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HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-453 . . . RESOLUTION NO. 94-453 1\ H.E.SOLUTION OF Tim MOBA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTIIOHIZING TIlE FORMATION OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE; DESIGNA'I'ING THE BOUNVAHIE:S OF THE PROPOSE::D ENTERPRISE ZONE; PROVIDING Fon THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNTY MANAGER AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENTERPHISE ZONE; AUTHOIUZING THJ~ COUNTY TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMEN'I'AL AGREEMENT WITH BULLHEAD CITY TO FORM THE ENTERPRISE ZONE; AND AUTHORIZING THE EN'I'ERPRISE ZONE COMMISSION TO TILE AN APPLICATION Fon DESIGNATION OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE. WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Mohave County met in Regular Session this 5th day of December, 1994, and WHEREAS, the Arizona DepB.rtment of Commerce has initiated an E:nterprise Zone Program that provides for the annual designation of State Enterprise Zones under the authority granted by Article 2, Chapter 10, Title 41, Arizona Revised Statutes; and WHEREAS, this program's intent if! to improve economically depressed sections of cities and rural areas through the development of job creating businesses and industries; and WHEREAS, the State's program offers income tax credits to qualified zone businesses certifying that at least 35 percent of their new qualified employees are Zone residen ts; and WHEREAS, City of Bullhead City, an Arizona municipal corporation, and the County of Mohave have identified an area that meets the State eligibility criteria for Enterprise Zone designation ( see map attached hereto as Exhibit A describing- the boundaries of the proposed Enterprise Zone ("Zone Boundaries"); and WHEREAS, this areas also offers suitable transportation access, vacant land for development, appropriate zoning for commercial/industrial development, and an adequate population base for businesses to attract Zone residents as employees; and WHEREAS, the City of Bullhead Cit.y, a municipal corporation, and the County of Mohave are strongly committed to economic development activities that create jobs, stimulate the local economy, increase the tax base for the County of Mohave and encourage the creation of employment opportunities for unemployed/underemployed individuals; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Mohave County supports and has or will agree to the designation of a State Enterprise Zone within the City of Bullhead City and those portions of the County of Mohave delineated and described within E;xhibit A attached hereto and by reference incorporated herein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Mohave as follows: Section 1: That the formation of an E;nterprise Zone under the prOVIsIOns of A.R.S. Section 41-1521, ~~LJ!~., is hereby authorized and approved for the area designated in Exhibit A to this resolution, subject, however, to a1'Y modification referred to in Section 7 of this resolution. . . . Resolution No. 94-453 1\lg8 2 BQ!~Lio~~2: 'l'he Zone Boundndes of the Enterprise Zone herein approved shall include both the incorporated area of the City of Bullhead City" Mohave County, Arizona, as well as certain specific areas of the unincorporated area of Mohave County, Arizona. S~ctio!L...Q":' That the City of Bullhead City, Mohave County, Arizona, shall appoint three of its members to serve on the Enterprise Zone Commission until successors are duly appointed and that the Mohave County Manager will serve as the Administrator of the Enterprise Zone. geytio!L.-1~ That Mohnve County shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement as authorized by the provisions of A.R.S. Section 11-951 with the City of Bullhead City for the purpose of establishing a joint commission of representatives for both the County and the City. Sectio!!-Jt 'lbat upon the formation of the Enterprise Zone Commission required under the provisiom. of A.R.S. Section 41-1522, such Enterprise Zone Commission is hereby authorized to submit and/or ratify an applkation on behalf of such Enterprise Zone CommJlssion and on behalf of Mohave County and the City of Bullhead CHy for the proposed Enterprise Zone within the Zone Boundaries. ~tectio.IL 6: If the intergovernmental agreement is not executed by the City of Bullhead City or the map of the proposed Enterprise Zone is modified in n manner that fails to meet. the size, population and/or unemployment requirements established by A.H..S. Section 41-1523 and the criteria of the Arizona Department of C~o1l1merce, then the action taken by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors in this resolution shall be deemed withdrawn and revoked. .11 PASSI;;D, APPROVED AND ADOP'l'ED this 5th day of December, 1994. MOlIA VE COUt\.TY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS __~~~ e, Lv f1J1.L JI?Jiil"- C. Ward, Chairman ~'1'- \-'