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oil ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OP COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. £4 Meeting Date: July 5, 1988• Report on EDC Preliminary Study SUBJECT: and Status of EDC Strategic Plan Preparation DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: - Economic Development Yes ,g„ No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: TELEPHONE NUMBER: Sylvia Price Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227 -2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: To hear a report from Sylvia Price, Director, Economic Development, regarding the EDC Preliminary Study (completed in February 1988) and the status of the EDC Strategic Plan preparation. BACKGROUND: 1. EDC Preliminary Study. The BOCC appropriated $5000 for the Preliminary Study, which was carried out between October 1987 and February 1988. The Preliminary Study addressed four main questions. This report will summarize' briefly the answers to those questions, and highlight the most important elements resulting from the.study. 2. EDC Strate is Plan Pre aration Status Re ort. A major recommendation of the Preliminary Study was that the EDC pursue the process of strategic planning. The Plan should have a county-wide thrust, while taking account of the need for different goals and activities in the respective geographic areas of the County. The process will be led by an Executive Committee of around 15 leaders drawn from the community, to be appointed by the EDC. To date, the EDC has appointed a Strategic Planning 'core committee', whose three members will develop the charge to the Executive Committee, define the role of consultants, oversee the preparation of data, help select the Executive Committee members, and sit on the Executive Committee, both to help guide its work, and to act as liaison between the EDC and the Executive Committee, The Core Committee has met once, and will meet again on July 6. RECOMMENDATIONS (S) : As the Board of Commissioners decides.