1 , - F CHIOISTIAN COUNTY Lou Lapaglia =_gilEMII Presiding Commissioner COMMENON Bill Barnett Western Commissioner 100 W. Church &reet, Iloom 100 Ozark Misasouri 65721 Tom Huff Phone: 417-581-2112 • Fax: 417-581-5924 Eastern Commissioner January 25, 2011 Mr. Gary Cyr Director of Aviation Springfield-Branson National Airport 2300 North Airport Boulevard Suite 100 Springfield, MO 65802 Dear Mr. Cyr, The purpose ofthis letter is to document the support of Christian County for inclusion within the service area of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) #225. We understand this means the grantee, the City of Springfield Airport Board, will be able to apply to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board for authority to serve sites located within this county based on businesses' trade-related needs. We also note the zone will be made available on a uniform basis to companies within this county, in a manner consistent with the legal requirement that each FTZ be operated as a public utility. L-0 (_ /1-- - .Ar' 4.) Lou iglia-Pres#t-Commissioner fy'lc»---- ----- ---- Bill Barnett-Western Commissioner Tom Huff-Eastern Commissioner Website: www.christiancountymo.gov Email: countycommission@christiancountymo.gov O Printed on Recycled Paper 1 1 44 1. Springfield=Branson 2300 n airport blvd ste 100 springfield missouri 65802 NATIONAL AIRPORT P 417·868.0500 f 417·868.0501 1 1 January 14, 2011 1 J 1 Honorpble Lou Lapaglia Presiding Commissioner 1 - - 100 West Church Street Room 100 1 Ozark, Missouri, 65721-9998 Re: Foreign-Trade Zone ("FTZ") Application 1 1 1 Dear Honorable Lou Lapaglia, Presiding Commissioner, As you may be aware the City of Springfield, MO Airport Board ("Grantee") holds a grant of authority from the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board to operate and maintain FTZ #225. Currently the only FTZ site _is located at the Springfield-Branson National Airpog. ETZ designation allows companies involved in international trade to take advantage of Customs duty savings and logistics benefits related to importing and exporting. These benefits are used by companies across the United States in a great number of industries including manufacturing and distribution. FTZ benefits help U.S.-based companies ley?l the playing field with their foreign competitors from a Customs perspective, and in turn this helps keep the 11 11 communities in which they reside strong in terms of jobs, investment and export promotion. 1 1 -- The Springfield Airport Board is now moving forward with an initiative to better utilize its FTZ designation for both the City of Springfield and surrounding communities. We are in the process of preparing an application that would reorganize our FTZ project under the Alternative Site Framework ("ASF"). ASF is a program that was recently developed by the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board to allow 1 -- Grantees to better manage their FTZ projects by providing faster and simplified atcess to FTZ benefits. Part of the ASF model involves establishing a service area within which the Grantee will agree to sponsor FTZ sites going forward. Once the service_area is determined and the application is approved, any company_in the defined service area can acces* FTZ benefits quickly and cost effectively by a minor - boundary modification. Under the current set up of the m project it is often expensive and time - consuming for companies to apply for and achieve FTZ designation at their specific manufacturing or 1 11 --- distribution facilities. - After thoughtful consideration, and on the basis of local industrial activity trends, we would like to invite. Christian County to be included in the service area of FTZ #225 along with 21 other counties (see roff) attached list of invited counties). All of these counties are eligible for inclusion in the ASF application based on the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board's regulations. We will need a concurrence letter from Christian County in order to include it in the proposed service area. *e have attached a template concurrence letter for your convenience. If you agree to be 1 Ill included in the ASF application please complete the letter, print it on letterhead and send the signed 1 - w w-w.flys pring field.com- - 1 1 -- 91' t 1 4 Y original to our office at the address listed below. Inclusion of Christian County in the ASF application places no burden, financial or otherwise, on Christian County until or unless the county seeks to make - use of the program in the future. It simply expedites and lessens the cost of accessing FTZ designation in - your county should an existing or new company decide to use it. Companies that decide to use the designation will contract directly with the Grantee of FTZ #225, the City of Springfield Airport Board, for 1 ! proper oversight and use of the program as is required by the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board. _We have included additional information about the benefits of the FTZ program to importers and 1 exporters. Please feel free to contact me at 417.868.0500 or our FTZ consultant, Brandi Hanback, at 410.897.4858-lf you have any questions. We would be happy to discuayour questions in detail. We hope to file our ASF application with the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board by March_1, 2011. To facilitate this process please have your original concurrence letters to our office by February 4, 2011. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. We look forward to working with you. 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Robberson Springfield 417-868-4112 Mo 65802 Mark Collins Howell County 35 Court SQ STE 302 West 417-256-3872 Plains MO 65775 John Bartosh Jasper County 302 S. Main St. Carthage MO 417-358-0421 64836-1621 Danny Rhoades Laclede County 200 N. Adams Ave Lebanon 417-532-4897 MO 65536-3099 Sam Goodman Lawrence County #1 Courthouse SQ. Ste 101 417-466-3666 Mount Vernon MO 65721- 1444 Keith Lindquist McDonald PO Box 665 Pineville MO 417-223-2842 County 64856-0665 Marilyn Newton County 101 S. Wood St. Ste 201 417-451-8223 Ruestman Neosho MO 64850-1860 David Morrison Ozark County PO Box 416 Gainesville MO 417-679-4096 65655-0416 Denzil Roberts Polk County 102 E. Broadway Rm 12 417-326-2922 Bolivar Mo 65613 Dennis Wood Stone County PO Box 19 Galena Mo 417-357-8141 65656-0019 Ron Houseman Taney County PO Box 1086 Forsyth MO 417-546-7204 65653-1086 Fred Stenger Texas County 210 N. Grand Ave Ste 311 417-967-3222 Houston MO 65483-1226 Bonnie McCord Vernon County 100 W. Cherry St Nevada MO 417-448-2505 64772-3360 Paul Ipock Webster County 101 S. Crittenden Rm 11 417-859-4250 Marshfield MO 65706-1641 Zack Williams Wright County PO Box 98 Hartville MO 417-741-6113 65667-0098 . Iowther lohnson pleys at Law. LLC MEMBERS January 21, 2011 THEODORE L JOHNSON, Ill CRAIG F. LOWTHER MICHAEL K. CULLY 1 Christian County Commission JOHN W. HOUSLEY 100 W. Church Street, Room 100 GREGGORY D. GROVES Ozark, MO 65721 DAVID A. FIELDER GLENN P. GREEN THOMAS M. BENSON RE: Foreign-Trade Zone RANDY J. REICHARD . -I. ANGELA K. DRAKE 2 LEE J. VIOREL Dear Commissioners: MICHAEL L. MILLER You may have recently received a letter from Gary Cyr, Director of Aviation at the Springfield-Branson National Airport pertaining to his interest in expanding the area around the airport for a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone. I have looked into the ASSOCIATES NICOLE D. LINDSEY ' matter as well as spoke personally to Gary Cyr regarding the benefits and the KORY D. STUBBLEFIELD potential costs, if any, to the County if we elect to be included in the alternate site HEATHER ROONEY MCBRIDE framework program. MATHEW L. PLACZEK AARON KLUSMEYER It is my opinion, based upon Mr. Cyr's representations, that there will be no cost or liability to the County if we elect to be included within the service area of the .r Foreign Trade Zone No. 255. Mr. Cyr assures me that the airport will absorb all OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR the costs necessary to form and utilized the foreign trade zone. SAME K. PAYNE Accordingly, I have no objection to the County Commission signing the form letter ' Also ADUITTED= ADLUSAS 'Auo AIument,Ke:•As Mr. Cyr has attached to his correspondence, if the County Commission elects to 'Atso ADIUTTED INFtcRIA participate in the ACF Application. . DIRECT EMAIL- t Very truly yours, Jhousloy@fowtherlohnson.com _ „- - _ 1 / -- OFFIdE QFHRISTIAN COUNTY COUNSELOR 4 901 ST. LoUiS STREET 20™FLOOR tf John N. Hb V SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65806-2592 JWH:jjj TELEPHONE: Enclosure In (417) 866-7777 ExT 243 23385-000\422476.doc .- FACSIMILE : f '4 1 lu (417) 866-1752 - ' WEB RECEIVE E- www.lowthelohnson.com JAN 2 4 2011 COUNTYCOMMISSION