September 2016 Meeting

by | Oct 7, 2016 | Meetings & Minutes

Sep 17, 2014 minutes

Meeting Minutes: 9/1/2016

 

4:05pm, meeting underway

 

  • Guests
    • Tom Mohr
    • Andrew Mentzer (new Executive Director)
  • Role call
    • Present
      • Sherry Maupin
      • Rob Terry
      • Cynda Herrick
      • Don Bailey
      • Jonne Hower
      • Bill Willey
      • Scotty Davenport
      • Bob Tracy
    • Absent
      • Bob Giles
      • Cami Hedges
  • Minutes
    • Sherry noted that all minutes henceforth should be sent out to local governing bodies
    • Motion to approve August minutes by Jonne, seconded by Bob, APPROVED
  • Treasurer’s Report
    • Rob presented current financials, noted that this was the first iteration of QuickBooks format
    • Council requested line items for:
      • Salary
      • ABC
      • Housing Trust
      • Pathways
      • Scenic Byway
      • Other similar items
  • Update on long term funding structures
    • Will need to have additional discussions with McCall and other stakeholders
  • Goal setting for new ED
    • To be completed by October 15th
    • Sherry read through guiding docs:
      • Western Alliance
      • Appendix A and B from EDPRO grant
    • High priority items identified
      • Business retention & expansion
        • Plug into business climate
        • Reach out to major players
      • Business start-up assistance/entrepreneurial development
      • Industrial and business development
        • Lightbulb Lab
        • Urban renewal
      • Community development
      • Workforce development and education
        • Job fairs
        • ABC initiatives
      • Property identification and development
        • Network with brokers
        • Build up Gem State Prospector
      • Staff professional development and board training development
        • Idaho Power
        • ABC funds
    • Secondary items
      • Membership development and fundraising
        • To be done by the Council–not imperative to ED position
      • Business recruitment/attraction–long term item
      • Marketing–long term item
    • Other discussion
      • Sherry: Housing trust will be a good resource
      • Rob: Look to Cascade Community Review & New Mobility West
      • Scotty: Housing limitations creates challenges
        • Labor contacts noted: Carole Garrison, Jim Thackery, Julie Heidemann and Ethan Mansfield
      • Get to know Payette Land Trust
      • Cynda: build portfolio for the County’s infrastructure capacity
        • Research capacity for each community
        • Water, sewer, fiber optic, power, etc.
      • McCall is rewriting comp plan
      • Cascade comp plan to be viewed by Council
      • ED will need to merge West Central Mountains Economic Development Plan (ABC) with VCEDC strategic plan
      • Jonne & Scotty will update articles to include New Meadows
  • Newsletter
    • To be completed before the October 3rd Summit
  • PTAC event October 26th
    • May be valuable to logging industry in New Meadows
  • Payette River Scenic Byway financial arrangement with VCEDC
    • Bill moved to have Cynda draft an agreement to be reviewed and approved at a later date. Seconded, APPROVED.
  • Payette River Basin Water Trails
    • Website is up and running (merged with scenic byway site)
    • Offers brochures on 10 different water trails
    • Secures access to waterways
    • Interactive story maps available–built by US Parks Service
    • Presents marketing opportunity
    • Bob: Does it duplicate resources/efforts with the private sector?
    • Motion by Cynda to bring Payette River Basin Water Trails under VCEDC, limited to the West Central Mountains on a “placeholder” temporary basis until a permanent home can be found. Seconded by Rob, APPROVED
  • Bylaws for West Central Mountains Housing Trust
    • Have been approved and adopted by the Housing Trust
    • Don: new members have been appointed, document may be out of date
    • VCEDC would like confirmation that tax exempt status has been achieved
    • Request that the signatures be corrected and this item will be moved to next month’s meeting for approval
  • Geothermal
    • Hire of an intern was not approved
  • Open Board positions to be reviewed next month
    • Blake Watson
    • Jay Kiiha
  • Open Discussion:
    • Tom Moore (guest) thanked the Council for allowing him to attend
    • Scotty: check out the new artwork in Cascade
    • Next August 17th, a solar eclipse will occur directly over Smiths Ferry
    • Note to communities: Operation Facelift is September 17th
      • Repaint doors, clean up facade, sidewalks, etc.
    • Andrew will look into starting a new VCEDC facebook page
    • Next meeting October 6th in Cascade
      • Please get Andrew agenda items 1 week before
      • Andrew will send out minutes
  • Jonne: move to adjourn 6:12pm, seconded, APPROVED