R22-28

RESOLUTION NO. R22-28
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, SUPPORTING 
WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC’S APPLICATION FOR FOREIGN 
TRADE ZONE STATUS AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO 
TAKE ANY FUTURE ACTION NECESSARY INCLUDING 
EXECUTION OF APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS IN RELATION 
TO THIS FOREIGN TRADE ZONE SITE WITHIN THE 
GREATER MARICOPA COUNTY FOREIGN TRADE ZONE
WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 42-12006 allows for all real and personal property within an 
approved and activated foreign trade zone (“FTZ”) or foreign trade subzone to be reclassified and 
taxed at 5% of their full cash value; and 
WHEREAS, the designation of a roughly 74-acre FTZ Site offers a valuable community 
economic development tool in the city; and 
WHEREAS, inclusion of the Williams-Sonoma Inc site in the GMFTZ benefits the 
community by making it more competitive with other sites in other Valley cities and in other states, 
increasing its possibility of creating more jobs in Glendale; and 
WHEREAS, the inclusion of the Williams-Sonoma Inc site in the GMFTZ is compatible 
with the City’s economic development goals of expanding the City’s employment base by 
providing development tools to support the attraction of new businesses in the manufacturing and 
industrial area that might not otherwise locate within the City; and 
WHEREAS, this economic development tool is understood by corporations and works to 
promote investment and development in the City within the stablished boundaries. 
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows:
SECTION 1.  That the Mayor and City Council of the City of Glendale, Arizona support a 
Foreign Trade Zone designation for the Williams-Sonoma Inc site as depicted in Exhibit A. 
SECTION 2.  That the Mayor and City Council of the City of Glendale, Arizona authorize 
the City Manager and staff to take all appropriate steps to support the Foreign Trade Zone 
designation for the Williams-Sonoma Inc site, including signing the letter of concurrence attached 
as Exhibit B to this resolution.
(Signatures on the following page)

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of 
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 22nd day of March, 2022.
                                             
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers
ATTEST:
                                                        
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk             (SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
                                                        
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney
REVIEWED BY:
                                                        
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager