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ORDINANCE NO. 2005-021 <br />WHEREAS, the State of Florida enacted the Florida Enterprise Zone Act, Sections <br />290.001 - 290.016, Florida Statutes, to provide incentives to induce private investment into <br />distressed areas to create economic opportunities and sustainable economic development; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County and the <br />City Council of the City of Vero Beach have nominated the area within Indian River County <br />referred to as the Gifford Community, inclusive of the Gifford Front Porch Community and <br />within the City of Vero Beach to include areas in and around the Vero Beach Municipal <br />Airport to be considered by the Governor's Office of Trade, Tourism and Economic <br />Development (OTTED) as an Enterprise Zone; and <br />WHEREAS, Sections 290.055 and 290.056, Florida Statutes, require the County to <br />create an Enterprise Zone Development Agency as a condition of precedent to receiving <br />designation of such areas as an Enterprise Zone; and <br />WHEREAS, the Indian River County Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA) <br />shall be a public body appointed by and dependent on the Board of County <br />Commissioners; and <br />WHEREAS, the EZDA shall encourage the principles of economic opportunity and <br />job creation, sustainable community development, community-based partnerships, a <br />strategic vision for change, and effective local fiscal and regulatory incentives. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of <br />Indian River County, Florida, that Section 103.09 is hereby established as follows: <br />1. There is herebv established The Indian River County Enterprise Zone <br />Development Aqencv. The Aqencv shall consist of not fewer than eiqht (8) or more than <br />thirteen (13) members which shall consist of at least one representative from each of the <br />followinq entities: the Indian River Countv Chamber of Commerce, a financial or insurance <br />entitv located in or providing services in the nominated area, a business operatinq in the <br />Enterprise Zone area, a resident livinq in the Enterprise, Zone"!area;: da non-profit , <br />community-based orqanization operatinq in or providinq services° in the nominated aarea, ' A - <br />the Workforce Development Board of the Treasure Coast, local code enforcement agencv;.•, ;I u1.1 <br />local law enforcement agency, and three members of the public at large. "The -importance <br />f_......_ _. - r. <br />of minority representation on the Agency shall be considered 'in makiiq "appointments so;; <br />that the Aqencv aenerallv reflects the ethnic and gender comp osition"of* the "nominated =° <br />area....,.._ . <br />Section <br />103.09 The <br />Indian <br />River Countv <br />Enterprise Zone Development Aqencv <br />1. There is herebv established The Indian River County Enterprise Zone <br />Development Aqencv. The Aqencv shall consist of not fewer than eiqht (8) or more than <br />thirteen (13) members which shall consist of at least one representative from each of the <br />followinq entities: the Indian River Countv Chamber of Commerce, a financial or insurance <br />entitv located in or providing services in the nominated area, a business operatinq in the <br />Enterprise Zone area, a resident livinq in the Enterprise, Zone"!area;: da non-profit , <br />community-based orqanization operatinq in or providinq services° in the nominated aarea, ' A - <br />the Workforce Development Board of the Treasure Coast, local code enforcement agencv;.•, ;I u1.1 <br />local law enforcement agency, and three members of the public at large. "The -importance <br />f_......_ _. - r. <br />of minority representation on the Agency shall be considered 'in makiiq "appointments so;; <br />that the Aqencv aenerallv reflects the ethnic and gender comp osition"of* the "nominated =° <br />area....,.._ . <br />