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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2003-137 establishing an enterprise zone commissionMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2003-137 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, ESTABLISHING AN ENTERPRISE ZONE COMMISSION; DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF A PROPOSED ZONE; AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION AND THE ZONE ADMINISTRATOR TO SUBMIT AN ENTERPRISE ZONE APPLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Arizona Department of Commerce initiated an enterprise zone program pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1521, et seq; and WHEREAS, this program's intent is to improve economically depressed sections of municipalities and counties through the development of job-creating uses; and WHEREAS, the State program offers income tax credits to qualified zone businesses to be supplemented by other local initiatives and incentives; and WHEREAS, Pima County, the towns of Marana and Sahuarita and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson have identified an area that meets the state's eligibility criteria for enterprise zone designation which is contained in the map attached as Exhibit A hereto; and WHEREAS, this area also offers excellent transportation access, vacant developable land, appropriate zoning for commercial/industrial development, linkages with existing redevelopment areas, and an adequate population base businesses to attract zone residents as employees; and WHEREAS, Pima County, and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson and the towns of Marana and Sahuarita have identified types of local development assistance that would be available to zone businesses according to the County's, the and both two cities' and the two towns'criteria and the project's consistency with other economic development goals of the 2both cities the two towns and the County; and WHEREAS, Pima County and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson and the towns of Marana and sahuarita are both strongly committed to economic development activities that create jobs and encourage the creation of employment opportunities for unemployed/underemployed individuals; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Tucson support the designation of a state enterprise zone within the designated unincorporated areas of Pima County, portions of the towns of Marana and Sahuarita and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson and the establishment of a joint enterprise zone commission; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Town o f Marana, Arizona, as follows: SECTION 1. The State of Arizona is requested to approve the zone boundaries and to designate the new Tucson Pima County/Tucson/South Tucson Enterprise Zone as described in Exhibit A for five years. SECTION 2. Pursuant to A.R.S. § 42-1522, an intergovernmental agreement, shall be submitted to the governing bodies of Pima County, the towns of Marana and Sahuarita and the cities o fTucson and South Tucson in order to establish the Tucson Pima/South Tucson Joint Enterprise Zone Commission. SECTION 3. The Tucson Pima County/Tucson/South Tucson Joint Enterprise Zone Commission, as constituted in the intergovernmental agreement referred to in Section 1, shall serve as the joint enterprise zone commission for the purposes of nominating a zone to the Arizona Department of Commerce and overseeing implementation should a zone within Pima County, the towns of Marana and Sahuarita and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson be designated. SECTION 4. The Director of the City of Tucson Office of Economic Development shall be designated staff as Zone Administrator. SECTION 5. Upon the formation of the Joint Enterprise Zone Commission, the Commission and the Zone Administrator is authorized to submit an application to the Arizona Department of Commeme on behalf of Pima County, the towns of Marana and Sahuahta and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson for a proposed enterprise zone generally comprising the area contained in Exhibit A. SECTION 6. The Mayor and Council find that the proposed zone satisfies the size population and unemployment/poverty requirements established the Arizona Department of Commerce. SECTION 7. If the Intergovernmental Agreement referred to in Section 1 is not executed by sufficient parties or the map of the proposed Enterprise Zone is changed so as to fail to meet the size, population and poverty requirements established by A.R.S. § 41-1523, this Resolution shall be deemed to be repealed. SECTION 8. The various officers and employees of the Town of Marana are authorized and directed to perform all acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this resolution. SECTION 9. Whereas it is necessary for the preservation of the peace, health, and safety of the Town of Marana that this resolution become immediately effective; therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. ,:::DP~_SS~ED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona, thi _s~.fi~w],'day of October, 2003. Mayor BOBBY SUTTON, JR.