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Community Development Director Robert Keating gave a brief overview of staff's attempt to implement one of the County's overall economic development plans to establish an industrial park in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce and the Council of 100. An appropriate property was located which was, unfortunately, outside the commercial industrial node, although it was contiguous. Planning staff advised the Council of 100 that the County has an overallocation of commercial industrial property and, in order to expand one of the nodes, we have to remove commercial industrial land from another node in order to avoid any net increase. The Solid Waste Disposal District recently purchased a property which could be redesignated known as the "Streetman" property, which was purchased for landfill expansion. This property can be redesignated from commercial industrial, removed from the node and redesignated "public", which will free up a little over 36 acres, at which time the Board would have the opportunity to consider a Comp Plan amendment to expand the State Road 60/I-95 commercial industrial node for a comparable amount of property which would accommodate at least the beginnings of development of an industrial .park. Director Keating also stated that the primary reason for staff's recommendation of this procedure is that this is one of the best, least -costly ways for the Board to comply with the Economic Development Policy and to reach the goal of an industrial park for the County. Chairman Macht questioned the safeguards for the public in giving up something to be transferred to private ownership. Director Keating responded that the County would be giving up something it does not need as it could accomplish the desired purposes with either designation. He reiterated that this area is the appropriate one for exchange for this node but agreed that some safeguard language possibly should be included. Chairman Macht questioned the guaranties that the private owner would not turn the property into something not in the general public's interest and Director Keating responded that the Comprehensive Plan contains requirements that once the property has been redesignated, the owner only has two years in which to implement the plan appropriate to the redesignation. In the event the redesignated plan was not accomplished in the 2 -year period, or if the plan were changed, a new plan would need to be presented to the Board for approval and another redesignation of the property. JANUARY 24, 1995 46 BOOK 94 pmx 177 M - M r