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Presentation by Alachua County Commissioner Rodney Long on Entrepreneurial Charter School Initiative (B)
This item, to be presented by Alachua County Commissioner Rodney Long, is a follow-up to the City Commission's review of the Interlocal Agreement regarding the Academy of Business Ownership on January 22, 2007 and presentaitonn by Alachua County Commissoner Long on April 7, 2007
Explanation
On January 22, 2007, the City Commission reviewed an Interlocal Agreement designed to institutionalize the relationship between Alachua County, the City of Gainesville and the Alachua School Board regarding implementation of the Academy of Business Ownership. The City's proposed responsibilities under the Interlocal Agreement are to provide partial funding of mentoring services associated with the Academy of Business Ownership program and partial funding for a future business loan fund for graduates of the Entrepreneurial Charter School.
Following review of the matter by the City Commission, three general questions remained (see communication of said questions to Alachua County staff in back-up) unclear and the Commission asked that these questions be clarified prior to moving forward on the Interlocal Agreement. These questions are:
· Whether future Entrepreneurial Economic Development Trust Fund dollars will be made available only to City residents;
· What the specific mechanism is by which the Entrepreneurial Economic Development Trust Fund will be administered to future applicants;
· What the nexus is between the Academy of Business Ownership and the Entrepreneurial Charter School in administration of the Entrepreneurial Economic Development Trust Fund dollars and the future management relationship between the Alachua County School Board, Alachua County, the City of Gainesville and the Entrepreneurial Charter School Board
The City Commission did approve the transfer of $11,075 to Alachua County to secure mentoring services for the students pr...
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