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58 O8. Amend Section 4.1 . Overview of Implementation Strategies by adding an "Economic Development Activity Node' row to the "Land Use Element Categories-Zoning District Matrix". The subsection. 'Zoning Ordinance% would also be amended (as follows) to add a description of the 'Economic Development Activity Node' category. EC0N0MICDEVE10PJMTAC77V rYNODE:Identifies areas in Transition areas of the County which have been specifically targeted for economic development activity consisting of light industrial, distribution,flex space,office,and service/retail uses.Such areas are located adjacent to interstate and mgior arterial highways, and subject to special design criteria and performance standards. The applied zoning district is ED (Economic Development). The subsection,"Economic Development Plan', is also proposed for revision and would read as follows (wording to be deleted shown is supAs tWougk. new wording shown in boldface): &Nnomio Davlop cent Pima The physical land use planning activity cannot be separated from economic considerations. In determining the appropriate pattern of land use for the County an assumption is implicitly made regarding the ON of growth favored and the response of the economy to such growth. Conscious efforts to broaden and diversify the economic base of the area and promote certain forms of economic developmant should eomplemW physical planning considerations affecting land use patterns, particularly as they impact on the masimization of opportunities for County residents for housing and work, and the protection of the environment: . The Orange County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Authority was created by the Board of County Commissioners on October 23, 1978, and formally organized on Math 5,1979,is to work toward the establishment and expansion of manufactunng companies within Orange County. Creation of this Authority made it possible for manufacturing companies to be eligible for Industrial Revenue Bonds. In December 1982,the Orange County Economic Development Commission(EDC)was established and charged with carrying out an economic development program for all portions of the County and its constituent municipalities. The EDC's purpose is to increase economic daelopment through clear, locations an sstratgw d poliew which stimulate balanced development at appropriates rages in suitable Osls of the MOOF accomplishments of the EDC has been the preparation of a Strategic Plan for Oftno County's Economic Development. The Plan was adopted on Math 8, 1989, including a goal tax '...intone the desired quality of life—by encouraging economic development through investment in human resources, the expansion of existing businesses, and the creation of diuersified and environmentally safe businesses...to provide jobs for county residents and to increase the non-residential tax base...'. As one means of implementing the Plan, a resolution was adopted in October, 1990 by the Planning Board and the Economic Development Commission establishing procedures to address comprehensiue planning and economic development matters of mutual interest.