§ 18-182. Powers and duties.

The purposes and powers of the Bristol Development Authority shall be:

(a)

To have the duties and exercise the powers granted pursuant to Chapters 130 and 132 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended or as the same may be amended in the future, except for those duties, functions, responsibilities and powers assigned to the Bristol Downtown Development Corporation hereunder;

(b)

To have the duties and exercise the powers granted pursuant to Sections 7-136 and 7-137 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended or as the same may be amended in the future;

(c)

To perform all duties and responsibilities concerned with the supervision and disposition of Redevelopment Projects, Conn. R-38, Conn. R-63, Conn. R-73 and 229 Technology Park (Middle Street Extension Project), and any other project assigned to it by the city council;

(d)

To function as the successor agency to the Bristol Redevelopment Agency and the former Bristol Development Authority in all dealings with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the State Department of Economic and Community Development in connection with any urban renewal project in the City of Bristol;

(e)

To function as the successor agency to the former office of community development and the former Bristol Development Authority in the implementation and administration of the Community Development Block Grant Program after annual approval by the city council, and with the State Department of Economic and Community Development in the City of Bristol, and in all dealings with the U.S. Department of Interior and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection in connection with any open space and land acquisition project;

(f)

To function as the successor agency to the former Bristol Economic Development Commission, the former office of community development, and the former Bristol Development Authority in all dealings with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development in connection with any industrial and business development project;

(g)

To manage, plan and supervise the planned Northwest Industrial Park and to dispose of property therein;

(h)

To have general supervisory powers, management and control over any project previously undertaken or supervised by the former economic development commission, the former Bristol Redevelopment Agency, the former office of community development, and the former Bristol Development Authority;

(i)

To coordinate, plan, supervise and manage all future city industrial/commercial development projects, except for those duties, functions, responsibilities and powers assigned to the Bristol Downtown Development Corporation hereunder. A development project means any project conducted by a municipality for the assembly, improvement and disposition of land or buildings or both to be used principally for industrial or business purposes and includes vacated commercial plants which are buildings formerly used principally for business or industrial purposes of which more than fifty (50) percent of the usable floor space is, or which is anticipated, within eighteen (18) months, shall be, unused or substantially underutilized;

(j)

To seek appropriation for its necessary expenses, appoint, hire and employ employees necessary for the discharge of its duties, in accordance with the usual personnel and financial practices of the City of Bristol. Current personnel of the abolished and consolidated agency shall remain as employees under the direction of the Bristol Development Authority until said authority establishes a permanent organizational structure;

(k)

To dispose of any real property transferred to it or acquired by it. It shall be exempt from competitive bidding purchasing procedures of the city as said procedures relate to the sale of real property by the city;

The Bristol Development Authority shall solicit proposals for the sale of any building and/or real property, and shall advertise the availability of any parcel in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Bristol and a newspaper of general circulation in the State of Connecticut. The authority shall be required to inquire into the financial status of any firm or individual selected to purchase land, and shall transmit the financial data to the city council.

(l)

To acquire real property by purchase, lease, exchange or gift or by eminent domain with the approval of the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Sections 8-128 and 8-193 of the Connecticut General Statutes, except for those acquisitions by the Bristol Downtown Development Corporation hereunder;

(m)

To function as a housing site development agency in dealings with the State Department of Economic and Community Development;

(n)

To function as the successor agency to the Bristol Redevelopment Agency and the former Bristol Development Authority.

(Ord. of 12-13-93; Ord. of 1-18-07)