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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.
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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.
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PASSI;;D, APPROVED AND ADOP'l'ED this 5th day of December, 1994.
MOlIA VE COUt\.TY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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JI?Jiil"- C. Ward, Chairman
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