11-25RESOLUTION NO. 11-25
A RESOLUTION �F THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, SUPP�RTING THE TAMPA BAY
PARTNERSHIP REGIONAL BUSINESS PLAN; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater is a member af the Tampa Bay Partnership,
the regianal economic development arganization that works with private and
public partners to market the eight-county Tampa Bay region to business
praspects; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater warks with the Tampa Bay Partnership and
local ecanomic development organi�ations to promote responsible and beneficial
economic growth and development in the City and the Tampa Bay region; and
WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Partnership's Regional Business Plan provides a
long-term vision of economic growth and develapment that identifies four
business clusters that can achieve the desired ecanomic growth and create high
wage jobs on a regional scale: Applied Medicine and Human PerFormance;
High-Tech Electronics and Instruments; Business, Financial and Data Services;
Marine and Environmental Activities; and
WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Partnership's Regianal Business Plan supparts,
informs and will provide important data, analytics and cost avoidance for the
City's ED Strategic Plan and is consistent in approach and intent with the City's
ED Strategic Plan, and,
WHEREAS, the expressed support and endorsement of the investors-
particularly the ED Partners whose actions will make the Regional Business Plan
a reality at the implementation level--- is impartant to the ability of the Partnership
to raise the contributions and grants-in-aids necessary to make the Plan
implementation passible;
BE IT RESOL.VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Clearwater supports the Tampa Bay
Partnership's Regional Business Plan and the four clusters of commercial and
industrial development that will create jobs and provide for lang term economic
growth in City of Clearwater; Applied Medicine and Human Performance; High-
Tech Electronics and Instruments; Business, Financial and Data Services;
Marine and Enviranmental Activities.
Resolution No. 11-25
Section 2. That the City of Clearwater will support local economic develapment
organizations in their work with the Tampa Bay Partnership to identify the actions
needed ta create jobs, attract capital investments and develop an innovation-
based economic development strategy that benefits the residents of the City of
Clearwater and the Tampa Bay region.
Section 3. That the City of Clearwater will cooperate with the Tampa Bay
Partnership in identifying and considering appropriate solutions far regulatory,
land use and ather impediments to accomplishm�nt of th� abjectives of the
Regianal Business Plan and the City's ED Strategic Plan.
Section 4. That the City of Clearwater City Council cammits ta supporting the
Regional Business Plan by collaborating with local economic development
organizations, educational institutions and workforce boards to address the
workforce needs of targefi cluster businesses in the City of Clearwater.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rdday of NOV , 2011.
Approved as to farm:
Pamela K. Akin
City Attorney
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Frank V. Hibbard
Chairman
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Rosemarie Call
City Clerk
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