AGENDA MONROE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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1 Monroe County Economic Development Corporation Regular Meeting December 12, 2017 Page 1 AGENDA MONROE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 4BREGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, :00 A.M. MONROE BANK & TRUST HEADQUARTERS 4 TH FLOOR BOARD ROOM 10 WASHINGTON STREET MONROE, MI (734) Committee Members: Tom Allen, Mike Baker, Barry Buschmann, Kim Comerzan, Stacey Goans, Tim Lake, Scot Laskey, Henry Lievens, Randy Mielnik, Dan Minton, Tracy Oberleiter, John Patterson and Gary Wilmoth Mission Statement To Promote County-Wide Economic Growth and Employment Stability by Attracting and Retaining Business Development Through Partnering With Government, Business, Industry and Labor Which Will Better the Quality Of Life for All People Living and Working In Monroe County I. 0BCALL TO ORDER II. III. IV. ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES- (09/26/ Regular Meeting) V. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN VI. VII. VIII. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN ELECTION OF SECRETARY / TREASURER STAFF & SPECIAL REPORTS 1) Update report-developer s Streamlining Guide-Barry Buschmann 2) 3 rd Annual EDC Municipal Planning & Zoning Seminar, Barry Buschmann 3) Update report-entrepreneurship & Innovation Task Force-Scot Laskey 4) Update report-facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & foursquare-john Patterson 5) Monroe County Convention & Tourism new web page presentation-john Patterson 6) Soy Bean Project update-tim Lake 7) Monroe County Link (I-75 corridor) project update-tim Lake 8) Consumers Energy Steering Committee Final Meeting Tim Lake 9) Facebook video of Estates at Wellington with Anthony Chirco Developer ) Monroe County Inc. show # 19 was produced and filmed on Show guests included Molly Luempert-Coy DTE Energy, Steve Holf, DTE Energy & Adam

2 Monroe County Economic Development Corporation Regular Meeting December 12, 2017 Page 2 Parker, Nexus Gas Transmission on the new NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline going through Northern Monroe County in Milan Township.-Tracy Oberleiter 11) TMACOG (Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments) Annual Meeting Tracy Oberleiter IX. 2COMMUNICATIONS X. 3BINFORMATION XI. XII. OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS Meeting Schedule-Meetings start at 8 AM a. March 13, 2018 b. June 12, 2018 c. September 11, 2018 d. December 11, 2018 XIII. CITIZENS TIME XIV. NEXT MEETING March 13, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. XV. ADJOURNMENT

3 Page 1 MONROE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 I. Chairman Oberleiter called the Regular Meeting of the Monroe County Economic Development Corporation held at the Monroe Bank & Trust Headquarters at 10 Washington Street, Monroe, Michigan on Tuesday, to order at 8:03 a.m. II. Roll call by Clerk as follows: PRESENT: ABSENT: Tom Allen, Barry Buschmann, Kim Comerzan, Stacey Goans, Tim Lake, Scot Laskey (arrived at 9:03), Dan Minton, Tracy Oberleiter, John Patterson, and Mike Baker J. Henry Lievens, Gary Wilmoth and Randy Mielnik (all excused) A quorum being present, the Committee proceeded to conduct business. Jim Brunt, Chairman of the Bedford Advanced Cybersecurity Development Center was also in attendance. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion by Tom Allen to approve agenda for Regular Meeting as presented, supported by Dan Minton. Voice vote taken. Motion carried. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (06/27/2017 Regular Meeting) Motion by Tim Lake to approve the minutes of the June 27, 2017 Regular Meeting as amended and waive the reading thereof, supported by John Patterson. Motion carried. V. STAFF AND SPECIAL REPORTS 1. Presentation by Jim Brunt, Chairman of the Bedford Advanced Cybersecurity Development Center Bedford Supervisor, Paul Pirrone wanted as part of his initiatives Area 58 MCCC and Bedford Schools Building a pathway into MCCC

4 Page 2 STEM Trump just awarded 300,000 Cyber-security jobs Educating kids for college Certification for small business owners Want to attract people from Region Webinars Send IT guys to seminars All kids will funnel through Bedford Schools to take classes Meetings 7:30 a.m. Whitman Center, Room 2 IT companies to educate through seminars Cybersecurity firms should be DOD approved Discussion ensued and Mr. Brunt answered questions from members. 2. Updated report-developer s Streamlining Guide-Barry Buschmann No summer meetings were held Focus on processes Getting out to townships is important Need to drill down on some items Always updating Streamlining Guide Possible meeting, end of October to focus on outreach and education Hoping to do another winter program like last year 3. Update report Entrepreneurship & Innovation Task Force- Scot Laskey Working with MCCC. They would like Entrepreneur program Committee will continue to support Gen E Monroe Public Schools going over well ProMedica can do more with Michigan companies than Ohio Partnering with medical tech companies ProMedica has experts and space Create environment for high tech Streamlining & Task Force invaluable with help because BDC can t do it by themselves. 4. Update report Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest John Patterson Regular updates--photos New developments and renovations in downtown area Tracy gets a lot of comments on his posts

5 Page 3 5. Monroe County Inc. MPACT Show Update-Tracy Oberleiter-June 28, 2017 Show #18 was produced and taped. Show guests included Ryan & Jay Philbeck, owners of Patriot Group Construction-- Bought west of First Street to the alley with exception of corner building. Possibly shared workspace opportunity. They do a lot of commercial roofing repair. John Patterson suggested a tour of Developments and Renovations with the entire group. Discussion commenced. Many residential spaces in downtown Monroe to look at as well as other building projects within the County. Tom Stewart bought old Sears building and remodeled it all except for the top floor. Book Nook renovation is really nice. Grand Re-Opening in October. Michael Bosanac, Administrator/Chief Financial Officer for Monroe County and Tim Lake, President Monroe County Business Development Corporation presented an update on the I-75 Corridor Study Project. 6. I-75 Corridor Study Project update-tim Lake Now called the Monroe County Link Plan. Moving into action plan phase 6 pillars of activity that needs to be expanded on and developed in the next 5-7 years Developing the framework Being investment ready Workforce talent development Quality of life tourism development I-75 logistics gateway how to market the sites Strategic alignment with partners Action steps completed by end of 2017; Begin work in Soy Bean Project update- Tim Lake Hired consultant 34 potential targets Would like to get in front of at least 3 people/companies Growing more and more beans in Region I-75 Corridor Study presentation to RGP Group-Tim Lake Did presentation in Toledo BGSU looking to do things in SE Michigan ProMedica Toledo Innovation Center tour-scot Laskey Technology based companies

6 Page 4 They have experts and facilities VI. VII. VIII. IX. COMMUNICATIONS- None INFORMATION Tim Lake added that there is a meeting with Randy Oostra of ProMedica on October 2 at 7:30 a.m. at IHM. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS Meeting Schedule-Meetings start at 8 AM a. March 14, 2017 b. June 27, 2017 (Changed from June 13, 2017) c. (Changed from September 12, 2017) d. December 12, 2017 X. CITIZENS TIME Scot Laskey thanked Mike Baker for the new lighting in Carrington Farms XI. NEXT MEETING December 12, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. XII. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn by Tom Allen, supported by Dan Minton. Adjournment by Chairman Oberleiter at 9:45 a.m. with no further business.