§ 6. Functions of the authority.

The authority shall perform the following functions:

(a)

Prepare an analysis of the economic conditions and changes occurring in the downtown area, including the effect thereon of such factors as metropolitan growth, traffic congestion, lack of adequate parking and other access facilities, and structural obsolescence and deterioration.

(b)

Formulate long-range plans for improving the attractiveness and accessibility to the public of downtown facilities, promoting efficient use thereof, remedying the deterioration of downtown property values, and developing the downtown area.

(c)

Recommend to the mayor and to downtown businessmen and residents the actions deemed most suitable for implementing the downtown development plans, including removal, razing, repair, renovation, reconstruction, remodeling, and improvement of existing structures, addition of new structures and facilities, relocation of any of those existing, and changes in patterns of and facilities for getting thereto and therefrom.

(d)

Participate actively in the implementation and execution of downtown development plans, including establishment, acquisition, construction, ownership, financing, leasing, licensing, operation, and management of public facilities deemed feasible and beneficial in effecting implementation, but this paragraph shall not give the authority any power or control over any city property unless and until assigned to it by the city commission under the provisions of paragraph (e) of this section.

(e)

Carry on all projects and undertakings authorized by law and within the limits of the powers granted to it by law, such additional public projects and undertakings related to the downtown area as the mayor may assign to it with its consent.

(Laws of Fla., Ch. 93-381, § 1)