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DATE: September 26, 1995 • �T��°° County
SUBJECT: ACTION PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
IN THE BYRON AIRPORT AREA
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1. REQUEST the staff, Growth Management and Economic Development Agency, prepare an
action plan which would allow commercial and industrial development in the Byron Airport
area.
BACKGROUND:
On September 18, 1995, the Finance Committee discussed development opportunities at and around
the Byron Airport. The Committee heard testimony from the Airport Manager,Growth Management
Agency Director and a Planner from the Community Development Department. In addition, the
Committee took testimony from a number of Byron area representatives•including the Byron
Municipal Advisory Committee.
The persons testifying made the following points:
1. the Byron Community apparently supports commercial and light industrial development;
2. airports are attractive areas for businesses to locate;
3. the Byron Airport would require major infrastructure improvements such as roads,water and
sewer to accommodate industrial and commercial development;
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4. a specific plan for the Byron Airport area would need to be prepared as a first step to
considering changes in land use;
5. federal and state regulations for airports will complicate and constrain County efforts to plan
for future land uses at the Airport;
6. the County Urban Limit Line currently includes the airport only and not adjacent areas, and
will require a separate study in conjunction with other areas of the County;
7. the County General Plan does not allow for commercial and industrial development in the
Byron Airport area;
8. financing to conduct an airport and specific plan-estimated to cost$40,000 -is not available
from the federal government and will not be available from the state until 1997.
After discussion of these issues, the Committee concluded that the Growth Management Agency
should prepare an action plan which would describe several approaches and the necessary steps to
allowing commercial and light industrial development in the Byron Airport area. The components
of the action plan should address how to proceed given the eight points above. In addition, the
action plan should address:
1. how the objective can be achieved in the shortest amount of time, including handling the
issues concurrently and on parallel tracts;
2. how community involvement can be effectively encouraged at key points in the planning
effort; and
3. financing options absent state and federal support.
The Committee requested that the action plan be prepared in one month and be discussed at a
Committee meeting in October.