HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990.12.10_OEDA MinutesMEMORANDUM
TO: Owasso Economic Development Authority
FROM: Richard Hall, O.E.D.A. Director
SUBJECT: Director's Report
DATE: December 19, 1990
STATUS OF THE WOODS PRECISION PRODUCTS DEAL
We continue to work on the financial package of the machine
shop. An ad hoc committee to bring the business to Owasso journeyed
to the Small Business Administration office in Oklahoma City on
December 12th. We and others visited with the Small Business
Administration representatives about the requirements of the S.B.A.
in the financial package. The meeting included representatives of
all facets of the deal: buyers, sellers, financiers and packagers.
We should be able to write a thick text book on economic
development based on our project experiences. The meeting at the
S.B.A. ended on a positive note but the financial commitments for
the project have yet to be given by all of the financial
institutions involved.
LEADERSHIP OWASSO
City Government was the topic at the December 11th class of
Leadership Owasso. We heard from City Councilman John Phillips,
Mayor Mark Thompson, Planning Commission Ray Haines, and Steve
Compton. Ron Cates also addressed the group about state laws
regulating cities while Sherry Lambert explained the budget
process. The topic next month will be county government.
CLEAN AIR LAW
I attended a cable television telecast produced by the Public
Broadcasting System about the new Clean Air Act signed into law on
November 21, 1990. The law is quite extensive in what it regulates
and what it requires. It will have an impact on all aspects of life
in the country from peoples' homes to what they can purchase, from
their work place to municipal services and utility rates. Costs
will be born by permit fees but it will be state and local
governments that will enforce the provisions mandated by the law
and drawn by the E.P.A.. As with other recent laws, states will be
denied federal monies if the law is not well enforced. There are
provisions for fines, imprisonment and civil suits as well. There
is even provision for rewards for reporting violators of the law.
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The new clean air act was mainly designed to correct smog,
acid rain, air toxics and freon type gasses which affect high
atmosphere ozone. The law will address the following partial list
of problems, activities or businesses:
wood burning fire places,
urban air -borne dust,
air emissions for both new and older vehicles,
service station fixtures,
utilities emissions, especially those plants burning coal,
spray applied paints and coatings,
gasoline and petroleum product manufacture,
dry cleaning businesses,
chemical manufacturing,
heavy industry such as steel mills and coke ovens,
bakeries.
The law will require that states' air quality will be graded
as moderate, serious, severe and extreme. Each grade will be given
its own goal to reduce pollution and increasingly more strict
control measures are required for each more polluted
classification. Businesses producing more than 25 tons per year
(about 10 to 15 drums per month) of discharges are required to
obtain a permit. The cost of such a permit is $25 per ton. The
permitting authority must approve or reject the permit within 18
months after receiving it.
As I understand the law, the following Owasso businesses will
be affected by the law: gasoline retailers, dry cleaners, paint and
body shops, auto and small engine repair shops, any manufacturing
business that uses solvents or spray coatings and possibly
construction companies whose projects contribute to airborne dust.
I have received a summary of the law which is available for review.
I have also spoken to Ray Bishop at the Tulsa City- County Health
Department about the law. I will continue to monitor the situation.
INQUIRIES
Since the last O.E.D.A. meeting I have sent out six letters to
prospects requesting demographic and other information. One letter
was a response to an insurance company, one to a church, one to a
business that may expand and three letters concerned potential new
businesses.
GOOD SAMS MEETINGS
Vickie Nance and I continue to meet with a City Hall committee
that seeks to attract a trailer club to Owasso next spring. We have
met twice and will meet again in January. Logistics for the
recreational vehicles and entertainment for the club members are
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the important issues that the committee has so far discussed. The
event should generate a significant amount of retail sales for our
merchants.
DECEMBER CALENDAR OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS
3 - Owasso School Board, 7:30 p.m., Ator Elementary, 1500 North
Ash. Special Meetings can be called.
5 - Owasso Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting, 10:45 a.m., Rayola
Baptist Retirement Center.
5 - Owasso Chamber of Commerce Membership Luncheon, 12:00 p.m.,
Rayola Baptist Retirement Center Cafeteria.
8 - Christmas Parade, 9:30 a.m., 201 N. Main, call the Chamber to
enter.
8 - Christmas Teen Dance, 8 p.m. -12 a.m., Owasso Middle School
Gym, 86 N. Main St.
13 - Residential Christmas Lighting Contest Judging and Business
Window Decorating Contest Judging.
18 - Owasso City Council, 7:00 p.m., Community Center, 301 S.
Cedar. Special meetings can be called.
18 - Owasso Public Works Authority, Community Center, 301 S.
Cedar, immediately following city council meetings.
19 - Owasso Ambassadors, 11:30 a.m., Golden Corral Restaurant, 7703
N. Mingo Valley Expressway.
19 - Owasso Economic Development Authority, 12:00 Noon, O.E.D.A.
Conference Room, 315 S Cedar. Special meetings can be called.
20 - Grand Re- Opening Allstate Insurance, 3 -5 p.m., 8361 N. Mingo
Valley Expressway.
20 - Christmas Business After Hours, 5 -7 p.m., Allstate Insurance
& Rhythmic Notions Dance Studio, 8361 N. Mingo Valley Expressway.
24 & 25 - Christmas Holidays, Chamber Office closed.
26 - Owasso Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee Meeting, 12:00
Noon, Golden Corral Restaurant, 7703 N. Mingo Valley Expressway.