MEASUREMENT
STANDARDS
Long
Term Impacts
Short
Term Impact
Mission: To monitor and report
short and long term actions and goals of the 1996-99 Strategic Action Plan and analyze the
results utilizing key economic vitality indicators, findings will be used to focus
on-going action plans.
Strategy #1: Appoint a Standards
and Evaluation Team.
Objectives:
- Create an industry advisory group that will
establish a formal, ongoing format and procedure by which economic vitality will be
measured in San Mateo County.
- Coordinate, review and report tangible results of
the 1996-99 Strategic Action Plan on a periodic basis.
- Consolidate reporting of results in the form of a
multi-phased economic vitality index for San Mateo County as measured against goals.
| Action Plan #1: |
Date of
Completion: June 1996 |
| 8.1.1 |
Action Date: |
May 1996 to June 1996 |
|
Action: |
Recruit Action Team
building on existing SAMCEDA membership, with particular emphasis on economic analysts
from the County and the private sector. |
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Resources: |
EDAC, SAMCEDA |
|
Budget: |
Staff: Team $2,000;
SAMCEDA $440 |
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Fund Source: |
EDAC |
| Action
Plan #2: |
Date
of Completion: July 1997 |
| 8.2.1 |
Action Date: |
June 1996 to July 1997 |
|
Action: |
Create and implement a
formal Index measurement format by which economic vitality in San Mateo County can be
monitored as a result of the 1996-99 Strategic Action Plan. |
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Resources: |
Action Team, outside
data sources |
|
Budget: |
Program: $20,000
Staff: Team $18,400; SAMCEDA $5,280 |
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Fund Source: |
EDAC |
| Action
Plan #3: |
Date
of Completion: July 1997 |
| 8.3.1 |
Action Date: |
July 1997 |
|
Action: |
Prepare a formal report
to EDAC which identifies the County economic vitality index in relation to the impact of
the 199699 Strategic Action Plan. |
|
Resources: |
Action Team |
|
Budget: |
Program: $8,000
Staff: Team $2,000; SAMCEDA $440 |
|
Fund Source: |
Grant, EDAC |
LONG TERM IMPACTS
The following measurement categories will be considered by the Standards and Evaluation
Action Team to determine the long-term impact of this Strategic Plan through trend
analysis. Specifics of the survey, together with analysis of applicable measurement tools
will be structured by the Action Team.
1. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY and BUSINESS VITALITY
Analysis of economic opportunities and business vitality is intended to show how San
Mateo County is doing in terms of factors which relate directly to economic growth.
=> Population Growth and Employment Growth; provides comparison between growth in
numbers of people, numbers of jobs and cluster industry activities to determine the
sustainability of the County.
=> Earnings and Income; these economic indicators will display per capita income and
new households as base economic indicators.
=> Entrepreneurial Activity; identifies business growth in cluster industries of
biotechnology, multi-media/software, business and professional services, and environmental
sciences.
* New job creation
* New businesses
* Exports
* Business bankruptcy rates
* Business confidence
* Retail sales
* Office & industrial occupancy rates
* New commercial development
* Commercial re-development
11. QUALITY OF LIFE
It is important to measure how the County will fare in coming years by evaluating the
quality of resource capacities that people and businesses will draw upon for advancement
and growth. Some of those measured factors may include:
=> Human Conditions
* Educational attainment
* High school drop out rate
* Welfare cases and child support enforcement
* Crime rate
* Unemployment rate
=> Housing Resources
* New housing units
* Median price single-family homes
* Rental rates for 2-bedroom apartments
* Assessed property values
=> Health Considerations
* Air quality
* Low birth-weight
=> Transportation Conditions
* Public transit ridership
* Commute times
* Single occupancy vehicles
* Highway and road improvements/maintenance
SHORT TERM IMPACT
In addition to long-term trend analysis, selected short-term results are anticipated
from specific Action Team strategies. Measurement of these will be accomplished by each
Team every 6 months. Individually and collectively the teams have identified the following
short term goals for assuring economic vitality.
POLICIES
- Create annually updated economic development policy statements.
- Advocate standardization of permitting policies and procedures.
- Develop transportation policy guidelines.
- Advocate policies targeted at the creation of mixed-use housing projects along
transportation corridors.
- Advance existing or new policies targeted at educating and training the workforce.
SHORT-TERM GOALS
- Facilitate 15 regulatory/procedural changes through permit streamlining.
- Implement the Uniform Building Codes Program Countywide.
- Provide public access to County Assessor property information.
- Create an Annual Participation Report to identify individual city involvement.
- Implement the "early warning" system.
- Expand the international strategic partnerships through BAYTRADE and the Bay Area World
Trade Center.
- Create fulfillment marketing pieces.
PROJECTS
- Create a model for the creation of one or more Business Incubators.
- Facilitate the development of one or more mixed-use housing projects.
- Facilitate the creation of one or more One-Stop Permit Assistance Centers.
- Design and implement a HomePage on the Internet.
- Create and implement a Marketing Program.
- Implement and expand the Business Retention & Expansion Program.
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