Resolution 2004-006
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RESOLUTION NO. 2004 - n~
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (DCA) TO EXTEND THE
TERMINATION DATE OF THE COUNTY'S CDBG AWARD
AGREEMENT FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY THAT
PROVIDED FOR A PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
MANUFACTURING FACILITY II AT THE IMMOKALEE REGIONAL
AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK.
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Community Affairs awards
grants through the Small Cities and Counties Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Program of up to $750,000 to qualifying cities and
counties for proj ects that benefit low-and moderate- income persons,
aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or meet other
community development needs having a particular urgency because
existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health
or welfare of the community and where other financial resources are
not available to meet such needs; and
WHEREAS, in an area known as the Immokalee Regional Airport
Industrial Park and Foreign Trade Zone, the 10,504 SF building known
as Immokalee Manufacturing Facility
Phase II was constructed to
assist Low to Moderate Income (LMI) residents by helping to create new
jobs for LMI households; and
WHEREAS, a private for-profit company, Global Manufacturing
Technology, Inc, (GMT) was identified as the participating party in
the application. GMT executed the Participating Party Agreement (PPA)
on August 3, 1999; however, GMT was not able to perform the terms of
the PPA.
The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) declared GMT in
default on June 24, 2003; and
vlHEREAS ,
the lack of a lease agreement with a viable
participating party resulted in the manufacturing facility standing
vacant for more than one year since the Certificate of Occupancy (CO)
was issued on July 30, 2002; and
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VlHEREAS, Florida Architectural Products, Inc. (FAP) has agreed
to comply with the grant terms and has recently executed a PPA with
the County (approved by the Board of County Commissioners at the BCC
meeting on November IS, 2003 - Item #16A3).
The current CDBG Award
Agreement extension with the DCA is due to expire on March 27, 2004;
the County and FAP have until March 27, 2004 to create the 22 FTEs to
comply with the grant agreement terms. There is not adequate time to
create the required jobs before the termination date of the CDBG Award
Agreement; thus a one-year extension is requested to allow FAP more
time to create the required jobs; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the termination date of the CDBG
Award Agreement does not change the original Agreement amount, the
leveraged funds committed in the application, a modification to the
Environmental Review Records, or the proposed number of jobs to be
filled when the project is completed; and
WHEREAS, per the Citizen Participation Plan, the Citizens
Advisory Task Force (CATF) met on December 18, 2003 (a meeting notice
was published on December 4, 2003 in the Naples Daily News), which was
a public meeting, and approved the request for extension of the
termination date of the CDBG Award Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
1. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners hereby
directs the Collier County Financial Administration and
Housing Department to prepare, or cause to be prepared,
all documents necessary to amend the CDBG Award
Agreement to extend the termination date by one year (to
March 27, 2005) to the Florida Department of Communit~
Affairs for an Economic Development grant of $750,000.
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2. The Board of County Commissioners has previously
authorized
(Res.
99-255,
6/8/99)
the
County
Administrator or the Division Administrator of Community
Development and Environmental Services to act on behalf
of the Board of County Commissioners to sign all
documents necessary for grant administration;
this
authorization is still in place.
EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption
by a majority vote of the Board of County Commissioners.
This Resolution adopted this 13th day of January, 2004 after motion,
second and majority vote favoring same.
ATTEST:
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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