§ 2-249. Powers and responsibilities.

The agency shall have the following powers and responsibilities:

(a)

To assist in the development, implementation, and annual review and update of the strategic plan or measurable goals.

(b)

To oversee and monitor the implementation of the strategic plan or measurable goals.

(c)

To identify and recommend to the city commission ways to remove regulatory barriers.

(d)

To identify to the city commission the financial needs of, and local resources or assistance available to, eligible businesses in the zone.

(e)

To assist in promoting the enterprise zone incentives to residents and businesses within the enterprise zone.

(f)

To recommend boundary changes, as appropriate, in the enterprise zone to the city commission.

(g)

To work with organizations affiliated with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, the University of Florida, and the University of South Florida, a group of universities unofficially named the "University Partnership for Community Development," or similar organizations that have combined their resources to provide development consulting on a nonprofit basis.

(h)

To work with the department and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to ensure that the enterprise zone coordinator receives training on an annual basis.

(Ord. No. 2013-22, § 2, 3-5-13)