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Approved 1/31/17 <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD <br />November 8, 2016 <br /> <br />Mama Dips Private Room <br />Chapel Hill, NC <br /> <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />Present: Jim Kitchen, Delores Bailey, Mark O’Neal, James Watts, Paige Zinn, John Anderson, Nitan Khanna <br /> <br />Orange County Staff: Travis Myren, Steve Brantley, Mike Ortosky, Amanda Garner, Yvonne Scarlett, Tina Love <br /> <br />Call to Order <br /> <br /> <br />Approval of September 13, 2016 minutes <br />MOTION by John Anderson to approve minutes; seconded by Delores Bailey. Minutes were approved by consensus. <br /> <br /> <br />Director’s Report and Presentations <br /> <br />• Update on S.W.O.T. Analysis – Steve Brantley, Travis Myren, Amanda Garner <br />o S.W.O.T. Analysis RFP was discussed <br />o A PowerPoint Presentation was handed out <br />o Challenges were discussed <br />o Infrastructure necessity <br />o Discussion on type of S.W.O.T. analysis and focus <br /> Limited assessing the EDDs feasibility <br /> Suggestion of a possible phased report <br /> Analyzing utilities, restrictions and identifying what would industries would match <br /> Viable sites in each EDD <br />• Update on Wegmans Project and other projects – Steve Brantley <br />o Inquiries have gone from a couple per year to 58-60 inquiries but only able to respond to half or less <br />o Concern was expressed that this will cause trading of jobs <br />• Update on Orange County’s Small Business Loan and Grant Programs – Yvonne Scarlett <br />o Yvonne Scarlett updated the Board on the Business Grant applications, awards, and balances. <br />o Article 46 funds distribution discussed – way to measure the additional need <br />o Score card modifications discussed <br />o Booklet of recipients of the Small Business Loans, Business Grants and Ag Grants to be presented to <br />the Board of County Commissioners was shared and discussed <br />• Update on Orange County Agricultural Grant Program – Mike Ortosky <br />o Mike Ortosky brought the Board up to date on activity and status of the Ag Grants <br /> <br /> <br />New Business <br /> <br />• Annual Report/Work Plan – Steve Brantley <br />o Agreed to proposed content to be followed up by emails to confirm final report <br />• Recruitment of Potential Board Members – Jim Kitchen <br />o Members were asked to recruit potential members <br /> <br /> <br />Adjournment