Resolution 2004-179
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, FINDING A BLIGHTED AREA TO EXIST
AND EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE IMMOKALEE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida (Board) adopted Resolution No. 2000-82, finding a specified area of
Immokalee to be blighted and creating the Immokalee Community Redevelopment
Area; and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2004, the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory
Board met and recommended expansion of the boundaries of the Immokalee
Community Redevelopment Area (Area), as set forth in Exhibit A (Expanded Area); and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2004, the Board received and considered a report and
presentation by County staff identifying current economic conditions and considered the
applicability of various economic incentives within this Expanded Area; and
WHEREAS, after having considered the determinations and the facts and
evidence of conditions in the Expanded Area and having received and considered such
other evidence of the conditions in the Expanded Area presented to it, the Board now
desires to proceed in accordance with the authorization and powers granted by Part III,
Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, to establish the necessary means by which
redevelopment can be accomplished in the Expanded Area and that certain actions are
appropriate and necessary and should be taken to address the conditions now present
and expected to be present in the Expanded Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings. The Board of County Commissioners, consistent with ~
163.355, Fla. Stat. (2003), does hereby find:
(a) Based upon the facts and evidence presented to and considered by the
Board that the following conditions exist in the Expanded Area proposed to be added to
the existing Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area:
1. Past conditions continue to be present in the Expanded Area that are
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detrimental to the sound growth of the County and which substantially impair or arrest
the growth within the Expanded Area, and present conditions and uses in the Expanded
Area are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals and public welfare; and
2. There is a faulty and inadequate lot layout in relation to size, adequacy,
accessibility, or usefulness in the Expanded Area; and
3. The aggregate assessed values of real property in the Expanded Area for ad
valorem tax purposes have failed to show any appreciable increase over the past five
years; and
4. There are inadequate and outdated building density patterns in the Expanded
Area; and
5. There are unsanitary and unsafe conditions in the Expanded Area; and
6. There has been a deterioration of site and other improvements in the
Expanded Area.
(b) The notices required by Section 163.346 and Section 163.361 (3), Florida
Statutes (2003), have been timely published or mailed in accordance with said statutes.
(c) Action must be ta+ken immediately to prevent further blight and deterioration
and to protect and enhance public expenditures previously made in the Expanded Area.
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Section 2. Findina of Necessitv. The Board of County Commissioners, based
upon the evidence presented to it and in the public record with respect to the conditions
found in Section 1 (a), above, finds that a "blighted area" as defined in Section 163.340
(8), Florida Statutes, exists within the boundaries of Collier County in the area identified,
described, and depicted on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part of this
Resolution (the Expanded Area), and further finds that the rehabilitation, conservation,
or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such Expanded Area described is
necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents
of Collier County, Florida.
Section 3. Community Redevelopment Area. Based upon the facts presented
and contained in the public record, the Board of County Commissioners finds the
Expanded Area constitutes a "community redevelopment area" as defined in Section
163.340 (10), Florida Statutes (2003), and hereby adds the Expanded Area to the
Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area.
Section 4. Conflicts. All resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict with any
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of the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed, provided, however, nothing
herein is intended nor should be applied to affect, repeal, alter, amend or supersede
any previous resolutions adopted by the Board of County Commissioners finding any
other area or areas within Collier County to be a "blighted area" for purposes of the
Community Redevelopment Act, specifically including Resolution 2003-82.
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Section 5. Severability. If any section or portion of a section of this Resolution,
including any part of Exhibit A, proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, it shall
not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force, or effect of any other section or part
of this resolution. Should any area constituting part of the Expanded Area be severed
from the Expanded Area by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder shall
constitute part of the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area for purposes of this
Resolution.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately
upon adoption.
This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote this _ day of
,2004.
A TTESTt.\:~o '~.. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT A
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Description of the Expanded Areas of the lmmokalee
Community Redevelopment Area (Area)
In addition to the area described in Exhibit A of Resolution 2000-82, the Immokalee
Community Redevelopment Area shall be expanded to include the following areas:
Township 46 South, Range 28 East, Sections 26, 27, 34 and that portion of Section 35 not
already included in the Area; Township 47 South, Range 28 East, the northern halves of
Sections 2 and 3; Township 47 South, Range 29 East, Sections 7 and 8; Township 46
South, Range 30 East, Sections 30 and 31; and Township 46 South, Range 29 East, those
portions of Sections 25 and 36 not already included in the Area.