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FROM: Economic Progress Committee ,�� _-___`•.-�,
Supervisors Powers and Schroder Conl
DATE: March 8, 1990 " Court
SUBJECT: Activities to Enhance County Revenues r^ � "
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Accept the Economic Progress Committee report on activities to
enhance county revenues including the following recommendations:
Authorize the County Administrator to undertake a
comprehensive analysis of all county fee and tax-financed
services;
Direct all county departments to submit any proposed sales of
county-owned properties to the Community Development Director
for determination on the consistency of the sale with the
County' s economic enhancement policies; and,
Direct the Community Development Department to
( 1) assess the potential of all county-owned and county
special district properties for ongoing revenue
production through public and/or private uses and
( 2) explore, and report to the Economic Progress
Committee on, alternative organizational structures to
most effectively carry out the County' s economic
enhancement policies through . cooperative efforts with
other jurisdictions and/or the private sector.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
On October 17, 1989 , the Board adopted policies, proposed by the
Finance Committee, to enhance the County' s economic base.
Coordination of those policies was assigned to the Community
Development Department with oversight from the Economic Progress
Committee.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES(-64CY) SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD dN March 13, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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CAO PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Counsel . THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Auditor AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Public Works
General Services
Private Industry Council
Housing Authority BY D , DEPUTY
The Economic Progress Committee has targeted completing a
comprehensive economic development plan for the County by December,
1990.
To date, the following actions have been completed and/or begun:
( 1 ) the County Administrator' s staff reported to our
Committee on analyses of all fee and tax-financed services
completed for the cities of Antioch, Pittsburg, and Richmond and
recommended this analysis for the county;
( 2) the County Administrator' s staff are working with
the Social Service Department and Health Services Department on
procedures to maximize claiming for such eligibility programs
as Medi-Cal;
( 3 ) the Interagency Coordinating Committee (Department Heads)
met with our Committee on February 26th and began identifying
revenue enhancing uses for County-owned and County special district
properties in cooperative public/private partnerships;
(4 ) the Community Development Department staff have
(a) worked with the Real Property Division of Public
Works to provide the Economic Progress Committee a report
identifying all county-owned and county special district
properties and their current uses;
(b) prepared a summary of economic development activities
and organizational structures in other jurisdictions;
(c) begun exploring successful public/private partnership
approaches to economic development in other jurisdictions
and will examine the feasibility of such approaches in
Contra Costa County; and,
(d) begun assessment of currently planned uses of
County-owned properties in cooperation with Public Works,
General Services and other appropriate departments.
(e) begun work on legislation.
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