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Draft 9/29/14 <br />5.Supply an adequate amount of land within the urban growth boundary to accommodate: <br />(a) the diversifying manufacturing sector (especially low polluting, energy-efficient <br />manufacturing uses): and (b) the expansion of the metropolitan area as a regional <br />distribution, trade, and service center. <br />6.Maintain strong central business districts to provide for office-based commercial, <br />governmental, and specialized or large-scale retail activities. <br />7.Ensure compatibility between industrial lands and adjacent areas. <br />8.Reserve enough remaining large parcels for special developments requiring large lots. <br />9.Increase the potential for convention- and tourist-related economic activities. <br />10.Provide the necessary public facilities and services to allow economic development. <br />11.Attempt to find ways to more effectively use inefficiently used resources such as land, <br />labor, and secondary waste products. <br />12.Provide for limited mixing of office, commercial, and industrial uses subject to clear, <br />objective criteria which: (a) do not materially reduce the suitability of industrial, office, <br />or commercial areas for their primary use; (b) assure compatibility; and (c) consider the <br />potential for increased traffic congestion. <br />Policies <br />B.1 Demonstrate a positive interest in existing and new industries, especially those providing <br />above average wage and salary levels, an increased variety of job opportunities, a rise in <br />the standard of living, and utilization of our existing comparative advantage in the level <br />of education and skill of the resident labor force. <br />B.2 Encourage economic development, which utilizes local and imported capital, <br />entrepreneurial skills, and the resident labor force. <br />B.3 Encourage local residents to develop job skills and other educational attributes that will <br />enable them to fill existing job opportunities. <br />B.4 Encourage the continuance of career preparation and employment orientation for <br />metropolitan area residents by the community’s educational institutions, labor unions, <br />businesses, and industry. <br />B.5 Provide existing industrial activities sufficient adjacent land for future expansion. <br />B.6 Increase the amount of undeveloped land zoned for light industrial and commercial uses <br />correlating the effective supply in terms of suitability and availability with the projections <br />4 <br />III-B- <br />