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1 MIDCOAST REGIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Meeting Minutes of MRRA Board Meeting October 22, 2018 Present: John Peters (Chair), Rita Armstrong (Vice Chair), Nick Nichols (Treasurer), Lois Skillings (Secretary), John Moncure, Sharon Eggleston and John Kilbourne Excused: Larissa Darcy, Lennie Burke, Carl Flora, and Denise Garland Others: Linda Smith from the Town of Brunswick, Catherine Ferdinand from Bowdoin College, Tim Gill from Runyon Kersteen Ouellette, and Hannah LaClaire from the Times Record Staff: Steven Levesque, Jeffrey Jordan, and Kathy Paradis Location: MRRA, 15 Terminal Road, Brunswick, Maine Time: 4:00 p.m. Welcome & Introductions. Chair John Peters welcomed the Board and invited the attendees at the meeting to introduce themselves. Minutes from June 27, 2018. Lois Skillings made a motion to approve the Minutes of the June 27, 2018 Board meeting, which was seconded by John Moncure. The vote was unanimous of the Board members present. Committee Reports. Executive Committee. Chair John Peters gave the Committee report noting that the Committee met on August 1, September 18 and October 16, 2018. John highlighted the meetings as follows: August 1 st Meeting: o MRRA is expecting a Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance (LIFOC) from the Navy for the former Navy Public Works compound shortly.

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MIDCOAST REGIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Meeting Minutes of MRRA Board Meeting

October 22, 2018

Present: John Peters (Chair), Rita Armstrong (Vice Chair), Nick Nichols

(Treasurer), Lois Skillings (Secretary), John Moncure, Sharon

Eggleston and John Kilbourne

Excused: Larissa Darcy, Lennie Burke, Carl Flora, and Denise Garland

Others: Linda Smith from the Town of Brunswick, Catherine Ferdinand

from Bowdoin College, Tim Gill from Runyon Kersteen Ouellette,

and Hannah LaClaire from the Times Record

Staff: Steven Levesque, Jeffrey Jordan, and Kathy Paradis

Location: MRRA, 15 Terminal Road, Brunswick, Maine

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Welcome & Introductions. Chair John Peters welcomed the Board and invited the attendees at the meeting to introduce themselves.

Minutes from June 27, 2018. Lois Skillings made a motion to approve the Minutes of the June 27, 2018 Board meeting, which was seconded by John

Moncure. The vote was unanimous of the Board members present.

Committee Reports. Executive Committee.

Chair John Peters gave the Committee report noting that the Committee met on August 1, September 18 and October 16, 2018. John highlighted the meetings as follows:

• August 1st Meeting: o MRRA is expecting a Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance (LIFOC)

from the Navy for the former Navy Public Works compound shortly.

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o The University of Maine entered into a lease for a portion of Hangar 6 for a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) school.

o HERE Engineering, currently located in TechPlace, is planning to relocate to Hangar 6.

o The Committee approved airport bid awards for: ▪ Bid award to Gordon Contracting, Inc.: Drainage Repairs and

Improvements, Phase Two (Amount: $1,127,512.50) and

Pavement Maintenance (Amount $184,400.00). Chair Peters noted this bid was tabled pending more information and approved on August 7.

▪ Bid award to KOBO Utility Construction Group: Airfield Electrical Improvements, Phase 1 (Amount $248,969.00)

▪ Bid award to G.B. Hastie Fence Co, Inc: South End Obstruction Removal and Wildlife Fence Installation (Amount: $570,036.10)

▪ Bid award to Blane Casey Building Contractor, Inc.: Construct New Itinerant Box Hangar ($3,581,057.00).

o MRRA staff is negotiating with an entity to sell Lot 1, the former Sea Bee compound for the construction of a 40,000 sq. ft. medical office building. This will necessitate the relocation of Blue Dog.

• September 13th Meeting: o We are still awaiting the LIFOC from the Navy for the former Public

Works compound. o The project for Lot 1 (former Sea Bee compound) is moving forward.

Plans are being made to relocate Blue Dog. o The Committee approved the snow plowing bid to ETTI and the

plumbing bid to Damon Mechanical.

• October 3rd Meeting: o The LIFOC from the Navy for the former Public Works compound is

imminent.

o Executive Director Steve Levesque advised the Committee that there was auction notification on the Village Green Venture property. The

notice was required so investors can reacquire the property. VGV also wants to revise our Power Purchase Agreement with them. Steve mentioned that he will seek a new provision in the agreement that

require VGV to pay MRRA for any charges levied by CMP or Constellation if they are not producing power. In addition, before entering into an agreement, VGV has to be up-to-date in rent (it was

noted that they are current on payments) and operational expenses and the odor issue mitigated.

o MRRA may have identified a partner for its A&P school – Wings Realty EDU of Orono, Maine. They are interested in being our curriculum partner on-line. The hands-on application work would be at

Brunswick Landing. MRRA is applying to MTI to get additional equipment.

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• EDC – Bowdoin Property – Will be discussed with the Executive Director’s Report.

• Finance Committee. Chair Nick Nichols gave the Committee report noting that the Committee met on July 17, September 18 and October 16, 2018. Nick reported that at

the end of June 2018, the balance of the Annuitization Reserve is $2,290,430.73. At June 30, the balance of the operating budgets are as

follows:

Revenues Expenditures Balance

FY 2018 Brunswick Landing Budget $1,820,544.44 $1,725,453.75 $95,090.69

FY 2018 Executive Airport Budget $1,115,868.21 $1,850,996.51 ($735,128.30)

FY 2018 Electric Budget $2,070,505.87 $2,059,596.56 $10,909.31

FY 2018 Water Budget $235,014.23 $258,573.36 ($23,559.13)

FY 2018 Sewer User Budget $350,855.54 $438,203.83 ($87,348.29)

$5,592,788.29 $6,332,824.01 ($740,035.72)

Balance of Annuization Reserve as of June 30, 2018 (prior to transfer) $2,290,430.73

Transfers to FY 2018 Budget to close out fiscal year

($740,035.72)

Annuitization Reserve Balance

$1,550,395.01

Nick noted that in the Brunswick Landing budget the workers compensation went up and that in the Airport budget heating and legal services went up.

Audit Reports for FY2019. Tim Gill thanked MRRA’s CFO and Deputy Director,

Jeffrey Jordan, for his work relating to the preparation of the financial statements. Tim reported that MRRA had received an un-modified option (clean option) from the accounting firm of Runynon Kersteen and Ouellette

(RKO) on the financial statements for the period ending June 30, 2018. The following documents were discussed in detail:

a. Letters to the Board of Trustees Regarding Internal Controls and Financial Statements. Tim presented a letter to the Board of Trustees reporting

Runyon Kersteen and Ouellette’s (RKO) findings in relation to testing of internal controls and review of the Financial Statements under the

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) requirements. He advised of the processes RKO used to test internal control procedures and then stated that they did not identify any deficiencies in MRRA’s internal

control procedures. He also reported that MRRA’s financial statements are free from material misstatement and their tests disclosed no instances of

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noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Governmental Accounting Standards Board requirements.

b. The Letter to the Board of Trustees Regarding Compliance for each Major Program as Required by OMB Uniform Guidance.

Tim discussed the second letter to the Board of Trustees regarding the

required testing and reporting under the provisions of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance (formerly Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations). This report is intended to test and report on compliance with federal grant requirements.

Tim noted that the RKO review did not find any material deficiencies. The Letter also stated that RKO did not identify any material deficiencies in

internal control over compliance. Finally, the Letter to the Board also reports on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. The letter states RKO has audited MRRA’s Financial Statements and issued an

unmodified opinion (clean opinion) on those financial statements in accordance with the auditing standards Generally Accepted Accounting

Procedures (GAAP) in the United States.

c. Management Letter. Tim reviewed the Management Letter with the Board. The Management Letter stated that RKO considered and reviewed internal

control over financial reporting and did not identify any deficiencies in internal controls. While RKO issued an unmodified opinion on internal

controls and the financial statements, they did identify the one issue: personnel payroll deductions were not current in personnel files.

d. Finance Report. The report on Financial Statements begins with a two page

letter to the Board of Trustees. The Letter describes both management’s and the auditor’s responsibility in the preparation of financial statements. Runyon Kersteen and Ouellette stated that “in our opinion, the financial

statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority as of

June 30, 2018, and the changes in financial position and cash flows thereof for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.”

e. Tim Gill made specific reference to the quality of the Management

Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)section that was prepared by the Deputy

Director. Rita recommended the MD&A section is a great summary and overview of MRRA’s financial status.

The Financial Report presents a statement of revenue, expenditures, assets and liabilities of the organization consistent with GASB 34, a format of

governmental accounting that presents financial information in a format like a private business, rather than the historical method of governmental fund

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accounting, which did not capitalize or depreciate equipment or infrastructure. Tim advised the Board that overall Runyon Kersteen and

Ouellette have provided MRRA with an unmodified (clean) audit opinion.

Action Item: Lois Skillings made a motion that the Board of Trustees accept

the Audited Financial Statements prepared by Runyon Kersteen and Ouellette for the period ending June 30, 2018, as recommended by the Finance Committee, which was seconded by Rita Armstrong. The vote was unanimous

of the Board members present.

Chair John Peters thanked Tim for his presentation, thanked Deputy Director Jeffrey Jordan for a job well done, and expressed his thanks for the work that

MRRA’s Financial Officer, Tushima Sims, did during the audit process.

Quarterly Financials – Periods ending June 30 and September 30, 2018. The Committee reviewed the quarterly financials at each meeting, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets and statements of cash flows for all MRRA

entities, including Brunswick Landing, the airport, the utility budgets for electric, water and sewer, capital improvement and grants budgets, the reserve,

the homeless assistance fund, Tech Place, Brunswick Landing MHC and the Midcoast Charitable Foundation. These were found to be in good order and the Committee recommends that the Board accept the Quarterly Financial reports.

• Action Item: Nichols Nichols made a motion that the MRRA Board of Trustees accept the Quarterly Financial Statements for the periods ending June 30 and September 30, 2018 as recommended by the Finance Committee, which was seconded by John Moncure. The vote was

unanimous of the Board members present.

Amendments to FY2019 CIP: Deputy Director Jeffrey Jordan and the trustees discussed the following recommended CIP amendments:

Approved CIP Final Budget Numbers

Recommended Amendment

50581 Local Share of MAP Projects $69,600 $71,300 ($1,700)

50767 Maine DOT Share of MAP Projects $625,700 $713,000 ($87,300)

50799-n FAA Pavement Maintenance AIP MAP 029 $303,400 $201,000 $102,400

50799-p FAA Military Airport Funds (Electrical Improvements) AIP MAP 030

$330,300 $330,300 $0

50799-q FAA Military Airport Funds (North/South Obstruction) AIP MAP 031

$1,029,400 $1,029,400 $0

50799-r FAA Military Airport Funds (Drainage Repairs ) AIP MAP 032

$1,219,300 $1,219,300 $0

50799-s FAA Military Airport Funds (Box Hangar) AIP MAP 033

$3,375,000 $3,636,800 ($261,800)

$6,952,700 $7,201,100 ($248,400)

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• Action Item: Nick Nichols made a motion that the MRRA Board of Trustees approve the amendment to the FY2019 Capital Improvement Plan that

reflects the changes in budget amounts for the FAA MAP projects, as recommended by the Finance Committee, which was seconded by John

Moncure. The vote was unanimous of the Board members present.

Nick reported that the Committee discussed ways to create a metric to show the big picture of revenues and expenditures in relation to the five-year

financial forecast to be able to detect large issues or trends that would be important to identify and raise to the Board.

Deputy Director Jeffrey Jordan presented Banking Resolutions, the purpose of which is to update MRRA’s banking authorizations from former MRRA

treasurer, Steve Weems, to current Treasurer, Nick Nichols.

• Action Item: John Moncure made a motion that the MRRA Board of Trustees approve the banking resolutions of Bath Savings, Androscoggin Bank, Mechanics Savings Bank, and Bangor Savings bank as presented,

which was seconded by Rita Armstrong. The vote was unanimous of the Board members present.

Board of Trustees Officers – Nominating Committee. Chair John Peters asked for volunteers to staff the Nominating Committee. Rita Armstrong and

Lois Skillings answered the call and will recommend a slate of officers for the annual Board meeting on November 28, 2018.

Executive Director’s Report. Bowdoin Property. Executive Director Steve Levesque reported, by way of

background, that in 2007, as part of the Reuse Master Plan development process, Bowdoin College requested and was approved for a public benefit

conveyance for approximately 250 acres of land along the west side of the former base property. Since that period, Bowdoin has been working with the Navy and Department of Education on the transfer and reuse opportunities of

those parcels. Bowdoin has recently made the decision that they do not need all that acreage to meet their future needs and is returning approximately 144 acres to the Navy. They may be willing to acquire some of these properties

from MRRA in the future at fair market value. The Navy, in turn, is asking MRRA to accept this land into our EDC parcels. Steve said he believes that

these properties offer potential development and revenue generating opportunities, without any significant associated costs to MRRA. In light of the above, he recommends an action of the Board to accept these properties into

our EDC parcel and to commence with a revision of our reuse master plan and related zoning amendments.

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Catherine Ferdinand of Bowdoin College added that Bowdoin did not receive the property until 2016 and their application expired in 2017. Because they

had delays due to a new administration, they could not get the application completed and the Department of Education rules specify that the property

goes back to the Navy.

• Action Item: Lois Skillings made a motion that the MRRA Board of Trustees authorize the Executive Director to execute documents to accept approximately 144 acres of former Bowdoin EDC land into MRRA’s EDC

land, as recommended by the Executive Committee, which was seconded by Rita Armstrong. The vote was unanimous of the Board members present.

The Executive Director then summarized the remaining Executive Director’s Report, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes.

Other Business. Brain Storming Session. Trustee John Kilbourne suggested that the Board find

an informal venue to discuss attracting businesses, in particular aviation and aeronautical, to Brunswick Landing – a freer place to come up with ideas. Rita

felt it would be important to include strategy and sustainability concepts as well. Steve Levesque said he is welcome to new ideas and that MRRA would be looking at a new business plan in January 2019. After some discussion, it was

decided that after the next Board retreat (date to be determined), the Board will have brainstorming session.

Public Comment: None.

Executive Session: A motion was made at 5:13 p.m. by John Moncure and seconded by Rita Armstrong to go into Executive Session pursuant to MRSA Sec. 405(6)(C). The vote was unanimous of the Board members present.

At 6:10 p.m. a motion was made and seconded to adjourn from the Executive Session and resume the Board meeting. The vote was unanimous of the Board

members present. The following action items were made in Executive Session:

Action Item: Nick Nichols made a motion that the MRRA Board of Directors authorize the Executive Director to enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement

and ancillary documents for the sale of Lot 1, as shown on the Final Subdivision Plan, Brunswick Landing Subdivision, Phase I, as amended, to Allied Capital Partners, LLC, or its assignee entity. The acquisition shall be at

fair market value. Further, because of this sale, the Board authorized the Executive Director to acquire financing from the State of Maine and others to

relocate MRRA tenant Blue Dog, LLC from its existing location on Lot 1 to an area near the former fuel farm. The motion was seconded by Rita Armstrong, and the vote was unanimous of the Board members present, except John

Moncure who abstained.

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As part of the sale the board authorized the ExDir to acquire financing from the State of Maine and others to relocate Blue Dog from it’s existing location on Lot

1.

Action Item: Nick Nichols made a motion that the MRRA Board of Directors authorize the Executive Director to enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement and ancillary documents for the sale of approximately 4 acres of land located

along Orion Street at a former athletic field (map pictured below). The acquisition shall be at fair market value. The motion was seconded by Lois Skillings, and the vote was unanimous of the Board members present.

Adjournment: A motion was made by John Moncure at 5:30 p.m. to adjourn

from the Board meeting, which was seconded by Rita Armstrong. The vote was unanimous of the Board members present. _____________________________________

Lois Skillings, Secretary

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To: MRRA Board of Trustees From: Steve Levesque, Executive Director Subj: Director’s Report Date: October 12, 2018 The purpose and intent of this report is to briefly update the MRRA Board of Trustees about current activities related to MRRA operations and the NASB closure process. Federal Property Conveyances/Leases Navy Transfers Since the approval of the Public Benefit Conveyance and the signing of the Economic Development Conveyance (EDC) Purchase and Sale Agreement in 2011: ✓ The Navy has transferred approximately 1,773 acres of the approximately 2,100 acres

MRRA is slated to receive. ✓ In October, we received a Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance (LIFOC) for several

buildings located in the former public works compound, building #9 (corner of Admiral Fitch and Orion) and the adjacent parking lot. Building #9 (former base housing office) will take a bit of rehab work, but it is located in a very strategic spot. The large parking lot could be used to accommodate planned Wayfair expansions. Full property transfer may occur in 2019.

✓ We are expecting a transfer of about 25 acres of properties in November (see attached map).

✓ With these EDC transfers and the various previous public benefit transfers, the Navy has transferred approximately 84% of the property that was once NASB.

✓ All the remaining properties at the former NASB and Topsham Annex will be conveyed once appropriate environmental clearances are obtained. The PFOA/PFOS issue continues to substantially delay the issuance of future FOSTs and related property transfers.

Bowdoin Property ✓ In 2007, as part of the Reuse Master Plan development process, Bowdoin College

requested and was approved for a public benefit conveyance for approximately 250 acres of land along the west side of the former base property.

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✓ Since that period, they have been working with the Navy and Department of Education

on the transfer and reuse opportunities of those parcels. ✓ Bowdoin has recently made the decision that they do not need all that acreage to meet

their future needs and is returning approximately 144 acres to the Navy (see attached map). They may be willing to acquire some of these properties from MRRA in the future at fair market value.

✓ The Navy, in turn is asking MRRA to accept this land into our EDC parcels. ✓ It is my belief that these properties offer potential development and revenue generating

opportunities, without any significant associated costs to MRRA. ✓ In light of the above, I will ask for an action of the Board to accept these properties into

our EDC parcel and to commence with a revision of our reuse master plan and related zoning amendments.

TechPlace ✓ We currently have 35 companies located in the facility and we continue to see

significant interest from additional companies. It’s also exciting that several existing companies have expanded their original presence and have taken more space.

✓ Currently, these businesses collectively occupy approximately 45,000 SF, or about 85% of the available space for rent.

✓ The shared composites lay-up facility and re-establishment of the paint facility are both in place and are nearly complete. Both facilities are being utilized.

✓ TechPlace is continually being utilized by a number of partner organizations for training and networking events.

✓ We also continue to explore the use of the facility to host and support an aviation maintenance technician training program.

Redevelopment Activity General Overview ✓ Property lease and sale activity continues to be very brisk at Brunswick Landing and

the Topsham Commerce Park. We currently have nearly 600,000 SF under lease to over 65 direct business tenants (includes TechPlace). And we have several exciting new business leases in the working stages.

✓ When we account for the latest Navy conveyances and the property we have sold, MRRA currently owns approximately 1,280 acres of land and over 780,000 SF of building space.

✓ We have now sold over 400 acres of land and 45 buildings (over a half million SF) to date. And all the properties that we have sold are all undergoing further redevelopment.

✓ We also have properties in Topsham under contract (former Army recruiting building and former Marine Corps Reserve property), which are expected to close this fall.

✓ Between MRRA controlled property and those properties owned by others, I am pleased to report that there are now approaching 120 private and public entities doing

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business on the former base properties at Brunswick Landing and the Topsham Commerce Park.

✓ As of this month, collectively, these entities employ approximately 1,385 people on a full-time basis and 312 on a part-time basis for a total of 1,697 (see attached employment table).

✓ It should also be noted that there are 120 Maine Army National Guard members and 124 Marine Corps Reservists assigned to their units at Brunswick Landing.

✓ In addition, the new L.L. Bean project at Brunswick Landing has resulted in the creation of approximately 75 new jobs at the off-site Brunswick manufacturing facility.

✓ To date, the redevelopment effort has realized over $350 million in private and public-sector investments made into the properties over the past four years. In addition to the attraction of individual business entities, we have been fortunate to attract seven major real estate developers who are acquiring and redeveloping properties at both Brunswick Landing and the Topsham Commerce Park.

✓ In fact, several of these developers are applying revenue proceeds from subsequent sales and leases at the former base to reinvest in other properties here.

✓ We have also been very fortunate to attract significant local, state and federal financial assistance to help fund critical improvements to the aging infrastructure and facilities on the former base.

✓ We continue to be wrapping up another very busy construction year at Brunswick Landing, with the completion of the sewer improvement project, new office and industrial buildings and energy generation facilities, as well as planned hangar and other airport improvements.

New Development/Business Activity ✓ There continues to be significant interest in the acquisition and development of

properties at Brunswick Landing and Topsham; with over 60,000 sf of office and commercial spaces in the que for construction next summer, as well as fit-up of tenant spaces.

✓ I will be asking the Board to approve the sale of two properties, as recommended by the Executive Committee.

✓ We are also working with the Town of Brunswick, the State DOT and several property owners on the construction of a new connector road between Admiral Fitch Avenue and Rt. 24, which was identified in the Reuse Master Plan. This project is expected to start within the next few months.

✓ We have successfully transferred the sewer distribution system to the Brunswick Sewer District on the transfer of the distribution system at Brunswick Landing, which is planned to occur this spring. In addition, we have been notified by the Economic Development Administration that they will help fund the upgrades of the commercial area pump stations, which will enable these to also be transferred to the District.

✓ We are all very excited to welcome several new businesses that have recently choose to locate and/or expand at Brunswick Landing, including: Clamar Floats, HERE Engineering, Hodgdon Yachts, Great Island Boat Yard, University of Maine-Augusta, Captive Drone Technologies, Noble Wellness, Lean East, Introspective Systems, Bamforth Marine, Ocean Renewable Power Company, Griffin LLC, Center for Diagnostic

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Imaging. Kennebec Bio Sciences, Midcoast Senior College, Maine Made Photos and Running Tide Technologies.

Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM) ✓ The airport continues to realize continued growth in operations and business interest. ✓ Through September, aircraft operations are up over 10% over the same period in 2017

(an airshow year). We are expecting over 20,000 operations in 2018. ✓ The major contributors to this growth, include an increase in jet charter flights to BXM,

increases in general aviation visits and flying club, flight school and scenic flight operations from two of our tenant businesses; Maine Instrument Flight and American Classic aviation.

✓ MRRA has received a $6.2 million grant from the FAA to continue to upgrade the aviation complex, as part of the ten-year $40 million modernization program. This year’s funding will support the construction of a new general aviation hangar, drainage and electrical improvements, tree clearing, wildlife fencing and other airport upgrades.

Aviation Technician School ✓ MRRA staff continues to work with potential partners on the establishment of an

Aviation Technician School to be based at TechPlace, to meet the needs of the existing and future aviation business community in Maine.

Business Attraction Marketing ✓ MRRA staff is in the middle of a very busy business attraction season. In keeping with

our strategy of recruiting business investment from away, we are very active in the out of State and out of country activities associated with our target sectors.

✓ While time consuming, this strategy is very effective, as it gives us the opportunity to have recurrent and face to face discussions with key prospects. This year, our primary sectors of focus is the aerospace industry, particularly MRO and manufacturing companies, and information services, particularly cybersecurity and back office operations. These two sectors provide the “best fit” opportunities to occupy our remaining building assets.

✓ On the international scene, we are continuing to participate in a number of key trade shows and conferences aimed at promoting our assets and securing foreign direct investment focusing on European and Canadian companies. We partner with the Maine International Trade Center on many of these outreach activities. Our efforts are starting to bear fruit, as we have now hosted several visits from foreign companies that we met at these events.

✓ We will continue to market in-country as well and have attended multiple trade shows for our target industries. We do maintain an in-state marketing trade show program as well, aimed at showcasing TechPlace, some smaller commercial properties and vacant land available for development.

✓ Because of all the recent good news about the redevelopment effort, we continue to experience numerous inquiries for property and buildings.

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Maine Flying Trail ✓ One of the initiatives that we plan to continue, is the operation and management of the

Maine Flying Trail. This is a promotion activity that was initiated by MRRA and involves every airport in Maine, encouraging people to fly in Maine and of course visit BXM.

✓ The way it works is that MRRA produces a passport book, of which multiples are sent to each airport in Maine, with an accompanying poster. When a pilot lands at five Maine airports, with the last one being BXM, we give them two lobsters.

✓ We believe this is creating state-wide and national exposure for BXM and perhaps a contributor to the operations increases. This past year, we have seen numerous out-of-state visitors, as well as several visitors from Canada.

✓ We plan to augment the passport book and expand this activity to a web-based and app platform for the 2019 season.

✓ We are once again applying for a grant from the Maine Office of Tourism to support our efforts to promote the Maine Flying Trail to the nation’s general aviation pilot community.

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BRUNSWICK LANDING/TCP EMPLOYEE UPDATE

Tenant/Owner Number of Employees at Inception

Number of Full-time Employees as of 10/2018

Number of Part- Time Employees as of 10/2018

STEM SECTOR EMPLOYEES

Accel Physical Therapy 2 3 1 0

All Natural Technologies

2 2 0 1

American Classics, LLC 1 1 0 0

Avita of Brunswick 1 50 17 0

BIW (Leavit Drive) 25 0

BIW (Orion Street) 32 0

Black Diamond Whiskey

3 3 0 0

Blue Dog 2 FT/2 PT 8 7 0

Brillant and Son's 3 FT 3 0 0

Brunswick Aviation Services

3 8 0

Brunswick Landing Venture

11 12 0 0

Brunswick Naval Museum

Volunteers (15)

0 0 0

Brunswick, Town of 4 13 55 0

Center for Diagnostic Imaging

2 4 0 1

Coastal Landing/Coastal Shores

48 16 0

Embrace A Vet 1 2 0 0

Family Focus 12 2 0

Firehouse Tumbling, LLC

3 2 0 0

FirstLight (formerly Oxford)

10 21 0 21

Flight Deck 3 5 4 2

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Flight Level Aviation 4 5 1 1

Frosty's Donuts 0 0 0 0

Goodwill Workforce 1 2 0 0

Harpswell Coastal Academy

11 13 5 4

Harpswell House 3 3 4 0

Harris Golf 1 5 0 0

Kennebec Bio Sciences 16 15 2 2

Kornetsky (Ellen), LCSW

1 0 1 0

L.L. Bean's 0 0 0 0

Linwood & Sons Construction

2 9 0

Maine Army National Guard

21 0 18

Maine Coastal Flight 1 2 2 0

Maine Dept. of Corrections

1 0 0

Maine Technology Institute

8 11 0 0

Midcoast Senior College 1 0 2

Midcoast Veterans Center

Volunteers (20)

0 0 0

MRRA 6 9 4 1

Molnlycke Health Care 20 79 0 18

New England Tent & Awning

1 8 3 1

New Ventures Maine 2 3 0 0

North East Mobile Health Services

13 15 23 18

O'Neals Janitorial 1 FT 3PT 3 5 0

Opportunity Alliance 1 1 0 0

Pathways 122 12 6

Planus 2.5 2 1 0

Rusty Lantern Markets 6 FT/8 PT 8 7 0

Sailboat Interiors (Quahog Bay)

3 FT/2 PT 5 2 0

SaviLinx, LLC 3 137 2 3

Seeds of Independence 2 4 2 0

Skorda 3 2 1 0

SMCC Midcoast Campus 6.5 and 18 PT 19 58 24.5

SMMC 2 1 1 0

Spooner Enterprises 1 1 0 0

STARC Systems 1 30 0 12

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Sunray Animal Clinic 15 11 4 8

Southern Midcoast Career Center

3 3 1 0

TBW, LLC 2 2 0 0

Tempus 11 3 0 3

The REAL School 24 24 0 3

Turtle Rock Maine 1 1 0 0

University College 5 4 20 0.5

University Maine Augusta

5 3 0 0

U.S. Marine Reserve Center

10 9 0 0

U.S. Navy 1 1 0 0

VGV 2 2 0 2

Washburn Doughty 0 0 0

Wayfair 425 0 3

Wicked Joe 12 31 3 0

YMCA 4.00 2 19 0

TOTALS 246 1311 287 153.5

TechPlace

AdmitHub 1 1 0 1

Atayne 1 2 1 3

Altha Technology 1 1 0 1

ATOL USA, Inc. /Klamar Floats

1 3 0 1

Blushift Aerospace 1 1 1 2

Bourgeois Guitars 1 1 0 1

CERL 2 2 1 3

Composites Technology Center

1 1 0 1

Fiddlehead Design 1 1 0 0

Field Phyto Nutrients 2 2 2 4

GHG Underground 1 1 0 1

Greisen Aerospace 1 1 0 1

Grifin 1 1 0 1

Harbor Digital 1 3 0 3

Harpswell Coastal Academy

1 0 1 0.5

HERE Engineering 1 12 0 12

JMH Associates 3 0 3 3

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InSphero/Insphero Mfg.

1 3 1 3

Krolak Industries ( Top-Me-Tags)

1 1 3 1.5

Lean East 2 2 0 2 Maine Composites Alliance

1 1 0 1

Maine Made Photos 2 2 0 0 Maine MEP 1 2 0 2 Maine PTAC 1 2 0 0 Maritime Surveillance Assoc.

2 7 0 7

New England Oceanographic Lab

1 1 1 2

Nobleheart Products 1 1 0 1

Noble Wellness 3 10 4 1

ORPC 1 1 2 2

Running Tide Technologies

4 3 2 4

SteriZign 1 1 2 3

Studio V 1 1 1 2

University of Maine 1 1 0 0

Veterans Assembled Electronics

1 1 0 0

VGV 1 1 0 0

TOTALS 47 74 25 70

GRAND TOTALS 293 1385 312 223.5

TOTAL FULL AND PARTTIME EMPLOYEES:

1697

Not included in totals:

L.L. Bean's: 50-75 Employees

BL lease supports 50-75 new mfg jobs in Brunswick Industrial Pk

Maine Army National Guard:

140 Guardsmen

All STEM

U.S. Marine Reserve Center:

124 Reservists