APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
SUBMIT A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE ALTERNATIVE SITE
FRAMEWORK APPLICATION AND TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE (FTZ) BOARD OF THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WHEREAS, The City of Oakland is a municipal corporation organized under its charter and the laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland entered into its initial License Agreement with the Foreign Trade Zone Board to operate Oakland Foreign Trade Zone #56 in 1981 to stimulate economic activity through encouragement of international trade, assembly processing and manufacturing, and local jobs; and
WHEREAS, this designation allows companies within federally -licensed Foreign Trade Zones to delay, reduce, and or eliminate U.S. customs duties on imported merchandise, raw materials and or components, and allows manufacturing companies thereby to be more competitive in the global economy, retaining jobs and production domestically; and
WHEREAS, the Alternative Site Framework is an optional framework to manage the Foreign Trade Zones with greater flexibility for their expansion using a simple "minor boundary modification" rather than the prior, more complicated, time consuming and acreage -restrictive boundary adjustment process; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 85136 C.M.S., adopted on July 29, 2014, authorized the City Administrator to submit an application to reorganize Foreign Trade Zone #56 under the Alternative Site Framework; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 86364 C.M.S, adopted on September 20, 2016, renewed the City Administrator’s authority to submit an ASF application; and
WHEREAS, the federal U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Trade Zone Board regulations require a new attestation date for submittal of the final ASF Application; now, therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, the City Administrator is authorized to submit a final Foreign Trade Zone Alternative Site Framework Application and to sign and enter into an agreement with the Foreign Trade Zone Board of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Attorney shall review and approve as to form and legality all revenue-generating license agreements and associated documents of the Oakland Foreign Trade Zone #56 that further the purpose of this legislation.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
3455364 / NC