Agenda- June 18, 2020
COBB AREA COUNCIL ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday June 18, 2020
Draft Meeting Minutes by Cindy Leonard
- CALL TO ORDER 6:32
- – INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM, FACEBOOK OR PHONE
- Roll Call Present: Cindy Leonard Secretary, Cathy McCarthy, Jessica Pyska, Eliot Hurwitz Chair, Not present: Frank Lincoln Treasurer, Jake Strickler.
- Approval of Agenda motion: Cindy Leonard, seconded: Cathy McCarthy: all approved
- Approval of Minutes from May 21, 2020. motion to approve: Cathy, seconded: Cindy, all approve
- TREASURER’S REPORT by Cindy Leonard:
Cobb Area Council General fund: $3,974.35
Blackberry Cobbler Festival $3,316.5323
Cobb Resilient: $1,456.28
Cobb Safe: $851.23
Economic Development (from Calpine): $1,300
Rebuild NorthBay (for Hub office): $2,008.41
Science Camp 0
T-Shirt Fundraiser: $4,343.89
Wilder than Wild: $161.31
AHEAD Grant: $164,283.27
Eliot notes that he would like to discuss combining some of the above
Community Reports/Updates
Kyle Noble: Mountain Lions Club would like to announce the re-opening of Cobb Community Center for events with social distancing protocols.
Cathy has an update from Ben at Cobb Area Water:
Hill 9 and 10 project is one week ahead
Pine Summit is two weeks behind
Rainbow bridge is one week behind
An update on the Alpine Meadows project will be done at the future meeting
Cathy also says to be on the lookout for the Census packet. It is important to fill it out
6.Cobb Safe Drive-Through Event Report – Cindy Leonard
We were very happy with the event! Approximately 250 people attended and there were 10 volunteers. There is also the GoBag and information that will be delivered to the meals on wheels seniors. This is definitely an event that we will do again and other groups around the county are also hoping to try this drive-through style.
At the event we also had a ribbon cutting for the new Cobb Resource Hub office. We are grateful for all of the organizations who contributed to the establishment of this office for our community, including: The AHEAD grant, Rebuild NorthBay Foundation, Catholic Charities, Kim Lewis Design, Greg Clouse, Kevin Luhr, among many others.
Check out the article in the Record-Bee:
https://www.record-bee.com/2020/06/13/cobb-hosts-first-drive-thru-wildfire-preparedness-fair/
Glenneth mentioned that he would like to also utilize the Resource Hub as a place for the CERT training. (and possibly CART)
- Cobb Economic Development Plan and AHEAD Grant update – Eliot Hurwitz
Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development – Disaster Recovery
This is a series of regional banks that invest in the community. It is not public funds
Five parts of our grant:
- Small Business loan
- Economic Study and Marketing
- Community Involvement
- Cobb Area Merchants Association
- Economic Strategy Report
- Loan Program: approved one loan, 3 Cobb applicants in process, 1 middletown in process
- Economic Study and Marketing: done by Community Development
projections, dynamics in tourism economy, business success in our community, study of broadband funding in rural areas as a key, marketing program to help current businesses and bring new business and new homeowners.
3) Community Involvement: a core dimension is to use community interviews to help guide the direction. 17 interviews have been done and the goal is 40 interviews total. The Cobb Resource Hub will be utilized for meetings and access to materials. The Cobb Area Council website also has a tab for information on the AHEAD grant
4) Cobb Area Merchants Association:
5) Economic Strategy Report
~Here we need to insert the Economic Strategy Report from Eliot~
8 points in the report
Budget:
Small business loans: $50,000 ($687.50 $2,750
Economometric data: $40,000 ($1,875 $2,750
Broadband exploration $20,000 ($500)
Marketing – residents: $10,000
Marketing – current businesses: $15,000
Marketing – future businesses: $10,000
Community Outreach (interviews): $25,000 ($25,000 check written to Eliot)
Community Outreach (Resource Hub): $5,000
Community Outreach (Website): $5,000 (Lions Club $2,200)
Draft report: $10,000
Print report: $1,000
Cobb Merchants Association: $19,000
Who will be heading up the marketing program?
What is the plan for the Merchants Association?
Jessica suggests that we set another Economic Development Committee meeting to specify these things.
The meeting will be June 29th, 6:00 p.m.
Jessica suggests that we create a document to give to Frank so that he has guidance on what to expect for the checks that he will be writing.
Cubit report could help us with marketing. Ultimately the marketing part will be done by someone else.
Cathy moves, Jessica seconds the motion to adjourn, all approve
Meeting adjourned 7:43