South Berwick Economic Development Committee
Agenda
Council Chambers
Town Hall
September 12th, 2007
7:00 PM
ROLL CALL/CALL TO ORDER:
MINUTES APPROVAL:
1) July 11, 2007 Meeting
2) August 1, 2007 Meeting
CORRESPONDENCE:
MEMBER COMMENTS:
OLD BUSINESS:
1) JEM Committee – Walking Tour Brochure: Vote on funding request.
2) Ribbon Cutting - Mike Lassel & The Little Hat Company: Status.
3) Subcommittee Update:
· Comp. Plan Review (Economic Development Section): Mike Lassel & Dennis Fontaine. See following documents:
- Jim Fisk memo: Industrial Districts, land use and suitability.
- Jim Fisk memo: Draft responses for Comprehensive Plan inconsistency with the Growth Management Act.
- Map: Figure 9 – Industrial Area Available Land, rev’d.
- Map: Proposed Zoning Amendments – Industrial Zone.
· Board of Trade: Kathy Wolfe, David Burke & Karyn Morin.
· Master Plan: Steve Einstein, Sue Pullar, Mike Lassel, Dennis Fontaine.
NEW BUSINESS:
1) Presentation: Chuck Morgan, Economic & Community Development Director - SMPRC
· Current SMRPC economic development activities and regional issues.
2) Discuss new EDC Charge: Town Council meeting 8/27/07.
3) Community Matters 07 Conference- “Growth and Character: Having It All”
October 23-25, 2007
Main Street Landing, Burlington, Vermont
· Discussion of a Committee member attending.
OTHER:
ADJOURNMENT:
Presenter Information:
Chuck Morgan
Economic and Community Development Director
Chuck has been working in the fields of Economic and Community Development for 13 years. He has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and was awarded a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maine at Orono. Over the past 13 years chuck has been involved in numerous economic and community development projects throughout Maine and has worked at the State, regional and local levels of government. Chuck is the point person for SMRPC's economic and community development activities and is the staff liaison to the Southern Maine Economic Development District. An avid collector of signed books and autographs, Chuck frequently pesters other staff members to find out what well known persons are in the area and can he get their signatures. His wife Marla and daughter Sarah live in Gardiner, which should qualify him for Maine's
longest commuter award.
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