Resolution 2004-075
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING SAFIRE
AIRCRAFT COMPANY AS A QUALIFIED
APPLICANT PURSUANT TO SECTION
288.106, FLORIDA STATUTES; AND
PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION OF
$1,330,000 AS LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN
THE QUALIFIED TARGET INDUSTRY
(QTI) TAX REFUND PROGRAM AND
BROWNFIELD AREA TAX REFUND
PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Safire Aircraft Company, a manufacturer and designer of a new
generation of light jet aircraft; and
WHEREAS, Safire Aircraft Company is currently considering relocation of its
manufacturing operations out of the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS, Satire Aircraft Company is likewise considering a relocation of its
manufacturing operations to Collier County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State of Florida and Collier County to
encourage the creation of high value-added employment and growth of the County's
economic base by providing tax refunds to qualified targeted industries (QTI) that create
high-wage job opportunities; and
WHEREAS. Section 288.106 (3)(a) 9., Fla. Stat. (2003), requires an applicant
requesting certification as a qualified targeted industry to provide, among other things, a
resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners in which the proposed project
is to be located, recommending that the target business be approved as a qualified target
industry and that the commitment of local financial support necessary for the target
business industry exists; and
WHEREAS, these required QTI incentives, if created, will provide an
inducement for Safire Aircraft to locate its manufacturing opportunities to Collier
County: and
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WHEREAS. the Safire Aircraft Company's operations will create up to 700 net ..
new jobs in Collier County by 2010, and the wages paid for these additional jobs will
average $46,491, which is 150% of Collier County's average wages for 2002.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Board of County
Commissioners (Board) hereby recommends that pursuant to Section 288.106, Florida
Statutes, Safire Aircraft Company be approved as a Qualified Target Industry Business,
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board has reviewed the public or
private resources available for local financial support and determined that the County can
provide the necessary eommitment of local financial support for Safire Aircraft as a
Qualified Targeted Industry Business and as a Brownfield Area Tax Refund Program
recipient. Accordingly, the County's QTI Tax Refund Program and Brownfield Area
Program are to have funding available for Safire Aircraft in the amount of up to
$1,330,000; and that this amount will heretofore be so encumbered, and that there be
made available for payment from future revenues generated from the projected ad
valorem taxes collected as a result of this project. These monies are to be paid to the
Florida Economic Development Trust Fund with the stipulation that these funds are
intended to represent the "local participation" required by Section 288.] 06, Florida
Statutes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the necessary commitment of local
financial support shall be contingent on Satire Aircraft maintaining the jobs during the
life of the incentive and ensuring that its hiring practices are consistent with, and reflect
the diversity of, the Collier County community.
This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote favoring same.
DATED: 3h4/o~
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E BROCK
COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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