Agmt 2015 The Planning Center DC&E (Placeworks)

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Downtown Business Association, Industrial Roundtable, Asian Chamber of Commerce, African American Business Council, and Hispanic Business Council. While these groups are on mailing lists for the existing General Plan Update,the current scope did not envision meetings specifically targeted to these groups. The expanded scope would enable stakeholder meetings, briefings, and other meetings to solicit input from these groups. Task 6.2.1(c): Restructuring of the Land Use Element The 2002 General Plan did not include a stand-alone Economic Development Element, but it addressed economic development issues in the Land Use Element. The Land Use Element includes a "Business and Industry"sub-element that addresses many of the issues typically associated with an Economic Development Element, including business image, economic diversification, telecommunication infrastructure, retail mix, visitor services, marketing, and business assistance. However,the Element is heavily place-based, and is organized by geographic area and land use (e.g., downtown, retail areas, industrial areas, marina,etc.) rather than by topic or issue. To avoid redundancy between the Elements,the Land Use Element will need to be heavily edited to focus more on spatial issues and land use matters. Narrative text and policies addressing citywide issues and economic matters will be edited out.This material will be woven into the new Economic Development Element. Removing this material from the Land Use Element may require a restructuring of other parts of the chapter to ensure that it is balanced and does not appear to focus only on residential areas. In addition,the discussion of"Focus Areas" section of the Land Use chapter of the existing General Plan will need to be heavily edited so that the narrative text does not repeat recommendations and directives that also appear in the Economic Development Element. It is possible that additional sub-headings may need to be added to the Land Use Element addressing other land use categories such as public uses and open space uses, given the diminished focus on business and industry in this chapter. Task 6.2.1(d) Drafting Narrative Text for the Economic Development Element Barry Miller will draft narrative text for the Economic Development Element. It is assumed that the work completed by Strategic Economics under the General Plan scope will provide sufficient data, context, and findings to provide the basis for this Element. In addition,the narrative text in the December 2013 Economic Amendment No. I.to CSA between City of San Leandro and Planning Center I DC&E Page 2