CC RESOLUTION 4690RESOLUTION NO. 4690
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
IN SUPPORT OF "BUSINESS FRIENDLY PRINCIPLES" AS PART OF SCAG'S
DEVELOPMENT OF A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC GROWTH
STRATEGY
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is
engaged in the development of a Southern California Economic
Growth Strategy; and
C. The City of El Segundo supports working with SCAG and other key
economic stakeholders to improve the Southern California
economy; and
D. The City of El Segundo has a well - established reputation as a
business friendly municipality and has numerous practices in place
to encourage economic growth within its community; and
E. The City of El Segundo was designated by the Los Angeles County
Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) as its inaugural Most
Business Friendly City.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of El Segundo endorses and supports
the following "Business Friendly Principles" as incorporated in SCAG's Southern
California Economic Growth Strategy:
Principle One — Economic Development as a Priority — The City of El
Segundo strives to demonstrate commitment to economic development as
a priority.
Principle Two - Business Partnership — The City of El Segundo strives
to provide quality municipal services to attract and retain businesses and
employees.
Principle Three - Business Responsive Processes — The City of El
Segundo strives to communicate effectively with businesses including
processes to increase its responsiveness to businesses that are seeking
or doing business within its jurisdiction (commitments include responding
to business inquires within an established time period and offering an
expedited permitting process for new businesses).
Principle Four — Attractiveness to Business Investment — The City of
El Segundo strives to streamline operations for efficient and responsive
business assistance in areas of licensing, permitting, inspections and
other municipal services and will seek to improve its attractiveness to new
and existing businesses within its jurisdiction (commitments include
striving to maintain competitive taxes and fees and establishing good
communications with business base via e- newsletters or our
elsegundobusiness.com website).
SECTION 3: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution;
record this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions; and make a
minute action of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and
the minutes of this meeting.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk is directed to submit a copy of this resolution to
SCAG in time for SCAG's Regional Economic Summit currently scheduled for
December 2, 2010.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of November 2010.
ATTEST:
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Cindy Mort4en,
City Clerk
APPROVED ASFtf'M:
Mark D. Hensl , , City "A
By:
Karl H. Berger
Assistant City Att6roey
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Eric Busch
Mayor
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