HomeMy WebLinkAbout19669 - RESOLUTIONS - 10/20/1999RESOLUTION NO. 19669
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE 1999
BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION
PROGRAM (BREP) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OFECONOMICDEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed and adopted eleven recommendations from the 1996
BREP Report; and
WHEREAS, the City Council took an active role in implementing the 1996 program
recommendations; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 1999 the City Council reviewed the 1999 BREP Report, including; the
five recommendations included in the report; and
WHEREAS, the City Council expressed its interest in formally adopting the five
recommendations included in the 1999 BREP Report.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs as
follows:
Section 1. That the five recommendations included in the 1999 Recommendations for
Policies and Programs under the Business Retention and Expansion
Program are hereby approved as follows: 1) Provide public and private
resource assistance and information; 2) Work with real estate brokers,
developers, property owners and businesses to increase available
commercial/industrial building space; 3) Collect data and identify the basic
elements of the region's workforce, i.e., current and future trade skills
needs, growth trends, wages and employment by sector; 4) Establish an
intensive, focused three-year funded marketing effort to attract new clean
industry and support existing industrial/commercial businesses; and 5)
Expand the BREP survey process to other business sectors - professionals
and larger employers.
Section 2. That Recommendations 1, 2, and 5 can be implemented within funds
available in the Economic Development Department 1999-2000 fiscal year
budget.
Section 3.. That Recommendations 3 and 4 will be implemented upon additional funds
being appropriated by the City Council for this purpose.
ADOPTED this 20th day of October, 1999
AYES: Members
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member
Barnes, Hodges, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
Oden
City Clerk
REVIEWED & APPROVED
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dI�TY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
City MAa,ger