Resolution 1992-102
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-102
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO AUTHORIZE
SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR A COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT UNDER THE
NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
CATEGORY TO ASSIST WITH WATER,
SANITARY SEWER, AND STREET
IMPROVEMENTS IN COPELAND AND
ANOTHER APPLICATION UNDER THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY TO
ASSIST IN FINANCING A BUILDING FOR
A FIXED BASED OPERATOR, AND OTHER
AVIATION BUSINESSES, TO BE BUILT
IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AT THE
IMMOKALEE AIRPORT
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Community Affairs
awards grants through the Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant Program of up to $650,000 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, 1) 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
"'Deve1opme~t 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, applications for these funds must be filed with
or mailed to the Department of Community Affairs on or before
February 14, 1992; 'and .
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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 January 19, 1992, and the hearing was held in the Board room
at the County Courthouse on January 27, 1992 and the second
hearing was advertised on February 3, 1992, and the hearing was
held as part of the regular Commission meeting on February 11,
1992; and
WHEREAS, the community of Copeland has, significant
probleas with the water supply and distribution system, the
sanitary sewer collection and treatment facilities vacant,
burned out houses and unpaved streets which threaten the health
and safety of residents of Collier County while not providing
incentives for area residents to maintain their property; and
WHEREAS, J' S Aircraft, Inc. proposes to create at
least 28 new permanent jobs over the first two years of
utilization of its new building for a fixed base operator and
other aviation related businesses at the Immokalee Airport; and
WHEREAS, the developer, J 'S Aircraft, Inc., proposes
to borrow up to $320,000 of the grant funds,. and the County
vill use up to 13,000 to administer the grant; and
WHEREAS, the payoff of the loan of $320,000 will bring
approximately $450,000, over the next 20 years, in funds that
can be used for other economic development projects.
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 Affairs for a grant of
up to $650,000'in the Neighborhood Revitalization category. The
'funds from this gr~nt are to be used to provide water lines and
improvements
to the water treatment
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facilities; provide
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sanitary sewer lines, manholes, lift stations and improvements
to the sewage treatment facility; pave the unpaved streets; and
clear the shells of vacant housing units that are either burned
or unoccupiable in the lumber mill section of Copeland.
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 Affairs for a grant of
up to $350,000 for an Economic Development grant through the
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program to be
used to assist in financing a building for a fixed base
operator and other aviation related businesses that is to be
constructed by J , S Aircraft, Inc.
The Board of County Commissioners hereby authorizes the
County Manager 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 either grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be recorded
by the Official Clerk of Courts in the Public Records of
Collier County, Florida.
ADOPTED this Eleventh day of February, 1992.
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COLLI~;~BO~ OF COUNTY
COKMISSllt1~ .~
BY: · ~
MiChael J. Volpe, an
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