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95-38RESOLUTION NO. 95 -38 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE ENTERPRISE ZONE STRATEGIC PLAN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 95 -37, adopted by the City Commission of the City of Clearwater on April 20, 1995, the City Commission found and declared that the area described in Exhibit A to Resolution No. 95 -37 chronically exhibits extreme and unacceptable levels of poverty, unemployment, physical deterioration and economic disinvestment; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 290.0057 of the Florida Statutes, the Florida Enterprise Zone Act of 1994, empowers and requires the City Commission of the City of Clearwater to plan for the future development and growth of the Enterprise Zone, and to adopt a strategic plan, including elements and portions thereof, to guide the future growth and development of the Enterprise Zone; and WHEREAS, a strategic plan for the Enterprise Zone has been prepared in accordance with all applicable requirements of law, after the performance of necessary studies and surveys, the collection of appropriate data, and public participation through a public hearing, open discussion, and the consideration of public and official comments; and WHEREAS, the Clearwater Planning and Zoning Board, serving as the designated Local Planning Agency for the city, held a public hearing prior to the City Commission's transmittal public hearing and adoption public hearing, and has recommended adoption of the strategic plan; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it necessary, desirable, and proper to adopt the strategic plan for the City of Clearwater in order to plan for the future development and growth of the Enterprise Zone; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA: Section 1. Purpose and Intent.. This resolution is adopted to carry out the purpose and intent of, and to exercise the authority granted pursuant to, Section 290.0057 of the Florida Statutes, and the Florida Enterprise Zone Act of 1994, and more generally to exercise the authority granted pursuant to the Florida Constitution and the Charter of the City of Clearwater, in order to accomplish the objectives set forth in the preamble to this resolution. The provisions of this resolution and the strategic plan adopted by this resolution are declared to be the minimum .requirements necessary to accomplish the purpose, .intent and objectives set forth herein. Section 2. Plan Adopted. The Strategic Plan of the City of Clearwater's Enterprise £j.5 -3y 0+ „ Zone, a copy of which is appended to the original of this resolution, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference. Material identified as background information in the Strategic Plan, including data, analysis, surveys and studies, shall not be deemed a part of the Strategic Plan. Mort 3. Seyerability. If any provision of this resolution or of the strategic plan adopted by this resolution should ever be adjudicated invalid for any reason, such provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions of this resolution and the strategic plan to the extent that the remaining provisions may independently be valid and enforceable. e i n 4 Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of May , 1995. Attest: Cyn is E. 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" CIS r'i-T n I"� rid, Is 1 Z MEPVEI3 SANDY LANE SENT•LF 0 . MARY L. R Ol.- t - I L w TEgppCE RD O FAIRMONT ST o FAIIRN NT ST PARKrD00 IT a�a a IA J PARK W000 ST M i ST. o WOODBINE L_ NGDA �-7U m SPAI� rSPaI yl OVERLEA ST OVERLEA ST i FDA KIT SEMIN� K v FfORIDGE ST e� 1t w de O au a J f°� U-0aJA� /I ¢ JACrt1OH RO CJFOgESY a RDa� 4 F o > CIRCLE 4 0 Y J h J a r c _ _ a w W CREST VIEW J i . " CIS r'i-T n I"� rid, Enterprise Zone Strategic Plan 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY GOALS The area eligible for Enterprise Zone designation in the City of Clearwater is the most distressed part of our community. Property values in that area are declining by an inflation adjusted 2.4% per year. Values for the City as a whole are keeping pace with inflation. This area has the highest concentration of substandard housing, commercial vacancy, unemployment, and poverty in Clearwater. Our ambition is to revitalize this distressed area. Four goals form the foundation of the Enterprise Zone Strategic Plan: provide quality affordable housing; bring all residential and commercial structures into code compliance; encourage new business and the expansion of existing business; and create jobs for residents of the Enterprise Zone. Over the ten -year life span of the Enterprise Zone our strategic plan will leverage investment of $25,000,000 in the commercial, industrial and residential property in the area. This level of investment will bring the Enterprise Zone up to the same condition as the rest of Clearwater. A) QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE There are 1,324 residential structures within the proposed Enterprise Zone; 75% do not comply with city codes, 5% are vacant, and 3% are beyond repair and must be demolished. Most of the housing stock (90 13/o) was built before 1960, and consists of small wood frame bungalows on elevated piers.. Our goal is to invest $11,300,000 in housing development through the following three programs. 1) Housing Rehabilitation Program The City of Clearwater will market our Housing Rehabilitation Loan program to qualifying lower income homeowners. Marketing will include newsletters, taped programs on our public access television channels, and individual contact. The level of rehabilitation will range from emergency repairs of imminent hazards to substantial rehabilitation. Clearwater's construction management staff will help clients determine the level of rehabilitation needed, prepare bid packages, and supervise the rehabilitation by a client selected contractor. Sources of funds include the Challenge 2000 loan funds, HOME and SHIP monies. The average rehabilitation loan is $20,000 and the average emergency rehabilitation loan is $5,000. Our goal is to finance the rehabilitation of 400 homes during the next ten years. 2) Ira -fill Dousing Program Data obtained from the 1990 Census Data shows 54% of the occupied housing units located in the page - 1 - L�s °-3� proposed Enterprise Zone are investor owned. In response to that data, Clearwater started the In -fill Housing Program for individuals and families with low to moderate incomes. During the first three years of this program, fifty (50) new homes have been built. The City has forty (40) approved applicants on a waiting list with nearly 100 people scheduled for orientation seminars. A study by the University of South Florida shows that there are 427 vacant lots in the proposed Enterprise Zone suitable for development. The program will be marketed to first time home buyers through newsletters, taped programs on public access television, and area neighborhood meetings. Residents in public housing and apartment complexes units are our primary targets. Both Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services (CNHS) and Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation are partners with the City in this marketing effort. CNHS participates in the Neighborhood Works Campaign for Home Ownership. This is a national program of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation intended to increase home ownership opportunities for first time home buyers. It is a strong marketing resource for our In -fill program. Clients who are not ready for loan approval due to delinquent debt obligations, excessive debt to income ratios, or unsatisfactory credit history will be referred to the budgeting classes of CNHS and Community Services Foundation credit counseling service for assistance. Clearwater will use Challenge 2000 funds, HOME funds, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation funds, and SHIP funding for mortgage loans. The average In -fill loan is approximately $60,000 with an additional $10,500 for down payment assistance. Our goal for the In -fill housing program is to construct 200 new homes in the next ten years. The benefits of this program include the creation of home ownership for first time home buyers, elimination of vacant lots, the demolition of unsafe structures, stabilization of the area, and increased property values. Reversing declining property values in the proposed Enterprise Zone is a primary objective of the Enterprise Zone Strategic Plan. 3) Tenant Conversion Program Investor owned property is approximately 54% of all housing stock in the proposed Enterprise Zone. This program will help tenants who want to buy the home they are currently renting or another existing home that is available for sale. It will be marketed with the In -fill housing program to residents of public housing and area apartment complexes. The City will use its rehabilitation program for improvements needed to bring the house into compliance. It is anticipated that the average tenant conversion loan will be around $45,000. Program funds for the first year include a $500,000 conunitment from a local savings and loan and Clearwater HOME monies. The goal for tenant conversion to home ownership is included in the In -fill Housing program goal. page - 2 - 93' -.3a, a B) CODE COMPLIANCE The Community Response Team (CRT) will work with property owners in the Enterprise Zone to achieve voluntary code compliance. The department will enforce codes for both site related violations and structure related violations. CRT will use the County court system to enforce compliance by uncooperative violators. The goal of the Community Response Team is to bring this area to the same level of compliance as the rest of the City. C) RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES AND EXPAND EXISTING BUSINESSES Through the Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA), the partnership of government, business, and nonprofit organizations, Clearwater will market the tax incentives, financing help, and technical support to existing and potential business that may develop in the Enterprise Zone. Our goal is to create 20 new businesses and generate $13,000,000 of business investment in the zone over the next ten years. D) JOB CREATION The planned business investment will create 390 jobs over the life of the Enterprise Zone. Our goal is to place at least 80 residents of the zone in these new jobs. As a participant in the EZDA the Pinellas Private Industry Council (PPIC) will work with expanding and new businesses to help them meet their employment needs. PPIC will recruit residents for these new jobs. II. DESCRIJPTION OF THE COORDINATED EFFORTS FOR REVITALIZATION Clearwater has focused the activities of several municipal departments and nonprofit agencies to address economic development needs of the Enterprise Zone. Within City government, the departments of Police, Central Permitting, the Community Response Team, and Economic Development are working cooperatively to revitalize this area. Other governmental agencies participating in the effort include the Pinellas Private Industry Council and the Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). Several private nonprofit agencies will also coordinate their revitalization activities in the proposed Enterprise Zone. These agencies are: Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services (CNHS), the North Greenwood Association, and the Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation. Additional, several social services agencies provide program support in the proposed Enterprise Zone. The Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA) will coordinate the governmental and nonprofit agencies. The EZDA Board of Commissioners represents all these groups. This strategic redevelopment plan for the Enterprise Zone outlines the activities coordinated through the EZDA. page - 3 - qJ S7 Below is a list of the programs by department or agency that will focus on the redevelopment of the proposed Enterprise Zone, A) POLICE The National Service Trust recently funded St. Petersburg Junior College, with the Clearwater and St, Petersburg Police Departments, through an "Americorps" grant. The College's program is called project "NuCops" (Neighborhoods Uniting in a Coalition for Public Safety). It involves a total of thirty (30) young adult participants. They are assigned to community based projects relating to crime prevention, neighborhood problem solving, victim assistance activities, tutoring of neighborhood youth, neighborhood beautification projects and other duties. The targeted areas in Clearwater are within the proposed Enterprise Zone. The U.S. Department of Justice Anti -Drug Abuse Program has awarded two grants to the City of Clearwater. The Police Department used this funding to create three Community Policing Teams in North and South Greenwood and North Fort Harrison areas. These neighborhood Police Substations are within the proposed ,Enterprise Zone. B) CENTRAL PERMITTING The department's Unsafe Building Program brings buildings into code compliance or demolishes those that do not comply and continue to pose a threat to neighborhood safety, appearance and quality of life. Over 90% of this program's activities are in the proposed Enterprise Zone. Central Permitting will also prepare zoning amendments to create district parking in the North Greenwood and North Fort Harrison neighborhoods. These two neighborhoods are among the oldest in Clearwater. Average lot sizes are 3,000 square feet. On site parking requirements are an impediment to the redevelopment of these smaller sized lots. District parking will eliminate a regulatory barrier to development. C) C:;MMUNI T Y RESPONSE TEAM The Community Response Team (CRT) regulates community image standards through the City's Code of Ordinances, with emphasis on achieving voluntary code compliance through education, comununication and cooperation. The Community Response Team has established a satellite office in the North Greenwood area to provide better service to the area. The satellite office has increased CRT's presence in the target area by doubling the staff resources from five city wide to five just for the targeted area. In the next fiscal year CRT will expand the satellite office coverage to include all of the Enterprise Zone. page - 4 - D) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The department will use several economic development tools to encourage development in the Enterprise Zone, The Economic Development department has two loan officers on staff to help small businesses prepare loan applications for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7 A and 504 loan programs. The department has correspondent agreements with several area commercial lenders to accept our loan applications for financing through these SBA loan programs. Clearwater will use our economic development loan fund for short term loans to businesses expanding or relocating in the Enterprise Zone. The department will also provide technical assistance and training seminars to small business owners and entrepreneurs in the Enterprise Zone. E) PINELLAS PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL The Pinellas Private Industry Council (PPIC) is the local administrator of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds in Pinellas County. The Council's mission is to put economically disadvantaged people to work through job training. The PPIC provides the only forum where private and public sector leaders jointly consider the education, job training and employment needs of communities. The Council's job training programs, marketed under the name WORKFORCE, are making a great difference in people lives and in their futures. The Clearwater WORKFORCE Training Center is one of three Pinellas County WORKFORCE training centers. WORKFORCE helps unemployed adults and youth who are eager to be trained for meaningful work in Pinellas County. WORKFORCE in partnership with the City of Clearwater has found summer job opportunities for 346 youth. E) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) The CRA has several programs that will help businesses that are in both the Enterprise Zone and the CRA district. Interest Free Loan Program and the Storefront Improvement Grant Program encourage businesses to improve the appearance of their property by awarding grants for architectural design expenses. Large portions of the CRA are within the boundaries of the Enterprise Zone. Businesses in this area can take advantage of the CRA's incentives and the State and local Enterprise Zone incentives. G) CLEARWATER NEIGHBORHOOD ROUSING SERVICES Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services (CNHS), in partnership with the City of Clearwater, provides technical assistance and small business loans to businesses located in CNHS' target area. CNHS helps new and existing business owners to obtain the technical knowledge and skills required to succeed in business. This Agency's Economic Development Loan Fund Program finances business development, ownership and expansion, page - 5 - H) SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES To meet the social and human service needs of the City and the Enterprise Zone Clearwater funds a variety of programs through the Community Development Block Grant (CBDG) and the City's Social Service Grant Program. These funds must benefit at least 70% low and moderate income persons or serve areas with populations of at least 70% low and moderate income. The proposed Enterprise Zone is the primary target area for social service programs in Clearwater. Below is a list of agencies and programs funded in part through CDBG that will address the human service needs in the Enterprise Zone. i North Greenwood Association, Inc. The North Greenwood Association operates a Community Family Center. The services address substance abuse, early intervention for children, maternal and child health, intergenerational activities, and neighborhood development issues. Youth Builders of Clearwater Youth Builders of Clearwater provides dropout prevention services to youth in the Enterprise Zone. The program combines resources from the public and private sectors providing educational, citizenship, and leadership training for disadvantaged youth. The program services are enhanced by work experience and a network of mentors. Chore Services The Chore Service program helps elderly persons maintain their home in a healthy, hazard free environment and provides part time employment for area youth. Program services include yard maintenance-and household cleaning. During this program year Chore will serve 707 persons. Community Pride Child Care Community Pride has been providing child care services for in the North Greenwood area for 35 years. The children include those identified by HRS as abused or neglected, those living in homeless shelters, from teen parent families, welfare recipients and low- income working families. Homeless Emergency Project The Homeless Emergency Project provides housing to very low income residents of Pinellas County who are homeless, The Project offers support services that allow individuals to become self r page - G - �.l' sufficient. Partners In SelfSujffliciency, Inc. Partners In Self Sufficiency promotes economic self - sufficiency by providing support to very low and low income families returning to college or technical school. The objective is to increase the earning capacity, graduate, and become employed in their field of training. Red Ribbon Homestead Red Ribbon Homestead provides nutritious, specifically prepared meals and shelter for people with AIDS. This program support the independence of persons with AIDS to remain in their homes as long as possible. The Salvation Army The Salvation Army operates an overnight homeless shelter providing safe lodging for chronic homeless individuals. The program objective is to provide case management and ease assistance from other agencies to help individuals get off the street and into independent living. Sgt. Allen iWoore Community Partnership Sgt. Allen Moore Community Partnership empowers neighborhood and community leaders to become self - sufficient in the planning and application of alcohol and other drug abuse treatment and prevention programs. Through the SAFEHOUSE of North Greenwood, professionally trained volunteers, provide a comprehensive network of family -based treatment and intervention services to low and moderate income residents. YWCA of Tampa Bay The YWCA is a nonprofit facility serving pregnant and parenting adolescents. It operates a subsidized infant and preschool program for low income teen parents and abused children. This program gives children a healthy start in life through early intervention and quality child care. The program also helps teenage parents to have healthy babies, obtain their high school diploma and prevent further pregnancies. I) TRANSPORTATI ®N The Clearwater Engineering Department will coordinate several transportation infrastructure page . 7 . /,f .sd, improvements affecting the proposed Enterprise Zone. Roadway improvements will include the widening of Drew Street, Sunset Point Road, Highland Avenue, and Druid Road. Engineering will also work with Florida Department of Transportation to relocate Alternate 19 from Fort Harrison to a more appropriate road. J) ENVIRONMENTAL Over the years, Clearwater has acquired property contaminated by others. Several public properties with known contamination in the planned enterprise zone are now being cleaned to prevent possible off - property contamination to private and commercial properties. Before City acquisition of property, Environmental Management staff evaluates private property being considered for acquisition. The purpose for this program is to become a knowledgeable consumer to not only protect the public interest, but to help current property owners know what to do if contamination is discovered. In at least one instance, the City has acquired contaminated property and paid the cleanup costs to facilitate the economic development of the area. Economic redevelopment of the downtown core has been effectively limited by the absence of land available for storm water quality treatment, a state and city development requirement. Clearwater Harbor water quality has also suffered from the effects of untreated storm water runoff that has further limited economic development. One solution to this problem is the development of a lake large enough to accommodate storm water run off in the area. There is a proposal to create this lake as a regional treatment system large enough to accommodate 100 % redevelopment within the downtown core, including portions of the proposed Enterprise Zone. Portions of Clearwater in the enterprise zone described have the oldest trees in Clearwater. These trees, because of the nature of their location, can also become hazardous trees if not properly inventoried, maintained, and pruned. This program will inventory all public rights of way trees and rank hazardous trees for removal or pruning, followed by replacement where appropriate to do so. This Enterprise Zone project is anticipated to become a priority for implementation early next fiscal year. uI. DESCRIPTION OF THE POVER I Y AND GENERAL DISTRESS Poverty and general distress identifiers make the proposed area a likely candidate for an Enterprise Zone designation. Of all households in the proposed Enterprise Zone, 32.7 % are at or below poverty income. All but one block group of 6, have a poverty rate of 30% or greater. Poverty rates range from 20 % to 37 %. The area also exhibits chronic levels of general distress. Twenty percent of the households in the proposed area receive public assistance. This percentage is five times that of the entire City of Clearwater and three as large as the percentage of households receiving public assistance in the United States. page - 8 - �3- Jr IV. VERIFICATION THAT THE CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS In our Enterprise Zone application (Attachment F) we will include letters of support documenting participation in this strategic planning process from the various private and public organizations. A partial list of these organizations includes; the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Development Board, the Old Clearwater Bay Association, the North Greenwood Association, lenders and other private businesses. V. COMMITMENTS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY TO ENACT LOCAL AND FISCAL REGULATORY INCENTIVES The City of Clearwater is committed to the success of the Enterprise Zone. The citizens and the City Commission have shown their support for an Enterprise Zone. On January 1995 the City Commission approved Resolution No. 95 -10. The Resolution placed a referendum on the ballot that would give them the authority to give ad valorem tax exemptions should an Enterprise Zone be approved. On March 14, 1995 the citizens granted that authority to the Commission by a margin of 5 to 2. If the proposed area is designated as a Florida Enterprise Zone the City Commission will enact the following fiscal and regulatory incentives: • Ad valorem Tax Abatement for businesses in the Enterprise Zone • Electric Utility Tax Credit • Water Utility Tax Credit • Occupational License Fee Credit • Building Permit & Inspection Fee Credit • Forgivable loans • Relaxation of parking space regulations in select areas to develop smaller parcels of property. VI. IDENTIFICATION OF THE LOCAL AND PRIVATE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE NOMINATED AREA Through the Clearwater Challenge 2000 fund local banks will make available $11,000,000 for housing development over the life of the Enterprise Zone. Clearwater's local tax incentives for the Enterprise Zone are worth $3,000,000. Private banks will also make financing available for business development. Individual commitment letters from these banks are contained in the Enterprise Zone application. page -9- J, 3j' If designated by the State of Florida, Clearwater will work with area banks to form a Community Investment Corporation as part of the Enterprise Zone Development Agency. Florida Power and Clearwater Gas will also consider incentive pricing for expanding and new business customers if we are selected as an Enterprise Zone. VII. INDICATIONS OF HOW THE TAX INCENTIVES AND LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL RESOURCES WILL BE USED IN THE NOMINATED AREA The local incentives will be used in the following manner. Clearwater will exempt 100% of the taxes on water and electrical services for all new businesses located in the Enterprise Zone for the next five years beginning July 1, 1995. All expanding and new businesses located in the enterprise zone will be given an ad valorem tax abatement for the next 10 years beginning July 1, 1995. The City will grant 100% abatement the first two years, 80% abatement for years three and four, 60% abatement during years five and six, 40% during years seven and eight, and in years nine and ten 20% abatement. All expanding and new businesses located in the Enterprise Zone will be exempt from paying fees associated with obtaining an occupational license, building permit and inspections for the next 10 years beginning July 1, 1995. Impact fees cannot be abated due to jurisdictional sovereignty. However, State Housing Initiative Partnership Program (SHIP) funds will pay impact fees for affordable housing development located in the enterprise zone. Community Block Development Grant (CBDG) funds and Small Business Administration funds will allow the city to provide a package of financial assistance for business development. The following State incentives will be used. • Building Material Sales Tax Exemption • Annual Property Tax Credit • Job Tax Credit • Electrical Energy Sales Tax Credit • Business Equipment Sales tax Credit • Community Contribution Tax Credit page - 10 i"A VIII. IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING REQUESTED UNDER ANY STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR THE PROPOSED REVITALIZATION EFFORTS The City of Clearwater has not applied for any additional funding under any state or federal programs, however; the City of Clearwater currently receives funding from the following sources: Funding Source Fiscal Year 95196 • SHIP Funds $595,000 • HOME Funds $350,000 • Challenge 2000 $1,000,000 • CBDG Funds $1,000,000 The description of how these funds will be used to revitalize the proposed Enterprise Zone are in Sections I and II of this document. IX. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BASELINE DATA AND BENCHMARK FOR MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN Benchmark data may be divided into two categories: long -term and short -term. Long -term benchmark data is data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau every 10 years. Short-term benchmark data will be collected annually by the City of Clearwater or provided from other public or private sources. The following baseline and benchmark data will be used for measuring the success of the strategic plan: Long Term • % of home ownership • Changes in the rate of unemployment • Changes in the rate of poverty • % of individuals on public assistance Short Term # of business created • Ad valorem Tax assessment • # of homes built # of rehabilitated homes # of small business loans Page- I 1 - qs" "sjl • # of homes and other structures brought into code compliance • # of business loans approved The Center for Economic and Management Research (CEMR) at the University of South Florida, with USF's Florida Center for Community Design and Research and Carras Community Investments proposes to work with the City of Clearwater's Department of Economic Development to provide technical support for collecting and analyzing data measuring the impact of the proposed Enterprise Zone. This consortium has completed a survey of the sites in the proposed area and will be prepared to evaluate the potential alternate uses for residential, commercial and industrial locations. The survey also evaluates the viability of the proposed Enterprise Zone incentives and development goals. X. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Clearwater City Commission will adopt our local incentives by resolution and ordinance within thirty days of the zone's designation. The Enterprise Zone Development Agency (EZDA) with the help of the University of South Florida consortium will prepare an analysis of all the available sites for development to identify potential commercial and residential uses of available property. With the cooperation of Central Permitting, the EZDA will use direct mail marketing to the 189 businesses licensed in the proposed Enterprise Zone. The EZDA will also work with Clearwater's local access television channel to augment this direct marketing effort. page - 12 -