FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: ENTERPRISE ZONES - OCTOBER 2007

Geodataset Name:       ENTERPRISE_ZONES_OCT07
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         54
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
An Enterprise Zone is a specific geographic area targeted for economic revitalizing. Enterprise Zones encourage economic growth and investment in distressed areas by offering tax advantages and incentives to businesses located within the zone boundaries. The Florida Enterprise Zones Program was established in 1994 following legislation that repealed the existing federal government's Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Community Zones and established a new application and designation process. The program operates at both the state and federal levels, providing incentives that accommodate both rural and urban areas. Under the new application process, local governments are required to establish a strategic plan, form a local Enterprise Zone Development Agency, and submit a specific map showing the boundaries of the zone. The application process and zone activities are administered by the Governor's Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development (OTTED), which also provides technical assistance and information. This is an update of the ENTERPRISE_ZONES_MAY07 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Executive Office of the Governor / Office of Tourism, Trade & Economic Development
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20071015
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: ENTERPRISE_ZONES_OCT07.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
ZONE_ID
7 String ---
ZONE_NAME
55 String ---
CLASS
20 String ---
COUNTYNAME
12 String ---
SALUTATION
6 String ---
FIRST_NAME
30 String ---
MIDDLE_I
2 String ---
LAST_NAME
25 String ---
SUFFIX
5 String ---
PHONE
15 String ---
EXT
5 String ---
PHONE_ALT
15 String ---
EMAIL
50 String ---
WEBSITE
200 String ---
ORGANIZATI
50 String ---
ADDRESS
100 String ---
CITY
30 String ---
ZIP5
5 String ---
ZIP4
4 String ---
FAX
15 String ---
ACREAGE
19 Number 9
USERNAME
20 String ---
DATESTAMP
8 Date ---
SOURCE
120 String ---
METHOD
9 String ---
PROCTIME
19 Number 9
YCOORD
19 Number 9
XCOORD
19 Number 9
DESCRIPT
55 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
AUTOID
4 Number ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

ZONE_ID Florida Enterprise Zones Program ID number.

ZONE_NAME Name of the Enterprise Zone assigned by Enterprise Florida.

CLASS Does the zone lie in Rural or Urban area?

COUNTYNAME Florida county in which the Enterprise Zone lies.

SALUTATION Local Zone Contact Salutation.

FIRST_NAME Local Zone Contact First Name.

MIDDLE_I Local Zone Contact Middle Initial

LAST_NAME Local Zone Contact Last Name.

SUFFIX Local Zone Contact Suffix.

PHONE Local Zone Contact Primary Phone Number.

EXT Local Zone Contact Telephone Extension number.

PHONE_ALT Local Zone Contact Alternate Phone Number(where applicable).

EMAIL Local Zone Contact E-mail address.

WEBSITE Local Governemnt Website for additional information about this zone.

ORGANIZATI Local Zone Contact's Business Organization.

ADDRESS Organization Address.

CITY Organization City.

ZIP5 Organization Zip Code (5 digits).

ZIP4 Organization Zip Code (4 digits).

FAX Organization Fax Number.

ACREAGE Approximate size in ACRES of the Enterprise Zone.

USERNAME Technician or Analyst who processed the graphics for each feature.

DATESTAMP Date the graphics were finished for each feature.

SOURCE Source of information and/or data for each feature

METHOD Code to denote processing methodology
COGO = Coordinate geometry was created from legal description.

PAPER = Graphic was heads up digitized from paper maps.

SHP = Graphic was copied and pasted from source shapefiles.


PROCTIME Length of time in minutes to process each feature

YCOORD Absolute Y value of feature centroid within projection plane.

XCOORD Absolute X value of feature centroid within projection plane

DESCRIPT Based on ZONE_NAME

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID GeoPlan Center Feature Identification Number.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Past versions of the Enterprise Zones dataset included information from 
both FDEP and HUD.  The FDEP information contained state level 
enterprise zone information while the HUD information contained federal 
level enterprise zone information.  Due to the different update cycles 
of these two sources the enterprise zone information will now be broken 
up into two datasets.  The dataset enterprise_zones_20XX.shp will still 
contain the information obtained from FDEP while the dataset 
hud_rcezec.shp will contain the information obtained form HUD.

Although all of the local zones have the same basic goals of economic 
revitalization and community redevelopment, all of the zones are different.  
They offer their own local incentives and they maintain their own personal 
agendas for the communities. The local government contact provided in the 
attribute table serves as the primary point of contact for additional information 
about a particular zone.

This polygon representation of the Florida Enterprise Zones was created and 
maintained by staff of the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Program. This data 
set represents a subset of the Florida Enterprise Zones based on the availability of 
paper maps, legal descriptions, or shapefiles providing the detailed boundaries of 
each zone. These sources were used to create a digital vector polygon of each 
zone as new information becomes available. This polygon information is combined 
with the zone contact information provided by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and 
Economic Development (OTTED) to provide the geospatial data presented in this 
layer.

Any Enterprise Zone not represented here may reflect a zone whose designation 
falls between the current update schedule such that the new zone has not yet 
been digitized or there is no map available to develop an accurate geospatial 
representation of that zone.

For a complete list of the Florida Enterprise Zones, visit the Enterprise Florida 
website at http://www.floridaenterprisezones.com.

Provide DEP personnel and the public with data important to the investigation 
of Brownfield areas.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The original list of Enterprise Zones, their contact information, and 
respective local  Enterprise Zones Development Agency web pages 
were obtained from the Florida Enterprise Zones Program. Polygons 
were created from detailed maps or legal descriptions provided by 
local governments.
 	
Boundaries from paper maps were digitized over the 2003 Cadastral 
property parcels with various other existing layers for reference, such 
as TIGER Roads, USGS Railroads (24k), FDOT Local Roads, and Public 
Land Survey System (24k) using ArcGIS Desktop 9.0.0.535.

Graphics and attributes of the original 25 Enterprise Zones current at 
the time of data development were created and visually verified by 
Camisha Clarke and Lindsay Horton.

Locational quality information was maintained throughout data development 
by recording the USERNAME, DATESTAMP, and SOURCE for each feature.  
See METHOD field to determine which process was used to develop 
each feature.

Finally, useful fields from the original list were joined to the polygons.

More information about Enterprise Zones and statewide incentives 
can be obtained from the Enterprise Florida website at 
http://www.floridaenterprisezones.com.
Process Date: 20050406

Inserted updated dataset acquired by BIS/GIS Section from Lindsay Horton and Camisha Clarke into ArcSDE. Three new Enterprise Zones added to the dataset to make the total number of completed zones 30. Process Date: 20050624
Inserted updated shapefile sent by Linday Horton and inserted into ArcSDE.12 new Enterprise Zones were added to the dataset to make the completed zones 42. Process Date: 20060307
Inserted updated shapefile sent by Linday Horton and inserted into ArcSDE.2 new Enterprise Zones were added to the dataset to make the completed zones 44. Process Date: 20060404
Inserted updated shapefile sent by Linday Horton and inserted into ArcSDE.2 new Enterprise Zones (Miami/Dade County and Taylor County) were added to the dataset to make the completed zones 46. Process Date: 20060502
Inserted updated shapefile sent by Linday Horton and inserted into ArcSDE. 2 new Enterprise Zones were added to the layer : St. Marks and Indian River/Vero Beach, making the total number of complete polygons- 48. Process Date: 20060605
Four new Enterprise Zones were added to the layer by Lindsay Horton: Wakulla; Lakeland; Sumter; and South Lake Apopka. Two zones boundaries' were updated: Orange County, and St. Marks. Making the total number of complete 52. Process Date: 20060803
One new Enterprise Zone was added to the layer by Lindsay Horton: Century Enterprise Zone in Escambia County. Expired zone in Escambia County was removed from the list. Update of 52 zones submitted by C. Phoenix Clarke on 3/6/2007 Process Date: 20070306
Inserted updated dataset sent by C. Phoenix Clarke in ArcSDE, metadata updated. Process Date: 20070307
One new Enterprise Zone was added to the layer: Okeechobee County Enterprise Zone in Okeechobee County. Update of 53 zones submitted by C. Phoenix Clarke on 5/2/2007. Process Date: 20070502
Inserted updated dataset sent by C. Phoenix Clarke in ArcSDE, metadata updated. Process Date: 20070503
One new Enterprise Zone was added to the layer: Levy County Enterprise Zone in Levy County, Florida. Several paper maps and metes and bounds property descriptions were compiled together to identify the boundaries of this zone as identified on the Levy County Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA). Some portions of this zone were indistinguishable at the map scales provided. The Levy County EZDA should be contacted to determine exactly what property parcels are included in the zone. This update includes 54 of the 56 Florida Enterprise Zones and supplemental modifications to the metadata as submitted by C. Phoenix Clarke on 10/15/2007. Process Date: 20071015
Inserted updated dataset sent by C. Phoenix Clarke in ArcSDE, metadata updated. Process Date: 20071017
In January 2008, this data was downloaded in shapefile format by the GeoPlan Center from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp When received, the data was in the FDEP Albers Projection. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: (1) Defined data to FGDL HPGN. (2) Added DESCRIPT item based on ZONE_NAME. (3) Added FGDLAQDATE based on GeoPlans acquisition date. (4) Attribute table upcased (5) AUTOID added to attribute table based on FID+1 Past versions of the Enterprise Zones dataset included information from both FDEP and HUD. The FDEP information contained state level enterprise zone information while the HUD information contained federal level enterprise zone information. Due to the different update cycles of these two sources the enterprise zone information will now be broken up into two datasets. The dataset enterprise_zones_mmmyy.shp will still contain the information obtained from FDEP while the dataset hud_rcezec.shp will contain the information obtained from HUD. The dataset had two geoprocessing techniques applied to it, so that the older polygons could function more affectively in our SDE system, Integrate and Simplify Polygon Commands. The Integrate command was run in order to better align abutting polygons while the Simplify Polygon command was run to removed extra unnecessary vertices. Each command was run with a 1 meter correction tolerance in order to not negatively affect the polygons original shape. Process Date: 20080110
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 200801011
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

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Address:


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E-mail:
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400


http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us Burt Von Hoff

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