TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 10/19/2020
FROM: Dr. Marc-Antonie Cooper, Interim City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 8 - A
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Consideration of the appointment of one (1) Deltona City Commissioner to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for a term to expire October 5, 2021, per House Bill 1339 - Joyce Raftery, City Clerk (386) 878-8502.
Strategic Goal: Internal and external communication.
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House Bill 1339 which was effective July 1, 2020 addresses several issues affecting certain bonding activities; impact fee accounting; building inspections; affordable housing and related linkage fees; and the regulation, ownership, and tenancy related to mobile homes, mobile home parks, and related homeowners' associations. Current City operations do not conflict with any of the changes associated with House Bill 1339. However, the City as an entitlement community receiving State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) funds is obligated to change the membership of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC). HB 1339 now requires a SHIP entitlement community like Deltona to appoint a member of the Deltona City Commission to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. Attached is the current AHAC member list and House Bill 1339. Below are highlighted sections of House Bill 1339 that pertain to the appointment of an elected official.
Section 16. Section 420.531, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
420.531 Affordable Housing Catalyst Program. -
(Page 38 of 79/Lines 933-949)
(2) In consultation with the corporation, the entity providing statewide training and technical assistance shall convene and administer biannual regional workshops for the locally elected officials serving on affordable housing advisory committees as provided in s. 420.9076. The regional workshops may be conducted through teleconferencing or other technological means and must include processes and programming tha...
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