HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2003-143 establishing an enterprise zone commissionMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2003-143
A REVISED 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, etseq.; 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 participating governments' criteria and the project's
consistency with other economic development goals of the participating governments; and
WHEREAS, Pima County and the cities of Tucson and South Tucson and the towns of
Marana and Sahuarita are 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 Town of Marana 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; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Marana approved Resolution No. 2003-137 on October 21,
2003, relating to the creation of a joint enterprise zone commission; and
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WHEREAS, after the Town's approval of Resolution No. 2003-137, the map of the
proposed Enterprise Zone was modified to assure that eligibility requirements are met, and the
revised map is attached as Exhibit A to this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Marana, Arizona, as follows:
SECTION 1. The State of Arizona is requested to approve the zone boundaries and to
designate the new Tucson Pima 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 of Tucson and South Tucson in order to establish the Tucson Pima Enterprise Zone
Commission.
SECTION 3. The Tucson Pima Enterprise Zone Commission, as constituted in the
intergovernmental agreement referred to in Section 2, shall serve as the joint enterprise zone
commission for the purposes of nominating a zone to the Arizona Depamnent 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
Depar~ent of Commeme on behalf of Pima County, the towns of Marana and Sahuarita 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 2 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.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona,
this 4th day of November, 2003.
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