North Stonington
Economic Development Commission
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
August 21, 2008
Draft Minutes
Opened meeting: 7:00 p.m.
Roll call:
EDC Members present: Bradford Currier, Robert Boissevain, Robert Kimball, Marilyn Mackay, Peter Bogoian, Brent Woodward, (late) Linda Pershaec. Members absent: Mark Perkins.
Treasurer’s report:
Robert Kimball, Treasurer reported account balance of $12,166.50. Payments were paid to Secter 2,247 and Recording Secretary 33.50.
Review of minutes:
July 17, 2008 minutes accepted without changes. Motion to accept made by Marilyn M.
and seconded by Brent W.
Presentation: Jack Johanneman and Bill Green of Green Machine Bio LLC gave presentation on alternate energy solutions.
It was a power point presentation plus handouts. Copies of the 25 page brochure were emailed out to all commission members before the meeting.
This project could be done with bonding and grants. Predevelopment money is available for studies and construction. Half the cost of the project could go away after grants.
Need testing for a full year.
Permitting process could take two and a half years.
Old business:
EDC’s Public Survey, Marilyn Mackay and Robert Boissevain:
Discussion: on hold
EDC Retention Program Visit businesses and get suggestions for ways to help them. More details will be worked out by sub committee.
Sub Committees: Brent Woodward, Marilyn Mackay, Peter Bogoian and Brad Currier presented questions for the retention plan.
Questions were presented and reviewed by the Commission. Discussion followed and
Page 1 question #5 will be removed
Page 2 question on business volume will also be changed.
When visiting with business owners you will make it clear that they only answer the questions they feel comfortable with.
Some spelling and grammar changes will be made.
When being presented back to the commission it will be presented in a general summary report.
Motion was made by Peter B. and seconded by Robert K. to accept changes discussed. Motion passed .
Brent will take the suggestions and make the changes for the next meeting.
Town Signage (update -)
Two signs were delivered bringing the number of signs to six. The Selectmen are waiting for the state permits for installation.
North Stonington EDC Web Site
Working on new links such as new map that will show rings for mileage and
population of North Stonington to corresponding areas. When you link on EDC it will
show available commercial and industrial properties.
Links will be available to get contact information from interested developers.
New business:
All Economic Development Commission members need to go to Planning and Zoning office and get copy of the new regulations.
Some regulation changes that we need to address are signage , HC1 & 2 , commercial 1&2 amendments requiring special permits, supplementary regulations prohibit mini storage. This was one of the areas that EDC hired Mary Villa to write up the regulations for. Need to look over the proposed regulation changes and bring in suggestions for next meeting. P&Z are meeting four times a month so we need to get suggestions to them as soon as possible.
Correspondence: available work shop brochure was discussed.
Meeting Adjourned: Motion made by Brent Woodward and seconded by Linda Pershaec to adjourn meeting. So passed.
Adjourned 9:33 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Gladys Chase
EDC Recording Secretary
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