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HomeMy WebLinkAbout109-2013RESOLUTION NO. 109-2013 ADOPTING THE 2013 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANAYLSIS AND AUTHORIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the Town of Danville (the "Town') 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 updated Economic Development Strategy in 2008 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 continue to require periodic updates 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 on 2012 provided direction to develop a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan; and WHEREAS, BW Research was hired to conduct a two - phased Economic Development Analysis, which involved hard data collection, a business survey, and an evaluation of Danville's strengths and challenges; and WHEREAS, BW Research developed a series of recommendations for the Town of Danville to include in the development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan; and WHEREAS, funds for the Comprehensive Economic Development Plan have been appropriated as part of the FY 2013/14 Operating Budget; and now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council hereby: 1. Adopts the 2013 Economic Development Analysis prepared for the Town of Danville; and 2. Authorizes the development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan that would fold the recommendations from the 2013 Economic Development Analysis and ongoing objectives from the 2008 Economic Development Strategy into a combined series of guiding policy for the Town of Danville. APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on December 17, 2013, by the following vote: AYES: Storer, Doyle, Arnerich, Morgan, Stepper NOES: None ABSTAINED: None ABSENT: None AYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST: CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLl PAGE 2 OF RESOLUTION NO. 109 -2013