Site Identification and Selection

This work group will recommend a process that will result in a single site being chosen for the project around which there will be a consensus.

Members

Meeting Notes
>December 10, 2003 Meeting
>Oct. 22, 2003 Joint Meeting with Land Use Work Group
> Site Selection Worksheet, June 27, 2003
> June 12, 2003 Meeting
> May 28, 2003 Meeting
> May 12, 2003 Joint Meeting with Land Use Work Group
> April 29, 2003 Meeting
> April 28, 2003 Summary Report
> April 15, 2003 Meeting

Charge

• Develop criteria for a desirable hub site. All should agree upon these before any sites are formally proposed. These could include proximity to workforce, high level of service of roads, reasonable development costs, clear-cut environmental permitting, proximity to business support services, synergy with local development and land use plans, relevance to particular cluster, how quickly it could be certified under the Certified Industrial Site program, etc.
  
• Write an RFP for KTCG to solicit proposals of sites to be considered from each participating community. These should include the data on each evaluation criterion as well as any sales pitch the community wants to make.
  
• Consider each proposed site against the site evaluation criteria. Have task force members independently rank each site on each criterion. Submit rankings to neutral party (KTCG?) to summarize results, then meet again to review these.
  
• Make final recommendation of a preferred site and a backup site to the full exploratory committee.