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Leadership Alliance Program, the Chamber providing in-kind services, the development of a Task Force, the Comprehensive Plan, and adding more industrial parks. Director Keating conveyed that staff had taken Commissioner Zorc's initiatives and put them into a matrix to identify the actions that need to be taken by staff and those that need to be taken by the Board of County Commissioners. He asked for the Board's direction in moving forward with: (1) Initiative #1: Estabhshing the Foreign Trade Zone by bringing in a consultant; (2) Initiative #4: Initiating the Land Development Regulation (LDR) Amendment to change the building height limit in commercial/industrial node at SR60/I-95); (3) Initiative #10: Sending the Commissioners the counter -cyclical report; and (4) moving forward with the research on the other initiatives. Mr. Stradley recommended that staff consider prioritizing and reviewing their existing data, as well as the Economic Development activities of other Counties, to identify the changes that could/should be made. Commissioner Zorc reported that staff had already contacted nine or ten Counties on particular topics, and felt the information should be presented at an upcoming meeting. Commissioner O'Bryan suggested that staff investigate the industry of hydroponics for growing summer crops. ON MOTION by Commissioner Zorc, SECONDED by Commissioner O'Bryan, the Board unanimously directed staff to move forward with: (1) Initiative #1: Establishing the Foreign Trade Zone; (2) Initiative #4: Increasing the building height at SR60/I-95; (3) Initiative #10: Attracting counter -cyclical businesses; and (4) Researching the other initiatives li( 6143 PG 869 May 21, 2013 19