2012-130 EDC - Emil Malizia Consultant

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[Departmental Use Only] TITLE EcDev Consult FY 2012 -13 ORANGE COUNTY CONTRACT UNDER $10,000.00 NORTH CAROLINA -ocr� THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 16 day of May, 2012, ( "Effective Date ") by and between Orange County, North Carolina, a body politic and corporate organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina, (the "County "), party of the first part; and Emil Malizia, Department of City and Regional Planning, UNC -CH (the "Provider "), party of the second part; WITNESSETH: For the purpose and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the County hereby contracts for the services of the Provider, and the Provider agrees to provide the following services to the County in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, time being of the essence: The services and/or materials (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Services ") to be furnished under this Agreement are as follows: • Serve as Orange County's point person on the UNC -CH campus. Begin by identifying faculty and administrators who maintain current information on scientific resources of interest to potential economic development prospects. The goal would be to have information that could be transmitted expeditiously to the OCED director in instances when he needs such information to complete prospect - related questionnaires. Other activities within this role include: reporting on interesting economic development initiatives in the UNC system, summarizing important economic development research that could generate direct tangible benefits to the county and convening /attending meetings that brought together the OCED director (and other county representatives) with campus -based experts and information sources. • Correlate the Research Triangle Regional Partnership's target industry clusters to expertise at UNC -CH and focus on the deepest connections. Such expertise may be found in programs (graduate degree programs and curricula), personnel (faculty, post docs and graduate students), or professional schools and science - oriented departments in the College of Arts & Sciences. • Survey available sites zoned for industrial development in surrounding counties. With the OCED director, select the sites and define attributes and criteria to be measured for each site. Summarize this information to make comparisons to the potential industrial sites located in Orange County's EDDs. Initiate discussions with David Owens at the School of Government who crafted the development agreement between Chapel Hill and UNC -CH for Carolina North. The motivation for these discussions is to find ways that private investment on this new campus could add to the county's tax base. Find precedents where public universities have provided long -term land leases to private investors who, in turn, have developed the property and constructed improvements that became taxable. Utilize CoStar Analytics to identify office and flex space in Orange County that could accommodate young growing companies. Criteria for selecting the most attractive space options would be asking rent, available square footage (vacancy), building attributes, and location. The term of this agreement rendered shall be from May 7, 2012 to July 27, 2012. Revised July 2010