Economic Development Council

BLUE SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING December 20, 2017 – 8:00 A.M. Journagan Family Community Room Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building 1100 SW Smith Blue Springs, Missouri 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Approval of Minutes a. August 16, 2007 Minutes 3. Program of Work Update 4. Project and Development Update 5. Board Recognitions 6. Other Business a. Discussion of Use Tax Ballot Proposal 7. Visitors 8. Executive Session – Discussion relating to real estate pursuant to Section 610.021(2), RSMo. 9. Adjourn NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, February 18, 2018 – 8:00 A.M. Journagan Family Community Room Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building 1100 SW Smith Blue Springs, Missouri If special accommodations are required for citizen participation at this meeting please call (816)228-0111 This meeting notice was posted at City Hall and on the City’s website on 12/18/2017.  CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI MINUTES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING August 16, 2017 A meeting of the Blue Springs Economic Development Council, was held on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, in the Journagan Family Community Room, Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building, 1100 SW Smith, Blue Springs, Missouri, with Chairman Mike Lally presiding. COUNCIL Ron Baker - Absent Kathy Hunter MEMBERS Justin Beal Mike Lally PRESENT Erin Curry Dave Meyer Kim Deveney - Absent Cindy Miller Bill Essmann Deb Ohnoutka Trevor Goodwin - Absent Kirk Sampson Jeff Grote Councilman Susan Culpepper Yvonne Hall Also present were Economic Development Manager Mark Stombaugh, and Economic Development Coordinator Teresa Evans. CALL Chairman Lally called the Economic Development Council meeting to order at MEETING 8:02 a.m. TO ORDER APPROVAL OF Councilmember Essmann moved to approve the minutes of the June 21, 2017 MINUTES Economic Development Council meeting. Motion seconded by Councilmember Meyer and carried with the following votes: Councilmember Baker – Absent Councilmember Hall– Aye Councilmember Beal - Aye Councilmember Hunter – Aye Councilmember Curry– Aye Councilmember Lally– Aye Councilmember Deveney – Absent Councilmember Meyer – Aye Councilmember Essmann– Aye Councilmember Miller - Aye Councilmember Goodwin – Absent Councilmember Ohnoutka - Aye Councilmember Grote - Aye Councilmember Sampson – Aye 2017-2018 Mark Stombaugh, Economic Development Manager provided an overview of the BUDGET EDC 2017 -18 budget. PROGRAM OF WORK Councilmember Curry shared an update on the progress being made through the UPDATE – HR efforts of the Blue Springs Employer’s HR Consortium, including the community CONSORTIUM jobs page that will be added to the City website. MCRC – INCENTIVE Changes recently made on the Main Center Redevelopment Corporation POLICY & Incentive Policy as approved by City Council on August 7, 2017 were reviewed. PROGRAM UPDATE August 16, 2017 Economic Development Council Page 2 ACTIVITY Mr. Stombaugh provided an update on project and activity updates. UPDATE Councilmembers posed some clarifying questions related to the projects which were addressed by city staff present. OTHER No additional business was presented. BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT At 9:05 a.m. there was no further business to come before the Economic Development Council; Councilmember Hunter moved the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded by Councilmember Essmann and carried unanimously. ___________________________________ Chairman ATTEST: ______________________________ Teresa Evans, Economic Development Coordinator 2