Harbor Commission

HARBOR COMMISSION MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24, 2016 A special meeting of the Manistee Harbor Commission was held on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 8 a.m. in the Second Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee MI 49660. The meeting was called to order by the Chair. Roll Call Present Excused Absence Unexcused Absence Commissioner Dave Bachman  Commissioner Ty Cook  Commissioner Vacancy --- --- --- Commissioner Vacancy --- --- --- Commissioner Jim Smith  Commissioner Alex Zaccanelli  Commissioner Roger Zielinski  City Manager Thad Taylor  OTHERS PRESENT: Tamara Buswinka of the Alliance for Economic Success PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS  None STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW & UPDATE At their January 19, 2016 meeting the Harbor Commission decided to approach the Alliance for Economic Success (AES) to assist them in their annual review of the strategic plan and to further discuss marketing opportunities. Tamara Buswinka, AES Community Development Director reviewed the existing goals to determine if they were achieved, still relevant, and/or which ones needed to be revised. Following extensive discussion the group reached a consensus to revise the document to redirect the Harbor Commission’s focus to their #1 goal, to make the harbor profitable. A new plan will be drafted and this should take about two weeks. In the meantime, members were given action steps to work on: 1.) recruit potential new members to fill the current vacancies on the commission; 2.) contact area stakeholders to encourage attendance at future meetings in order to work toward collaborating on common goals for the benefit of the City of Manistee. PUBLIC COMMENTS  None ADJOURNMENT Next regular meeting is scheduled for April 19, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Second Floor Conference Room, City Hall. Adjourned at the Call of the Chair at 10:00 a.m. Cynthia Lokovich, CAP-OM Recording Secretary Harbor Commission Minutes – February 24, 2016 Page 1