Title
Foreign-Trade Subzone Expansion Application for Conair Corporation (Resolution 21534)
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 enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Glendale, and to enter into all necessary and appropriate agreements and other documents.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix, as Grantee of FTZ No. 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 100 acres to 144 acres.
The City of Glendale has provided to the City of Phoenix a resolution indicating their support of Conair's FTZ expansion application. The City of Phoenix will enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Glendale 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. This was Council action to extend the term of the Conair agreement.
Location
Conair's proposed foreign-trade zone expansion site is located at 7311 N. Glen Harbor Blvd. in Glendale, Ariz.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Paul Blue and the Community and Economic Development Department.