City and County of Denver - File #: 22-0809

• File #: 22-0809
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/3/2022
• In control: Business, Arts, Workforce, Climate & Aviation Services Committee
• On agenda: 7/25/2022
• Final action: 7/25/2022
• Title: A resolution approving a proposed Resolution authorizing Denver Economic Development and Opportunity to submit a request to the Foreign-Trade Zone Board for reissuance of the grant of authority from the City and County of Denver to the Rocky Mountain World Trade Center Association ("RMWTCA"), for RMWTCA to assume the City's role as Grantee of the Foreign Trade Zone. Approves changing the grantee authority and administrator of Foreign Trade Zone #123, under the United States Department of Commerce, from the City and County of Denver to the World Trade Center Denver. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 8-18-22. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 7-13-22.
• Indexes: Lucas Palmisano

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2022	1	Council President	signed
7/25/2022	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
7/13/2022	1	Business, Arts, Workforce, Climate & Aviation Services Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 7-11-2022

Requesting Agency: Denver Economic Development and Opportunity
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name: Vanessa Simsick; Patrick Walton
Email Address: vanessa.simsick@denvergov.org; patrick.walton@denvergov.org
Phone Number:

Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A resolution approving a proposed Resolution authorizing Denver Economic Development and Opportunity to submit a request to the Foreign-Trade Zone Board for reissuance of the grant of authority from the City and County of Denver to the Rocky Mountain World Trade Center Association ("RMWTCA"), for RMWTCA to assume the City's role as Grantee of the Foreign Trade Zone.
Approves changing the grantee authority and administrator of Foreign Trade Zone #123, under the United States Department of Commerce, from the City and County of Denver to the World Trade Center Denver. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 8-18-22. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 7-13-22.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.

Denver believes its proposed reissuance of the grantee authority and administrator role to the World Trade Center Denver (WTCD) would be in the public's interest. The administrator role includes operating, maintaining, ...