HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-07-13 Ecomomic Development Commission SummaryCITY OF KENAI
210 FIDALGO KENAI, ALASKA 99611
TELEPHONE 283 - 7535
July 5, 1989
Horo. rable Mayor and Council:
I ·
The City Economic Development Commission
shall meet: Thursday July 13th
7:00 P.M. Homer Electric building
II. The Agenda will be
A·
Review of commission's activities
·
Re-definition of purpose of council
C ·
New personnel to serve as Commissioners and
Officers
D ·
Recommendations to Council on new direction
and activities of Commission
E. Other items
III. Mayor, Council Members and City Manager Earnestly
invited to attend.
Thank you,
Vince O'Reilly
Chairman, EDC
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ~'
July 13, 1989 7:OOpm ~~
Homer Electric Association Conference Room
Vince O'Reilly, Chairman
1. The meeting was not Called to order because of the absence
of a quorum. Commissioners decided to have a work session
instead.
2. ROLL CALL:
Vince O'Reilly
James Elson
Barry Thompson
Absent: B'ond, Scott,
Others in attendance were: Mayor John Williams, Ad Hoc
member of the EDC; Jim Carter, E.D.D; Marj O'Reilly, Kenai
City Council and Hal Smalley, Kenai City Council
3. Approval of an agenda for the work session.
4. Report by Barry Thompson: Barry Thompson reported on his
trip to Australia. Mr. Thompson had a lot of information
on tourism and boat handling facilities and passed out
a number of pamphlets and flyers. He also answered
questions by the Commissioners and others in attendance.
The information on the boat handling facilities will be
forwarded to the }{arbor Commission.
5. The Fishery Impact Study Report by Doug Coughenhower is
finally finished and is being printed.
6. Discussion on the Goals and Objectives of the Economic
Development Commission:
A general discussion followed regarding the.general make
up of the EDC. Should the Commission continue? Should
the number of members be changed? Should the goals and
objectives be revised? Problems with the current status
of the Commission were discuss~ed. One primary problem
was the lack of staff involvement with the Commission.
This causes problems in communication between the EDC
and the City Council. Most of those present at the
work session seemed to favor more involvement by City
personnel in this commission.
Mayor Williams asked for Commissioners suggestions as
to possible new appointees to the EDC. Several names
were suggested. The Mayor will follow up on getting
a new member(s) appointed.
Another suggestion was to continue with seven general
members with specific talents and areas of knowledge and
ad hoc members from other local commissions such as
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EDC Commission Meetin~ Minutes
July 13, 1989
Airport, Harbor and the Bicentennial Commission. A kind
of economic "think tank" for the Cit~y on economic is sues.
Lots of ideas were discussed for improving/revising the
EDC. More communication between the various city
commissions on economic matters was another concern.
The EDC should be targeting specific areas of interest to the
City of Kenai's economic development. The~ Commission would
continue t,o meet monthly, and then meet quarterly with the
Harbor and Airport Commissions. When the EDC has found a
specific project to be developed, a task force could be
initiated.
7. Chairman O'Reilly stated his intentions to turn over the
Chairmanship of the EDC when the Commission gets back up
to it's full membership of seven.
Chairman O'Reilly thanked everyone for comin~ and for
the ir input.
The next meeting of the Economic Development Commission
will be August 10th at 7:00pm.
Patti Truesdell, Recording Secretary
for the City of Kenai
July 20, 1989