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03-07-2001 Q ,\~J--00~~'" "-" ....., CITY OF EDGEWATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD REGULAR MEETING March 7, 2001 8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Thomas Alcorn called to order a regular meeting of the Economic Development Board at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2001, in the Planning Conference Room. ROLL CALL: Members present were Chairman Thomas Alcorn, Adelaide Carter, Nora Aly, Edward Keenan, Michael Wilson and Roland Bazin. Also present were Planning Director Lynne Plaskett, City Manager Ken Hooper, News Journal Staff Writer Jean Morgan and Board Coordinator Liz McBride. Rich Morin was excused and Christopher Balmer was absent. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes for February 7, 2001, were presented to the Board for approval. There being no corrections or changes, Mr. Wilson moved to approve the minutes as presented, second by Ms. Carter. Motion CARRIED 6-0. CITY AND OTHER REPORTS: 1. City of Edgewater a. FIND Project - paving - Lynne Plaskett, Planning Director, reported staff recommended authorizing an intent to award the contract for construction to low bidder Starbase Development Corporation pending approval of the FIND Board. The contract would be for the Phase I spoil site, for water/sewer, paving and stormwater. b. Comprehensive Plan - Ms. Plaskett stated the City was doing an update to the EAR based amendment and she had all the comments back from the Department Heads which would be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board March 14th. The comments would then go before City Council then forwarded to DCA. c. Edgewater Lakes Golf Course - Ms. Plaskett indicated the application for annexation had been received and had gone before the Planning & Zoning Board. She said there were a few documents the City still needed and it would then go to City Council. Chairman Alcorn referred to lots that would be sellable once the paving was completed at the FIND site. "-" ...., Economic Development Board March 7, 2001 - Minutes Page -2- City Manager Hooper remarked that the City had obtained a recent block grant for the Phase II design. He said while advertising for engineers to monitor the construction of Phase I, the City also advertised for them to do the design for Phase II. Chairman Alcorn mentioned his and Mr. Bazin' s recent efforts to promote Edgewater and said there were several people seriously looking to locate in the area. One was a to-be-announced company locating at Oscar Zeller's site which would provide about 100 jobs. He mentioned the expansion of a reclamation plant on Flagler A venue and people interested in the 982 acre McCaskill Ranch property by SR 442 and 1-95. Chairman Alcorn and Planning Director Lynne Plaskett had previously met with a consulting company at the 1-95 site, who were looking for 245 acres for a distribution plant, starting with 500 employees and increasing up to 1,500. The Chairman reiterated there being inadequate available buildings or land, but with the opening the FIND project, the needed land would be provided. He said typically you would try to pre-permit the land. He used the Eastport Business Park in Port Orange as an example, where two spec buildings were erected. Various other parcels were discussed. City Manager Hooper announced that letters were sent to Waterway Park residents to meet with staff to discuss annexation, water and sewer services. CONTINUED BUSINESS: 1. Advertising City of Edgewater & Water Craft Industry in Magazines - Mr. Bazin and Ms. Aly researched different ways to have the EDB get the most exposure for the money. Advertising in the Soundings Trade Only magazine was discussed as the way to go. Mr. Bazin distributed a sample advertisement that Ms. Aly worked up. Some corrections were made and City Manager Hooper suggested a few changes. Prices, size of the advertisement, placement on the page and run dates were considered. Ms. Aly asked Ms. Plaskett for new spec sheets showing available industrial property. Chairman Alcorn conveyed he would accept a motion to take out a 1/6 vertical page in the Soundings Trade Only publication to be run eight (8) times a year at $385 per run, so moved by Mr. Bazin, second by Ms. Carter. Motion CARRIED 6-0. Chairman Alcorn wanted Mr. Bazin to send a copy of the Advertisement to Drew Page, president of Enterprise V olusia, and ask for his cooperation to defray the costs since the EDB was helping to market Enterprise Volusia. Mr. Bazin agreed. The Chairman said to then forward the ad to Ms. McBride for payment. Ms. Aly referred back to the spec sheets. Chairman Alcorn stated the City of Port Orange would be putting their sites on the Internet and distributed a paper copy of their available buildings and information pertaining to the sites. He said he spoke with their Assistant City Manager about working with them in taking a regional approach so that information is also available for Edgewater .... ...., Economic Development Board March 7, 2001 - Minutes Page -3- and New Smyrna Beach. Information on properties for sale is available on the Internet through a link to Enterprise V olusia. Chairman Alcorn would like to get sites available in Edgewater on the Internet. Ms. Aly asked about putting the information on the EDB' s web site. It was discussed how to go about doing this. Ms. Aly was to coordinate getting the information on the web site with Ms. McBride. 2. Marketing Pieces - Chairman Alcorn stated they had talked before about the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce putting together a CD. He said they were looking for economic partners to share in the costs and would then print your name and whatever logo you wanted on the front. The introduction would be unique to the organization requesting the CD, with the same regional information. Chairman Alcorn said the Chamber would be coming to the City of Edgewater to ask for participation. Chairman Alcorn asked if the fact sheets had been reprinted as it had discussed several meetings ago. Ms. McBride said it had been decided to wait until we had updated information. 3. Update on New Smyrna Beach Economic DevelopmenUGovernment Affairs Director Chairman Alcorn mentioned previous conversations about the cities sharing this person and asked City Manager Hooper to update the Board. City Manager Hooper said Shannon (McBride-Lewis) had public information skills and came from the Port Orange fire department. Her first role would be working on the consolidated dispatch system with Port Orange, New Smyrna, Edgewater and Oak Hill, which should take about five months. City Manager Hooper believed Frank Roberts (New Smyrna Beach City Manager) tends to focus on economic development for their city. He said the idea to split that position between two or three cities might happen in the future. Chairman Alcorn said it would make sense when you talk about a regional approach to economic development. NEW BUSINESS: 1. 1-95 & SR 442 Development - Chairman Alcorn referred to an article in the newspaper about the widening of 442 which showed the layout of the new road. He felt with the opening of the corridor, there would be more business and industry coming in. With the comprehensive plan review changing some of the zoning, the Chairman hoped there would be more development. He said water was already available but no sewer. City Manager Hooper said the closest sewer location was at the end of the Florida Shores subdivision. Chairman Alcorn said there was a great deal of room for growth in the area, but there would be some issues dealing with the wetlands. He said he was currently working with someone interested in putting in a hotel at the interchange and talking to some national brand restaurants about locating in that area. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS: Ms. Carter said about 125 people participated in a recent City clean-up. She said there was a questionnaire for the ECHO group which was due back by March 9th. . ~ ..., Economic Development Board March 7, 2001 - Minutes Page -4- Mr. Keenan called a friend in San Diego who informed him of different boat building companies and very large size yacht sales, and was given their phone numbers. He felt the large yacht builders may be interested in the Marine Park and small suppliers could also go in there. Chairman Alcorn said Drew Page was the one to contact. Ms. Aly suggested asking Mr. Keenan to take the lead in contacting these prospects. Mr. Keenan agreed to do so. Mr Wilson reported that while attending an industry show in Nashville, he met again a company his company deals with out of Germany who manufacturers inspection equipment used in pipelines. He said they were doing some test marketing and some of their smaller accounts here were doing well. Their target was to come up with an assembly plant first then manufacturing later. Mr. Wilson said he was pushing Edgewater as the location, and would be meeting with them later in March or the beginning of April. Mr. Keenan felt the City should purchase the Marine Industrial Park at the south end of town. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Board, a motion was made and approved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 9:05 a.m. Minutes respectfully submitted by: Elizabeth J. McBride, Board Coordinator Economic Development Board F:\edb-minutes\min03070 I