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BOOK 93 PAGE 508 <br />1 lzmll 1.13 DoWI W D1 ' tUCT41 <br />Commissioner Adams apologized publicly to Piper President <br />Chuck Suma and the employees of Piper and expressed her sincere <br />regret for her offending remark at a Commission meeting two weeks <br />prior. She expressed her great respect for the organization, its <br />employees, and true grit of the management. She thanked the <br />employees for their letters and felt that Mr. Suma could be very <br />proud of their loyalty and concern. <br />Commissioner Adams' concern was the wise use of taxpayer <br />dollars, and she speculated that if Piper had come directly before <br />the Value Adjustment Board, the back taxes problem might have been <br />able to be resolved without incurring additional legal expenses. <br />FOREIGN TRADE ZONES <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated October 6, 1994: <br />To: Board of County Commissioners <br />From: Carolyn K. Eggert, Commissioner <br />Date: October 6, 1994 <br />Re: Foreign -Trade Zones <br />Mr. Morris Adger of Central Florida Foreign Trade Zone <br />spoke to the Economic Development Council on September 27, <br />1994 and asked for a letter of support for their application <br />(St. Lucie Co.) to become a foreign -trade zone. They have <br />the necessary requirements including the presence of a U.S. <br />customs office. Indian River County industrial parks or <br />companies could then apply as Subzones. (See booklet, <br />Foreign -Trade Zones: A Positive Force in Trade & Economic <br />Development.) The Economic Development Council voted <br />unanimously to recommend the sending of a letter of support <br />for the Central Florida Foreign -Trade Zone, Inc. trade zone <br />contingent on the results of their board meeting on Monday, <br />October 3rd to which Rip Wieler and Michael Vanatta went, as <br />representatives of EDC and Alan Campbell from Council of <br />100. They were satisfied that all their questions were <br />answered. The Council of 100 approved a recommendation to <br />the Chamber of Commerce Board for a letter of support. <br />Concern had been expressed that business would be <br />pressured to go to St. Lucie County (No!), that higher rates <br />would be charged to out -of -county subzones (see Vanatta <br />letter) and that costs would be high ($4,000-6,000 for <br />federal application plus nominal fees for administration <br />costs of application and annual membership in Central <br />Florida Foreign -Trade Zone, Inc.) I recommend that the <br />Board of County Commissioners approve a letter of support. <br />- 42 <br />October 11, 1994 <br />