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12.A.2. REQUEST FROM STAFF AND THE GIFFORD EXECUTIVE GROUP FOR <br />AUTHORIZATION TO INITIATE AN LDR AMENDMENT TO CREATE THE <br />WEST GIFFORD INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCE DISTRICT (WGIC) AND TO <br />INITIATE THE REZONING OF 163 ACRES FROM IG TO WGIC <br />Planning Director Stan Boling used a PowerPoint Presentation (on file) to present <br />background and analysis on the request of staff and the Gifford Executive Group to create the <br />West Gifford Industrial & Commerce District (WGIC), and to initiate the rezoning of 163 acres <br />from IG (General Industrial) to WGIC. He recalled that in September 2009, the Progressive <br />Civic League had requested to rezone the West Gifford area to Light Industrial (IL), and that <br />after presenting this item to the Board in November 2009, staff had been directed to obtain input <br />from the Gifford Community Director Boling advised that meetings between staff, community <br />members, and the newly created Gifford Executive Group had led to the development of the <br />proposed initiative. He reviewed the uses which would be permitted in the proposed district, and <br />outlined the requirements for the two grandfathered uses — mulch products and junk/salvage <br />yards. Director Boling thereafter requested that the Board authorize staff to begin the formal <br />process of initiating an LDR change to create the new WGIC commerce district regulations and <br />to initiate rezoning of the 163 acres. <br />Commissioner Flescher congratulated staff, the Gifford Executive Group, and other <br />participating community members who worked on the WGIC District initiative. He affirmed <br />that the new district would align with the County's standard of embracing clean, light industry <br />that would provide employment opportunities. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Flescher, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, to authorize staff <br />to: (1) initiate the formal process of amending the LDR's <br />to create the WGIC district; and (2) initiate the process to <br />rezone 163 acres in the West Gifford area from IG <br />(General Industrial) to WGIC (West Gifford Industrial & <br />13 <br />September 14, 2010 <br />