DATE: January 31, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Economic Development Workshop
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct workshop regarding economic development activities and efforts in Fresno County and provide direction as necessary.
REPORT
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
None. This is an informational item only.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact of this item is yet to be determined and will depend on direction from the Board.
DISCUSSION:
The foundation of the County's Economic Development Program is the Economic Development Element of the General Plan and the Fresno County Economic Development Strategy approved by the Board of Supervisors in 2000. The Economic Development Element and Strategy are based on the County's long standing land use policies of directing most new urban development to incorporated cities and existing unincorporated communities. The County's General Plan assumes over 93 percent of new population growth and new job growth will occur within incorporated city spheres of influence and seven percent would occur in unincorporated areas.
Other sub-regional Economic Development Documents adopted by the Board include the West Side Economic Development Action Plan, the Community Vision for the Golden State Corridor and the Fresno County Regional Enterprise Zone Program.
The County's Economic Development Strategy established by the Board, outlines the vision, goals, objectives, policies and strategic initiatives for:
* Achieving the objectives of creating jobs,
* Diversifying the County's economy and
* Improving the skills of the labor force.
The strategy presents a vision of economic advancement for the County, its residents and its businesses that will accomplish the following:
* By the year 2020 Fresno County will take its place in the Central Valley and California as a center for a wide variety of high value-added firms in a dynamic and growing globally...
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