TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 4/5/2021
FROM: John A. Peters III, P.E. Acting City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 8 - A
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Request for consideration of appointment (5) members to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee - Joyce Raftery, City Clerk's Office, (386) 878-8502.
Strategic Goal: Internal and External Communication.
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BACKGROUND:
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The terms of all eleven (11) members of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee will expire on October 5, 2021. Staff has heard from applicants who wish to be appointed:
The City has run press releases, posted the openings on D-TV, the City's web page and bulletin boards. To date the City has received applications from the following individuals:
The SHIP Act and Rule requirement has been reinstated per SHIP statute (F.S. 420.907676 and Rule 67-37.010) that in order to continue to qualify for funding, the local government must appoint an Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
The proposed Housing and Community Development staff recommendations and the eleven (11) member Committee shall include:
(a) One citizen who is actively engaged in the residential home building industry in connection with affordable housing. (OPEN)
(b) One citizen who is actively engaged in the banking or mortgage banking industry in connection with affordable housing. (OPEN)
(c) One citizen who is representative of those areas of labor actively engaged in home building in connection with affordable housing. (OPEN)
(d) One citizen who is actively engaged as an advocate for low-income persons in connection with affordable housing. (OPEN)
(e) One citizen who is actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing. (Eric James)
(f) One citizen who is actively engaged as a not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. (Jodi Pena-Castaldi)
(g) One citizen who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with affordable housing. (Michael Williams)
(h) One...
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