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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to adopt a Resolution to support House Speaker Steve Crisafulli's setting
of funding film, television and entertainment incentives as one of his legislative priorities;
urging all Florida counties to join in this initiative with no fiscal impact to Collier County.
OBJECTIVE: To support a legislative priority set by House Speaker Steve Crisafulli for
funding the film, television and entertainment incentives in the State of Florida resulting in the
creation of high-wage jobs and bringing new money to local economies.
CONSIDERATIONS: A highly successful $296 million film and entertainment tax credit
incentive program, which is scheduled to sunset on July 1, 2016, is deplete of all tax credits
unless it becomes a legislative priority in 2015.
• Despite substantial lobbying efforts for the last 2 years, there are no tax credits available
to attract new entertainment production to Collier County, let alone the entire State of
Florida.
• Florida is at a competitive disadvantage to the roughly 40 states that do offer incentives
to attract film,television, commercials and other production companies to their state.
• Collier County is at an additional disadvantage because there are other jurisdictions
within the State, like Jacksonville, Sarasota, Tampa Bay and St. Pete/Clearwater that
offer local incentives apart from any State incentive program.
• In a study conducted by Visit Florida, 19.3% of tourists surveyed chose to vacation in
Florida because of a film or television show they viewed that depicted Florida in it. Film
and television are an inducer of tourism to the state.
• This program has proven to be fiscally responsible. Prior to even one dollar of tax credits
being awarded,production must first spend all their money and provide audited proof that
they have met all the program's minimum threshold requirements.
• Collier County is competing to lure high profile projects such as the first in a trilogy of
Travis McGhee film projects, "Deep Blue Goodbye" from Twentieth Century Fox Studio
but it is a challenge to lure these big budget projects to Collier County without any
entertainment production incentives.
• The Film and Entertainment Industry is a clean industry that infuses a significant amount
of new capital into the state's economy by supporting infrastructure development,
promoting tourism, contributing to the local hotel and lodging industry and most
importantly it provides local jobs.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this action
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated
with this action
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been approved as to form and legality and
requires majority vote for approval.—CMG
RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of County Commissioners adopt a Resolution to
support House Speaker Steve Crisafulli's decision to set funding of film, television and
entertainment incentives as one of his legislative priorities this legislative session.
Prepared by: Maggie McCarty, Tourism, Film Liaison
Attachments: Resolution
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 16.16.F.16.F.3.
Item Summary: Recommendation to adopt a Resolution to support House Speaker Steve
Crisafulli's setting of funding film,television and entertainment incentives as one of his
legislative priorities; urging all Florida counties to join in this initiative with no fiscal impact to
Collier County.
Meeting Date: 1/27/2015
Prepared By
Name: GreenKelly
Title: Tourist Development Tax Coordinator,Tourism
1/15/2015 3:28:32 PM
Submitted by
Title: Director-Tourism,Tourism
Name: WertJack
1/15/2015 3:28:33 PM
Approved By
Name: WertJack
Title: Director-Tourism,Tourism
Date: 1/16/2015 10:36:35 AM
Name: GreeneColleen
Title: Assistant County Attorney, CAO General Services
Date: 1/16/2015 2:09:11 PM
Name: FinnEd
Title: Management/Budget Analyst, Senior,Transportation Engineering&Construction Management
Date: 1/20/2015 8:56:24 AM
Name: KlatzkowJeff
Title: County Attorney,
Date: 1/20/2015 9:03:45 AM
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Name: OchsLeo
Title: County Manager,County Managers Office
Date: 1/20/2015 10:28:36 AM
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RESOLUTION NO. 15-
A RESOLUTION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SUPPORTING HOUSE SPEAKER STEVE
CRISAFULLI'S SETTING OF FUNDING FILM,
TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT
INCENTIVES AS ONE OF HIS LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES AND URGING ALL FLORIDA
COUNTIES TO JOIN IN THE INITIATIVE.
WHEREAS, in November of 2014, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli (R— Merritt Island)
identified funding film, television and entertainment incentives as one of his legislative
priorities; and
WHEREAS, during the 2010 legislative session, the Florida Legislature enacted Chapter
No. 2010-147, Laws of Florida (SB 1752), which created the Florida Entertainment Industry
Financial Incentive Program ("Program"), codified as Section 288.1254, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Program offers tax credits to qualifying film, television and other
entertainment industry projects to attract business to and create jobs in this state; and
WHEREAS, the Program was a significant success, and the Florida Legislature added an
additional $12 million in funding during the 2011 session, and an additional $42 million during
the 2012 session, for a total of$296 million; and
WHEREAS, 342 productions qualified for the Program and spent approximately $1.5
billion in this state during the four-year period in which the Program was funded by the Florida
Legislature, according to the Florida Office of Film and Entertainment; and
WHEREAS, by early 2013, however, all of the state tax credits under the Program,
totaling the entire $296 million, had been claimed, and the Florida Legislature has not added
funding to the Program in the last two years; and
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WHEREAS, at the present time, there are no state tax credits available to attract new
film, television and entertainment projects to this state, other than tax credits that might be
returned by projects that initially reserved credits,but ended up not going forward; and
WHEREAS, since the funding was depleted, Collier County and the state have been
operating at a competitive disadvantage to the roughly 40 states that offer incentives to attract
film, television, commercials and other production companies; and
WHEREAS, some businesses and individuals working in industries related to film
production are relocating out of Collier County and Florida to states that are committed to
attracting the entertainment industry; and
WHEREAS, this Board would like to express its support for House Speaker Steve
Crisafulli's setting of funding film, television and entertainment incentives as one of his
legislative priorities and urges all Florida counties to join in this initiative.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA,that this Board:
Section 1. Supports House Speaker Steve Crisafulli's setting of funding film,
television and entertainment incentives as one of his legislative priorities.
Section 2. Urges all Florida counties to join in this initiative.
Section 3. Requests that the County Manager's Office through its staff transmit a
certified copy of this Resolution to House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, the Chair and
Members of the Collier State Legislative Delegation, the Chairman or other presiding
officer of the County Commission and the Mayor, County Administrator or other chief
administrative officer of each of the other 66 counties in Florida and the Executive
Director of the Florida Association of Counties.
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THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED this day of January, 2015 after a motion, second
and majority vote favoring same.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
DWIGHT E. BROCK, CLERK
By:
Tim Nance
,Deputy Clerk Chairman
Appro ed as to form and legality:
Colleen M. Greene
Assistant County Attorney
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