Description:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Compiles and analyzes data relating to the conditions of the City and surrounding community; conducts field research; prepares economic base studies, demographic profiles, and labor market analyses; prepares market feasibility studies and analyses; analyzes land use, property ownership, and business data; assists in preparing estimates of the public resources required to meet adopted development objectives.
- Reviews project proposals during conceptual, entitlement, building, and construction stages; assists developers resolve conditions of development; reviews development project applications and plans; helps establish project goals, objectives, and priorities, and identifies resource needs.
- Serves as the customer's central point of contact throughout the entire development or district formation review process.
- Facilitates planning, building, and public improvement reviews and approvals; monitors conditions of approval; comments on plans during the construction process.
- Assists in coordination with developers, business associations, community/neighborhood organizations, City departments, and other public agencies related to development, redevelopment, business development, or district formation projects and activities; maintains liaison with developers, business associations, community/neighborhood organizations, City departments, and other public agencies regarding development projects and activities.
- Manages the formation, renewal, and administration of special districts.
- Applies local, state, and federal laws applicable to development and formation activities.
- Develops, recommends, and implements policies and procedures required for implementation of action plans.
- Coordinates and actively participates in the formation of public and private development agreements, project financing agreements and deferrals, funding agreements, and interagency memorandum of understanding.
- Assists in development of incentives for the private sector to locate commercial and industrial businesses in the city.
- Prepares project budget and scope; coordinates district budgets with annual operating budgets of departments that receive funds; assists in selection of vendors; prepares and implements marketing plans.
- Facilitates calculation of annual special tax and assessment levies and manages submission process to the County to ensure placement on property tax bills; monitors special tax and assessment revenues and coordinates disbursements to outside agencies.
- Prepares reports and makes oral presentations to community groups, business and government committees, commissions, and City Council.
- Assists in preparing economic development strategies; implements economic development initiatives; assists in preparing grant applications for federal and state funds for economic development programs.
- Provides exceptional customer service to those contacted in the course of work.
- Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.
Knowledge of:
- Economic development principles, practices, and implementation, including business development, real estate development, redevelopment, international trade, district formation, and local government financial incentives for business and marketing.
- Public and private programs and resources for economic development and business assistance.
- Concepts of effective team building.
- Economic and social public policy implications of urban area problems.
- Data analysis techniques.
- Economic development data sources.
- Analytical and research techniques to collect, compile, display, and interpret data.
- Planning and building principles, practices, and implementation, including community development and construction, redevelopment, building trade, and local government rules and regulations.
- California Land Use Planning, Zoning Laws and Regulations, California redevelopment law; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); California Mello-Roos Act and other district formation rules and regulations; general nature of community plans, uniform building code, city zoning ordinance, and building, construction and entitlement processes.
- Community relations and outreach.
- Project management practices and techniques.