Item O6BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: June 10, 2015 Division: Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes No X Department: Planning & Environmental Resources
Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Christine Hurley, 289- 2517
Mayte Santamaria, 289-2562
AGENDA ITEM WORDING. A Public Hearing to consider an amendment to Section 2-700 of the Monroe
County Code (MCC) relating to expanding the members appointed by the BOCC to the Affordable Housing
Advisory Committee.
ITEM BACKGROUND: In July 2014, the BOCC and the public provided considerable comments, through the
2030 Comprehensive Plan Update process, related to facilitating affordable housing/workforce housing and
expanding the inclusionary housing requirements to include nonresidential and transient development and
redevelopment.
In August, 2014, the BOCC approved an agreement with the FCRC Consensus Center, FSU, for professional
services on an Affordable Workforce Housing Stakeholder Assessment, in order to assess the current affordable
housing situation in the County and propose a process for developing recommendations. During this meeting the
BOCC also discussed reconvening the Monroe County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
At the October 17, 2014 and December 10, 2014, BOCC meetings, the BOCC reappointed members to the Monroe
County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
In reviewing the Workforce Housing Stakeholder Assessment Report, prepared by the FCRC Consensus Center, the
report includes suggestions to:
• Reconvene the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to jointly define the workforce problems faced,
review the range of issues and options identified in previous studies and the assessment report, and develop a
package of findings and recommendations over a 7-9 month period.
• Review the current Committee appointments to ensure that a balance of workforce housing stakeholder
perspectives are included in its membership and considering expanding membership to include representation
from of the municipalities in the County, the military, the School Board and perhaps other organizations
impacted by workforce housing policies and programs and with a stake in contributing to solutions to improve
the availability of workforce housing in the Florida Keys.
At the May 20, 2015, the BOCC discussed the proposed amendment to Section 2-700 of the Monroe County Code
(MCC) relating to expanding the members appointed by the BOCC to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
to 20 members, as recommended in the Workforce Housing Stakeholder Assessment Report. The BOCC directed
staff to revise the proposed amendment to include an additional member from the School Board and the lodging
industry, This revision results in Affordable Housing Advisory Committee of 13 members.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: At the May 20, 2015, the BOCC approved the permission to advertise a
Public Hearing for 3:01 P.M. on June 10, 2015 at the Marathon Government Center in Marathon.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
TOTAL COST: NIA INDIRECT COST: NIA BUDGETED: Yes No NIA
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: NIA
COST TO COUNTY: NIA SOURCE OF FUNDS: NIA
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No N/A AMOUNT PER MONTH N/A Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty X_ OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required_
DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM #
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7 MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
8 MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
9 ORDINANCE NO. - 2015
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11 AN ORDINANCE BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AMENDING SECTION 2-700, TO
13 EXPAND THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
14 BOCC TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY
15 COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
16 FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
17 HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE
18 MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING
19 FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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21 WHEREAS, Monroe County, as an Area of Critical State Concern, has adopted
22 Principles for Guiding Development which includes: Making available adequate affordable
23 housing for all sectors of the population of the Florida Keys. ; and
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25 WHEREAS, Monroe County has high land values, limited land availability due to its
26 linear geography and environmental features, controlled growth (the Rate of Growth Ordinance)
27 and a tourism economy with a prevalence of lower paying service -sector employment; and
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29 WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners reconvened the Monroe County
30 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to assist with workforce housing issues facing the
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33 WHEREAS, in August, 2014, the Board of County Commissioners approved an
34 agreement with the FCRC Consensus Center, FSU, for professional services on an Affordable
35 Workforce Housing Stakeholder Assessment, in order to assess the current affordable housing
36 situation in the County and propose a process for developing recommendations; and
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38 WHEREAS, the April 2015 Workforce Housing Stakeholder Assessment Report,
39 prepared by the FCRC Consensus Center, includes a recommendation to review the current
40 Committee appointments to ensure that a balance of workforce housing stakeholder perspectives
41 are included in its membership and considering expanding membership to include representation
42 from of the municipalities in the County, the military, the School Board and perhaps other
43 organizations impacted by workforce housing policies and programs and with a stake in
44 contributing to solutions to improve the availability of workforce housing in the Florida Keys.
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
2 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
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4 Section 1. Section 2-700 of the Monroe County Code shall be established as follows (deletions
5 are str_ '_ e th.-o gh and additions are underlined):
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7 Sec. 2-700. - Establishment of affordable housing advisory committee.
8 (a) The affordable housing advisory committee shall be established and operational by June 30,
9 2008. It shall comply with all requirements in F.S. § 420.9076 (2007) or as subsequently
10 amended.
11 (b) The committee shall consist of 44-13 members who shall be appointed by the BOCC by
12 resolution.
13 (c) The committee must include:
14 (1) One citizen who is actively engaged in the residential homebuilding industry in
15 connection with affordable housing.
16 (2) One citizen who is actively engaged in the banking or mortgage banking industry in
17 connection with affordable housing.
18 (3) One citizen who is a representative of those areas of labor actively engaged in home
19 building in connection with affordable housing.
20 (4) One citizen who is actively engaged as an advocate for low-income persons in
21 connection with affordable housing.
22 (5) One citizen who is actively engaged as a for -profit provider of affordable housing.
23 (6) One citizen who is actively engaged as a not -for -profit provider of affordable housing.
24 (7) One citizen who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with
25 affordable housing.
26 (8) One citizen who actively serves on the local planning agency pursuant to F.S. §
27 163.3174.
28 (9) One citizen who resides within the jurisdiction of the local governing body making the
29 appointments.
30 (10) One citizen who represents employers within the jurisdiction.
31 (11) One citizen who represents essential services personnel, as defined in the local housing
32 assistance plan.
33 (12) One citizen who is recommended by the School Board and works for the School Board.
34 (13) One citizen who is recommended by the lodging industry and is impacted by workforce
35 housing policies.
36 (d) All meetings of the advisory committee are public meetings, and all committee records are
37 public records.
38 (e) Staff, administrative, and facility support to the advisory committee shall be provided by the
39 BOCC. The advisory committee shall be cooperatively staffed by the local government
40 department or division having authority to administer local planning or housing programs to
41 ensure an integrated approach to the work of the advisory committee.
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43 Section 2. Severabilit_y.
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45 If any portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or declared to be unconstitutional,
46 inoperative or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance. If this
47 ordinance or any provision thereof shall be held to be inapplicable to any person, property or
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circumstances, such holding shall not affect its applicability to any other person, property or
circumstances.
Section 3. Conflicting Provisions.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent of said conflict.
Section 4. Inclusion in the Code of Ordinances.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code of Ordinances
of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition to amendment thereto, and shall be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 5. Transmittal and Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall be filed with the Department of State and shall be effective as provided in
section 125.66(2)(b), Florida Statutes,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
at a regular meeting held on the day of )2015,
Mayor Danny L. Kolhage
Mayor pro tem Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner David Rice
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Mayor Danny L. Kolhage
(SEAL)
ATTEST: AMY HEAVILIN, CLERK
Deputy Clerk
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
PROVED AS 70,FORM.
STEVEN T. WILLIAMS
ASSISTANT COUJNTY ATTORNEY
Date -':r/�d I /S
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Monroe County Code
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sec. 2-700. - Establishment of affordable housing advisory committee.
(a) The affordable housing advisory committee shall be established and operational by June 30, 2008. It
shall comply with all requirements in F.S. § 420.9076 (2007) or as subsequently amended.
(b) The committee shall consist of 11 members who shall be appointed by the BOCC by resolution.
(c) The committee must include:
(1) One citizen who is actively engaged in the residential homebuilding industry in connection with
affordable housing.
(2) One citizen who is actively engaged in the banking or mortgage banking industry in connection
with affordable housing.
(3) One citizen who is a representative of those areas of labor actively engaged in home building in
connection with affordable housing.
(4) One citizen who is actively engaged as an advocate for low-income persons in connection with
affordable housing.
(5) One citizen who is actively engaged as a for -profit provider of affordable housing.
(6) One citizen who is actively engaged as a not -for -profit provider of affordable housing.
(7) One citizen who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with affordable
housing.
(8) One citizen who actively serves on the local planning agency pursuant to F.S. § 163.3174.
(9) One citizen who resides within the jurisdiction of the local governing body making the
appointments.
(10) One citizen who represents employers within the jurisdiction.
(11) One citizen who represents essential services personnel, as defined in the local housing
assistance plan.
(d) All meetings of the advisory committee are public meetings, and all committee records are public
records.
(e) Staff, administrative, and facility support to the advisory committee shall be provided by the BOCC.
The advisory committee shall be cooperatively staffed by the local government department or
division having authority to administer local planning or housing programs to ensure an integrated
approach to the work of the advisory committee.
Sec. 2-701. - Duties of the affordable housing advisory committee.
(a) The affordable housing advisory committee shall review established policies and procedures,
ordinances, land development regulations, and the adopted local government comprehensive plan of
the appointing local government and shall recommend specific actions or initiatives to encourage or
facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to appreciate in value. The
recommendations may include the modification or repeal of exiting policies, procedures, ordinances,
regulations, or plan provisions; the creation of exceptions applicable to affordable housing or the
adoption of new policies, procedures, regulations, ordinances, or plan provisions, including
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recommendations to amend the local government comprehensive plan and corresponding
regulations, ordinances and other policies.
(b) By December 31, 2008, the affordable housing advisory committee is required to submit its incentive
recommendations report to the BOCC. After this initial submission, the reports are required to be
submitted triennially on December 31, of the year preceding the submission of the local housing
assistance plan. At a minimum, the advisory committee shall submit a report to the local governing
body that includes recommendations on, and evaluates the implementation of, affordable housing
incentives in the following areas:
(1) The processing of approvals of development orders or permits as defined in F.S. § 163.3164(7)
and (8), for affordable housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other projects;
(2) The modification of impact fee requirements, including reduction or waiver of fees and
alternative methods of fee payment for affordable housing;
(3) The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing;
(4) The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very low income, low income and
moderate income persons;
(5) The allowance of affordable accessory residential units in residential zoning districts;
(6) The reduction of parking and setback requirements for affordable housing;
(7) The allowance of flexible lot configurations, including zero -lot -line configurations for affordable
housing;
(8) The modification of street requirements for affordable housing;
(9) The establishment of a process by which a local government considers, before adoptions,
policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions that increase the cost of
housing;
(10) The preparation of a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable for affordable
housing;
(11) The support of development near transportation hubs and major employment centers and
mixed -use developments;
(12) Other affordable housing incentives as recommended.
(c) The advisory committee may perform additional responsibilities related to affordable housing at the
request of the BOCC, including creating best management practices for the development of
affordable housing in the community.
Sec. 2-702. - Public hearing.
The approval of the advisory committee of its local housing incentive strategies recommendations
and its review of local government implementation of previously recommended strategies must be made
by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the advisory committee taken at a public hearing.
Notice of time, dates, and place of public hearing of the committee to adopt final local housing incentive
strategies recommendations must be published in a newspaper of general paid circulation, must contain a
short summary of the incentives strategies recommendations to be considered by the committee, and
must state the public place where a copy of the tentative recommendations can by obtained by interested
persons.
Sec. 2-703. - Commission action required.
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(a) Within 90 days after the date of receipt of the local housing incentive strategies recommendations
from the advisory committee, but no later than March 31, 2009, the BOCC shall adopt an
amendment to its local housing assistance plan (LHAP) to incorporate the local housing incentive
strategies it will implement within its jurisdiction. The BOCC must consider all of the strategies
specified in subsection 2-701(b) as recommended by the committee. However, the amendment at a
minimum, must include:
(1) Assurance that permits for affordable housing are expedited to a greater degree than other
projects. ("Permits" are defined by statute to include development orders, building permit,
zoning permit, subdivision approval, rezoning, certification, special exception, variance, or any
other official action of local government having the effect of permitting the development of land);
(2) An ongoing process for review of local policies, ordinances, regulations, and plan provisions
that increase the cost of housing prior to their adoption; and
(3) A schedule for implementing the incentive strategies.
(b) By May 2, 2009, the BOCC shall notify the Florida Housing Finance Corporation by certified mail of
its adoption of the amended LHAP and include a copy of the approved amended plan.
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