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RESOLUTION NO. 38-2008
ADOPTING THE 2008 UPDATE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY FOR THE TOWN OF DANVILLE
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville (the "Towh") is committed to promoting and
encouraging a diverse and healthy local economy, within an appropriate scale and
character, as a means of supporting an outstanding quality of life for all Town businesses
and residents; and
WHEREAS, the Town has adopted an Economic Development Strategy in 2006 to
implement policies and practices to promote the economic health of the commercial
properties and create a sense of place; and
WHEREAS, these policies and practices require periodic updates to continue to succeed in
retaining and enhancing Danville's historic and small town character; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council at its annual Planning and Goal Setting meeting considered
and supported four new initiatives to update the current direction of the Economic
Development Strategy; and
WHEREAS, these new initiatives, along with minor technical updates to the language of
the Strategy, is incorporated in the "2008 Economic Development Strategy Update"; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council hereby:
1. Adopts the 2008 Economic Development Strategy Update for the Town of Danville;
2. Appropriates $25,000 in FY 2007-08 General Fund revenues to develop and
implement a "Shop Local First" Marketing Program in collaboration with the
Chamber and the DDA; and
3. Authorizes the inclusion of the following programs in the FY 2008-09 Financial Plan:
a. "Shop Local First" Program Implementation $25,000 - 50,000
b. Parking Utilization Assessment: $15,000
c. East Bay EDA Membership: $7,500
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on April 1, 2008, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
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