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TO, BOCC <br /> FROM: Verla insko <br /> SUBJECT: Economic Development Districts <br /> DATE: March 7, 1994 <br /> Here is my thinking oa the questions Alice raised at the 3/1/94 meeting. <br /> 1. Re: Locational Criteria <br /> The BOCC made a major policy change on Tuesday night. The old policy <br /> stated that the Commissioners would locate industrial and commercial <br /> development near existing population centers. The new policy states that <br /> the Commissioners are willing to locate industrial and commercial <br /> development gust about anywhere in the county -- in IDDs. <br /> The question Alice asked us to discuss is: Do we want to make this kind of <br /> sweeping change? If so, why. I don't fully understand the implications of <br /> this change nor can I justify it to my own satisfaction <br /> I got stuck on Tuesday because the I-40/01d 86 node doesn't conform to the <br /> old locational criteria. and I kept confusing the two questions. But, I missed <br /> the point We should not create a broad policy to fit one exception(or one <br /> Intersection). We should deal with the big policy question first-- where <br /> should ttuivatrial development be located? If we like the old locational <br /> criteria,for the general policy and we st LU want a node at I-40, then we decide <br /> how to make both rMags work Maybe we create a rural IDD that is <br /> distinctly different from an urban IDD. <br /> Anyway, this question deserves a full discussion. <br /> 2. Re: A*BOCC review process for large projects? <br /> I support having the Commissioners, planning board or someone other <br /> than staff review and gtve the final approval for the larger projects — at <br /> least for the time bang. I like the idea of an abbreviated review based on <br /> some==beer of acres of disturbed land but I don't have a strong opinion <br /> on how big the project should be before the review process licks in. The . <br /> question for me on this issue is, who is accountable for possible mistakes? <br /> cr. John Link, Ted Abernathy, Marvin Collins <br />