GENERAL CRA INFO UNDERSTANDING FLORIDA STATUTE 163.370 Florida Statute 163.370 gives counties, cities and their Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) the authority to improve areas that are underdeveloped or blighted. It allows CRAs to plan and carry out redevelopment projects, including: • Buying or leasing property within a CRA to support redevelopment efforts. • Repairing, rehabilitating or removing buildings and other structures. • Building or improving streets, utilities, parks and other public infrastructure. • Accepting grants, loans or contributions from public and private sources. • Conducting inspections, surveys or tests needed for redevelopment. 163.370 provides the tools for CRAs to revitalize communities, while ensuring transparency, fairness and compliance with legal requirements. PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED USES OF CRA FUNDS CRA funds are strictly limited to activities, projects and programs that are part of the approved community redevelopment plan. They cannot be used for: • Construction or expansion of administrative buildings, or police and fire facilities, unless specifically included in the redevelopment plan. • Publicly owned capital improvements or projects that were already scheduled under a previously approved capital improvement plan, unless they have been removed from the schedule and at least three years have passed. • General government operating expenses unrelated to implementing the redevelopment plan. • Projects or programs outside the redevelopment area, board-member compensation for serving on the CRA board, or any other uses not specifically authorized in the plan. CRA funds must be used for redevelopment-related purposes within the approved plan and cannot serve as a general funding source for routine government operations or unrelated public projects.
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