Resolution 2001-317
RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 317
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A RESOLUTION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTING THE NOMINATION OF THE IMMOKALEE
COMMUNITY FOR ROUND III OF THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the Federal Government has enacted the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community
Initiative designed to give distressed communities an opportunity for economic growth and revitalization;
and
WHEREAS, the Immokalee Community as identified in Exhibit I meets the eligibility criteria as
outlined in Exhibit II; and
WHEREAS, the Immokalee Community developed a Strategic Plan, received designation as a
Champion Community in 1994 and was designated as a Round II Rural Enterprise Community in 1999;
and
WHEREAS, Collier County is a Community Partner of the Round II process and continues to be
involved in the development, refinement and implementation of the Strategic Plan while maintaining a
board-base of citizen participation; and
WHEREAS, the Community Foundation of Collier County, a non-profit organization dedicated to
providing leadership and strengthening community development, continues to be the lead entity in the
Empowerment Zone Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County supports the Immokalee
Community's efforts in implementing and refining a ten-year Strategic Plan for Immokalee; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
SECTION ONE:
The Immokalee Community shall be recommended and nominated to be designated for Round III
Empowerment Zone Program to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and all eligibility criteria have been
met to qualify for this designation.
SECTION TWO:
This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote,
Done this .....IL# day of ~ ,2001
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ATTEST:
, :pWIGHT E. BROCK; 9-RRK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Patrick G. White
Assistant County Attorney
EXHIBIT I
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EXHIBIT II
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Ilotlnd III
Eligibility for
Round 3 Rural
Empowerment
Zones
Population:
The population of the nominated area may not
exceed 30,000
Distress:
The nominated area is one of pervasive poverty,
unemployment, and general distress
Area:
Not more than 1.000 square miles
Does not include any portion of a central
business district (as defined in the most
recent Census of Retail Trade) unless the
poverty rate for each population census
tract in such district is 35 percent or
higher.
Where a tract exceeds 1,000 square
miles, the excess land may be excluded,
Where a tract includes substantial
governmentally owned land, the
governmentally owned land may be
excluded,
Developable sites are not taken into
account in determining whether the 1,000
square mile limitation is met.
Boundary:
May be continuous or consist of not more than 3
noncontiguous parcels, Where a rural area
straddles more than one state (it may not, in any
event, straddle more than 3 states), the boundary
must be continuous.
Subject to: Where a tract exceeds 1,000
square miles or a nominated area
includes substantial governmentally
owned land, exclusion of the excess or
government-owned land will not be
treated as violating the continuous
boundary requirement.
Developable sites are not taken into
account in determining whether the
continuous boundary requirement is met.
Poverty Rate:
(1) Not less than a 20% poverty rate in each
census tract; and
(2) At least 90% of the total census tracts
each have a poverty rate of not less than
25%;
Subject to:
Up to an aggregate of2,Ooo acres in not
more than 3 noncontiguous parcels may
be excluded from the nominated area for
20% and 25% tests are met, where those
acres may be developed for commercial
or industrial purposes.
Tracts with zero population are treated
the same as tracts with population under
2,000 for purposes of applying the
poverty rate criteria,
Tracts with population under 2,000 are
presumed to have a poverty rate of not
less than 25% if:
(I) more than 75% of the tract is zoned
for commercial or industrial use; and
(2) such tract is contiguous to I or more
other tracts which have a poverty rate of
not less than 25%, where that
determination for the contiguous tract is
made using the actual poverty rate, not
by applying this provision,
Noncontiguous parcels must separately
meet the 20% and 25% tests above,
In the case of an area not tracted for
population census purposes, the
equivalent county divisions, deCmed by
the Bureau of the Census for defining
poverty areas, shall be used for
determining poverty rates,
The Secrelary of Agriculture may
disregard the poverty rate test for not
more than one Round III Rural
Empowerment Zone and apply in lieu
thereof an emi2ration test as conlained in
the applicable regulations.
Additional Factors: ( I) Effectiveness of the strategic plan and
(2) Assurances made by slate and local
governments that the strategic plan will
be implemented.
(3) Other Criteria as the Secretary may
impose,
A Round I or II Enterprise Community
(EC) may be designated a Round III
Empowerment Zone, however, the
enterprise community must apply for
zone designation in its entirety, or in its
entirety together with an additional area,
A sub area of the Enterprise Community
may not apply, With the exception ofa
Round I or II EC applying for a Round
III Empowerment Zone designalion, no
portion of the area nominated may
already be included in a Round I
Empowerment Zone or Enterprise
Community,
A Round III Empowerment Zone may
include an area on an Indian reservation.
A nominated area in Alaska or Hawaii is
deemed to meet the Distress, Area and
Poverty Rate Criteria above, if for each
tract or block group at least 20% of the
families within have an income which is
50% or less than the statewide median
family income, [Note: the Population and
other requirements still apply,]
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