| Issues and Inventory Lists Criteria |
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| Issues List |
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Barriers to economic development in the region
A list of overarching barriers to economic development, such as, available workforce, housing, state/federal regulations, developable industrial lands, access to capital, lack of economic development staff, etc.
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| Infrastructure Inventory List |
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This list will be used, in part, to prepare a report to the 2008 Legislature, informing it of the infrastructure and other capital improvement needs in the state of Oregon and to identify the amount of funding needed to address these projects.
The list, along with other funding criteria, also will be used to guide funding from the department. There are two exceptions to this: projects resulting from a FEMA-designated disaster and projects arising from an immediate job creation opportunity.
Types of projects to be included in the infrastructure inventory list
- Infrastructure—water, sewer, storm water, utilities, road, rail, marina/dock, bridges, telecommunications
- Facilities/buildings
- Other—environmental cleanup, property acquisition, marine navigation
Projects will be assigned a priority, based on the following criteria:
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Examples
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Primary Reason for Project
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High Priority
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Projects that are necessary for economic development within the next 3 years
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- water system out of compliance with state/federal regulations
- rail line for business expansion
- sewer system nearing capacity
- transportation improvement projects
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- immediate job creation/retention
- antiquated facility/system
- state/federal regulation
- development and/or population growth
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Medium Priority
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Essential community facilities
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- city hall
- library
- medical facilities
- fire station
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- quality of life
- development and/or population growth
- antiquated facility/system
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Projects that are necessary for economic development in 4–6 years
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- sewer system nearing capacity
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- antiquated facility/system
- development and/or population growth
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Low Priority
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All other projects
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Factors that should be considered for projects in all categories: technical feasibility; financial feasibility; cost effectiveness; and project management capability.
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