Resolution 2000-372
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RESOLUTION NO. 2000 --Il.2
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF AN
APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
AFF AIRS FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT UNDER
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CA TEGOR Y TO ASSIST WITH
SANITARY SEWER, WATER, DRAINAGE AND PAVING IN IMMOKALEE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Community Affairs awards grants through the
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program of up to $750,000 to qualifying
cities and counties for projects 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, a city or county may submit an application for Community Development
Block Grant funds under anyone of three categories, I) Housing, 2) Neighborhood
Revitalization, and 3) Commercial Revitalization; and,
WHEREAS, a city or county may also apply each quarter for a Community Development
Block Grant for Economic Development based on the number of jobs created and the amount of
private capital leveraged; and
WHEREAS, applications for all categories will be graded and ranked for funding by the
Florida Department of Community affairs; and
WHEREAS, the regulations of the Florida Department of Community Affairs and the
Federal Government require that two (2) Hearings, that are open to the public, be advertised and
held prior to submitting the application; and
WHEREAS, the County did advertise for the first hearing on October 10, 2000 and the
hearing was held in the Housing and Urban Improvement office on October 18, 2000 and the
second hearing was advertised on October 25, 2000, and the hearing was held on November 2,
2000; and
WHEREAS, the area of Immokalee is a designated enterprise area; and
WHEREAS, Siena Marble and Granite, Inc. is in the preliminary stages of constructing a
75,000 square foot facility at the Immokalee Regional Airport for the manufacture of marble
products for sale to wholesalers in Canada and the U.S. The relocation of Siena Marble to
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lmmokalee will provide an additional 170 jobs over the next three years for low to moderate
income persons, As part of this project, Siena Marble and Granite, Inc. has requested that the
water and sewer infrastructure and streets and storm drainage installations be provided using
grant funding for the project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
The Collier County Board of County Commissioners hereby directs the Collier County
Department of Housing and Urban Improvement to prepare, or cause to be prepared, an
application to the Florida Department of Community Atfairs for a grant of up to $750,000 in the
Economic Development category. The funds from this grant are to be used to design, plan or
provide water lines, sanitary sewer lines, manholes, lift stations, storm drainage, and pave the
unpaved road and parking lot at the Siena Marble site.
The Board of County Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Manager, or thc
Division Administrator for Community Development and Environmental Services, as their
designees, to sign the application and other documents pertaining to the application, to accept the
grant funds on behalf of the County, and to act in behalf of the Board of County Commissioners
to sign all documents, including the quarterly reports necessary for grant administration if the
County receives the award of the grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be recorded by the Clerk of Courts in
the Public Records of Collier County, Florida.
,.""..",,,,.,ThiS Resolution adopted this~ day of '1;~, 2000 after motion, second
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;~ .:j":"~.)Dwjoi1J:ET BROCK, CLERK
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Attest as to Chainaan's
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Approved as to form and
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Patrick G. White
Assistant County Attorney