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Agenda Item No. 16A9
December 2, 2008
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EXECUTlVESU~ARY
Request that the Board of County Commissioners approve a resolution requesting
the Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic
Development, to designate Penny Phillippi, the Immokalee CRA Executive Director,
as the official contact person, currently called "EZDA coordinator" for the
Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency.
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this executive SIIIIll1llII)' is to request that the Board of County
Commissioners (BCC) approve a resolution to designate Penny Phillippi, the Immokalee
CRA Executive Director, as the official contact person, currently called "EZDA
coordinator" for the Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Area (EZDA). The
current official contact person for the lmmokalee EZDA is the Director of the
Comprehensive Planning, Department, Randy Cohen.
CONSIDERATIONS:
The Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA), an advisory Agency to
the Board of County Commissioners, was created by Ordinance Number 95-22. Per the
Ordinance, the functions, powers and duties of the Agency shall include, but not be
limited to the following:
a. To assist in the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan.
b. To oversee and monitor the implementation of the goals of the Strategic
Plan, The EZDA shall make quarterly reports to the Board of County
Commissioners (BCC) evaluating the progress in implementing the
Strategic Plan.
c. To identify and recommend to the BCC ways to remove regulatory
barriers.
d. To identify the financial needs of, and the local resources or assistance
available to, eligible businesses in the Zone.
e. To promote through marketing and the advertising the development of the
Enterprise Zone,
The Agency may not transact business or exercise powers under Subsection
290.0056(9), Florida Statutes.
The powers and functions of the EZDA fall within the regulatory authority of the
Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development.
The required reporting be1ween the EZDA and the Executive Office of the Governor,
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Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development, has been facilitated by the
designated contact person for the EZDA, Randy Cohen, the Director of Comprehensive
Planning. It is the request (Exhibit "A") of the EZDA Board that this designation be
changed 10 Penny Phillippi, the current Executive Director of the Immokalee CRA.
With Ms. Phillippi carrying out the daily functions to the CRA and EZDA, the EZDA
board felt there would be a greater level of consistency provided with the proposed
change of contact person,
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: Paragraph 2.e. of the contract of employment between
Ms. Phillippi and the CRA Board would penni1 Ms. Phillippi 10 act as the EZDA contact
person. This item is not quasi-judicial so ex parte disclosure is not required.
Additionally, this item requires a simple majority vote. This item has been reviewed by
the County Attorney's Office and is legally sufficient for Board action. (mmss)
FISCAL IMPACT:
There are no fiscal impacts associated with the proposed change in EZDA contact person
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
That the Board approve the Resolution endorsing the change in EZDA contact person and
direct staff to send the necessary correspondence to the Executive Office of the Governor,
Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development.
Prepared by: Mike Bosi, AICP, Community Planning Manager, Comprehensive Planning
Department
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
16A9
Request that the Board of County Commissioners, acting in the capacity of the Enterprise
Zone Development Agency (EZDA) Governing Board approve a resolution to designate
Penny Phillippi. the Immokalee CRA executive director, as the official contact person for the
Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency. The current official contact person for the
lmmokalee EZDA is the Director of Comprehensive Planning, Randy Cohen.
12/2/200890000 AM
Prepared By
Mike Basi, Alep
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Principal Planner
Date
Zoning & Land Development Review
11/4/20083:51:35 PM
Approved By
Randall J, Cohen
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Comprehensive Planning Department
Director
Date
Comprehensive Planning
11/5/20089:49 AM
Approved By
Penny Phillippi
BCC
Immokalee, CRA
Date
County Redevelopment Agency
11/5/200811:33 AM
Approved By
Judy Puig
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Operations Analyst
Community Development &
Environmental Services Admin.
Date
Approved By
11/13/20083:25 PM
Joseph K. Schmitt
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Community Development &
Environmental Services Adminstrator
Date
Community Development &
Environmental Services Admin.
11/15/2008 5:07 PM
Approved By
Date
Marjorie M. Student~Stirling Assistant County Attorney
11/18/20083:33 PM
Approved By
County Attorney County Attorney Office
OMS Coordinator
County Manager's Office
OMS Coordinator
Date
Office of Management & Budget
11/18/20084:02 PM
Approved By
John A. Yonkosky
Director of the Office of Management
Date
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County Manager's Office
Office of Management & Budget
11119/20088:36 AM
Approved By
Leo E. Ochs, Jr.
Board of County
Commissioners
Deputy County Manager
Date
County Manager's Office
11119/200810:02 AM
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Chair
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Tom Henning
Commissioner
James N. CokUa
Commissioner
Fled W, Coyle
Commissioner
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Robert Hellman
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Project Munager
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October J 7, 2008
Executivc Officc of the Governor
Office of Tourism, Tradc & Economic Development
Burl Von Hoff
The Capitol; Suite 2001
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
Deal' Mr, Van Hoff:
This letter is being scnt as a formal notification to changc thc Immokalee (Collicr
County) State Enterprise Zone Development Agency Board (EZDA) coordinator
from Randy Cohan, the Comprehensive Planning Director, to the Immokalce
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Executive Director, Penny Phillippi.
On July 16, 2008, the EZOA Board instructed eRA staff to move forward with
the necessary procedure to change the EZDA coordinator from County staff to
CRA staff in order to allow for the contact person to work within the Immokalee
community on a daily basis to better promote the purpose of the Immokalee
Rcdevelopmentl'lan and Enterprise Zone. It is anticipated that this action will be
confirnled and formalized by resolution of the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners in regular session.
Thank you for your consideration in this maller,
Si~erely>,. _. . _
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FredN~ThOl11~?
Chairman, EZDA
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RESOLUTIO:"ol NO. 08-
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COL'NTY, FLORIDA;
ENDORSING THE CHANGE IN CONTACT PERSON
FOR THE IMMOKALEE E:"olTERPRISE ZONE
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (EZDA) FROM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE COMPHERENSIVE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND ENVORONMENTAL
SERVICES DIVISION TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE
IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AREA (CRA),
WHEREAS, the Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA), an
advisory agency to the Board of County Commissioners, was created by Ordinance Number
95-22; and
WHEREAS, the role of the EZDA is to assist and facilitate the economic development
and opportunities for economic entrepreneurship within (he Immokalee area; and
WHEREAS, the powers and functions of the EZDA fall ",ithin the regulatory
authority of the Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic
Development; and
WHEREAS, Paragraph 2, e. of the employment contract between the Collier County
Community Redevelopment Agency Board and Penny Phillippi, Executive Director of the
Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area, allows the Director at the direction of the
Collier County Board of County Conunissioners and the Collier County Community
Redevelopment Agency Board to carry out promotional aspects of the Enterprise Zone which
encompasses the Immokalee Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Inunokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency by Ictter to the
Executive Office of thc Governor, Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development,
dated Octobcr 17, 2008, requested the change in EZDA contact person from the director of
the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Community Development and Environmental
Services Division to the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area Executive Director,
Penny Phillippi.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
The Board of County Commissioners request that the Executive Otlice of the
Governor, Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development, change the contact person
for the lmmokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency from the Director of
Comprehensive Planning Department of the Community Dcvelopment and EnvironmentaJ
Services Division to the Director of the Immokalee Community Rcdevelopment Area, Penny
Phillippi.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution relating to the request for change
in the EZDA contact person be recorded in the minutes of this Board.
This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote.
Done this 2nd day of December, 2008.
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E, BROCK, CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSOINERS
COLLIER COUNTY, nORIDA
BY:
TOM HENNING, CIWRMAN
Approved as to Fonn
and Legal Sutliciency:
~ MaIjorie Student-Stirling
Assistant County Attorney