a decision at that
time. Chairman Alcorn suggested Mr. Wilson speak to Sandra Pettit, Enterprise V olusia, to see if
there could be a free trade zone at Massey Airport.
Mr. Balmer reported seeing an e-mail where a company complimented the City's web site because
they were able to get from it all the information they needed. Ms. McBride informed the Board the
EDB web site would be incorporated in with the City's web site. The address was
cityofedgewater.org.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the Board, a motion was made and approved to
adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 8:52 a.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Elizabeth J. McBride, Board Coordinator
Economic Development Board
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