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11 Senator Jones moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 1. This act may be cited as the
18 "Community-Based Development Organization Assistance Act."
19 Section 2. Legislative findings and intent.--
20 (1) The Legislature finds that:
21 (a) Significant declines and consistently depressed
22 appraised values make it impossible for business enterprises,
23 including community-based development organizations, to
24 generate sufficient revenues from business or real estate
25 ventures in low-income neighborhoods to fund the redevelopment
26 costs and other administrative expenses needed to foster new
27 developments in these hard-to-develop areas.
28 (b) This deterioration contributes to the decline of
29 neighborhoods in both rural and urban areas, causes a
30 reduction of the value of property comprising the tax base of
31 local communities, and eventually requires the expenditure of
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1 disproportionate amounts of public funds for health, social
2 services, and police protection to prevent the development of
3 slums and the social and economic disruption found in slum
4 communities.
5 (c) The available means of eliminating or reducing
6 these deteriorating economic conditions and encouraging local
7 resident participation and support is to provide support
8 assistance and resource investment to community-based
9 development organizations. The Legislature also finds that
10 community-based development organizations can contribute to
11 the creation of jobs in response to federal welfare reform and
12 state WAGES Program legislation, and economic development
13 activities related to urban and rural economic initiatives.
14 (2) The intent of this legislation is to provide
15 community-based development organizations with the necessary
16 administrative and operating funds to retain project staff to
17 plan, implement, and manage job-generating and community
18 revitalization developments in distressed neighborhoods. This
19 assistance will strengthen the community-based development
20 organizations, assist local governments to enhance and expand
21 revitalization efforts, and contribute to expanding the base
22 of commerce, business, and affordable housing that will serve
23 persons with very low incomes or low incomes, or WAGES
24 recipients, using a bottom-up approach.
25 Section 3. Eligibility for
26 assistance.--Community-based development organizations that
27 meet the following requirements shall be eligible for
28 assistance.
29 (1) The community-based development organization must
30 be a nonprofit corporation under state law and s. 501(c)(3) of
31 the United States Internal Revenue Code.
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1 (2) A majority of the board members of the
2 community-based development organization must be elected by
3 those members of the corporation who are stakeholders,
4 comprising a mix of service area residents, area business
5 property owners, area employees, and low-income residents.
6 The board of a community-based development organization shall
7 include low-income residents.
8 (3) The community-based development organization must
9 maintain a service area in which economic and housing
10 development projects are located and must further meet one or
11 more of the following criteria:
12 (a) The area has been designated pursuant to s.
13 163.355, Florida Statutes, as a slum area or a blighted area,
14 as defined in s. 163.340, Florida Statutes, or is located
15 completely within the boundaries of a slum area or a blighted
16 area.
17 (b) The area is a community development block grant
18 program area in which community development block grant funds
19 are currently being spent or have been spent during the last 3
20 years as certified by the local government in which the
21 service area is loca ted.
22 (c) The area is a neighborhood housing service
23 district.
24 (d) The area is contained within a state enterprise
25 zone designated on or after July 1, 1995, in accordance with
26 s. 290.0065, Florida Statutes.
27 (e) The area is contained in federal empowerment zones
28 and enterprise communities.
29 Section 4. Three-tiered plan.--The Department of
30 Community Affairs is authorized to award core administrative
31 and operating grants. Administrative and operating grants
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1 shall be used for staff salaries and administrative expenses
2 for eligible community-based development organizations
3 selected through a competitive three-tiered process for the
4 purpose of housing and economic development projects. The
5 department shall adopt by rule a set of criteria for
6 three-tiered funding that shall ensure equitable geographic
7 distribution of the funding throughout the state. This
8 three-tiered plan shall include emerging, intermediate, and
9 mature community-based development organizations recognizing
10 the varying needs of the three tiers. Funding shall be
11 provided for core administrative and operating grants for all
12 levels of community-based development organizations. Priority
13 shall be given to those organizations that demonstrate
14 community-based productivity and high performance as evidenced
15 by past projects developed with stakeholder input that have
16 responded to neighborhood needs, and have current projects
17 located in high-poverty neighborhoods, and to emerging
18 community-based development corporations that demonstrate a
19 positive need identified by stakeholders. Persons, equipment,
20 supplies, and other resources funded in whole or in part by
21 grant funds shall be utilized to further the purposes of this
22 act, and may be utilized to further the goals and objectives
23 of the Front Porch Florida Initiative. The one-time
24 appropriation provided in this act shall be distributed by the
25 Department of Community Affairs, to be used in a constructive
26 manner by community-based development organizations across the
27 state. Thereafter, each community-based development
28 organization shall be eligible to apply for a grant of up to
29 $50,000 per year for a period of 5 years.
30 Section 5. Eligible activities.--Activities eligible
31 for assistance pursuant to this act include, but are not
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1 limited to:
2 (1) Preparing grant and loan applications, proposals,
3 fundraising letters, and other documents essential to securing
4 additional administrative or project funds to further the
5 purposes of this act.
6 (2) Monitoring and administering grants and loans,
7 providing technical assistance to businesses, and any other
8 administrative tasks essential to maintaining funding
9 eligibility or meeting contractual obligations.
10 (3) Developing local programs and home ownership
11 housing projects to encourage the participation of financial
12 institutions, insurance companies, attorneys, architects,
13 engineers, planners, law enforcement officers, developers, and
14 other professional firms and individuals providing services
15 beneficial to redevelopment efforts.
16 (4) Providing technical, accounting, and financial
17 assistance and information to businesses and entrepreneurs
18 interested in locating, expanding, or operating in the service
19 area.
20 (5) Coordinating with state, federal, and local
21 governments and other nonprofit organizations to ensure that
22 activities meet local plans and ordinances and to avoid
23 duplication of tasks.
24 (6) Assisting service area residents in identifying
25 and determining eligibility for state, federal, and local
26 housing programs, including rehabilitation, weatherization,
27 home ownership, rental assistance, or public housing programs.
28 (7) Developing, selling, owning, and managing
29 subsidized affordable housing designed for persons with very
30 low incomes or low incomes, or for WAGES recipients, or
31 developing, selling, owning, and managing subsidized
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1 affordable industrial parks providing jobs to such persons.
2 (8) Obtaining technical assistance to build capacity
3 to support community-based development organization projects.
4 Section 6. Application requirements.--A
5 community-based development organization applying for a core
6 administrative and operating grant pursuant to this act must
7 submit a proposal to the Department of Community Affairs that
8 includes:
9 (1) A map and narrative description of the service
10 areas for the community-based development organization.
11 (2) A copy of the documents creating the
12 community-based development organization.
13 (3) A listing of the membership of the board of the
14 community-based development organization, including individual
15 members' terms of office and the number low-income residents
16 on the board.
17 (4) The organization's annual revitalization plan that
18 describes the expenditure of the funds, including goals,
19 objectives, and expected results, and has a clear relationship
20 to the local municipality's comprehensive plan.
21 (5) Other supporting information that may be required
22 by the Department of Community Affairs to determine the
23 organization's capacity and productivity.
24 (6) A description of the location, financing plan, and
25 potential impact of the business enterprises on residential,
26 commercial, or industrial development, that shows a clear
27 relationship to the organization's annual revitalization plan
28 and demonstrates how the proposed expenditures are directly
29 related to the scope of work for the proposed projects in the
30 annual revitalization plan.
31 Section 7. Reporting and evaluation
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1 requirements.--Community-based development organizations that
2 receive funds under this act shall provide the following
3 information to the Department of Community Affairs annually:
4 (1) A listing of business firms and individuals
5 assisted by the community-based development organization
6 during the reporting period.
7 (2) A listing of the type, source, purpose, and amount
8 of each individual grant, loan, or donation received by the
9 community-based development organization during the reporting
10 period.
11 (3) The number of paid and voluntary positions within
12 the community-based development organization.
13 (4) A listing of the salaries and administrative and
14 operating expenses of the community-based development
15 organization.
16 (5) An identification and explanation of changes in
17 the boundaries of the target area.
18 (6) The amount of earned income from projects,
19 programs, and development activities.
20 (7) The number and description of projects in
21 predevelopment phase, projects under construction, ongoing
22 service programs, construction projects completed, and
23 projects at sell-out or lease-up and property management
24 phase, and a written explanation of the reasons that caused
25 any projects not to be completed for the projected development
26 phase.
27 (8) The impact of the projects, as a result of
28 receiving funding under this act, on residents in the target
29 area, and the relationship of this impact to expected outcomes
30 listed in the organization's annual revitalization plan.
31 (9) The number of housing units rehabilitated or
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1 constructed at various stages of development, predevelopment
2 phase, construction phase, completion and sell-out or lease-up
3 phase, and condominium or property management phase by the
4 community-based development organization within the service
5 area during the reporting period.
6 (10) The number of housing units, number of projects,
7 and number of persons served by prior projects developed by
8 the organization, the amounts of project financing leverage
9 with state funds for each prior and current project, and the
10 incremental amounts of local and state real estate tax and
11 sales tax revenue generated directly by the projects and
12 programs annually.
13 (11) The number of jobs, both permanent and temporary,
14 received by individuals who were directly assisted by the
15 community-based development organization through assistance to
16 the business such as a loan or other credit assistance.
17 (12) An identification and explanation of changes in
18 the boundaries of the service area.
19 (13) The impact of completed projects on residents in
20 the target area and the relationship of this impact to
21 expected outcomes listed in the organization's annual
22 revitalization plan.
23 (14) Such other information as the Department of
24 Community Affairs requires.
25 Section 8. The Department of Community Affairs shall
26 adopt rules for the administration of this act.
27 Section 9. There is hereby appropriated from the
28 General Revenue Fund the sum of $1 million to be distributed
29 as grants to community-based development organizations as
30 provided by this act.
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
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9 An act relating to community-based development
10 organizations; creating the "Community-Based
11 Development Organization Act"; providing
12 legislative findings and intent; providing
13 eligibility requirements for administrative and
14 operating grants to community-based development
15 organizations; providing for award of grants by
16 the Department of Community Affairs for housing
17 and economic development projects; providing a
18 three-tiered plan; providing a description of
19 activities eligible for funding; providing
20 application requirements; providing reporting
21 and evaluation requirements; authorizing the
22 Department of Community Affairs to adopt rules;
23 providing an appropriation; amending s. 212.08,
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