Missouri PartnershipCompany Questionnaire(Note: All company information will be kept confidential)Please provide the company’s name, address and website. Mutual Aid Society of America, Inc., a Kentucky non-profit corporation103 Methodist St., Cecilia, KY 42724, 270-307-4857, jimmiller5417@gmail.com
http://carpcatchersco-op.wetpaint.com/ Please provide the name of the parent company if different than above. n/a Is the company foreign owned (Y/N)?NoWho is the contact person for this project?James E. Miller
Who are the principal owners? Where are they located?James E. Miller, located in Kentucy
Provide a general description of the nature of the business.Research and development of an Asian Carp harvesting and fish processing system consisting of three ships. Establishmnet of a shipyard for construction of the ships. See: business plan: http://carpcatchersco-op.wetpaint.com/page/BUSINESS+PLAN+--+A+BRIDGE+OVER+TROUBLED+WATERSWhat will the operations of the company be at this location?The shipyard will be on the Lower Mississiippi River. Candidate location is Caruthersville. MO.
What is their North AmericanIndustry Classification (NAICS) Code?Fisheries What is the current annual payroll of the company? (Include production and management)Company is in the R & D and formation stage. No current payroll.
How many people are currently employed by the company in Missouri? None. Company is in the R & D and formation stage. We are located in Kentucky but plan to relocate to Missouri.

What is the projected number of net, new full-time jobs to be created in Missouri for this project over a five-year period?Fifty to seventy five in the shipyard. Fifty for the fish harvest and processing operation.
What is the ramp-up for these jobs at, 1) start-up, 2) end of first year, 3) second year, 4) third year, etc. 1. Start-up. Five for R & D2. Shipyard by end of 12 mos.: fifty3. Shipyard by end of 24 mos. seventy-five in shpyard; fifty aboard ships
4. Fourth year: Fifty in shipyard; fifty aboard shipsNote. Crew and staff aboard ships will operate in states whose rivers are infested with Asian Carp on a year-around basis. Caruthersville would be considered the "home port".
What is the estimated average wage (excluding benefits) of the new jobs that will be created (please provide a breakdown of wages by job classification)? What type of benefit package will the employees receive? All members of the Carp Catchers Cooperative Corporation (CCCC) will be paid the same base wage, adjusted by dependency allowances and will share in the net profits of the enterprise. Estimated base pay is $15.00 per hour and estimated share of profits is $5.00 per hour. CCCC will be formed and capitalized by payment for a memberhip share priced at $1000. All workers will be multi-tasking so there are no job descriptions as such. There are work specifications and training for each process. Over time, all workers will be trained for and will perform all work assignments in the shipyard. Benefits include lodging, meals, emergency medical treatment, medical insurance, vacation, PTO, and dependency allowances. CCCC will be incorporated in Missouri as a for-profit corporation.
What is the net, new capital investment of this project?Please include:· Purchase price of land, building, equipment, machinery, fixtures, furniture, etc.Land: 40 to 60 acres @ 5,000/ac or 200,000 to 300,000; Site infrastructure; 1 million; Buildings: 2 million, ways and cranes: 1 million; tools, equipment, machines: 2 million; engineering, architecture, G&A, project management, office setup, payroll for one year: 1 million for the shipyard. Cost to build ships is in the range of 12 million to 15 million.
· Cost of build-out, remodel etc, paid for directly by the company. None
· If leasing facility, please include the first full year of lease payments. Unknown
· If leasing equipment, furniture, etc, please include the first full-year of lease payments. None
· If relocating equipment, furniture, etc from another state to Missouri, please include its original acquisition cost (rather than depreciated cost). None
What percentage of this worksite’s revenues will come from outside of Missouri? Shipyard: The grants, loans and guarantees will be mostly Federal and some state grants. The fish harvest and processing will generate most of its revenue from outside Missouri. Is there specific real estate being considered; if so, where?A candidate location would be on the Mississippi River inside the jurisdiction of the Pemiscot County Port Authority.
Does the company prefer an existing facility or Greenfield site?A possible purchase might be the Trinity Marine barge shipyard. Otherwise we would want raw land with river frontage or access to a quiet water port.
What are the building requirements for an existing facility?One clear span metal building with inside space 60' x 220' x 30' clear to ceiling.
What specific training needs does the company have?We will prepare our own courses and conduct all training. We will need a complete digital video studio, props, and one year's payroll for three to five persons; estimate: 1 million.
What other states/communities are being considered?Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky
What is the time-frame for a decision?Three months.
What is the time-frame for the new facility to be operational?One year from date of funding. What is the reason for the relocation/expansion?The shipyard needs access to the Mississippi River for launching of the ships and to receive shipments of materials and equipment. Existing shipyards build ships using steel. Our ships' structures will be built mostly of wood. There are no large shipyards in Mid-America which can build large wooden commercial ships.
Provide a statement explaining why the requested incentives are critical in determining whether the proposed project is to be completed.Grants are necessary to fund the research and preparation of the working drawings, specifications and renderings. Sourcing and pricing, contracting, project management and engineering needs to be paid for up front. For instance we will be fabricating engineered bamboo structures (I-beams, etc) for which there is no current facility in the world. Much of the ship superstructure will be modular, assembled in the plant and lifted into place by crane. We will add to the roof tops, concentrated solar thermal panels. See: http://solarfurnacechp.wetpaint.com/ The propulsion system will be a hybird using a diesel genset powered by diesel we will make from fish oil we extract from the carp. See: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/ Please provide the key factors the company will be evaluating for a location decision.Land cost, availability of grants, loans and loan guarantees and willingness and ability of the Pemiscot County Port Authority to issue industrial revenue bonds in support of our project.

Note. Our preliminary design critera for eqch ship is nearly complete. We have a risk management analysis and solutions paper. We have preliminary materials take-off and weight calculations. We have commenced our sourcing and pricing efforts.
Note. The Obama Admiinstration has available to it 78.5 million for the Asian Carp solution which is part of the 475 Million Great Lakes Restoration Initative. Attached is an article on proposed funding for the project.
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