Council Meeting Agenda April

West Central Mountains Economic Development Council

Monthly Meeting: Tuesday April 14th, 2020

Location: REMOTE: Zoom

Time- 3:00 – 5:00pm

• Executive team meeting, open at 2:30pm
  • Signing of checks for previously approved items (can be done by Jill and Andrew ahead of time)
  • Agenda discussion
  • Executive session closed if needed
• Call to order, regular meeting, 3pm
• Adoption of agenda (ACTION ITEM)  
• Approval of minutes (ACTION ITEM)  
• Welcome visitors and guests
• Community reports: Cascade, Donnelly, McCall, New Meadows, Valley County
• Treasurer’s report (ACTION ITEM)
  • Invoices/thank you’s for the month 
• Letters/requests (ACTION ITEMS)
  • None
• Scenic Byways update (DISCUSSION)
• Grants (open/future)
  • EDPro (DISCUSSION)
    • Need commitments from partners and County 
• Recreation/Pathways
  • Weiser River Trail: New Meadows grant administration–USDA/GEM (DISCUSSION)
  • Packer John revitalization (DISCUSSION)
  • NPS recreational/trails assistance workshop April 22–POSTPONED (DISCUSSION)
• Education and workforce development:
  • Talent Pipeline Management Academy through IACI–approval of Andrew’s participation (ACTION ITEM)
  • Cascade SBA training April 21–POSTPONED (DISCUSSION)
  • Construction Pre-Apprenticeship with AGC–POSTPONED (DISCUSSION)
  • Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship in Cascade–POSTPONED (DISCUSSION)
  • Update on BSU meetings/game plan (DISCUSSION)
• Community Projects/Infrastructure
  • Coronavirus update (DISCUSSION)
  • Recycling update (DISCUSSION)
  • Monument signs update (DISCUSSION)
  • Cascade seasonal wayfinding update (DISCUSSION)
• Business retention and expansion (DISCUSSION)
  • Business outreach update–8 BRE visits (some remote)
• Economic Summit update (DISCUSSION)
• Marketing–update on fundraising to date (DISCUSSION)
• Round Table, Upcoming Events & Public Comments
  • BSU hire and our downstream assistance needs (split position?)

Adjourn