Resolution 1995-248
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RESOLUTION NO. 95- 218
A RESOLUTION NOMINATING THE IMMOKALEE
COMMUNITY IN COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS
AN ENTERPRISE ZONE PURSUANT TO THE
FLORIDA ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT.
WHEREAS, the State Government has enacted a program, the Florida Enterprise
Zone Program, Section 290.001 - 290.016, Florida Statutes, to provide incentives by both
State and local government to induce private investment into distressed areas to create
economic opportunities and sustainable economic development; and
WHEREAS, the area included in Tracts 112.03, 113, and 114 of the 1990 Census,
published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, hereafter known as the Immokalee Community,
is a distressed area which exhibits unacceptable levels of poverty, unemployment, physical
deterioration, and economic disinvestment; and
WHEREAS, the revitalization of the Immokalee Community can occur only if the
private sector can be induced to invest its own resources to rebuild the economic vitality of
the lmmokalee Community; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Immokalee Enterprise Zone meets the population and land
area criteria of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has or will create an Enterprise
Zone Development Agency pursuant to Section 290.0056, Florida Statutes.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has or will create and adopt an
Enterprise Zone Strategic Plan pursuant to Section 290.0057, Florida Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
The Immokalee Community meets all the eligibility criteria to qualify for this
designation and is hereby recommended and nominated to the Florida Department of
Commerce to be designated as a Florida Enterprise Zone.
This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote.
DATE: -!,60r
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~~TTEST <'. BY:
: - DWIGHT C. t3RO~ CLERK
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Heidi F. Ashton
Assistant County Attorney