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<br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD <br />January 14, 2013 <br /> <br />Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center <br />Hillsborough, NC <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />Present: Delores Bailey, Jim Kitchen, Karen McAdams, Mark O’Neal, Mark Sherburne, Nicholas <br />Thomas, and Tom Underwood <br />Orange County Staff: Steve Brantley, Dottie Schmitt, and Yvonne Scarlett <br />Absent: D.R. Bryan, Lori Eichel, Eric Pate <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Call to Order <br />Delores Bailey, Vice Chair called the meeting to order at 8:17 a.m. <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes – November 12, 2012 <br />Minutes were approved unanimously. <br /> <br />New Business <br />Steve Brantley (Economic Development Director) asked the Advisory Board members to help formulate an <br />economic development vision and areas of focus for 2013. <br /> <br />It was determined that ED staff Yvonne Scarlett will forward a copy of the “work plan” submitted to the <br />Board of County Commissioners, as well as sales tax allocation pie chart and graph to the Advisory Board. <br />After review of work plan, each member will specifically choose an area of interest and then meet (in person, <br />via email and/or Google dot) as sub-committee to address issues (suggested sub-committees could report <br />progress at the next Advisory Board meeting in March) <br /> <br /> Additional discussion included: <br /> Definition of economic development <br /> Work plan presented to BOCC <br /> Quarter cents sales tax and allocation <br /> February 1st County Commissioner retreat <br /> Business recruitment/retention <br /> Diversifying the tax base <br /> Retail tax base <br /> Meeting schedule (to complete vision) <br /> <br />Director’s Report - Steve Brantley <br />Brantley briefly updated project(s) status. Additional updates included website award (2012 Silver W3 <br />Award); interns (2 Duke students from Korea will intern in ED office until May) and Agricultural Summit <br />(February 11, 2013 at Schley Grange Hall in Hillsborough). <br /> <br /> <br />Adjournment <br />Meeting was adjourned at 9:25 (followed with tour of Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center).