agenda city of watsonville city council/redevelopment agency meeting

Department Core Mission (Partial List)
Business Assistance/Business Retention, Attraction, Expansion:
Business Development Training: Act as resource, referral and provide funding for
organizations that can provide business development assistance.
Provide resources on the Economic Development Website
Continue to support assistance to microbusiness through El Pájaro CDC
Continue to Administer Commercial Loan Programs
Site Location Assistance
Maintain Database of Commercial/Industrial properties
Business Visitation Program
Enterprise Zone Operation: Outreach & Marketing
Promote and participate with educational institutions in program to increase educational
attainment and job skills training.
Manage Civic Plaza Building Property Owner Association
Manage leased premises in Civic Plaza & West Beach St Parking Garage
Implement Redevelopment Plan –
Public improvement programs serving the Redevelopment Project area
Development assistance, as available and as authorized by the Community Redevelopment
Law and the Redevelopment Plan
Compliance with Redevelopment Implementation Plan
Tourism Development
Housing Rehabilitation Program:
• Loans for Rehabilitation of Rental and Owner-Occupied Housing
• Farmworker Housing Grants
Homeownership Programs:
• First Time Homebuyer Loans
• Downpayment Assistance Loans
Assist in the development of affordable rental housing
Assistance with implementation of City Relocation Assistance Ordinance (for those displaced due
to housing code violations in private housing)
Affordable Housing Ordinance Implementation
Grant Programs/Management
Redevelopment Agency Housing Activities
General Administration, Housing Programs:
Housing Element
• Implementation
• Annual report to State Housing & Community Development Department
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