ZOO CREATION AND SITE SELECTION

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOO SITING COMMITTEE?You are to decide on an appropriate site for a new zoo to be built in a town.?The town currently has a very large population of students, elementary throughcollege.?Mr. Gotpets owns Oxford Industries, a 400 employee manufacturer of OxfordClothes. Oxford Industries is currently located in New York, but Gotpets hatesthe cold, as do most of his employees. His parents also live in our town.?Last year, Mr. Gotpets decided to move Oxford Industries into our town. Threehundred of his loyal employees and their families have chosen to move with OI.This will create 100 new jobs in our town.?Most of the employees are paid lower to average wages, and many have youngchildren.? The nearest zoo is currently over 200 miles away. It is close to capacity. Localparents have been complaining about the long drive to visit the educational andfun zoo.?When Susie Investor heard about the contemplation of a zoo, she purchased a largetrack of land on which to build a new subdivision. In lieu of paying the impactfee for the zoo, the Zoo Board agreed to accept Ms. Investor’s donation of a trackof land. (See attached map)?The zoo will complete construction of their new facility in 18 months, and willmove in immediately after construction. Ms. Investor will have her subdivisioncomplete by that time too. She has already put in the infrastructure and has begunconstruction of the homes closest to the zoo site.?The average time for construction of the new zoo is 14 months. Your zoo districthas only $5.5 million to build the zoo, which is a copy of a prototype zoo. Theprototype zoo cost $5.5 million to build, too; therefore, there is no money in thebudget for unexpected contingencies.?The zoologists in the district, who are already underpaid, are only budgeted for a 3%raise this year, which is approximately $500,000.?The town in which the zoo is being built will have a population that includes 15%Native Americans.?The Town Council promised Mr. Gotpets that if he moved to our town, the townwould ensure that there would be adequate housing and that his employees’children would go to the zoo in our town. Mr. Gotpets is threatening to move hisfactory to another town if the zoo is not ready when his employees arrive.?You have been given a footprint of the prototype zoo. You are to place it on thedonated site in the most appropriate place. The entire circle must fit on the site,not just the square and small circle. For example, if any part of the large circletouches the trees, those trees must be removed.?Within your committee, you are then to choose a person to present your preferredsite location and reasoning to the entire group.Good Luck!8