Title
Foreign-Trade Subzone Expansion Application for Conair Corporation (Resolution 21642)
Description
Request a resolution to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to submit a subzone expansion application to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Conair Corporation. Also request authorization to amend the existing FTZ Operations Agreement with Conair Corporation, to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of Glendale, and to enter into all necessary and appropriate agreements and other documents. The City will incur no costs associated with this request.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix, as Grantee of FTZ 75, is authorized to apply for boundary modifications to its existing foreign-trade subzones. Conair Corporation has requested a minor boundary modification to expand their existing subzone in Glendale resulting in a net increase in total acreage from 117 acres to 120.1 acres.
The City of Glendale will provide to the City of Phoenix a resolution indicating their support of Conair's FTZ expansion application. The City of Phoenix will amend the IGA with the City of Glendale to add the new property and to evidence conditions of Glendale's support of the subzone expansion application for the Glendale site and outline the cities' responsibilities to one another. An amendment to the FTZ Operations Agreement with Conair will be necessary to add the proposed additional acreage.
The activities to be performed in the expanded Subzone 75A are the same as those operations originally approved by the FTZ Board. Conair will be required to pay an application fee to the City of Phoenix.
Contract Term
The term of the current contract with Conair Corporation is through March 8, 2035.
Financial Impact
The City will incur no costs associated with this request.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
City Council approved and adopted Ordinance S-41484 on March 4, 2015 to extend the term of the Conair agreement. City Council also approved and adopted Resolution 21534 on May 10, 2017 to expand Conair's subzone from 100 acres to 117 acres.
Location
Conair's proposed foreign-trade zone expansion site is located at 10669 and 10691 W. Vista Ave. in Glendale, Ariz.
Council District: Out of City
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Community and Economic Development Department.