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Points to render - Gordon <br /> 51 <br /> D. Comments/Questions/RBCOtnmendetlons <br /> 1. Who w111 provide water and sewer service and at what cost? <br /> 2. Who will provide transportation facilities and at what cost? <br /> 3. What elements does the BOCC wish to have included in the <br /> cost/benefit analysis? <br /> IV. Criteria for Projects in All Economic Development Districts <br /> The goals of the Strategic Plan include the 'creation of diversified and <br /> environmentally safe businesses ...to provide jobs for county residents and <br /> to increase the non-residential taxi base..." Of course the creation of <br /> economic development districts cannot accomplish all the goals of the <br /> Strategic Plan, but the districts can be more directly targeted to achieve <br /> the goals if overall criteria for developments were added to specific uses <br /> allowed in the economic development districts. <br /> The following are the overall criteria suggested for developments in <br /> Economic Development Districts <br /> 1. low water usage <br /> 2. little or no production of hazardous waste or pollutants <br /> 3. little or no heavy truck traffic, low noise levels <br /> Staff has already done some work on the low water usage criterion, but <br /> the BOCC needs to consider the following questions: <br /> I. Should developments whici violate the criteria be allowed, even <br /> with a special use permit? <br /> 2. How would each criterion defined? <br /> 3. Should there be other criteria, such as en assurance that the jobs <br /> would be for county residents or a pertain level of wages would be paid? <br /> V. Pilot Projects <br /> Since tde approval of Economic Development Districts has an unknown <br /> outcome, should some kind of pilot project.approach be utilized? <br /> Here are some questions to consider: <br /> I. Should the uses in each district be further differentiated and <br /> some comparisons in outcome made later? <br /> 2. Should there be a period during which the DOCC has some role in <br /> the approval of major development projects? <br /> 3. Would it be prudent to allow additional uses to be permitted <br /> through a planned development process? <br /> 4. There is other information described on these pages which could <br /> be gathered. The general question Is what aspects of the EDDs does the <br /> BOCC wish to monitor. Would a two or three year period be appropriate? <br /> TOTAL P.05 <br />