On behalf of the Lawrence/ Douglas County Economic Development Board, we request the City and County Commission to provide the ED Board with direction to research, develop and recommend a plan for implementation to the City and County regarding the following issues: 

1)                  As aided and informed by the ECO2 report and formula for evaluation tool, how much acreage does the ED Board recommend  is needed for industrial development between now and 2012?  

2)                  Identification and ranking of potential areas where industrial development should occur between now and 2012, along with the  Board’s underlying rationale;

3)                  Prioritization of development sequence or phasing of that potential industrial acreage;

4)                  Infrastructure issues related to that potential industrial development (particularly wastewater treatment and roads); and

5)                  Ranking of open-space opportunities for each identified potential industrial site -- as is consistent with the goals of ECO2 -- and  priority sequencing or phasing and costs of realizing such open-space opportunities.