The City Council of the City of Flint hereby makes the following findings and determinations:
(a) On December 21, 1994, the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development designated a portion of the City of Flint and the Charter Township of Mount Morris as an enterprise community, the boundaries of which are the same as the boundaries of the Flint Area Enterprise Zone established hereby.
(b) The enterprise zone established hereby meets the requirements of Act 224 of the Public Acts of 1985.
(c) On April 28, 1997, the City Council for the City of Flint adopted a resolution authorizing the execution of an Urban Cooperation Agreement between the City of Flint and the Charter Township of Mount Morris, which agreement authorized the incorporation of Flint Area Enterprise Community, Incorporated to act as the coordinating and implementing body for the enterprise community’s strategic plan.
(d) Flint Area Enterprise Community, Incorporated was incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan on May 22, 1997.
(e) The Board of Directors of Flint Area Enterprise Community, Incorporated consists of eleven (11) Directors who live, work, own property, or own a business that owns property in the City of Flint and/or the Charter Township of Mount Morris and in the enterprise community.
(f) The eleven (11) members of the Board of Directors of Flint Area Enterprise Community, Incorporated are appointed in the manner required for a citizens’ council, are appointed for three (3) year terms consistent with the requirements for a citizens’ council, and meet all other requirements for a citizens’ council under Act 224 of the Public Acts of 1985.
(Ord. 3362, passed 2-9-1998)
Statutory reference:
Enterprise Zone Act, see MCLA 125.2101 through 125.2123