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Item C05 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: June 18, 2008 Division: Housing & Community Development Bulk Item: Yes X No Department: Housing & Community Development Staff Contact Person: Lisa Tennyson/292-4462 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a resolution to appoint 11 members to Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. ITEM BACKGROUND: The BOCC adopted an ordinance establishing the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee on May 21, 2008, pursuant to Florida Statute Section 420.9076 and FAC 67-37.010. The Committee must be established and the members appointed by June 30, 2008. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Adoption of ordinance establishing the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Monroe County Workforce Housing Taskforce was empanelled in June 2005. Annual adoption of SHIP program Local Housing Assistance Plan and related amendments. CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: N/ A SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year APPROVED BY: County Atty YES OMB/Purchasing N/ A Risk Management N/ A DOCUMENTA TION: Included X Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 8/06 STAFF REPORT TO: County Commissioners FROM: Lisa Tennyson, Affordable Housing Coordinator THROUGH: Reggie Paros, Division Director Housing and Community Development SUBJECT: Appointment of members to Affordable Housing Advisory Committee MEETING DATE: June 18th, 2008 Eleven members are required to be appointed to the recently established Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. The AHAC was established by an ordinance approved by the BOCC in May 2008. The committee and its members must be in place by June 30, 2008. Each must represent a particular area of expertise or concern to affordable housing: (1) for-profit developer; (2) not-for-profit developer; (3) banker; (4) advocate for low-income persons; (5) real estate professional; (6) resident of the jurisdiction; (7) residential home builder; (8) a representative of areas of labor in home-building; (9) representative of planning agency; (10) a representative of essential services personnel as defined in the LHAP, and (11) a representative of employers. The appointees for those slots are listed in the resolution. The statute also requires that the resolution provide for the terms of the committee members, so we have included those as well. For the District appointments, staff is recommending 3-year terms. For 3 of the non-District appointment members, staff recommends 2-year terms; and for the balance of non-district appointment members, staff recommends I-year terms. Staggered term limits for these initial terms will help us avoid having all committee members' terms expiring simultaneously. Thereafter all terms shall be for three years. The resolution also includes the method of appointment to the Committee following the same policy as was used for the Taskforce. Members of this Committee who are District Appointments shall be nominated by their respective County Commissioners and approved by the full Board. Future non-district members shall be nominated by the Committee membership and approved by the Board. Also included are two additional specifications: (1) when vacancies occur in any position, appointments shall be made to fill out the term of the vacancy; and (2) the committee and the Board shall use its best efforts to fill non-district appointments by required qualification and geographic diversity, but required qualification is controlling because that is the statutory requirement. RESOLUTION NO. -2008 A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINTING ELEVEN (11) MEMBERS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO F.S. SECTION 420.9076 AND F.A.C. CHAPTER 67-37.010 WHEREAS, Monroe County participates in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP) and is a recipient of funding for its affordable housing programs and activities; and WHEREAS, Monroe County, as a participant in SHIP, has developed and implements a local housing assistance plan (LHAP) created to increase the availability of affordable housing to very low, low and moderate income persons, essential services personnel, and those with special needs; and WHEREAS, recent rule changes in FAC 67-37.010, effective February 2008, mandate that all SHIP program participants comply with Florida Statute Section 420.9076(2) requiring the establishment of an affordable housing advisory committee; and WHEREAS, F.A.C. Rule 67-37.010 states that the Monroe County LHAP be amended to include "local affordable housing incentive strategy recommendations" approved by the membership of the advisory committee; and WHEREAS, Florida Statutes require the Board of County Commissioners to approve an amended Local Housing Assistance Plan and transmit it to the Florida Housing Finance Committee (FHFC); and WHEREAS, in June 2005, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) empanelled a Workforce Housing Taskforce to make recommendations to address critical housing affordahility issues facing the Florida Keys; and WHEREAS, in May 2008, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved an ordinance establishing the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee in place of the Workforce Housing Taskforce; and WHEREAS, the ordinance creating the Affordable Housing Committee specifies that membership shall be: 1. One citizen who is actively engaged in the residential homebuilding industty 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. Once 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 s. 1633174. 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 persOlmel, as defined in the local housing assistance plan. WHEREAS, five members of the former Workforce Housing Task Force were appointed by each member of the Board, and the other members were nominated by the Task Force and approved by the Board; and WHEREAS, the eleven members required to comprise the Advisory Committee correspond to the requirements for the eleven members of the fonner Task Force; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: Section 1. The Board appoints the following members of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee: Name Fulfills required Appointment Term category al'ea Begins Expires (as per FS 420.9076) 1. Resides within DISTRICT 1 June 1,2008 May 3],2011 Jolm Dolan-Heitlinger jurisdiction APPOINTMENT 2. Affordable housing DISTRICT 2 June 1,2008 May 31,2011 Rick Casey not-for profit APPOINTMENT developer 3. Ed Swift Affordable housing DISTRICT 3 June 1,2008 May 31,2011 for-profit developer APPOINTMENT 4. Lynn Mapes Represents employers DISTRICT 4 June 1, 2008 May 31,2011 within jurisdiction APPOINTMENT 5. Jim Saunders Represents the June 1,2008 May 31, 2011 residential home DISTRICT 5 building industry APPOINTMENT 6. Bette Brown Represents the banking June 1, 2008 May 31,2010 or mortgage banking UPPER KEYS industry 7. Bill Loewy Affordable housing MIDDLE KEYS June 1, 2008 May 31,2010 advocate for low- Illcome persons . 8. Donna Windle Represents the local LOWER KEYS June 1, 2008 May 31, 2010 planning agency 9. Dave Boerner Represents areas of ISLAMORADA June 1, 2008 May 31,2009 labor engaged in home-building 10. David Rice Represents essential MARATHON June 1. 2008 May 31, 2009 services personnel as defined by the LHAP Real Estate 11. Tim Koenig Professional KEY WEST June 1, 2008 May 31, 2009 Section 2. Members of this Committee who are Distlict Appointments shall be nominated by their respective County Commissioners and approved by the Board. Initial tenns shall be as specified above and thereafter shall be for three years. Future non-district members shall be nominated by the Committee membership and approved by the Board. If vacancies occur in any position, appointments shall be made to fill out the tenn of the vacancy. The committee and the Board shall use its best eff011s to fill non-district appointments by required qualification and geographic diversity, but required qualification is controlling. The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Flolida at a regular meeting held on the _ day of , 2008. Mayor Mario DiGelU1aro Mayor Pro Tem Charles "SOlU1Y" McCoy Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Commissioner George Neugent Commissioner Dixie Spehar BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY: Mayor Mario DiGelll1aro (SEAL) ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK Deputy Clerk M(jN~ott OOUNTY ATTORNEY ~A3~M: . sU!3AN M. ~IMSLEY~ AS~, iANtCOUNTYATTORNEY Date , ' " ..:2...;:t.<.I 0 2"_~_, ,