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Item I1 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: April 18-19, 2001 Division: Monroe County Housing Authority Bulk Item: Yes X No Department: (Staffwill be present at BOCC meeting for any questions) AGENDA ITEM WORDING: A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN (LHAP) FOR STATE OF FLORIDA FISCAL YEARS 2001-2002,2002-2003,2003-2004 AND OTHER REQUIRED APPROVALS. ITEM BACKGROUND: Summary of chanfles from existinfl Local Housinfl Assistance Plan: 1. Expansion of funding assistance for wastewater improvements to include hookup to centralized sewage systems and expanding eligibility to moderate-income households. 2. Increased assistance amounts and purchase price limits for First Time Homebuyers in order to continue to successfully implement the First Time Homebuyers strategy. 3. Expansion of Homeowners hip Deve!opment Strategy in order to accommodate 4. Addition of a strategy to provide SHIP Homebuyer assistance to qualified applicants participating in other affordable housing assistance p~ograms, primarily local Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) Programs. ' PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: 1995 Approval of State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Local Housing Assistance Plan for fiscal years 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998 . 1998 Approval of State Housing Initiatives Partnership Local Housing Assistance Plan for fiscal years 1998-1999, 199-2000,2000-2001. I STAFF RECOMMENDATION: , Approval TOTAL COST: $-0- COST TO COUNTY: $-0- APPROVED BY: County Attny. urchasing _ Risk Management_ DEPARTMENT APPROVAL: . Ma tiel Castillo, Director, Special Programs Office onroe County Housing Authority DOCUMENTATION: Included To Follow X Not Required_ DISPOSITION: I -:z: I RESOLUTION - 2001 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN (LHAP) FOR STATE OF FLORIDA FISCAL YEARS 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003- 2004 AND OTHER REQUIRED APPROVALS. WHEREAS, Monroe County has successfully participated in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) since its creation in 1993, and WHEREAS, Florida Statute 420.9075 and State Rule 91-37.005 require participating local governments to submit to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation a Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) at least every three years, and WHEREAS, The Special Programs Office, Monroe County Housing Authority, as Programs Administrator of Monroe County's State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP), has conducted three public hearing throughout Monroe County to receive public comments on the design and implementation ?f the Local Housing Assistance Plan, and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, that the County hereby: ~ : ~c.l . 'I" 0 \ .' ~ 1. 2. Adopts the Monroe County Local Housing Assistance Plan. Adopts the maximum and average award schedule as listed in the Local Housing Assistance Plan. Approves the continued ten (10) percent allowance for administration. Authorizes the Mayor/Chairman to execute on behalf of the County all documents and certifications required for submission to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. 3. 4. PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida at a regular meeting on said Board on the _ day of , A.D., 2001 Mayor Neugent Mayor Pro Williams Commissioner Spehar Commissioner Nelson Commissioner McCoy BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: Mayor/Chairman Neugent SEAL ATTEST: Approved as to form and legal sufficiency: Date: Board of County Commissioners Agenda Item Summary Meeting Date: April 18, 2001 Bulk Item: Yes CJ No . Division: Board of County Commissioners George R. Neugent AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Request Florida Governor and Cabinet to develop a Florida Global warming action plan and a Monroe County Resolution for Global Warming Response Plan. ITEM BACKGROUND: attached '" .~\ PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: RECOMMENDATION: Letter to Governor and Cabinet from Mayor. Staff to review any implications of Resolution. TOTAL COST: BUDGETED: YES CJ NO CJ COST TO COUNTY: $ tJf REVENUE PRODUCING: YES CJ NO CJ AMT PER MONTH: YEAR: APPROVED BY: COUNTY AnY CJ OMB/PURCHASING CJ RISK MANAGEMENT CJ APPROVAL:~~~ M Y R GE E NEUGENT DISTRICT II DOCUMENTATION: INCLUDED CJ TO FOLLOW CJ NOT REQUIRED CJ AGENDA ITEM # I-j'] DISPosmON: Alliance for Florida's Future Joseph Siry, Ph.D. State Coordinator Main Office: Rollins College 1000 Holt Avenue, Box 2780 Winter Park, FL 32789 joelsiry@aol.com (407) 646-2648 (407) 628-2496 FAX Joyce Chumbley, Ph.D. Global Warming Campaign Organizer jchum80600@aol.com (407) 275.5942 Fax (407) 275-5942 March 14, 2001 Mayor George Neugent Monroe County 25 Ships Way Big Pine Key, Horida 33043-3114 :\ Dear Mayor Neugent: I urge you to endorse the Resolution for a Global Warming Response Plan, move it as a motion in your representative body, and return it to us with a letter of support for protecting our citizens. The resolution recommends a series of related steps to deal with widely recognized risks because global warming is the most persistent environmental threat of the century. On behalf of the 30 member organizations ofthe Alliance for Florida's Future, I am writing for you to adopt this enclosed resolution to protect Florida's beaches, aquifers, and economy. Each of these assets is extremely vulnerable to the coastal, climatic, and health problems associated with global warming's anticipated effects. Our state's acute geological vulnerability to sea level rise and economic exposure to oil price shocks require that we act now. It is sensible for Florida's elected officials to draw state and national attention to the concerns that our citizens and elected officials have about global warming. As a leader in our state, you have an opportunity to address the problems we face. Cities and counties, as the first to feel the costs of climate change, should call on responsible authorities to develop and implement the means to comprehensively plan to deal reasonably and cautiously with the undeniable effects of global warming. The urgency and ubiquity of this common problem exists because the sea level is rising, and storms adversely affect the state's tourist sensitive economy. From shore erosion to public health, education, and preparedness, we together have an opportunity to lead, but we need your support in overcoming the complacency at the state and national levels. Over 25 other states are or have already taken reasonable steps to reduce their risks. It makes good sense for Florida's business, non-profit, and civic communities to reduce carbon pollution. By ignoring the consequences of global warming we act at our peril. The cost to those people least prepared among us to withstand the consequences of bad land-use, as well as water quality and air pollution decisions, will only grow, unless you act. By passing the resolution you will send an important message to other leaders to speak with one voice and pursue mutually constructive measures to protect the air, water, and land by reducing greenhouse gas emissions now. '1be reasons for actively responding to sea level change, wildlife losses, significant disruption in the timing and quality of water flow, and resource damage are manifold. The necessity of a concerted effort on the part of all government levels to inventory, assess, reduce, monitor, and manage greenhouse gas emissions must start now to limit the risk from a run-away cycle of heat generating more heat. Due to existing economic incentives to use energy inefficiently, we must be planning ahead to respond to this threat if our industries are to remain competitive, if our employment is to remain robust, and if our municipalities can reduce their costs of government. Common sense solutions exist on all these important levels of state, national, and international activity. Locally, your passage ofthis resolution means that all three necessary levels of negotiating for environmental protection and efficient electricity production must occur for an optimal, fair, and lasting corrective. Endorse this resolution, pass it, and adopt related actions, in tandem, in order to effectively diminish wasted energy, cut carbon pollution, and reduce the operational costs of government. Please let me know what I can do to help you adopt this resolution. Sincerely, ALLIANCE MEMBERS: Bruderly Engineering Associates, Inc. . Concept Communiques, Inc. . The Conservancy of Southwest Florida . Eco-Store of Orlando . Environmentally Challenged Group. Florida Audubon Society. Florida Consumer Action Network. Aorida Council of Churches. Florida Defenders of the Environment . Florida Public Interest Research Group . Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation . National Environmental Trust . Natural Resources Defense Council . Project for an Energy Efficient Florida. Southeast Volusia Audubon Society, Inc. . Volusia.Flagler Environmental Action Committee. World Wildlife Fund, U.S.A. Alliance for Florida's Future Resolution for a Global Warming Response Plan Whereas, there is increasingly convincing scientific evidence that global warming is occurring and is cau'sed by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation; Whereas, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at the highest level in 400,000 years, and the ten hottest years on record have occurred since 1980; Whereas, 79 percent of Florida's rapidly increasing population live in coastal counties extremely vulnerable to sea-level rise; Whereas, sea-level rise is happening now and may double in speed as a result of global warming; Whereas, Florida~s economy and quality of life are highly dependent on tourism, recreation, and agriculture and, as a result, will be significantly affected by coral reef damage, drought and wildfire, severe stonns, and other impacts of global warming; ,~~ Whereas, adopting common sense energy efficiency and renewable energy measures will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby benefiting communities by saving money, protecting local environments, and creating jobs; Whereas, further delay in taking action will expose Florida's citizens to unnecessary costs and risks; Whereas, twenty-five other states have or are developing global warming action plans to protect their citizens and identify cost-effective options that reduce greenhouse gas pollution; Be it resolved that: Florida's Governor and Cabinet should instruct the relevant agencies to develop a Florida Global Warming Action Plan that (1) sets specific greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and is an integral component of a comprehensive clean energy plan for Florida, and (2) identifies strategies to minimize the risks posed by sea-level rise and other global warming effects. The United States government should provide international leadership in negotiating refinements to the Kyoto Protocol rules that ensure the treaty will be environmentally effect1ve, fair, and enforceable by committing to substantial reductions in domestic greenhet.se gas emiSSions. Elected officials should endorse the Earth Day 2000 Clean Energy Agenda which calls for clean air, clean power, clean cars, and clean investments through a nationwide transition to energy efficiency and renewable energy. Signature: Affiliation: Date: www.floridaclimatealliance.net Alliance for Florida's Future Joseph Siry, Ph.D. State Coordinator Main Office: Rollins College 1000 Holt Avenue, Box 2780 Winter Park, FL 32789 joelsiry@aol.com (407) 646-2648 (407) 628-2496 FAX Joyce Chumbley, Ph.D. Global Warming Campaign Organizer jchum80600@aol.com (407) 275-5942 Fax (407) 275-5942 ri'lI"......c !r~.:vr::----d" . .,' 1.-'\ It-1.., " ~....... r MAR 1 9 nn1 Taking Action to Reduce Global Warming ...tbe greatest environmental cbaUenge oftbe 21't century.. By:------:::::.__._ '..., :~\ About tbe AIUance . F onned in January 1999 by a dozen Florida and nationally-based organizations, . Funded as a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council under a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation . Coordinated by a small staff: Joseph Siry, State Coordinator; Joyce Chwnbley, Global Warming Campaign Organizer; and Jeff Fiedler, NRDC National Liaison . Open to group and individual memberships with the endorsement of the Alliance's Statement of Principles Tbe AUiance's Statement of Principles . Scientific evidence for global warming can no longer be ignored . Florida is uniquely vulnerable to global warming and will be among the states hit hardest by its effects. . Reasonable and effective solutions exist and should be implemented now. Tbe AUiance's Goals . Motivate political leadership to take action to reduce global warming . Engage concerned citizens, businesses, and civic organizations . Provide education about global warming . Develop and advocate for common sense solutions Some of tbe Alliance's Activities . Sponsorship of "Blueprint for Cooling Down Florida Conference 2000" . Participation in Cherishing the Creation Workshops and Earth Day Environmental Symposiums . Support for the 2000 Legislative Scorecard (Florida League of Conservation Voters) . Support for "Global Warming: Florida's Forecast and Solutions" (Report by the Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation) . Initiation ofthe Resolution for a Global Warming Response Plan-being endorsed by Florida elected officials . Electronic mailings of global warming news alerts . Website with extensive resources and links . Forthcoming publication of the Florida Global Warming Impaets Report, to include an overview of climate science research and peer-reviewed articles on specific issues regarding the projected impacts of global warming on Florida www.tloridaclimatcalliance.net ALLIANCE MEMBERS: Bruderly Engineering Associates, Inc. . Concept Communiques, Inc. . The Conservancy of Southwest Florida . Eco-Store of Orlando . Environmentally Challenged Group . Florida Audubon Society. Florida Consumer Action Network' Florida Council of Churches . Aorida Defenders of the Environment . Florida Public Interest Research Group . Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation . National Environmental Trust . Natural Resources Defense Council . Project for an Energy Efficient Florida. Southeast Volusia Audubon Society, Inc. . Vol usia-Flagler Environmental Action Committee. World Wildlife Fund, U.S.A. ""'.,', '., .,'." .'tH~~'~~::,~~> ~:~.\-" .; ; ~i::. , ~'" '0 ~ . l- , :'~ . . o ;- ;"; ;' .to' ,. ->'-:-~----'\. .'.','.:,:". : ':'~' , ;. '~,'.