CERTIFICATION AS A FACILITY FOR A RETAINED SPRING TRAINING FACILITY
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GOVERNOR
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850-488-7146
850-487-0801 fax
January 1,2001
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CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
Mr. William B. Home, II
mterim City Manager
City of Clearwater
112 South Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Dear Mr. Home:
It is my pleasure to inform you that the City of Clearwater has been approved by the Office of
Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development (OTTED) for certification as a Facility for a
Retained Spring Training Franchise in accordance with Section 288.1162, Florida Statutes.
We received a total of seven applications, each thoroughly evaluated by an OTTED-Ied review
panel. From this evaluation, five applications, to include that submitted by your community,
were approved for certification. On whole, I am told the panel was quite impressed with the
quality and comprehensiveness of all of the applications submitted for consideration.
Please find enclosed an official certification. This letter, along with the signed certification,
serves as notice that the City of Clearwater is hereby certified as a Facility for a Retained Spring
Training Franchise and, thus, eligible to receive specified funds pursuant to Section 212.20,
Florida Statutes.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please feel free to contact Ms. Jean
Hartman, Senior Attorney for OTTED at (850) 487-2568, or Mr. Marshall Stranburg, Chief
Assistant General Counsel, General Tax Administration within the Florida Department of
Revenue at (850) 488-0712.
I offer you my sincere congratulations on this certification, and wish you much continued success
on your spring training endeavors.
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Larry Pendleton, President, Florida Sports Foundation
Marshall Stranburg, Chief Assistant General Counsel, Department of Revenue
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CERTIFICATION
WHEREAS, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is authorized
pursuant to Section 288.1162, Florida Statutes, to certify applicants as a Facility for a
Retained Spring Training Franchise; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development has received and
reviewed the application from the City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development has evaluated
the application, and has found that the application complies with the requirements of
Section 288.1162, Florida Statutes, and that the applicant should be certified.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Pamella Dana, as Director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
Economic Development, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the State of Florida,
do hereby certify the City of Clearwater as a Facility for a Retained Spring Training
Franchise, effective immediately, pursuant to Section 288.1162, Florida Statutes.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunder set my hand to be affixed at
Tallahassee, 2001 The Capitol, on the
1st day of J uary,2001.