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11 Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 2. There is created an Inner City
18 Redevelopment Assistance Grants Program to be administered by
19 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. The
20 office shall develop criteria for awarding these grants which
21 give weighted consideration to urban high-crime areas as
22 identified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. These
23 criteria shall also be weighted to immediate creation of jobs
24 for residents in the targeted areas.
25 Section 3. Eligibility requirements for grant
26 proposals are as follows:
27 (1) An eligible grant recipient must serve within one
28 of the 13 urban high-crime job tax credit areas and be:
29 (a) A community-based organization;
30 (b) A community development corporation;
31 (c) A faith-based organization;
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1 (d) A nonprofit community development organization;
2 (e) A nonprofit economic development organization; or
3 (f) Another nonprofit organization serving the
4 nominated area.
5 (2) Each applicant must submit a letter of support
6 from the local government serving the targeted urban area.
7 (3) Each applicant must submit a proposal response
8 outlining the work plan proposed using the grant funding, as
9 well as proposed performance measures and expected, measurable
10 outcomes.
11 (4) Eligible uses of grant funding must result in the
12 creation of job opportunities for residents of targeted areas.
13 (5) Applicants are urged to leverage grant funds with
14 other existing resources.
15 Section 4. In order to enhance public participation
16 and involvement in the redevelopment of inner city areas,
17 there is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
18 Economic Development the Inner City Redevelopment Review
19 Panel.
20 (1) The review panel shall consist of seven members
21 who represent different areas of the state, who are appointed
22 by the Director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
23 Development, and who are qualified, through the demonstration
24 of special interest, experience, or education, in the
25 redevelopment of the state's inner-city areas, as follows:
26 (a) One member must be affiliated with the Black
27 Business Investment Board;
28 (b) One member must be affiliated with the Institute
29 on Urban Policy and Commerce at Florida Agricultural and
30 Mechanical University;
31 (c) One member must be affiliated with the Office of
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1 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;
2 (d) One member must be the president of Enterprise
3 Florida, Inc., or the president's designee;
4 (e) One member must be the Secretary of Community
5 Affairs or the secretary's designee;
6 (f) One member must be affiliated with Better
7 Jobs/Better Wages of Workforce Florida, Inc., if such body is
8 created. Otherwise, one member must be the president and chief
9 operating officer of the Florida Workforce Development Board;
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11 (g) One member must be affiliated with the First
12 Job/First Wages Council of Workforce Florida, Inc., if such
13 body is created. Otherwise, one member must be the Secretary
14 of Labor and Employment Security or the secretary's designee.
15 (2) The importance of minority and gender
16 representation must be considered when making appointments to
17 the panel, and the geographic representation of panel members
18 must also be considered.
19 (3) Members of the review panel shall be appointed for
20 4-year terms. A person may not serve more than two consecutive
21 terms on the panel.
22 (4) Members shall elect a chairperson annually. A
23 member may not be elected to consecutive terms as chairperson.
24 (5) All action taken by the review panel shall be by
25 majority vote of those present. The Director of the Office of
26 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development or the director's
27 designee shall serve without voting rights as secretary to the
28 panel. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
29 shall provide necessary staff assistance to the panel.
30 (6) It is the responsibility of the panel to evaluate
31 proposals for awards of inner city redevelopment grants
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1 administered by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
2 Development. The panel shall review and evaluate all proposals
3 for grants and shall make recommendations, including a
4 priority ranking, reflecting such evaluation.
5 Section 5. The sum of $5.7 million is appropriated to
6 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development from
7 the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2000-2001 to
8 administer sections 2-4 of this act.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 creating an inner city redevelopment assistance
19 grants program; providing duties of the Office
20 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;
21 prescribing eligibility requirements for
22 grants; providing expected outcomes from
23 grants; creating the Inner City Redevelopment
24 Review Panel and providing its membership and
25 duties; providing an appropriation;
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