ECO2 Commission Implementation Phase

August 30, 2007

1. ECO² Commission will appoint two committees:
1. ECO² Business/Industrial Review Committee and
2. ECO² Openspace Review Committee Committee.
3. Each committee will be made up of 8 persons (7 committee members and one ad-hoc member) as follows:

i. Two ECO² Commissioners to serve as co-chairs.

ii. One additional ECO2 Commissioner will serve on an ad-hoc basis, but will not vote.

iii. Five persons from the community representing industrial interests groups, openspace interest groups and agricultural interest groups.

2. ECO² Commission will approve an openspace request for proposals, developed by the openspace committee, and submit it to the City and County Commission for review.  If the City and Commission approve, the City & County Commission will jointly issue the Openspace request for proposals.

3. Industrial site review:
1. The ECO² Industrial Committee cooperate with Lawrence/Douglas County Planning Staff to review all geographic areas that have been designated for industrial development in the comprehensive plans.
2. ECO² Industrial Committee will evaluate each geographic area applying the ECO² Industrial criteria and formula and will develop a report for the geographic area.  ECO² Industrial Committee will submit the report for each geographic area to the ECO² Commission, for review and consideration.
3. The ECO² Openspace Committee will review the ECO² Industrial Committee geographic area report for conflicts with openspace priorities and will submit a report regarding possible conflicts with openspace to the ECO² Commission
4. The ECO² Commission will review the Committee reports and make a written recommendation to the Douglas County and Lawrence City Commissions regarding the geographic areas suitability for industrial development based on the ECO² objective criteria.  The ECO² Commission recommendation will be made in an advisory capacity.

4. Openspace proposal review:

a.   The Openspace Committee will develop a openspace request for proposal and submit it to the ECO² for their approval.  Upon approval it will be forwarded to the Douglas County and Lawrence City Commission for action.

b. The ECO² Openspace Committee will review and evaluate the Openspace proposals applying the ECO² Openspace criteria and formula and will develop a report to the ECO² Commission

c. The ECO² Industrial Committee will review the ECO² Openspace Committee report for conflicts with industrial priority areas and will submit a report to the ECO² Commission regarding possible conflicts with industrial areas to the ECO² Commission

d. The ECO² Commission will then make a written recommendation to the Lawrence City Commission regarding the openspace proposals. The ECO² Commission recommendation will be made in an advisory capacity.

Timeline:

• October 1, 2007-Open Space committee will have a recommended request for proposal to the ECO² Commission for their consideration.
• December 15, 2007-Industrial committee will have a report to the ECO² Commission on the geographic areas proposed for industrial development in the comprehensive plan.
• February 8, 2008 the Open Space Committee will have reviewed the evaluated Industrial sites and the report will be reviewed by the ECO² Commission.
• March 1, 2008 the Open Space and Industrial Committees will have reviewed the RFP's for Open Space and reported to the ECO² Commissions.
• Spring of 2008-the ECO² Commission will have a comprehensive report for the County/City Commissions that encompasses all above steps.

Note:  It is anticipated that the committees appointed at this time will serve through June 30, 2008.  All would be eligible for re-appointment at that time.

Open Space Committee                                                            Industrial Committee

Rex Buchanan, Co-Chair                                                          John Pendleton, Co Chair

Bob Rhoton, Co Chair                                                  Larry McElwain, Co Chair

Bev Worster                                                                             Stacey White

Joyce Wolf                                                                               Ted Boyle

Norman Leary                                                                          Mark Gonzales

Ryan Wedel                                                                             John Naramore

Bill Busby                                                                                 Frank Male

Bruce Leise, ad hoc                                                                  Roger Boyd, ad hoc