Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorize the City Manager to award the contract for RFP 22-23-45 - Professional Services for Preparation of an Industrial Land Inventory Analysis to 4Creeks, Inc. for a total amount not to exceed $60,000 (Capital Improvement Project #CP0536).
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Deadline for Action: 7/17/2023
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Devon Jones, Economic Development Manager, devon.jones@visalia.city, (559) 713-4190
Paul Bernal, Community Development Director, paul.bernal@visalia.city, (559) 713-4025
Department Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to award the contract for RFP 22-23-45 - Professional Services for Preparation of an Industrial Land Inventory Analysis to 4Creeks, Inc. for a total amount not to exceed $60,000 (Capital Improvement Project #CP0536).
Background Discussion:
A key component of the Visalia 2030 General Plan's economic development strategy is industrial development and corresponding job growth. The General Plan's Economic Development Land Use Objective #1 (LU-O-1) is, "Maintain Visalia's role as the regional commercial and industrial center for Tulare, Kings and southern Fresno counties." Industrial sector job development is critical as these are "basic" or "primary" jobs. In economic development terms, basic jobs are those that make products or services that are consumed outside of the community, thereby generating "new" wealth for local workers and local service or retail sectors. Because Visalia's jobs mainly come from the services, industrial, and retail sectors, prioritizing industrial job development best leverages the City's economic development efforts to realize a growing, diversified local economy.
As the City strives to be a "development partner" through its various General Plan elements, this also means the City needs to strive to provide an adequate supply of available sites for industrial job development. At this time, industrial development and land acquisition ac...
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