HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 12 15 WS Commercial Industrial Buildable Land Study MemoMEMORANDUM CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
DATE OF HEARING: December 15, 2009
TO: Springfield Planning Commission PLANNING COMMISSION
TRANSMITTAL
FROM: Linda Pauly MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Springfield Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Study
LRP2007-00031
ACTION REQUESTED: The Planning Commission shall conduct a work session to review the
two draft work products of the Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Study (CIBL):
1) Springfield Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory and Economic
Opportunities Analysis
2) Economic Development Objectives and Implementation Strategies
These documents are included in the Regular Session agenda packet as Attachments 1 and 2.
ISSUE: The City has completed a Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Study to identify
Springfield’s industrial/employment land needs and to develop an economic development
strategy aimed at selected target industries. Robert Parker of ECONorthwest, the consulting
firm for the study, will present an overview and summary of the key findings of the study and will
discuss the applicable review criteria.
Staff will provide a summary of the CIBL Study process to date and discuss how the findings
and conclusions of the study will be addressed in subsequent actions.