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89-54 .J .. . ~ ) . ~ . . -- RESOLUTION NO. 89-54 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, CHANGING THE BOUNDARY OF THE ^REA DESIGNATED AS THE CITY OF CLEARWATER ENTERPRISE ZONE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 290, FLORIDA STATUTES: REQUESTING STATE APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE, AND DESCRIBING THE PROGRAM OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE; RESCINDING RESOLUTION 86-80 OK THE SAME SUBJECTj PROVIDING I\N I::FFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater is a unit of local general purpose government with political jurisdiction over the area described in Exhibit A, which describes the revised boundary of the City of Clearwater Enterprise Zone, as previously designated by Resolution 86-80 on November 20, 1986; and WHEREAS, the area described in Exhibit A, including the area to be added to the enterprise zone, is an area in which there are conditions which are a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, including but not limited to a substantial number of slum, deteriorated or deteriorating structures and other deterioration of site or other improvements, a predominance of defective cr inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout, and diversity of ownership, and because of such conditions the area exhibits the characteristics of an "enterprise zone" as defined in Section 290.004(1)(al, Florida Statutes, and meets the requirements of Section 290.0055(3), (4) and (5), Florida Statutes: and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of the area described in Exhibit A, including the "area to be added to the enterprise zone, is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of the city; and WHEREAS, there is a need to change the boundaries of the ~nterprise zone because the inclusion of the additional areas will diversify the composition of the enterprise zone by adding a mixture of residential, commercial and institutional uses, including parking facilities, thereby making the zone more .' attractive for public and private investment: and WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to continue to participate in the Florida Enterprise Zone Program as described in Chapter 290, Florida Statutes: now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COt~ISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA: 1