AGENDA DATE: 3/8/2017
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Economic Development Site Readiness Report
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Overview of Report from Bowman Consulting + Froehling Robertson Team Assessing the Readiness of Eight Selected Sites in the County as Background for Economic Development Strategic Plan Development
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Doug Walker, Lee Catlin, Mark Graham, Susan Stimart
PRESENTER (S): Lee Catlin, Susan Stimart, Bowman Consulting
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: Early in 2016 the Board of Supervisors approved an approach for formulating the County's Economic Development Strategic Plan. One element of that approach included conducting a site inventory and community assessment of commercial real estate assets in the designated growth areas, identifying what is vacant and buildable under commercial zoning or Comp Plan designation.
Initial findings from the site inventory were shared with the Board in July of 2016, based on GIS data and staff input from the Economic Development and Community Development Departments. Board members requested further analysis to show what could be available if parcels were assembled for business and industry targets. The team of Bowman Consulting + Froehling Robertson Team, the Bowman Team, was hired in November of 2016 to evaluate selected assemblages in the County's designated growth areas for site readiness and potential for business and industry.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Economic Prosperity: Foster an environment that stimulates diversified job creation, capital investments, and tax revenues that support community goals
DISCUSSION: The Bowman Team scope of work included meeting with property owners to gather data and assess interest in developing sites for target industry, and gathering data on geotechnical and environmental analysis, County ordinances, planning and zoning entitlements, and utility and transportation infrastructure. This...
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