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Daytona Beach Legislative Priorities for 2020-2021
State Priorities
- Support protection of home rule authority.
- Support funding for affordable and workforce housing.
- Oppose unfunded mandates.
- Support for local government regulation authority of short term property rentals.
- Support funding for infrastructure projects that improve water quality and assist in aquifer recharge.
- Support agency programs that provide assistance to local governments in the areas of homelessness, economic development, historic preservation, improvements to public areas, environmental enhancements, beautification, and transportation infrastructure.
Federal Priorities
- Support for the Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act to protect and preserve coastal ecosystems.
- Support programs that assist local governments in providing affordable and workforce housing.
- Support Federal funding of local homeless initiatives.
- Support public safety related resources available to local governments such as funding for personnel, equipment, technology, and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and Byrne Discretionary Grant programs.
- Support additional COVID-19 mitigation assistance to local governments.
- Support program funding that deliver assistance to local neighborhood stabilization and redevelopment activities.
- Support programs that provide economic incentive assistance to local governments.
- Support project designation and funding allocation for Army Corps of Engineers flooding mitigation study of Nova Canal as authorized by Congress.
- Support funding for projects identified in the City’s flooding and drainage mitigation master plan.