Agenda Item Wording:
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Receive Report - Receive Industrial Land Inventory Analysis report and presentation.
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Deadline for Action: 2/3/2025
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, (559) 713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Devon Jones, Economic Development Manager, (559) 713-4190, devon.jones@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends the City Council receive the Industrial Land Inventory Analysis report and presentation and take public comments on the item. Based on information and recommendations noted in the Industrial Land Inventory Analysis, staff will provide the City Council with a work session item at the Council's next scheduled meeting to further discuss potential direction on proceeding with the recommendations.
Background Discussion:
A key component of the 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...
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