Chapter 10

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT

INTRODUCTION

Local planning, through the inclusion of an Economic Development Element in the General Plan or preparation of an Economic Strategic Plan, can be used to strengthen community development activities, enhance economic growth, and reinforce the planning process as a positive part of economic development. An improved local business climate which recognizes sub-regional constraints and opportunities, expansion of the local tax base, and enhanced employment opportunities are benefits of a planning effort that has an emphasis on economic development. An Economic Development Element can be directed at a wide range of economic issues. Reinforcement of the planning process through the adoption of an Economic Development Element or strategic plan can be an effective method of managing growth in order to achieve a broad range of community goals and objectives. Should the Economic Development Providers Network cease to exist, another cooperative private/public sector group may be formed as sanctioned by the Board of Supervisors to fill the role that this element contemplates for the Network.

STATE AUTHORIZATION

An economic development element is not a required element under State law. However, California Planning law states that "the general plan may include any element(s) or address any.. . subject(s) which . . . relate to the physical development of the county (Government Code Section 65303)." The general plan guidelines, prepared by the Office of Planning and Research, state that "upon adoption, an optional element becomes an integral part of the general plan. It has the same force and effect as the mandatory elements and must be consistent with the other elements of the plan."

RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ELEMENTS

The Economic Development Element is directly related to all other elements contained within the General Plan.

POLICY SECTION

The County shall work with all levels of government and with the various economic development organizations including the business community to cooperatively identify and promote the County's positive opportunities and strength.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.1: COOPERATIVE APPROACH

Utilize the Economic Development Providers Network or other Board of Supervisors recognized economic development organizations to advise and recommend to the Board of Supervisors policies and a course of action that will facilitate the County's economic vitality.

• Policy 10.1.1.1
  Annually review the success of the Economic Development Element, establish the program for the coming year, and take action to ensure continued productive activities.
• Program 10.1.1.1.1:
  Economic Development Providers Network Annual Report: Prepare an action plan to implement the objectives of the Economic Development Element. Prepare an annual report on the status of accomplishment toward the objectives for the past year and the plan for the upcoming year.
• Program 10.1.1.1.2:
  The County shall be a representative and actively participate in the Economic Development Providers Network.

• Policy 10.1.1.2
  Implement a business education and information program to promote communication and problem solving between business and government.
• Program 10.1.1.2.1:
  Sponsor via the Economic Development Providers Network seminars and workshops for El Dorado County's businesses, targeted industry organizations and government decision makers.
• Program 10.1.1.2.2:
  Establish and maintain liaison with local and regional business organizations to improve coordination of efforts relating to business issues.
• Program 10.1.1.2.3:
  Convene periodic broadly based community forums to discuss El Dorado's economic issues and concerns in conjunction with business, educational, agricultural, environmental, and other interested organizations.
• Program 10.1.1.2.4:
  Continually provide feedback from problem solving activities to the County for immediate action and/or inclusion in the next Annual Economic Plan.

• Policy 10.1.1.3
  Encourage local governments and private business to develop a coordinated and regional approach to a sustainable economy for El Dorado County.
• Program 10.1.1.3.1:
  Support County business and local government efforts to develop regional, State, National, and international markets for our County's products, services, and attractors.

• Policy 10.1.1.4
  An officer at the County level shall be assigned the responsibility of coordinating and implementing the Economic Development Programs for El Dorado County. This individual shall act on behalf of both the County and private sector economic interests to oversee policy and provide liaison activities to facilitate the timely implementation of the program objectives. This County official shall become the main point of contact for the business community and shall coordinate all activities to support the Economic Development Plan for County agencies and departments.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.2: IMPROVE REGULATORY PROCESS

Reform and improve regulatory processes relating to business in order to foster the spirit of cooperation, understanding, and consensus between government and business.

• Policy 10.1.2.1
  Create methods to assist government regulators in understanding and making positive responses to the needs and priorities of business owners.
• Program 10.1.2.1.1:
  The Economic Development Providers Network shall provide periodic training workshops for business and public agency participants to develop understanding of business owners' needs (e.g., the particular problems of small business in the regulatory process, improved customer service in the permit process, and particular economic issues).
• Program 10.1.2.1.2:
  Establish regulatory assistance services for the public, including businesses, to clarify government regulatory processes, to assist in coordinating regulatory functions, and to provide information regarding vacant land and facilitate locational assistance to business.
• Program 10.1.2.1.3:
  As part of the annual budget review process, County departments shall identify potential changes in fees, improved regulatory processes, and appropriate staffing allocations and organization to match forecasted work load which minimize delays that create a negative effect on stimulating County economic activity.

• Policy 10.1.2.2
  Improve, streamline, and monitor permit processing procedures.
• Program 10.1.2.2.1:
  Assess the impact on large and small businesses of regulatory issues and recommend cost saving changes to permit processing procedures.
• Program 10.1.2.2.2:
  Provide the Economic Development Providers Network with an opportunity to review, on a periodic basis, County government structure for consistency with efficient and cost effective regulation of business.
• Program 10.1.2.2.3:
  Expedite permitting services as an incentive to encourage upgrading of unoccupied developed and underutilized commercial and industrial sites and/or structures. The County should encourage the use of unoccupied developed and/or underutilized County owned sites and/or structures for commercial and industrial use when a public use is not needed.
• Program 10.1.2.2.4:
  Review existing County regulations and procedures to eliminate unneeded, inconsistent, and redundant legal requirements.
• Program 10.1.2.2.5:
  The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 2015 General Plan may be used as a first tier EIR. Future environmental documents for site specific projects, development code regulations, and specific zoning may rely upon and tier off of this EIR.
• Program 10.1.2.2.6:
  The Zoning Ordinance shall expand the classes of permitted uses for commercial, industrial, and research and development uses on lands so designated on the General Plan land use maps, and/or that have been pre-planned through planned developments, specific plans, and other master planned lands.

• Policy 10.1.2.3
  All County regulations and procedures shall be written in a concise and easy to understand manner.
• Policy 10.1.2.4
  When adopting new regulations or procedures, both regulatory and business needs shall be reflected.
• Program 10.1.2.4.1:
  Regulations shall include a means to accomplish regulatory needs with the least interference and/or barriers to business. Interested parties should be invited to participate in the development and review of new regulations.
• Program 10.1.2.4.2:
  The County shall prepare an overview statement for proposed laws or administrative regulations including: (a) the purpose of the law and/or regulation; and (b) the relationship between stated purposes and other adopted laws and/or regulations of the County.
• Program 10.1.2.4.3:
  All proposed development regulations or ordinances shall demonstrate a public benefit where proposed regulations or ordinances will result in private or public costs. This requirement shall not be construed to create a cause of action against the County for its alleged failure to prepare a formal cost/benefit analysis or its alleged failure to prepare a legally adequate or sufficient cost/benefit analysis.

• Policy 10.1.2.5
  County agencies and/or departments, when developing ordinances, rules, regulations, and procedures to implement the General Plan, will analyze and present to the appropriate reviewing and/or regulating bodies the economical effects and taking implications of the proposed ordinances, rules, regulations, procedures on private property and private property rights. This requirement shall not be construed to create a cause of action against the County for its alleged failure to prepare a formal cost/benefit analysis or its alleged failure to prepare a legally adequate or sufficient cost/benefit analysis.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.3: FISCAL AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Provide County decision-makers with appropriate tools and a framework to determine the fiscal and economic impacts of industries and new projects.

• Policy 10.1.3.1
  The Economic Development Providers Network shall establish an economic information base about the County of El Dorado and the incorporated cities therein.
• Program 10.1.3.1.1:
  Assemble and maintain a library of economic data to be available for use in economic impact studies and/or industry case studies.
• Program 10.1.3.1.2:
  Make available to the business community and other community interest groups including individuals, publications on economic and demographic information for El Dorado County's incorporated and unincorporated areas.
• Program 10.1.3.1.3:
  Create a Target Industry Committee representing a cross-section of community interests including local business interests to develop selection criteria for determining desirable target industries that are harmonious with the local custom, culture, and overall quality of life expectations.
• Program 10.1.3.1.4:
  Prepare a report once every two years which describes the El Dorado County economy, identifies important demographic and industry trends, identifies leading economic indicators, and identifies and ranks targeted industries to help guide business recruitment and local business expansion efforts.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.4: COMMUNICATION

Establish a forum for discussion and make recommendations on pending environmental issues that affect business and the County's economic vitality.

• Policy 10.1.4.1
  The Economic Development Providers Network shall promote communication to identify and resolve issues of concern to environmental and economic interests and identify opportunities to integrate the goals of economic health and environmental enhancement.
• Program 10.1.4.1.1:
  Provide information to educate the business community on environmental issues and to educate the environmental community on the local and regional economy.
• Program 10.1.4.1.2:
  Identify issues to be considered including, but not limited to, the following:
• location of environmentally compatible areas to develop or expand a full range of housing opportunities including affordable housing opportunities for the local labor force;
• location of environmentally compatible areas for industry to develop or expand;
• provision of transportation facilities;
• methods of streamlining regulatory processes;
• ways in which economic activity can strengthen environmental quality and rural character;
• promotion and protection of environmental quality as an economic asset;
• promotion of increased tourism; and
• support for environmentally sound business in the County.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.5: BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION

Assist in the retention and expansion of existing businesses through focused outreach and public and private incentive programs and target new industries which diversify and strengthen our export base.

• Policy 10.1.5.1
  Assist industries to remain, expand, or to locate in El Dorado County.
• Program 10.1.5.1.1:
  Identify and attract selected targeted industries that are consistent with the County's goal of balancing economic vitality and environmental protection.
• Program 10.1.5.1.2:
  Develop an action plan for each targeted industry to encourage retention and expansion of businesses including special needs of each targeted industry and location assistance for expansion or relocation. Incubator space within commercial/industrial parks is an important component of these action plans.
• Program 10.1.5.1.3:
  The Economic Development Providers Network shall establish a system for annually inventorying existing industries and businesses in order to provide early warning of businesses that are at risk and are considering moving or expanding out of the County.
• Program 10.1.5.1.4:
  Annually dedicate and budget County staff to implement programs under Objective 10.1.5 and/or coordinate County efforts with the private sector and Economic Development Providers Network.
• Program 10.1.5.1.5:
  The County shall monitor land availability through five-year reviews of the General Plan to assure a sufficient supply of commercial and industrial designated lands.
• Program 10.1.5.1.6:
  El Dorado County, in cooperation with the Economic Providers Network, shall develop a comprehensive regional economic development program to attract industry to the County at a rate higher than the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and/or County employment forecasts. The economic development program should consider the employment needs of the resident labor force as well as more traditional measures of progress/stability as the jobs/housing balance.

• Policy 10.1.5.2
  Provide services which enable existing companies with emphasis on identified growth industries, to retain and expand their businesses in El Dorado County.
• Program 10.1.5.2.1:
  The Economic Development Providers Network shall conduct meetings and interviews with existing companies in each of the identified growth industries focusing on service needs and local government's ability to address those needs.
• Program 10.1.5.2.2:
  The Economic Development Providers Network shall conduct economic base studies to identify trends in industry and to identify those industries which are well positioned in the local, regional, State, National, or international markets to experience and sustain economic growth.

• Policy 10.1.5.3
  Conduct outreach to targeted industries for potential location in El Dorado County.
• Program 10.1.5.3.1:
  Develop an information system on significant potential vacancies in office, commercial, and industrial space to facilitate the movement of business from one facility to another. The information system should include data which characterizes the type and source of utilities available at each vacancy.

• Policy 10.1.5.4
  Recognize and promote agricultural based industries in El Dorado County and provide for the expansion of value added industries in an economically viable manner consistent with available resources.
• Program 10.1.5.4.1:
  The Zoning Ordinance shall provide for agriculture dependent commercial and industrial uses on lands within Rural Regions.
• Program 10.1.5.4.2:
  The Zoning Ordinance shall allow the sales and marketing of products grown in El Dorado County and crafts made in El Dorado County in areas designated for agricultural use.

• Policy 10.1.5.5
  Recognize and promote the need to create greater opportunities for El Dorado County residents to satisfy retail shopping demands in El Dorado County.
• Program 10.1.5.5.1:
  Designate sufficient lands of a size and at locations to accommodate needed retail and commercial development.

• Policy 10.1.5.6
  Encourage the locating of new employment base industries that provide for additional employment opportunities for existing residents currently employed by industries with declining job potential to provide for a better employment future and business climate for the County. Prior to approval of a General Plan amendment to Tourist Recreational or a zone change to implement this land use designation, when a site is adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or Natural Resource designation, a finding shall be made which concludes that the development project will have no significant growth inducement effect on adjacent lands.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.6: CAPTURE OF RETAIL AND TOURISM DOLLARS

Capture a greater share of retail and tourist dollars within the County by providing opportunities to establish new tourist-related commercial operations while promoting and maintaining existing tourist commercial operations.

• Policy 10.1.6.1
  The County shall encourage expansion of the types of local industries that promote tourism including but not limited to Christmas tree farms, wineries, outdoor sports facilities, Apple Hill and other agricultural-related activities, the County Fairground, bed and breakfast inns, and ranch marketing activities.
• Program 10.1.6.1.1:
  Annually assign and budget County staff to implement Policy 10.1.6.1 and/or coordinate efforts with the Economic Development Providers Network.

• Policy 10.1.6.2
  The use of public transportation shall be encouraged to serve and support the County's tourist destinations.
• Policy 10.1.6.3
  Support land use designations adjacent to major transportation corridors which are suitable for convention centers and vehicle-to-shuttle-bus transfer facilities to support tourism, large special events, etc.
• Policy 10.1.6.4
  The majority of transient occupancy tax (TOT) generated revenue shall be directed toward the promotion of tourism, entertainment, business, and leisure travel in El Dorado County.
• Policy 10.1.6.5
  The County shall designate areas Tourist Recreation to promote the development of tourist- related business. Such areas may be located along the U.S. Highway 50 corridor, other State highways, the American River Canyons, and other appropriate areas suitable for such uses. A new zone district shall be established to differentiate between the low-intensity recreational uses and higher intensity recreational uses such as RV parks. The placement of this designation shall not be used as a precedent for additional high intensity land use designations in nearby areas.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.7: SMALL BUSINESS AND WORK PLACE ALTERNATIVES

Promote the establishment and expansion of small businesses and work place alternatives including home occupations, telecommuting businesses, and technology transfer based industries.

• Policy 10.1.7.1
  Evaluate the County's business license procedure to streamline or minimize the process for small businesses.
• Program 10.1.7.1.1:
  Establish a uniform small business licensing application, forms, and instructions for all cities and the County.
• Program 10.1.7.1.2:
  Review the business license fees in the cities and County to provide an equitable structure for business with ten or less employees.

• Policy 10.1.7.2
  Assist small business in the County.
• Program 10.1.7.2.1:
  Provide information on small business assistance programs, the agencies regulating small businesses, and distribute small business resources directories.

• Policy 10.1.7.3
  Encourage employers, including public agencies, to offer work place alternatives such as telecommuting and promote formation of neighborhood based telecommuting centers in which multiple businesses use joint services.
• Program 10.1.7.3.1:
  Establish land use regulations that permit by right satellite work centers, home work place alternatives, and home occupations as a means of reducing commutes on U.S. Highway 50.

• Policy 10.1.7.4
  Home occupations shall be encouraged and permitted to the extent that they are compatible with adjacent or surrounding properties.
• Program 10.1.7.4.1:
  Establish standards in the Zoning Ordinance that provide compatible home businesses that complement residential uses in the Community Regions, Rural Centers, and Rural Regions.
• Program 10.1.7.4.2:
  Land use regulations shall disallow Conditions, Covenants, and Restrictions that preclude home occupations or work-at-home activities.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.8: JOB TRAINING

Support the use of El Dorado County's educational institutions to provide employment training and vocational education programs for potential employees of El Dorado County's businesses.

• Policy 10.1.8.1
  Provide a forum for discussion of how best to match educational programs of El Dorado County's high schools and colleges with the needs of employers in the target industries groups.
• Policy 10.1.8.2
  Encourage the development and growth of small business in El Dorado County through entrepreneurial training programs in the curriculums of the educational institutions.
• Policy 10.1.8.3
  Support efforts by the County Office of Education or private sector initiatives to expand and/or establish dedicated vocational training at all County high schools and community colleges.

OBJECTIVE 10.1.9: JOBS-HOUSING RELATIONSHIP

The County shall monitor the jobs-housing balance and emphasize employment creation.

• Policy 10.1.9.1
  The County shall use appropriate land use, zoning, and permit streamlining strategies, and other financial incentives to provide for and encourage housing types that are compatible with wage structures associated with existing and forecasted employment.
• Policy 10.1.9.2
  Encourage specific plans and large planned developments in Community Regions and Rural Centers to include a mix of housing types and relate it to local wage structures to achieve balance with existing and forecasted resident household needs.
• Policy 10.1.9.3
  The County shall actively promote job generating land uses while de-emphasizing residential development unless it is tied to a strategy that is necessary to attract job generating land uses.

Provide adequate levels of public services and infrastructure for existing residents and targeted industries and establish equitable methods to assure funding of needed improvements to existing infrastructure and services and new facilities to further economic development consistent with the County's custom, culture, and economic stability.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.1: PUBLIC AND CIVIC FACILITIES INVESTMENT

Give a high priority to funding quality civic, public and community facilities, and basic infrastructure that serve a broad range of needs.

• Policy 10.2.1.1
  The County shall prepare and coordinate with other service providers long-term capital improvement plans to more efficiently provide infrastructure and services in a manner consistent with the needs of targeted industries and existing residents. This process shall identify cost estimates for each project in current dollars and identify the funding source.
• Policy 10.2.1.2
  The County shall aggressively pursue private, regional, State, and Federal funding sources to reduce local burdens.
• Policy 10.2.1.3
  Require that all costs of upgrading and/or constructing civic, public and community facilities, and basic infrastructure exclusively needed to serve new development be the responsibility of new development and not existing residents.
• Policy 10.2.1.4
  Require new discretionary development to pay its fair share of the costs of all civic and public and community facilities it utilizes based upon the demand for these facilities which can be attributed to new development.
• Policy 10.2.1.5
  A public facilities and services financing plan that assures that costs burdens of any civic, public, and community facilities, infrastructure, ongoing services, including operations and maintenance necessitated by a development proposal, as defined below, are adequately financed to assure no net cost burden to existing residents shall be submitted with the following development applications:
1. Specific plans; and
2. All residential, commercial, and industrial projects located within a Community Region or Rural Center which exceed the following thresholds:
1. Residential: 50 units.
2. Commercial: 20 acres or 100,000 square feet.
3. Industrial: 20 acres or 250,000 square feet.

• Policy 10.2.1.6
  Provision of new infrastructure and facilities shall be coordinated with existing infrastructure and facilities and shall maximize use of existing facilities capacity to the extent that any exists.
• Policy 10.2.1.7
  Emphasize public investment strategies that enhance the value of commercial uses to maximize absorption rates. If these strategies are successful, the infrastructure finance program will have a greater chance of success related to the increased real estate values created.
• Policy 10.2.1.8
  Direct new development to land where infrastructure and service levels are adequate so as to minimize development costs.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.2: EQUITABLE FINANCING METHODS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

Utilize equitable financing methods that assure that service standards adopted in the General Plan are achieved.

• Policy 10.2.2.1
  When adopting, amending, and imposing impact fees and developer exactions, consider the effects of such fees and exactions upon project economics.
• Program 10.2.2.1.1:
  Review other County impact fees and consider adopting fees necessary to assure that new development pays its fair share of public facility and services costs.

• Policy 10.2.2.2
  Stress financing strategies that maximize the use of pay-as-you-go methods to gain the most benefit from available revenue without placing unreasonable burdens on new development.
• Program 10.2.2.2.1:
  When a project directly or indirectly impacts existing public services and/or infrastructure, it shall provide for and finance improvements consistent with the degree of impact to public services and/or infrastructure directly or indirectly attributed to the project. Cost to be borne by the project proponent shall be determined on the basis of the above described nexus and other pre-existing legally binding agreements such as development agreements.

• Policy 10.2.2.3
  Fees and assessments collected shall be applied to the geographic zone from which they are originated.
• Policy 10.2.2.4
  Fees and assessments, with Board of Supervisor approval, can be deferred and/or paid through property tax increments if it can be demonstrated that a current or projected rate is serving as a location avoidance factor for targeted industries.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.3: COORDINATION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

Cooperate with other jurisdictions to promote the most cost-effective methods of providing civic, public and community facilities, and basic infrastructure necessary for supporting the economic, social, and environmental well being of the County and its residents.

• Policy 10.2.3.1
  Coordinate major infrastructure construction within the County, particularly the transportation system network and extension of sewer and water service, to assure consistency of these improvements with the General Plan. Where it has legal authority to do so, the County, through its membership on LAFCO or otherwise, should deny proposals by special districts found to be inconsistent with the County's General Plan.
• Program 10.2.3.1.1:
  Government Code Section 65401 authorizes the County to obtain lists of all capital projects planned by public agencies within the County. Proposed capital improvements found inconsistent with the County's General Plan can be protested to the sponsoring agency. As part of its annual review of the Capital Improvement Program, the County should include a Section 65401 review which lists all capital projects sponsored by other jurisdictions during the following year and makes a finding relative to the consistency of each project with the County's General Plan.
• Program 10.2.3.1.2:
  As part of an effort to maintain high quality services and implement the General Plan, the County should maintain an effective liaison and improve cooperation with the cities and special districts serving the County.

• Policy 10.2.3.2
  Cooperate with cities when processing applications for subdivisions or other large projects located within a city's Sphere of Influence. When there are no conflicts, all city policies and standards, as well as County policies and standards, projects should be required to meet all such policies and standards.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.4: FUNDING AVAILABILITY

Ensure that adequate funding is available for all ongoing County-wide services.

• Policy 10.2.4.1
  Seek methods for existing development within unincorporated areas and cities to assume a fair share of the costs for County-wide mandated services including social and welfare services, health services, and criminal justice in addition to the normal health and safety services such as fire, sheriff, ambulance, road maintenance, etc.
• Policy 10.2.4.2
  Recover costs for services provided to the public through the use of fees and charges, where possible, and over time increase the County's cost recovery as a percent of the total budget while maintaining strong management controls to provide effective services at the lowest reasonable cost.
• Policy 10.2.4.3
  Emphasize economic development as a part of efforts to increase fiscal performance with special emphasis upon improving retail sales capture in the County.
• Policy 10.2.4.4
  Use benefit assessment districts or other methods to provide funding for the maintenance of local roads and drainage projects.
• Policy 10.2.4.5
  The County shall make all legally permissible efforts to avoid implementation or State or Federal mandated services that are not accompanied by sufficient non-County generated funding.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.5: NEW DEVELOPMENT FISCAL EFFECTS

Ensure that new development results in a positive fiscal balance for the County.

• Policy 10.2.5.1
  Avoid using County General Fund revenues for funding the incremental costs of new municipal services in developing areas.
• Policy 10.2.5.2
  Amend the discretionary development review process to require the identification of economic factors derived from a project such as sales tax, property tax, potential job creation (types and numbers), wage structures, and multiplier effects in the local economy.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.6: FISCAL EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION Through the County's membership on LAFCO or otherwise, ensure that government reorganizations such as annexations, incorporation, and district formations do not have a negative fiscal effect on the County's operating budget and that such reorganizations are revenue neutral from the County's standpoint.

• Policy 10.2.6.1
  Establish and implement an equitable and standardized approach to property tax sharing with cities during the annexation process which results in a neutral fiscal impact on the County.
• Policy 10.2.6.2
  Cooperate with cities during the establishment of redevelopment projects to assure that fiscal impacts upon the County are neutral and do not result in a negative fiscal impact upon the County.

OBJECTIVE 10.2.7: COORDINATE LAND USES WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS Resolve conflicts with other jurisdictions regarding the location of revenue-generating land uses.

• Policy 10.2.7.1
  Large commercial or industrial projects located in the County but affecting a nearby city should be planned in cooperation with that city so that potential negative impacts can be effectively mitigated.
• Policy 10.2.7.2
  Establish a joint County/City task force to develop complementary land use designations, zoning, transportation, and funding plans to protect existing and to encourage new commercial, industrial, and research and development projects in the Missouri Flat- Placerville Drive areas.
• Policy 10.2.7.3
  Missouri Flat Road Corridor Area: The County shall commit to the comprehensive development of the needed road circulation plan for this area immediately following adoption of the General Plan. This plan shall also include the identification and development of a specific funding mechanism that overcomes existing deficiencies and accommodates future traffic demands to the year 2015.
• Policy 10.2.7.4
  Coordinate with the incorporated cities the development of sites adjacent to major transportation corridors which are suitable for convention centers and vehicle-to-shuttle-bus transfer facilities to support tourism, large special events, etc.
• Policy 10.2.7.5
  Develop a common public facilities impact funding program within the cities and the County.